[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2633 Introduced in House (IH)]


104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2633

   To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the 
                Alameda County Wastewater Reuse Project.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 14, 1995

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the 
                Alameda County Wastewater Reuse Project.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ALAMEDA COUNTY WASTEWATER REUSE PROJECT.

    (a) Authorization.--The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to 
enter into agreements under the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater 
Study and Facilities Act (43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) with the Alameda 
County Water District and the Union Sanitary District of Alameda County 
and other appropriate authorities to participate in the design, 
planning, and construction of water reuse projects to treat effluent 
from the Union Sanitary District, in order to--
            (1) provide new water supplies for industrial, 
        environmental, landscape, and other beneficial purposes;
            (2) reduce the demand for potable imported water; and
            (3) improve the water quality of the San Francisco Bay-
        Delta.
    (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.
                                 <all>