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Dana Point Desalination Project Authorization Act

Introduced: September 28, 2005 Introduced by: Calvert, Ken Republican · California See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 21 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 27, 2006
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 647.
Sep 27, 2006
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Inhofe with an amendment. With written report No. 109-353.
Sep 13, 2006
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
May 3, 2006
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
May 2, 2006
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
May 2, 2006
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1938)
May 2, 2006
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H1938)
May 2, 2006
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3929.
May 2, 2006
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1938-1939)
May 2, 2006
Mr. Pearce moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Dec 12, 2005
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 185.
Dec 12, 2005
Committee on Science discharged.
Dec 12, 2005
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Resources. H. Rept. 109-335, 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.
Oct 11, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards.
Oct 6, 2005
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Sep 28, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
Sep 28, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, 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.
Sep 28, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Dana Point Desalination Project Authorization Act - Amends 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. Limits the federal share to 25% of the total cost of the project. Authorizes appropriations. Terminates the Secretary's authority to carry out this Act 10 years after its enactment.

Directs the Secretary to assess the cost-effectiveness and environmental impact of providing a potable water supply to central and southern Rhode Island by desalination, reduced nonessential use of potable water, wastewater reuse, increased water use efficiency, and development of additional ground and surface supplies. Authorizes appropriations.

What's happening now September 27, 2006

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 647.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3929: Dana Point Desalination Project Authorization Act. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3929/
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