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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2116 

To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities 

Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in a series 

of water reclamation projects to provide a new water supply to communities previously impacted by perchlorate contamination plumes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 25, 2017 

Mr. KNIGHT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater 

Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of 

the Interior to participate in a series of water reclamation projects to provide a new water supply to communities previously impacted by perchlorate contamination 

plumes. 

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 ‘‘Perchlorate Reclama5 tion and Water Replenishment Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. WATER PROJECTS FOR COMMUNITIES IMPACTED 

2 BY PERCHLORATE CONTAMINATION PLUMES. 

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

4 Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (Public Law 102– 

5 575, title XVI; 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) is amended by 

6 adding at the end the following new section: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 163ll. PERCHLORATE WATER REPLENISHMENT 

8 PROJECTS. 

9 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 

10 the Bureau of Reclamation, is authorized to provide finan11 cial assistance to local water authorities for projects asso12 ciated with perchlorate remediation efforts in eligible areas 

13 to— 

14 ‘‘(1) design and construct water replenishment 

15 and reclamation projects that are owned and oper16 ated by the local water authority; or 

17 ‘‘(2) to operate and maintain such projects. 

18 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE AREA.—The term ‘eligible area’ 

19 means an area that has been identified by the Bureau of 

20 Reclamation, the Army Corps of Engineers, or a State 

21 designating agency as having experienced an impact from 

22 perchlorate contamination. 

23 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE PROJECT.—The term ‘eligible project’ 

24 means a project that enhances the resilience of domestic 

25 water supplies through one or more of the following: 

26 ‘‘(1) Onsite and offsite treatment facilities. 


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1 ‘‘(2) Onsite and offsite reclamation facilities. 

2 ‘‘(3) Recycled water facilities and associated 

3 distribution facilities. 

4 ‘‘(4) Groundwater wells and associated distribu5 tion facilities. 

6 ‘‘(d) PRIORITY PROJECTS.—The Secretary shall give 

7 priority to eligible projects that serve an eligible area— 

8 ‘‘(1) that has received Federal authorization for 

9 projects associated with perchlorate contamination 

10 remediation programs under the Bureau of Reclama11 tion or the Army Corps of Engineers; 

12 ‘‘(2) for which a feasibility study for perchlorate 

13 remediation efforts that is acceptable to the Bureau 

14 of Reclamation or the Army Corps of Engineers has 

15 been completed; or 

16 ‘‘(3) where the regional water agency that im17 ports out-of-basin water supplies has a wholesale 

18 area that includes a population of not more than 

19 350,000. 

20 ‘‘(e) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.—The Federal 

21 share of the cost of a project described in subsection (a) 

22 shall not exceed 25 percent of the total cost of the project. 

23 ‘‘(f) COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW.—Activi24 ties undertaken for projects funded under this section 

25 shall comply with any applicable Federal and State laws. 


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1 ‘‘(g) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER ACTIVITIES.—Noth2 ing in this section shall be construed to affect other Fed3 eral and State authorities that are being used or may be 

4 used to facilitate the cleanup and protection of ground 

5 water basins. Activities undertaken for projects funded 

6 under this section shall be integrated with ongoing Federal 

7 and State projects to the extent practicable.’’. 

8 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec9 tions in section 2 of Public Law 102–575 is amended by 

10 inserting after the last item relating to title XVI the fol11 lowing: 

‘‘163ll. Perchlorate Water Replenishment Projects.’’. 

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