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Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Eastern New Mexico Rural Water 
System Authorization Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Authority.--The term ``Authority'' means the Eastern 
        New Mexico Rural Water Authority, an entity formed under State 
        law for the purposes of planning, financing, developing, and 
        operating the System.
            (2) Engineering report.--The term ``engineering report'' 
        means the report entitled ``Eastern New Mexico Rural Water 
        System Preliminary Engineering Report'' and dated October 2006.
            (3) Plan.--The term ``plan'' means the operation, 
        maintenance, and replacement plan required by section 4(b).
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (5) State.--The term ``State'' means the State of New 
        Mexico.
            (6) System.--
                    (A) In general.--The term ``System'' means the 
                Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System, a water delivery 
                project designed to deliver approximately 16,500 acre-
                feet of water per year from the Ute Reservoir to the 
                cities of Clovis, Elida, Grady, Melrose, Portales, and 
                Texico and other locations in Curry, Roosevelt, and 
                Quay Counties in the State.
                    (B) Inclusions.--The term ``System'' includes the 
                major components and associated infrastructure 
                identified as the ``Best Technical Alternative'' in the 
                engineering report.
            (7) Ute reservoir.--The term ``Ute Reservoir'' means the 
        impoundment of water created in 1962 by the construction of the 
        Ute Dam on the Canadian River, located approximately 32 miles 
        upstream of the border between New Mexico and Texas.

SEC. 3. EASTERN NEW MEXICO RURAL WATER SYSTEM.

    (a) Financial Assistance.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary may provide financial and 
        technical assistance to the Authority to assist in planning, 
        designing, conducting related preconstruction activities for, 
        and constructing the System.
            (2) Use.--
                    (A) In general.--Any financial assistance provided 
                under paragraph (1) shall be obligated and expended 
                only in accordance with a cooperative agreement entered 
                into under section 5(a)(2).
                    (B) Limitations.--Financial assistance provided 
                under paragraph (1) shall not be used--
                            (i) for any activity that is inconsistent 
                        with constructing the System; or
                            (ii) to plan or construct facilities used 
                        to supply irrigation water for irrigated 
                        agricultural purposes.
    (b) Cost-Sharing Requirement.--
            (1) In general.--The Federal share of the total cost of any 
        activity or construction carried out using amounts made 
        available under this Act shall be not more than 75 percent of 
        the total cost of the System.
            (2) System development costs.--For purposes of paragraph 
        (1), the total cost of the System shall include any costs 
        incurred by the Authority or the State on or after October 1, 
        2003, for the development of the System.
    (c) Limitation.--No amounts made available under this Act may be 
used for the construction of the System until--
            (1) a plan is developed under section 4(b); and
            (2) the Secretary and the Authority have complied with any 
        requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
        (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) applicable to the System.
    (d) Title to Project Works.--Title to the infrastructure of the 
System shall be held by the Authority or as may otherwise be specified 
under State law.

SEC. 4. OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, AND REPLACEMENT COSTS.

    (a) In General.--The Authority shall be responsible for the annual 
operation, maintenance, and replacement costs associated with the 
System.
    (b) Operation, Maintenance, and Replacement Plan.--The Authority, 
in consultation with the Secretary, shall develop an operation, 
maintenance, and replacement plan that establishes the rates and fees 
for beneficiaries of the System in the amount necessary to ensure that 
the System is properly maintained and capable of delivering 
approximately 16,500 acre-feet of water per year.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

    (a) Cooperative Agreements.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary may enter into any contract, 
        grant, cooperative agreement, or other agreement that is 
        necessary to carry out this Act.
            (2) Cooperative agreement for provision of financial 
        assistance.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary shall enter into a 
                cooperative agreement with the Authority to provide 
                financial assistance and any other assistance requested 
                by the Authority for planning, design, related 
                preconstruction activities, and construction of the 
                System.
                    (B) Requirements.--The cooperative agreement 
                entered into under subparagraph (A) shall, at a 
                minimum, specify the responsibilities of the Secretary 
                and the Authority with respect to--
                            (i) ensuring that the cost-share 
                        requirements established by section 3(b) are 
                        met;
                            (ii) completing the planning and final 
                        design of the System;
                            (iii) any environmental and cultural 
                        resource compliance activities required for the 
                        System; and
                            (iv) the construction of the System.
    (b) Technical Assistance.--At the request of the Authority, the 
Secretary may provide to the Authority any technical assistance that is 
necessary to assist the Authority in planning, designing, constructing, 
and operating the System.
    (c) Biological Assessment.--The Secretary shall consult with the 
New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission and the Authority in preparing 
any biological assessment under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) that may be required for planning and constructing 
the System.
    (d) Effect.--Nothing in this Act--
            (1) affects or preempts--
                    (A) State water law; or
                    (B) an interstate compact relating to the 
                allocation of water; or
            (2) confers on any non-Federal entity the ability to 
        exercise any Federal rights to--
                    (A) the water of a stream; or
                    (B) any groundwater resource.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--In accordance with the adjustment carried out 
under subsection (b), there is authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary to carry out this Act an amount not greater than 
$327,000,000.
    (b) Adjustment.--The amount made available under subsection (a) 
shall be adjusted to reflect changes in construction costs occurring 
after January 1, 2007, as indicated by engineering cost indices 
applicable to the types of construction necessary to carry out this 
Act.
    (c) Nonreimbursable Amounts.--Amounts made available to the 
Authority in accordance with the cost-sharing requirement under section 
3(b) shall be nonreimbursable and nonreturnable to the United States.
    (d) Availability of Funds.--At the end of each fiscal year, any 
unexpended funds appropriated pursuant to this Act shall be retained 
for use in future fiscal years consistent with this Act.
Example Output: Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System Authorization Act - (Sec. 3) Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial and technical assistance to the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority to assist in planning, designing, conducting preconstruction activities for, and constructing the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System.

Limits the federal share of the cost of any activity to 75%. Provides that the total cost of the System shall include any costs incurred by the Authority or the state of New Mexico on or after October 1, 2003, for System development.

(Sec. 4) Makes the Authority responsible for annual operation, maintenance, and replacement costs. Directs the Authority to develop an operation, maintenance, and replacement plan that establishes rates and fees necessary to ensure that the System is properly maintained and capable of delivering approximately 16,500 acre-feet of water per year. Prohibits the use of funds under this Act until such plan is developed and until the Secretary and the Authority have complied with applicable requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

(Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary to: (1) enter into a cooperative agreement to provide financial and any other assistance requested by the Authority for planning, design, related preconstruction activities, and construction of the System, subject to specified requirements; and (2) consult with the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission and the Authority in preparing any required biological assessment under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Authorizes the Secretary, at the Authority's request, to provide technical assistance in planning, designing, constructing, and operating the System.

(Sec. 6) Authorizes appropriations. Requires: (1) the amount made available to be adjusted to reflect changes in construction costs occurring after January 1, 2007, as indicated by engineering cost indices applicable to the types of construction necessary to carry out this Act; (2) amounts made available to the Authority in accordance with the cost-sharing requirement to be nonreimbursable and nonreturnable to the United States; and (3) any unexpended appropriated funds to be retained for use in future fiscal years consistent with this Act.

Example Input: SECTION 1. TEACHER RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND TRAINING.

    (a) In General.--Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating part E as part F;
            (2) by redesignating sections 2401 and 2402 as sections 
        2501 and 2502, respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after part D the following:

         ``PART E--TEACHER RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND TRAINING

``SEC. 2401. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary is authorized to make grants to 
local educational agencies to permit such agencies to recruit, retain, 
and train high-quality teachers by carrying out one or more of the 
activities described in subsection (b).
    ``(b) Uses of Funds.--
            ``(1) Recruitment, retention, and training activities.--A 
        local educational agency that receives a grant under this part 
        may use the grant funds for any of the following recruitment, 
        retention, and training activities:
                    ``(A) Providing signing bonuses for teachers.
                    ``(B) Carrying out merit pay programs.
                    ``(C) Providing performance bonuses to teachers.
                    ``(D) Providing scholarships to teachers to pursue 
                advanced course work.
                    ``(E) Providing mentoring programs for teachers.
                    ``(F) Coordinating with institutions of higher 
                education to provide professional development for 
                teachers.
                    ``(G) Any other activity that the local educational 
                agency believes to be effective in recruiting, 
                retaining, or training high-quality teachers.

``SEC. 2402. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this part such 
sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2004.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 2003 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6603) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``part C)'' and 
        inserting ``parts C and E)''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by inserting ``(other than parts C 
        and E)'' after ``title''.

SEC. 2. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR TEACHERS.

    (a) Elimination of New Borrower Restrictions.--
            (1) FFEL program.--Section 428J(b) of the Higher Education 
        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078-10(b)) is amended by striking ``for 
        any new borrower on or after October 1, 1998, who'' and 
        inserting ``for any borrower who''.
            (2) Federal direct loan program.--Section 460(b)(1) of such 
        Act (20 U.S.C. 1087j(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``for any 
        new borrower on or after October 1, 1998, who'' and inserting 
        ``for any borrower who''.
    (b) Expansion of Eligible Teaching Locations and Subjects; 
Eliminating Delay in Service Benefit.--
            (1) FFEL program.--Section 428J(b)(1) of such Act is 
        amended by striking everything preceding subparagraph (B) and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(1) has been employed as a full-time teacher--
                    ``(A)(i) in a school that qualifies under section 
                465(a)(2)(A) for loan cancellation for Perkins loan 
                recipients who teach in such schools;
                    ``(ii) as a full-time special education teacher, as 
                described in section 465(a)(2)(C); or
                    ``(iii) as a full-time teacher in any field of 
                expertise where the State educational agency determines 
                there is a shortage of qualified teachers;''.
            (2) Federal direct loan program.--Section 460(b)(1)(A) of 
        such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087j(b)(1)(A)) is amended by striking 
        everything preceding clause (ii) and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) has been employed as a full-time teacher--
                            ``(i)(I) in a school that qualifies under 
                        section 465(a)(2)(A) for loan cancellation for 
                        Perkins loan recipients who teach in such 
                        schools;
                            ``(II) as a full-time special education 
                        teacher, as described in section 465(a)(2)(C); 
                        or
                            ``(III) as a full-time teacher in any field 
                        of expertise where the State educational agency 
                        determines there is a shortage of qualified 
                        teachers;''.
    (c) Amounts Subject to Forgiveness.--
            (1) FFEL program.--Section 428J(c) of the Higher Education 
        Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078-10(c)) is amended by striking 
        paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
            ``(1) Amount and rate of repayment.--The Secretary shall 
        repay an amount that is not more than $20,000 in the aggregate 
        of the loan obligation on a loan made under section 428 or 428H 
        that is outstanding after the completion of the first complete 
        school year of teaching described in subsection (b)(1) for 
        which the borrower seeks repayment under this section. Such 
        amount shall be repaid at the rate of 15 percent for the first 
        or second year of such service, 20 percent for the third or 
        fourth year of such service, and 30 percent for the fifth year 
        of such service. No borrower may receive a reduction of loan 
        obligations under both this section and section 460.''.
            (2) Federal direct loan program.--Section 460(c) of such 
        Act (20 U.S.C. 1087j(c)) is amended by striking paragraph (1) 
        and inserting the following:
            ``(1) Amount and rate of repayment.--The Secretary shall 
        cancel an amount that is not more than $20,000 in the aggregate 
        of the loan obligation on a loan made under section 428 or 428H 
        that is outstanding after the completion of the first complete 
        school year of teaching described in subsection (b)(1)(A). Such 
        amount shall be canceled at the rate of 15 percent for the 
        first or second year of such service, 20 percent for the third 
        or fourth year of such service, and 30 percent for the fifth 
        year of such service.''.
Example Output: Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish a new program for teacher recruitment, retention, and training. Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award grants to local educational agencies to recruit, retain, and train high-quality teachers through one or more specified types of activities.Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise student loan forgiveness for teachers under the Federal Family Education Loan and Federal Direct Loan programs. Expands forgiveness eligibility by: (1) eliminating requirements allowing only certain new borrowers to participate; and (2) increasing the types of eligible teaching locations and subjects. Eliminates a service requirement that an individual teach at least five consecutive complete school years before being eligible for program benefits. Increases to $20,000 the aggregate amount of an individual teacher's student loan obligation which may be forgiven, and revises the rate of repayment.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ensuring Meaningful Petition 
Outreach While Enhancing Rights of States Act of 2018'' or the 
``EMPOWERS Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. GREATER COUNTY AND STATE INVOLVEMENT.

    (a) County and State Consultation on Petitions.--Section 4(b)(3) of 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) Listing petition review requirements.--
                            ``(i) Not later than 30 days before 
                        submitting to the Secretary a petition to list, 
                        delist, or reclassify a species that occurs in 
                        the United States, or to revise a designation 
                        of critical habitat of such a species, the 
                        petitioner shall provide to the chief executive 
                        of each county and State in which the species 
                        is located a notice of intent to submit such 
                        petition.
                            ``(ii) The Secretary shall, upon finding 
                        that a petitioned action to list a species as a 
                        threatened species or endangered species may be 
                        warranted, solicit from the chief executive of 
                        each county and State in which the species is 
                        located--
                                            ``(I) information regarding 
                                        threats to the species and 
                                        efforts by the county or State, 
                                        respectively, to protect the 
                                        species;
                                            ``(II) information about 
                                        the anticipated effects of the 
                                        action requested in the 
                                        petition in that county or 
                                        State, respectively; and
                                            ``(III) the advice of the 
                                        chief executive on whether the 
                                        status of the species merits 
                                        the action requested in the 
                                        petition, including information 
                                        in support of such advice.
                            ``(iii) The Secretary may verify by field 
                        testing the information presented in a petition 
                        asserting that a species is a threatened 
                        species or endangered species.
                            ``(iv) If a chief executive advises under 
                        clause (ii)(III) that the petitioned-for action 
                        is not warranted, the Secretary may not proceed 
                        with the action unless the Secretary 
                        demonstrates that information submitted in 
                        support of such advice by the chief executive 
                        is incorrect and that the action is 
                        warranted.''.
    (b) Regulations To Implement Determinations.--Section 4(b)(5) of 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(5)) is amended to 
read as follows:
            ``(5) Notice required.--With respect to any regulation 
        proposed by the Secretary to implement a determination referred 
        to in subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall--
                    ``(A) not less than 90 days before the effective 
                date of the regulation--
                            ``(i) publish a general notice and the 
                        complete text of the proposed regulation in the 
                        Federal Register;
                            ``(ii) provide notice of the proposed 
                        regulation (including the complete text of the 
                        regulation) to the chief executive of county 
                        and State in which the species is located, and 
                        invite such chief executive to submit to the 
                        Secretary a determination as to whether the 
                        proposed regulation is warranted; and
                            ``(iii) if the chief executive notifies the 
                        Secretary that the proposed regulation is not 
                        warranted, provide to the chief executive a 
                        record of decision for such determination, 
                        including information made available to the 
                        Secretary that did not support the 
                        determination and in writing the reasons for 
                        the determination;
                    ``(B) in cooperation with the Secretary of State, 
                provide notice of the proposed regulation to each 
                foreign nation in which the species is located or whose 
                citizens harvest the species on the high seas, and 
                invite the comment of such nation thereon;
                    ``(C) provide notice of the proposed regulation 
                to--
                            ``(i) each person who requests such notice;
                            ``(ii) each person who has submitted 
                        additional data on the proposed regulation;
                            ``(iii) each county, State, and local 
                        government within the jurisdiction of which the 
                        species is located or that is likely to 
                        experience any effects of any measures to 
                        protect the species under this Act; and
                            ``(iv) such professional scientific 
                        organizations as the Secretary considers 
                        appropriate;
                    ``(D) publish a summary of the proposed regulation 
                on the internet; and
                    ``(E) promptly hold one public hearing on the 
                proposed regulation if any person files a request for 
                such a hearing within 45 days after the date of 
                publication of general notice.''.
    (c) Consultation on Final Determination.--Section 4(i) of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1533(i)) is amended to read 
as follows:
    ``(i) Written Justification.--If the Secretary adopts a final 
regulation in conflict with advise submitted by the chief executive of 
a county or State or fails to adopt a regulation pursuant to an action 
petitioned for by such a chief executive under subsection (b)(3), the 
Secretary shall submit to the chief executive--
            ``(1) a separate written justification explaining the 
        failure of the Secretary to adopt regulations consistent with 
        the advise or petition of the chief executive;
            ``(2) any determination referred to in subsection (a)(1) 
        relating to the regulation; and
            ``(3) all comments received by the Secretary that disagreed 
        with all or part of the regulation.''.
    (d) FACA.--Section 4(b) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1533(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(9) FACA.--Consultation with counties and States 
        regarding petitions and proposed regulations under this 
        subsection shall not be subject to the Federal Advisory 
        Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).''.
Example Output:
Ensuring Meaningful Petition Outreach While Enhancing Rights of States Act of 2018 or the EMPOWERS Act of 2018 This bill amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to revise the process for listing, delisting, or reclassifying a species under the Act. Before submitting to the Department of the Interior or the Department of Commerce, as appropriate, a petition to list a species as a threatened or endangered species, the petitioner must notify each county and state in which the species is located of the intent to submit a petition. Upon finding that the petition may be warranted, the appropriate department must solicit advice from each county and state in which the species is located.  If a state or county advises that the listing is not warranted, then the appropriate department may not proceed with the listing unless the department demonstrates that the information submitted in support of the advice is incorrect and that the listing is warranted. The bill expands requirements regarding providing notice of a proposed regulation that determines whether a species is endangered or threatened, including by requiring the appropriate department to provide notice to each person who requests a notice.  The appropriate department must justify a final regulation that conflicts with the advice of a state or county.