[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2927 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2927

  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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

           September 26 (legislative day, September 22), 2023

    Mr. Lujan (for himself, Ms. Cortez Masto, and Mr. Hickenlooper) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
               Committee on Energy and 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. REDUCTION OR WAIVER OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE OF COSTS OF CERTAIN 
              WATER MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS FOR INDIAN TRIBES.

    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) by adding at the end 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 of the cost 
                                of any infrastructure improvement or 
                                activity that is the subject of the 
                                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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