H. R. 7872 
One Hundred Eighteenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE SECOND SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday, 
the third day of January, two thousand and twenty-four 
An Act 
To amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to modify certain require-
ments applicable to salinity control units, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 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 respon-
sibility 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 nonreim-
bursable: 
‘‘(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 mainte-
nance of each unit or separable feature of a 
unit authorized by that section; and 
‘‘(bb) the total costs of construction, oper-
ation, and maintenance of the associated 
measures to replace incidental fish and wild-
life values foregone. 
‘‘(II) 75 percent of the total costs of construc-
tion 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 mainte-
nance of each unit or separable feature of a 
unit authorized by that section; and 
‘‘(bb) the total costs of construction, oper-
ation, and maintenance of the associated 
measures to replace incidental fish and wild-
life values foregone. 
‘‘(III) 75 percent of the total costs of construc-
tion, 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 mainte-
nance of the associated measures to replace inci-
dental fish and wildlife values foregone. 
‘‘(IV) 70 percent of the total costs of construc-
tion, 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 construc-
tion, operation, and maintenance of the associated 
measures to replace incidental fish and wildlife 
values foregone. 
‘‘(V) 70 percent of the total costs of construc-
tion 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 mainte-
nance of each unit or separable feature of a 
unit authorized by that section; and 
‘‘(bb) the total costs of construction, oper-
ation, and maintenance of the associated 
measures to replace incidental fish and wild-
life values foregone. 
‘‘(VI) 85 percent of the total costs of 
implementation of the on-farm measures author-
ized 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 subpara-
graph (A) shall be reimbursable as provided for in para-
graphs (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 para-
graph (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’’. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.