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Union Calendar No. 160 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1503 

[Report No. 110–251] 

To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities 

Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the 

Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration Project. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 13, 2007 

Mr. GRIJALVA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Natural Resources 

JULY 23, 2007 

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 March 13, 2007] 

A BILL 

To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater 

Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of 

the Interior to participate in the Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration 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. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Avra/Black Wash Rec3 lamation and Riparian Restoration Project’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PROJECT AUTHORIZATION. 

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

6 Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (Public Law 102– 

7 575, title XVI; 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) is amended by add8 ing at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 16ll. AVRA/BLACK WASH RECLAMATION AND RIPAR10 IAN RESTORATION PROJECT, PIMA COUNTY, 

11 ARIZONA. 

12 ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in cooperation 

13 with Pima County, Arizona, may participate in the plan14 ning, design, and construction of water recycling facilities 

15 and to enhance and restore riparian habitat in the Black 

16 Wash Sonoran Desert ecosystem in Avra Valley west of the 

17 metropolitan Pima County area. 

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

19 the project described in subsection (a) shall not exceed 25 

20 percent of the cost of the project. 

21 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—Federal funds provided under this 

22 section shall not be used for operation or maintenance of 

23 the project described in subsection (a). 

24 ‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

25 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

26 $14,000,000. 


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1 ‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—Federal funds provided under 

2 this section shall only be used for the design, planning and 

3 construction of water-related infrastructure.’’. 

4 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 

5 Public Law 102–575 is amended by inserting after the last 

6 item relating to title XVI the following: 

‘‘Sec. 16ll. Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration Project, 

Pima County, Arizona.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 160 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1503 

[Report No. 110

–251] 

A BILL 

To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 

Restoration Project. the Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian ize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorJULY 23, 2007 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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