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[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1017 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1017

 To reauthorize grants for the water resources research and technology 
 institutes established under the Water Resources Research Act of 1984.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 12, 2005

 Mr. Chafee (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Jeffords, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. 
Lautenberg, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Baucus, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Enzi, 
 and Mr. Corzine) introduced the following bill; which was read twice 
     and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 
 To reauthorize grants for the water resources research and technology 
 institutes established under the Water Resources Research Act of 1984.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Water Resources Research Act 
Amendments of 2005''.

SEC. 2. WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 104(f) of the Water 
Resources Research Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10303(f)) is amended--
            (1) in the subsection header, by striking ``in General'';
            (2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
            ``(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
        to carry out this section, to remain available until expended--
                    ``(A) $12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 
                through 2008; and
                    ``(B) $13,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 and 
                2010.''; and
            (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ``(2) Any'' and inserting 
        the following:
            ``(2) Failure to obligate funds.--Any''.
    (b) Additional Appropriations Where Research Focused on Water 
Problems of Interstate Nature.--Section 104(g) of the Water Resources 
Research Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10303(g)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (4); and
            (2) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in the first sentence--
                            (i) by striking ``There'' and inserting the 
                        following:
            ``(1) In general.--There''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``$3,000,000 for fiscal 
                        year 2001, $4,000,000 for fiscal years 2002 and 
                        2003, and $6,000,000 for fiscal years 2004 and 
                        2005'' and inserting ``$6,000,000 for each of 
                        fiscal years 2006 through 2008 and $7,000,000 
                        for each of fiscal years 2009 and 2010'';
                    (B) in the second sentence, by striking ``Such'' 
                and inserting the following:
            ``(2) Non-federal matching funds.--The''; and
                    (C) in the third sentence, by striking ``Funds'' 
                and inserting the following:
            ``(3) Availability of funds.--Funds''.
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