109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1025
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 17, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Resources
AN ACT
To amend the Act entitled `An Act to provide for the construction
of the Cheney division, Wichita Federal reclamation project, Kansas, and
for other purposes' to authorize the Equus Beds Division of the Wichita
Project.
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 `Wichita Project Equus Beds Division Authorization
Act of 2005'.
SEC. 2. EQUUS BEDS DIVISION.
The Act entitled `An Act to provide for the construction of the Cheney division,
Wichita Federal reclamation project, Kansas, and for other purposes' (Public
Law 86-787; 74 Stat. 1026) is amended by adding the following new section:
`SEC. 10. EQUUS BEDS DIVISION.
`(a) Authorization- The Secretary of the Interior may assist in the funding
and implementation of the Equus Beds Aquifer Recharge and Recovery Component
which is a part of the `Integrated Local Water Supply Plan, Wichita, Kansas'
(referred to in this section as the `Equus Beds Division'). Construction
of the Equus Beds Division shall be in substantial accordance with the plans
and designs.
`(b) Operation, Maintenance, and Replacement- Operation, maintenance, and
replacement of the Equus Beds Division, including funding for those purposes,
shall be the sole responsibility of the City of Wichita, Kansas. The Equus
Beds Division shall be operated in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
`(c) Agreements- The Secretary of the Interior may enter into, or agree
to amendments of, cooperative agreements and other appropriate agreements
to carry out this section.
`(d) Administrative Costs- From funds made available for this section, the
Secretary of the Interior may charge an appropriate share related to administrative
costs incurred.
`(e) Plans and Analyses Consistent With Federal Law- Before obligating funds
for design or construction under this section, the Secretary of the Interior
shall work cooperatively with the City of Wichita, Kansas, to use, to the
extent possible, plans, designs, and engineering and environmental analyses
that have already been prepared by the City for the Equus Beds Division.
The Secretary of the Interior shall assure that such information is used
consistent with applicable Federal laws and regulations.
`(f) Title; Responsibility; Liability- Nothing in this section or assistance
provided under this section shall be construed to transfer title, responsibility,
or liability related to the Equus Beds Division (including portions or features
thereof) to the United States.
`(g) Authorization of Appropriations- There is authorized to be appropriated
as the Federal share of the total cost of the Equus Beds Division, an amount
not to not exceed 25 percent of the total cost or $30,000,000 (January,
2003 prices), whichever is less, plus or minus such amounts, if any, as
may be justified by reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs
as indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to the type of construction
involved herein, whichever is less. Such sums shall be nonreimbursable.
`(h) Termination of Authority- The authority of the Secretary of the Interior
to carry out any provision of this section shall terminate 10 years after
the date of enactment of this section.'.
Passed the Senate December 16, 2005.
Attest:
EMILY J. REYNOLDS,
Secretary.
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