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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 338 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to increase surface |
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| 6 | 6 | | water and groundwater storage, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY13, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. C |
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| 10 | 10 | | OSTA(for himself, Mr. FULCHER, and Mr. VALADAO) introduced the |
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| 11 | 11 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to |
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| 14 | 14 | | increase surface water and groundwater storage, and for |
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| 15 | 15 | | other purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Every Drop Counts 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Act’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. ELIGIBLE WATER STORAGE PROJECTS. 6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) I |
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| 23 | 23 | | NGENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 40903(b)(1) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act (43 U.S.C. 3203(b)(1)(B)) is amended to read as fol-9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | lows: 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—The following 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | projects shall be eligible for consideration for a 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | grant under this section: 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘(i) G |
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| 34 | 34 | | ENERAL ACRE -FEET CAPAC-4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ITY.—A project that— 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(I) has water storage capacity 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | of not less than 200 acre-feet and not 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | more than 30,000 acre-feet; and 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | ‘‘(II)(aa) increases surface water 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | or groundwater storage; or 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | ‘‘(bb) conveys water, directly or 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | indirectly, to or from surface water or 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | groundwater storage. 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(ii) A |
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| 45 | 45 | | VERAGE ANNUAL PROJECT LIFE 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ACRE-FEET CAPACITY.—A project that— 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(I) has water storage capacity 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | of recharges not less than 200 acre- 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | feet and not more than 150,000 acre- 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | feet on an average annual basis over 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | the life of the project for storage or 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | use; and 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ‘‘(II)(aa) increases groundwater 22 |
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| 54 | 54 | | aquifer storage; 23 |
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| 57 | 57 | | •HR 338 IH |
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| 58 | 58 | | ‘‘(bb) conveys water, directly or 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | indirectly, to or recovers water from 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | groundwater storage; 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ‘‘(cc) both increases groundwater 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | aquifer storage and conveys water, di-5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | rectly or indirectly, to or recovers 6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | water from groundwater storage; and 7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | ‘‘(dd) stabilizes groundwater lev-8 |
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| 66 | 66 | | els.’’. 9 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (b) A |
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| 68 | 68 | | UTHORITY.—Section 40903(e) of the Infrastruc-10 |
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| 69 | 69 | | ture Investment and Jobs Act (43 U.S.C. 3203(e)) is 11 |
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| 70 | 70 | | amended by striking ‘‘5’’ and inserting ‘‘10’’. 12 |
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| 71 | 71 | | SEC. 3. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION. 13 |
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| 72 | 72 | | Nothing in the amendment made by section 2 shall 14 |
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| 73 | 73 | | be construed— 15 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (1) to supersede or in any manner affect or 16 |
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| 75 | 75 | | conflict with State water law, Federal water law, 17 |
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| 76 | 76 | | interstate compacts, or treaty obligations; 18 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (2) to authorize any acquisition of water by the 19 |
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| 78 | 78 | | Federal Government; or 20 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (3) to supersede or infringe on any water 21 |
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| 80 | 80 | | rights. 22 |
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