Reauthorization of large-scale water recycling and reuse program

Section 40905 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (43 U.S.C. 3205) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as paragraphs (2) through (5), respectively; and (B) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the following: (1) Construction The term construction has the meaning given the term in subsection (f) of section 4011 of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (Public Law 114–322; 130 Stat. 1881), except that any reference in paragraph (2) of that subsection to storage shall be deemed to be a reference to infrastructure.; (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: (b) Establishment The Secretary shall establish a program to provide grants to eligible entities on a competitive basis for the development of feasibility studies, planning, design, and construction of large-scale water recycling and reuse projects that provide substantial water supply and other benefits to the Reclamation States in accordance with this section.; (3) in subsection (d)(4), by striking 30 and inserting 60; (4) in subsection (k)— (A) by striking The authority and inserting the following: (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), the authority; (B) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by striking 5 and inserting 10; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (2) Exception Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an eligible project that is under construction as of the termination date described in that paragraph.; and (5) by adding at the end the following: (l) Authorization of appropriations There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to provide grants for eligible projects and otherwise carry out this section $450,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2028 through 2032..