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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7872 

To amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to modify certain 

requirements applicable to salinity control units, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 5, 2024 

Mr. CURTIS (for himself, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. CISCOMANI, Ms. STANSBURY, Ms. 

HAGEMAN, Mr. OWENS, Mr. MOORE of Utah, Ms. MALOY, Ms. LEGER

FERNANDEZ, and Mrs. NAPOLITANO) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act 

to modify certain requirements applicable to salinity control units, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Colorado River Salinity 

5 Control Fix Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SALINITY CONTROL UNITS. 

7 Section 205 of the Colorado River Basin Salinity 

8 Control Act (43 U.S.C. 1595) is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking the section designation and all 

2 that follows through ‘‘(a) The Secretary’’ and insert3 ing the following: 

4 ‘‘SEC. 205. SALINITY CONTROL UNITS; AUTHORITY AND 

5 FUNCTIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF THE IN6 TERIOR. 

7 ‘‘(a) ALLOCATION OF COSTS.—The Secretary’’; 

8 (2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 

9 following: 

10 ‘‘(1) NONREIMBURSABLE COSTS; REIMBURS11 ABLE COSTS.— 

12 ‘‘(A) NONREIMBURSABLE COSTS.— 

13 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In recognition of 

14 Federal responsibility for the Colorado 

15 River as an interstate stream and for 

16 international comity with Mexico, Federal 

17 ownership of the land of the Colorado 

18 River Basin from which most of the dis19 solved salts originate, and the policy estab20 lished in the Federal Water Pollution Con21 trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and ex22 cept as provided in clause (ii), the fol23 lowing shall be nonreimbursable: 

24 ‘‘(I) 75 percent of the total costs 

25 of construction and replacement of 


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1 each unit or separable feature of a 

2 unit authorized by section 202(a)(1), 

3 including 90 percent of— 

4 ‘‘(aa) the costs of operation 

5 and maintenance of each unit or 

6 separable feature of a unit au7 thorized by that section; and 

8 ‘‘(bb) the total costs of con9 struction, operation, and mainte10 nance of the associated measures 

11 to replace incidental fish and 

12 wildlife values foregone. 

13 ‘‘(II) 75 percent of the total costs 

14 of construction and replacement of 

15 each unit or separable feature of a 

16 unit authorized by section 202(a)(2), 

17 including 100 percent of— 

18 ‘‘(aa) the costs of operation 

19 and maintenance of each unit or 

20 separable feature of a unit au21 thorized by that section; and 

22 ‘‘(bb) the total costs of con23 struction, operation, and mainte24 nance of the associated measures 


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1 to replace incidental fish and 

2 wildlife values foregone. 

3 ‘‘(III) 75 percent of the total 

4 costs of construction, operation, main5 tenance, and replacement of each unit 

6 or separable feature of a unit author7 ized by section 202(a)(3), including 

8 75 percent of the total costs of con9 struction, operation, and maintenance 

10 of the associated measures to replace 

11 incidental fish and wildlife values fore12 gone. 

13 ‘‘(IV) 70 percent of the total 

14 costs of construction, operation, main15 tenance, and replacement of each unit 

16 or separable feature of a unit author17 ized by paragraphs (4) and (6) of sec18 tion 202(a), including 70 percent of 

19 the total costs of construction, oper20 ation, and maintenance of the associ21 ated measures to replace incidental 

22 fish and wildlife values foregone. 

23 ‘‘(V) 70 percent of the total costs 

24 of construction and replacement of 

25 each unit or separable feature of a 


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1 unit authorized by section 202(a)(5), 

2 including 100 percent of— 

3 ‘‘(aa) the costs of operation 

4 and maintenance of each unit or 

5 separable feature of a unit au6 thorized by that section; and 

7 ‘‘(bb) the total costs of con8 struction, operation, and mainte9 nance of the associated measures 

10 to replace incidental fish and 

11 wildlife values foregone. 

12 ‘‘(VI) 85 percent of the total 

13 costs of implementation of the on14 farm measures authorized by section 

15 202(c), including 85 percent of the 

16 total costs of the associated measures 

17 to replace incidental fish and wildlife 

18 values foregone. 

19 ‘‘(ii) SPECIAL RULE FOR NONREIM20 BURSABLE COSTS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2024

21 AND 2025.—Notwithstanding clause (i), for 

22 each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025, the 

23 following shall be nonreimbursable: 

24 ‘‘(I) 75 percent of all costs de25 scribed in clause (i)(I). 


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1 ‘‘(II) 75 percent of all costs de2 scribed in clause (i)(II). 

3 ‘‘(III) 70 percent of all costs de4 scribed in clause (i)(V). 

5 ‘‘(IV) The percentages of all 

6 costs described in subclauses (III), 

7 (IV), and (VI) of clause (i). 

8 ‘‘(B) REIMBURSABLE COSTS.—The total 

9 costs remaining after the allocations under 

10 clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A) shall be 

11 reimbursable as provided for in paragraphs (2), 

12 (3), (4), and (5).’’; 

13 (3) in subsection (b), by striking the subsection 

14 designation and all that follows through ‘‘Costs of 

15 construction’’ in paragraph (1) and inserting the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(b) COSTS PAYABLE FROM LOWER COLORADO

18 RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT FUND.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Costs of construction’’; 

20 (4) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘(c) Costs of 

21 construction’’ and inserting the following: 

22 ‘‘(c) COSTS PAYABLE FROM UPPER COLORADO

23 RIVER BASIN FUND.—Costs of construction’’; and 

24 (5) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘(e) The Sec25 retary is’’ and inserting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(e) UPWARD ADJUSTMENT OF RATES FOR ELEC2 TRICAL ENERGY.—The Secretary is’’. 

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