[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
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[S. 2160 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 586
118th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2160
To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize
certain extraordinary operation and maintenance work for urban canals
of concern.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 22, 2023
Mr. Risch (for himself, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. Merkley) introduced the
following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on
Energy and Natural Resources
November 21, 2024
Reported by Mr. Manchin, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize
certain extraordinary operation and maintenance work for urban canals
of concern.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Urban Canal Modernization
Act''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. EXTRAORDINARY OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE WORK PERFORMED
BY THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Definitions.--Section 9601 of the Omnibus Public Land
Management Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 510) is amended--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3),
(4), (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), (6),
(7), and (1), respectively;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by
striking ``et seq.)'' and inserting ``et seq.))'';</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by
striking ``mean'' and inserting ``means''; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(8) Urban canal of concern.--The term `urban
canal of concern' means a transferred works or segment of a
transferred works--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(A) that is--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(i) a canal reach, the failure
of which would result in--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(I) an estimated at-risk
population of more than 100
individuals; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(II) an estimated
property damage of more than
$5,000,000; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(ii) a canal reach determined by
the responsible Bureau of Reclamation regional
or area office to be classified as an urban
canal reach; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(B) with respect to which the Secretary
determines, pursuant to the guidelines and criteria
developed under section 9602(a), that if a failure were
to occur, the failure would result in loss of life and
property in the vicinity of the failed transferred
works or segment of transferred works.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Extraordinary Maintenance and Operation Work on Urban
Canal of Concerns.--Section 9603 of the Omnibus Public Land Management
Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 510b) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(e) Extraordinary Operation and Maintenance Work on
Urban Canals of Concern.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(1) In general.--The Secretary or the
transferred works operating entity shall carry out any
extraordinary operation and maintenance work on an urban canal
of concern that the transferred works operating entity, with
the concurrence of the Secretary, determines to be
necessary.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(2) Funding.--In the case of extraordinary
operation and maintenance work on an urban canal of concern
authorized under paragraph (1), or if the Secretary determines
that a project facility inspected and maintained pursuant to
the guidelines and criteria set forth in section 9602(a)
requires extraordinary operation and maintenance work pursuant
to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide Federal funds on
a nonreimbursable basis sufficient to cover 35 percent of the
portion of total cost of the extraordinary operation and
maintenance work allocable to the transferred works operating
entity that is needed to carry out the extraordinary operation
and maintenance work on the urban canal of concern, with the
remaining share of any additional Federal funds advanced by the
Secretary for the extraordinary operation and maintenance work
to be repaid under subsection (b).</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(f) Reimbursable Funds.--Any reimbursable funds provided
under this section shall be considered to be a non-Federal source of
funds for purposes of any cost-sharing requirement for a Federal
grant.''.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Urban Canal Modernization Act''.
SEC. 2. EXTRAORDINARY OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE WORK PERFORMED BY THE
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
(a) Definitions.--Section 9601 of the Omnibus Public Land
Management Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 510) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5),
(6), and (7) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), and
(1), respectively;
(2) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by striking ``et
seq.)'' and inserting ``et seq.))'';
(3) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by striking
``mean'' and inserting ``means''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(8) Urban canal of concern.--The term `urban canal of
concern' means a transferred works or segment of a transferred
works that is a canal reach--
``(A) the failure of which would result in an
estimated at-risk population of more than 100
individuals, as determined by the Secretary, pursuant
to the guidelines and criteria developed under section
9602(a); and
``(B) that is determined by the Secretary to be
classified as an urban canal reach.''.
(b) Extraordinary Operation and Maintenance Work on Urban Canals of
Concern.--Section 9603 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of
2009 (43 U.S.C. 510b) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``(a)'' and all that follows
through ``The Secretary'' and inserting the following:
``(a) Authorization.--
``(1) Project facilities.--The Secretary''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Urban canals of concern.--The Secretary or the
transferred works operating entity may carry out, in accordance
with subsection (b), any extraordinary operation and
maintenance work on an urban canal of concern that the
Secretary determines to be necessary pursuant to the guidelines
and criteria set forth in section 9602(a).'';
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph
(4); and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
``(3) Urban canals of concern.--Except in the case of
emergency extraordinary operation and maintenance work carried
out under subsection (c), of the total costs of extraordinary
operation and maintenance work on an urban canal of concern
conducted under subsection (a)(2)--
``(A) 25 percent shall be provided by the Secretary
on a nonreimbursable basis;
``(B) 10 percent shall be provided by the
applicable State or political subdivision of the
applicable State in which the extraordinary operation
and maintenance work is being conducted; and
``(C) the remaining amounts shall be advanced by
the Secretary in accordance with paragraph (2), to be
repaid by the transferred works operating entity in
accordance with that paragraph.''; and
(3) in subsection (d)--
(A) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph
(8); and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
``(7) Limitation for urban canals of concern.--Not more
than $300,000,000 shall be made available from the Account to
pay the Federal costs of extraordinary operation and
maintenance work on urban canals of concern conducted under
section (a)(2), unless an appropriations Act provides funds for
payment of Federal costs for such purposes in excess of that
amount.''.
Calendar No. 586
118th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2160
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize
certain extraordinary operation and maintenance work for urban canals
of concern.
_______________________________________________________________________
November 21, 2024
Reported with an amendment