[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1732 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 1732


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 18, 2003

   Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                           Natural Resources

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                                 AN ACT


 
     To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
     Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the Williamson County, Texas, Water Recycling and Reuse 
                    Project, 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. PROJECT AUTHORIZATION.

    (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Williamson 
County Water Recycling Act of 2003''.
    (b) In General.--The Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study 
and Facilities Act (Title XVI of Public Law 102-575; 43 U.S.C. 390h et 
seq.) is amended by inserting after section 1635 the following new 
section:

``SEC. 1636. WILLIAMSON COUNTY, TEXAS, WATER RECYCLING AND REUSE 
              PROJECT.

    ``(a) Authorization.--The Secretary, in cooperation with the Lower 
Colorado River Authority, Texas, is authorized to participate in the 
design, planning, and construction of permanent facilities to reclaim 
and reuse water in Williamson County, Texas.
    ``(b) Cost Share.--The Federal share of the costs of the project 
described in subsection (a) shall not exceed 25 percent of the total 
cost.
    ``(c) Limitation.--The Secretary shall not provide funds for the 
operation and maintenance of the project described in subsection 
(a).''.

SEC. 2. CLERICAL AMENDMENT.

    The table of sections in section 2 of the Reclamation Projects 
Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to section 1635 the following:

``Sec. 1636. Williamson County, Texas, Water Recycling and Reuse 
                            Project.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 17, 2003.

            Attest:

                                                 JEFF TRANDAHL,

                                                                 Clerk.