[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 139 (Wednesday, October 7, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S11817]
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                       DENVER WATER REUSE PROJECT

  The bill (S. 2140) to amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization 
and Adjustment Act of 1992 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Denver 
Water Reuse project, was considered, ordered to be engrossed for a 
third reading, read the third time, and passed, as follows:

                                S. 2140

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

     SECTION 1. DENVER WATER REUSE PROJECT.

       (a) In General.--The Reclamation Projects Authorization and 
     Adjustment Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating sections 1631, 1632, and 1633 (42 
     U.S.C. 390h-13, 390h-14, 390h-15) as sections 1632, 1633, and 
     1634, respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after section 1630 (43 U.S.C. 390h-12p) 
     the following:

     ``SEC. 1631. DENVER WATER REUSE PROJECT.

       ``(a) Authorization.--The Secretary, in cooperation with 
     the appropriate State and local authorities, may participate 
     in the design, planning, and construction of the Denver Water 
     Reuse project to reclaim and reuse water in the service area 
     of the Denver Water Department of the city and county of 
     Denver, Colorado.
       ``(b) Cost Share.--The Federal share of the cost 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 operation or maintenance of the project described in 
     subsection (a).''.
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--
       (1) The table of contents in section 2 of the Reclamation 
     Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 
     prec. 371) is amended--
       (A) by redesignating the items relating to sections 1631, 
     1632, and 1633 as items relating to sections 1632, 1633, and 
     1634, respectively, and
       (B) by inserting after the item relating to section 1630 
     the following:

``Sec. 1631. Denver Water Reuse Project.''.

       (2) Section 1632(a) of the Reclamation Projects 
     Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 (as redesignated by 
     subsection (a)(1)) is amended by striking ``1630'' and 
     inserting ``1631''.
       (3) Section 1633(c) of the Reclamation Projects 
     Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 (as redesignated by 
     subsection (a)(1)) is amended by striking ``section 1633'' 
     and inserting ``section 1634''.
       (4) Section 1634 of the Reclamation Projects Authorization 
     and Adjustment Act of 1992 (as redesignated by subsection 
     (a)(1)) is amended by striking ``section 1632'' and inserting 
     ``section 1633''.

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