106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 1106

AN ACT

To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to

State agencies with responsibility for watersource development for the purpose of maximizing available water supply and protecting theenvironment through the development of alternative water sources.

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 1106

AN ACT

To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to make grants to State agencies with responsibility for water source development for the purpose

of maximizing available water supply and protecting the

environment through the development of alternative

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Alternative Water

5 Sources Act of 2000’’.

6 SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCE

7 PROJECTS.

8 Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act

9 (33 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end

10 the following:

11 ‘‘SEC. 220. GRANTS FOR ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCE

12 PROJECTS.

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may make

14 grants to State, interstate, and intrastate water resource

15 development agencies (including water management dis16 tricts and water supply authorities), local government

17 agencies, private utilities, and nonprofit entities for alter18 native water source projects to meet critical water supply

19 needs.

20 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The Administrator may

21 make grants under this section to an entity only if the

22 entity has authority under State law to develop or provide

23 water for municipal, industrial, and agricultural uses in

24 an area of the State that is experiencing critical water

25 supply needs.
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1 ‘‘(c) SELECTION OF PROJECTS.—

2 ‘‘(1) LIMITATION.—A project that has received

3 funds under the reclamation and reuse program con4 ducted under the Reclamation Projects Authoriza5 tion and Adjustment Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 390h

6 et seq.) shall not be eligible for grant assistance

7 under this section.

8 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION.—In making

9 grants under this section, the Administrator shall

10 consider whether the project is located within the

11 boundaries of a State or area referred to in section

12 1 of the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat.

13 385), and within the geographic scope of the rec14 lamation and reuse program conducted under the

15 Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment

16 Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.).

17 ‘‘(d) COMMITTEE RESOLUTION PROCEDURE.—

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No appropriation shall be

19 made for any alternative water source project under

20 this section, the total Federal cost of which exceeds

21 $3,000,000, if such project has not been approved

22 by a resolution adopted by the Committee on Trans23 portation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep24 resentatives or the Committee on Environment and

25 Public Works of the Senate.
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1 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR SECURING CONSIDER2 ATION.—For purposes of securing consideration of

3 approval under paragraph (1), the Administrator

4 shall provide to a committee referred to in para5 graph (1) such information as the committee re6 quests and the non-Federal sponsor shall provide to

7 the committee information on the costs and relative

8 needs for the alternative water source project.

9 ‘‘(e) USES OF GRANTS.—Amounts from grants re10 ceived under this section may be used for engineering, de11 sign, construction, and final testing of alternative water

12 source projects designed to meet critical water supply

13 needs. Such amounts may not be used for planning, feasi14 bility studies or for operation, maintenance, replacement,

15 repair, or rehabilitation.

16 ‘‘(f) COST SHARING.—The Federal share of the eligi17 ble costs of an alternative water source project carried out

18 using assistance made available under this section shall

19 not exceed 50 percent.

20 ‘‘(g) REPORTS.—

21 ‘‘(1) REPORTS TO ADMINISTRATOR.—Each re22 cipient of a grant under this section shall submit to

23 the Administrator, not later than 18 months after

24 the date of receipt of the grant and biennially there25 after until completion of the alternative water source
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1 project funded by the grant, a report on eligible ac2 tivities carried out by the grant recipient using

3 amounts from the grant.

4 ‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—On or before

5 September 30, 2005, the Administrator shall trans6 mit to Congress a report on the progress made to7 ward meeting the critical water supply needs of the

8 grant recipients under this section.

9 ‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following

10 definitions apply:

11 ‘‘(1) ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCE PROJECT.—

12 The term ‘alternative water source project’ means a

13 project designed to provide municipal, industrial,

14 and agricultural water supplies in an environ15 mentally sustainable manner by conserving, man16 aging, reclaiming, or reusing water or wastewater or

17 by treating wastewater.

18 ‘‘(2) CRITICAL WATER SUPPLY NEEDS.—The

19 term ‘critical water supply needs’ means existing or

20 reasonably anticipated future water supply needs

21 that cannot be met by existing water supplies, as

22 identified in a comprehensive statewide or regional

23 water supply plan or assessment projected over a

24 planning period of at least 20 years.
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1 ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

2 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

3 $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2004.

4 Such sums shall remain available until expended.’’.

5 SEC. 3. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS; REQUIREMENT REGARD6 ING NOTICE.

7 (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT

8 AND PRODUCTS.—In the case of any equipment or prod9 ucts that may be authorized to be purchased with financial

10 assistance provided under this Act (including any amend11 ment made by this Act), it is the sense of the Congress

12 that entities receiving such assistance should, in expending

13 the assistance, purchase only American-made equipment

14 and products.

15 (b) NOTICE TO RECIPIENTS OF ASSISTANCE.—In

16 providing financial assistance under this Act (including

17 any amendment made by this Act), the head of each Fed18 eral agency shall provide to each recipient of the assist19 ance a notice describing the statement made in subsection

20 (a) by the Congress.

21 (c) NOTICE OF REPORT.—Any entity which receives

22 funds under this Act shall report any expenditures on for-
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1 eign-made items to the Congress within 180 days of the

2 expenditure.

Passed the House of Representatives May 4, 2000.

Attest:

Clerk.