I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4610 
To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities 
Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in a series 
of water reclamation projects to provide a new water supply to commu-
nities previously impacted by perchlorate contamination plumes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 24, 2016 
Mr. KNIGHT 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 a series of water reclama-
tion projects to provide a new water supply to commu-
nities previously impacted by perchlorate contamination 
plumes. 
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. WATER PROJECTS FOR COMMUNITIES IM-
PACTED BY PERCHLORATE CONTAMINATION 
PLUMES. 
(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 new section: 
‘‘SEC. 163ll. WATER PROJECTS FOR COMMUNITIES IM-
PACTED BY PERCHLORATE CONTAMINATION 
PLUMES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Bureau of Reclamation, may participate in projects 
to benefit eligible communities through projects to accom-
plish one or more of the following: 
‘‘(1) Capture and treat wastewater and dis-
tribution of recycled water from a new mixed-use de-
velopment that cannot otherwise be economically 
provided recycled water from one or more existing 
water reclamation plants and recycled water dis-
tribution systems. 
‘‘(2) Adjust or forego a portion of facility ca-
pacity or connection fees otherwise paid by the prop-
erty owner to a regional water agency that imports 
out-of-basin water supplies, thus reducing the import 
of out-of-basin supplies and providing incentives to 
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the property owner to construct one or more of the 
following: 
‘‘(A) Onsite treatment facilities. 
‘‘(B) Onsite reclamation facilities. 
‘‘(C) Recycled water distribution facilities. 
‘‘(3) The extension of local recycled water dis-
tribution systems to properties adjacent to new 
mixed-use development. 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE COMMUNITIES.—For the purposes of 
this section, the term ‘eligible communities’ means com-
munities that meet all of the following criteria: 
‘‘(1) In a State under a state of drought emer-
gency as declared by the Governor of that State. 
‘‘(2) In a community where water retailers have 
been directed by the State Water Resources Control 
Board or equivalent government agency of that 
State to reduce consumption or use of potable water 
usage between 24 to 32 percent. 
‘‘(3) In a community whose sanitation district 
or equivalent government agency district where that 
district has been directed by a regional water quality 
control board or equivalent government agency to re-
duce the discharge of chloride in order to comply 
with basin water quality standards. 
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‘‘(c) PRIORITY PROJECTS.—The Secretary shall give 
priority to projects that meet one or more of the following 
criteria: 
‘‘(1) Will serve a region that has received Fed-
eral authorization for projects associated with per-
chlorate contamination remediation programs under 
the Bureau of Reclamation or the Army Corps of 
Engineers. 
‘‘(2) Is located in or will serve a region that has 
completed feasibility studies for perchlorate remedi-
ation efforts. 
‘‘(3) Will serve a region where the regional 
water agency that imports out-of-basin water sup-
plies has a wholesale area that includes a population 
of at least 200,000 and not more than 350,000. 
‘‘(d) COST SHARING.—The Federal share of the cost 
of a project described in subsection (a) shall not exceed 
25 percent of the total cost of the project. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION.—Funds provided by the Secretary 
shall not be used for operation and maintenance of a 
project described in subsection (a).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions in section 2 of Public Law 102–575 is amended by 
inserting after the last item relating to title XVI the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘163ll. Water projects for communities impacted by perchlorate contamina-
tion plumes.’’. 
Æ 
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