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112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6689 
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 South Sacramento County 
Agriculture and Habitat Lands Water Recycling Project in Sacramento 
County, California. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 19, 2012 
Ms. MATSUI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
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 South Sacramento County Agri-
culture and Habitat Lands Water Recycling Project in 
Sacramento County, California. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY, 
CALIFORNIA, 
WATER 
RECLAMATION 
PROJECT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (Title XVI of Pub-
lic Law 102–575; 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1657. SACRAMENTO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, WATER 
RECLAMATION PROJECT. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in coopera-
tion with the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation Dis-
trict, California, is authorized to participate in the design, 
planning, and construction of, and land acquisition for, a 
project to reclaim and reuse wastewater in accordance 
with subsection (b), within Sacramento County, Cali-
fornia. 
‘‘(b) PHASED PROJECT.—The project referred to in 
subsection (a) shall consist of three phases, the first of 
which shall include the planning, design, and construction 
of water conveyance and related infrastructure to provide 
recycled water to irrigate approximately 4,500 acres of 
land in southern Sacramento County. 
‘‘(c) COST SHARE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the 
costs of the project described in subsection (a) shall 
not exceed 25 percent of the total cost. 
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‘‘(2) FORM
OF
NON-FEDERAL
SHARE.—The 
non-Federal share may be in the form of any in-kind 
services that the Secretary determines would con-
tribute substantially toward the completion of the 
water reclamation and reuse project, including— 
‘‘(A) reasonable costs incurred by the Sac-
ramento Regional County Sanitation District 
relating to the planning, design, and construc-
tion of the water reclamation and reuse project; 
and 
‘‘(B) the acquisition costs of land acquired 
for the project that is— 
‘‘(i) used for planning, design, and 
construction of the water reclamation and 
reuse project facilities; and 
‘‘(ii) owned by the Sanitation District 
and directly related to the project. 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not provide 
funds for the operations and maintenance of the project 
described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, 
$30,000,000.’’. 
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(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
in section 2 of Public Law 102–575 is amended by insert-
ing after the last item relating to title XVI the following: 
‘‘Sec. 1657. Sacramento County, California, water reclamation project.’’. 
Æ 
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