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117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9517 
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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 13, 2022 
Mr. SIMPSON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EXTRAORDINARY OPERATION AND MAINTE-
NANCE WORK PERFORMED BY THE SEC-
RETARY. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 9601 of the Omnibus 
Public Land Management Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 510) 
is amended— 
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(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 conveys water through a densely 
populated urban area; 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— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
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(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘carry out any’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘carry out— 
‘‘(A) any’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A) (as so des-
ignated), by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) any extraordinary maintenance and 
operation work on an urban canal of concern.’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (3), in the first sen-
tence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘If the Secretary’’ and 
inserting ‘‘In the case of extraordinary 
maintenance and operation work on an 
urban canal of concern authorized under 
paragraph (1) or if the Secretary’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘, which’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘that’’; and 
(iii) by inserting ‘‘or to carry out the 
extraordinary maintenance and operation 
work on the urban canal of concern’’ after 
‘‘imminent harm’’; and 
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(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) 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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