IIB 
Calendar No. 1011 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 813 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
OCTOBER 23, 2007 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources 
SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 
Reported by Mr. BINGAMAN, with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
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, to author-
ize the Secretary to participate in the Lower Chino Dairy 
Area desalination demonstration and reclamation project, 
and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Santa Ana River 
Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2007’’. 
SEC.
2.
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. 16ll. 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. 
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‘‘(e) SUNSET
OF AUTHORITY.—This section shall 
have no effect after the date that is 10 years after the 
date of the enactment of 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 last item the following: 
‘‘16ll. Prado Basin Natural Treatment System Project.’’. 
SEC. 3. 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. 16ll. REGIONAL BRINE LINES. 
‘‘(a) SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.—The Secretary, under 
Federal reclamation laws and in cooperation with units of 
local government, may assist agencies in projects to con-
struct regional brine lines to export 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. 
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‘‘(b) AGREEMENTS AND REGULATIONS.—The Sec-
retary may enter into such agreements and promulgate 
such regulations as are necessary to carry out this section. 
‘‘(c) COST SHARING.—The Federal share of the cost 
of a project to construct regional brine lines described in 
subsection (a) shall not exceed— 
‘‘(1) 25 percent of the total cost of the project; 
or 
‘‘(2) $40,000,000. 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION.—Funds provided by the Secretary 
shall not be used for operation or maintenance of any 
project described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(e) SUNSET
OF AUTHORITY.—This section shall 
have no effect after the date that is 10 years after the 
date of the enactment of 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 last item the following: 
‘‘16ll. Regional brine lines.’’. 
SEC. 4. LOWER CHINO DAIRY AREA DESALINATION DEM-
ONSTRATION AND RECLAMATION 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 further amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 16ll. LOWER CHINO DAIRY AREA DESALINATION 
DEMONSTRATION
AND
RECLAMATION 
PROJECT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in cooperation 
with the Chino Basin Watermaster, the Inland Empire 
Utilities Agency, and the Santa Ana Watershed Project 
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 ex-
ceed— 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘(e) SUNSET
OF AUTHORITY.—This section shall 
have no effect after the date that is 10 years after the 
date of the enactment of this section.’’. 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions in section 2 of Public Law 102–575 is further 
amended by inserting after the last item the following: 
‘‘16ll. Lower Chino dairy area desalination demonstration and reclamation 
project.’’. 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Santa Ana River Water 
Supply Enhancement Act of 2008’’. 
SEC. 2. 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 add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1649. 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. 
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‘‘(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 
$10,000,000. 
‘‘(e) SUNSET OF AUTHORITY.—This section shall have 
no effect after the date that is 10 years after the date of 
the enactment of this section.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
in section 2 of Public Law 102–575 (43 U.S.C. prec. 371) 
is amended by inserting after the last item the following: 
‘‘1649. Prado Basin Natural Treatment System Project.’’. 
SEC. 3. LOWER CHINO DAIRY AREA DESALINATION DEM-
ONSTRATION AND RECLAMATION 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.) (as amended by sec-
tion 2(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 1650. LOWER CHINO DAIRY AREA DESALINATION 
DEMONSTRATION 
AND 
RECLAMATION 
PROJECT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in cooperation 
with the Chino Basin Watermaster, the Inland Empire 
Utilities Agency, and the Santa Ana Watershed Project Au-
thority and acting under the Federal reclamation laws, 
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shall participate in the design, planning, and construction 
of the Lower Chino Dairy Area desalination demonstration 
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) $26,000,000. 
‘‘(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. 
‘‘(e) SUNSET OF AUTHORITY.—This section shall have 
no effect after the date that is 10 years after the date of 
the enactment of this section.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
in section 2 of Public Law 102–575 (43 U.S.C. prec. 371) 
(as amended by section 2(b)) is amended by inserting after 
the last item the following: 
‘‘1650. Lower Chino dairy area desalination demonstration and reclamation 
project.’’. 
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Calendar No. 1011 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 813 
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, to au-
thorize the Secretary to participate in the Lower 
Chino Dairy Area desalination demonstration 
and reclamation project, and for other purposes. 
SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 
Reported with an amendment 
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