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Union Calendar No. 601 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7872 

[Report No. 118–709] 

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 

OCTOBER 22, 2024 

Additional sponsor: Mr. CROW

OCTOBER 22, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act 

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


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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— 

9 (1) by striking the section designation and all 

10 that follows through ‘‘(a) The Secretary’’ and insert11 ing the following: 

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

13 FUNCTIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF THE IN14 TERIOR. 

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

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

17 following: 

18 ‘‘(1) NONREIMBURSABLE COSTS; REIMBURS19 ABLE COSTS.— 

20 ‘‘(A) NONREIMBURSABLE COSTS.— 

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

22 Federal responsibility for the Colorado 

23 River as an interstate stream and for 

24 international comity with Mexico, Federal 

25 ownership of the land of the Colorado 


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1 River Basin from which most of the dis2 solved salts originate, and the policy estab3 lished in the Federal Water Pollution Con4 trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and ex5 cept as provided in clause (ii), the fol6 lowing shall be nonreimbursable: 

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

8 of construction and replacement of 

9 each unit or separable feature of a 

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

11 including 90 percent of— 

12 ‘‘(aa) the costs of operation 

13 and maintenance of each unit or 

14 separable feature of a unit au15 thorized by that section; and 

16 ‘‘(bb) the total costs of con17 struction, operation, and mainte18 nance of the associated measures 

19 to replace incidental fish and 

20 wildlife values foregone. 

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

22 of construction and replacement of 

23 each unit or separable feature of a 

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

25 including 100 percent of— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) the costs of operation 

2 and maintenance of each unit or 

3 separable feature of a unit au4 thorized by that section; and 

5 ‘‘(bb) the total costs of con6 struction, operation, and mainte7 nance of the associated measures 

8 to replace incidental fish and 

9 wildlife values foregone. 

10 ‘‘(III) 75 percent of the total 

11 costs of construction, operation, main12 tenance, and replacement of each unit 

13 or separable feature of a unit author14 ized by section 202(a)(3), including 

15 75 percent of the total costs of con16 struction, operation, and maintenance 

17 of the associated measures to replace 

18 incidental fish and wildlife values fore19 gone. 

20 ‘‘(IV) 70 percent of the total 

21 costs of construction, operation, main22 tenance, and replacement of each unit 

23 or separable feature of a unit author24 ized by paragraphs (4) and (6) of sec25 tion 202(a), including 70 percent of 


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1 the total costs of construction, oper2 ation, and maintenance of the associ3 ated measures to replace incidental 

4 fish and wildlife values foregone. 

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

6 of construction and replacement of 

7 each unit or separable feature of a 

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

9 including 100 percent of— 

10 ‘‘(aa) the costs of operation 

11 and maintenance of each unit or 

12 separable feature of a unit au13 thorized by that section; and 

14 ‘‘(bb) the total costs of con15 struction, operation, and mainte16 nance of the associated measures 

17 to replace incidental fish and 

18 wildlife values foregone. 

19 ‘‘(VI) 85 percent of the total 

20 costs of implementation of the on21 farm measures authorized by section 

22 202(c), including 85 percent of the 

23 total costs of the associated measures 

24 to replace incidental fish and wildlife 

25 values foregone. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) SPECIAL RULE FOR NONREIM2 BURSABLE COSTS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2024

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

4 each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025, the 

5 following shall be nonreimbursable: 

6 ‘‘(I) 75 percent of all costs de7 scribed in clause (i)(I). 

8 ‘‘(II) 75 percent of all costs de9 scribed in clause (i)(II). 

10 ‘‘(III) 70 percent of all costs de11 scribed in clause (i)(V). 

12 ‘‘(IV) The percentages of all 

13 costs described in subclauses (III), 

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

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

16 costs remaining after the allocations under 

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

18 reimbursable as provided for in paragraphs (2), 

19 (3), (4), and (5).’’; 

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

21 designation and all that follows through ‘‘Costs of 

22 construction’’ in paragraph (1) and inserting the fol23 lowing: 

24 ‘‘(b) COSTS PAYABLE FROM LOWER COLORADO

25 RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT FUND.— 


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

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

3 construction’’ and inserting the following: 

4 ‘‘(c) COSTS PAYABLE FROM UPPER COLORADO

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

6 (5) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘(e) The Sec7 retary is’’ and inserting the following: 

8 ‘‘(e) UPWARD ADJUSTMENT OF RATES FOR ELEC9 TRICAL ENERGY.—The Secretary is’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 601 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7872 

[Report No. 118–709] 

A BILL 

To amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Conposes. ble to salinity control units, and for other pur- trol Act to modify certain requirements applicaOCTOBER 22, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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