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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1694

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the reclamation

and reuse of water and wastewater in the State of Hawaii.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

OCTOBER 6, 1999

Mr. AKAKA (for himself and Mr. INOUYE) introduced the following bill; which

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural

Resources

A BILL

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study

on the reclamation and reuse of water and wastewater

in the State of Hawaii.

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 ‘‘Hawaii Water Re5 sources Reclamation Act of 1999’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

7 Congress finds that—

8 (1) the Act of August 23, 1954 (68 Stat. 773,

9 chapter 838) authorized the Secretary of the Inte-
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1 rior to investigate the use of irrigation and reclama2 tion resource needs for areas of the islands of Oahu,

3 Hawaii, and Molokai in the State of Hawaii;

4 (2) section 31 of the Hawaii Omnibus Act (43

5 U.S.C. 422l) authorizes the Secretary to develop rec6 lamation projects in the State under the Act of Au7 gust 6, 1956 (70 Stat. 1044, chapter 972; 42 U.S.C.

8 422a et seq.) (commonly known as the ‘‘Small Rec9 lamation Projects Act’’);

10 (3) the amendment made by section 207 of the

11 Hawaiian Home Lands Recovery Act (109 Stat.

12 364; 25 U.S.C. 386a) authorizes the Secretary to

13 assess charges against Native Hawaiians for rec14 lamation cost recovery in the same manner as

15 charges are assessed against Indians or Indian

16 tribes;

17 (4) there is a continuing need to manage, de18 velop, and protect water and water-related resources

19 in the State; and

20 (5) the Secretary should undertake studies to

21 assess needs for the reclamation of water resources

22 in the State.

23 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

24 In this Act:
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1 (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

2 the Secretary of the Interior.

3 (2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State

4 of Hawaii.

5 SEC. 4. WATER RESOURCES RECLAMATION STUDY.

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the

7 Commissioner of Reclamation, shall conduct a study that

8 includes—

9 (1) a survey of irrigation and water delivery

10 systems in the State;

11 (2) an estimation of the cost of repair and reha12 bilitation of the irrigation and water delivery sys13 tems;

14 (3) an evaluation of options for future use of

15 the irrigation and water delivery systems (including

16 alternatives that would improve the use and con17 servation of water resources); and

18 (4) the identification and investigation of other

19 opportunities for reclamation and reuse of water and

20 wastewater for agricultural and nonagricultural pur21 poses.

22 (b) REPORTS.—

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after

24 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary

25 shall submit a report that describes the findings and
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1 recommendations of the study described in sub2 section (a) to—

3 (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural

4 Resources of the Senate; and

5 (B) the Committee on Resources of the

6 House of Representatives.

7 (2) ADDITIONAL REPORTS.—The Secretary

8 shall submit to the Committees described in para9 graph (1) any additional reports concerning the

10 study described in subsection (a) that the Secretary

11 considers to be necessary.

12 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

13 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec14 essary to carry out this section.

15 SEC. 5. WATER RECLAMATION AND REUSE.

16 Section 1602(b) of the Reclamation Wastewater and

17 Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (43 U.S.C.

18 390h(b)) is amended by inserting before the period at the

19 end the following: ‘‘, and the State of Hawaii’’.

20 SEC. 6. DROUGHT RELIEF.

21 Section 104 of the Reclamation States Emergency

22 Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2214) is

23 amended—
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1 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting after ‘‘Rec2 lamation State’’ the following: ‘‘and in the State of

3 Hawaii’’; and

4 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘ten years

5 after the date of enactment of this Act’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘on September 30, 2005’’.

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