PUBLIC LAW 106-457—NOV. 7, 2000 114 STAT. 1975 TITLE VI—ALTERNATIVE WATER iSOURCyLd Alternative Water Sources Act of 2000. SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. 33 USC 1251 This title may be cited as the "Alternative Water Sources Act of 2000". SEC. 602. PILOT PROGRAM FOR ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCE PROJECTS. Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: " SEC. 220. PILOT PROGRAM FOR ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCE PROJECTS. 33 USC 1300. "(a) POLICY. —Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the application of section 101(g) of this Act and all of the provisions of this section shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of section 101(g). "(b) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may establish a pilot program to make grants to State, interstate, and intrastate water resource development agencies (including water management districts and water supply authorities), local government agencies, private utilities, and nonprofit entities for alternative water source projects to meet critical water supply needs. "(c) ELIGIBLE ENTITY. —The Administrator may make grants under this section to an entity only if the entity has authority under State law to develop or provide water for municipal, industrial, and agricultural uses in an area of the State that is experiencing critical water supply needs. "(d) SELECTION OF PROJECTS. — "(1) LIMITATION. —^A project that has received funds under the reclamation and reuse program conducted under the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.) shall not be eligible for grant assistance under this section. "(2) ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION.— In making grants under this section, the Administrator shall consider whether the project is located within the boundaries of a State or area referred to in section 1 of the Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 385), and within the geographic scope of the reclamation and reuse program conducted under the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 (43 U.S.C. 390h et seq.). "(3) GEOGRAPHICAL DiSTRiBUTiON.Altemative water source projects selected by the Administrator under this section shall reflect a variety of geographical and environmental conditions. "(e) COMMITTEE RESOLUTION PROCEDURE. — "(1) IN GENERAL. —No appropriation shall be made for any alternative water source project under this section, the total Federal cost of which exceeds $3,000,000, if such project has not been approved by a resolution adopted by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives or the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate.
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