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Union Calendar No. 185 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3929 
[Report No. 109–335, Part I] 
To amend the Water Desalination Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to assist in research and development, environmental 
and feasibility studies, and preliminary engineering for the Municipal 
Water District of Orange County, California, Dana Point Desalination 
Project located at Dana Point, California. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 28, 2005 
Mr. CALVERT (for himself, Mr. ROHRABACHER, and Mr. GARY G. MILLER of 
California) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
DECEMBER 12, 2005 
Additional sponsor: Mr. ROYCE 
DECEMBER 12, 2005 
Reported from the Committee on Resources with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
DECEMBER 12, 2005 
Committee on Science discharged; committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 28, 2005] 
A BILL 
To amend the Water Desalination Act of 1996 to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to assist in research and 
development, environmental and feasibility studies, and 
preliminary engineering for the Municipal Water District 
of Orange County, California, Dana Point Desalination 
Project located at Dana Point, California. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Dana Point Desalina-
tion Project Authorization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR DANA POINT DESALINATION 
PROJECT. 
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: 
‘‘SEC. 10. DANA POINT DESALINATION RESEARCH AND FEA-
SIBILITY RELATED COSTS. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may assist in re-
search and development, environmental and feasibility 
studies, and preliminary engineering for the Municipal 
Water District of Orange County, California, Dana Point 
Desalination Project located at Dana Point, California.
‘‘(b) FEDERAL SHARE.—Notwithstanding section 7, 
the Federal share of the costs for the project assisted under 
subsection (a) shall not exceed 25 percent of the total costs 
of the project. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
$2,500,000 to carry out this section. 
‘‘(d) SUNSET.—The authority of the Secretary to carry 
out any provisions of this section shall terminate 10 years 
after the date of the enactment of this section.’’.
Union Calendar No. 185 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3929 
[Report No. 109–335, Part I] 
A BILL 
To amend the Water Desalination Act of 1996 to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assist 
in research and development, environmental and 
feasibility studies, and preliminary engineering 
for the Municipal Water District of Orange 
County, California, Dana Point Desalination 
Project located at Dana Point, California. 
DECEMBER 12, 2005 
Reported from the Committee on Resources with an 
amendment 
DECEMBER 12, 2005 
Committee on Science discharged; committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
and ordered to be printed