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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2355

To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities 

Act to authorize certain projects in the State of Hawaii and to amend 

the Hawaii Water Resources Act of 2000 to modify the water resources 

study. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 5, 2003

Mr. ABERCROMBIE (for himself and Mr. CASE) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Resources 

A BILL

To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater 

Study and Facilities Act to authorize certain projects 

in the State of Hawaii and to amend the Hawaii Water 

Resources Act of 2000 to modify the water resources 

study.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Hawaii Water Re5 sources Act of 2003’’. 
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1 SEC. 2. HAWAII RECLAMATION PROJECTS. 

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

3 Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (43 U.S.C. 390h 

4 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 1636. HAWAII RECLAMATION PROJECTS. 

6 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary may—

7 ‘‘(1) in cooperation with the Board of Water 

8 Supply, City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii, par9 ticipate in the design, planning, and construction of 

10 a project in Kalaeloa, Hawaii, to desalinate and dis11 tribute seawater for direct potable use within the 

12 service area of the Board; 

13 ‘‘(2) in cooperation with the County of Hawaii 

14 Department of Environmental Management, Hawaii, 

15 participate in the design, planning, and construction 

16 of facilities in Kealakehe, Hawaii, for the treatment 

17 and distribution of recycled water and for environ18 mental purposes within the County; and 

19 ‘‘(3) in cooperation with the County of Maui 

20 Wastewater Reclamation Division, Hawaii, partici21 pate in the design, planning, and construction of, 

22 and acquire land for, facilities in Lahaina, Hawaii, 

23 for the distribution of recycled water from the 

24 Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility for non25 potable uses within the County. 
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1 ‘‘(b) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 

2 of a project described in subsection (a) shall not exceed 

3 25 percent of the total cost of the project. 

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

5 shall not be used for the operation and maintenance of 

6 a project described in subsection (a). 

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

8 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec9 essary to carry out this section.’’. 

10 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec11 tions in section 2 of the Reclamation Projects Authoriza12 tion and Adjustment Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. prec. 371) 

13 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 

14 1634 the following:

‘‘Sec. 1636. Hawaii reclamation projects.’’.

15 SEC. 3. HAWAII WATER RESOURCES STUDY. 

16 The Hawaii Water Resources Act of 2000 is amend17 ed—

18 (1) in section 103(e) (114 Stat. 2819), by strik19 ing ‘‘$300,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,000,000’’; and 

20 (2) in section 104(b) (114 Stat. 2819), by 

21 striking ‘‘cost-effective,’’ and all that follows through 

22 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘cost-effective.’’.

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