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.

November 9, 2005

Mr. GRIJALVA 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 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 after section 16XX 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 $10,000,000.'.

(b) Clerical Amendment- The table of sections for Public Law 102-575 is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 16XX the following:

`Sec. 16XX. Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration Project.'.

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