Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 120.djvu/3377

 120 STAT. 3346

PUBLIC LAW 109–451—DEC. 22, 2006

TITLE I—RECLAMATION RURAL WATER SUPPLY ACT OF 2006

Reclamation Rural Water Supply Act of 2006. 43 USC 2401 note.

SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

43 USC 2401.

SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS.

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Reclamation Rural Water Supply Act of 2006’’. In this title: (1) CONSTRUCTION.—The term ‘‘construction’’ means the installation of infrastructure and the upgrading of existing facilities in locations in which the infrastructure or facilities are associated with the new infrastructure of a rural water project recommended by the Secretary pursuant to this title. (2) FEDERAL RECLAMATION LAW.—The term ‘‘Federal reclamation law’’ means the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093), and Acts supplemental to and amendatory of that Act (43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.). (3) INDIAN.—The term ‘‘Indian’’ means an individual who is a member of an Indian tribe. (4) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b). (5) NON-FEDERAL PROJECT ENTITY.—The term ‘‘non-Federal project entity’’ means a State, regional, or local authority, Indian tribe or tribal organization, or other qualifying entity, such as a water conservation district, water conservancy district, or rural water district or association. (6) OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, AND REPLACEMENT COSTS.— (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘operations, maintenance, and replacement costs’’ means all costs for the operation of a rural water supply project that are necessary for the safe, efficient, and continued functioning of the project to produce the benefits described in a feasibility study. (B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘operations, maintenance, and replacement costs’’ includes— (i) repairs of a routine nature that maintain a rural water supply project in a well kept condition; (ii) replacement of worn-out project elements; and (iii) rehabilitation activities necessary to bring a deteriorated project back to the original condition of the project. (C) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘operations, maintenance, and replacement costs’’ does not include construction costs. (7) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means the rural water supply program carried out under section 103. (8) RECLAMATION STATES.—The term ‘‘Reclamation States’’ means the States and areas referred to in the first section of the Act of June 17, 1902 (43 U.S.C. 391). (9) RURAL WATER SUPPLY PROJECT.— (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘rural water supply project’’ means a project that is designed to serve a community or group of communities, each of which has a population of not more than 50,000 inhabitants, which may include Indian tribes and tribal organizations, dispersed

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