Sec. 3118. MIDDLE RIO GRANDE RESTORATION, NEW MEXICO

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## SEC. 3118 MIDDLE RIO GRANDE RESTORATION, NEW MEXICO ###

(a)Restoration Projects Defined In this section, the term “**restoration project**” means a project that will produce, consistent with other Federal programs, projects, and activities, immediate and substantial ecosystem restoration and recreation benefits. ###

(b)Project Selection The Secretary shall select and shall carry out restoration projects in the Middle Rio Grande from Cochiti Dam to the headwaters of Elephant Butte Reservoir in the State of New Mexico in accordance with the plans recommended in the feasibility report for the Middle Rio Grande Bosque, New Mexico, scheduled for completion in December 2008. ###

(c)Local Participation In carrying out subsection (b), the Secretary shall consult with, and consider the activities being carried out by— ####

(1)the Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Act Collaborative Program; and ####

(2)the Bosque Improvement Group of the Middle Rio Grande Bosque Initiative. ### (d)4 Cost Sharing Any requirement for non-Federal participation in a project carried out in the bosque of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, pursuant to this section shall be limited to the provision of lands, easements, rights-of-way, relocations, and dredged material disposal areas necessary for construction, operation and maintenance of the project. 4The placement of subsection (d), as inserted by section 114(3) of division C of Public Law 111–8, is in accordance with the probable intent of Congress. Paragraph

(3)of section 114 of such Public Law, provides for an amendment to insert a new subsection

(d)without specifying where to place such subsection. ###

(e)Authorization of Appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 to carry out this section.

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Sec. 3118

MIDDLE RIO GRANDE RESTORATION, NEW MEXICO

Pub. L.Pub. L. 111-8

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