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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1540 

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 South Sacramento County 

Agriculture and Habitat Lands Water Recycling Project in Sacramento 

County, California. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 12, 2013 

Ms. MATSUI (for herself and Mr. BERA of California) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

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 South Sacramento County Agriculture and Habitat Lands Water Recycling Project in 

Sacramento County, California. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY, 

2 CALIFORNIA, WATER RECLAMATION 

3 PROJECT. 

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

5 Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (Title XVI of Pub6 lic Law 102–575; 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) is amended by 

7 adding at the end the following new section: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 16ll. SACRAMENTO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, WATER 

9 RECLAMATION PROJECT. 

10 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera11 tion with the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation Dis12 trict, California, is authorized to participate in the design, 

13 planning, and construction of, and land acquisition for, a 

14 project to reclaim and reuse wastewater in accordance 

15 with subsection (b), within Sacramento County, Cali16 fornia. 

17 ‘‘(b) PHASED PROJECT.—The project referred to in 

18 subsection (a) shall consist of three phases, the first of 

19 which shall include the planning, design, and construction 

20 of water conveyance and related infrastructure to provide 

21 recycled water to irrigate approximately 4,500 acres of 

22 land in southern Sacramento County. 

23 ‘‘(c) COST SHARE.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the 

25 costs of the project described in subsection (a) shall 

26 not exceed 25 percent of the total cost. 


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1 ‘‘(2) FORM OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The 

2 non-Federal share may be in the form of any in-kind 

3 services that the Secretary determines would con4 tribute substantially toward the completion of the 

5 water reclamation and reuse project, including— 

6 ‘‘(A) reasonable costs incurred by the Sac7 ramento Regional County Sanitation District 

8 relating to the planning, design, and construc9 tion of the water reclamation and reuse project; 

10 and 

11 ‘‘(B) the acquisition costs of land acquired 

12 for the project that is— 

13 ‘‘(i) used for planning, design, and 

14 construction of the water reclamation and 

15 reuse project facilities; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) owned by the Sanitation District 

17 and directly related to the project. 

18 ‘‘(d) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not provide 

19 funds for the operations and maintenance of the project 

20 described in subsection (a). 

21 ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

22 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 

23 $30,000,000.’’. 


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1 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

2 in section 2 of Public Law 102–575 is amended by insert3 ing after the last item relating to title XVI the following: 

‘‘Sec. 16ll. Sacramento County, California, water reclamation project.’’. 

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