Desalination Research Advancement Act

Bill: 117-hr-7612
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49]
Introduced: 2022-04-28
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Advanced technology and technological innovations

Environmental technology

Water quality

Water resources funding

Water use and supply
Latest action: action_date: 2022-05-12
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-04-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Desalination Research Advancement Act</b></p> <p>This bill reauthorizes through FY2026 the Desalination and Water Purification Research Program at the Bureau of Reclamation and increases the amount of funding available to institutions of higher education. The bill also expands the program's research priorities to include minimizing the impacts of seawater desalination on aquatic life and coastal ecosystems.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7612 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 28, 2022 Mr. Levin of California (for himself and Ms. Mace ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources , and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To advance desalination research and technological innovation, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Desalination Research Advancement Act . 2. Desalination research authorization (a) Section 8 of the Water Desalination Act of 1996 ( 42 U.S.C. 10301 note; Public Law 104–298 ) is amended in subsection (a)— (1) by striking $5,000,000 per year for fiscal years 1997 through 2021 and inserting $20,000,000 per year for fiscal years 2022 through 2026 ; and (2) by striking $1,000,000 and inserting $15,000,000 . (b) Section 3(e) of the Water Desalination Act of 1996 is amended— (1) in paragraph (5), by striking and ; (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (7) to minimize the impacts of seawater desalination on aquatic life and coastal ecosystems, including technologies to monitor and reduce those impacts. .