[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4610 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4610

     To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
     Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in a series of water reclamation projects to provide a new 
    water supply to communities previously impacted by perchlorate 
                         contamination plumes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 24, 2016

  Mr. Knight 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 a series of water reclamation projects to provide a new 
    water supply to communities previously impacted by perchlorate 
                         contamination plumes.

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

SECTION 1. WATER PROJECTS FOR COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY PERCHLORATE 
              CONTAMINATION PLUMES.

    (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. 163__. WATER PROJECTS FOR COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY PERCHLORATE 
              CONTAMINATION PLUMES.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Bureau of 
Reclamation, may participate in projects to benefit eligible 
communities through projects to accomplish one or more of the 
following:
            ``(1) Capture and treat wastewater and distribution of 
        recycled water from a new mixed-use development that cannot 
        otherwise be economically provided recycled water from one or 
        more existing water reclamation plants and recycled water 
        distribution systems.
            ``(2) Adjust or forego a portion of facility capacity or 
        connection fees otherwise paid by the property owner to a 
        regional water agency that imports out-of-basin water supplies, 
        thus reducing the import of out-of-basin supplies and providing 
        incentives to the property owner to construct one or more of 
        the following:
                    ``(A) Onsite treatment facilities.
                    ``(B) Onsite reclamation facilities.
                    ``(C) Recycled water distribution facilities.
            ``(3) The extension of local recycled water distribution 
        systems to properties adjacent to new mixed-use development.
    ``(b) Eligible Communities.--For the purposes of this section, the 
term `eligible communities' means communities that meet all of the 
following criteria:
            ``(1) In a State under a state of drought emergency as 
        declared by the Governor of that State.
            ``(2) In a community where water retailers have been 
        directed by the State Water Resources Control Board or 
        equivalent government agency of that State to reduce 
        consumption or use of potable water usage between 24 to 32 
        percent.
            ``(3) In a community whose sanitation district or 
        equivalent government agency district where that district has 
        been directed by a regional water quality control board or 
        equivalent government agency to reduce the discharge of 
        chloride in order to comply with basin water quality standards.
    ``(c) Priority Projects.--The Secretary shall give priority to 
projects that meet one or more of the following criteria:
            ``(1) Will serve a region that has received Federal 
        authorization for projects associated with perchlorate 
        contamination remediation programs under the Bureau of 
        Reclamation or the Army Corps of Engineers.
            ``(2) Is located in or will serve a region that has 
        completed feasibility studies for perchlorate remediation 
        efforts.
            ``(3) Will serve a region where the regional water agency 
        that imports out-of-basin water supplies has a wholesale area 
        that includes a population of at least 200,000 and not more 
        than 350,000.
    ``(d) Cost Sharing.--The Federal share of the cost of a project 
described in subsection (a) shall not exceed 25 percent of the total 
cost of the project.
    ``(e) Limitation.--Funds provided by the Secretary shall not be 
used for operation and maintenance of a project described in subsection 
(a).''.
    (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:

``163__. Water projects for communities impacted by perchlorate 
                            contamination plumes.''.
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