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116TH CONGRESS REPT. 116-668
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
DESALINATION DEVELOPMENT ACT
DECEMBER 18, 2020.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
DISSENTING VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 3723]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 3723) to promote desalination project development and
drought resilience, and for other purposes, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the Desalination Development Act.
SEC. 2. DESALINATION PROJECTS AUTHORIZATION.
Section 4(a) of the Water Desalination Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 10301 note; Public
Law 104-298) is amended by striking the second paragraph (1) (relating to projects)
and inserting the following:
(2) PROJECTS.-
(A) DEFINITIONS.-In this paragraph:
(i) ELIGIBLE DESALINATION PROJECT.-The term 'eligible desalination
project' means any project located in a Reclamation State that-
(I) involves an ocean or brackish water desalination facility-
(aa) constructed, operated, and maintained by a State, In-
dian Tribe, irrigation district, water district, or other organiza-
tion with water or power delivery authority; or
(bb) sponsored or funded by a State, department of a State,
political subdivision of a State, or public agency organized pur-
suant to State law, including through-
(AA) direct sponsorship or funding; or
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