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Union Calendar No. 279 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1107 
[Report No. 114–366] 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to submit to Congress a report 
on the efforts of the Bureau of Reclamation to manage its infrastructure 
assets. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2015 
Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. BARTON, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. 
COFFMAN, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. HARDY, Mr. 
HECK of Nevada, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. TED LIEU of 
California, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. 
PEARCE, Mr. SALMON, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. ZINKE, Mr. DENHAM, Mrs. 
NAPOLITANO, and Ms. SINEMA) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
DECEMBER 3, 2015 
Additional sponsors: Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. POCAN, and Mr. COSTA 
DECEMBER 3, 2015 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on February 26, 2015] 
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A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Interior to submit to Con-
gress a report on the efforts of the Bureau of Reclama-
tion to manage its infrastructure assets. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bureau of Reclamation 
Transparency Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds that— 
(1) the water resources infrastructure of the Bu-
reau of Reclamation provides important benefits re-
lated to irrigated agriculture, municipal and indus-
trial water, hydropower, flood control, fish and wild-
life, and recreation in the 17 Reclamation States; 
(2) as of 2013, the combined replacement value 
of the infrastructure assets of the Bureau of Reclama-
tion was $94,500,000,000; 
(3) the majority of the water resources infra-
structure facilities of the Bureau of Reclamation are 
at least 60 years old; 
(4) the Bureau of Reclamation has previously 
undertaken efforts to better manage the assets of the 
Bureau of Reclamation, including an annual review 
of asset maintenance activities of the Bureau of Rec-
lamation known as the ‘‘Asset Management Plan’’; 
and 
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(5) actionable information on infrastructure con-
ditions at the asset level, including information on 
maintenance needs at individual assets due to aging 
infrastructure, is needed for Congress to conduct over-
sight of Reclamation facilities and meet the needs of 
the public. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) ASSET.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘asset’’ means 
any of the following assets that are used to 
achieve the mission of the Bureau of Reclama-
tion to manage, develop, and protect water and 
related resources in an environmentally and eco-
nomically sound manner in the interest of the 
people of the United States: 
(i) Capitalized facilities, buildings, 
structures, project features, power produc-
tion equipment, recreation facilities, or 
quarters. 
(ii) Capitalized and noncapitalized 
heavy equipment and other installed equip-
ment. 
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(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘asset’’ in-
cludes assets described in subparagraph (A) that 
are considered to be mission critical. 
(2) ASSET
MANAGEMENT
REPORT.—The term 
‘‘Asset Management Report’’ means— 
(A) the annual plan prepared by the Bu-
reau of Reclamation known as the ‘‘Asset Man-
agement Plan’’; and 
(B) any publicly available information re-
lating to the plan described in subparagraph (A) 
that summarizes the efforts of the Bureau of Rec-
lamation to evaluate and manage infrastructure 
assets of the Bureau of Reclamation. 
(3) 
MAJOR
REPAIR
AND
REHABILITATION 
NEED.—The term ‘‘major repair and rehabilitation 
need’’ means major nonrecurring maintenance at a 
Reclamation facility, including maintenance related 
to the safety of dams, extraordinary maintenance of 
dams, deferred major maintenance activities, and all 
other significant repairs and extraordinary mainte-
nance. 
(4) RECLAMATION
FACILITY.—The term ‘‘Rec-
lamation facility’’ means each of the infrastructure 
assets that are owned by the Bureau of Reclamation 
at a Reclamation project. 
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(5) RECLAMATION
PROJECT.—The term ‘‘Rec-
lamation project’’ means a project that is owned by 
the Bureau of Reclamation, including all reserved 
works and transferred works owned by the Bureau of 
Reclamation. 
(6) RESERVED
WORKS.—The term ‘‘reserved 
works’’ means buildings, structures, facilities, or 
equipment that are owned by the Bureau of Reclama-
tion for which operations and maintenance are per-
formed by employees of the Bureau of Reclamation or 
through a contract entered into by the Bureau of Rec-
lamation, regardless of the source of funding for the 
operations and maintenance. 
(7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior. 
(8) TRANSFERRED
WORKS.—The term ‘‘trans-
ferred works’’ means a Reclamation facility at which 
operations and maintenance of the facility is carried 
out by a non-Federal entity under the provisions of 
a formal operations and maintenance transfer con-
tract or other legal agreement with the Bureau of Rec-
lamation. 
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