Amends the Bureau of Reclamation's authority to carry out emergency work to include certain urban canals of concern and amends certain…
S. 4175117th Congress

Amends the Bureau of Reclamation's authority to carry out emergency work to include certain urban canals of concern and amends certain…

Introduced in the SenateSen. James Risch (R-ID)22 sections · 1 min read
Version: Introduced in Senate · May 10, 2022

(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—

(A) that conveys water through a densely populated urban area; and

(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.

(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—

(1) in subsection (c)—

(A) in paragraph (1)—

(i) by striking carry out any and inserting the following: carry out—

(A) any;

(ii) in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by striking the period at the end and inserting; or; and

(iii) by adding at the end the following:

(B) any extraordinary maintenance and operation work on an urban canal of concern.; and

(B) in paragraph (3), in the first sentence—

(i) by striking If the Secretary and inserting In the case of extraordinary maintenance and operation work on an urban canal of concern authorized under paragraph (1) or if the Secretary;

(ii) by striking, which and inserting that; and

(iii) by inserting or to carry out the extraordinary maintenance and operation work on the urban canal of concern after imminent harm; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

(e) 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.

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