[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4420 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4420
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to use designated funding to
pay for construction of authorized rural water projects, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 8, 2014
Mr. Daines introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
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A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to use designated funding to
pay for construction of authorized rural water projects, 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 ``Authorized Rural Water Projects
Completion Act''.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Fund.--The term ``Fund'' means the Reclamation Rural
Water Construction Fund established by section 3(a).
(2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of the Interior.
SEC. 3. RECLAMATION RURAL WATER CONSTRUCTION FUND.
(a) Establishment.--There is established in the Treasury of the
United States a fund, to be known as the ``Reclamation Rural Water
Construction Fund'', consisting of--
(1) such amounts as are deposited in the Fund under
subsection (b); and
(2) any interest earned on investment of amounts in the
Fund under subsection (d).
(b) Deposits to Fund.--
(1) In general.--For each of fiscal years 2014 through
2030, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit in the Fund
$80,000,000 of the revenues that would otherwise be deposited
for the fiscal year in the reclamation fund established by the
first section of the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388,
chapter 1093).
(2) Availability of amounts.--Amounts deposited in the Fund
under paragraph (1) shall--
(A) be available in accordance with this section,
without further appropriation; and
(B) be in addition to amounts appropriated for such
purposes under any other provision of law.
(3) Limitation.--Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2), no
amounts may be deposited in, or made available from, the Fund
under those paragraphs if the transfer or availability of the
amounts would increase the deficit.
(c) Expenditures From Fund.--
(1) In general.--
(A) Expenditures.--Subject to subparagraph (B), for
each of fiscal years 2014 through 2035, the Secretary
may expend from the Fund not more than the sum of--
(i) $80,000,000; and
(ii) the amount of interest accrued in the
Fund for the fiscal year in which the
expenditures are made.
(B) Additional expenditures.--Notwithstanding
subparagraph (A), the Secretary may expend more than
$80,000,000 for any fiscal year listed in subparagraph
(A) if such amounts are available in the Fund due to
expenditures not reaching $80,000,000 in 1 or more
prior fiscal years.
(2) Use.--
(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the
Secretary may use amounts from the Fund to complete
construction of rural water projects--
(i) authorized to be carried out by the
Secretary on or before the date of enactment of
this Act; or
(ii) for which--
(I) pursuant to section 106(e) of
the Rural Water Supply Act of 2006 (43
U.S.C. 2405(e)), a feasibility study
has been submitted to the Secretary by
September 30, 2012; and
(II) an Act of Congress after the
date of enactment of this Act has
authorized the construction of the
project.
(B) Limitation.--The Secretary may not use amounts
from the Fund to pay for any operation and maintenance
costs of an authorized rural water project.
(3) Conditions.--The Secretary shall not expend any amounts
from the Fund until the date on which the Secretary develops--
(A) programmatic goals to carry out this section
that--
(i) would enable the completion of
construction of the authorized rural water
projects as expeditiously as possible; and
(ii) reflect--
(I) the goals and priorities
identified in the laws authorizing the
authorized rural water projects; and
(II) the goals of the Reclamation
Rural Water Supply Act of 2006 (43
U.S.C. 2401 et seq.); and
(B) funding prioritization criteria to serve as a
formula for distributing funds under this section that
take into account--
(i) an evaluation of the urgent and
compelling need for potable water supplies in
the affected rural and tribal communities;
(ii) the status of the current stages of
completion of the authorized rural water
project;
(iii) the financial needs of the affected
rural and tribal communities;
(iv) the potential economic benefits of the
expenditures on job creation and general
economic development in the affected rural and
tribal communities;
(v) the ability of the authorized rural
water project to address regional and watershed
level water supply needs;
(vi) the ability of the authorized rural
water project--
(I) to minimize water and energy
consumption; and
(II) to encourage the development
of renewable energy resources, such as
wind, solar, and hydropower elements;
(vii) the need for the authorized rural
water project to address--
(I) the needs of Indian tribes and
members of Indian tribes; and
(II) other community needs or
interests; and
(viii) such other factors as the Secretary
determines to be appropriate to prioritize the
use of available funds.
(d) Investments of Amounts.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall invest such portion of
the Fund as is not, in the judgment of the Secretary, required
to meet current withdrawals.
(2) Credits to fund.--The interest on, and the proceeds
from the sale or redemption of, any obligations held in the
Fund shall be credited to, and form a part of, the Fund.
(e) Transfers of Amounts.--
(1) In general.--The amounts required to be transferred to
the Fund under this section shall be transferred at least
monthly from the general fund of the Treasury to the Fund on
the basis of estimates made by the Secretary of the Treasury.
(2) Adjustments.--Proper adjustment shall be made in
amounts subsequently transferred to the extent prior estimates
were in excess of or less than the amounts required to be
transferred.
(f) Termination.--On September 30, 2035--
(1) the Fund shall terminate; and
(2) the unexpended and unobligated balance of the Fund
shall be transferred to the reclamation fund established by the
first section of the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388,
chapter 1093).
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