ALDER CREEK WATER STORAGE AND CONSERVATION PROJECT FEASIBILITY STUDY AND REPORT.

SEC. 202. ALDER CREEK WATER STORAGE AND CONSERVATION PROJECT FEASIBILITY STUDY AND REPORT. (a) Study.—Pursuant to Federal reclamation law (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.)), the Secretary of the Interior (referred to in this section as the “Secretary”), through the Bureau of Reclamation, and in consultation and cooperation with the El Dorado Irrigation District, is authorized to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of constructing a project on Alder Creek in El Dorado County, California, to store water and provide water supplies during dry and critically dry years for consumptive use, recreation, in-stream flows, irrigation, and power production. (b) Report.— (1) Transmission.—On completion of the study authorized by subsection (a), the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report containing the results of the study. (2) Contents of report.—The report shall contain appropriate cost sharing options for the implementation of the project based on the use and possible allocation of any stored water. (3) Use of available materials.—In developing the report under this section, the Secretary shall use reports and any other relevant information supplied by the El Dorado Irrigation District. (c) Cost Share.— (1) Federal share.—The Federal share of the costs of the feasibility study authorized by this section shall not exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the study. (2) In-kind contribution for non-federal share.—The Secretary may accept as part of the non-Federal cost share the contribution such in-kind services by the El Dorado Irrigation District as the Secretary determines will contribute to the conduct and completion of the study. (d) Authorization of Appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $3,000,000.