[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 131 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 131

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                                 AN ACT


 
To make certain modifications to the repayment for the Arkansas Valley 
                   Conduit in the State of Colorado.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ARKANSAS VALLEY CONDUIT, COLORADO.

    Public Law 87-590 (76 Stat. 389; 123 Stat. 1320) is amended--
            (1) in the first section--
                    (A) in subsection (c), in the second sentence, by 
                striking ``or in the case of the Arkansas Valley 
                Conduit, payment in an amount equal to 35 percent of 
                the cost of the conduit that is comprised of revenue 
                generated by payments pursuant to a repayment contract 
                and revenue that may be derived from contracts for the 
                use of Fryingpan-Arkansas project excess capacity or 
                exchange contracts using Fryingpan-Arkansas project 
                facilities,''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(d) Arkansas Valley Conduit.--
            ``(1) Repayment contract.--To provide domestic water 
        supplies to communities and households that do not have 
        reliable access to domestic water supplies, the contract for 
        the Arkansas Valley Conduit shall provide for payment in an 
        amount equal to 35 percent of the cost of the conduit, 
        notwithstanding the reclamation laws or any other provision of 
        this Act. The contract payments shall consist of--
                    ``(A) funding provided during construction from any 
                entity other than the Secretary; and
                    ``(B) based on a demonstration of financial 
                hardship, as determined by the Secretary, repayment of 
                the balance not covered under subparagraph (A) for a 
                period of not more than 75 years with simple interest 
                at a rate that is equal to 50 percent of the interest 
                rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury under 
                section 2(c), including revenue derived from contracts 
                for the use of excess capacity or exchange contracts 
                using Fryingpan-Arkansas project facilities.
            ``(2) Operations and maintenance.--The contract for the 
        Arkansas Valley Conduit shall provide for the assumption by the 
        contracting parties of the care, operation, maintenance, and 
        replacement of the conduit.''; and
            (2) in section 2(b)(3)(A), by striking ``this section'' and 
        inserting ``subsection (d) of the first section''.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 21, 2025.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
119th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 131

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

To make certain modifications to the repayment for the Arkansas Valley 
                   Conduit in the State of Colorado.