SEC. 2. EXTRAORDINARY OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
WORK PERFORMED BY THE SECRETARY OF 
THE INTERIOR. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 9601 of the Omnibus 
Public Land Management Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 510) 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), 
(4), (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), 
(5), (6), (7), and (1), respectively; 
(2) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘et seq.)’’ and inserting ‘‘et seq.))’’; 
(3) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by 
striking ‘‘mean’’ and inserting ‘‘means’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) URBAN CANAL OF CONCERN.—The term 
‘urban canal of concern’ means a transferred works 
or segment of a transferred works— 
‘‘(A) that is— 
‘‘(i) a canal reach, the failure of which 
would result in— 
‘‘(I) an estimated at-risk popu-
lation of more than 100 individuals; 
or 
‘‘(II) an estimated property dam-
age of more than $5,000,000; or 
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‘‘(ii) a canal reach determined by the 
responsible Bureau of Reclamation re-
gional or area office to be classified as an 
urban canal reach; and 
‘‘(B) with respect to which the Secretary 
determines, pursuant to the guidelines and cri-
teria developed under section 9602(a), that if a 
failure were to occur, the failure would result in 
loss of life and property in the vicinity of the 
failed transferred works or segment of trans-
ferred works.’’. 
(b) EXTRAORDINARY
MAINTENANCE
AND
OPER-
ATION WORK ON URBAN CANAL OF CONCERNS.—Section 
9603 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 
2009 (43 U.S.C. 510b) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(e) EXTRAORDINARY OPERATION
AND MAINTE-
NANCE WORK ON URBAN CANALS OF CONCERN.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary or the trans-
ferred works operating entity shall carry out any ex-
traordinary operation and maintenance work on an 
urban canal of concern that the transferred works 
operating entity, with the concurrence of the Sec-
retary, determines to be necessary. 
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‘‘(2) FUNDING.—In the case of extraordinary 
operation and maintenance work on an urban canal 
of concern authorized under paragraph (1), or if the 
Secretary determines that a project facility inspected 
and maintained pursuant to the guidelines and cri-
teria set forth in section 9602(a) requires extraor-
dinary operation and maintenance work pursuant to 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide Federal 
funds on a nonreimbursable basis sufficient to cover 
35 percent of the portion of total cost of the extraor-
dinary operation and maintenance work allocable to 
the transferred works operating entity that is needed 
to carry out the extraordinary operation and mainte-
nance work on the urban canal of concern, with the 
remaining share of any additional Federal funds ad-
vanced by the Secretary for the extraordinary oper-
ation and maintenance work to be repaid under sub-
section (b). 
‘‘(f) REIMBURSABLE
FUNDS.—Any reimbursable 
funds provided under this section shall be considered to 
be a non-Federal source of funds for purposes of any cost- 
sharing requirement for a Federal grant.’’. 
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