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Calendar No. 883

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2195

[Report No. 106–438]

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 Truckee watershed reclamation

project for the reclamation and reuse of water.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 7, 2000

Mr. REID 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 Truckee watershed reclamation

project for the reclamation and reuse of water.
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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. TRUCKEE WATERSHED RECLAMATION

4 PROJECT.

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

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

7 et seq.) is amended—

8 (1) by inserting after section 1601 the fol9 lowing:

10 ‘‘Subtitle A—Specific Projects’’;

11 (2) by redesignating sections 1631, 1632, 1633,

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

13 390h–16) as sections 1633, 1671, 1672, and 1631,

14 respectively;

15 (3) by moving section 1631 (as redesignated by

16 paragraph (2)) to follow section 1630;

17 (4) by inserting before section 1671 (as redesig18 nated by paragraph (2)) the following:

19 ‘‘Subtitle B—Studies and

20 Research’’;

21 and

22 (5) by inserting after section 1631 (as redesig23 nated by paragraph (2)) the following:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 1632. TRUCKEE WATERSHED RECLAMATION

2 PROJECT.

3 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera4 tion with Washoe County, Nevada, may participate in the

5 design, planning, and construction of the Truckee water6 shed reclamation project to reclaim and reuse wastewater

7 (including degraded ground water) within and without the

8 service area of Washoe County, Nevada.

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

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

11 25 percent of the total cost of the project.

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

13 shall not be used for operation or maintenance of the

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

15 SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

16 (a) The Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater

17 Study and Facilities Act is amended—

18 (1) in subsection (a) of section 1633 (43 U.S.C.

19 390h–13) (as redesignated by section 1(a)(2)), by

20 striking ‘‘1630’’ and inserting ‘‘1632’’;

21 (2) in section 1671(c) (43 U.S.C. 390h–14(c))

22 (as redesignated by section 1(a)(2)), by striking

23 ‘‘section 1633’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1672’’; and

24 (3) in section 1672 (43 U.S.C. 390h–15) (as

25 redesignated by section 1(a)(2))—
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1 (A) in the section heading, by inserting

2 ‘‘FOR GROUNDWATER STUDY’’ before the pe3 riod; and

4 (B) by striking ‘‘section 1632’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘section 1671’’.

6 (b) The table of contents in section 2 of the Reclama7 tion Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992

8 (43 U.S.C. prec. 371; Public Law 102–575) is amended—

9 (1) by inserting after the item relating to sec10 tion 1601 the following:

‘‘Subtitle A—Specific Projects’’;

11 and

12 (2) by striking the items relating to sections

13 1631 through 1634 and inserting the following:

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

‘‘Sec. 1632. Truckee Watershed Reclamation Project.

‘‘Sec. 1633. Authorization of appropriations.

‘‘Subtitle B—Studies and Research

‘‘Sec. 1671. Groundwater study.

‘‘Sec. 1672. Authorization of appropriations for groundwater study.’’.

14 SECTION 1. TRUCKEE WATERSHED RECLAMATION

15 PROJECT.

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

17 in cooperation with Washoe County, Nevada, may partici18 pate in the design, planning, and construction of, the

19 Truckee watershed reclamation project, consisting of the

20 North Valley Reuse Project and the Spanish Springs Valley
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1 Septic Conversion Project (‘‘Project’’), to reclaim and reuse

2 wastewater (including degraded ground water) within and

3 without the service area of Washoe County, Nevada.

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

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

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

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

8 Project.

9 (d) FUNDING.—Funds appropriated pursuant to sec10 tion 1615 of the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater

11 Study and Facilities Act may be used for the Project (106

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

13 SEC. 2. RECLAMATION WASTEWATER AND GROUNDWATER

14 STUDY AND FACILITIES ACT

15 Design, planning, and construction of the Project shall

16 be in accordance with, and subject to the limitations con17 tained in, the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater

18 Study and Facilities Act (106 Stat. 4663–4669, 43 U.S.C.

19 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 Truckee watershed reclamation

project for the reclamation and reuse of water.’’
Calendar No. 883

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2195

[Report No. 106–438]

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 theTruckee watershed reclamation project for thereclamation and reuse of water.

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