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Union Calendar No. 323

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 1106

[Report No. 106–593]

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.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 11, 1999

Mrs. THURMAN (for herself, Mrs. FOWLER, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. MICA,

Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BOYD, Mr. COLLINS, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mr.

DEAL of Georgia, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida,

Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mr.

SHAW, Mr. STEARNS, and Mr. YOUNG of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and

Infrastructure

MAY 2, 2000

Additional sponsors: Mr. CANADY of Florida, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. BISHOP, Mr.

BERRY, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. WEINER, Mr. SCARBOROUGH, Mr. WELDON of

Florida, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. COOKSEY, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. TAYLOR of

Mississippi, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, and Mr. KUCINICH

MAY 2, 2000

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

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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[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 March 11, 1999]

A BILL

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.

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 (33

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

10 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 agen-
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1 cies, private utilities, and nonprofit entities for alternative

2 water source projects to meet critical water supply needs.

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

4 make grants under this section to an entity only if the enti5 ty has authority under State law to develop or provide

6 water for municipal, industrial, and agricultural uses in

7 an area of the State that is experiencing critical water sup8 ply needs.

9 ‘‘(c) SELECTION OF PROJECTS.—

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

11 funds under the reclamation and reuse program con12 ducted under the Reclamation Projects Authorization

13 and Adjustment Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.)

14 shall not be eligible for grant assistance under this

15 section.

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

17 grants under this section, the Administrator shall

18 consider whether the project is located within the

19 boundaries of a State or area referred to in section

20 1 of the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat.

21 385), and within the geographic scope of the reclama22 tion and reuse program conducted under the Rec23 lamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act

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

25 ‘‘(d) COMMITTEE RESOLUTION PROCEDURE.—
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No appropriation shall be

2 made for any alternative water source project under

3 this section, the total Federal cost of which exceeds

4 $3,000,000, if such project has not been approved by

5 a resolution adopted by the Committee on Transpor6 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa7 tives or the Committee on Environment and Public

8 Works of the Senate.

9 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR SECURING CONSIDER10 ATION.—For purposes of securing consideration of ap11 proval under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall

12 provide to a committee referred to in paragraph (1)

13 such information as the committee requests and the

14 non-Federal sponsor shall provide to the committee

15 information on the costs and relative needs for the al16 ternative water source project.

17 ‘‘(e) USES OF GRANTS.—Amounts from grants received

18 under this section may be used for engineering, design, con19 struction, and final testing of alternative water source

20 projects designed to meet critical water supply needs. Such

21 amounts may not be used for planning, feasibility studies

22 or for operation, maintenance, replacement, repair, or reha23 bilitation.

24 ‘‘(f) COST SHARING.—The Federal share of the eligible

25 costs of an alternative water source project carried out
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1 using assistance made available under this section shall not

2 exceed 50 percent.

3 ‘‘(g) REPORTS.—

4 ‘‘(1) REPORTS TO ADMINISTRATOR.—Each re5 cipient of a grant under this section shall submit to

6 the Administrator, not later than 18 months after the

7 date of receipt of the grant and biennially thereafter

8 until completion of the alternative water source

9 project funded by the grant, a report on eligible ac10 tivities carried out by the grant recipient using

11 amounts from the grant.

12 ‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—On or before Sep13 tember 30, 2005, the Administrator shall transmit to

14 Congress a report on the progress made toward meet15 ing the critical water supply needs of the grant re16 cipients under this section.

17 ‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi18 nitions apply:

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

20 The term ‘alternative water source project’ means a

21 project designed to provide municipal, industrial, and

22 agricultural water supplies in an environmentally

23 sustainable manner by conserving, managing, re24 claiming, or reusing water or wastewater or by treat25 ing wastewater.
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1 ‘‘(2) CRITICAL WATER SUPPLY NEEDS.—The

2 term ‘critical water supply needs’ means existing or

3 reasonably anticipated future water supply needs that

4 cannot be met by existing water supplies, as identi5 fied in a comprehensive statewide or regional water

6 supply plan or assessment projected over a planning

7 period of at least 20 years.

8 ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

9 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

10 $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000 through 2004.

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

Union Calendar No. 323

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 1106

[Report No. 106–593]

A BILL

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.

MAY 2, 2000

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,

and ordered to be printed