[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2341 Referred in Senate (RFS)]


109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2341


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 26, 2006

   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 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. 1636. 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.
    ``(d) Sunset of Authority.--The authority of the Secretary to carry 
out any provisions of this section shall terminate 10 years after the 
date of the enactment of 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. 1636. Austin, Texas, water reclamation and reuse project.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 25, 2006.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.