j PUBLIC LAW 106-576—DEC. 28, 2000 114 STAT. 3067 ! (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —There is authorized I to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section j $2,000,000. I SEC. 4. LOWER RIO GRANDE CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION. (a) PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION.— If the Secretary determines j that any of the following projects meet the review criteria and i project requirements, as set forth in section 3, the Secretary may i conduct or participate in funding engineering work, infrastructure i construction, and improvements for the purpose of conserving and 1 transporting raw water through that project: { (1) In the Hidalgo County, Texas Irrigation District #1, a pipeline project identified in the Melden & Hunt, Inc. engineering study dated July 6, 2000 as the Curry Main Pipeline Project. (2) In the Cameron County, Texas La Feria Irrigation District #3, a distribution system improvement project identified by the 1993 engineering study by Sigler, Winston, j Greenwood and Associates, Inc. i (3) In the Cameron County, Texas Irrigation District #2 j canal rehabilitation and pumping plant replacement as identified as Job Number 48-0554(>-002 in a report by Turner Collie & Braden, Inc. dated August 12, 1998. (4) In the Harlingen Irrigation District Cameron #1 Irrigation District a project of meter installation and canal lining as identified in a proposal submitted to the Texas Water Development Board dated April 28, 2000. (b) CONSTRUCTION COST SHARE. —The non-Federal share of the i costs of any construction carried out under, or with assistance I provided under, this section shall be 50 percent. Not more than j 40 percent of the costs of such an activity may be paid by the i State. The remainder of the non-Federal share may include inkind contributions of goods and services, and funds previously spent j on feasibility and engineering studies. i (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section I $10,000,000. I Approved December 28, 2000. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 1761: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 146 (2000): Oct. 27, considered and passed Senate. Dec. 4, considered and passed House, amended. Dec. 15, Senate concurred in House amendment.
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