[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4792 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4792

To reauthorize funding for the Water Desalination Act of 1996, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 22, 2002

Mr. Horn (for himself, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Reyes, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mrs. 
   Davis of California, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Hunter, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
Filner, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mrs. Napolitano, Mrs. Thurman, Ms. Solis, and 
   Ms. Millender-McDonald) introduced the following bill; which was 
    referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the 
Committee on Science, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To reauthorize funding for the Water Desalination Act of 1996, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION.

    Section 8 of the Water Desalination Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3622, 
3624; P.L. 104-298; 42 U.S.C. 10301 note) is amended to read as 
follows:

``SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``(a) Section 3.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out section 3 of this Act $5,000,000 per year for fiscal years 2003-
2008. Of these amounts, up to $1,000,000 in each fiscal year may be 
awarded to institutions of higher education, including United States-
Mexico binational research foundations and interuniversity research 
programs established by the two countries, for research grants without 
any cost-sharing requirement.
    ``(b) Section 4.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out section 4 of this Act $25,000,000 for fiscal years 2003 through 
2008.''.
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