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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4928

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 Truckee watershed reclamation

project for the reclamation and reuse of water.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 24, 2000

Mr. GIBBONS 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 design, planning, and

construction of the Truckee watershed reclamation

project for the reclamation and reuse of water.

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

3 SECTION 1. TRUCKEE WATERSHED RECLAMATION

4 PROJECT.

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

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

7 et seq.) is amended—
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1 (1) by inserting after section 1601 the fol2 lowing:

3 ‘‘Subtitle A—Specific Projects’’;

4 (2) by redesignating sections 1631, 1632, 1633,

5 and 1634 (43 U.S.C. 390h–13, 390h–14, 390h–15,

6 390h–16) as sections 1633, 1671, 1672, and 1631,

7 respectively;

8 (3) by moving section 1631 (as redesignated by

9 paragraph (2)) to follow section 1630;

10 (4) by inserting before section 1671 (as redesig11 nated by paragraph (2)) the following:

12 ‘‘Subtitle B—Studies and

13 Research’’;

14 and

15 (5) by inserting after section 1631 (as redesig16 nated by paragraph (2)) the following:

17 ‘‘SEC. 1632. TRUCKEE WATERSHED RECLAMATION

18 PROJECT.

19 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera20 tion with Washoe County, Nevada, may participate in the

21 design, planning, and construction of the Truckee water22 shed reclamation project to reclaim and reuse wastewater

23 (including degraded ground water) within and without the

24 service area of Washoe County, Nevada.
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1 ‘‘(b) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost

2 of the 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 operation or maintenance of the

6 project described in subsection (a).’’.

7 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

8 (a) The Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater

9 Study and Facilities Act is amended—

10 (1) in subsection (a) of section 1633 (43 U.S.C.

11 390h–13) (as redesignated by section 1(a)(2)), by

12 striking ‘‘1630’’ and inserting ‘‘1632’’;

13 (2) in section 1671(c) (43 U.S.C. 390h–14(c))

14 (as redesignated by section 1(a)(2)), by striking

15 ‘‘section 1633’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1672’’; and

16 (3) in section 1672 (43 U.S.C. 390h–15) (as

17 redesignated by section 1(a)(2))—

18 (A) in the section heading, by inserting

19 ‘‘FOR GROUNDWATER STUDY’’ before the pe20 riod; and

21 (B) by striking ‘‘section 1632’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘section 1671’’.

23 (b) The table of contents in section 2 of the Reclama24 tion Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992

25 (43 U.S.C. prec. 371; Public Law 102–575) is amended—
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1 (1) by inserting after the item relating to sec2 tion 1601 the following:

‘‘Subtitle A—Specific Projects’’;

3 and

4 (2) by striking the items relating to sections

5 1631 through 1634 and inserting the following:

‘‘Sec. 1631. Willow Lake Natural Treatment System Project.

‘‘Sec. 1632. Truckee Watershed Reclamation Project.

‘‘Sec. 1633. Authorization of appropriations.

‘‘Subtitle B—Studies and Research

‘‘Sec. 1671. Groundwater study.

‘‘Sec. 1672. Authorization of appropriations for groundwater study.’’.

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