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HR 1071 109th Congress House

Desalination Water Supply Shortage Prevention Act of 2005

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Energy to make incentive payments to the owners or operators of qualified desalination facilities to partially offset the cost of el… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To direct the Secretary of Energy to make incentive payments to the owners or operators of qualified desalination facilities to partially offset the cost of electrical energy required to operate such facilities, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 14, 2005 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 26, 2006
Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.
May 26, 2006
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 272.
Mar 31, 2006
House Committee on Energy and Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than May 26, 2006.
Feb 28, 2006
Referred sequentially to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce for a period ending not later than March 31, 2006 for consideration of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(f), rule X.
Feb 28, 2006
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on 109-380, Part I.
Nov 16, 2005
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
Nov 16, 2005
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Nov 16, 2005
Subcommittee on Water and Power Discharged.
May 24, 2005
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Mar 14, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Mar 3, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Resources.
Mar 3, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 26, 2006

Committee on Energy and Commerce discharged.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Desalination Water Supply Shortage Prevention Act of 2005 - Requires the Secretary of Energy to make incentive payments to the owners or operators of qualified desalination facilities (facilities first used to produce commercial desalinated water after enactment of this Act), including facilities owned or operated by Indian tribes, for up to ten years to partially offset the cost of electrical energy required to operate such facilities.

Provides that the qualified facilities shall receive 62 cents for every thousand gallons of desalinated water produced and sold, with an adjustment for inflation. Limits to 60% of the amount of funds made available in any fiscal year that the Secretary may provide to the owners or operators of qualified facilities that obtain source water directly from the sea, an estuary, or in-bank extraction wells of sea water origin.

Directs the Secretary, in awarding incentive payments, to give priority to any application for a project that: (1) uses innovative technologies to reduce energy demand; (2) uses renewable energy supplies in the desalination process; (3) provides regional water supply benefits; (4) provides a secure source of new water supplies for national defense activities; (5) reduces the threat of a water supply disruption as a result of a natural disaster or acts of terrorism; (6) uses technologies that minimize damage to marine life; or (7) provides significant water quality benefits.

Directs the Secretary to support research and development of promising novel technology approaches for the cost-effective desalination of water.

Authorizes appropriations.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 6230 Related bill Desalination Energy Consumption Reduction Act of 2006
  • S 1016 Related bill Desalination Water Supply Shortage Prevention Act of 2005
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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 3 Republican 3
D
Costa, Jim
California · May 26, 2005
 R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · May 19, 2005
HARMAN, JANE
· May 19, 2005
BOYD, ALLEN
· Apr 20, 2005
 R
Issa, Darrell
California · Apr 20, 2005
BROWN, HENRY
· Apr 14, 2005
Brown-Waite, Ginny
· Apr 14, 2005
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Apr 14, 2005
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Apr 14, 2005
DIAZ-BALART, LINCOLN
· Apr 14, 2005
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Apr 14, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1071: Desalination Water Supply Shortage Prevention Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-1071/
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