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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2991

To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities 

Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the 

Inland Empire regional recycling project and in the Cucamonga County 

Water District recycling project. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 3, 2003

Mr. DREIER 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 the Secretary of 

the Interior to participate in the Inland Empire regional 

recycling project and in the Cucamonga County Water 

District recycling 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. INLAND EMPIRE AND CUCAMONGA COUNTY RE4 CYCLING PROJECTS. 

5 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 

6 ‘‘Inland Empire Regional Water Recycling Initiative’’. 
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1 (b) IN GENERAL.—The Reclamation Wastewater and 

2 Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (Public Law 102–

3 575, Title XVI; 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) is amended by 

4 adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 1635. INLAND EMPIRE REGIONAL WATER RECYCLING 

6 PROJECT. 

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

8 with the Inland Empire Utilities Agency, may participate 

9 in the design, planning, and construction of the Inland 

10 Empire regional water recycling project described in the 

11 report submitted under section 1606(c). 

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

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

14 25 percent of the total cost of the project. 

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

16 shall not be used for operation and maintenance of the 

17 project described in subsection (a). 

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

19 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

20 $20,000,000. 

21 ‘‘SEC. 1636. CUCAMONGA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT. 

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

23 with the Cucamonga County Water District, may partici24 pate in the design, planning, and construction of the 

25 Cucamonga County Water District pilot satellite recycling 
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1 plant in Rancho Cucamonga, California, to reclaim and 

2 recycle approximately 2 million gallons per day of domestic 

3 wastewater. 

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

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

6 25 percent of the capital cost of the project. 

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

8 shall not be used for operation and maintenance of the 

9 project described in subsection (a). 

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

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

12 $10,000,000.’’. 

13 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The table of sec14 tions in section 2 of Public Law 102–575 is amended by 

15 inserting after the item relating to section 1634 the fol16 lowing:

‘‘Sec. 1635. Inland Empire Regional Water Recycling Program. 

‘‘Sec. 1636. Cucamonga County Water Recycling Project.’’.

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