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Union Calendar No. 513

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1694

[Report No. 106–857]

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 2, 2000

Referred to the Committee on Resources

SEPTEMBER 18, 2000

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

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

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 2, 2000]

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 Resources

5 Act of 2000’’.
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1 SEC. 2. 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. 3. HAWAII WATER RESOURCES STUDY.

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

9 Commissioner of Reclamation and in accordance with the

10 provisions of this Act and existing legislative authorities

11 as may be pertinent to the provisions of this Act, including:

12 the Act of August 23, 1954 (68 Stat. 773, chapter 838),

13 authorizing the Secretary to investigate the use of irrigation

14 and reclamation resource needs for areas of the islands of

15 Oahu, Hawaii, and Molokai in the State of Hawaii; section

16 31 of the Hawaii Omnibus Act (43 U.S.C. 422l) authorizing

17 the Secretary to develop reclamation projects in the State

18 under the Act of August 6, 1956 (70 Stat. 1044, chapter

19 972; 42 U.S.C. 422a et seq.) (commonly known as the

20 ‘‘Small Reclamation Projects Act’’); and the amendment

21 made by section 207 of the Hawaiian Home Lands Recov22 ery Act (109 Stat. 364; 25 U.S.C. 386a) authorizing the

23 Secretary to assess charges against Native Hawaiians for

24 reclamation cost recovery in the same manner as charges

25 are assessed against Indians or Indian tribes; is authorized

26 and directed to conduct a study that includes—
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1 (1) a survey of the irrigation and other agricul2 tural water delivery systems in the State;

3 (2) an estimation of the cost of repair and reha4 bilitation of the irrigation and other agricultural

5 water delivery systems;

6 (3) an evaluation of options and alternatives for

7 future use of the irrigation and other agricultural

8 water delivery systems (including alternatives that

9 would improve the use and conservation of water re10 sources and would contribute to agricultural diver11 sification, economic development, and improvements

12 to environmental quality); and

13 (4) the identification and investigation of oppor14 tunities for recycling, reclamation, and reuse of water

15 and wastewater for agricultural and nonagricultural

16 purposes.

17 (b) REPORTS.—

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

19 appropriation of funds authorized by this Act, the

20 Secretary shall submit a report that describes the

21 findings and recommendations of the study described

22 in subsection (a) to—

23 (A) the Committee on Energy and Natural

24 Resources of the Senate; and
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1 (B) the Committee on Resources of the

2 House of Representatives.

3 (2) ADDITIONAL REPORTS.—The Secretary shall

4 submit to the committees described in paragraph (1)

5 any additional reports concerning the study described

6 in subsection (a) that the Secretary considers to be

7 necessary.

8 (c) COST SHARING.—Costs of conducting the study

9 and preparing the reports described in subsections (a) and

10 (b) of this section shall be shared between the Secretary and

11 the State. The Federal share of the costs of the study and

12 reports shall not exceed 50 percent of the total cost, and

13 shall be nonreimbursable. The Secretary shall enter into a

14 written agreement with the State, describing the arrange15 ments for payment of the non-Federal share.

16 (d) USE OF OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS.—The Secretary

17 is authorized to employ the services and expertise of the

18 State and/or the services and expertise of a private consult19 ant employed under contract with the State to conduct the

20 study and prepare the reports described in this section if

21 the State requests such an arrangement and if it can be

22 demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Secretary that such

23 an arrangement will result in the satisfactory completion

24 of the work authorized by this section in a timely manner

25 and at a reduced cost.
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1 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are

2 authorized to be appropriated $300,000 for the Federal

3 share of the activities authorized under this Act.

4 SEC. 4. WATER RECLAMATION AND REUSE.

5 (a) Section 1602(b) of the Reclamation Wastewater

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

7 390h(b)) is amended by inserting before the period at the

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

9 (b) The Secretary is authorized to use the authorities

10 available pursuant to section 1602(b) of the Reclamation

11 Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (43

12 U.S.C. 390h(b)) to conduct the relevant portion of the study

13 and preparation of the reports authorized by this Act if the

14 use of such authorities is found by the Secretary to be ap15 propriate and cost-effective, and provided that the total

16 Federal share of costs for the study and reports does not

17 exceed the amount authorized in section 3 of this Act.

18 SEC. 5. DROUGHT RELIEF.

19 Section 104 of the Reclamation States Emergency

20 Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2214) is amended—

21 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting after ‘‘Rec22 lamation State’’ the following: ‘‘and in the State of

23 Hawaii’’; and
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1 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘ten years after

2 the date of enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘on

3 September 30, 2005’’.

Passed the Senate April 13, 2000.

Attest: GARY SISCO,

Secretary.

Union Calendar No. 513

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1694

[Report No. 106–857]

AN ACT

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct

a study on the reclamation and reuse of waterand wastewater in the State of Hawaii.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2000

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,

and ordered to be printed