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Calendar No. 341 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 970 

[Report No. 113–143] 

To amend the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to reauthorize grants 

for and require applied water supply research regarding the water resources research and technology institutes established under that Act. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 16, 2013 

Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. BOOZMAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 

Public Works 

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Reported by Mrs. BOXER, with an amendment 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To amend the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to 

reauthorize grants for and require applied water supply 

research regarding the water resources research and 

technology institutes established under that Act. 

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 ‘‘Water Resources Re3 search Amendments Act of 2013’’. 

4 SEC. 2. WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH ACT AMENDMENTS. 

5 (a) CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND DECLARA6 TIONS.—Section 102 of the Water Resources Research 

7 Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10301) is amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through 

9 (9) as paragraphs (8) through (10), respectively; 

10 (2) in paragraph (8) (as so redesignated), by 

11 striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

12 (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(7) additional research is required into in15 creasing the effectiveness and efficiency of new and 

16 existing treatment works through alternative ap17 proaches, including— 

18 ‘‘(A) nonstructural alternatives; 

19 ‘‘(B) decentralized approaches; 

20 ‘‘(C) water use efficiency; and 

21 ‘‘(D) actions to reduce energy consumption 

22 or extract energy from wastewater; 

23 ‘‘(C) energy use efficiency; 

24 ‘‘(D) water use efficiency; and 

25 ‘‘(E) actions to extract energy from waste26 water;.’’. 

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1 (b) CLARIFICATION OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES.—Sec2 tion 104(b)(1) of the Water Resources Research Act of 

3 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10303(b)(1)) is amended— 

4 (1) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘water5 related phenomena’’ and inserting ‘‘water re6 sources’’; and 

7 (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period 

8 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’. 

9 (c) COMPLIANCE REPORT.—Section 104(c) of the 

10 Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 

11 10303(c)) is amended— 

12 (1) by striking ‘‘From the’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) 

13 IN GENERAL.—From the’’; and 

14 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than December 31 of 

16 each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the 

17 Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 

18 Senate, the Committee on the Budget of the Senate, 

19 the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

20 of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 

21 on the Budget of the House of Representatives a re22 port regarding the compliance of each funding re23 cipient with this subsection for the immediately pre24 ceding fiscal year.’’. 

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1 (d) EVALUATION OF WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

2 PROGRAM.—Section 104 of the Water Resources Research 

3 Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10303) is amended by striking 

4 subsection (e) and inserting the following: 

5 ‘‘(e) EVALUATION OF WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

6 PROGRAM.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall con8 duct a careful and detailed evaluation of each insti9 tute at least once every 3 years to determine— 

10 ‘‘(A) the quality and relevance of the water 

11 resources research of the institute; 

12 ‘‘(B) the effectiveness of the institute at 

13 producing measured results and applied water 

14 supply research; and 

15 ‘‘(C) whether the effectiveness of the insti16 tute as an institution for planning, conducting, 

17 and arranging for research warrants continued 

18 support under this section. 

19 ‘‘(2) PROHIBITION ON FURTHER SUPPORT.—If, 

20 as a result of an evaluation under paragraph (1), the 

21 Secretary determines that an institute does not qual22 ify for further support under this section, no further 

23 grants to the institute may be provided until the 

24 qualifications of the institute are reestablished to the 

25 satisfaction of the Secretary.’’. 

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1 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

2 104(f)(1) of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 

3 (42 U.S.C. 10303(f)(1)) is amended by striking 

4 ‘‘$12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘$7,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 

6 through 2018’’. 

7 (f) ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS WHERE RE8 SEARCH FOCUSED ON WATER PROBLEMS OF INTERSTATE

9 NATURE.—Section 104(g)(1) of the Water Resources Re10 search Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10303(g)(1)) is amended 

11 by striking ‘‘$6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 

12 through 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,500,000 for each of fis13 cal years 2013 through 2018’’. 

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Calendar No. 341 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 970 

[Report No. 113–143] 

A BILL 

To amend the Water Resources Research Act of 

tablished under that Act. resources research and technology institutes esplied water supply research regarding the water 1984 to reauthorize grants for and require apAPRIL 1, 2014 

Reported with an amendment 

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