II

Calendar No. 619

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2041

To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities

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

design, planning, and construction of the Willow Lake Natural Treatment

System Project for the reclamation and reuse of water, and for other

purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 7, 1998

Mr. SMITH of Oregon (for himself and Mr. WYDEN) introduced the following

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and

Natural Resources

SEPTEMBER 25, 1998

Reported by Mr. MURKOWSKI, without amendment

A BILL

To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater

Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of

the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and

construction of the Willow Lake Natural Treatment System Project for the reclamation and reuse of water,

and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
2

S 2041 RS

1 SECTION. 1. WILLOW LAKE NATURAL TREATMENT SYSTEM

2 PROJECT.

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

4 Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (43 U.S.C. 390h

5 et seq.) is amended—

6 (1) by redesignating sections 1631, 1632, and

7 1633 as sections 1632, 1633, and 1634, respectively;

8 and

9 (2) by inserting after section 1630 the following

10 new section 1631:

11 ‘‘SEC. 1631. WILLOW LAKE NATURAL TREATMENT SYSTEM

12 PROJECT.

13 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera14 tion with the City of Salem, Oregon, is authorized to par15 ticipate in the design, planning, and construction of the

16 Willow Lake Natural Treatment System Project to re17 claim and reuse wastewater within and without the service

18 area of the City of Salem.

19 ‘‘(b) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost

20 of a project described in subsection (a) shall not exceed

21 25 percent of the total cost.

22 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not provide

23 funds for the operation and maintenance of a project de24 scribed in subsection (a).’’.

25 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—That Act is fur26 ther amended—
3

S 2041 RS

1 (1) in section 1632 (43 U.S.C. 390h–13) (as

2 redesignated by subsection (a)(1)), by striking ‘‘sec3 tion 1630’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1631’’;

4 (2) in section 1633(c) (43 U.S.C. 390h–14) (as

5 so redesignated), by striking ‘‘section 1633’’ and in6 serting ‘‘section 1634’’; and

7 (3) in section 1634 (43 U.S.C. 390h–15) (as so

8 redesignated), by striking ‘‘section 1632’’ and insert9 ing ‘‘section 1633’’.

10 (c) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents

11 in section 2 of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and

12 Adjustment Act of 1992 is amended by striking the items

13 relating to sections 1631 through 1633 and inserting the

14 following:

‘‘Sec. 1631. Willow Lake Natural Treatment System Project.

‘‘Sec. 1632. Authorization of appropriations.

‘‘Sec. 1633. Groundwater study.

‘‘Sec. 1634. Authorization of appropriations.’’.
Calendar No. 619

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2041

A BILL

To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and

other purposes.for the reclamation and reuse of water, and forWillow Lake Natural Treatment System Projectthe design, planning, and construction of theize the Secretary of the Interior to participate inGroundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorSEPTEMBER 25, 1998

Reported without amendment