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HR 3834 108th Congress House Water Resources Development Economics and Public Finance Electric power Electric utility rates Energy Environmental Protection Federal aid to water resources development Government Operations and Politics Saline waters Subsidies Waste water treatment Water purification

Desalination Energy Assistance Act of 2004

Introduced: February 25, 2004 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 9, 2004
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Jun 14, 2004
Re-referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Feb 25, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Feb 25, 2004
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Desalination Energy Assistance Act of 2004 - Requires the Secretary of Energy to make specified incentive payments to the owners or operators of qualified desalination facilities (facilities first used to produce desalinated water after enactment of this Act) for up to ten years to partially offset the cost of electrical energy required to operate such facilities.

What's happening now September 9, 2004

Subcommittee Hearings Held.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 2 Republican 2
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 6, 2004
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Jun 21, 2004
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Feb 25, 2004
DIAZ-BALART, LINCOLN
· Feb 25, 2004
 R
Issa, Darrell
California · Feb 25, 2004
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3834: Desalination Energy Assistance Act of 2004. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3834/
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"H.R. 3834: Desalination Energy Assistance Act of 2004." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3834/.
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H.R. 3834, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3834/.
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