Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2002
PL 107-351 (H.R.2990), enacted 12/17/2002

116 STAT. 2978 
PUBLIC LAW 107-351—DEC. 17, 2002 
Public Law 107-351 
107th Congress 
An Act 
Dec. 17, 2002 
[H.R. 2990] 
Lower Rio 
Grande Valley 
Water Resources 
Conservation and 
Improvement Act 
of2002. 
To amend the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improve-
ment Act of 2000 to authorize additional projects under that Act, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the "Lower Rio Grande Valley Water 
Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2002". 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL PROJECTS UNDER THE 
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY WATER RESOURCES CON-
SERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2000. 
Section 4(a) of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources 
Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-576; 
114 Stat. 3067) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
"(5) In the United Irrigation District of Hidalgo County, 
Texas, a pipeline and pumping system as identified in the 
Sigler, Winston, Greenwood, Associates, Incorporated, study 
dated January 2001. 
"(6) In the Cameron County, Texas, Irrigation District No. 
2, proposed improvements to Canal C, as identified in the 
February 8, 2001, engineering report by Martin, Brown, and 
Perez. 
"(7) In the Cameron County, Texas, Irrigation District No. 
2, a proposed Canal C and Canal 13 Inner Connect, as identified 
in the February 12, 2001, engineering report by Martin, Brown, 
and Perez. 
"(8) In Delta Lake Irrigation District of Hidalgo and Willacy 
Counties, Texas, proposed water conservation projects, as 
identified by the AW Blair Engineering report of February 
13, 2001. 
"(9) In the Hidalgo and Cameron County, Texas, Irrigation 
District No. 9, a proposed project to salvage spill water using 
automatic control of canal gates as identified in the AW Blair 
.:. Engineering report dated February 14, 2001. 
"(10) In the Brownsville Irrigation District of Cameron 
County, Texas, a proposed main canal replacement as outlined 
in the Holdar-Garcia & Associates engineering report dated 
February 14, 2001. 
"(11) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Irrigation District No. 
16, a proposed off-district pump station project as identified 
by the Melden & Hunt, Incorporated, engineering report dated 
February 14, 2001. 
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"(12) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Irrigation District No. 
1, a proposed canal replacement of the North Branch East 
Main, as outlined in the Melden & Hunt, Incorporated, 
engineering analysis dated February, 2001. 
"(13) In the Donna (Texas) Irrigation District, a proposed 
improvement project as identified by the Melden & Hunt, Incor-
porated, engineering analysis dated February 13, 2001. 
"(14) In the Hudspeth County, Texas, Conservation and 
Reclamation District No. 1, the Alamo Arroyo Pumping Plant 
water quality project as identified by the engineering report 
and drawings by Gebhard-Sarma and Associates dated July 
1996 and the construction of a 1,000 acre-foot off-channel regu-
lating reservoir for the capture and conservation of irrigation 
water, as identified in the engineering report by AW Blair 
Engineering dated June 2002. 
"(15) In the El Paso County, Texas, Water Improvement 
District No, 1, the Riverside Canal Improvement Project Phase 
I Reach A, a canal lining and water conservation project as 
identified by the engineering report by AW Blair Engineering 
dated June 2002. 
"(16) In the Maverick County, Texas, Water Improvement 
and Control District No. 1, the concrete lining project of 12 
miles of the Maverick Main Canal, identified in the engineering 
report by AW Blair Engineering dated June 2002. 
"(17) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Irrigation District No. 
6, rehabilitation of 10.2 miles of concrete lining in the main 
canal between Lift Stations Nos. 2 and 3 as identified in the 
engineering report by AW Blair Engineering dated June 2002. 
"(18) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Irrigation District No. 
2, Wisconsin Canal Improvements as identified in the Sigler, 
Winston, Greenwood & Associates, Incorporated, engineering 
report dated February 2001. 
"(19) In the Hidalgo County, Texas, Irrigation District No. 
2, Lateral 'A' Ceuial Improvements as identified in the Sigler, 
Winston, Greenwood & Associates, Incorporated, engineering 
report dated July 25, 2001.". 
SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY WATER 
RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 
2000. 
The Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation 
and Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-576; 114 Stat. 
3065 et seq.) is further amended as follows: 
(1) Section 3(a) is amended in the first sentence by striking 
114 Stat. 3065. 
"The Secretary" and all that follows through "in cooperation" 
and inserting "The Secretary, acting through the Bureau of 
Reclamation, shall xindertake a progreim under cooperative 
agreements". 
(2) Section 3(b) is amended to read as follows: 
"(b) PROJECT REVIEW.—Project proposals shall be reviewed and 
evaluated under the guidelines set forth in the document published 
by the Bureau of Reclamation entitled 'Guidelines for Preparing 
and Reviewing Proposals for Water Conservation and Improvement 
Projects Under P.L. 106-576', dated June 2001.". 
(3) Section 3(d) is amended by inserting before the period 
at the end the following: ", including operation, maintenance, 
repair, and replacement". 
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114 Stat. 3065. 
(4) Section 3(e) is amended by striking "the criteria estab-
lished pursuant to this section" and inserting "the guidehnes 
referred to in subsection (b)". 
(5) Subsection (f) of section 3 is amended by striking "to 
prepare" and all that follows through the end of the subsection 
and inserting "to have the Secretary prepare the reports 
required under this section. The Federal share of the cost 
of such preparation by the Secretary shall not exceed 50 percent 
of the total cost of such preparation.". 
(6) Section 3(g) is amended by striking "$2,000,000" and 
inserting "$8,000,000". 
114 Stat. 3067. 
(7) Section 4(b) is amended— 
(A) in the first sentence by striking "costs of any 
construction" and inserting "total project cost of any 
project"; and 
(B) in the last sentence by inserting "the actual" before 
"funds". 
(8) Section 4(c) is amended by striking "$10,000,000" and 
inserting "$47,000,000 (2001 dollars)". 
Approved December 17, 2002. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2990: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 107-580 (Comm. on Resources). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 148 (2002): 
July 22, considered and passed House. 
Nov. 19, considered and passed Senate.