[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4775 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4775

     To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
     Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
   participate in the El Paso, Texas, water reclamation, reuse, and 
            desalinization project, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 7, 2004

 Mr. Reyes (for himself, Mr. Ortiz, Mr. Hinojosa, and Mrs. Napolitano) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                               Resources

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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 El Paso, Texas, water reclamation, reuse, and 
            desalinization 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. EL PASO, TEXAS, WATER RECLAMATION, REUSE, AND DESALINIZATION 
              PROJECT.

    (a) Authorization.--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 new section:

``SEC. 16__. EL PASO, TEXAS, WATER RECLAMATION, REUSE, AND 
              DESALINIZATION PROJECT.

    ``(a) Authorization.--The Secretary, in cooperation with the State 
and local authorities, is authorized to participate in the design, 
planning, and construction of the El Paso Water Reclamation, Reuse, and 
Desalinization project to reclaim and reuse wastewater and to treat and 
reuse impaired and brackish groundwater in the service area of the El 
Paso Water Utilities Public Service Board, El Paso, Texas.
    ``(b) Cost Share.--The Federal share of the cost of the project 
authorized by this section shall not exceed 50 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 sections in section 2 of such 
Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 16__ the 
following:

``Sec. 16__. El Paso, Texas, water reclamation, reuse, and 
                            desalinization project.''.
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