IIB 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 142 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 20, 2004 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
AN ACT 
To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater 
Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to participate in the Prado Basin Natural 
Treatment System Project, to authorize the Secretary 
to carry out a program to assist agencies in projects 
to construct regional brine lines in California, and to 
authorize the Secretary to participate in the Lower Chino
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Dairy Area desalination demonstration and reclamation 
project. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PRADO BASIN NATURAL TREATMENT SYSTEM 
PROJECT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (Public Law 102– 
575, title XVI; 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1636. PRADO BASIN NATURAL TREATMENT SYSTEM 
PROJECT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in cooperation 
with the Orange County Water District, shall participate 
in the planning, design, and construction of natural treat-
ment systems and wetlands for the flows of the Santa Ana 
River, California, and its tributaries into the Prado Basin. 
‘‘(b) COST SHARING.—The Federal share of the cost 
of the project described in subsection (a) shall not exceed 
25 percent of the total cost of the project. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—Funds provided by the Secretary 
shall not be used for the operation and maintenance of 
the project described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$20,000,000.’’.
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions in section 2 of Public Law 102–575 is further 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
1634 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 1636. Prado Basin Natural Treatment System Project.’’. 
SEC. 2. REGIONAL BRINE LINES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (Public Law 102– 
575, title XVI; 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) is further amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1637. REGIONAL BRINE LINES. 
‘‘(a) SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.—The Secretary, in co-
operation with units of local government, may carry out 
a program under the Federal reclamation laws to assist 
agencies in projects to construct regional brine lines to ex-
port the salinity imported from the Colorado River to the 
Pacific Ocean as identified in— 
‘‘(1) the Salinity Management Study prepared 
by the Bureau of Reclamation and the Metropolitan 
Water District of Southern California; and 
‘‘(2) the Southern California Comprehensive 
Water Reclamation and Reuse Study prepared by 
the Bureau of Reclamation. 
‘‘(b) AGREEMENTS AND REGULATIONS.—The Sec-
retary may enter into such agreements and promulgate 
such regulations as are necessary to carry out this section.
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‘‘(c) COST SHARING.—The Federal share of the cost 
of a project to construct regional brine lines described in 
subsection (a) shall not exceed— 
‘‘(1) 25 percent of the total cost of the project; 
or 
‘‘(2) $40,000,000. 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION.—Funds provided by the Secretary 
shall not be used for operation or maintenance of any 
project described in subsection (a).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions in section 2 of Public Law 102–575 is further 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
1635 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 1637. Regional brine lines.’’. 
SEC. 3. LOWER CHINO DAIRY AREA DESALINATION DEM-
ONSTRATION AND RECLAMATION PROJECT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (Public Law 102– 
575, title XVI; 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) is further amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1638. LOWER CHINO DAIRY AREA DESALINATION 
DEMONSTRATION 
AND 
RECLAMATION 
PROJECT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in cooperation 
with the Chino Basin Watermaster, the Inland Empire 
Utilities Agency, and the Santa Ana Watershed Project
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Authority and acting under the Federal reclamation laws, 
shall participate in the design, planning, and construction 
of the Lower Chino Dairy Area desalination demonstra-
tion and reclamation project. 
‘‘(b) COST SHARING.—The Federal share of the cost 
of the project described in subsection (a) shall not ex-
ceed— 
‘‘(1) 25 percent of the total cost of the project; 
or 
‘‘(2) $50,000,000. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—Funds provided by the Secretary 
shall not be used for operation or maintenance of the 
project described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out this section.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions in section 2 of Public Law 102–575 is further 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
1636 the following:
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‘‘Sec. 1638. Lower Chino dairy area desalination demonstration and reclamation 
project.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 19, 2004. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.