[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1879 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1879

   To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the 
  Alamitos Barrier Recycled Water Project and in the Long Beach Water 
        Desalination and Reuse Research and Development Project.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 16, 1995

   Mr. Horn introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the 
  Alamitos Barrier Recycled Water Project and in the Long Beach Water 
        Desalination and Reuse Research and Development Project.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ALAMITOS BARRIER RECYCLED WATER PROJECT.

    (a) Authorization.--The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in 
cooperation with the Water Replenishment District of Southern 
California, city of Long Beach and the Orange County Water District in 
the State of California, and other appropriate authorities, to 
participate in the design, planning, and construction of water 
reclamation and reuse projects to treat approximately 10,000 acre-feet 
per year of effluent from the city of Long Beach, in order to--
            (1) provide new water supplies for industrial, 
        environmental, groundwater quality maintenance, and other 
        beneficial purposes;
            (2) reduce the demand for potable imported water; and
            (3) reduce the quantity of sewage effluent discharged into 
        the Long Beach Harbor.
    (b) Cost Share.--The Secretary's share of costs associated with any 
project described in subsection (a) shall not exceed 50 percent of the 
total cost of that project. The Secretary shall not provide funds for 
operation or maintenance of any such project.
SEC. 2. LONG BEACH WATER DESALINATION AND REUSE RESEARCH AND 
              DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.

    (a) Authorization.--In order to demonstrate the feasibility and 
cost-effectiveness of using innovative water desalination and reuse 
technology to reduce the demand for imported water in Southern 
California, the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the city 
of Long Beach, California, the Central Basin Municipal Water District, 
and the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, is 
authorized to participate in the design, planning, and construction of 
the Long Beach Desalination and Reuse Research and Development Project.
    (b) Cost Share.--The Federal share of the costs of the Long Beach 
Water Desalination and Reuse Research and Development Project shall not 
exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the project. Costs of operation, 
maintenance, and repair shall not be included in the Federal share.
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