[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 745 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 745

           To reauthorize the Water Desalination Act of 1996.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 15, 2013

   Mrs. Napolitano (for herself, Ms. Brown of Florida, Ms. Chu, Mr. 
 Garamendi, Mr. Honda, Mr. Markey, Mrs. Negrete McLeod, Mr. Peters of 
 California, Mr. Pierluisi, Mr. Rush, Mr. Sablan, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez 
of California, Ms. Slaughter, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Hinojosa, Ms. Hanabusa, 
 Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Pastor of 
 Arizona, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Lewis, Mr. Ruiz, and Mr. Takano) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
  Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology, 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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION OF WATER DESALINATION ACT OF 1996.

    Section 8 of the Water Desalination Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 10301 
note; Public Law 104-298) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), in the first sentence, by striking 
        ``2013'' and inserting ``2018''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``for each of fiscal 
        years 2012 through 2013'' and inserting ``for each of fiscal 
        years 2013 through 2018''.
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