[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3182 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3182

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 30, 2005

  Mr. Pombo (for himself and Mrs. Tauscher) 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 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``National Water Supply Enhancement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to provide for the development of economically viable 
        advanced water supply enhancement demonstration projects, 
        including desalination, that would provide access to untapped 
        water sources;
            (2) to facilitate the widespread commercialization of newly 
        developed water supply for use in real-world applications; and
            (3) to facilitate collaboration among Federal agencies in 
        the development of advanced water supply demonstration 
        projects, including desalination.

SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF WATER DESALINATION ACT OF 1996.

    Section 8 of the Water Desalination Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 10301 
note) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) in the first sentence by striking 
        ``per year'' and all that follows through the end of the 
        sentence and inserting ``for each of fiscal years 2005 through 
        2010.''; and
            (2) in subsection (b) by striking ``$25,000,000'' and all 
        that follows and inserting ``$75,000,000 for fiscal years 2005 
        through 2010.''.

SEC. 4. DESALINATION AND WATER SUPPLY ENHANCEMENT DEMONSTRATION 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) Establishment of Program.--The Water Desalination Act of 1996 
(42 U.S.C. 10301 note) is further amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 10. DESALINATION AND WATER SUPPLY ENHANCEMENT DEMONSTRATION 
              PROGRAM.

    ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish an advanced 
water supply enhancement program and, subject to the availability of 
appropriations, shall fund research, development, and demonstration 
projects for the development and commercialization of advanced water 
supply technologies and processes, including desalination.
    ``(b) Coordination With California Federal Water Research 
Facility.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall coordinate with a 
        California Federal research facility with experience working 
        with State and local water authorities to carry out water 
        treatment and water quality technology development --
                    ``(A) focusing on efficient desalination and 
                technologies for selective extraction of contaminants;
                    ``(B) using resident advanced supercomputer 
                modeling to optimize technology design; and
                    ``(C) emphasizing unique new technologies, 
                membranes, and materials, excluding incremental 
                development of conventional technologies.
            ``(2) State and local water needs.--The Secretary and the 
        California research facility shall work with local water 
        agencies and city governments in carrying out the program under 
        this section to find solutions for local water needs.''.
    (b) Report.--Within one year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of the Interior shall submit a report to the 
Congress that identifies Federal research facilities located around the 
United States that could serve as regional centers for water supply 
enhancement under the program established under section 10 of the Water 
Desalination Act of 1996, as amended by this section.
    (c) Study of Concentrates Produced in the Production of Coastal and 
Brackish Desalinated Waters.--
            (1) Study.--The Secretary of the Interior shall conduct a 
        study of the management and disposal of concentrates produced 
        in the production of desalinated waters from coastal water and 
        brackish water. The Secretary shall evaluate possible solutions 
        to the management and disposal of concentrates.
            (2) Report.--The Secretary shall submit to the Congress a 
        report on the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the 
        study under this subsection by not later than 180 days after 
        the date of the enactment of this Act.
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