[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 128 (Friday, October 13, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S10528]
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                 TRUCKEE WATERSHED RECLAMATION PROJECT

  The Senate proceeded to consider a bill (S. 2195) to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to the provisions of the 
Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to 
participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Truckee 
watershed reclamation project for the reclamation and reuse of water, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources, with an amendment, as follows:
  [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
in italic.]

     SECTION 1. TRUCKEE WATERSHED RECLAMATION PROJECT.

       (a) Authorization.--The Secretary of the Interior, in 
     cooperation with Washoe County, Nevada, may participate in 
     the design, planning, and construction of, the Truckee 
     watershed reclamation project, consisting of the North Valley 
     Reuse Project and the Spanish Springs Valley Septic 
     Conversion Project (``Project''), to reclaim and reuse 
     wastewater (including degraded ground water) within and 
     without the service area of Washoe County, Nevada.
       (b) Cost Share.--The Federal share of the cost of the 
     Project shall not exceed 25 percent of the total cost.
       (c) Limitation.--Funds provided by the Secretary shall not 
     be used for the operation or maintenance of the Project.
       (d) Funding.--Funds appropriated pursuant to section 1615 
     of the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
     Facilities Act may be used for the Project (106 Stat. 4663-
     4669, 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.), as amended.

     SEC. 2. RECLAMATION WASTEWATER AND GROUNDWATER STUDY AND 
                   FACILITIES ACT

       Design, planning, and construction of the Project shall be 
     in accordance with, and subject to the limitations contained 
     in, the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
     Facilities Act (106 Stat. 4663-4669, 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.), 
     as amended.

  The committee amendment in the nature of a substitute was agreed to.
  The bill (S. 2195), as amended, was read the third time, and passed.
  The title was amended so as to read: ``A bill to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to the provisions of the 
Reclamation Wastewater and Ground Water Study and Facilities Act to 
participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Truckee 
watershed reclamation project for the reclamation and reuse of water.''

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