To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Brownsville Public Utility Board water recycling and desalinization project.

Amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, in cooperation with the Brownsville Public Utility Board, to participate in the design, planning, and construction of facilities to reclaim, reuse, and treat impaired water in the Brownsville, Texas, area.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 855 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 855

     To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
     Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the Brownsville Public Utility Board water recycling and 
                        desalinization project.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 16, 2005

  Mr. Ortiz introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                         Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
     Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the Brownsville Public Utility Board water recycling and 
                        desalinization project.

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

SECTION 1. BROWNSVILLE PUBLIC UTILITY BOARD WATER RECYCLING AND 
              DESALINIZATION 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 new section:

``SEC. 163__. BROWNSVILLE PUBLIC UTILITY BOARD WATER RECYCLING AND 
              DESALINIZATION PROJECT.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary, in cooperation with the 
Brownsville Public Utility Board, may participate in the design, 
planning, and construction of facilities to reclaim, reuse, and treat 
impaired waters in the Brownsville, Texas, area.
    ``(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 operation and maintenance of the project described in 
subsection (a).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections in section 2 of 
Public Law 102-575 is amended by inserting after the last item relating 
to title XVI the following:

``163_. Brownsville Public Utility Board water recycling and 
                            desalinization project.''.
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