HR 1503
7-23-07, House Agreed to Bill by Voice Vote
Referred to Senate
Committee on Energy & Natural Resources
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1503
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 24, 2007
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources
AN ACT
To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities
Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Avra/Black
Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration Project.
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 `Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration
Project'.
SEC. 2. PROJECT AUTHORIZATION.
(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. 16XX. AVRA/BLACK WASH RECLAMATION AND RIPARIAN RESTORATION
PROJECT, PIMA COUNTY, ARIZONA.
`(a) Authorization- The Secretary, in cooperation with Pima County, Arizona,
may participate in the planning, design, and construction of water recycling
facilities and to enhance and restore riparian habitat in the Black Wash Sonoran
Desert ecosystem in Avra Valley west of the metropolitan Pima County area.
`(b) Cost Sharing- The Federal share of the cost of the project described
in subsection (a) shall not exceed 25 percent of the cost of the project.
`(c) Limitation- Federal funds provided under this section shall not be used
for operation or maintenance of the project described in subsection (a).
`(d) Authorization of Appropriations- There is authorized to be appropriated
to carry out this section $14,000,000.
`(e) Use of Funds- Federal funds provided under this section shall only be
used for the design, planning and construction of water-related infrastructure.'.
(b) Clerical Amendment- The table of sections for Public Law 102-575 is amended
by inserting after the last item relating to title XVI the following:
`Sec. 16XX. Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration
Project, Pima County, Arizona.'.
Passed the House of Representatives July 23, 2007.
Attest:
LORRAINE C. MILLER,
Clerk.
By Deborah M. Spriggs,
Deputy Clerk.
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