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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7872 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 4, 2024 

Received 

AN ACT 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

3 Control Fix Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. SALINITY CONTROL UNITS. 

5 Section 205 of the Colorado River Basin Salinity 

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

7 (1) by striking the section designation and all 

8 that follows through ‘‘(a) The Secretary’’ and insert9 ing the following: 

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

11 FUNCTIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF THE IN12 TERIOR. 

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

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

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(1) NONREIMBURSABLE COSTS; REIMBURS17 ABLE COSTS.— 

18 ‘‘(A) NONREIMBURSABLE COSTS.— 

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

20 Federal responsibility for the Colorado 

21 River as an interstate stream and for 

22 international comity with Mexico, Federal 

23 ownership of the land of the Colorado 

24 River Basin from which most of the dis25 solved salts originate, and the policy estab26 lished in the Federal Water Pollution ConVerDate Sep 11 2014 05:30 Dec 11, 2024 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7872.RDS H7872

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1 trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and ex2 cept as provided in clause (ii), the fol3 lowing shall be nonreimbursable: 

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

5 of construction and replacement of 

6 each unit or separable feature of a 

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

8 including 90 percent of— 

9 ‘‘(aa) the costs of operation 

10 and maintenance of each unit or 

11 separable feature of a unit au12 thorized by that section; and 

13 ‘‘(bb) the total costs of con14 struction, operation, and mainte15 nance of the associated measures 

16 to replace incidental fish and 

17 wildlife values foregone. 

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

19 of construction and replacement of 

20 each unit or separable feature of a 

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

22 including 100 percent of— 

23 ‘‘(aa) the costs of operation 

24 and maintenance of each unit or 


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1 separable feature of a unit au2 thorized by that section; and 

3 ‘‘(bb) the total costs of con4 struction, operation, and mainte5 nance of the associated measures 

6 to replace incidental fish and 

7 wildlife values foregone. 

8 ‘‘(III) 75 percent of the total 

9 costs of construction, operation, main10 tenance, and replacement of each unit 

11 or separable feature of a unit author12 ized by section 202(a)(3), including 

13 75 percent of the total costs of con14 struction, operation, and maintenance 

15 of the associated measures to replace 

16 incidental fish and wildlife values fore17 gone. 

18 ‘‘(IV) 70 percent of the total 

19 costs of construction, operation, main20 tenance, and replacement of each unit 

21 or separable feature of a unit author22 ized by paragraphs (4) and (6) of sec23 tion 202(a), including 70 percent of 

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1 ated measures to replace incidental 

2 fish and wildlife values foregone. 

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

4 of construction and replacement of 

5 each unit or separable feature of a 

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

7 including 100 percent of— 

8 ‘‘(aa) the costs of operation 

9 and maintenance of each unit or 

10 separable feature of a unit au11 thorized by that section; and 

12 ‘‘(bb) the total costs of con13 struction, operation, and mainte14 nance of the associated measures 

15 to replace incidental fish and 

16 wildlife values foregone. 

17 ‘‘(VI) 85 percent of the total 

18 costs of implementation of the on19 farm measures authorized by section 

20 202(c), including 85 percent of the 

21 total costs of the associated measures 

22 to replace incidental fish and wildlife 

23 values foregone. 

24 ‘‘(ii) SPECIAL RULE FOR NONREIM25 BURSABLE COSTS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2024


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

2 each of fiscal years 2024 and 2025, the 

3 following shall be nonreimbursable: 

4 ‘‘(I) 75 percent of all costs de5 scribed in clause (i)(I). 

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

8 ‘‘(III) 70 percent of all costs de9 scribed in clause (i)(V). 

10 ‘‘(IV) The percentages of all 

11 costs described in subclauses (III), 

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

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

14 costs remaining after the allocations under 

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

16 reimbursable as provided for in paragraphs (2), 

17 (3), (4), and (5).’’; 

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

19 designation and all that follows through ‘‘Costs of 

20 construction’’ in paragraph (1) and inserting the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(b) COSTS PAYABLE FROM LOWER COLORADO

23 RIVER BASIN DEVELOPMENT FUND.— 

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


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

2 construction’’ and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(c) COSTS PAYABLE FROM UPPER COLORADO

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

5 (5) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘(e) The Sec6 retary is’’ and inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘(e) UPWARD ADJUSTMENT OF RATES FOR ELEC8 TRICAL ENERGY.—The Secretary is’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives December 3, 

2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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