[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5282 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5282

     To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
     Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
 participate in the Southern California Desert Region Integrated Water 
                   and Economic Sustainability Plan.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 3, 2006

   Mr. Lewis of California 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 Southern California Desert Region Integrated Water 
                   and Economic Sustainability Plan.

    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 ``Southern California Desert Region 
Integrated Water and Economic Sustainability Plan Act''.

SEC. 2. PROJECT AUTHORIZATION.

    (a) In General.--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__. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DESERT REGION INTEGRATED WATER AND 
              ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY PLAN.

    ``(a) Authorization.--The Secretary, in cooperation with the Mojave 
Water Agency is authorized to participate in the design, planning, and 
construction of projects to `Implement Mojave Water Agency's Integrated 
Regional Water Management Plan'.
    ``(b) Cost Share.--The Federal share of the costs of the projects 
authorized by this section shall not exceed 25 percent of the total 
cost.
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections in section 2 of 
Public Law 102-575 is amended by inserting after the last item relating 
to title XVI the following:

``16__. Southern California desert region integrated water and economic 
                            sustainability plan.''.
    (c) Limitation.--The Secretary shall not provide funds for the 
operation or maintenance of a project authorized by this section.
    (d) Credits Toward Non-Federal Share.--For purposes of subparagraph 
(b) the Secretary shall credit the Mojave Water Agency with the value 
of all expenditures made prior to the date of the enactment of this Act 
that are used toward completion of projects that are compatible with 
this section.
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