[Congressional Bills 110th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 664 Introduced in House (IH)] 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 664 To amend the Water Desalination Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assist in research and development, environmental and feasibility studies, and preliminary engineering for the Municipal Water District of Orange County, California, Dana Point Desalination Project located at Dana Point, California. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 24, 2007 Mr. Campbell of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Water Desalination Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assist in research and development, environmental and feasibility studies, and preliminary engineering for the Municipal Water District of Orange County, California, Dana Point Desalination Project located at Dana Point, 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 ``Dana Point Desalination Project Authorization Act''. SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION FOR DANA POINT DESALINATION PROJECT. The Water Desalination Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 10301 note; Public Law 104-298) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: ``SEC. 10. DANA POINT DESALINATION RESEARCH AND FEASIBILITY RELATED COSTS. ``(a) Authority.--The Secretary may assist in research and development, environmental and feasibility studies, and preliminary engineering for the Municipal Water District of Orange County, California, Dana Point Desalination Project located at Dana Point, California. ``(b) Federal Share.--Notwithstanding section 7, the Federal share of the costs for the project assisted under subsection (a) shall not exceed 25 percent of the total costs of the project. ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $2,500,000 to carry out this section. ``(d) Sunset.--The authority of the Secretary to carry out any provisions of this section shall terminate 10 years after the date of the enactment of this section.''. <all>