[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7872 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7872

   To amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to modify 
  certain requirements applicable to salinity control units, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 5, 2024

Mr. Curtis (for himself, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Ciscomani, Ms. Stansbury, Ms. 
Hageman, Mr. Owens, Mr. Moore of Utah, Ms. Maloy, Ms. Leger Fernandez, 
and Mrs. Napolitano) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                 to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to modify 
  certain requirements applicable to salinity control units, 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 ``Colorado River Salinity Control Fix 
Act''.

SEC. 2. SALINITY CONTROL UNITS.

    Section 205 of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (43 
U.S.C. 1595) is amended--
            (1) by striking the section designation and all that 
        follows through ``(a) The Secretary'' and inserting the 
        following:

``SEC. 205. SALINITY CONTROL UNITS; AUTHORITY AND FUNCTIONS OF THE 
              SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.

    ``(a) Allocation of Costs.--The Secretary'';
            (2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
            ``(1) Nonreimbursable costs; reimbursable costs.--
                    ``(A) Nonreimbursable costs.--
                            ``(i) In general.--In recognition of 
                        Federal responsibility for the Colorado River 
                        as an interstate stream and for international 
                        comity with Mexico, Federal ownership of the 
                        land of the Colorado River Basin from which 
                        most of the dissolved salts originate, and the 
                        policy established in the Federal Water 
                        Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) 
                        and except as provided in clause (ii), the 
                        following shall be nonreimbursable:
                                    ``(I) 75 percent of the total costs 
                                of construction and replacement of each 
                                unit or separable feature of a unit 
                                authorized by section 202(a)(1), 
                                including 90 percent of--
                                            ``(aa) the costs of 
                                        operation and maintenance of 
                                        each unit or separable feature 
                                        of a unit authorized by that 
                                        section; and
                                            ``(bb) the total costs of 
                                        construction, operation, and 
                                        maintenance of the associated 
                                        measures to replace incidental 
                                        fish and wildlife values 
                                        foregone.
                                    ``(II) 75 percent of the total 
                                costs of construction and replacement 
                                of each unit or separable feature of a 
                                unit authorized by section 202(a)(2), 
                                including 100 percent of--
                                            ``(aa) the costs of 
                                        operation and maintenance of 
                                        each unit or separable feature 
                                        of a unit authorized by that 
                                        section; and
                                            ``(bb) the total costs of 
                                        construction, operation, and 
                                        maintenance of the associated 
                                        measures to replace incidental 
                                        fish and wildlife values 
                                        foregone.
                                    ``(III) 75 percent of the total 
                                costs of construction, operation, 
                                maintenance, and replacement of each 
                                unit or separable feature of a unit 
                                authorized by section 202(a)(3), 
                                including 75 percent of the total costs 
                                of construction, operation, and 
                                maintenance of the associated measures 
                                to replace incidental fish and wildlife 
                                values foregone.
                                    ``(IV) 70 percent of the total 
                                costs of construction, operation, 
                                maintenance, and replacement of each 
                                unit or separable feature of a unit 
                                authorized by paragraphs (4) and (6) of 
                                section 202(a), including 70 percent of 
                                the total costs of construction, 
                                operation, and maintenance of the 
                                associated measures to replace 
                                incidental fish and wildlife values 
                                foregone.
                                    ``(V) 70 percent of the total costs 
                                of construction and replacement of each 
                                unit or separable feature of a unit 
                                authorized by section 202(a)(5), 
                                including 100 percent of--
                                            ``(aa) the costs of 
                                        operation and maintenance of 
                                        each unit or separable feature 
                                        of a unit authorized by that 
                                        section; and
                                            ``(bb) the total costs of 
                                        construction, operation, and 
                                        maintenance of the associated 
                                        measures to replace incidental 
                                        fish and wildlife values 
                                        foregone.
                                    ``(VI) 85 percent of the total 
                                costs of implementation of the on-farm 
                                measures authorized by section 202(c), 
                                including 85 percent of the total costs 
                                of the associated measures to replace 
                                incidental fish and wildlife values 
                                foregone.
                            ``(ii) Special rule for nonreimbursable 
                        costs for fiscal years 2024 and 2025.--
                        Notwithstanding clause (i), for each of fiscal 
                        years 2024 and 2025, the following shall be 
                        nonreimbursable:
                                    ``(I) 75 percent of all costs 
                                described in clause (i)(I).
                                    ``(II) 75 percent of all costs 
                                described in clause (i)(II).
                                    ``(III) 70 percent of all costs 
                                described in clause (i)(V).
                                    ``(IV) The percentages of all costs 
                                described in subclauses (III), (IV), 
                                and (VI) of clause (i).
                    ``(B) Reimbursable costs.--The total costs 
                remaining after the allocations under clauses (i) and 
                (ii) of subparagraph (A) shall be reimbursable as 
                provided for in paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5).'';
            (3) in subsection (b), by striking the subsection 
        designation and all that follows through ``Costs of 
        construction'' in paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Costs Payable From Lower Colorado River Basin Development 
Fund.--
            ``(1) In general.--Costs of construction'';
            (4) in subsection (c), by striking ``(c) Costs of 
        construction'' and inserting the following:
    ``(c) Costs Payable From Upper Colorado River Basin Fund.--Costs of 
construction''; and
            (5) in subsection (e), by striking ``(e) The Secretary is'' 
        and inserting the following:
    ``(e) Upward Adjustment of Rates for Electrical Energy.--The 
Secretary is''.
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