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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1694

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 2, 2000

Referred to the Committee on Resources

AN ACT

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 2000’’.
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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

2 Congress finds that—

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

4 chapter 838) authorized the Secretary of the Inte5 rior to investigate the use of irrigation and reclama6 tion resource needs for areas of the islands of Oahu,

7 Hawaii, and Molokai in the State of Hawaii;

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

9 U.S.C. 422l) authorizes the Secretary to develop rec10 lamation projects in the State under the Act of Au11 gust 6, 1956 (70 Stat. 1044, chapter 972; 42 U.S.C.

12 422a et seq.) (commonly known as the ‘‘Small Rec13 lamation Projects Act’’);

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

15 Hawaiian Home Lands Recovery Act (109 Stat.

16 364; 25 U.S.C. 386a) authorizes the Secretary to

17 assess charges against Native Hawaiians for rec18 lamation cost recovery in the same manner as

19 charges are assessed against Indians or Indian

20 tribes;

21 (4) there is a continuing need to manage, de22 velop, and protect water and water-related resources

23 in the State; and

24 (5) the Secretary should undertake studies to

25 assess needs for the reclamation of water resources

26 in the State.
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1 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

2 In this Act:

3 (1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

4 the Secretary of the Interior.

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

6 of Hawaii.

7 SEC. 4. WATER RESOURCES RECLAMATION STUDY.

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

9 Commissioner of Reclamation, shall conduct a study that

10 includes—

11 (1) a survey of irrigation and water delivery

12 systems in the State;

13 (2) an estimation of the cost of repair and reha14 bilitation of the irrigation and water delivery sys15 tems;

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

17 the irrigation and water delivery systems (including

18 alternatives that would improve the use and con19 servation of water resources); and

20 (4) the identification and investigation of other

21 opportunities for reclamation and reuse of water and

22 wastewater for agricultural and nonagricultural pur23 poses.

24 (b) REPORTS.—

25 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after

26 appropriation of funds authorized by this Act, the
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1 Secretary shall submit a report that describes the

2 findings and recommendations of the study de3 scribed in subsection (a) to—

4 (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural

5 Resources of the Senate; and

6 (B) the Committee on Resources of the

7 House of Representatives.

8 (2) ADDITIONAL REPORTS.—The Secretary

9 shall submit to the Committees described in para10 graph (1) any additional reports concerning the

11 study described in subsection (a) that the Secretary

12 considers to be necessary.

13 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

14 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec15 essary to carry out this section.

16 SEC. 5. WATER RECLAMATION AND REUSE.

17 Section 1602(b) of the Reclamation Wastewater and

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

19 390h(b)) is amended by inserting before the period at the

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

21 SEC. 6. DROUGHT RELIEF.

22 Section 104 of the Reclamation States Emergency

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

24 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’’.

Passed the Senate April 13, 2000.

Attest: GARY SISCO,

Secretary.