[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4739 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 384
107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4739

                          [Report No. 107-635]

     To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
     Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
 participate in the design, planning, and construction of a project to 
reclaim and reuse wastewater within and outside of the service area of 
        the City of Austin Water and Wastewater Utility, Texas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 15, 2002

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

                           September 4, 2002

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
     Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
 participate in the design, planning, and construction of a project to 
reclaim and reuse wastewater within and outside of the service area of 
        the City of Austin Water and Wastewater Utility, Texas.

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

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, WASTEWATER RECLAMATION AND 
              REUSE PROJECT.

    (a) Authorization of Project.--The Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (Public Law 102-575, title XVI; 43 
U.S.C. 390h et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 1635. AUSTIN, TEXAS, WATER RECLAMATION AND REUSE PROJECT.

    ``(a) Authorization.--The Secretary, in cooperation with the City 
of Austin Water and Wastewater Utility, Texas, is authorized to 
participate in the planning (including an appraisal and feasibility 
study), design, and construction of, and land acquisition for, a 
project to reclaim and reuse wastewater, including degraded 
groundwaters, within and outside of the service area of the City of 
Austin Water and Wastewater Utility, Texas.
    ``(b) Cost Share.--The Federal share of the cost of the project 
authorized by this section shall not exceed 25 percent of the total 
cost of the project.
    ``(c) Limitation.--The Secretary shall not provide funds for the 
operation and maintenance of the project authorized by this section.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 2 of 
Public Law 102-575 (106 Stat. 4600) is amended by adding at the end of 
the items relating to chapter XVI the following:

``Sec. 1635. Austin, Texas, Water Reclamation and Reuse Project.''.




                                                 Union Calendar No. 384

107th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 4739

                          [Report No. 107-635]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

     To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
     Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
 participate in the design, planning, and construction of a project to 
reclaim and reuse wastewater within and outside of the service area of 
        the City of Austin Water and Wastewater Utility, Texas.

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                           September 4, 2002

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed