,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #afjj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #g1 #bjai,mr4 
,mc,carthy 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,calvert1 
,mr4 ,cook1 ,mr4 ,hunter1 ,mr4          
,la,malfa1 ,mr4 ,mc,clintock1 and ,mr4  
,nunes7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,agriculture1 and in addition to the    
,committees on ,transportation and      
,infrastructure1 and ,natural           
,resources1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to require that certain     
funds provided by the ,department of    
,transportation for high-speed rail     
development in the ,state of ,california
 that are rescinded or otherwise        
reimbursed be made available to the     
,secretary of the ,interior for water   
storage projects1 and to the ,secretary 
of ,agriculture for nitrate             

contamination reduction grants and new  
well construction grants4  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,repurposing ,assets to ,increase       
,long-term ,water ,availability and     
,yield ,act or the ,,railway ,act4  #b4 
,treatment of certain funds dedicated   
for high-speed rail development in the  
,state of ,california  7a7 ,treatment of
 funds ,notwithstanding any other law1  
the covered funds described in          
subsection 7b7 shall be immediately     
deposited as follows3  7#a7 #ij percent 
of funds in the ,reclamation ,water     
,storage ,account which shall be made   
available to the ,secretary of the      
,interior for water storage projects    
authorized pursuant to section #djjg of 
the ,water ,infrastructure ,improvements
 for the ,nation ,act 7,public ,law     
#aad-cbb7 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4 #cij;b note74  
7#b7 #e percent of funds in the ,rural  
,water and ,waste ,disposal ,program    
,account which shall be made available  
to the ,secretary of ,agriculture for   

grants under section #cjf;,f of the     
,consolidated ,farm and ,rural          
,development ,act4  7#c7 #e percent of  
funds in the ,rural ,water and ,waste   
,disposal ,program ,account which shall 
be made available to the ,secretary of  
,agriculture for grants under section   
#cjf;,g of the ,consolidated ,farm and  
,rural ,development ,act4  7b7 ,covered 
funds ,the covered funds are the        
following3 7#a7 ,the ,federal funds     
received by the ,department of          
,transportation as a result of the      
,department of ,transportation's        
termination and de-obligation of        
,cooperative ,agreement ,no4            
,,fr-,,hsr-#jaah-ab-ja-ja between the   
,federal ,railroad ,administration and  
the ,california ,high-,speed ,rail      
,authority1 notwithstanding the ,omnibus
 ,appropriations ,act1 #bjaj 7,public   
,law #aaa-aag74  7#b7 ,the ,federal     
funds that are recovered by the         
,department of ,transportation relating 
to ,cooperative ,agreement ,no4         

,,fr-,,hsr-#jjji-aj-ja-jf between the   
,federal ,railroad ,administration and  
the ,california ,high-,speed ,rail      
,authority1 notwithstanding the         
,american ,recovery and ,reinvestment   
,act of #bjji 7,public ,law #aaa-e74    
7#c7 ,any funds determined to be offsets
 by the ,federal ,railroad              
,administration or the ,department of   
,transportation1 consistent with        
,cooperative ,agreement ,no4            
,,fra-,,hsr-#jjji-aj-ja-jf4  7c7 ,cost  
share for water storage projects ,funds 
made available pursuant this ,act shall 
not count toward the cost-share         
provisions of section #djjg of the      
,water ,infrastructure ,improvements for
 the ,nation ,act4  #c4 ,nitrate        
contamination reduction grants  7a7 ,in 
general ,subtitle ,a of the             
,consolidated ,farm and ,rural          
,development ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4         
#aibb-aicf;c7 is amended by inserting   
after section #cjf;,e the following3    
#cjf;,f4 ,nitrate contamination         

reduction grants  7a7 ,in general ,the  
,secretary shall provide grants in      
accordance with this section to public  
or private nonprofit entities for       
projects designed to reduce the level of
 nitrates in1 or remove nitrates from1  
drinking water in a rural community     
where the level of nitrates in drinking 
water exceeds applicable ,federal or    
,state standards4  7b7 ,use of funds    
,grants made under this section may be  
used-- 7#a7 for waterline extensions    
from existing systems1 laying of new    
waterlines1 repairs or maintenance to an
 existing system1 digging of new wells  
or development of other sources of water
 designed to replace sources of drinking
 water with high levels of nitrates1    
equipment replacement1 and hook-up fees2
 and  7#b7 in the case of a project     
designed to benefit a rural community   
outside the jurisdiction of the grantee1
 to maintain existing water supplies of 
the grantee that will be reduced as a   
result of the project4  7c7 ,rural      

community ,in this section1 the term    
rural community does not include-- 7#a7 
any area in any city or town with a     
population in excess of #aj1jjj         
inhabitants according to the most recent
 decennial census of the ,united        
,states2 or  7#b7 any area with a median
 household income in excess of the      
,state nonmetropolitan median household 
income4  7d7 ,full ,funding ,grants     
under this section shall be made in an  
amount equal to #ajj percent of the     
costs of the projects conducted under   
this section4  7e7 ,application         
,subsection 7h7 of section #cjf;,a shall
 apply with respect to the              
administration of applications for      
grants under this section4  4  7b7      
,repeal ,effective #e years after the   
date of the enactment of this ,act1     
section #cjf;,f of the ,consolidated    
,farm and ,rural ,development ,act1 as  
added by the amendment made by          
subsection 7a71 is repealed4  #d4 ,new  
well construction grants  7a7 ,in       

general ,subtitle ,a of the             
,consolidated ,farm and ,rural          
,development ,act 7#g ,u4,s4,c4         
#aibb-aicf;c7 is further amended by     
inserting after section #cjf;,f the     
following3  #cjf;,g4 ,new well          
construction grants  7a7 ,in general    
,the ,secretary shall provide grants in 
accordance with this section to public  
or private nonprofit entities for       
projects designed to supply drinking    
water to rural communities in which a   
significant number of dwellings with    
private drinking water wells have wells 
that are not producing water4  7b7 ,use 
of funds ,grants made under this section
 may be used-- 7#a7 for waterline       
extensions from existing systems1 laying
 of new waterlines1 repairs or          
maintenance to an existing system1      
digging of new wells or development of  
other sources of water designed to      
replace sources of drinking water with  
high levels of nitrates1 equipment      
replacement1 and hook-up fees2 and  7#b7

 in the case of a project designed to   
benefit a rural community outside the   
jurisdiction of the grantee1 to maintain
 existing water supplies of the grantee 
that will be reduced as a result of the 
project4  7c7 ,rural community ,in this 
section1 the term rural community does  
not include-- 7#a7 any area in any city 
or town with a population in excess of  
#aj1jjj inhabitants according to the    
most recent decennial census of the     
,united ,states2 or  7#b7 any area with 
a median household income in excess of  
the ,state nonmetropolitan median       
household income4  7d7 ,full ,funding   
,grants under this section shall be made
 in an amount equal to #ajj percent of  
the costs of the projects conducted     
under this section4  7e7 ,application   
,subsection 7h7 of section #cjf;,a shall
 apply with respect to the              
administration of applications for      
grants under this section4  4  7b7      
,repeal ,effective #e years after the   
date of the enactment of this ,act1     

section #cjf;,g of the ,consolidated    
,farm and ,rural ,development ,act1 as  
added by the amendment made by          
subsection 7a71 is repealed4