[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 139 (Wednesday, October 7, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S11816]
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              WILLOW LAKE NATURAL TREATMENT SYSTEM PROJECT

  The bill (S. 2041) 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 
the Willow Lake Natural Treatment System Project for the reclamation 
and reuse of water, and for other purposes, was considered, ordered to 
be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed, as 
follows:

                                S. 2041

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

     SECTION 1. WILLOW LAKE NATURAL TREATMENT SYSTEM PROJECT.

       (a) In General.--The Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater 
     Study and Facilities Act (43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating sections 1631, 1632, and 1633 as 
     sections 1632, 1633, and 1634, respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after section 1630 the following new 
     section 1631:

     ``SEC. 1631. WILLOW LAKE NATURAL TREATMENT SYSTEM PROJECT.

       ``(a) Authorization.--The Secretary, in cooperation with 
     the City of Salem, Oregon, is authorized to participate in 
     the design, planning, and construction of the Willow Lake 
     Natural Treatment System Project to reclaim and reuse 
     wastewater within and without the service area of the City of 
     Salem.
       ``(b) Cost Share.--The Federal share of the cost of a 
     project described in subsection (a) shall not exceed 25 
     percent of the total cost.
       ``(c) Limitation.--The Secretary shall not provide funds 
     for the operation and maintenance of a project described in 
     subsection (a).''.
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--That Act is further amended--
       (1) in section 1632 (43 U.S.C. 390h-13) (as redesignated by 
     subsection (a)(1)), by striking ``section 1630'' and 
     inserting ``section 1631'';
       (2) in section 1633(c) (43 U.S.C. 390h-14) (as so 
     redesignated), by striking ``section 1633'' and inserting 
     ``section 1634''; and
       (3) in section 1634 (43 U.S.C. 390h-15) (as so 
     redesignated), by striking ``section 1632'' and inserting 
     ``section 1633''.
       (c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 2 
     of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act 
     of 1992 is amended by striking the items relating to sections 
     1631 through 1633 and inserting the following:

``Sec. 1631. Willow Lake Natural Treatment System Project.
``Sec. 1632. Authorization of appropriations.
``Sec. 1633. Groundwater study.
``Sec. 1634. Authorization of appropriations.''.

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