[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4356 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4356

  To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to increase 
  Tribal access to water conservation and efficiency grants, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 23, 2023

Ms. Stansbury (for herself, Ms. Norton, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Leger Fernandez, 
 Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Davids of Kansas, and Mr. Costa) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
                               Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to increase 
  Tribal access to water conservation and efficiency grants, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act''.

SEC. 2. WATER MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT.

    Section 9504(a)(3)(E)(i) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act 
of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10364(a)(3)(E)(i)) is amended--
            (1) in subclause (I), by striking ``subclause (II)'' and 
        inserting ``subclauses (II) and (III)''; and
            (2) after subclause (II), by inserting the following:
                                    ``(III) Waiver; reduction.--With 
                                respect to a grant or other agreement 
                                entered into under paragraph (1) 
                                between the Secretary and an Indian 
                                tribe, the Secretary may reduce or 
                                waive the non-Federal share (and 
                                increase the Federal share accordingly) 
                                of the cost of any infrastructure 
                                improvement or activity that is the 
                                subject of that grant or other 
                                agreement if the Secretary determines 
                                that contribution of the non-Federal 
                                share would result in a financial 
                                hardship for the Indian tribe.''.
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