bill_id,congress,bill_type,bill_number,title,policy_area,introduced_date,latest_action_date,latest_action_text,origin_chamber,sponsor_name,sponsor_state,sponsor_party,sponsor_bioguide_id,cosponsor_count,summary_text,update_date,url
115-s-3789,115,s,3789,"A bill to provide for certain water resources development activities of the Corps of Engineers, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,2018-12-19,2018-12-19,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]",LA,R,K000393,0,"This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to (1) provide offsets against Louisiana's cost-share obligations under the Greater New Orleans Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System for certain work performed by Louisiana; and (2) determine whether the flood control project for the Red River below Denison Dam should incorporate the Cherokee Park Levee in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.",2023-01-11T13:40:39Z,
115-hr-7246,115,hr,7246,Hudson-Mohawk River Basin Act,Water Resources Development,2018-12-10,2018-12-11,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20]",NY,D,T000469,0,"Hudson-Mohawk River Basin Act This bill requires the Department of Interior to establish: (1) a program to restore the Hudson-Mohawk River Basin region in New York and New Jersey, and (2) a Hudson-Mohawk River Basin Grant Program.",2023-01-11T13:40:50Z,
115-hr-7126,115,hr,7126,"To exempt certain structures from removal from Army Corps of Engineers property on Table Rock Lake, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,2018-11-14,2018-11-14,Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.,House,"Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7]",MO,R,L000576,0,"This bill directs the Department of the Army to (1) suspend activities requiring certain property owners to remove eligible structures from the Table Rock Lake project, and (2) provide various land rights required for the maintenance of such eligible structures.",2023-01-11T13:41:02Z,
115-s-3613,115,s,3613,Mancos Water Conservancy District Conveyance Act,Water Resources Development,2018-11-13,2018-11-13,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]",CO,R,G000562,0,"Mancos Water Conservancy District Conveyance Act This bill provides for the conveyance of the Mancos Project features (e.g., canals, facilities, and water rights) from the Bureau of Reclamation to the Mancos Water  Conservancy District in Colorado.",2023-01-11T13:40:57Z,
115-s-3570,115,s,3570,St. Mary Reinvestment Act,Water Resources Development,2018-10-10,2018-10-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]",MT,D,T000464,0,St. Mary Reinvestment Act This bill requires the federal cost share for the St. Mary Storage Unit of the Milk River Project in Montana to be 75%.,2023-01-11T13:41:09Z,
115-hr-6965,115,hr,6965,Mancos Water Conservancy District Conveyance Act,Water Resources Development,2018-09-28,2018-10-10,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.",House,"Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]",CO,R,T000470,0,"Mancos Water Conservancy District Conveyance Act This bill provides for the conveyance of the Mancos Project features (e.g., canals, facilities, and water rights) from the Bureau of Reclamation to the Mancos Water  Conservancy District in Colorado.",2023-01-11T13:41:27Z,
115-hr-6782,115,hr,6782,Sustainable Water Supplies Act,Water Resources Development,2018-09-12,2018-09-20,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.",House,"Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]",CA,D,D000623,1,"Sustainable Water Supplies Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with nonfederal entities to provide water supplies for:  contractors for the Central Valley Project, California; units of the National Wildlife Refuge System;  state wildlife areas;  and private wetland areas.  Interior shall report on the long-term feasibility of these agreements to augment the federal water supply.",2023-01-11T13:41:34Z,
115-hr-6700,115,hr,6700,Stop Harmful Discharges Act,Water Resources Development,2018-09-04,2018-09-05,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-18]",FL,R,M001199,2,"Stop Harmful Discharges Act This bill makes public health and safety (e.g., preventing discharges with cyanobacteria or related toxins) the primary consideration of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers when the Corps manages the Caloosahatchee River and Lake Okeechobee drainage areas in central and southern Florida.",2023-01-11T13:41:36Z,
115-hr-6675,115,hr,6675,"To deauthorize a portion of the Raritan River Navigation Channel, New Jersey.",Water Resources Development,2018-08-21,2018-08-22,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Pallone, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-6]",NJ,D,P000034,0,"This bill deauthorizes a portion of the project for navigation, Raritan River, New Jersey, authorized by the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1937. The portion deauthorized is known as the Titanium Reach of the South Channel.",2023-01-11T13:41:43Z,
115-hr-6652,115,hr,6652,"To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain facilities, easements, and rights-of-way to the Kennewick Irrigation District, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,2018-08-03,2018-12-20,Received in the Senate.,House,"Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]",WA,R,N000189,0,"This bill directs the Bureau of Reclamation to enter into an agreement with the Kennewick Irrigation District, located in Benton County, Washington, to convey to the district the canals, laterals, and appurtenant works and lands that begin at the district's head gate and extend approximately 40 miles east to the Columbia River.",2023-01-11T13:40:52Z,
115-s-3202,115,s,3202,North Texas Water Supply Security Act of 2018,Water Resources Development,2018-07-12,2018-07-12,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]",TX,R,C001098,0,"North Texas Water Supply Security Act of 2018 This bill bars claims arising under federal law seeking judicial review of any environmental impact statement, environmental review, or authorization issued by an agency for the Lower Bois d'Arc Creek Reservoir Project in Fannin County, Texas, unless such claims meet certain procedural requirements.",2023-01-11T13:41:49Z,
115-s-3168,115,s,3168,Indian Water Rights Settlement Extension Act,Water Resources Development,2018-06-28,2018-07-18,Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-343.,Senate,"Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]",NM,D,U000039,0,"Indian Water Rights Settlement Extension Act This bill amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to make the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund permanent (currently, it terminates at the end of FY2034).",2023-01-11T13:42:06Z,
115-s-3069,115,s,3069,Jackson Gulch Rehabilitation Project Modification Act,Water Resources Development,2018-06-14,2018-06-14,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,Senate,"Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO]",CO,R,G000562,0,"Jackson Gulch Rehabilitation Project Modification Act This bill amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to modify provisions regarding the Jackson Gulch rehabilitation project, Colorado, to require the Bureau of Reclamation to cap the payment of the federal share of the total cost of carrying out the project at 65% of the total cost. The Mancos Water Conservancy District shall be liable for the lesser of 35% of the project's cost or $2.9 million, subject to a specified credit. Reclamation shall: (1) review and approve all final costs associated with the project's completion, and (2) credit the district for all amounts paid by the district for engineering work and improvements directly associated with the project. The district shall pay the project costs for which it is liable over a period of not more than 40 years. There are authorized to be appropriated to Reclamation to pay the federal share of the total cost of carrying out the project the lesser of not more than 65% of the total cost of carrying out the project and $5.35 million.",2023-01-11T13:42:09Z,
115-hr-6083,115,hr,6083,"To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to modify the terms of the Jackson Gulch rehabilitation project in Colorado, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,2018-06-13,2018-06-19,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.",House,"Rep. Tipton, Scott  R. [R-CO-3]",CO,R,T000470,0,"This bill amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to modify provisions regarding the Jackson Gulch rehabilitation project, Colorado, to require the Bureau of Reclamation to cap the payment of the federal share of the total cost of carrying out the project at 65% of the total cost. The Mancos Water Conservancy District shall be liable for the lesser of 35% of the project's cost or $2.9 million, subject to a specified credit. Reclamation shall: (1) review and approve all final costs associated with the project's completion, and (2) credit the district for all amounts paid by the district for engineering work and improvements directly associated with the project. The district shall pay the project costs for which it is liable over a period of not more than 40 years. There are authorized to be appropriated to Reclamation to pay the federal share of the total cost of carrying out the project the lesser of not more than 65% of the total cost of carrying out the project and $5.35 million.",2023-01-11T13:42:22Z,
115-hr-6040,115,hr,6040,Contra Costa Canal Transfer Act,Water Resources Development,2018-06-07,2018-11-14,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 649.,House,"Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-11]",CA,D,D000623,2,"Contra Costa Canal Transfer Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Department of the Interior, in consideration for the Contra Costa Water District, California, assuming all liability for the Contra Costa Canal, to offer to convey to the district all U.S. interest in the canal and associated land.   Interior shall convey to the district all U.S. interest in the Rock Slough fish screen facility pursuant to an agreement that ensures the continued safe and reliable operations of the facility.   (Sec. 4) The United States shall not be liable for damages arising out of any act, omission, or occurrence relating to the canal or the acquired land, with an exception for acts of negligence. (Sec. 5) Interior shall report to Congress on the status of, any obstacles to completing, and an anticipated date of completion of, the conveyance and assignment.",2023-01-11T13:41:04Z,
115-s-3021,115,s,3021,America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018,Water Resources Development,2018-06-07,2018-10-23,Became Public Law No: 115-270.,Senate,"Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN]",MN,D,K000367,1,"America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018  TITLE I--WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT Water Resources Development Act of 2018  Subtitle A--General Provisions  (Sec. 1102) The bill provides for a study on: (1) the ability of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to carry out its statutory missions and responsibilities, and (2) improving the Corps of Engineers' project delivery processes.  (Sec. 1103) The Corps of Engineers must contract with the National Academy of Sciences to study the economic principles and analytical methodologies used when formulating, evaluating, and budgeting for water resources development projects. The study must make recommendations on potential changes to such principles and methodologies to improve transparency, return on federal investment, cost savings, and prioritization.  (Sec. 1104) The Corps of Engineers must develop, support, and implement education and awareness efforts for nonfederal interests with respect to the annual Report to Congress on Future Water Resources Development required under the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) of 2014. (Sec. 1105) Prior to developing and issuing implementation guidance for certain water resources development laws, the Corps of Engineers must notify nonfederal stakeholders and allow them to provide input. The Corps of Engineers must consider the input when it develops such guidance.  (Sec. 1106) The Corps of Engineers must expedite completion of the Lake Okeechobee regulation schedule to coincide with the completion of the Herbert Hoover Dike project in Florida.  (Sec. 1107) The Corps of Engineers must publish information on all real estate assets in the United States that are owned, operated, or managed by, or in the custody of, the Corps.  (Sec. 1108) The Corps of Engineers must: (1) undertake research on the management and eradication of aquatic invasive species, including Asian carp and zebra mussels; (2) implement a five-year harmful algal bloom technology development demonstration under the Aquatic Nuisance Research Program; and (3) enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Environmental Protection Agency to facilitate ecosystem restoration activities at the South Fork of the South Branch of the Chicago River (commonly known as Bubbly Creek).  (Sec. 1111) The Corps of Engineers may carry out a pilot program to award contracts with a duration of up to five years for the operation and maintenance of harbors and inland harbors if the Corps determines that the contract provides cost savings compared to the awarding of such work on an annual basis. (Sec. 1112) The Corps of Engineers must carry out a pilot program that awards a single contract for multiple hurricane and storm damage reduction projects if the Corps determines the contract will provide cost savings compared to a contract awarded for work on a project-by-project basis.  (Sec. 1113) The Corps of Engineers must improve the reliability and the operation and maintenance of existing infrastructure. In addition, the Corps must improve such infrastructure's resilience to cyber-related threats.  (Sec. 1114) The Corps of Engineers may provide assistance to municipalities with a water supply that is adversely affected by construction carried out by the Corps.  (Sec. 1115) In acquiring an interest in land or requiring a nonfederal interest to acquire an interest in land, the Corps of Engineers must first consider the minimum interest in real property necessary to support a project. In determining the interest in land, the Corps must first consider a temporary easement or other interest designed to reduce the overall cost, reduce the time, and minimize conflict with property owners related to such project. (Sec. 1116) The Corps of Engineers must expedite dredged material management plans initiated after this bill's enactment and make maximum use of existing information, studies, and innovative dredged material management practices.  (Sec. 1117) The Corps of Engineers must include in its future workplans certain projects or facilities for disposition.  (Sec. 1118) The Corps of Engineers must develop guidance for accepting and using information obtained from a nonfederal interest through geomatic techniques, such as global navigation satellite systems.  (Sec. 1119) During the next ten years, the Corps of Engineers must expedite the review of applications from local governments for permits to modify certain reservoirs owned or operated by the Corps.  (Sec. 1120) Each district of the Corps of Engineers must provide, if requested, balance sheets of funds for water resources development projects to nonfederal interests that provided funds for the project. The Corps must refund excess funds provided by nonfederal interests for underbudget projects.  (Sec. 1121) During the next ten years, the Corps of Engineers must expedite the review of applications for certain easements necessary to access federal land for the placement of water withdrawal intakes in the Upper Missouri Mainstem Reservoirs.  (Sec. 1122) The bill addresses the pricing of water storage under contracts with local government entities. Specifically, the Corps of Engineers must limit the rate increase for each unit of water stored in a nonhydropower lake within the Verdigris River Basin. (Sec. 1123) The Corps of Engineers may provide technical services, on a reimbursable basis, to a local government upon request to assess the reasons a federally constructed levee owned or operated by the local government is not accredited by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).  (Sec. 1124) The Corps of Engineers must, subject to the availability of appropriations, pay the outstanding balance for the federal share of the program for providing environmental assistance to nonfederal interests in central New Mexico.  (Sec. 1125) The Corps of Engineers may consider recreational boat traffic levels and related economic benefits in making funding determinations with respect to the operation and maintenance of locks on the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania.  (Sec. 1126) The Corps of Engineers must provide to an applicant for a water storage project a purpose and need statement for the project.  (Sec. 1127) In the case of a project that is budgeted under a different business line than the original line, the Corps of Engineers must ensure that the project follows requirements that apply to the business line under which the project was originally authorized. (Sec. 1128) The Corps of Engineers must expeditiously reset and restore certain levees after the activation of a floodway or backwater feature within the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project through natural overtopping of a federal levee or artificial crevassing of a federal levee to relieve pressure on the levees elsewhere in the system.  (Sec. 1129) As soon as practicable, the Corps of Engineers must submit tribal consultation reports as required under the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016. In addition, the Corps must ensure that: (1) existing tribal consultation policies, regulations, and guidance continue to be implemented; and (2) consultations with federal and state agencies and Indian tribes required for a water resources development project are carried out.  (Sec. 1130) The bill amends WRDA 2016 to increase the number of pilot projects for: (1) the beneficial use of dredged material, and (2) the prevention and mitigation of flood damages associated with ice jams.  (Sec. 1132) The bill increases funding limits for the rehabilitation of Corps of Engineers constructed dams.  (Sec. 1133) The Corps of Engineers may provide assistance to Indians who have been displaced as a result of the construction of the Bonneville or John Day Dams on the Columbia River in Oregon and Washington. The Corps of Engineers must carry out a village development plan for tribal villages submerged as a result of the construction of the Dalles Dam, Columbia River, Oregon and Washington. (Sec. 1134) The bill amends WRDA 2016 to revise the Upper Missouri River Basin Pilot Program, including to require the Corps to prioritize sediment management plans that affect reservoirs that cross state lines. (Sec. 1135) The bill extends the pilot program that allows nonfederal interests to contribute funds for increasing the hours of operation of locks at water resources development projects.  (Sec. 1136) WRRDA 2014 is amended to revise provisions regarding the Corps of Engineers providing credit in lieu of reimbursement to a nonfederal interest for the federal cost share of certain projects. (Sec. 1137) WRRDA 2014 is amended to extend through FY2023 and expand the Nonfederal Implementation Pilot Program.  (Sec. 1138) The bill prohibits the Corps of Engineers from assessing a water storage fee with respect to water storage in the Upper Missouri Mainstem Reservoirs. In addition, the bill extends the existing limitation on fees for certain surplus water in such reservoirs.  (Sec. 1139) The bill amends WRRDA 2014 to require post-disaster watershed assessments in U.S. territories to be conducted at full federal expense unless the President determines that the territory has the ability to pay the cost share for an assessment without the use of nonfederal funds or loans.  (Sec. 1140) The bill extends the expedited consideration procedures for the Senate to consider certain water resources development or conservation projects outside the regular WRDA authorization cycle.  (Sec. 1141) The bill extends the period for which the Corps of Engineers must carry out independent peer review on feasibility studies under WRDA 2007.  (Sec. 1142) WRDA 2007 is amended to provide that, with respect to the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Dispersal Barriers Project, Illinois, the operation and maintenance of a project authorized to be carried out pursuant to the feasibility study must be carried out at 80% federal expense and 20% nonfederal expense.  (Sec. 1143) The bill amends WRDA 2007 to authorize the Corps of Engineers to provide credit for work on a project carried out by a nonfederal interest during the period beginning on November 8, 2007, and ending on the date of this bill's enactment if the Corps determines that the work is integral to the project and lawfully conducted.  (Sec. 1144) The bill reauthorizes through FY2023 the Levee Safety Initiative under WRDA 1986.  (Sec. 1145) WRDA 2000 is amended to make permanent the authority of a public-utility company, natural gas company, or railroad carrier to pay to expedite a project permit. By the end of 2022, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) must carry out a follow-up study of the implementation of this authority by the Corps of Engineers. (Sec. 1146) The bill authorizes nonfederal interests to remove sediment captured behind dams owned or operated by the Corps of Engineers. (Sec. 1147) WRDA 2000 is amended to specify additional circumstances under which the Corps of Engineers may provide credit toward the nonfederal cost share for work performed in connection with a study, preconstruction engineering and design, or construction necessary for implementation of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. The bill authorizes credit for work carried out by the nonfederal sponsor: (1) in the implementation of an authorized project implementation report, as defined in an agreement between the Corps and the nonfederal sponsor; or (2) as agreed to in advance by the District Commander and the nonfederal sponsor.  (Sec. 1148) In carrying out a project for the beneficial reuse of sediment to reduce storm damage to property under WRDA 1992, the Corps of Engineers may grant a temporary easement to facilitate the placement of sediment. If an easement is granted, then the project will no longer be eligible for future placement of sediment under that Act. (Sec. 1149) The bill directs the Corps of Engineers to consider a natural or nature-based feature when restoring and protecting aquatic ecosystems or estuaries under WRDA 1996. (Sec. 1151) WRDA 1990 is amended to include operation and maintenance activities at Corps navigation facilities (currently, limited to Corps hydroelectric power generating facilities) among inherently governmental functions.  (Sec. 1152) WRDA 1986 is amended to revise provisions regarding the study of water resources development projects by nonfederal interests.  (Sec. 1153) The bill exempts a nonfederal interest from the requirement to obtain a federal permit or approval for constructing a water resources development project if the nonfederal interest has a written agreement with the Corps of Engineers that contains the same requirements that would apply to a project carried out by the Corps. However, this exemption does not apply if significant new circumstances or information relevant to environmental concerns or compliance have arisen since development of the project recommendation.  (Sec. 1154) WRDA 1986 is amended to require the Corps of Engineers to include in its comprehensive backlog report a list of feasibility studies, projects, and major federal operation and maintenance needs for projects and properties under the control of the Corps. For FY2020 and biennially thereafter, in conjunction with the President's annual budget submission to Congress, the Corps must submit information on the backlog and operation and maintenance needs to Congress and the Office of Management and Budget. The bill establishes requirements concerning the public participation process in the development of proposed budgets for water resources development projects.  (Sec. 1157) The bill increases the authorization of appropriations for programs under the continuing authorities program.  (Sec. 1158) WRDA 1976 is amended to provide that the 15 additional years that the Corps of Engineers may extend beach nourishment at the request of a nonfederal interest begins upon initiation of construction of congressionally authorized nourishment. (Sec. 1159) The Corps of Engineers may cooperate with a regional coalition of governmental entities in the preparation of comprehensive plans for development, utilization, and conservation of water and related resources. In addition, the Corps of Engineers may work with institutions of higher education when developing those plans. (Sec. 1160) The bill authorizes the use of an emergency fund to repair or restore a federally authorized hurricane or shore protective structure or project damaged or destroyed by a natural disaster to the pre-storm level of protection, instead of the design level of protection, if the pre-storm level of protection provides greater protection.  (Sec. 1161) The Corps of Engineers may carry out emergency repair or restoration work that does not produce benefits greater than cost if: (1) the nonfederal sponsor agrees to pay an amount sufficient to make the remaining costs of the project equal to the estimated value of the benefits, (2) the Corps determines the damage to the structure was not the result of negligent operation and maintenance, and (3) repair of the project could benefit other Corps project missions. (Sec. 1162) The Corps of Engineers must, upon request, extend emergency provision of clean water to a locality with contaminated water beyond the applicable time limit, subject to the availability of appropriations. (Sec. 1163) The bill reauthorizes through FY2023 the dam inspection program under the National Dam Safety Program Act. (Sec. 1164) The Corps of Engineers, with the consent of nonfederal interests, may allow local governments to participate in feasibility studies for a water resources development project in order to achieve the purposes of local or regional water management plans.  (Sec. 1165) The prohibition on taking possession of, use of, or injury to harbor or river improvements does not apply to unimproved real estate owned or operated by the Corps of Engineers as part of a water resources development project if the Corps determines that modification of such real estate would not affect the function and usefulness of the project.  (Sec. 1166) Whenever a state offers advance funds for a federally authorized water resources development project, the Corps of Engineers may receive the funds and expend them on the project. The Corps of Engineers must repay the funds without interest.  (Sec. 1167) The Flood Control Act of 1946 is amended to provide that if specified funding for flood control is insufficient to cover the federal cost share for a project, then the nonfederal interest must be responsible for the remaining costs.  (Sec. 1168) In carrying out a disposition study for a project of the Corps of Engineers, the Corps must consider modifications that would improve the overall quality of the environment in the public interest, including removal of the project. If a study recommends removal, the Corps may pursue removal of the project. (Sec. 1169) The bill authorizes the Corps of Engineers to receive and expend funds from an owner of a nonfederal reservoir to formulate, review, or revise reservoir operational documents. The reservoir must have been constructed at least in part with federal funds provided for the use of storage for flood control or navigation. (Sec. 1170) The River and Harbor Act of 1958 is amended to expand a program to control invasive or noxious aquatic plants in the Columbia River Basin to include the Upper Missouri River Basin, the Upper Colorado River Basin, the South Platte River Basin, and the Arizona River Basin.  (Sec. 1171) The Freedom to Fish Act is amended to extend the prohibition against the Corps of Engineers restricting public access to areas of certain dams in the Cumberland River Basin in Kentucky and Tennessee. (Sec. 1172) The bill requires the Corps of Engineers to complete operation and maintenance renourishment to mitigate coastal erosion attributed to federal project structures in the upper northeast United States. (Sec. 1173) The bill prohibits the Corps of Engineers from charging a fee for certain surplus water stored in the Lake Cumberland Watershed in Kentucky and Tennessee. (Sec. 1174) The Corps of Engineers must restart the temporary deviation in the operation of Cochiti Lake and Jemez Canyon Dam in New Mexico after obtaining the approval of the Pueblo de Cochiti, Pueblo of Santa Ana, and the Rio Grande Compact Commission.  (Sec. 1175) The bill prohibits the Corps of Engineers from charging administrative fees in carrying out the Rough River Lake Flowage Easement Encroachment Resolution Plan.  (Sec. 1176) The Corps of Engineers must establish a demonstration program to allow projects authorized under WRDA 1996 to begin preconstruction engineering and design if the projects are technically feasible, economically justified, and environmentally acceptable. Subtitle B--Studies and Reports  (Sec. 1201) The Corps of Engineers may conduct feasibility studies for specified projects nationwide.  (Sec. 1202) The Corps of Engineers may carry out studies to determine the feasibility of habitat restoration for each of the eight reaches identified as priorities in the report titled "Lower Mississippi River Resource Assessment; Final Assessment In Response to Section 402 of WRDA 2000" and dated July 2015. The Corps may carry out studies to determine the feasibility of a project for ecosystem restoration and flood risk management in specified areas of Illinois and Missouri.  (Sec. 1203) The Corps of Engineers must expedite specified feasibility studies for projects. After completion of the studies, the projects may proceed directly to preconstruction planning, engineering, and design if the Corps determines that the project is justified. In addition, the Corps must expedite: (1) the completion of a postauthorization change report for the project for flood risk management, San Luis Rey River Flood Control Protection Project, California; (2) the updating of the master plan for the Juniata River and tributaries project, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania; and (3) certain activities in the Upper Missouri River Basin. (Sec. 1204) The GAO must study and report on certain benefit-cost procedures of the Corps of Engineers and the Office of Management and Budget.  (Sec. 1205) The Corps of Engineers must submit certain reports under WRDA 1986 and WRDA 1992 concerning costs for harbors. (Sec. 1206) The Corps of Engineers must develop a list of its existing nonpowered dams that have the greatest potential for hydropower development.  (Sec. 1207) The Corps of Engineers must study ports and harbors that could become innovative ports for offshore wind development.  (Sec. 1208) The Corps of Engineers must report on its activities relating to the testing, research, development, identification, and recommended uses for innovative materials and advanced technologies in water resources development projects.  (Sec. 1209) The Corps of Engineers must report on the best options available to implement the waiver process for the nonfederal cost share for certain projects in Alaska for storm damage prevention and reduction, coastal erosion, and ice and glacial damage.  (Sec. 1210) The Corps of Engineers must report on:    their work carried out under the Act of March 2, 1945 concerning the removal of debris located in or adjacent to certain channels;   flooding within urban floodplains;  incomplete feasibility studies for certain projects that mitigate damages from weather or emergency events;  the application of military leasing authorities to the Corps civil works program; and  potential disproportionate and adverse health or environmental effects of programs, policies, and activities of the Corps related to water resources development projects on minority communities, low-income communities, rural communities, and Indian tribes.  (Sec. 1215) The bill establishes a deadline for the Corps of Engineers to contract with the National Academy of Public Administration to study the efficiency of the current staff salaries and administrative expense procedures of the Corps. (Sec. 1216) The bill amends WRDA 1986 to direct the Corps of Engineers to identify potential opportunities for the beneficial use of dredged materials obtained from harbors and inland harbors.  (Sec. 1217) For each project classified as class III (high priority, conditionally unsafe) under the Dam Safety Action Classification of the Corps of Engineers for which the Corps has assumed responsibility for maintenance, the Corps must assess the anticipated effects of the Corps continuing to be responsible for the maintenance of the project for 15 years or ceasing responsibility for maintenance, including the benefits or costs to the state and local community. (Sec. 1218) The Corps of Engineers must:    report on the durability and resiliency of existing hurricane barriers and harbors of refuge in the North Atlantic Division;   assess the water resources needs of the Great Lakes System;   report on the status of the project at McMicken Dam, Arizona, as well as the project for flood damage reduction and environmental restoration of the Muddy River in Brookline and Boston, Massachusetts; and  report on the implementation of a study concerning Table Rock Lake in Arkansas and Missouri.  (Sec. 1222) The Corps of Engineers must report to Congress on the results of the forecast-informed reservoir operations research study pilot program at Coyote Valley Dam, Russian River Basin, California, no later than one year after completion of the study pilot program. (Sec. 1223) The Corps of Engineers must:   report on the project for flood risk management in the Cedar River watershed of Iowa;  report on the structure and operations plan for the Old River control structure in Louisiana;  expedite the completion of a study on the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam in Minnesota;  report on the function and reliability of the Lower Missouri River bank stabilization and navigation project;  expedite the completion of studies for flood damage reduction, hurricane and storm damage reduction, and ecosystem restoration in certain coastal areas of Texas; and  report on the implementation of a water supply contract for Wright Patman Lake, Texas.   (Sec. 1226) The bill prohibits the Corps of Engineers from constructing additional interception-rearing complexes on the Missouri River until the Corps submits a report on the impacts of interception-rearing complex construction on the navigation, flood control, and other authorized purposes set forth in the Missouri River Master Manual, and on the population recovery of the pallid sturgeon.  Subtitle C--Deauthorizations, Modifications, and Related Provisions  (Sec. 1301) The Corps of Engineers must develop a process for deauthorizing inactive Corps projects. Specifically, the Corps must develop a list of projects for deauthorization. The projects on the list are deauthorized 180 days after submission of the list unless Congress passes a joint resolution disapproving the list.  (Sec. 1302) The bill terminates authorization provided under this bill for construction of a water resources development project after 10 years unless: (1) funds have been obligated for construction or a postauthorization study, or (2) the authorization contained in this bill has been modified by a subsequent Act of Congress. (Sec. 1303) The bill increases the amount of assistance the Corps of Engineers may provide to an industrial water reuse project in Harbor/South Bay, California, and to certain water supply treatment and distribution projects in South Carolina. (Sec. 1304) The bill deauthorizes a portion of the channel improvement project in Lytle and Cajon Creeks that was authorized as part of the Santa Ana River project.  (Sec. 1305) The project for flood damage reduction, Yuba River Basin, California, authorized by WRDA 1999 is modified to allow a nonfederal interest to construct a new levee to connect the existing levee with high ground.  (Sec. 1306) The bill deauthorizes the portion of a dredging project for navigation at Bridgeport Harbor, Connecticut, that is upstream of the Congress Street Bridge on the Pequonnock River, thereby allowing the bridge to be replaced with a fixed (not movable) bridge.  (Sec. 1307) WRDA 1986 is amended to revise provisions concerning a certain navigation project for the Delaware River. Specifically, the bill increases the elevation level to which an area may be filled. (Sec. 1308) The Corps of Engineers must prepare a report that addresses certain concerns, recommendations, and conditions before the Corps may carry out a certain project for ecosystem restoration in an Everglades agricultural area in Florida. (Sec. 1309) The Corps of Engineers may credit work performed by a nonfederal sponsor as an in-kind contribution for a certain project for restoring the Kissimmee River in Florida.  (Sec. 1310) The bill deauthorizes portions of a certain flood control project along the Ocklawaha River in the Four River Basins, Florida.  (Sec. 1311) WRDA 2016 is amended to require the Corps of Engineers to remove certain locks and dams, or portions of the locks and dams, in the Green River and Barren River in Kentucky if the Corps determines that the removal is necessary. (Sec. 1312) The bill requires the Cape Arundel Disposal Site in Maine to remain available for disposal of dredged material through 2021. (Sec. 1313) The bill deauthorizes certain portions of projects for navigation in the Penobscot River, Maine, and the Boston Harbor Reserved Channel in Massachusetts. (Sec. 1315) The Corps of Engineers may repair or replace any bridge it owns and operates that is: (1) located in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, or Vermont; and (2) necessary for evacuation during an extreme weather event.  (Sec. 1316) The Corps of Engineers must expedite and complete the dredging of Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts. (Sec. 1317) The Corps of Engineers must expedite the project for navigation for Portsmouth Harbor and the Piscataqua River authorized by the River and Harbor Act of 1962.  (Sec. 1318) The Corps of Engineers must align the schedules of and ensure cooperation and information sharing with respect to a project for flood damage reduction and a project for flood risk management in Kansas City, Missouri, and Kansas City, Kansas.  (Sec. 1319) In carrying out the project for navigation, Hampton Harbor, New Hampshire, under the River and Harbor Act of 1960, the Corps of Engineers must use existing authorities to mitigate severe shoaling.  (Sec. 1320) The bill deauthorizes: (1) a portion of a project for the Passaic River navigation channel in New Jersey; (2) a flood risk management project in Svensen Island, Oregon; and (3) the unconstructed portions of the West Tennessee tributaries project along the Obion and Forked Deer Rivers in Tennessee.  (Sec. 1321) Property in North Dakota, acquired through hazard mitigation assistance, is exempted from open space deed restrictions to the extent necessary to complete the Fargo-Moorhead Metropolitan Area Diversion Project.  (Sec. 1322) The bill deauthorizes the portions of the project for raising and improving existing levees of Clatsop County Diking District No. 13, in Clatsop County, Oregon, referred to as Christensen No. 1 Dike No. 42 and Christensen No. 2 Levee No. 43. (Sec. 1325) The bill amends WRDA 2000 to increase funding limits for Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration.  (Sec. 1326) The bill deauthorizes a portion of the project for navigation in Milwaukee Harbor, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, consisting of the navigation channel within the Menomonee River that extends from the 16th Street Bridge upstream to the upper limit of the authorized navigation channel. (Sec. 1327) The Corps of Engineers must expedite projects for flood risk management or hurricane and storm damage risk reduction in Texas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands. (Sec. 1328) The Corps of Engineers may provide assistance for the operation and maintenance of a flood risk reduction project in the Red River of the North Basin. The basin encompasses parts of Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota.  (Sec. 1330) WRRDA 2014 is amended to revise requirements concerning the deauthorization of water resources development projects to prevent backlogs.  (Sec. 1331) The Corps of Engineers may make specified conveyances to Cheatham County, Tennessee, and to the city of Nashville, Tennessee. The Corps of Engineers must make specified conveyances to Kentucky, the city of Bainbridge, Georgia, the Port of Whitman County, Washington, and the city of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, if certain conditions are met. In addition, the Corps must transfer certain property rights and interests to the Fort DuPont Redevelopment and Preservation Corporation and Delaware.  (Sec. 1332) WRRDA 2014 is amended to require the Corps of Engineers to identify any programmatic modifications for environmental infrastructure assistance programs in its annual Report on Future Water Resources Development. Projects and separable elements of projects identified in the FY2017 list of projects that have received no obligations in the previous five fiscal years must not be deauthorized unless such projects and separable elements meet specified requirements of WRDA 2016. Subtitle D--Water Resources Infrastructure (Sec. 1401) The bill authorizes specified water resource projects in Arkansas, Puerto Rico, Texas, Washington, California, Hawaii, New York, Florida, and New Mexico. The bill also authorizes project modifications for previously authorized projects in Georgia, Michigan, and Tennessee.  (Sec. 1402) The bill establishes cost sharing requirements for the navigation project in St. Paul Harbor in Alaska and the flood risk management and ecosystem restoration project in the Espanola Valley in New Mexico. (Sec. 1403) The Corps of Engineers may further improve the Norfolk Harbor and Channels Federal Navigation project in Virginia.  TITLE II--DRINKING WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT (Sec. 2001) The EPA must implement a program for connecting, expanding, or repairing existing public water systems that are on Indian reservations in the Upper Missouri River Basin or the Upper Rio Grande Basin. (Sec. 2002) The Safe Drinking Water Act is amended to authorize states to use their drinking water state revolving funds (SRFs) to protect certain source water areas. (Sec. 2003) The EPA must study and report on intractable water systems (small drinking water systems with a history of significant noncompliance with such Act) and barriers to delivery of potable water to individuals served by such systems. (Sec. 2005) The EPA may issue grants to assist: (1) underserved communities with contaminated drinking water, and (2) water systems with programs or projects that increase the resilience of drinking water infrastructure to natural hazards.  (Sec. 2006) The EPA must provide grants to: (1) address lead contamination in drinking water at schools and child care programs; and (2) accelerate the development and deployment of innovative water technologies that address pressing drinking water supply, quality, treatment, or security challenges.  (Sec. 2008) The bill expands requirements concerning consumer confidence reports issued by community water systems.  (Sec. 2010) The EPA or a state with primary enforcement authority responsibility under the Act may require the owners or operators of certain public water systems that have repeatedly violated national primary drinking water regulations to consolidate or transfer ownership.  (Sec. 2011) The EPA must develop a strategic plan for improving the accuracy and availability of compliance monitoring data.  (Sec. 2012) Within five years and every five years thereafter, the EPA must review and update educational materials concerning best practices for asset management strategies that may be used by public water systems.  (Sec. 2013) The bill expands risk assessment requirements for community water systems to include risks from natural hazards and creates a grant program within the EPA called the Drinking Water Infrastructure Risk and Resilience Program.  (Sec. 2014) The bill: (1) reauthorizes through FY2021 the public water system supervision grant program and the source water petition program, and (2) reauthorizes through FY2021 and revises the drinking water SRFs.  (Sec. 2017) The EPA must review and report to the public on existing and potential methods, means, equipment, and technologies for the treatment and distribution of drinking water.  (Sec. 2018) The Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986 is amended to ensure that states and community water systems are notified of a release of a contaminant into their source waters.  (Sec. 2019) The GAO must study and report on demonstrations of compliance with a state or local environmental law that may be substantially equivalent to demonstrations required by the EPA for compliance with a cross-cutting requirement (i.e., a requirement that is a condition for obtaining loan or loan guarantee under the Safe Drinking Water Act). (Sec. 2020) The bill authorizes additional grants for SRFs in order to aid certain community water systems that were affected by natural disasters after January 1, 2017.  (Sec. 2021) The bill: (1) expands requirements for public water systems to monitor unregulated containments, and (2) extends through FY2023 a requirement that water system projects financed through a drinking water SRF program only use iron and steel products that are produced in the United States.  (Sec. 2023) The bill reauthorizes through FY2021 and revises the drinking water SRF.  TITLE III--ENERGY  (Sec. 3001) The bill amends the Federal Power Act to authorize the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to issue a preliminary permit to a hydropower construction license applicant for up to four years, instead of three. FERC may extend a preliminary permit once for up to four years and may issue an additional four-year extension if it determines there are extraordinary circumstances that warrant the issuance of an additional extension.  FERC may also extend the time a licensee has to commence construction on a project for up to eight years. Under current law, FERC may extend the license for no more than two years. The licensee is not required to pay an annual charge for administrative expenses until construction commences or a preliminary permit extension expires.  (Sec. 3002) The bill revises the criteria for a facility to qualify as a conduit hydropower facility. Under current law, such a facility does not need to be licensed, but must have a capacity that does not exceed five megawatts. The bill raises the capacity limit to 40 megawatts. In addition, the bill revises the time frame from 45 days to 30 days for an entity to contest whether its hydroelectric facility meets the qualifying criteria. (Sec. 3003) FERC must establish an expedited licensing process for issuing and amending licenses for certain hydropower facilities to be constructed at nonpowered dams. In establishing the expedited process, FERC must convene an interagency task force with appropriate federal and state agencies and Indian tribes to coordinate the regulatory process associated with the authorizations required to construct and operate a qualifying facility. FERC must assess the safety of existing nonfederal dams and other nonfederal structures related to the qualifying facility before issuing a license. FERC must coordinate with the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Interior, and the Department of Agriculture to jointly develop a list of existing nonpowered federal dams that have the greatest potential for nonfederal hydropower development. (Sec. 3004) FERC may establish an expedited licensing process for issuing and amending licenses for closed-loop pumped storage projects in which the upper and lower reservoirs do not impound or directly withdraw water from navigable waters, or that are not continuously connected to a naturally flowing water feature.  In addition, FERC must: (1) assess the safety of existing dams and other structures related to the project before issuing a license for a closed-loop storage project, and (2) hold a workshop to explore potential opportunities for development of storage projects at abandoned mine sites.  (Sec. 3005) The bill outlines considerations that FERC must make when determining the relicensing terms for hydropower licensees.  (Sec. 3006) The bill sets forth procedures for the case of FERC not taking action after notice by a public utility of a rate change.  (Sec. 3007) The bill authorizes FERC, upon request, to extend by six years the time period during which construction must commence on the Red River Lock and Dam No. 3, 4, and 5 Hydroelectric Projects located on the Red River in Louisiana. The licensee is not required to pay an annual charge for administrative expenses until construction commences. FERC may reinstate the construction license if it is expired.  (Sec. 3008) FERC, upon request, must issue a stay of the statutory deadline by which construction must commence on the Mahoney Lake Hydroelectric Project located in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska.  If certain conditions are met, FERC may extend for up to six years the statutory deadline by which construction must commence on the project.  (Sec. 3009) The Department of Energy must draw down and sell 5,000,000 barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve during FY2028.  TITLE IV--OTHER MATTERS  Subtitle A--Clean Water  (Sec. 4101) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must establish a stormwater infrastructure funding task force composed of representatives from governmental and private entities. The task force must study, and develop recommendations for improving, the availability of funding for stormwater infrastructure to meet the requirements of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act).  (Sec. 4102) The EPA must update and disseminate information on cost-effective and alternative wastewater recycling and treatment technologies.  (Sec. 4103) The bill amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act) to authorize the EPA to make grants to nonprofit organizations to provide technical assistance relating to wastewater treatment systems in rural, small, and tribal municipalities. (Sec. 4104) The bill reauthorizes the Management Conference of the Long Island Sound Study, the Long Island Sound Stewardship Act of 2006, the Long Island Sound Grants, and Long Island Sound Stewardship Grants through FY2023. The EPA's Office of the Management Conference of the Long Island Sound Study must include in studies on strengthening the implementation of the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for Long Island Sound environmental vulnerabilities of the sound watershed. The office must: (1) develop and implement strategies to increase education and awareness about the ecological health and water quality of the sound; and (2) monitor progress toward meeting the goals, actions, and schedules of the plan. The limit on the federal share for certain grants for projects and studies to help implement the plan is revised by increasing the limit for grants other than citizen involvement and education grants.  A federal agency that owns or occupies real property, or carries out activities, within the sound watershed must ensure that the property and activities are consistent with the plan to the maximum extent practicable.  (Sec. 4105) The bill reauthorizes the Columbia River Basin Restoration Program through FY2021.  (Sec. 4106) The bill reauthorizes through FY2020 and revises the sewer overflow control grant program, including by allowing the EPA to provide grants for measures to reuse stormwater.  (Sec. 4107) States may use their SRFs to provide assistance to households with income below a certain threshold for decentralized wastewater systems or cost-effective connections of the households to publicly owned treatment works. Subtitle B--WIFIA Reauthorization and Innovative Financing for State Loan Funds  (Sec. 4201) WRRDA 2014 is amended to reauthorize through FY2021 and revise the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act program, including by providing additional sources of funding for state infrastructure financing authorities. Subtitle C--Miscellaneous  (Sec. 4302) The Bureau of Reclamation must develop a flood prevention action plan for each state within the Snake River Basin.  (Sec. 4303) The GAO must audit and report on certain maintenance repayment contracts between the United States and the Bostwick Division for repairs to the Tainter gates and other features at the Harlan County Dam in Nebraska. (Sec. 4304) The EPA must establish a competitive grant program to: (1) assist the development of innovative activities relating to workforce development in the water utility sector, and (2) expand public awareness about water utilities and connect individuals to careers in the water utility sector.  (Sec. 4305) The EPA must assign at least one employee in each of its regional offices to serve as a liaison to minority, tribal, and low-income communities. (Sec. 4306) The bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to provide statutory authority for the WaterSense Program of the EPA, which allows water-efficient products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services to bear a "WaterSense" label.    (Sec. 4307) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must use the most expeditious procedure practicable to process and administer certain permits that allow the taking of certain wild animals, such as bald eagles.  (Sec. 4308) The Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 is amended to authorize Interior to align water supplies and demand for irrigation water users associated with the Klamath Project, which is a Reclamation project in California and Oregon.  (Sec. 4309) The federal cost share for the operation and maintenance of certain dikes owned by Reclamation must be 100%.  (Sec. 4310) The bill authorizes Interior, in cooperation with Wyoming, to amend the Definite Plan Report for the Seedskadee Project to enable the use of all active storage capacity of Fontenelle Dam and Reservoir.  (Sec. 4311) The Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act is amended to: (1) revise the requirements governing the Blackfeet settlement trust fund, (2) extend through FY2028 appropriations for the Indian Irrigation Fund as well as a program of the Corps of Engineers that assists Indian tribes with certain irrigation projects, and (3) extend through FY2030 appropriations for the High-Hazard Indian Dam Safety Deferred Maintenance Fund. (Sec. 4315) The bill designates the U.S. courthouse at 300 South Fourth Street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as the "Diana E. Murphy United States Courthouse."",2023-03-22T19:51:02Z,
115-s-3001,115,s,3001,Contra Costa Canal Transfer Act,Water Resources Development,2018-06-06,2018-11-14,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 646.,Senate,"Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]",CA,D,F000062,1,"Contra Costa Canal Transfer Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior, in consideration for the Contra Costa Water District, California, assuming all liability for the Contra Costa Canal, to offer to convey to the district all U.S. interest in the canal and associated land.  Upon agreement between Interior and the district regarding safe and reliable operations of the Rock Slough fish screen facility, Interior shall convey to the district all U.S. interest in the facility.",2023-01-11T13:40:57Z,
115-s-2969,115,s,2969,Rural Water Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2018,Water Resources Development,2018-05-24,2018-05-24,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.",Senate,"Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]",WI,D,B001230,1,"Rural Water Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2018  This bill amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to reauthorize through FY2023 and modify the Department of Agriculture Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program. (The program provides funding for clean and reliable drinking water systems, sanitary sewage disposal, sanitary solid waste disposal, and storm water drainage to households and businesses in rural areas.)  The bill modifies the program to:    increase from $100,000 to $200,000 the maximum amount of financing from a revolving loan fund that may be made available to an entity for water and wastewater projects,   authorize loans for local utilities with experience delivering water or wastewater programs to provide service to unserved and underserved rural communities,   increase the population ceiling that applies to certain loans, and   provide mandatory funding for applications that are pending when this bill is enacted.",2023-01-11T13:42:27Z,
115-hr-8,115,hr,8,Water Resources Development Act of 2018,Water Resources Development,2018-05-18,2018-06-26,Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 488.,House,"Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9]",PA,R,S001154,33,"Water Resources Development Act of 2018 TITLE I--GENERAL PROVISIONS (Sec. 102) This bill amends the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 1986 to direct the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to identify potential opportunities for the beneficial use of dredged materials obtained from harbors and inland harbors. (Sec. 103) The bill reauthorizes through FY2023 the Levee Safety Initiative under WRDA 1986 and the dam inspection program under the National Dam Safety Program Act. (Sec. 105) The bill increases funding limits for the rehabilitation of Corps of Engineers constructed dams. (Sec. 106) The Corps of Engineers shall report to Congress on the results of the forecast-informed reservoir operations research study pilot program at Coyote Valley Dam, Russian River Basin, California, no later than one year after completion of the study pilot program.(Sec. 107) The Corps of Engineers shall develop a list of its existing unpowered dams that have the greatest potential for hydropower development. (Sec. 108) The bill authorizes the use of an emergency fund to repair or restore a federally authorized hurricane or shore protective structure or project damaged or destroyed by a natural disaster to the pre-storm level of protection, instead of the design level of protection, if the pre-storm level of protection provides greater protection. (Sec. 109) The Corps of Engineers, in carrying out a water resources development feasibility study, shall consult with local governments to determine if local water management plans exist or are under development. (Sec. 110) The Corps of Engineers shall issue guidance on the use of mitigation banks to meet requirements for water resources development projects in order to update mitigation bank credit release schedules to: (1) support the goal of achieving efficient permitting and maintaining appropriate environmental protections, and (2) promote increased transparency in the use of mitigation banks.  (Sec. 112) WRDA 2000 is amended to specify that assistance for Indian tribes displaced as a result of construction of the Bonneville Dam, Oregon may be in the form of housing and related improvements. The Corps of Engineers may provide assistance to tribes that have been displaced as a result of the construction of the John Day Dam, Columbia River, Washington and Oregon. The Corps of Engineers must complete a village development plan for tribes displaced as a result of the construction of the Dalles Dam, Columbia River, Washington and Oregon. (Sec. 113) The Corps of Engineers shall develop, support, and implement education and awareness efforts for nonfederal interests with respect to the annual Report to Congress on Future Water Resources Development required under WRDA 2014. (Sec. 114) Prior to developing and issuing implementation guidance for certain water resources development laws, the Corps of Engineers shall issue a public notice that: (1) informs potentially interested nonfederal stakeholders of its intent to develop and issue such guidance, and (2) provides an opportunity for interested nonfederal stakeholders to engage with, and provide input and recommendations to, the Corps of Engineers.  When developing implementation guidance for a covered water resources development law, the Corps of Engineers shall take into consideration the input and recommendations received from nonfederal stakeholders. (Sec. 115) WRDA 1986 is amended to require Interior to include in its comprehensive backlog report a list of major federal operation and maintenance needs for projects and properties under the control of the Corps of Engineers. For FY2019 and biennially thereafter, in conjunction with the President's annual budget submission to Congress, Interior shall submit information on the backlog and operation and maintenance needs to Congress and the Office of Management and Budget. (Sec. 116) The prohibition on taking possession of, use of, or injury to harbor or river improvements does not apply to unimproved real estate owned or operated by the Corps of Engineers as part of a water resources development project if the Corps determines that modification of such real estate would not affect the function and usefulness of the project. (Sec. 117) The bill establishes a deadline for Interior to contract with the National Academy of Public Administration to study the efficiency of the Corps of Engineers current staff salaries and administrative expense procedures. (Sec. 118) The bill provides for a study on: (1) the ability of the Corps of Engineers to carry out its statutory missions and responsibilities, and (2) improving the Corps of Engineers' project delivery processes. (Sec. 119) The bill amends WRDA 2007 to authorize Interior to provide credit for work on a project carried out by a nonfederal interest during the period beginning on November 8, 2007, and ending on the date of this bill's enactment if Interior determines that the work is integral to the project and lawfully conducted. (Sec. 120) The Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 is amended to extend through FY2023 and expand the Non-Federal Implementation Pilot Program. (Sec. 121) WRDA 1986 is amended to revise provisions regarding the study of water resources development projects by nonfederal interests.  (Sec. 122) A nonfederal interest constructing a water resources development project under an agreement that requires the interest to comply with the same legal and technical requirements that would apply if the project were carried out by Interior shall not be required to obtain federal permits or approvals that would not be required if Interior carried out the project unless significant new circumstances or information relevant to environmental concerns or compliance have arisen since development of the project recommendation. (Sec. 123) The Corps of Engineers may cooperate with a regional coalition of governmental entities in the preparation of comprehensive plans for development, utilization, and conservation of water and related resources. (Sec. 124) Whenever a state offers advance funds for a federally authorized water resources development project, the Corps of Engineers may receive the funds and expend them on the project. The Corps of Engineers shall repay the funds without interest. (Sec. 125) WRDA 2000 is amended to make permanent the authority of a public-utility company, natural gas company, or railroad carrier to pay to expedite a project permit. By the end of 2022, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) shall carry out a follow-up study of the implementation of this authority by Interior. (Sec. 126) The Corps of Engineers must contract the National Academy of Sciences to study the economic principles and analytical methodologies used by or applied to the Corps to formulate, evaluate, and budget for water resources development projects. The study must make recommendations on potential changes to such principles and methodologies to improve transparency, return on federal investment, cost savings, and prioritization. (Sec. 127) The GAO shall submit to Congress a study of corrosion management efforts at projects and properties under the control of the Corps of Engineers. (Sec. 128) The Flood Control Act of 1946 is amended to provide that if specified funding for flood control is insufficient to cover the federal cost share for a project, the nonfederal interest shall be responsible for remaining costs. (Sec. 129) The Corps of Engineers must report on its activities relating to the testing, research, development, identification, and recommended uses for innovative materials in water resources development projects. (Sec. 130) The GAO shall submit a report to Congress:  describing the capacity and preparedness of the Corps of Engineers workforce;  providing recommendations to improve the capacity and preparedness of the Corps of Engineers workforce; containing an assessment of the existing technology used by the Corps of Engineers, the effects of inefficiencies in the Corps' current technology usage, and recommendations for improved technology or tools to accomplish its missions and responsibilities; and describing how changes to the navigation industry workforce with which the Corps of Engineers collaborates may affect safety and operations within the navigation industry.   (Sec. 131) The GAO shall report on: (1) the consideration by the Corps of Engineers of natural features and nature-based features in feasibility studies of projects for flood risk management, hurricane and storm damage reduction, and ecosystem restoration; and (2) efforts to relocate Alaska Native villages due to flooding and erosion threats. (Sec. 133) The Corps of Engineers must report on the best options available to implement the waiver process for the nonfederal cost share for certain projects in Alaska for storm damage prevention and reduction, coastal erosion, and ice and glacial damage. (Sec. 134) The River and Harbor Act of 1960 is amended to increase funding limits for small river and harbor improvement projects. (Sec. 135) The Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 is amended to revise provisions regarding Interior providing credit in lieu of reimbursement to a nonfederal interest for the federal cost share of certain projects. (Sec. 136) The Corps of Engineers shall expedite completion of the Lake Okeechobee regulation schedule to coincide with the completion of the Herbert Hoover Dike project in Florida. (Sec. 137) The Corps of Engineers shall report on the impacts of construction on the Missouri River intended to increase the population of endangered pallid sturgeon on the authorized purposes of the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System and on the sturgeon population. Additional such construction on the river is prohibited until the report is submitted. (Sec. 138) Interior must publish information on real property in which the Corps of Engineers holds an interest. (Sec. 139) The Corps of Engineers shall: (1) undertake research on the management and eradication of aquatic invasive species, including Asian carp and zebra mussels; (2) implement a five-year harmful algal bloom technology development demonstration under the Aquatic Nuisance Research Program; and (3) enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Environmental Protection Agency to facilitate ecosystem restoration activities at the South Fork of the South Branch of the Chicago River (commonly known as Bubbly Creek). (Sec. 142) WRDA 1990 is amended to include activities related to the operation and maintenance of navigation (currently, limited to hydroelectric power generating) facilities at Corps of Engineers water resources projects among inherently governmental functions. (Sec. 143) WRDA 1976 is amended to provide that the 15 additional years that Interior may extend beach nourishment at the request of a nonfederal interest begins upon initiation of construction of congressionally authorized nourishment. (Sec. 144) The bill amends the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 to require that post-disaster watershed assessments, for certain major disasters declared in U.S. territories, be conducted at full federal expense unless the President determines that the territory has the ability to pay its share of the cost of an assessment without the use of nonfederal funds or loans. (Sec. 145) The Corps of Engineers shall report on the structure and operations plan for the Old River control structure in Louisiana authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1954. (Sec. 146) The Corps of Engineers may carry out a pilot program to award dredging contracts with a duration of up to five years for the operation and maintenance of harbors and inland harbors if the Corps determines that the contract provides cost savings compared to the awarding of such work on an annual basis. (Sec. 147) In carrying out a disposition study for a project of the Corps of Engineers, the Corps shall consider modifications that would improve the overall quality of the environment in the public interest, including removal of the project. (Sec. 149) The Corps of Engineers shall make efforts: (1) to address disproportionate and adverse health or environmental effects of the Corps' activities on a community of color, low-income community, rural community, or a tribal and indigenous community; (2) to provide guidance and technical assistance to such communities to increase understanding of the Corps' project planning and management activities, regulations, and policies; (3) to promote the meaningful involvement of communities of color in the Corps' project development and implementation, enforcement efforts, and other activities; and (4) to cooperate with state, tribal, and local governments with respect to these activities. (Sec. 150) The Corps of Engineers shall prioritize the operation and maintenance of existing infrastructure, improve its reliability, and, as necessary, improve its resilience to cyber-related threats. (Sec. 151) WRDA 2000 is amended to specify additional circumstances under which Interior may provide credit toward the nonfederal cost share for work performed in connection with a study, preconstruction engineering and design, or construction necessary for implementation of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan. The bill authorizes credit if: (1) the credit is provided for work carried out before the date of the partnership agreement between Interior and the nonfederal sponsor; or (2) the credit is provided for work carried out by the nonfederal sponsor in the implementation of an authorized project implementation report, as defined in an agreement. (Sec. 153) The Corps of Engineers may: (1) consider recreational boat traffic levels and related economic benefits in making funding determinations with respect to the operation and maintenance of locks on the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania, and (2) provide assistance to municipalities with a water supply that is adversely affected by construction carried out by the Corps. (Sec. 155) The Corps of Engineers shall submit to Congress a report on the potential opportunity for integrating noise abatement and noise mitigation technologies and practices into improvements and operations in harbors and inland harbors. (Sec. 156) In requiring or acquiring an interest in land, the Corps of Engineers shall prefer the minimum interest in real property necessary to support a project or action. In determining the proper interest in land, the Corps shall first consider a temporary easement estate or other interest designed to reduce the overall cost, reduce the time, and minimize conflict with property owners related to such action or project.  (Sec. 158) The Corps of Engineers may carry out emergency repair or restoration work that does not produce benefits greater than cost if: (1) the nonfederal sponsor agrees to pay an amount sufficient to make the remaining costs of the project equal to the estimated value of the benefits, (2) the Corps determines the damage to the structure was not the result of negligent operation and maintenance, and (3) repair of the project could benefit other Corps project missions. (Sec. 159) The GAO shall submit to Congress a study on the compliance of projects and properties constructed or renovated by the Corps of Engineers with stormwater runoff requirements. (Sec. 161) The Corps of Engineers shall expedite dredged material management plans initiated in or after FY2018 in order that studies make maximum use of existing information, studies, and innovative dredged material management practices, and avoid any redundant information collection and studies. (Sec. 162) WRDA 2007 is amended to provide that, with respect to the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Dispersal Barriers Project, Illinois, the operation and maintenance of a project authorized to be carried out pursuant to the feasibility study shall be carried out at 80% federal expense and 20% nonfederal expense.(Sec. 164) The Corps of Engineers shall carry out expeditiously projects already authorized to reduce the risk of future floods and hurricanes in Texas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. (Sec. 165) Any project or facility of the Corps of Engineers studied for disposition for which a final report by the Directorate of Civil Works has been completed shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be included in the future work plan of the Corps. (Sec. 166) After any flood event requiring operation or activation of any floodway or backwater feature within the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project through natural overtopping of a federal levee or artificial crevassing of a federal levee to relieve pressure on the levees elsewhere in the system, the Corps of Engineers shall expeditiously reset and restore the damaged floodway's levees. (Sec. 167) For each project classified as class III (high priority, conditionally unsafe) under the Dam Safety Action Classification of the Corps of Engineers for which the Corps has assumed responsibility for maintenance, the Corps shall assess the anticipated effects of the Corps continuing to be responsible for the maintenance of the project for 15 years or ceasing responsibility for maintenance, including the benefits or costs to the state and local community. (Sec. 168) This bill authorizes the Corps of Engineers to receive and expend funds from an owner of a nonfederal reservoir to formulate, review, or revise reservoir operational documents. The reservoir must have been constructed at least in part with federal funds provided for the use of storage for flood risk management or navigation. (Sec. 169) The bill increases the limit on funding for small projects under the storm and hurricane restoration and impact minimization program. TITLE II--STUDIES (Sec. 201) The Corps of Engineers may conduct feasibility studies for specified projects nationwide. (Sec. 202) The Corps of Engineers may carry out studies to determine the feasibility of habitat restoration for each of the eight reaches identified as priorities in the report titled "Lower Mississippi River Resource Assessment; Final Assessment In Response to Section 402 of WRDA 2000" and dated July 2015. The Corps may carry out studies to determine the feasibility of a project for ecosystem restoration and flood risk management in specified areas of Illinois and Missouri. (Sec. 203) The Corps of Engineers shall: (1) expedite specified studies and reports, including feasibility studies for projects nationwide which may proceed directly to preconstruction planning, engineering, and design if the Corps determines that the project is justified in a completed report; (2) by the end of 2019, expedite and complete the dredging of Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts; (3) complete a final feasibility report for the Great Lakes Mississippi River Interbasin Study Brandon Road Study by the original deadline of February 2019; and (4) expeditiously carry out flood and storm damage reduction studies to reduce the risk of damage from future floods and hurricanes in the Houston and Coastal Texas areas.TITLE III--DEAUTHORIZATIONS, MODIFICATIONS, AND RELATED PROVISIONS (Sec. 301) The Corps of Engineers must develop an interim deauthorization list that identifies: (1) each water resources development project, or separable element of a project, authorized for construction before November 8, 2007, for which planning, design, or construction was not initiated, or for which planning, design, or construction was initiated but for which no funds were obligated for planning, design, or construction during the current fiscal year or any of the six preceding fiscal years; (2) each project or separable element identified and included on a list to Congress for deauthorization pursuant to WRDA 1986; and (3) any project or separable element for which the nonfederal sponsor submits a request for inclusion on the deauthorization list.  The Corps shall prepare a proposed final deauthorization list of projects and separable elements of projects that have, in the aggregate, an estimated federal cost to complete that is at least $3.15 billion. After 180 days, items on the final deauthorization list are deauthorized unless Congress passes a joint resolution disapproving the list. (Sec. 302) A water resources development project, or separable element of such a project, authorized for construction by this bill shall not be authorized after 10 years unless: (1) funds have been obligated for construction or a post-authorization study, or (2) the authorization contained in this bill has been modified by a subsequent Act of Congress. (Sec. 304) The bill deauthorizes a portion of the project for navigation, Milwaukee Harbor, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, consisting of the navigation channel within the Menomonee River that extends from the 16th Street Bridge upstream to the upper limit of the authorized navigation channel. (Sec. 305) This bill deauthorizes the portion of a dredging project for navigation at Bridgeport Harbor, Connecticut, that is upstream of the Congress Street Bridge on the Pequonnock River, thereby allowing the bridge to be replaced with a fixed (not movable) bridge. (Sec. 306) The Corps of Engineers may make specified conveyances to Cheatham County, Tennessee, and to the city of Nashville. (Sec. 307) The bill deauthorizes the portions of the project for raising and improving existing levees of Clatsop County Diking District No. 13, in Clatsop County, Oregon, referred to as Christensen No. 1 Dike No. 42 and Christensen No. 2 Levee No. 43. (Sec. 308) The Corps of Engineers shall submit a report on the total estimated value of in-kind contributions made by the nonfederal interest with respect to specified actions, as described in the final report of the Directorate of Civil Works on the Central and Southern Florida Project, Kissimmee River Restoration Project, dated April 27, 2018. (Sec. 309) This bill deauthorizes a portion of the channel improvement project, Lytle and Cajon Creeks, that was authorized as part of the Santa Ana River, California, project. (Sec. 310) The project for flood damage reduction, Yuba River Basin, California, authorized by WRDA 1999 is modified to allow a nonfederal interest to construct a new levee to connect the existing levee with high ground. (Sec. 311) Portions of a project for navigation, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, are no longer authorized. (Sec. 312) Projects and separable elements of projects identified in the FY2017 report submitted to Congress on December 15, 2016, shall not be deauthorized unless such projects and separable elements meet specified requirements of WRDA 2016. (Sec. 313) The bill amends WRDA 2000 to increase funding limits for Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration. (Sec. 314) The Corps of Engineers shall convey specified parcels of real property to the city of Bainbridge, Georgia.(Sec. 315) The Corps of Engineers shall expedite completion of a project for flood risk management, Cedar River, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Sec. 316) The Corps of Engineers may repair or replace any bridge it owns and operates that is: (1) located in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, or Vermont; and (2) necessary for evacuation during an extreme weather event.(Sec. 317) Upon conveyance by the Port of Whitman County to the United States of specified land owned by the Port of Whitman County, Washington, the Corps of Engineers shall convey to the Port of Whitman County all interest of the United States in and to federal land situated in Whitman County, Washington, contained within Tract D of Little Goose Lock and Dam. (Sec. 318) In carrying out the project for navigation, Hampton Harbor, New Hampshire, under the River and Harbor Act of 1960, the Corps of Engineers shall use existing authorities to mitigate severe shoaling. (Sec. 319) The Corps of Engineers shall expedite the project for navigation for Portsmouth Harbor and the Piscataqua River authorized by the River and Harbor Act of 1962. TITLE IV--WATER RESOURCES INFRASTRUCTURE (Sec. 401) The bill authorizes specified projects in Texas, New York, Hawaii, Florida, Georgia, and Kentucky, including projects for navigation, flood risk management, and hurricane and storm damage risk reduction.",2023-01-11T13:42:15Z,
115-hr-5837,115,hr,5837,Rural Septic Tank Access Act,Water Resources Development,2018-05-16,2018-06-22,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit.",House,"Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]",AL,D,S001185,1,"Rural Septic Tank Access Act  This bill amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to reauthorize and modify the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Household Water Well System Grant Program.  (Under current law, the program awards grants for private nonprofit organizations to provide loans to eligible individuals for the construction, refurbishing, and servicing of individual household water well systems that are or will be owned by the eligible individuals in rural areas.)  The bill modifies the program to:    prohibit the household income of an eligible individual from exceeding 60% (currently 100%) of the median nonmetropolitan household income,   require grant recipients to provide subgrants to eligible individuals instead of loans,   authorize subgrants for household decentralized wastewater systems, and limit the amount of each subgrant provided to an individual to $20,000 for each water well system or decentralized wastewater system.  In the event of well water contamination, USDA must allow a subgrant to be used to install water treatment measures as needed beyond the point of entry, with or without the installation of new well equipment.",2023-01-11T13:39:30Z,
115-hr-5827,115,hr,5827,Dam Safety Reauthorization Act,Water Resources Development,2018-05-15,2018-05-16,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.",House,"Rep. Maloney, Sean Patrick [D-NY-18]",NY,D,M001185,0,Dam Safety Reauthorization Act This bill reauthorizes the National Dam Safety Program through FY2024.,2023-01-11T13:39:30Z,
115-hr-5748,115,hr,5748,"To deauthorize portions of the project for raising and improving existing levees on the Walluski River in Clatsop County, Oregon.",Water Resources Development,2018-05-10,2018-05-11,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]",OR,D,B001278,0,"This bill deauthorizes portions of the project for raising and improving existing levees of Clatsop County Diking District No. 13 on the Walluski River in Clatsop County, Oregon.",2023-01-11T13:39:33Z,
115-hr-5720,115,hr,5720,"To deauthorize a portion of a project in California, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,2018-05-09,2018-05-10,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-42]",CA,R,C000059,2,"This bill deauthorizes a portion of the channel improvement project, Lytle and Cajon Creeks, that was authorized as part of the Santa Ana River, California, project.",2023-01-11T13:39:34Z,
115-hr-5726,115,hr,5726,Non-Federal Reservoir Operations Improvement Act,Water Resources Development,2018-05-09,2018-05-10,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-16]",CA,D,C001059,3,"Non-Federal Reservoir Operations Improvement Act This bill authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to receive and expend funds from an owner of a nonfederal reservoir to formulate, review, or revise reservoir operational documents. The reservoir must have been constructed at least in part with federal funds provided for the use of storage for flood risk management or navigation.",2023-01-11T13:39:34Z,
115-hr-5703,115,hr,5703,"To provide for the conveyance by the Secretary of the Army of certain property located in Cheatham County, Tennessee.",Water Resources Development,2018-05-08,2018-05-09,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN-5]",TN,D,C000754,1,"This bill authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to make specified conveyances of the Cheatham Lock and Dam project to Cheatham County, Tennessee.",2023-01-11T13:39:35Z,
115-s-2800,115,s,2800,America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018,Water Resources Development,2018-05-08,2018-07-10,By Senator Barrasso from Committee on Environment and Public Works filed written report. Report No. 115-294.,Senate,"Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]",WY,R,B001261,9,"America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018  This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, each fiscal year, to submit to Congress a five-year budget and work plan for projects of national significance. Each Corps of Engineers district, each fiscal year, must submit a five-year budget and work plan for projects under its jurisdiction. Projects must be carried out in a sustainable manner that focuses on water resource challenges and opportunities, promotes collaboration, and pursues integrated water resource management. The bill reauthorizes provisions of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 pertaining to expedited consideration of water resources infrastructure through 2024. The bill provides for: (1) the establishment of a Corps of Engineers Board of Appeals; and (2) various studies, modifications, and project authorizations and deauthorizations nationwide. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shall establish a voluntary stormwater infrastructure funding task force to develop recommendations to improve the funding and financing of stormwater infrastructure. The Safe Drinking Water Act is amended to establish a voluntary WaterSense program to identify and promote water-efficient products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services. The Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 is amended to authorize the EPA to provide financial assistance to state infrastructure financing authorities for state loan funds to carry out water and wastewater infrastructure projects. The EPA shall: (1) promote the use of green infrastructure; (2) carry out a Water Infrastructure Resiliency and Sustainability Program; and (3) appoint at least one employee in each regional office to serve as a liaison to minority, tribal, and low-income communities.",2023-01-11T13:42:32Z,
115-hr-5688,115,hr,5688,Navigation Workers Protection Act of 2018,Water Resources Development,2018-05-07,2018-05-08,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Bustos, Cheri [D-IL-17]",IL,D,B001286,1,Navigation Workers Protection Act of 2018 This bill amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1990 to specify that operations and maintence of navigation generating facilities at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water resources projects are to be considered as inherently governmental functions.,2023-01-11T13:39:36Z,
115-s-2772,115,s,2772,A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to modify provisions relating to the household water well system grant program.,Water Resources Development,2018-04-26,2018-04-26,"Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.",Senate,"Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,B001288,2,"This bill amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to reauthorize and modify the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Household Water Well System Grant Program.  (Under current law, the program awards grants for private nonprofit organizations to provide loans to eligible individuals for the construction, refurbishing, and servicing of individual household water well systems that are or will be owned by the eligible individuals in rural areas.)  The bill modifies the program to:    prohibit the household income of an eligible individual from exceeding 60% (currently 100%) of the median nonmetropolitan household income,   require grant recipients to provide subgrants to eligible individuals instead of loans,   authorize subgrants for household decentralized wastewater systems, and limit the amount of each subgrant provided to an individual to $20,000 for each water well system or decentralized wastewater system.  In the event of well water contamination, USDA must allow a subgrant to be used to install water treatment measures as needed beyond the point of entry, with or without the installation of new well equipment.",2023-01-11T13:39:38Z,
115-hr-5584,115,hr,5584,Wichita Project Equus Beds Division Authorization Extension Act,Water Resources Development,2018-04-23,2018-05-01,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.",House,"Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4]",KS,R,E000298,3,"Wichita Project Equus Beds Division Authorization Extension Act This bill amends the Wichita Project Equus Beds Division Authorization Act of 2005 to extend for ten years the authority of the Department of the Interior to carry out the Equus Beds Aquifer Recharge and Recovery Project, Kansas.",2023-01-11T13:39:48Z,
115-hr-5432,115,hr,5432,"To deauthorize a water resources project at Bridgeport Harbor, Connecticut.",Water Resources Development,2018-04-05,2018-04-06,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4]",CT,D,H001047,0,"This bill deauthorizes the portion of a dredging project for navigation at Bridgeport Harbor, Connecticut, that is upstream of the Congress Street Bridge on the Pequonnock River, thereby allowing the bridge to be replaced with a fixed (not movable) bridge.",2023-01-11T13:39:54Z,
115-hres-793,115,hres,793,Recognizing the importance of the Upper Delaware River in New York State.,Water Resources Development,2018-03-21,2018-03-23,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.",House,"Rep. Faso, John J. [R-NY-19]",NY,R,F000464,0,"Recognizes: (1) the economic and ecological value of the Upper Delaware River, and (2) the importance of federal and state programs that will protect and restore that river and generate economic benefits for the people who rely on it for their livelihoods.",2023-01-11T13:40:03Z,
115-s-2585,115,s,2585,A bill to amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to permanently extend the authority of the Secretary of the Army to accept and expend funds from certain entities to process permits.,Water Resources Development,2018-03-21,2018-03-21,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Donnelly, Joe [D-IN]",IN,D,D000607,1,"This bill amends the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to permanently extend the authority of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to accept and expend funds from a nonfederal public entity, public-utility company, natural gas company, or railroad carrier to expedite the evaluation of a permit related to a project or activity for a public purpose under the jurisdiction of the Corps.",2023-01-11T13:39:58Z,
115-s-2560,115,s,2560,Reclamation Title Transfer Act of 2018,Water Resources Development,2018-03-15,2018-11-28,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 681.,Senate,"Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID]",ID,R,R000584,0,"Reclamation Title Transfer Act of 2018 This bill authorizes the Bureau of Reclamation to convey to a qualifying entity all U.S. interest in any eligible facility, if: (1) by 90 days before the date on which Reclamation makes the conveyance, it submits to Congress a written notice of the proposed conveyance and a description of the reasons for the conveyance; and (2) a joint resolution disapproving the conveyance is not enacted before the date on which it makes the conveyance. Reclamation must convey with all applicable federal environmental laws before making a conveyance.  ""Qualifying entity"" means an agency of a state or political subdivision of a state, a joint action or powers agency, a water users association, or an Indian tribe or tribal authority that: (1) as of the date of conveyance, is the current operator of the conveyed facility pursuant to a contract with Reclamation; and (2) as determined by Reclamation, has the capacity to continue to manage the conveyed property for the same purposes for which the property has been managed under the reclamation laws. Effective beginning on the date of conveyance, the United States shall not be liable for damages arising out of any act, omission, or occurrence based on prior ownership or operation of the conveyed property.",2023-01-11T13:39:59Z,
115-s-2563,115,s,2563,Water Supply Infrastructure and Drought Resilience Act of 2018,Water Resources Development,2018-03-15,2018-03-22,Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-511.,Senate,"Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ]",AZ,R,F000444,4,"Water Supply Infrastructure and Drought Resilience Act of 2018 This bill establishes a pilot project to adjust flood control rule curves at Bureau of Reclamation facilities. The bill amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to increase access to Reclamation's WaterSMART program by including within the definition of ""eligible applicant"" any state, regional, or local authority the members of which include one or more organizations with water or power delivery authority. The bill provides Reclamation with increased flexibility to recharge aquifers. The conveyance of water through a project facility that crosses Bureau of Land Management land for the purpose of aquifer recharge shall not require a new or additional permit or authorization if: (1) the existing project facility has a valid agreement that allows conveyance of water for a purpose other than aquifer recharge, (2) that conveyance does not result in a substantial change to the operation of the project facility, and (3) the entity operating the facility consents to such conveyance. In developing any rule, policy, directive, management plan, or similar federal action relating to the issuance, renewal, amendment, or extension of any permit, right-of-way, or other land use or occupancy agreement, Reclamation shall: (1) recognize the longstanding authority of the states relating to evaluating, protecting, allocating, regulating, permitting, and adjudicating water use; and (2) coordinate with the states to ensure that any such action is consistent with, and imposes no greater restriction or regulatory requirement, than applicable state water law.",2023-01-11T13:39:59Z,
115-s-2539,115,s,2539,"A bill to amend the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, to reauthorize certain projects to increase Colorado River System water.",Water Resources Development,2018-03-13,2018-03-22,Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-511.,Senate,"Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV]",NV,R,H001041,0,"This bill amends the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 to reauthorize through FY2022 the authority of the Department of the Interior to fund pilot projects to increase Colorado River System water in Lake Mead and the initial units of Colorado River Storage Project reservoirs to address the effects of historic drought conditions.",2023-01-11T13:39:59Z,
115-hr-5127,115,hr,5127,Water Recycling Investment and Improvement Act,Water Resources Development,2018-02-27,2018-03-06,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.",House,"Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32]",CA,D,N000179,17,"Water Recycling Investment and Improvement Act This bill provides support for water recycling and reuse projects, including support for the Bureau of Reclamation's grant program for water recycling.  This bill reauthorizes and revises the Environmental Protection Agency's grant program for alternative water sources and water recycling.",2023-01-11T13:40:29Z,
115-hr-5073,115,hr,5073,Clean Water for Rural Communities Act,Water Resources Development,2018-02-20,2018-02-28,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.",House,"Rep. Gianforte, Greg [R-MT-At Large]",MT,R,G000584,0,"Clean Water for Rural Communities Act  This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to carry out the projects entitled: (1) the "Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority System" in accordance with the Dry-Redwater Regional Water System Feasibility Study, which received funding from the Bureau of Reclamation on September 1, 2010; and (2) the "Musselshell-Judith Rural Water System" in accordance with the Musselshell-Judith Rural Water System Feasibility Report. The bill defines the service areas of such projects in North Dakota and Montana. Interior must enter into a cooperative agreement with the Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority and the Central Montana Regional Water Authority to provide federal assistance for the planning, design, and construction of such water systems. The bill sets forth the federal share of such costs and the authorized uses of federal funds, which exclude operation, maintenance, or replacement of the water systems. The Western Area Power Administration must make available to the Dry-Redwater System a quantity of power (up to one and a half megawatt capacity) required to meet the system's pumping and incidental operation requirements between May 1 and October 31 of each year: (1) from the water intake facilities; and (2) through all pumping stations, water treatment facilities, reservoirs, storage tanks, and pipelines up to the point of delivery of water to all storage reservoirs and tanks and each entity that distributes water at retail to individual users. The system is eligible to receive such power only if it: (1) operates on a nonprofit basis, and (2) is constructed pursuant to the cooperative agreement with the Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority. The bill provides for the purchase of additional power. The authority is responsible for: (1) charges for such additional power, (2) the costs of non-federal transmission and distribution system delivery and service arrangements, and (3) funding any upgrades to the transmission system owned by the Western Area Power Administration Basin Electric Power District and the Heartland Consumers Power District required to deliver power to the system. The bill authorizes appropriations and adjustments in authorized amounts in accordance with ordinary fluctuations in development costs.",2023-01-11T13:40:30Z,
115-s-2346,115,s,2346,"A bill to establish an innovative water infrastructure workforce development program, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,2018-01-25,2018-01-25,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]",NJ,D,B001288,2,This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to establish a program that awards grants for workforce development in the water or wastewater utility sector.,2023-01-11T13:38:52Z,
115-s-2329,115,s,2329,Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2018,Water Resources Development,2018-01-23,2018-01-23,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]",ND,R,H001061,3,"Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2018 This bill reauthorizes through FY2024 and revises the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act program, including by designating the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as the sole administrator of the program, thus replacing the current joint administration of the program by the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.",2023-01-11T13:38:52Z,
115-hr-4689,115,hr,4689,To authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the Northport Irrigation District in the State of Nebraska.,Water Resources Development,2017-12-19,2019-01-10,Became Public Law No: 115-429.,House,"Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3]",NE,R,S001172,0,"(Sec. 1) This bill authorizes any landowner within the Northport Irrigation District in Nebraska to repay, at any time, the construction costs of project facilities allocated to the landowner's land within the district. Upon discharge in full of the obligation for repayment of all such costs, the parcels of land may not be subject to the ownership and full-cost pricing limitations under federal reclamation law. The Department of the Interior, upon request, must provide to the landowner who has repaid such costs in full a certificate acknowledging that the landholding is free of such limitations.",2023-03-22T19:50:54Z,
115-hr-4492,115,hr,4492,Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2017,Water Resources Development,2017-11-30,2017-12-01,Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.,House,"Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-18]",FL,R,M001199,6,"Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 to: (1) exclude the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from specified activities that it currently carries out in conjunction with the the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and (2) increase and extend funding through FY2024.  The Corps shall approve specified water infrastructure projects and issue guidance on information required to be included in applications for projects requiring its approval. The EPA (currently, the Corps and the EPA):   may enter into agreements to make secured loans, and shall establish a uniform system to service the federal credit instruments made available;  may collect and spend fees, subject to specified limitations, and may appoint a financial entity to assist in servicing the federal credit instruments;  shall set aside for each fiscal year at least 15% of the amounts made available for that fiscal year for small community water infrastructure projects; and  shall publish pilot program implementation reports on a public Internet site.  The bill modifies the date of the Government Accountability Office report to Congress on  projects receiving assistance under the Act.",2023-01-11T13:37:57Z,
115-hr-4423,115,hr,4423,North Texas Water Supply Security Act of 2017,Water Resources Development,2017-11-16,2018-06-13,Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 11.,House,"Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3]",TX,R,J000174,4,"North Texas Water Supply Security Act of 2017 This bill bars claims arising under federal law seeking judicial review of any environmental impact statement, environmental review, or authorization issued by an agency for the Lower Bois d'Arc Creek Reservoir Project in Fannin County, Texas,unless such claims meet certain procedural requirements.",2023-01-11T13:37:59Z,
115-hr-4409,115,hr,4409,Flood Water Relief Act of 2017,Water Resources Development,2017-11-15,2017-11-15,"Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.",House,"Rep. Lawson, Al, Jr. [D-FL-5]",FL,D,L000586,0,"Flood Water Relief Act of 2017 This bill makes supplemental appropriations for the Army Corps of Engineers for flood control projects and storm damage reduction projects in disaster areas affected by flooding in Jacksonville, Florida.",2023-01-11T13:38:00Z,
115-hr-4329,115,hr,4329,Klamath Infrastructure Improvement Act,Water Resources Development,2017-11-09,2017-11-28,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.",House,"Rep. Walden, Greg [R-OR-2]",OR,R,W000791,1,"Klamath Infrastructure Improvement Act This bill amends the Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act of 2000 to authorize the Department of the Interior to carry out activities, including entering into contracts or making financial assistance available, to: (1) plan, implement, and administer programs to align water supplies and demand for irrigation water users associated with the Klamath Project (Bureau of Reclamation project in California and Oregon), with a primary emphasis on programs developed or endorsed by local entities comprised of representatives of those water users; (2) plan and implement activities and projects that avoid or mitigate environmental effects of irrigation activities or that restore habitats in the Klamath Basin watershed; and (3) limit the net delivered cost of power for covered power uses. "Covered power use" means a use of power to develop or manage water from any source for irrigation, wildlife purposes, or drainage on land that is: (1) associated with the Klamath Project; or (2) irrigated by the class of users covered by the agreement dated April 30, 1956, between the California Oregon Power Company and Klamath Basin Water Users Protective Association and within the Off Project Area. Interior must submit a report to Congress that identifies the power cost benchmark (the average net delivered cost of power for irrigation and drainage at reclamation projects in the area surrounding the Klamath Project that are similarly situated to the project).  The replacement of the C Canal flume within the Klamath Project shall be considered to be, and shall receive the treatment authorized for, qualified emergency extraordinary operation and maintenance work in accordance with federal reclamation law.",2023-01-11T13:38:03Z,
115-hr-4193,115,hr,4193,"To deauthorize a portion of the project for navigation, Milwaukee Harbor, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.",Water Resources Development,2017-10-31,2017-11-01,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4]",WI,D,M001160,0,"This bill deauthorizes a portion of a specified project for navigation, Milwaukee Harbor, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, consisting of the navigation channel within the Menomonee River that extends from the 16th Street Bridge upstream to the upper limit of the authorized navigation channel.",2023-01-11T13:38:20Z,
115-s-1926,115,s,1926,Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial Act,Water Resources Development,2017-10-05,2018-08-15,Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-526.,Senate,"Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA]",CA,D,H001075,1,"Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial Act This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial at the Dam site in Los Angeles County, California, to honor the victims of the Saint Francis Dam disaster of March 12, 1928. The Memorial shall be managed by the Forest Service. USDA shall submit to Congress, by three years after this bill's enactment, recommendations regarding:   the planning, design, construction, and long-term management of the Memorial;  the proposed boundaries;   a visitor center and educational facilities; and   ensuring public access to the Memorial.  The bill establishes the Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Monument on specified National Forest System land administered by USDA in Los Angeles County for the purpose of conserving and enhancing the cultural, archaeological, historical, watershed, educational, and recreational resources and values of the Monument. USDA shall develop a management plan for the Monument by four years after this bill's enactment. USDA shall manage the Monument: (1) in a manner that conserves and enhances its cultural and historic resources, and (2) in accordance with the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974. The bill limits the use of motorized vehicles but permits grazing within the Monument.",2023-01-11T13:38:17Z,
115-hr-3824,115,hr,3824,Texas Flood Accountability Act of 2017,Water Resources Development,2017-09-25,2017-10-24,Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8132),House,"Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]",TX,R,P000592,8,"Texas Flood Accountability Act of 2017 This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to submit to Congress and make publicly available a report with respect to dams, reservoirs, lakes, and other water retention facilities in Texas.  The report shall include:  for each such facility, the maximum water capacity that would necessitate an unplanned release of water, the water level at which the facility and each spillway of the facility will overflow, and plans to notify first responders, local officials, and communities of flood emergencies and the projected water levels during such emergencies; a description of steps taken by the Corps of Engineers to limit or prevent unplanned releases of water or overflows from such facilities; recommendations of the Corps for infrastructure improvements and dredging of existing facilities needed to limit or prevent such releases or overflows; plans to coordinate among such facilities during a flood emergency; and a list identifying the such facilities under the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's jurisdiction, which shall include a description of the process for lowering water levels at each facility.   The Corps may exclude information from the report for national security purposes. Upon the Corps' request, a non-federal entity that owns, operates, or has jurisdiction over a covered facility shall provide the maximum water capacity that would necessitate an unplanned release of water, the water level at which the facility and each spillway of the facility will overflow, and plans to notify first responders, local officials, and communities of flood emergencies and the projected water levels during such emergencies. An entity shall not be eligible for federal financial assistance until it complies with such request.",2023-01-11T13:38:41Z,
115-hr-3803,115,hr,3803,"To amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to provide for certain cost allocations for the Boca Reservoir Dam, Truckee River Storage Project, California, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,2017-09-18,2017-09-25,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.",House,"Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]",NV,R,A000369,0,"This bill amends the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to provide that, in the case of the Boca Reservoir Dam, Truckee River Storage Project, California, costs incurred in the modification of structures, the cause of which results from new hydrologic or seismic data or changes in state-of-the-art criteria deemed necessary for safety purposes, shall be allocated in accordance with the authorized uses of Boca Project Water as defined and provided for in the Truckee River Operating Agreement and as determined by the Truckee River Operating Agreement Administrator.",2023-01-11T13:38:41Z,
115-hr-3383,115,hr,3383,"To designate the flood control project in Sedgwick County, Kansas, commonly known as the Wichita-Valley Center Flood Control Project, as the ""M.S. 'Mitch' Mitchell Floodway"".",Water Resources Development,2017-07-25,2018-12-21,Became Public Law No: 115-349.,House,"Rep. Estes, Ron [R-KS-4]",KS,R,E000298,3,"(Sec. 1) This bill designates the Wichita-Valley Center Flood Control Project in Sedgwick County, Kansas, as the "M.S. 'Mitch' Mitchell Floodway."",2023-03-22T19:50:53Z,
115-hr-3281,115,hr,3281,Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act,Water Resources Development,2017-07-18,2018-07-16,Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]",CO,R,L000564,1,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act (Sec. 3) This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to convey U.S. interest in an eligible reclamation project or facility to an agency of a state political subdivision, a joint action or powers agency, a water users association, or an Indian tribe or tribal utility authority that holds a water service contract for such property and that has the capacity to continue to manage the property for the same purposes for which it has been managed under reclamation law, if: (1) Interior notifies Congress in writing of the proposed conveyance at least 90 days in advance, and (2) Congress does not pass a joint resolution disapproving the conveyance. A facility that generates hydropower marketed by a power marketing administration shall not be eligible for such conveyance. An entity that operates and maintains an eligible facility at the time Interior attempts to facilitate its conveyance shall have the right of first refusal to receive the conveyance. (Sec. 4) Criteria for determining whether facilities are eligible for title transfer shall include: (1) the transfer will not have an unmitigated significant effect on the environment, (2) the qualifying entity intends to use the property for substantially the same purposes the property is being used for at the time Interior evaluates the potential transfer, and (3) the qualifying entity agrees to provide the United States the equivalent of the present value of any repayment obligation or other income stream the United States derives from the assets to be transferred. (Sec. 5) No conveyance under this bill may adversely impact power rates or repayment obligations. (Sec. 9) Interior shall submit, as part of its annual budget submission to Congress: (1) a description of the actions taken to implement this bill, and (2) a list of conveyances made or initiated by Interior or a qualifying entity under this bill.",2023-01-11T13:37:25Z,
115-hr-3275,115,hr,3275,Water and Energy Sustainability through Technology Act,Water Resources Development,2017-07-17,2018-05-22,Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.,House,"Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]",CA,D,M001166,15,"Water and Energy Sustainability through Technology Act  This bill addresses the link between energy and water systems (energy-water nexus), including: (1) the water needed to produce energy; (2) the energy needed to transport, reclaim, treat, store, and reuse water and wastewater; (3) the energy available in organic wastewaters and wet waste streams (e.g., methane); and (4) the waste heat available in industrial process and cooling water discharges, steam system condensate and cooling water, and thermoelectric cooling water discharge.  The bill provides support for increasing:  the availability of energy-water nexus data about surface water, groundwater, or recycled water; the use of energy-water nexus technology; the energy efficiency of certain water systems; the use of water efficiency methods and products; water quality; the recharge of groundwater; the ability of water systems to address climate-related impacts on water quality or quantity; and  the infrastructure of water and wastewater systems.   In addition, the bill establishes a United States-Israel Water Cooperation Working Group to seek to strengthen dialogue between the United States and Israel in order to: (1) improve the use of water resources through water-saving technologies and practices; (2) counter water shortages; (3) modernize pipeline and other applicable infrastructure; and (4) pursue best practices in drip irrigation, water recycling, and desalination. The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate certain tax incentives related to the extraction of oil, gas, or certain minerals.",2023-01-11T13:37:25Z,
115-s-1556,115,s,1556,Authorized Rural Water Projects Completion Act,Water Resources Development,2017-07-13,2018-02-28,Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-505.,Senate,"Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT]",MT,D,T000464,7,"Authorized Rural Water Projects Completion Act  This bill establishes the Reclamation Rural Water Construction and Settlement Implementation Fund, which shall consist of the Rural Water Project Account and the Reclamation Infrastructure and Settlement Implementation Account. The Department of the Treasury shall deposit into such accounts for each of FY2018-FY2038 specified revenues that would otherwise be deposited in the reclamation fund established by the Reclamation Act of 1902. The bill permits the Department of the Interior to use specified Rural Water Project Account funds to complete construction of rural water projects: (1) authorized before this bill's enactment, or (2) for which a feasibility study was submitted by February 27, 2015, pursuant to the Rural Water Supply Act of 2006 and for which Congress authorizes construction after enactment of this bill. Interior may not expend any amounts from the fund to carry this out until development of: (1) programmatic goals that would enable the completion of construction of the authorized rural water projects as expeditiously as practicable and that reflect the priorities identified in the laws authorizing the projects; and (2) funding prioritization criteria to serve as a methodology for distributing funds that take into account specified factors, including the need for potable water supplies in the affected rural and tribal communities.  Interior shall use specified Reclamation Infrastructure and Settlement Implementation Account funds to: (1) provide authorized compensation to resolve all monetary claims of an Indian tribe against the United States relating to use of tribal land by the United States for the generation of hydropower; or (2) complete projects and implement provisions authorized by Congress that resolve litigation involving the United States and the water rights of Indian tribes or that implement approved agreements limiting such rights.",2023-01-11T13:37:06Z,
115-hr-3144,115,hr,3144,"To provide for operations of the Federal Columbia River Power System pursuant to a certain operation plan for a specified period of time, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,2017-06-29,2018-04-26,Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,House,"Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5]",WA,R,M001159,8,"(Sec. 2) This bill requires the Bureau of Reclamation, the Bonneville Power Administration, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to operate the Federal Columbia River Power System (FCRPS) in a manner consistent with the document titled "Endangered Species Act Section 7(a)(2) Supplemental Biological Opinion," dated January 17, 2014, until the later of September 30, 2022, or the date upon which a subsequent final biological opinion for FCRPS operations is in effect with no pending further judicial review. (Sec. 3) Such entities may amend the supplemental opinion and operate the FCRPS accordingly before such date if the entities agree that: (1) the amendments are necessary for public safety or transmission and grid reliability; or (2) the actions, operations, or other requirements that the amendments remove are no longer warranted. (Sec. 4) No structural modification, action, study, or engineering plan may restrict electrical generation at any FCRPS hydroelectric dam or limit navigation on the Snake River in Washington, Oregon, or Idaho unless authorized by Congress.",2023-01-11T13:37:42Z,
115-hr-2983,115,hr,2983,Stop the Asian Carp Now Act of 2017,Water Resources Development,2017-06-21,2017-06-22,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]",OH,D,K000009,34,"Stop the Asian Carp Now Act of 2017 This bill directs the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to release for public comment the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study - Brandon Road interim report that was scheduled for release on February 27, 2017. (The interim report is a feasibility study that assesses the viability of establishing a single point to control the upstream transfer of aquatic nuisance species from the Mississippi River Basin into the Great Lakes Basin in the vicinity of the Brandon Road Lock and Dam in Joliet, Illinois.)",2023-01-11T13:37:47Z,
115-s-1398,115,s,1398,Stop the Asian Carp Now Act of 2017,Water Resources Development,2017-06-21,2017-06-21,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]",MI,D,S000770,9,"Stop the Asian Carp Now Act of 2017 This bill directs the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to release for public comment the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study - Brandon Road interim report that was scheduled for release on February 27, 2017. (The interim report is a feasibility study that assesses the viability of establishing a single point to control the upstream transfer of aquatic nuisance species from the Mississippi River Basin into the Great Lakes Basin in the vicinity of the Brandon Road Lock and Dam in Joliet, Illinois.)",2023-01-11T13:37:35Z,
115-hr-2799,115,hr,2799,Western Water Recycling and Drought Relief Act,Water Resources Development,2017-06-07,2017-06-16,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.",House,"Rep. McNerney, Jerry [D-CA-9]",CA,D,M001166,6,"Western Water Recycling and Drought Relief Act This bill amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Department of the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of recycled water system facilities in California in cooperation with:  the cities of Benicia, Brentwood, Redwood City, Pleasanton, Hayward, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale, and Turlock;  the Dublin San Ramon Services District and the Dublin San Ramon Services District/East Bay Municipal Utility District Recycled Water Authority; the Santa Clara Valley Water District; the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District; the Delta Diablo; the Ironhouse Sanitary District;  the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency; the San Jose Water Company; and  the West Bay Sanitary District.  The bill also authorizes Interior to participate in the design, planning, and construction of recycled water system facilities in Hawaii in cooperation with Hawaii Water Service Company, Waikoloa. The federal share of each project is limited to 25%.  Interior must: (1) enter into individual agreements with the Western Recycled Water Coalition participating agencies to fund such projects (as well as existing projects done in cooperation with the California cities of Palo Alto, Mountain View, Pittsburg, Antioch, Redwood City, and San Jose and the Delta Diablo Sanitation District, the North Coast County Water District, the South County Regional Wastewater Authority, and the Santa Clara Valley Water District); and (2) include in such agreements a provision for the reimbursement of design, planning, and construction costs. The bill increases the authorization of appropriations for the recycled water system facilities of: (1) Antioch and the Delta Diablo Sanitation District, and (2) the South County Regional Wastewater Authority and the Santa Clara Valley Water District.",2023-01-11T13:37:54Z,
115-hr-2806,115,hr,2806,Soo Locks Modernization Act,Water Resources Development,2017-06-07,2017-06-08,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1]",MI,R,B001301,14,"Soo Locks Modernization Act This bill directs the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to carry out the project authorized by the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 for the construction of a second lock adjacent to the existing lock at Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, at a total project cost that is equal to the 2017 certified cost estimate, plus or minus such amounts as may be required by ordinary fluctuations in construction costs.",2023-01-11T13:37:53Z,
115-s-1308,115,s,1308,Soo Locks Modernization Act,Water Resources Development,2017-06-07,2017-06-07,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S3331),Senate,"Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]",MI,D,S000770,3,"Soo Locks Modernization Act This bill directs the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to carry out the project authorized by the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 for the construction of a second lock adjacent to the existing lock at Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, at a total project cost that is equal to the 2017 certified cost estimate, plus or minus such amounts as may be required by ordinary fluctuations in construction costs.",2023-01-11T13:37:39Z,
115-hr-2691,115,hr,2691,Everglades for the Next Generation Act,Water Resources Development,2017-05-25,2017-05-26,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20]",FL,D,H000324,2,"Everglades for the Next Generation Act This bill amends the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to authorize the Department of the Army, after completing an implementation report prepared for a project under the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan and without any further congressional authorization, to carry out: (1) any project identified in the plan for which a project implementation report is completed that is in accordance with an integrated delivery schedule approved by the Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District, provided that the report is completed by five years after the date of the enactment of this bill; and (2) any group of projects under the plan that the Corps determines will provide regional or watershed ecosystem or water supply benefits if constructed in accordance with a project implementation report approved by the Corps and the district by such date.",2023-01-11T13:36:37Z,
115-s-1234,115,s,1234,Everglades for the Next Generation Act,Water Resources Development,2017-05-25,2017-05-25,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]",FL,D,N000032,0,"Everglades for the Next Generation Act This bill amends the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to authorize the Department of the Army, after completing an implementation report prepared for a project under the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan and without any further congressional authorization, to carry out: (1) any project identified in the plan for which a project implementation report is completed that is in accordance with an integrated delivery schedule approved by the Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District, provided that the report is completed by five years after the date of the enactment of this bill; and (2) any group of projects under the plan that the Corps determines will provide regional or watershed ecosystem or water supply benefits if constructed in accordance with a project implementation report approved by the Corps and the district by such date.",2023-01-11T13:36:24Z,
115-hr-2609,115,hr,2609,To direct the Secretary of the Army to revise certain authorized purposes described in the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System Master Water Control Manual.,Water Resources Development,2017-05-23,2017-05-24,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]",MO,R,G000546,0,This bill directs the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to revise the Missouri Mainstem Reservoir System Master Water Control Manual and any related regulations to delete fish and wildlife as an authorized purpose of the Corps.,2023-01-11T13:36:40Z,
115-hr-2415,115,hr,2415,Everglades FIRST Act,Water Resources Development,2017-05-11,2017-05-11,Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.,House,"Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-18]",FL,R,M001199,8,"Everglades Flow Increases Rely on Storage and Treatment Act or the Everglades FIRST Act This bill directs the Department of the Army to expedite completion of the reports for the following projects in Florida and to expedite completion of construction of the projects it determines are feasible:   Everglades Agricultural Area Storage Reservoirs,  Loxahatchee River Watershed Restoration Project,  Lake Okeechobee Watershed Restoration Project, and  Western Everglades Restoration Project.",2023-01-11T13:36:47Z,
115-s-1012,115,s,1012,New Mexico Drought Preparedness Act of 2018,Water Resources Development,2017-05-02,2018-11-14,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 645.,Senate,"Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]",NM,D,U000039,1,"New Mexico Drought Preparedness Act of 2018  This bill directs the Bureau of Reclamation to carry out a water acquisition program in specified basins in New Mexico, under which Reclamation shall: (1) make acquisitions of water by lease or purchase of water rights or contractual entitlements from willing lessors or sellers, consistent with the Rio Grande Compact and applicable state water rights law; and (2) take other actions to enhance stream flow to benefit fish and wildlife (including endangered species), water quality, and river ecosystem restoration and to enhance stewardship and conservation of working land, water, and watersheds. Reclamation, in cooperation with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, may provide funding and technical assistance for the installation of metering and measurement devices and the construction of check structures to: (1) ensure the conservation and efficient use of water by reducing actual consumptive use or by not increasing the use of water, and (2) improve the measurement and allocation of water. The National Academy of Sciences shall carry out a study on water and reservoir management and operation issues in specified basins. The bill authorizes financial assistance to be made available for eligible water projects to help western states and tribal governments address drought-related impacts to water supplies or any other immediate water-related crisis or conflict. The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 is amended to: (1) authorize the use of water management improvement grants to assist applicants in planning for or addressing the impacts of drought, (2) change to December 31, 2019, the reporting date on the implementation of recommended Rio Grande Pueblo irrigation infrastructure projects, and (3) reauthorize for FY2018-FY2026 the Rio Grande Pueblo irrigation infrastructure grant program.",2023-01-11T13:36:31Z,
115-hr-2156,115,hr,2156,Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial Act,Water Resources Development,2017-04-26,2018-11-14,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 647.,House,"Rep. Knight, Stephen [R-CA-25]",CA,R,K000387,1,"Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial Act (Sec. 3) This bill authorizes the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to establish the Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial at the dam site in Los Angeles County, California, to honor the victims of the Saint Francis Dam disaster of March 12, 1928. The Forest Service must manage the memorial. (Sec. 4) Within three years of this bill's enactment, USDA must submit to Congress recommendations regarding:   the planning, design, construction, and long-term management of the memorial;  the proposed boundaries;   a visitor center and educational facilities; and   ensuring public access to the memorial.  (Sec. 5) The bill establishes the Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Monument on specified National Forest System land administered by USDA in Los Angeles County for the purpose of conserving and enhancing the cultural, archaeological, historical, watershed, educational, and recreational resources and values of the monument. (Sec. 6) Within four years of this bill's enactment, USDA must develop a management plan for the monument. USDA must manage the monument: (1) in a manner that conserves and enhances its cultural and historic resources, and (2) in accordance with the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974. The bill limits the use of motorized vehicles but permits grazing within the monument.",2023-01-11T13:35:56Z,
115-hr-2116,115,hr,2116,Perchlorate Reclamation and Water Replenishment Act,Water Resources Development,2017-04-25,2017-04-27,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.",House,"Rep. Knight, Stephen [R-CA-25]",CA,R,K000387,0,"Perchlorate Reclamation and Water Replenishment Act This bill amends the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to provide financial assistance to local water authorities for perchlorate remediation projects in areas identified by the Bureau, the Army Corps of Engineers, or a state designating agency as having experienced an impact from perchlorate contamination to: (1) design and construct water replenishment and reclamation projects that are owned and operated by the local water authority, or (2) operate and maintain such projects. The bill defines an "eligible project" as one that enhances the resilience of domestic water supplies through:  on site and off site treatment facilities,  on site and off site reclamation facilities, recycled water facilities and associated distribution facilities, and/or groundwater wells and associated distribution facilities.   The Bureau shall give priority to projects that serve an area: (1) that has received federal authorization for projects associated with perchlorate contamination remediation programs under the Bureau or the Corps of Engineers, (2) for which a feasibility study for perchlorate remediation efforts that is acceptable to the Bureau or the Corps of Engineers has been completed, or (3) where the regional water agency that imports out-of-basin water supplies has a wholesale area that includes a population of not more than 350,000. The federal share shall not exceed 25% of the total cost of such a project.",2023-01-11T13:35:58Z,
115-hr-1967,115,hr,1967,Bureau of Reclamation Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Act,Water Resources Development,2017-04-06,2018-12-22,Message on Senate action sent to the House.,House,"Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5]",CO,R,L000564,2,"(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on June 2, 2017. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Bureau of Reclamation Pumped Storage Hydropower Development Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 to provide that provisions respecting the sales of electric power and leases of power privileges in connection with the operation of any municipal water supply project shall be an authorization in addition to and alternative to any authority in existing laws related to pumped storage hydropower development exclusively utilizing Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs.",2023-01-11T13:36:03Z,
115-hr-1769,115,hr,1769,San Luis Unit Drainage Resolution Act,Water Resources Development,2017-03-28,2017-10-16,"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 253.",House,"Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-21]",CA,R,V000129,0,"San Luis Unit Drainage Resolution Act (Sec. 3) This bill approves, and requires the Department of the Interior to implement, the Agreement between the United States and Westlands Water District August 2015 (Westlands Agreement). (Sec. 4) The bill amends the San Luis Act (the 1960 statute that authorized Interior to construct the San Luis Unit of the Central Valley Project [CVP], California) to: (1) repeal provisions that include distribution systems or drains within the Westlands Water District, and (2) eliminate requirements for Interior to meet drainage requirements for Westlands.  (Sec. 6) Interior shall:   convert Westlands' existing long-term or interim renewal water service contract to a repayment contract,  make allocation decisions in the CVP affecting Westlands consistent with federal and state law, and  enter into a contract with the Navy for the delivery of CVP water to the Lemoore Naval Air Station.   The Navy must certify that the lands within the station are free from the ownership and full cost pricing limitations of federal reclamation law. Such contract shall continue as long as the Navy pays all applicable charges consistent with applicable law. The contract amount of CVP water available to the station shall be determined by the Navy through technical analysis in cooperation with the station. In any year in which there may occur a Condition of Shortage in the amount of water available for delivery, the contracting officer shall allocate the available CVP water to the station in the same percentage as allocated to municipal and industrial water service contractors in the San Luis Unit. (Sec. 7) The bill suspends Westlands' capital repayment obligation and payments under its water service contracts and the April 1, 1965, repayment contract with the United States until the execution of a repayment contract under this bill, after which Westlands shall: (1) receive a specified credit against future operation and maintenance costs payable to the United States, and (2) be relieved of capital repayment obligations under specified water service contracts. CVP construction costs or other capitalized costs allocated to the Westlands after the date of the Westlands Agreement shall be repaid within five years after notification of the allocation of less than $5 million. If the amount allocated is $5 million or greater, such cost shall be repaid as provided by applicable reclamation law.  (Sec. 8) The bill requires Interior to transfer title to specified facilities to Westlands upon the execution of the repayment contracts under this bill. (Sec. 11) For any year in which the allocation of water for south-of-Delta CVP long-term water irrigation service contractors or irrigation repayment contractors is greater than 75%, Interior shall calculate for Westlands a per acre foot Restoration Fund payment based on a projection that Westlands would take delivery of the full allocation made to such contractors.",2023-01-11T13:35:30Z,
115-s-714,115,s,714,Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project Phase III Act of 2017,Water Resources Development,2017-03-23,2017-06-13,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 143.,Senate,"Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA]",WA,D,C000127,1,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project Phase III Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill expands the purposes of the Yakima River Basin Water Conservation Program to include:   protection, mitigation, and enhancement of fish and wildlife and the recovery and maintenance of self-sustaining harvestable populations of fish and other aquatic life, both anadromous and resident species, throughout their historic distribution range in the Yakima River Basin;  improving the reliability of municipal, industrial, and domestic water supply and use purposes, especially during drought years;  implementation of the Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Plan to realize water savings of not less than 85,000 acre feet, in addition to the 165,000 acre feet of water savings targeted through the Basin Conservation Program, as authorized on October 31, 1994;  encouraging an increase in the use of water transfers, leasing, markets, and other voluntary transactions among public and private entities to enhance water management in the Yakima River Basin;  improving the resilience of the ecosystems, economies, and communities in the Basin as they face drought and other changes; and  authorizing and implementing the Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Management Plan as Phase III of the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project.  The bill defines ""Integrated Plan"" and ""Yakima River Basin Integrated Water Resource Plan"" as the plan and activities authorized by the Yakima River Basin Enhancement Project Phase III Act of 2015 to be carried out in cooperation with, and in addition to, activities of the state of Washington and the Yakama Nation.  (Sec. 3) The bill directs the Conservation Advisory Group to provide recommendations to advance the purposes and programs of the Yakima River Basin Enhancement Project. Federal and state governments may fund up to the 17.5% of the local cost share of the Basin Conservation Program in exchange for the long-term use of the conserved water. The bill also allows water acquisition efforts to continue as needed to provide water to be used by the Yakima Project Manager for instream flow purposes and to allow voluntary water acquisitions to provide improved instream flows for anadromous and resident fish and other aquatic life.  (Sec. 4) The bill increases funding for: (1) the Wapato Irrigation Project, (2) development of additional storage capacity at Lake Cle Elum, (3) the Interim Comprehensive Basin Operating Plan, and (4) environmental compliance activities in the Yakima River.  The Yakima Indian Nation is redesignated as the Yakama Nation.  The Department of the Interior may conduct studies to evaluate measures to further Yakima Project purposes on tributaries to the Yakima River.  (Sec. 5) The bill directs Interior to:  implement the Integrated Plan as Phase III of the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project, subject to feasibility studies, environmental reviews, cost-benefit analyses, and available appropriations;  implement an initial development phase of the Integrated Plan and develop plans for the intermediate and final development phases of the Integrated Plan;  complete upstream and downstream fish passage facilities at Cle Elum Reservoir and another Yakima Project reservoir;  negotiate long-term agreements for a pump plan and associated facilities to access and deliver inactive storage at Kachess Reservoir and a conveyance system to allow water transfers from Keechelus Reservoir to Kachess Reservoir (""K to K Pipeline"");  participate in, provide funding for, and accept non-federal financing for water conservation projects intended to conserve 85,000 acre feet of water and for aquifer storage and recovery projects;  conduct studies, feasibility analyses and environmental reviews of fish passage, water supply, conservation, habitat restoration projects, and other alternatives for the initial and future phases of the Integrated Plan;  coordinate with and assist the state of Washington in implementing a robust water market to enhance water management in the Yakima River Basin;  enter into cooperative agreements with, or make grants to, the Yakama Nation, the state of Washington, or other entities subject to a 50% non-federal cost-sharing requirement; and  retain authority and discretion over the management of project supplies to optimize operational use and flexibility to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and treaty rights of the Yakama Nation.  Interior, in conjunction with the state of Washington and in consultation with the Yakama Nation, must submit to specified congressional committees, not later than five years after the enactment of this bill, a progress report on the development and implementation of the Integrated Plan.",2023-01-11T13:36:13Z,
115-s-703,115,s,703,Wichita Project Equus Beds Division Authorization Extension Act,Water Resources Development,2017-03-22,2017-06-08,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 132.,Senate,"Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]",KS,R,M000934,1,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Wichita Project Equus Beds Division Authorization Extension Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Wichita Project Equus Beds Division Authorization Act of 2005 to extend for ten years the authority of the Department of the Interior to carry out the Equus Beds Aquifer Recharge and Recovery Project, Kansas.",2023-01-11T13:36:13Z,
115-hr-1654,115,hr,1654,Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act,Water Resources Development,2017-03-21,2017-06-26,Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-4]",CA,R,M001177,8,"Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act  (Sec. 3) This bill establishes the Bureau of Reclamation as the lead agency for purposes of coordinating all reviews, permits, licenses, or other approvals or decisions (reviews) required under federal law to construct new surface water storage projects in the states covered under the Reclamation Act on lands administered by the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture, including state-led projects, exclusive of any easement, right-of-way, lease, or any private holding, unless the project applicant elects not to participate in the process authorized by this bill (qualifying projects). The Bureau: (1) upon receipt of an application for a qualifying project, shall identify any federal agency that may have jurisdiction over a required review; and (2) shall notify such agency that it has been designated as a cooperating agency unless specified conditions apply.  A state in which a qualifying project is being considered may choose to: (1) participate as a cooperating agency; and (2) make subject to the processes of this bill all state agencies that have jurisdiction over the project, are required to conduct or issue a review, or are required to make a determination on issuing a permit, license, or approval for the qualifying project. (Sec. 4) The principal responsibilities of the Bureau are to: (1) serve as the point of contact for applicants, state agencies, Indian tribes, and others regarding qualifying projects; (2) coordinate preparation of unified environmental documentation that will serve as the basis for all federal decisions necessary to authorize the use of federal lands for qualifying projects; and (3) coordinate all federal agency reviews necessary for the development and construction of qualifying projects. The Bureau shall notify cooperating agencies of proposed qualifying projects by 30 days after receipt of a proposal and facilitate a pre-application meeting for prospective applicants, relevant federal and state agencies, and Indian tribes to: (1) explain applicable processes, data requirements, and applicant submissions necessary to complete the required federal agency reviews within the time frame established; and (2) establish the schedule for the qualifying project. The Bureau shall work with the qualifying project applicant and cooperating agencies to establish a project schedule. In establishing the schedule, it shall consider:  the responsibilities of cooperating agencies under applicable laws and regulations; the resources available to such agencies and the non-federal qualifying project sponsor; the overall size, complexity, schedule for, and cost of the qualifying project; and the sensitivity of the natural and historic resources that may be affected.  The Bureau must:  prepare a unified environmental review document on which all cooperating agencies shall base project approval decisions; help ensure that cooperating agencies make necessary decisions regarding environmental compliance in accordance with specified time lines; maintain a consolidated administrative record of the information assembled and used by the cooperating agencies as the basis for agency decisions; ensure that all project data is submitted and maintained in generally accessible electronic format and make such project data available to cooperating agencies, the qualifying project applicant, and the public; and appoint a project manager for each qualifying project.  (Sec. 5) Each cooperating agency must submit to the Bureau: (1) a time frame for completing the agency's authorizing responsibilities, (2) all environmental review material produced in the course of carrying out activities required under federal law, consistent with the project schedule, and (3) all relevant project data in a generally accessible electronic format. (Sec. 6) The Department of the Interior, after public notice, may accept and expend funds contributed by a non-federal public entity to expedite the evaluation of a permit of that entity related to a qualifying project. Interior must ensure that all final permit decisions are made available to the public, including on the Internet.",2023-01-11T13:35:34Z,
115-hr-1663,115,hr,1663,Water Resources Research Amendments Act,Water Resources Development,2017-03-21,2017-03-27,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.",House,"Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]",VA,R,W000804,11,"Water Resources Research Amendments Act  This bill amends the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to: (1) declare that additional research is required into increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of new and existing treatment works through alternative approaches, including non-structural alternatives, decentralized approaches, energy use efficiency, water use efficiency, and actions to extract energy from wastewater; (2) require each water resources research and technology institute to arrange for research that fosters the exploration of new ideas that expand understanding of water resources (currently, of water-related phenomena); (3) direct the Department of the Interior to report to specified congressional committees annually on each institute's compliance with matching fund requirements and provisions permitting the use of funds only to reimburse direct cost expenditures incurred for the conduct of the water resources research program; and (4) authorize appropriations for such institutes through FY2023.",2023-01-11T13:35:33Z,
115-s-677,115,s,677,Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act,Water Resources Development,2017-03-21,2017-06-14,Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 115-38.,Senate,"Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]",WY,R,B001261,6,"Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act  This bill establishes the Bureau of Reclamation as the lead agency for purposes of coordinating all reviews, permits, licenses, or other approvals or decisions (reviews) required under federal law to construct new surface water storage projects in the states covered under the Reclamation Act on lands administered by the Department of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture, exclusive of any easement, right-of-way, lease, or any private holding (qualifying projects). The Bureau: (1) upon receipt of an application for a qualifying project, shall identify any federal agency that may have jurisdiction over a required review; and (2) shall notify such agency that it has been designated as a cooperating agency unless specified conditions apply. Each cooperating agency must submit to the Bureau: (1) a timeframe for completing the agency's authorizing responsibilities, (2) all environmental review material produced in the course of carrying out activities required under federal law consistent with the project schedule, and (3) all relevant project data. A state in which a qualifying project is being considered may choose to: (1) participate as a cooperating agency; and (2) make subject to the processes of this bill all state agencies that have jurisdiction over the project, are required to conduct or issue a review, or are required to make a determination on issuing a permit, license, or approval for the qualifying project. The principal responsibilities of the Bureau are to: (1) serve as the point of contact for applicants, state agencies, Indian tribes, and others regarding qualifying projects; (2) coordinate preparation of unified environmental documentation that will serve as the basis for all federal decisions necessary to authorize the use of federal lands for qualifying projects; and (3) coordinate all federal agency reviews necessary for the development and construction of qualifying projects.  The Department of the Interior, after public notice, may accept and expend funds contributed by a non-federal public entity to expedite the evaluation of a permit of that entity related to a qualifying project. Interior must ensure that all final permit decisions are made available to the public, including on the Internet.",2023-01-11T13:36:14Z,
115-s-685,115,s,685,Clean Water for Rural Communities Act,Water Resources Development,2017-03-21,2018-11-15,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 659.,Senate,"Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT]",MT,R,D000618,1,"Clean Water for Rural Communities Act  This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to carry out the projects entitled: (1) the "Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority System" in accordance with the Dry-Redwater Regional Water System Feasibility Study, which received funding from the Bureau of Reclamation on September 1, 2010; and (2) the "Musselshell-Judith Rural Water System" in accordance with the Musselshell-Judith Rural Water System Feasibility Report. The bill defines the service areas of such projects in North Dakota and Montana. Interior must enter into a cooperative agreement with the Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority and the Central Montana Regional Water Authority to provide federal assistance for the planning, design, and construction of such water systems. The bill sets forth the federal share of such costs and the authorized uses of federal funds, which exclude operation, maintenance, or replacement of the water systems. The Western Area Power Administration must make available to the Dry-Redwater System a quantity of power (up to one and a half megawatt capacity) required to meet the system's pumping and incidental operation requirements between May 1 and October 31 of each year: (1) from the water intake facilities; and (2) through all pumping stations, water treatment facilities, reservoirs, storage tanks, and pipelines up to the point of delivery of water to all storage reservoirs and tanks and each entity that distributes water at retail to individual users. The system is eligible to receive such power only if it: (1) operates on a nonprofit basis, and (2) is constructed pursuant to the cooperative agreement with the Dry-Redwater Regional Water Authority. The bill provides for the purchase of additional power. The authority is responsible for: (1) charges for such additional power, (2) the costs of non-federal transmission and distribution system delivery and service arrangements, and (3) funding any upgrades to the transmission system owned by the Western Area Power Administration Basin Electric Power District and the Heartland Consumers Power District required to deliver power to the system. The bill authorizes appropriations and adjustments in authorized amounts in accordance with ordinary fluctuations in development costs.",2023-01-11T13:36:14Z,
115-hr-1269,115,hr,1269,Sacramento Valley Water Storage and Restoration Act,Water Resources Development,2017-03-01,2017-03-10,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.",House,"Rep. LaMalfa, Doug [R-CA-1]",CA,R,L000578,4,"Sacramento Valley Water Storage and Restoration Act This bill directs the Department of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to:   complete the final feasibility study authorized under the Water Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act for the Sites Reservoir in Colusa County, California, which shall evaluate the development of the project as a non-federal project whereby Interior may be a participant in the locally preferred project;   work with the Department of Commerce, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Environmental Protection Agency to coordinate the efforts of the relevant agencies and work with the state of California, the Sites Project Authority, and other stakeholders to complete and issue the final joint environmental impact statement and report on the project;  submit such study and report to specified congressional committees; and  take steps necessary to ensure that, in return for any federal investment in a non-federal Sites project, a proportionate share of the project's public benefits are federal benefits.  The bill amends the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act to: (1) authorize Interior to participate in construction of the project if Interior determines that the project is feasible; and (2) direct the Bureau, at the Authority's request, to enter into a partnership agreement for the Authority to provide full project management control for construction of the project or a separable element of the project. The bill directs: (1) the Bureau to advance the project as a non-federal project under specified circumstances, and (2) Interior to execute a long-term agreement with the Authority for the coordination of operations of the Sites project and the Central Valley Project.  With respect to the Sites project, the Bureau shall: (1) be the lead federal agency for the purposes of all federal reviews, approvals, or decisions required under federal law to allow either the Bureau or the Authority to construct the project; and (2) take steps necessary to ensure that all such reviews, approvals, or decisions are completed on an expeditious basis by January 1, 2022.",2023-01-11T13:35:48Z,
115-s-451,115,s,451,Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2017,Water Resources Development,2017-02-27,2017-02-27,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]",MD,D,C000141,2,"Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 2017  This bill amends the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to: (1) declare that additional research is required into increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of new and existing treatment works through alternative approaches, including non-structural alternatives, decentralized approaches, energy use efficiency, water use efficiency, and actions to extract energy from wastewater; (2) require each water resources research and technology institute to arrange for research that fosters the exploration of new ideas that expand understanding of water resources (currently, of water-related phenomena); (3) direct the Department of the Interior to report to specified congressional committees annually on each institute's compliance with matching fund requirements and provisions permitting the use of funds only to reimburse direct cost expenditures incurred for the conduct of the water resources research program; and (4) authorize appropriations for such institutes through FY2022.",2023-01-11T13:34:44Z,
115-hjres-77,115,hjres,77,"Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Army Corps of Engineers relating to the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Water Control Master Manual.",Water Resources Development,2017-02-16,2017-02-17,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.",House,"Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2]",FL,R,D000628,12,"This joint resolution nullifies the rule submitted by the Army Corps of Engineers relating to the Update of the Water Control Manual for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia and a Water Supply Storage Assessment (published December 2016).",2023-01-11T13:35:14Z,
115-hr-1099,115,hr,1099,North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act,Water Resources Development,2017-02-15,2017-02-28,Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.,House,"Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]",VA,R,W000804,7,North American Wetlands Conservation Extension Act  This bill amends the North American Wetlands Conservation Act to extend the authorization for the Department of the Interior to carry out certain wetlands conservation projects through FY2022.,2023-01-11T13:35:10Z,
115-s-398,115,s,398,"A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to provide for modification of certain Federal water resources development projects on the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers, and for other purposes.",Water Resources Development,2017-02-15,2017-02-15,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]",FL,D,N000032,0,"This bill directs the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to operate the federal water resources projects on the Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia in a manner that ensures the maintenance of freshwater flows. The term ""freshwater flows"" is defined as the quality, quantity, timing, and variability of freshwater flows required to: (1) support and reestablish the ecological integrity of the rivers, commercial and recreational fisheries dependent on freshwater flows into Apalachicola Bay and adjacent waters, and thriving and diverse fish, wildlife, and plant populations similar to those found prior to construction of the projects; (2) restore and recover species that are endangered, threatened, or at risk; and (3) prevent significantly harmful adverse impacts to the Chattahoochee and Apalachicola River ecosystems. The Corps of Engineers must enter into an arrangement for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to conduct a study that evaluates existing data related to freshwater flows and provides recommendations on how to maintain such flows.  The Corps shall not issue a final water control manual based on the final environmental impact statement titled "Update of the Water Control Manual for the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia and a Water Supply Storage Assessment," dated December 2016, but shall: (1) issue revised water control manuals for such projects that ensure the maintenance of freshwater flows, considering the findings of NOAA's study; (2) ensure that operational modifications needed to maintain freshwater flows are achieved while providing system-wide balance in conservation storage through the maintenance of water levels in the same action zone for each of the project reservoirs; (3) enter into an arrangement for the National Academy of Sciences to carry out an independent peer review of each revised manual; and (4) obtain written approval from the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA, and the U.S. Geological Survey of each manual developed before a final manual may be issued.",2023-01-11T13:34:46Z,
115-hr-1045,115,hr,1045,Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2017,Water Resources Development,2017-02-14,2017-02-15,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7]",OH,R,G000563,43,"Recreational Lands Self-Defense Act of 2017  This bill prohibits the Army Corps of Engineers from promulgating or enforcing any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm at a water resources development project administered by the Corps of Engineers if: (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm, and (2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the state in which the project is located.",2023-01-11T13:35:12Z,
115-hr-875,115,hr,875,Bureau of Reclamation Water Project Streamlining Act,Water Resources Development,2017-02-06,2017-02-17,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.",House,"Rep. Newhouse, Dan [R-WA-4]",WA,R,N000189,0,"Bureau of Reclamation Water Project Streamlining Act This bill sets forth provisions governing feasibility studies for water projects initiated by the Department of the Interior under the Reclamation Act of 1902 (project studies). A project study initiated after enactment of this bill must: (1) result in the completion of a final feasibility report within three years; (2) have a maximum federal cost of $3 million; and (3) ensure that personnel from the local project area, region, and headquarters levels of the Bureau of Reclamation concurrently conduct the required review. The bill sets forth factors for extending such timeline for complex projects.  Interior, within 90 days after the initiation of a project study, must: (1) initiate the process for completing reviews, including environmental reviews, required to be completed as part of such study; (2) convene a meeting of federal, tribal, and state agencies required to act; and (3) provide information that will enable required reviews and analyses to be conducted by other agencies in a thorough and timely manner.  Interior must: (1) expedite the completion of any ongoing project study initiated before the enactment of this Act; and (2) proceed directly to preconstruction planning, engineering, and design of a project that it determines is justified.  The bill sets forth requirements applicable to: (1) project studies initiated after enactment of this Act for which an environmental impact statement is prepared under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA); (2) other project studies initiated before enactment for which an environmental review process document is prepared under NEPA; and (3) any project study for the development of a non-federally owned and operated surface water storage project for which Interior determines there is a demonstrable federal interest and that is located in a river basin where other Bureau water projects are located, that will create additional water supplies that support Bureau water projects, or that will become integrated into the operation of Bureau water projects. Interior must:   annually prepare a list of all such studies that do not have adequate funding for study completion;  develop and implement a coordinated environmental review process for the development of such studies;  identify early all federal, state, and local government agencies and Indian tribes that may have jurisdiction and that may be required to act, which the federal lead agency shall invite to become participating or cooperating agencies;  issue guidance regarding the use of programmatic approaches to carry out the environmental review process; and  establish an electronic database and issue reporting requirements to make publicly available the status and progress with respect to compliance with applicable NEPA requirements and other action required for a project study.  The bill sets forth the authorities and responsibilities of the joint lead agency, which may be a project sponsor, and the federal lead agency in the environmental review process, including: (1) the preparation and use of environmental documents; (2) establishing a plan for coordinating public and agency participation; (3) working with cooperating and participating agencies to identify and resolve issues that could delay process completion or result in the denial of any approval required for the project study; and (4) establishing, upon request, memoranda of agreement with the project sponsor, Indian tribes, and state and local governments to carry out the early coordination activities.  The bill: (1) requires a federal lead agency to serve in that capacity for the entirety of all non-federal projects that will be integrated into a larger system owned, operated, or administered by the Bureau; (2) directs Interior, upon determining that a project can be expedited by a non-federal sponsor and that there is a demonstrable federal interest in expediting the project, to advance it as a non-federal project; (3) requires a federal jurisdictional agency to complete any required approval or decision for the environmental review process on an expeditious basis; and (4) provides for a reduction of funds for such an agency that fails to render such a decision by a specified deadline. Interior must: (1) survey the use by the Bureau of categorical exclusions in projects since 2005 and propose a new categorical exclusion for a category of activities if merited, and (2) establish a program to measure and report on progress made toward improving and expediting the planning and environmental review process. Interior must develop and submit annually a Report to Congress on Future Water Project Development that identifies: (1) the costs and benefits of, the non-federal interests associated with, and the support for project reports, proposed project studies, and proposed modifications to authorized projects and project studies that are related to the missions and authorities of the Bureau, that require specific congressional authorization, that have not been congressionally authorized, that have not been included in any previous annual report, and that, if authorized, could be carried out by the Bureau; and (2) any project study that was expedited under this bill. The Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act is amended to make provisions regarding storage and other water supply projects inapplicable to any project under this bill.",2023-01-11T13:34:59Z,
115-hr-833,115,hr,833,SAND Act of 2017,Water Resources Development,2017-02-02,2017-02-03,Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.,House,"Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-21]",FL,D,F000462,12,"Sand Acquisition, Nourishment, and Development Act of 2017 or the SAND Act of 2017 This bill amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to eliminate the limitation that the Army Corps of Engineers may acquire fill material for beach erosion and nourishment for an authorized water resources project from non-domestic sources only if such material is not available from domestic sources for environmental or economic reasons.",2023-01-11T13:35:00Z,
115-s-279,115,s,279,"Sand Acquisition, Nourishment, and Development Act",Water Resources Development,2017-02-02,2017-02-02,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]",FL,R,R000595,1,"Sand Acquisition, Nourishment, and Development Act or the SAND Act This bill amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to eliminate the limitation that the Army Corps of Engineers may acquire fill material for beach erosion and nourishment for an authorized water resources project from non-domestic sources only if such material is not available from domestic sources for environmental or economic reasons.",2023-01-11T13:34:50Z,
115-hr-648,115,hr,648,To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to amend the Definite Plan Report for the Seedskadee Project to enable the use of the active capacity of the Fontenelle Reservoir.,Water Resources Development,2017-01-24,2018-04-25,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 390.,House,"Rep. Cheney, Liz [R-WY-At Large]",WY,R,C001109,0,"(Sec. 1) This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior, in cooperation with the state of Wyoming, to amend the Definite Plan Report for the Seedskadee Project (authorized under the Colorado River Storage Project Act) to provide for the study, design, planning, and construction activities that will enable the use of all active storage capacity of Fontenelle Dam and Reservoir, including the placement of sufficient riprap on the upstream face of the dam to allow such storage capacity to be used for authorized project purposes. Interior may enter into: (1) any contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or other agreement that is necessary to carry out this bill; and (2) contracts with Wyoming for division of any additional active capacity made available under this bill. Interior must enter into a cooperative agreement with Wyoming for planning, design, related preconstruction activities, and construction of any modification of the Fontenelle Dam, which shall specify the responsibilities of Interior and Wyoming regarding: (1) completing the planning and final design of the modification of the dam, (2) any environmental and cultural resource compliance activities required for the modification of the dam, and (3) the construction of the modification of the dam.",2023-01-11T13:34:18Z,
115-hr-660,115,hr,660,Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act,Water Resources Development,2017-01-24,2018-09-17,Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 573.,House,"Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]",AZ,R,G000565,20,"Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act (Sec. 4) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to submit to Congress, make publicly available, and biennially update an Asset Management Report that describes the Bureau of Reclamation's efforts to maintain in a reliable manner all reserved works (buildings, structures, facilities, or equipment owned by Reclamation for which operations and maintenance are performed by its employees or through a contract with Reclamation) at Reclamation facilities, and to standardize and streamline data reporting and processes across regions and areas for the purpose of maintaining such works. Such report shall include: (1) a detailed assessment of major repair and rehabilitation needs for all such works; and (2) an itemized list of major repair and rehabilitation needs of individual Reclamation facilities at each Reclamation project, including a budget level cost estimate of appropriations needed to complete each item and an assignment of a categorical rating for each item consistent with existing uniform categorization systems to inform the annual budget process and agency requirements. (Sec. 5) Interior shall: (1) coordinate with the nonfederal entities responsible for the operation and maintenance of transferred works (Reclamation facilities at which operations and maintenance are carried out by a nonfederal entity under a formal agreement with Reclamation) in developing reporting requirements for Asset Management Reports with respect to major repair and rehabilitation needs for such works, and (2) develop and implement a categorical rating system for transferred works. (Sec. 6) The bill reduces the maximum amount of the federal share of the cost of the Central Valley Water Recycling Project otherwise available as of the date of enactment of this bill by $2 million.",2023-01-11T13:34:17Z,
115-s-199,115,s,199,A bill to authorize the use of the active capacity of the Fontenelle Reservoir.,Water Resources Development,2017-01-24,2017-06-08,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 126.,Senate,"Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]",WY,R,B001261,1,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) (Sec. 1) This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior, in cooperation with the state of Wyoming, to amend the Definite Plan Report for the Seedskadee Project (authorized under the Colorado River Storage Project Act) to provide for the study, design, planning, and construction activities that will enable the use of all active storage capacity of Fontenelle Dam and Reservoir, including the placement of sufficient riprap on the upstream face of the dam to allow such storage capacity to be used for authorized project purposes. Interior may enter into: (1) any contract, grant, cooperative agreement, or other agreement that is necessary to carry out this bill; and (2) contracts with Wyoming for division of any additional active capacity made available under this bill. Interior must enter into a cooperative agreement with Wyoming for planning, design, related preconstruction activities, and construction of any modification of the Fontenelle Dam, which shall specify the responsibilities of Interior and Wyoming regarding: (1) completing the planning and final design of the modification of the dam, (2) any environmental and cultural resource compliance activities required for the modification of the dam, and (3) the construction of the modification of the dam.",2023-01-11T13:35:21Z,
115-s-216,115,s,216,Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act,Water Resources Development,2017-01-24,2017-06-08,Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 127.,Senate,"Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY]",WY,R,B001261,1,"(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act (Sec. 4) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to submit to Congress, make publicly available, and biennially update an Asset Management Report that describes the Bureau of Reclamation's efforts to maintain in a reliable manner all reserved works (buildings, structures, facilities, or equipment owned by the Bureau for which operations and maintenance are performed by Bureau employees or through a contract with the Bureau) at Reclamation facilities (infrastructure assets that are owned by the Bureau at each Reclamation project owned by the Bureau) and to standardize and streamline data reporting and processes across regions and areas for the purpose of maintaining such works. Such report shall include: (1) a detailed assessment of major repair and rehabilitation needs for all such works; and (2) an itemized list of major repair and rehabilitation needs of individual Reclamation facilities at each Reclamation project, including a budget level cost estimate of appropriations needed to complete each item and an assignment of a categorical rating for each item consistent with existing uniform categorization systems to inform the annual budget process and agency requirements. (Sec. 5) Interior shall: (1) coordinate with the non-federal entities responsible for the operation and maintenance of transferred works (Reclamation facilities at which operations and maintenance are carried out by a non-federal entity under a formal agreement with the Bureau) in developing reporting requirements for Asset Management Reports with respect to major repair and rehabilitation needs for such works, and (2) develop and implement a categorical rating system for transferred works. (Sec. 6) The bill reduces the maximum amount of the federal share of the cost of the Central Valley Water Recycling Project otherwise available as of the date of enactment of this bill by $2 million.",2023-01-11T13:35:21Z,
115-hr-434,115,hr,434,New WATER Act,Water Resources Development,2017-01-11,2017-02-07,"Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.",House,"Rep. Denham, Jeff [R-CA-10]",CA,R,D000612,9,"New Water Available To Every Reclamation State Act or the New WATER Act This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior, for 15 years after this bill's enactment, to provide financial assistance, such as secured loans or loan guarantees, to entities that contract under federal reclamation law to carry out water projects within the 17 western states served by the Bureau of Reclamation, other states where the Bureau is authorized to provide project assistance, Alaska, and Hawaii. Projects eligible for assistance include:   non-federal water infrastructure projects that would contribute to a safe, adequate water supply for domestic, agricultural, environmental, or municipal and industrial use; projects for enhanced energy efficiency in the operation of a water system;  projects for accelerated repair and replacement of aging water distribution facilities; brackish or sea water desalination projects; and the acquisition of real property or an interest therein for water storage, reclaimed or recycled water, or wastewater that is integral to such a project.  To be eligible for assistance, a project must be deemed creditworthy. Eligible project costs must be reasonably anticipated to be at least $20 million. Interior shall establish criteria for project selection and may enter into a master credit agreement for projects secured by a common security pledge on terms acceptable to it.   Interior may enter into agreements with obligors to make secured loans to finance or refinance eligible project costs or to refinance long-term project obligations or federal credit instruments to provide additional funding capacity for the completion, enhancement, or expansion of a project. The total amount of federal assistance for a project shall not exceed 80% of its total cost. Interior shall establish: (1) a repayment schedule for each secured loan based on the useful life of the project, and (2) a uniform system to service the federal credit instruments made available under this bill.  Interior shall report biennially on the financial performance of the projects that receive assistance under this bill.",2023-01-11T13:34:27Z,
115-s-80,115,s,80,A bill to protect the right of individuals to bear arms at water resources development projects.,Water Resources Development,2017-01-10,2017-01-10,Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.,Senate,"Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID]",ID,R,C000880,2,"This bill prohibits the Department of the Army from promulgating or enforcing any regulation that prohibits an individual from possessing a firearm in any area open to the public (other than a federal facility) at a water resources development project administered by the Chief of Engineers, if: (1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing the firearm, and (2) the possession of the firearm is in compliance with the law of the state in which the project is located.",2023-01-11T13:35:17Z,
115-hr-23,115,hr,23,Gaining Responsibility on Water Act of 2017,Water Resources Development,2017-01-03,2017-07-18,Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.,House,"Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-21]",CA,R,V000129,14,"Gaining Responsibility on Water Act of 2017 TITLE I--CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT WATER RELIABILITY  (Sec. 101) This bill amends the Central Valley Project Improvement Act to include among its purposes to: (1) ensure that water dedicated to fish and wildlife purposes is replaced and provided to Central Valley Project (CVP) water contractors by December 31, 2018, at the lowest cost reasonably achievable; and (2) facilitate and expedite water transfers in accordance with such Act. (Sec. 102) The bill restricts the definition of "anadromous fish" to mean only those native stocks of salmon (including steelhead) and sturgeon that, as of October 30, 1992, were present in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers and their tributaries and ascend those rivers and their tributaries to reproduce after maturing in San Francisco Bay or the Pacific Ocean. The bill defines "reasonable flows" as water flows capable of being maintained taking into account competing consumptive uses of water and economic, environmental, and social factors. (Sec. 103) Upon request of the contractor, the Department of the Interior shall renew any existing long-term repayment or water service contract that provides for the delivery of water from the CVP for a period of 40 years. (Sec. 104) The contracting district from which the water is coming, the agency, or Interior shall determine if a written water transfer proposal is complete within 45 days after the date of submission of such proposal. If such district or agency or Interior determines that such proposal is incomplete, it shall state with specificity what must be added or revised in order for such proposal to be complete. Interior shall not impose mitigation or other requirements on a proposed transfer but the contracting district from which the water is coming or the agency shall retain all authority under state law to approve or condition a proposed transfer. (Sec. 105) The bill modifies provisions of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act regarding fish, wildlife, and habitat restoration.  All CVP water used for such purposes shall be credited to the quantity of CVP yield dedicated and managed under this section by determining how the dedication and management of such water would affect the delivery capability of the CVP during the 1928 to 1934 drought period after fishery, water quality, and other flow and operational requirements imposed by terms and conditions existing in agreements pertaining to the CVP under applicable state or federal law existing on October 30, 1992, have been met. To the fullest extent possible, CVP water shall be reused to fulfill Interior's remaining contractual obligations to provide CVP water for agricultural or municipal and industrial purposes. If by March 15th of any year, the quantity of CVP water forecasted to be made available to water service or repayment contractors in the Delta Division of the CVP is below 75% of the total quantity of water to be made available under such contracts, the quantity of CVP yield dedicated and managed for that year shall be reduced by 25%. (Sec. 106) The bill authorizes monies (currently, not less than 67% of funds) available to the Restoration Fund to be appropriated to carry out habitat restoration, improvement, and acquisition (from willing sellers) provisions of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act. Interior may not require a donation or other payment to the CVP Restoration Fund for: (1) environmental restoration or mitigation fees not otherwise provided by law as a condition to providing for the storage or conveyance of non-CVP water pursuant to federal reclamation laws, or the delivery of temporary supplies of water under the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982; and (2) any water that is delivered with the sole intent of groundwater recharge. The bill modifies such Act to provide that: (1) additional annual payments after October 1, 2016, shall be allocated so as not to exceed $4 per megawatt-hour for CVP power sold to power contractors (October 2016 price levels) (currently, $12 per acre-foot [October 1992 price levels]) for municipal and industrial water sold and delivered by the CVP; and (2) upon the completion of mandated fish, wildlife, and habitat mitigation and restoration actions (current law) but no later than December 31, 2020, Interior shall reduce specified sums and reduce the annual mitigation and restoration payment ceiling. The bill establishes the Restoration Fund Advisory Board to meet at least semiannually to make recommendations regarding priorities and spending levels on projects and programs carried out pursuant to the Central Valley Project Improvement Act. (Sec. 107) The bill revises provisions regarding contracts for additional storage and delivery of water. Interior shall use its authority in connection with requests to exchange, impound, store, carry, or deliver nonproject water using CVP facilities for any beneficial purpose. It shall develop rates not to exceed the amount required to recover the reasonable costs incurred by it in connection with a beneficial purpose. Interior's plan for the increase of CVP yield shall include recommendations on appropriate cost-sharing arrangements and authorizing legislation or other measures needed. Interior shall implement its plan commencing on October 1, 2017, and shall coordinate with the State of California in implementing measures for the long-term resolution of problems in the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary. If by September 30, 2018, the plan fails to increase the annual delivery capability of the CVP by 800,000 acre-feet, implementation of any non-mandatory action shall be suspended until the plan achieves an increase in the annual delivery capability of the CVP by 800,000 acre-feet.  The Bureau of Reclamation may partner or enter into an agreement on the water storage projects identified in the Water Supply Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act with local joint powers authorities formed pursuant to state law by irrigation districts and other local water districts and local governments within the applicable hydrologic region, to advance these projects.  (Sec. 108) The CVP and the State Water Project (SWP) shall be operated pursuant to the water quality standards and operational constraints described in the "Principles for Agreement on the Bay-Delta Standards Between the State of California and the Federal Government" dated December 15, 1994, and such operations shall proceed without regard to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) or any other law pertaining to the operation of the CVP and the California SWP. (Sec. 109) Interior and Commerce shall not distinguish between natural-spawned and hatchery-spawned or otherwise artificially propagated strains of a species in making any determinations under the ESA that relates to any anadromous fish species present in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers or their tributaries and ascend those rivers and their tributaries to reproduce after maturing in the San Francisco Bay or the Pacific Ocean. (Sec. 110) Filing of a Notice of Determination or a Notice of Exemption for any project, including the issuance of a permit under state law, related to any project of the CVP or the delivery of water therefrom in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act shall be deemed to meet the requirements of the National Environmental Protection Act of 1969 (NEPA) for that project or permit. Reclamation shall not be required to cease or modify any major federal action or other activity related to any project of the CVP or the delivery of water therefrom pending completion of judicial review of any determination made under the NEPA.  (Sec. 111) For adjustments to operating criteria or to take urgent actions to address water supply shortages for the least amount of time or volume of diversion necessary as determined by Reclamation, no mitigation measures shall be required during any year that the Sacramento Valley index is 6.5 or lower, or at the request of the state of California, and until two succeeding years following either of those events have been completed where the final Sacramento Valley Index is 7.8 or greater, and any mitigation measures imposed must be based on quantitative data and required only to the extent that such data demonstrates actual harm to species. (Sec. 112) In the event that Reclamation or another federal agency initiates or reinitiates consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Marine Fisheries Service under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, with respect to construction or operation of the CVP and SWP, or any part thereof, the SWP contractors and the CVP contractors will be accorded all the rights and responsibilities extended to applicants in the consultation process. (Sec. 113) The bill amends the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act to require Interior to cease any action to implement: (1) such Act; and (2) the Stipulation of Settlement in Natural Resources Defense Council, et al. v. Kirk Rodgers, et al. TITLE II--CALFED STORAGE FEASIBILITY STUDIES (Sec. 201) The Bureau of Reclamation shall:  complete specified feasibility studies for storage projects in California under the Water Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act by November 30, 2018, and by November 30, 2019, as specified; document, delineate, and publish costs directly relating to the engineering and construction of a water storage project separately from those resulting from regulatory compliance; and   communicate, coordinate, and cooperate with public water agencies that contract with the United States for CVP water and that are expected to participate in the cost pools that will be created for projects proposed in such studies.  (Sec. 202) The "Bakersfield Field Office, Record of Decision and Approved Resource Management Plan," dated December 2014 and related findings shall have no effect on or applicability to Interior's determination of feasibility of, or on any findings or environmental review documents related to: (1) the Temperance Flat Reservoir Project on the Upper San Joaquin River, or (2) certain actions taken by Interior pursuant to the Bay-Delta Authorization Act.  (Sec. 203) Reclamation may partner or enter into an agreement on the water storage projects identified in the Water Supply Reliability and Environmental Improvement Act with local join powers authorities formed pursuant to state law by irrigation districts and other local water districts and local governments within the applicable hydrologic region, to advance those projects.  (Sec. 204) Reclamation, in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey, the state of California, and local and state water agencies may conduct detailed geophysical characterization activities of subsurface aquifer systems and groundwater vulnerability in California, which has experienced a critical, multiyear drought that resulted in severe groundwater overdraft in some areas, followed by less than optimal recharge from the heavy rainstorms and flooding during the 2016-2017 winter season. The survey should include data pertaining to: (1) subsurface system framework, occurrence and geometry of aquifer and non-aquifer zones; (2) aquifer storage and transmission characteristics; and (3) areas of greatest recharge potential. (Sec. 205) Reclamation may partner with academia, specifically the University of California, and state and local water agencies, to develop a study to enhance mountain runoff to CVP reservoirs from headwater restoration with the following aims:  estimate forest biomass density and annual evapotranspiration (ET) across the Shasta Lake watershed for the past decade using satellite and other available spatial data; identify areas on public and private land that have high biomass densities and ET, and assess potential changes in ET that would ensue from forest restoration; assess role of subsurface storage in providing drought resilience of forests, based on long-term historical estimates of precipitation, drought severity, and stream discharge; and assess role of snowpack in annual water balance across the watersheds.   TITLE III--WATER RIGHTS PROTECTIONS (Sec. 301) Interior shall confer with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife in connection with the implementation of this title on potential impacts to any consistency determination for operations of the SWP issued pursuant to the California Fish and Game Code.  If, as a result of the application of this title, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife:   revokes the consistency determinations pursuant to California Fish and Game Code that are applicable to the SWP;  amends or issues one or more new consistency determinations pursuant to such code in a manner that directly or indirectly results in reduced water supply to the SWP as compared with the water supply available under the smelt biological opinion and the salmonid biological opinion; or   requires take authorization under such code for operation of the SWP in a manner that results in reduced water supply to the SWP as compared with the water supply available under the smelt biological opinion and the salmonid biological opinion, and as a consequence of Interior's action, CVP yield is greater than it would have been absent Interior's actions, then that additional yield shall be made available to the SWP for delivery to SWP contractors to offset losses resulting from such action.    Interior shall immediately notify the California Department of Fish and Wildlife in writing if Interior determines that implementation of the smelt biological opinion and the salmonid biological opinion consistent with this title reduces environmental protections for any species covered by the opinions. (Sec. 302) Interior is directed, in the operation of the CVP, to adhere to California's water rights laws governing water rights priorities and to honor water rights senior to those held by the United States for its operation, regardless of the source of priority. (Sec. 303) Interior shall ensure that, except as otherwise provided for in a water service or repayment contract, actions taken in compliance with legal obligations imposed by this title, including actions under the ESA and other applicable federal and state laws, shall not: (1) result in the involuntary reduction of water supply or fiscal impacts to individuals or districts who receive water from either the SWP or the United States under water rights settlement contracts, exchange contracts, water service contracts, repayment contracts, or water supply contracts; or (2) cause redirected adverse water supply or fiscal impacts to those within the Sacramento River watershed, the San Joaquin River watershed, or the SWP service area.  To the extent that costs are incurred solely pursuant to or as a result of this title and would not otherwise have been incurred by any entity or public or local agency or subdivision of the state of California, such costs shall not be borne by any such entity, agency, or subdivision, unless such costs are incurred on a voluntary basis. (Sec. 304) Interior must allocate water for irrigation purposes to existing CVP agricultural water service contractors within the Sacramento River Watershed in compliance with specified conditions, based on whether its a wet year, a normal year, or a below normal or above normal year. It shall develop and implement a program to allow existing CVP agricultural water service contractors within the Sacramento River Watershed to reschedule water provided for under their CVP water service contracts from one year to the next. TITLE IV--MISCELLANEOUS (Sec. 401) All CVP water, except CVP water released pursuant to U.S. Department of the Interior Record of Decision, Trinity River Mainstem Fishery Restoration Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report dated December 2000 used to implement an action undertaken for a fishery beneficial purpose that was not imposed by terms and conditions existing in licenses, permits, and other agreements pertaining to the CVP under applicable state or federal law existing on October 30, 1992, shall be credited to the quantity of CVP yield dedicated and managed under this section.  Reclamation policies and allocations shall not be based upon any premise or assumption that CVP contract supplies are supplemental or secondary to any other contractor source of supply. (Sec. 402) Interior, in the operation of the Trinity River Division of the CVP, shall not make releases from Lewiston Dam in excess of specified volumes for each water-year type (ranging from a critically dry to an extremely wet year) required by the U.S. Department of the Interior Record of Decision, Trinity River Mainstem Fishery Restoration Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report dated December 2000. (Sec. 403) Interior shall publish an annual report detailing instream flow releases from the CVP and California SWP, their explicit purpose and authority, and all measured environmental benefit as a result of the releases. (Sec. 404) If Reclamation initiates or reinitiates consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or the National Marine Fisheries Service, with respect to construction or operation of the Klamath Project (or any part thereof), Klamath Project contractors shall be accorded all the rights and responsibilities extended to applicants in the consultation process. Upon request of the Klamath Project contractors, they may be represented through an association or organization. (Sec. 405) Interior and Agriculture shall recognize: (1) congressional opposition to the violation of private property rights by the California State Water Resources Control Board in their proposal to require a minimum percentage of unimpaired flows in the main tributaries of the San Joaquin River; and (2) the need to provide reliable water supplies to municipal, industrial, and agricultural users across the state. (Sec. 406) The authority under the Water Infrastructure for Improvements to the Nation (WIIN) Act regarding the New Melones Reservoir shall expire seven years after this bill's enactment. (Sec. 407) None of the funds made available under provisions of the WIIN Act regarding actions to benefit threatened and endangered species and other wildlife may be used for the acquisition or leasing of land, water for in-stream purposes if the water is already committed to in-stream purposes, or interests in land or water from willing sellers if the land, water, or interests are already designated for environmental purposes by a court adopted decree or order or cooperative agreement. (Sec. 408) The non-federal program to protect native anadromous fish in the Stanislaus River shall not sunset before January 1, 2023. TITLE V--WATER SUPPLY PERMITTING ACT Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act (Sec. 503) The Bureau of Reclamation is established as the lead agency for purposes of coordinating all reviews, permits, licenses, or other approvals or decisions required under federal law to construct qualifying projects. Reclamation shall identify, as early as practicable upon receipt of an application for a qualifying project, any federal agency that may have jurisdiction over a review, permit, license, approval, or decision required for a qualifying project. It shall notify any such agency within a reasonable timeframe that the agency has been designated as a cooperating agency for project unless the agency responds notifying Reclamation that the agency:    has no jurisdiction or authority over the qualifying project;  has no expertise or information relevant to it; or  does not intend to submit comments on the qualifying project, or conduct any review of or make any decision regarding such project.  (Sec. 504) The principal responsibilities of Reclamation under this title are to:  serve as the point of contact for applicants, state agencies, Indian tribes, and others regarding proposed qualifying projects; coordinate preparation of unified environmental documentation that will serve as the basis for all federal decisions necessary to authorize the use of federal lands for qualifying projects; and   coordinate all federal agency reviews necessary for project development and construction of qualifying projects.   The bill delineates Reclamation's coordination responsibilities with respect to pre-application coordination. (Sec. 505) Upon notification of an application for a qualifying project, all cooperating agencies shall submit to Reclamation a timeframe to complete its authorizing responsibilities and all environmental review material.   (Sec. 506) Interior, after public notice, may accept and expend funds contributed by a nonfederal public entity to expedite the evaluation of a permit but must ensure that funds accepted will not impact impartial decisionmaking.TITLE VI-- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION PROJECT STREAMLINING Bureau of Reclamation Project Streamlining Act (Sec. 603) A project study initiated by Interior after this bill's enactment, under the Reclamation Act of 1902 and all amendatory or supplementary Acts, shall:   result in the completion of a final feasibility report not later than 3 years after the date of initiation;   have a maximum federal cost of $3 million; and   ensure that personnel from the local project area, region, and headquarters levels of the Bureau of Reclamation concurrently conduct the review required under this title.  If Interior determines that a project study will not be conducted in accordance with such requirements, Interior shall:  prepare an updated project study schedule and cost estimate,  notify the non-federal project cost-sharing partner that the study has been delayed, and   provide written notice to Congress.  (Sec. 604) Interior shall: (1) expedite the completion of any ongoing project study initiated before the date of this bill's enactment; and (2) proceed directly to preconstruction planning, engineering, and design of the project in accordance with the Reclamation Act of 1902 and all Acts amendatory or supplementary to such Act if it determines that the project is justified in a completed report. . (Sec. 605) Interior shall develop and implement a coordinated environmental review process for the development of project studies. At the request of a participating or cooperating agency or project sponsor, Interior shall convene an issue resolution meeting to resolve issues that may delay completion of the environmental review process or that may result in denial of any approval required for the project study. The Government Accountability Office shall assess the reforms carried out under this section and submit to Congress a report describing the results. Interior shall establish a program to measure and report on progress made toward improving and expediting the planning and environmental review process. (Sec. 606) Interior shall report annually to Congress on future water project development. (Sec. 607) This bill amends the WIIN Act to make certain provisions applicable to water storage projects and desalination projects inapplicable to projects under this bill. TITLE VII-- WATER RIGHTS PROTECTION Water Rights Protection Act of 2017 (Sec. 703) Neither Interior nor USDA shall: (1) condition or withhold the issuance, renewal, amendment, or extension of any permit, approval, or other land use or occupancy agreement on the limitation or encumbrance of any water right or the transfer of any water right to the United States or any other designee, or any other impairment of a water right under state law by federal or state action; or (2) require any water user to apply for or acquire a water right in the name of the United States under state law as a condition of the renewal, amendment, or extension of any permit. (Sec. 704) In developing any rule, policy, directive, management plan, or similar Federal action relating to the issuance, renewal, amendment, or extension of any permit, approval, license, lease, allotment, easement, right-of-way, or other land use or occupancy agreement, Interior or USDA: (1) shall recognize the longstanding authority of the states relating to evaluating, protecting, allocating, regulating, permitting, and adjudicating water use, and shall coordinate with the states to ensure that any rule, policy, directive, management plan, or similar federal action is consistent with, and imposes no greater restriction or regulatory requirement, than applicable state water law; and (2) shall not adversely affect the authority of a state in permitting the beneficial use of water or adjudicating water rights, any definition established by a state with respect to the term "beneficial use," "priority of water rights," or "terms of use," or any other right or obligation of a state established under state law, or assert any connection between surface and groundwater that is inconsistent with such a connection recognized by state water laws. (Sec. 705) This section sets forth the effect of this title on existing authorities, rights, and enactments.",2023-01-11T13:34:34Z,