SECURE Water Amendments Act

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4258 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4258

 To reauthorize and update certain provisions of the Secure Water Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 14, 2014

     Mrs. Napolitano (for herself, Ms. Gabbard, Ms. Hanabusa, Mr. 
 Cartwright, Mr. Costa, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Cardenas, Mr. 
  Ruiz, Mr. Sires, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico, Ms. 
 Lofgren, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Hahn, Mr. Pastor of Arizona, 
 Mr. Doggett, and Mr. Takano) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To reauthorize and update certain provisions of the Secure Water Act.

    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 ``SECURE Water Amendments Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES; ELIGIBILITY; AUTHORIZATION OF 
              APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 9504 of the Omnibus Public Land Management 
Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10364) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(H)--
                            (i) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at 
                        the end;
                            (ii) in clause (ii), by striking the period 
                        and inserting ``; or''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) to plan for or address the impacts 
                        of drought.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(A)--
                            (i) by striking ``; and'' and inserting ``; 
                        or'';
                            (ii) by striking ``(A) be located within 
                        the States'' and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) be located in--
                            ``(i) the States''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(ii) the State of Hawaii; and''; and
            (2) in subsection (e), by striking ``There is'' and all 
        that follows through ``$200,000,000'' and inserting ``There are 
        authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to 
        carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2015 through 
        2023''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR NATIONAL WATER AVAILABILITY 
              AND USE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM.

    Section 9508(e)(2) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 
2009 (42 U.S.C. 10368(e)(2)) is amended by striking ``$12,500,000 for 
the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2013'' and inserting ``such 
sums as are necessary for the period of fiscal years 2014 through 
2023''.
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