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(e) USE OF GRANT.—An eligible entity may use a 
grant awarded under this section for the following activi-
ties: 
(1) Assessment of water workforce needs and 
priorities. 
(2) Development of a water workforce plan. 
(3) Design and implementation of formalized 
mentorship or registered apprenticeship programs. 
(4) Design and implementation of bridge pro-
grams, work-study opportunities, or other strategies 
to connect jobseekers with employment opportuni-
ties. 
(5) Development of outreach strategies to re-
cruit a more diverse workforce. 
(6) Incumbent worker and career ladder train-
ing and skill upgrading and retraining. 
(7) Identification and removal of barriers pre-
venting qualified individuals from securing and re-
taining a job. 
(8) Curriculum development at the under-
graduate and postgraduate levels. 
(9) Development and support of water resource 
management major, minor, or certificate programs. 
(10) Outreach, recruitment, career guidance, 
and case management services. 
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(11) Such other activities, as determined by the 
Secretary, to meet the purposes of this section. 
(f) GRANT PROPOSALS.— 
(1) SUBMISSION PROCEDURE FOR GRANT PRO-
POSALS.—An eligible entity seeking to receive a 
grant under this section shall submit a grant pro-
posal to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, 
and containing such information as the Secretary 
may require. 
(2) CONTENT OF GRANT PROPOSALS.—A grant 
proposal submitted to the Secretary under this sec-
tion shall include a detailed description of— 
(A) the specific project for which the grant 
proposal is submitted, including the manner in 
which the grant will be used to develop, offer, 
or improve a program to improve recruitment 
and retention in the water or wastewater utility 
sector; 
(B) any previous experience of the eligible 
entity in providing such programs; and 
(C) the extent to which such project will 
meet the needs identified under subsection (i). 
(g) CRITERIA FOR AWARD OF GRANTS.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to appropriations, 
the Secretary shall award grants under this section 
based on an evaluation of— 
(A) the merits of the grant proposal; 
(B) the likely improvement to job recruit-
ment and retention as a result of the grant pro-
posal; and 
(C) the availability and capacity of existing 
educational programs in the community to meet 
future demand for such programs. 
(2) PRIORITY.—Priority in awarding grants 
under this section shall be given to an eligible entity 
that— 
(A) includes the equal participation of in-
dustry and labor organizations, including joint 
labor-management training programs and work-
force investment boards; 
(B) has entered into a memorandum of un-
derstanding with an employer that is a water 
district or organization with water delivery au-
thority to foster workforce development, recruit-
ment, and retention, and can leverage addi-
tional public and private resources to fund ac-
tivities that further the purposes of the grant; 
(C) focuses on individuals who are— 
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(i) veterans, members of the reserve 
components of the Armed Forces, or 
former members of such reserve compo-
nents; 
(ii) unemployed; 
(iii) seeking employment pathways out 
of poverty and into economic self-suffi-
ciency; 
(iv) at-risk youth; 
(v) formerly incarcerated, adjudicated, 
nonviolent offenders; or 
(vi) from populations that are tradi-
tionally underrepresented in the infrastruc-
ture workforce; or 
(D) with respect to an eligible entity that 
is an institution of higher education, has a high 
percentage or number of minority or low-income 
students. 
(3) GEOGRAPHIC
DISTRIBUTION.—The Sec-
retary shall, to the extent practicable, award grants 
under this section in a manner that provides for a 
reasonable geographic distribution, except that the 
Secretary shall prioritize grants to institutions fo-
cused on the water management challenges of the 
Reclamation States. 
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(h) DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A grantee under this section 
shall collect and report to the Secretary on an an-
nual basis the following: 
(A) The number of participants enrolled in 
the program. 
(B) The number of participants that have 
completed the program. 
(C) The services received by such partici-
pants, including a description of training, edu-
cation, and supportive services. 
(D) The amount spent by the grantee per 
participant. 
(E) The rate of job placement of partici-
pants with a water district or other entity in 
the water and wastewater utilities sector. 
(F) The rate of employment retention 1 
year after completion of the program or 1 year 
after the participant is no longer enrolled in 
such institution of higher education, whichever 
is later. 
(G) The average wage at placement, in-
cluding any benefits, and the rate of average 
wage increase after 1 year. 
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(H) Any factors determined as signifi-
cantly interfering with recruitment and reten-
tion. 
(2) DISAGGREGATION OF DATA.—The data col-
lected and reported under this subsection shall be 
disaggregated by— 
(A) race; 
(B) gender; 
(C) low-income status; 
(D) disability; and 
(E) English language proficiency. 
(3) ASSISTANCE FROM SECRETARY.—The Sec-
retary shall assist grantees in the collection of data 
under this subsection by making available, where 
practicable, low-cost means of tracking the labor 
market outcomes of participants and by providing 
standardized reporting forms, where appropriate. 
(i) INTERAGENCY RESEARCH PROGRAM
AND CO-
ORDINATION.— 
(1) INTERAGENCY LABOR MARKET RESEARCH 
PROGRAM.— 
(A) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.— 
Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
enactment of this section, the Secretary shall 
enter into a memorandum of understanding 
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with the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, the Secretary of Agriculture, 
and the Secretary of Labor, acting through the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics, on a program to— 
(i) collect and analyze labor market 
data in the water and wastewater utilities 
sector, including the data collected in sub-
section (h); 
(ii) track workforce trends, including 
those affecting recruitment and retention; 
and 
(iii) identify the educational and ca-
reer training needs for current and future 
jobs in the water and wastewater utilities 
sector, including those related to construc-
tion and installation, engineering, oper-
ation, and maintenance. 
(B) COLLABORATION.—Activities carried 
out under this paragraph shall include collabo-
ration with State and local governments, work-
force investment boards, industry, labor organi-
zations, water districts, and nonprofit organiza-
tions. 
(2) COORDINATION BETWEEN FEDERAL WATER 
CAREER TRAINING PROGRAMS.—Not later than 180 
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days after the date of the enactment of this section, 
the Secretary shall enter into a memorandum of un-
derstanding with the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency to facilitate coordination 
and collaboration between the career training pro-
gram established by this section and the Innovative 
Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Pro-
gram, including the improvement of such career 
training programs over time to reflect the needs 
identified by the interagency research program es-
tablished in paragraph (1). 
(j) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 240 days after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall— 
(1) promulgate guidelines for the submission of 
grant proposals under this section, including a list of 
the needs identified under subsection (i); and 
(2) publish and maintain such guidelines on a 
public website of the Secretary. 
(k) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of the enactment of this section, 
and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit 
a report to the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate on the grant pro-
grams established by this section and the Innovative 
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Water Infrastructure Workforce Development Program. 
The report shall include a description of the grantees and 
the activities for which grantees used a grant awarded 
under this section. 
(l) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘‘commu-
nity college’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘junior 
or community college’’ in section 312(f) of the High-
er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058(f)). 
(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means a nonprofit entity or partnership that 
demonstrates experience in implementing and oper-
ating worker skills training and education programs 
such as a labor organization or an institution of 
higher education, as such term is defined in section 
101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1001). 
(3) GRANTEE.—The term ‘‘grantee’’ means an 
eligible entity that has received a grant under this 
section. 
(4) 
INNOVATIVE
WATER
INFRASTRUCTURE 
WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM.—The term 
‘‘Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Devel-
opment Program’’ means the program authorized by 
section 4304(b) of Public Law 115–270. 
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(5) LEAD APPLICANT.—The term ‘‘lead appli-
cant’’ means the eligible entity that is primarily re-
sponsible for the preparation, conduct, and adminis-
tration of the project for which the grant was award-
ed. 
(6) LOW-INCOME STUDENT.—The term ‘‘low-in-
come student’’ means a student whose income (ad-
justed for family size) does not exceed— 
(A) for metropolitan areas, 80 percent of 
the area median income; and 
(B) for nonmetropolitan areas, the greater 
of— 
(i) 80 percent of the area median in-
come; or 
(ii) 80 percent of the statewide non-
metropolitan area median income. 
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 501. OFFSET. 
(a) PURPOSE; DEFINITION.— 
(1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is 
to establish an efficient and transparent 1-time proc-
ess for deauthorizing Bureau of Reclamation 
projects that have failed— 
(A) to receive a minimum level of Federal 
investment; or 
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(B) to initiate construction. 
(2) DEFINITION OF RECLAMATION PROJECT.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘Reclamation project’’ 
means a surface water storage project or project 
under the purview of title XVI of Public Law 102– 
575 that is to be carried out, funded or operated in 
whole or in part by the Secretary pursuant to the 
Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093), 
and Acts supplemental to and amendatory of that 
Act (43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.). 
(b) BACKLOG LIST.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
submit to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re-
sources of the Senate and the Committee on Natural Re-
sources of the House of Representatives, and make avail-
able on a publicly accessible internet website in a manner 
that is downloadable, searchable, and sortable, a list of— 
(1) Reclamation projects— 
(A) that are authorized; and 
(B) for which, during the fiscal year in 
which this Act is enacted and each of the pre-
ceding 10 fiscal years— 
(i) no application for Federal funding 
has been received; and 
(ii) no construction has occurred; and 
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(2) for each Reclamation project listed under 
paragraph (1)— 
(A) the date of authorization of the Rec-
lamation project, including any subsequent 
modifications to the original authorization; 
(B) a brief description of the Reclamation 
project; and 
(C) any amounts appropriated for the Rec-
lamation project that remain unobligated. 
(c) INTERIM DEAUTHORIZATION LIST.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop 
and make publicly available an interim deauthoriza-
tion list that identifies each Reclamation project de-
scribed in subsection (b)(1). 
(2) PUBLIC COMMENT AND CONSULTATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall so-
licit and accept, for a period of not less than 90 
days, comments relating to the interim de-
authorization list under paragraph (1) from— 
(i) the public; and 
(ii) the Governor of each applicable 
State. 
(B) PROJECT SPONSORS.—As part of the 
public comment period under subparagraph (A), 
the Secretary shall provide to project sponsors 
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the opportunity to provide to the Secretary a 
notice of the intent to initiate construction of 
the project by not later than the date that is 2 
years after the date of publication of the pre-
liminary final deauthorization list under sub-
section (d). 
(3) SUBMISSION
TO
CONGRESS; 
PUBLICA-
TION.—Not later than 90 days after the date of sub-
mission of the backlog list under subsection (b), the 
Secretary shall— 
(A) submit the interim deauthorization list 
under paragraph (1) to the Committee on En-
ergy and Natural Resources of the Senate and 
the Committee on Natural Resources of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(B) publish the interim deauthorization list 
in the Federal Register. 
(d) PRELIMINARY FINAL DEAUTHORIZATION LIST.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall develop 
a preliminary final deauthorization list that includes 
each project identified pursuant to paragraph (2). 
(2) IDENTIFICATION OF PROJECTS.— 
(A) EXCLUSIONS.—The Secretary may 
identify a Reclamation project described in sub-
section (b)(1) for exclusion from the prelimi-
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nary final deauthorization list if the Secretary 
determines, on a case-by-case basis following re-
ceipt of public comments, that the project is 
critical for interests of the United States, based 
on the practicable impact of the project on— 
(i) public health and safety; 
(ii) the national economy; or 
(iii) the environment. 
(B) SUBJECT TO DEAUTHORIZATION DES-
IGNATION.—Any Reclamation project the spon-
sor of which has provided to the Secretary a no-
tice of the intent to initiate construction by not 
later than 2 years after the date of publication 
of the preliminary final deauthorization list 
under this subsection shall be designated on 
that list as ‘‘subject to deauthorization’’. 
(C) APPENDIX.—The Secretary shall in-
clude as part of the preliminary final deauthor-
ization list under this subsection an appendix 
that— 
(i) identifies each Reclamation project 
included on the interim deauthorization list 
under subsection (c) that is not included 
on the preliminary final deauthorization 
list; and 
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(ii) describes the reasons why each 
Reclamation project identified under clause 
(i) is not included on the preliminary final 
deauthorization list. 
(3) SUBMISSION
TO
CONGRESS; 
PUBLICA-
TION.—Not later than 120 days after the date of ex-
piration of the public comment period under sub-
section (c)(2)(A), the Secretary shall— 
(A) submit to the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate and the 
Committee on Natural Resources of the House 
of Representatives the preliminary final de-
authorization list and the appendix required 
under this subsection; and 
(B) publish the preliminary final deauthor-
ization list and appendix in the Federal Reg-
ister. 
(e) DEAUTHORIZATION; CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW.— 
Effective beginning on the date that is 180 days after the 
date of submission to Congress of the preliminary final 
deauthorization list under subsection (d)(3)(A), each Rec-
lamation project included on that list is deauthorized, un-
less— 
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(1) the Reclamation project is designated as 
‘‘subject to deauthorization’’ pursuant to subsection 
(d)(2)(B); or 
(2) Congress has enacted a joint resolution dis-
approving the preliminary final deauthorization list. 
(f) UPDATED FINAL DEAUTHORIZATION LIST.— 
(1) PUBLICATION.—Not later than the date 
that is 2 years after the date of publication of the 
preliminary final deauthorization list under sub-
section (d)(3)(B), the Secretary shall publish an up-
dated final deauthorization list. 
(2) PROJECTS
SUBJECT
TO
DEAUTHORIZA-
TION.—On the updated final deauthorization list 
under this subsection, the Secretary shall describe 
any Reclamation project designated as ‘‘subject to 
deauthorization’’ on the preliminary final deauthor-
ization list pursuant to subsection (d)(2)(B) as— 
(A) authorized, if the Secretary has re-
ceived evidence that the sponsor of the Rec-
lamation project has substantially initiated con-
struction on the Reclamation project; or 
(B) deauthorized, if the Secretary has not 
received the evidence described in subparagraph 
(A). 
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(3) DEAUTHORIZATION.—Any project described 
as deauthorized pursuant to paragraph (2)(B) shall 
be deauthorized on the date that is 180 days after 
the date of submission of the updated final de-
authorization list under paragraph (1), unless Con-
gress has enacted a joint resolution disapproving 
that list. 
(g) TREATMENT OF PROJECT MODIFICATIONS.—For 
purposes of this section, if an authorized Reclamation 
project has been modified by an Act of Congress, the date 
of authorization of the project shall be considered to be 
the date of the most recent modification. 
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