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Union Calendar No. 160 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1503 
[Report No. 110–251] 
To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities 
Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the 
Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration Project. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 13, 2007 
Mr. GRIJALVA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
JULY 23, 2007 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 13, 2007] 
A BILL 
To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater 
Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to participate in the Avra/Black Wash Rec-
lamation and Riparian Restoration Project. 
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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Avra/Black Wash Rec-
lamation and Riparian Restoration Project’’. 
SEC. 2. PROJECT AUTHORIZATION. 
(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 add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 16ll. AVRA/BLACK WASH RECLAMATION AND RIPAR-
IAN RESTORATION PROJECT, PIMA COUNTY, 
ARIZONA. 
‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary, in cooperation 
with Pima County, Arizona, may participate in the plan-
ning, design, and construction of water recycling facilities 
and to enhance and restore riparian habitat in the Black 
Wash Sonoran Desert ecosystem in Avra Valley west of the 
metropolitan Pima County area. 
‘‘(b) COST SHARING.—The Federal share of the cost of 
the project described in subsection (a) shall not exceed 25 
percent of the cost of the project. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—Federal funds provided under this 
section shall not be used for operation or maintenance of 
the project described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$14,000,000. 
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‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—Federal funds provided under 
this section shall only be used for the design, planning and 
construction of water-related infrastructure.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 
Public Law 102–575 is amended by inserting after the last 
item relating to title XVI the following: 
‘‘Sec. 16ll. Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration Project, 
Pima County, Arizona.’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 160 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1503 
[Report No. 110–251] 
A BILL 
To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to author-
ize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in 
the Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian 
Restoration Project. 
JULY 23, 2007 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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