108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 142
AN ACT
To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to author-
ize 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 con-
struct regional brine lines in California, and to
authorize the Secretary to participate in the
Lower Chino Dairy Area desalination demonstra-
tion and reclamation project.
108TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 142
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
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.’’.
(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.
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
exceed—
‘‘(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: