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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1573 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1573

     To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
     Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the city of Hermiston, Oregon, water recycling and reuse 
                    project, and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 4, 2009

   Mr. Wyden introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL

 
     To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
     Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the city of Hermiston, Oregon, water recycling and reuse 
                    project, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. CITY OF HERMISTON, OREGON, WATER RECYCLING AND REUSE 
              PROJECT.

    (a) In General.--The Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study 
and Facilities Act (43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating sections 1631, 1632, and 1633 as 
        sections 1632, 1633, and 1634, respectively;
            (2) by inserting after section 1630 the following:

``SEC. 1631. CITY OF HERMISTON, OREGON, WATER RECYCLING AND REUSE 
              PROJECT.

    ``(a) Authorization.--The Secretary, in cooperation with the city 
of Hermiston, Oregon, may participate in the design, planning, and 
construction of permanent facilities to reclaim and reuse water in the 
city of Hermiston, Oregon.
    ``(b) Funding.--
            ``(1) Federal share.--The Federal share of the costs of the 
        project described in subsection (a) may not exceed 25 percent 
        of the total cost of the project.
            ``(2) Limitation.--The Secretary may not provide funds for 
        the operation and maintenance of the project described in 
        subsection (a).'';
            (3) in section 1632 (as redesignated by paragraph (1)), by 
        striking ``1630'' each place it appears and inserting ``1631'';
            (4) in section 1633(c) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)), 
        by striking ``1633'' and inserting ``1634''; and
            (5) in section 1634 (as redesignated by paragraph (1)), by 
        striking ``1632'' and inserting ``1633''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents contained in 
section 2 of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act 
of 1992 (Public Law 102-575; 106 Stat. 4600) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating the items relating to sections 1631, 
        1632, and 1633 as the items relating to sections 1632, 1633, 
        and 1634, respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after the item relating to section 1630 
        the following:

``Sec. 1631. City of Hermiston, Oregon, water recycling and reuse 
                            project.''.
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