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Union Calendar No. 518 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2339 

[Report No. 110–801] 

To encourage research, development, and demonstration of technologies to 

facilitate the utilization of water produced in connection with the development of domestic energy resources, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 16, 2007 

Mr. HALL of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Science and Technology 

JULY 30, 2008 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 16, 2007] 

A BILL 

To encourage research, development, and demonstration of 

technologies to facilitate the utilization of water produced 

in connection with the development of domestic energy 

resources, and for other purposes. 

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. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Produced Water Utiliza3 tion Act of 2008’’. 

4 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this Act: 

6 (1) PRODUCED WATER.—The term ‘‘produced 

7 water’’ means water from an underground source that 

8 is brought to the surface as part of the process of ex9 ploration for or development of coalbed methane, oil, 

10 natural gas, or any other substance to be used as an 

11 energy source. 

12 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

13 the Secretary of Energy. 

14 SEC. 3. PURPOSES. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out 

16 under this Act a program of research, development, and 

17 demonstration of technologies for environmentally sustain18 able utilization of produced water for agricultural, 

19 irrigational, municipal, and industrial uses, or other envi20 ronmentally sustainable purposes. The program shall be de21 signed to maximize the utilization of produced water in the 

22 United States by increasing the quality of produced water 

23 and reducing the environmental impacts of produced water. 

24 (b) PROGRAM ELEMENTS.—The program under this 

25 Act shall address the following areas, including improving 


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1 safety and minimizing environmental impacts of activities 

2 within each area: 

3 (1) Produced water recovery, including research 

4 for desalination and demineralization to reduce total 

5 dissolved solids in the produced water. 

6 (2) Produced water utilization for agricultural, 

7 irrigational, municipal, and industrial uses, or other 

8 environmentally sustainable purposes. 

9 (3) Re-injection of produced water into sub10 surface geological formations to increase energy pro11 duction. 

12 (c) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.—To carry out the 

13 purposes under this Act, the Secretary may enter into an 

14 agreement with a consortium whose members have collec15 tively demonstrated capabilities and experience in planning 

16 and managing research, development, demonstration, and 

17 commercial application programs for unconventional nat18 ural gas and other petroleum production and produced 

19 water utilization. 

20 (d) ACTIVITIES AT THE NATIONAL LABORATORIES.— 

21 The Secretary, through the appropriate National Labora22 tory, shall carry out a program of research, development, 

23 and demonstration activities complementary to and sup24 portive of the research, development, and demonstration 

25 programs under subsection (b). 


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1 SEC. 4. CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION. 

2 (a) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out this Act, the Sec3 retary shall consult with the Secretary of the Interior and 

4 the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. 

5 (b) COORDINATION.—To the maximum extent prac6 ticable, the Secretary shall ensure that the activities under 

7 this Act are coordinated with, and do not duplicate the ef8 forts of, programs at the Department of Energy and other 

9 government agencies. 

10 SEC. 5. FUNDING. 

11 (a) ALLOCATION.—Amounts appropriated for this Act 

12 for each fiscal year shall be allocated as follows: 

13 (1) 75 percent shall be for activities under sec14 tion 3(a), (b), and (c). 

15 (2) 25 percent shall be for activities under sec16 tion 3(d) and other activities under section 3, includ17 ing administrative functions such as program direc18 tion, overall program oversight, and contract manage19 ment. 

20 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

21 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act 

22 $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013. 


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Union Calendar No. 518 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2339 

[Report No. 110

–801] 

A BILL 

To encourage research, development, and demother purposes. velopment of domestic energy resources, and for tion of water produced in connection with the de- onstration of technologies to facilitate the utilizaJULY 30, 2008 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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