108TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 142

AN ACT

To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and

tion and reclamation project.Lower Chino Dairy Area desalination demonstraauthorize the Secretary to participate in thestruct regional brine lines in California, and toa program to assist agencies in projects to conProject, to authorize the Secretary to carry outthe Prado Basin Natural Treatment Systemize the Secretary of the Interior to participate inGroundwater Study and Facilities Act to author-

108TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 142

AN ACT

To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater

Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of

the Interior to participate in the Prado Basin Natural

Treatment System Project, to authorize the Secretary

to carry out a program to assist agencies in projects

to construct regional brine lines in California, and to

authorize the Secretary to participate in the Lower Chino
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Dairy Area desalination demonstration and reclamation

project.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. PRADO BASIN NATURAL TREATMENT SYSTEM

4 PROJECT.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Reclamation Wastewater and

6 Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (Public Law 102–

7 575, title XVI; 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) is amended by

8 adding at the end the following:

9 ‘‘SEC. 1636. PRADO BASIN NATURAL TREATMENT SYSTEM

10 PROJECT.

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in cooperation

12 with the Orange County Water District, shall participate

13 in the planning, design, and construction of natural treat14 ment systems and wetlands for the flows of the Santa Ana

15 River, California, and its tributaries into the Prado Basin.

16 ‘‘(b) COST SHARING.—The Federal share of the cost

17 of the project described in subsection (a) shall not exceed

18 25 percent of the total cost of the project.

19 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—Funds provided by the Secretary

20 shall not be used for the operation and maintenance of

21 the project described in subsection (a).

22 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

23 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

24 $20,000,000.’’.
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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec2 tions in section 2 of Public Law 102–575 is further

3 amended by inserting after the item relating to section

4 1634 the following:

‘‘Sec. 1636. Prado Basin Natural Treatment System Project.’’.

5 SEC. 2. REGIONAL BRINE LINES.

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Reclamation Wastewater and

7 Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (Public Law 102–

8 575, title XVI; 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) is further amended

9 by adding at the end the following:

10 ‘‘SEC. 1637. REGIONAL BRINE LINES.

11 ‘‘(a) SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.—The Secretary, in co12 operation with units of local government, may carry out

13 a program under the Federal reclamation laws to assist

14 agencies in projects to construct regional brine lines to ex15 port the salinity imported from the Colorado River to the

16 Pacific Ocean as identified in—

17 ‘‘(1) the Salinity Management Study prepared

18 by the Bureau of Reclamation and the Metropolitan

19 Water District of Southern California; and

20 ‘‘(2) the Southern California Comprehensive

21 Water Reclamation and Reuse Study prepared by

22 the Bureau of Reclamation.

23 ‘‘(b) AGREEMENTS AND REGULATIONS.—The Sec24 retary may enter into such agreements and promulgate

25 such regulations as are necessary to carry out this section.
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1 ‘‘(c) COST SHARING.—The Federal share of the cost

2 of a project to construct regional brine lines described in

3 subsection (a) shall not exceed—

4 ‘‘(1) 25 percent of the total cost of the project;

5 or

6 ‘‘(2) $40,000,000.

7 ‘‘(d) LIMITATION.—Funds provided by the Secretary

8 shall not be used for operation or maintenance of any

9 project described in subsection (a).’’.

10 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec11 tions in section 2 of Public Law 102–575 is further

12 amended by inserting after the item relating to section

13 1635 the following:

‘‘Sec. 1637. Regional brine lines.’’.

14 SEC. 3. LOWER CHINO DAIRY AREA DESALINATION DEM15 ONSTRATION AND RECLAMATION PROJECT.

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Reclamation Wastewater and

17 Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (Public Law 102–

18 575, title XVI; 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) is further amended

19 by adding at the end the following:

20 ‘‘SEC. 1638. LOWER CHINO DAIRY AREA DESALINATION

21 DEMONSTRATION AND RECLAMATION

22 PROJECT.

23 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in cooperation

24 with the Chino Basin Watermaster, the Inland Empire

25 Utilities Agency, and the Santa Ana Watershed Project
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1 Authority and acting under the Federal reclamation laws,

2 shall participate in the design, planning, and construction

3 of the Lower Chino Dairy Area desalination demonstra4 tion and reclamation project.

5 ‘‘(b) COST SHARING.—The Federal share of the cost

6 of the project described in subsection (a) shall not

7 exceed—

8 ‘‘(1) 25 percent of the total cost of the project;

9 or

10 ‘‘(2) $50,000,000.

11 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—Funds provided by the Secretary

12 shall not be used for operation or maintenance of the

13 project described in subsection (a).

14 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

15 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec16 essary to carry out this section.’’.

17 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec18 tions in section 2 of Public Law 102–575 is further

19 amended by inserting after the item relating to section

20 1636 the following:
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‘‘Sec. 1638. Lower Chino dairy area desalination demonstration and reclamation

project.’’.

Passed the House of Representatives July 19, 2004.

Attest:

Clerk.