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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4175 

To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize 

certain extraordinary operation and maintenance work for urban canals 

of concern. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 10, 2022 

Mr. RISCH introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources 

A BILL 

To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 

2009 to authorize certain extraordinary operation and 

maintenance work for urban canals of concern. 

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

3 SECTION 1. EXTRAORDINARY OPERATION AND MAINTE4 NANCE WORK PERFORMED BY THE SEC5 RETARY. 

6 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 9601 of the Omnibus 

7 Public Land Management Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 510) 

8 is amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), 

2 (4), (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), 

3 (5), (6), (7), and (1), respectively; 

4 (2) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by 

5 striking ‘‘et seq.)’’ and inserting ‘‘et seq.))’’; 

6 (3) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by 

7 striking ‘‘mean’’ and inserting ‘‘means’’; and 

8 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(8) URBAN CANAL OF CONCERN.—The term 

10 ‘urban canal of concern’ means a transferred works 

11 or segment of a transferred works— 

12 ‘‘(A) that conveys water through a densely 

13 populated urban area; and 

14 ‘‘(B) with respect to which the Secretary 

15 determines, pursuant to the guidelines and cri16 teria developed under section 9602(a), that if a 

17 failure were to occur, the failure would result in 

18 loss of life and property in the vicinity of the 

19 failed transferred works or segment of trans20 ferred works.’’. 

21 (b) EXTRAORDINARY MAINTENANCE AND OPER22 ATION WORK ON URBAN CANAL OF CONCERNS.—Section 

23 9603 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 

24 2009 (43 U.S.C. 510b) is amended— 

25 (1) in subsection (c)— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

2 (i) by striking ‘‘carry out any’’ and in3 serting the following: ‘‘carry out— 

4 ‘‘(A) any’’; 

5 (ii) in subparagraph (A) (as so des6 ignated), by striking the period at the end 

7 and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

8 (iii) by adding at the end the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(B) any extraordinary maintenance and 

11 operation work on an urban canal of concern.’’; 

12 and 

13 (B) in paragraph (3), in the first sen14 tence— 

15 (i) by striking ‘‘If the Secretary’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘In the case of extraordinary 

17 maintenance and operation work on an 

18 urban canal of concern authorized under 

19 paragraph (1) or if the Secretary’’; 

20 (ii) by striking ‘‘, which’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘that’’; and 

22 (iii) by inserting ‘‘or to carry out the 

23 extraordinary maintenance and operation 

24 work on the urban canal of concern’’ after 

25 ‘‘imminent harm’’; and 


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1 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(e) REIMBURSABLE FUNDS.—Any reimbursable 

3 funds provided under this section shall be considered to 

4 be a non-Federal source of funds for purposes of any cost5 sharing requirement for a Federal grant.’’. 

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