[118th Congress Public Law 183]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
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Public Law 118-183
118th Congress
An Act
To amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to modify certain
requirements applicable to salinity control units, and for other
purposes. <<NOTE: Dec. 23, 2024 - [H.R. 7872]>>
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: Colorado River
Salinity Control Fix Act.>>
SECTION <<NOTE: 43 USC 1571 note.>> 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Colorado River Salinity Control Fix
Act''.
SEC. 2. SALINITY CONTROL UNITS.
Section 205 of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (43
U.S.C. 1595) is amended--
(1) by striking the section designation and all that follows
through ``(a) The Secretary'' and inserting the following:
``SEC. 205. SALINITY CONTROL UNITS; AUTHORITY AND FUNCTIONS OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
``(a) Allocation of Costs.--The Secretary'';
(2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
``(1) Nonreimbursable costs; reimbursable costs.--
``(A) Nonreimbursable costs.--
``(i) In general.--In recognition of Federal
responsibility for the Colorado River as an
interstate stream and for international comity
with Mexico, Federal ownership of the land of the
Colorado River Basin from which most of the
dissolved salts originate, and the policy
established in the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and except as
provided in clause (ii), the following shall be
nonreimbursable:
``(I) 75 percent of the total costs
of construction and replacement of each
unit or separable feature of a unit
authorized by section 202(a)(1),
including 90 percent of--
``(aa) the costs of
operation and maintenance of
each unit or separable feature
of a unit authorized by that
section; and
``(bb) the total costs of
construction, operation, and
maintenance of the associated
measures to replace incidental
fish and wildlife values
foregone.
``(II) 75 percent of the total costs
of construction and replacement of each
unit or separable
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feature of a unit authorized by section
202(a)(2), including 100 percent of--
``(aa) the costs of
operation and maintenance of
each unit or separable feature
of a unit authorized by that
section; and
``(bb) the total costs of
construction, operation, and
maintenance of the associated
measures to replace incidental
fish and wildlife values
foregone.
``(III) 75 percent of the total
costs of construction, operation,
maintenance, and replacement of each
unit or separable feature of a unit
authorized by section 202(a)(3),
including 75 percent of the total costs
of construction, operation, and
maintenance of the associated measures
to replace incidental fish and wildlife
values foregone.
``(IV) 70 percent of the total costs
of construction, operation, maintenance,
and replacement of each unit or
separable feature of a unit authorized
by paragraphs (4) and (6) of section
202(a), including 70 percent of the
total costs of construction, operation,
and maintenance of the associated
measures to replace incidental fish and
wildlife values foregone.
``(V) 70 percent of the total costs
of construction and replacement of each
unit or separable feature of a unit
authorized by section 202(a)(5),
including 100 percent of--
``(aa) the costs of
operation and maintenance of
each unit or separable feature
of a unit authorized by that
section; and
``(bb) the total costs of
construction, operation, and
maintenance of the associated
measures to replace incidental
fish and wildlife values
foregone.
``(VI) 85 percent of the total costs
of implementation of the on-farm
measures authorized by section 202(c),
including 85 percent of the total costs
of the associated measures to replace
incidental fish and wildlife values
foregone.
``(ii) Special rule for nonreimbursable costs
for fiscal years 2024 and 2025.--Notwithstanding
clause (i), for each of fiscal years 2024 and
2025, the following shall be nonreimbursable:
``(I) 75 percent of all costs
described in clause (i)(I).
``(II) 75 percent of all costs
described in clause (i)(II).
``(III) 70 percent of all costs
described in clause (i)(V).
``(IV) The percentages of all costs
described in subclauses (III), (IV), and
(VI) of clause (i).
``(B) Reimbursable costs.--The total costs remaining
after the allocations under clauses (i) and (ii) of
subparagraph (A) shall be reimbursable as provided for
in paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5).'';
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(3) in subsection (b), by striking the subsection
designation and all that follows through ``Costs of
construction'' in paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
``(b) Costs Payable From Lower Colorado River Basin Development
Fund.--
``(1) In general.--Costs of construction'';
(4) in subsection (c), by striking ``(c) Costs of
construction'' and inserting the following:
``(c) Costs Payable From Upper Colorado River Basin Fund.--Costs of
construction''; and
(5) in subsection (e), by striking ``(e) The Secretary is''
and inserting the following:
``(e) Upward Adjustment of Rates for Electrical Energy.--The
Secretary is''.
Approved December 23, 2024.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 7872 (S. 2514):
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 118-709 (Comm. on Natural Resources).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 170 (2024):
Dec. 3, considered and passed House.
Dec. 10, considered and passed Senate.
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