To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of permanent facilities for the GREAT project to reclaim, reuse, and treat impaired waters water in the area of Oxnard, California.

May 12, 2005

Mrs. CAPPS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of permanent facilities for the GREAT project to reclaim, reuse, and treat impaired waters water in the area of Oxnard, California.

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 `City of Oxnard Water Recycling and Desalination Act of 2005'.

SEC. 2. OXNARD, CALIFORNIA, WATER RECLAMATION, REUSE, AND TREATMENT PROJECT.

(a) In General- The Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act (title XVI of Public Law 102-575; 43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

`SEC. XX. OXNARD, CALIFORNIA, WATER RECLAMATION, REUSE, AND TREATMENT PROJECT.

`(a) Authorization- The Secretary, in cooperation with the City of Oxnard, California, may participate in the design, planning, and construction of permanent facilities for the GREAT project to reclaim, reuse, and treat impaired waters water in the area of Oxnard, California.

`(b) Cost Share- The Federal share of the costs of the project described in subsection (a) shall not exceed 25 percent of the total cost.

`(c) Limitation- The Secretary shall not provide funds for the operation and maintenance of the project described in subsection (a).'.

(b) Clerical Amendment- The table of sections in section 2 of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 is amended by inserting after the last item the following:

`Sec. XXX. Oxnard, California, water reclamation, reuse, and treatment project.'.

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