[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 88 Introduced in House (IH)]







111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 88

     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 permanent 
facilities for the GREAT project to reclaim, reuse, and treat impaired 
               waters in the area of Oxnard, California.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 2009

  Mrs. Capps introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural 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 design, planning, and construction of permanent 
facilities for the GREAT project to reclaim, reuse, and treat impaired 
               waters in the area of Oxnard, California.

    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 ``City of Oxnard Water Recycling and 
Desalination Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. OXNARD, CALIFORNIA, WATER RECLAMATION, REUSE, AND TREATMENT 
              PROJECT.

    (a) In General.--The Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study 
and Facilities Act (title XVI of Public Law 102-575; 43 U.S.C. 390h et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. __. OXNARD, CALIFORNIA, WATER RECLAMATION, REUSE, AND TREATMENT 
              PROJECT.

    ``(a) Authorization.--The Secretary, in cooperation with the City 
of Oxnard, California, may participate in the design, planning, and 
construction of Phase I permanent facilities for the GREAT project to 
reclaim, reuse, and treat impaired water in the area of Oxnard, 
California.
    ``(b) Cost Share.--The Federal share of the costs of the project 
described in subsection (a) shall not exceed 25 percent of the total 
cost.
    ``(c) Limitation.--The Secretary shall not provide funds for the 
following:
            ``(1) The operations and maintenance of the project 
        described in subsection (a).
            ``(2) The construction, operations, and maintenance of the 
        visitor's center related to the project described in subsection 
        (a).
    ``(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 sections in section 2 of the 
Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 is 
amended by inserting after the last item the following:

``Sec. __. Oxnard, California, water reclamation, reuse, and treatment 
                            project.''.
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