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Calendar No. 882

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1848

[Report No. 106–437]

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 Denver Water Reuse project.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

NOVEMBER 3, 1999

Mr. CAMPBELL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and

referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

SEPTEMBER 29, 2000

Reported under authority of the order of the Senate of September 28 (legislative day, September 22), 2000, by Mr. MURKOWSKI, with an amendment

and an amendment to the title

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

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 Denver Water Reuse project.

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. DENVER WATER REUSE PROJECT.

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

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

4 et seq.) is amended—

5 (1) by redesignating sections 1631, 1632, 1633,

6 and 1634 (43 U.S.C. 390h–13, 390h–14, 390h–15,

7 390h–16) as sections 1632, 1633, 1634, and 1635,

8 respectively; and

9 (2) by inserting after section 1630 the fol10 lowing:

11 ‘‘SEC. 1631. DENVER WATER REUSE PROJECT.

12 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera13 tion with the appropriate State and local authorities, may

14 participate in the design, planning, and construction of the

15 Denver Water Reuse project to reclaim and reuse water

16 in the service area of the Denver Water Department of

17 the city and county of Denver, Colorado.

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

19 of the project described in subsection (a) shall not exceed

20 25 percent of the total cost.

21 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—Funds provided by the Secretary

22 shall not be used for the operation or maintenance of the

23 project described in subsection (a).’’.

24 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
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1 (1) The Reclamation Wastewater and Ground2 water Study and Facilities Act (as amended by sub3 section (a)(1)) is amended—

4 (A) in section 1632(a), by striking ‘‘1630’’

5 and inserting ‘‘1631’’;

6 (B) in section 1633(c), by striking ‘‘section

7 1633’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1634’’; and

8 (C) in section 1634, by striking ‘‘section

9 1632’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1633’’.

10 (2) The table of contents in section 2 of the

11 Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment

12 Act of 1992 is amended by striking the items relat13 ing to sections 1631 through 1634 and inserting the

14 following:

‘‘Sec. 1631. Denver water reuse project.

‘‘Sec. 1632. Authorization of appropriations.

‘‘Sec. 1633. Groundwater study.

‘‘Sec. 1634. Authorization of appropriations.

‘‘Sec. 1635. Willow Lake natural treatment system project.’’.

15 SECTION 1. DENVER WATER REUSE PROJECT.

16 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of the Interior,

17 in cooperation with the appropriate State and local au18 thorities, may participate in the design, planning, and con19 struction of the Denver Water Reuse Project (‘‘Project’’) to

20 reclaim and reuse water in the service area of the Denver

21 Water Department of the city and county of Denver, Colo22 rado.
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1 (b) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of the

2 Project shall not exceed 25 percent of the total cost.

3 (c) LIMITATION.—Funds provided by the Secretary

4 shall not be used for the operation and maintenance of the

5 Project.

6 (d) FUNDING.—Funds appropriated pursuant to sec7 tion 1615 of the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater

8 Study and Facilities Act may be used for the Project.

9 SEC. 2. RECLAMATION WASTEWATER AND GROUNDWATER

10 STUDY AND FACILITIES ACT.

11 Design, planning, and construction of the Project au12 thorized by the Act shall be in accordance with, and subject

13 to the limitations contained in, the Reclamation Waste14 water and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (106

15 Stat. 4663–4669, 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.), as amended.

Amend the title so as to read: A bill to authorize the

Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to the provisions of

the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and

Facilities Act to participate in the design, planning, and

construction of the Denver Water Reuse project.

Calendar No. 882

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1848

[Report No. 106–437]

A BILL

To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and

Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate inthe design, planning, and construction of theDenver Water Reuse project.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2000

Reported under authority of the order of the Senate of

September 28 (legislative day, September 22), 2000,with an amendment and an amendment to the title