United States · Bill · S
S. 1016 (109th)
Desalination Water Supply Shortage Prevention Act of 2005
Introduced
12 May 2005
Last action
20 October 2005 · Committee
Status
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-314.
Sponsors
Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL], Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Rep. Nelson, Bill [D-FL-11]
Subjects
Energy
Source updated
24 March 2026
Summary
Desalination Water Supply Shortage Prevention Act of 2005 - 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.
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Timeline
12 May 2005
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Source: IntroReferral
12 May 2005
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
20 October 2005
Committee
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 109-314.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 12 May 2005 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 12 May 2005
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 12 May 2005
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 12 May 2005
Sponsors
- Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Nelson, Bill [D-FL-11] · D · Cosponsor
- · sseg00 · Standing
Related records
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/1016
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/1016
- us · 109-s-1016 · source updated 24 March 2026