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(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) for grants under section 306B such sums 
as are necessary; and’’. 
SEC. 7302. CANAL-SIDE POWER PRODUCTION AT BUREAU 
OF RECLAMATION PROJECTS. 
(a) EVALUATION AND REPORT.—Not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of the Interior shall complete an evaluation and re-
port to Congress on the potential for developing rights- 
of-way along Bureau of Reclamation canals and infra-
structure for solar or wind energy production through 
leasing of lands or other means. The report to Congress 
shall specify— 
(1) location of potential rights-of-way for en-
ergy production; 
(2) total acreage available for energy produc-
tion; 
(3) existing transmission infrastructure at sites; 
(4) estimates of fair market leasing value of po-
tential energy sites; and 
(5) estimate energy development potential at 
sites. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out this section the 
Secretary of the Interior shall consult with persons that 
would be affected by development of rights-of-ways re-
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ferred to in subsection (a), including the beneficiaries of 
the canal and infrastructure evaluated under that sub-
section. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in this section— 
(1) shall be construed to authorize the Bureau 
of Reclamation or any contractor hired by the Bu-
reau of Reclamation to inventory or access rights-of- 
way owned or operated and maintained by non-Fed-
eral interests, unless such interests provide written 
permission for such inventory or an agreement or 
contract governing Federal access is in effect; 
(2) shall be construed to impede accessibility, 
impair project operations and maintenance, or create 
additional costs for entities managing the rights-of- 
way; or 
(3) shall be used as the basis of an increase in 
project-use power or preference power costs that will 
be borne by the consumer. 
SEC. 7303. INCREASING ENERGY EFFICIENCIES FOR WATER 
DESALINATION. 
The Water Desalination Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 
10301 note; Public Law 104–298) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 10. RESEARCH ON REVERSE OSMOSIS TECHNOLOGY 
FOR WATER DESALINATION AND WATER RE-
CYCLING. 
‘‘(a) RESEARCH PROGRAM.—The Secretary of the In-
terior, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, shall 
implement a program to research methods for improving 
the energy efficiency of reverse osmosis technology for 
water desalination, water contamination, and water recy-
cling. 
‘‘(b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the 
Interior shall submit to Congress a report which shall in-
clude— 
‘‘(1) a review of existing and emerging tech-
nologies, both domestic and international, that are 
likely to improve energy efficiency or utilize renew-
able energy sources at existing and future desalina-
tion and recycling facilities; and 
‘‘(2) an analysis of the economic viability of en-
ergy efficiency technologies.’’. 
SEC. 7304. ESTABLISHING A PILOT PROGRAM FOR THE DE-
VELOPMENT 
OF 
STRATEGIC 
SOLAR 
RE-
SERVES ON FEDERAL LANDS. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to es-
tablish a pilot program for the development of strategic 
solar reserves on Federal lands for the advancement, de-
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velopment, assessment, and installation of commercial 
solar electric energy systems. 
(b) STRATEGIC SOLAR RESERVE PILOT PROGRAM.— 
(1) SITE SELECTION.—The Secretary of the In-
terior, in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, 
the Secretary of Defense, and the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, States, tribal, or local units 
of governments, as appropriate, affected utility in-
dustries, and other interested persons, shall complete 
the following: 
(A) Identify Federal lands under the juris-
diction of the Bureau of Land Management, 
subject to valid existing rights, that are suitable 
and feasible for the installation of solar electric 
energy systems sufficient to create a solar en-
ergy reserve of no less than 4 GW and no more 
than 25 GW. 
(B) Perform any environmental reviews 
that may be required to complete the designa-
tion of such solar reserves. 
(C) Incorporate the designated solar re-
serves into the relevant agency land use and re-
source management plans or equivalent plans. 
(D) Identify the needed transmission up-
grades to the solar reserves. 
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