Title: Facilitating Large-Scale Water Recycling and Reuse Projects Act
Policy area: Water Resources Development

Summary:
Facilitating Large-Scale Water Recycling and Reuse Projects Act

This bill modifies the Bureau of Reclamation's Large-Scale Water Recycling Program, which provides grants to water and power delivery authorities in certain western states for the planning, design, and construction of large-scale water recycling and reuse projects that have a total cost of $500 million or more. Specifically, the bill removes the program's sunset provision and revises eligibility requirements.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4494 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4494

   To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to modify the 
   requirements for an eligible project under the competitive grant 
program for large-scale water recycling and reuse projects, to provide 
for an additional authorization of appropriations for that program, to 
  repeal the termination of authority for that program, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 23, 2022

  Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Padilla, and Ms. 
Rosen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 
            to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to modify the 
   requirements for an eligible project under the competitive grant 
program for large-scale water recycling and reuse projects, to provide 
for an additional authorization of appropriations for that program, to 
  repeal the termination of authority for that program, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Facilitating Large-Scale Water 
Recycling and Reuse Projects Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ELIGIBLE PROJECTS, REPEAL OF 
              TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY, AND ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION OF 
              APPROPRIATIONS FOR COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM FOR LARGE-
              SCALE WATER RECYCLING AND REUSE PROJECTS.

    (a) Eligible Project.--Section 40905(c) of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (43 U.S.C. 3205(c)) is amended by striking 
paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
            ``(4) is--
                    ``(A) constructed, operated, and maintained by an 
                eligible entity; or
                    ``(B) owned by an eligible entity; and''.
    (b) Repeal of Termination of Authority; Additional Authorization of 
Appropriations.--Section 40905 of the Infrastructure Investment and 
Jobs Act (43 U.S.C. 3205) is amended by striking subsection (k) and 
inserting the following:
    ``(k) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to the amounts 
made available to carry out this section under section 40901(4)(B), 
there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$500,000,000, to remain available until expended.''.
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