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IB Union Calendar No. 272 109th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 1071 [Report No. 109–380, Part I] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 3, 2005 Mr. Davis of Florida (for himself and Mr. Gibbons) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources February 28, 2006 Reported with an amendment and referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce for a period ending not later than March 31, 2006, for consideration of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(f), rule X Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic March 31, 2006 Referral to the Committee on Energy and Commerce extended for a period ending not later than May 26, 2006 May 26, 2006 Additional sponsors: Mr. McGovern, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Brown of South Carolina, Mr. Foley, Ms. Ginny Brown-Waite of Florida, Mr. Case, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Filner, Mrs. Davis of California, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Issa, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida, Ms. Harman, Mr. Costa, Mr. Gary G. Miller of California, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Inslee, and Mr. Bilirakis May 26, 2006 Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 3, 2005 A BILL To direct the Secretary of Energy to make incentive payments to the owners or operators of qualified desalination facilities to partially offset the cost of electrical energy required to operate such facilities, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Desalination Water Supply Shortage Prevention Act of 2005.

2.

Definitions

(a)

Qualified desalination facility

The term qualified desalination facility means a facility that— (1)produces for sale to domestic customers desalinated seawater, brackish groundwater, or surface water whose source water is greater than 1000 parts per million total dissolved solids; and (2)is owned or operated by— (A)a State or any political subdivision, agency, authority, or instrumentality of a State; (B)an Indian tribe; or (C)a corporation responsible for providing municipal water service pursuant to State or tribal law; (3)is first used to produce commercial desalinated water for sale during the 10-year period beginning on October 1 of the first fiscal year occurring after the date of the enactment of this Act; and (4)uses the best available technology as determined by the Secretary. (b)

Indian tribe

The term Indian Tribe means with respect to the contiguous 48 states, any federally recognized Indian tribe, organized band, pueblo, or community and with respect to Alaska, the Metlakatla Indian Community. (c)

Secretary

The term Secretary means the Secretary of Energy. (d)

State

The term State means the several States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

3.

Desalinated water production incentive payments

(a)

Incentive Payments

The Secretary shall make incentive payments in an amount determined under subsection (d) to the owners or operators of qualified desalination facilities to partially offset the cost of electrical energy required to operate such facilities. (b)

Agreement; deadline

The Secretary may not make any payment to the owner or operator of a qualified desalination facility under this section, unless, not later than the end of fiscal year 2016, the Secretary enters into a written agreement with the owner or operator to make such payment. (c)

Payment period

The Secretary may make payments to the owner or operator of a qualified desalination facility under this section for a period not to exceed 10 years— (1)beginning on the date on which the facility is first used to produce desalinated water; and (2)ending not later than September 30, 2026. (d)

Amount of Payment

(1)

In general

Payments made by the Secretary under this section to the owner or operator of any qualified desalination facility shall be based on the amount of desalinated water produced by the facility during the payment period described in subsection (c). For any facility, the amount of such payment shall be 62 cents for every thousand gallons of desalinated water produced and sold, adjusted as provided in paragraph (2). (2)

Adjustments

The amount of the payment made to any person under this subsection as provided in paragraph (1) shall be adjusted for inflation for each fiscal year beginning after calendar year 2006 in the same manner as provided in the provisions of section 29(d)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 29(d)(2)(B)), except that in applying such provisions the calendar year 2006 shall be substituted for calendar year 1979. (e)

Application

The Secretary may not make a grant to the owner or operator of a qualified desalination facility under this section unless the facility submits an application to the Secretary in such form, at such time, and containing such information and assurances as the Secretary may require. (f)

Limitation

In any fiscal year not more than 60 percent of the funds made available by the Secretary under this section shall be made available to the owners or operators of qualified desalination facilities that obtain source water directly from the sea, an estuary, or from in-bank extraction wells that are of seawater origin (g)

Priority

In awarding incentive payments under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to any application for a project that— (1)uses innovative technologies to reduce the energy demand of the project; (2)uses renewable energy supplies in the desalination process; (3)provides regional water supply benefits; (4)provides a secure source of new water supplies for national defense activities; (5)reduces the threat of a water supply disruption as a result of a natural disaster or acts of terrorism; (6)uses technologies that minimize the damage to marine life; or (7)provides significant water quality benefits. (h)

Budget act compliance

The authority provided by this section may be exercised only in such amounts or to such extent as provided in advance in appropriations Acts. (i)

Authorization of Appropriations

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $200,000,000 to carry out this section from fiscal year 2006 through fiscal year 2016.

4.

Novel desalination technology

(a)

In general

The Secretary shall support research and development of promising novel technology approaches for the cost-effective desalination of water. (b)

Authorization of appropriation

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this section $10,000,000 from fiscal year 2006 through fiscal year 2016.

May 26, 2006 Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed