[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 325 Engrossed in House (EH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 325

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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 Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration 
                                Project.

    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 ``Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and 
Riparian Restoration Project''.

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:

``SEC. 16__. AVRA/BLACK WASH RECLAMATION AND RIPARIAN RESTORATION 
              PROJECT, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA.

    ``(a) Authorization.--The Secretary, in cooperation with Pima 
County, Arizona, may participate in the planning, design, and 
construction of water recycling facilities and to enhance and restore 
riparian habitat in the Black Wash Sonoran Desert ecosystem in Avra 
Valley west of the metropolitan Pima County area.
    ``(b) Cost Sharing.--The Federal share of the cost of the project 
described in subsection (a) shall not exceed 25 percent of the cost of 
the project.
    ``(c) Limitation.--Federal funds provided under this section shall 
not be used for operation or maintenance of the project described in 
subsection (a).
    ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $14,000,000.
    ``(e) Use of Funds.--Federal funds provided under this section 
shall only be used for the design, planning and construction of water-
related infrastructure.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for Public Law 102-
575 is amended by inserting after the last item relating to title XVI 
the following:

``Sec. 16__. Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration 
                            Project, Pima County, Arizona.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 2, 2009.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
111th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 325

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

     To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
     Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration 
                                Project.