I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7872 
To amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to modify certain 
requirements applicable to salinity control units, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 5, 2024 
Mr. CURTIS (for himself, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. CISCOMANI, Ms. STANSBURY, Ms. 
HAGEMAN, Mr. OWENS, Mr. MOORE of Utah, Ms. MALOY, Ms. LEGER 
FERNANDEZ, and Mrs. NAPOLITANO) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act 
to modify certain requirements applicable to salinity con-
trol units, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘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— 
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(1) by striking the section designation and all 
that follows through ‘‘(a) The Secretary’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘SEC. 205. SALINITY CONTROL UNITS; AUTHORITY AND 
FUNCTIONS OF THE SECRETARY OF THE IN-
TERIOR. 
‘‘(a) ALLOCATION OF COSTS.—The Secretary’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) NONREIMBURSABLE
COSTS; REIMBURS-
ABLE COSTS.— 
‘‘(A) NONREIMBURSABLE COSTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In recognition of 
Federal responsibility 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 dis-
solved salts originate, and the policy estab-
lished in the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and ex-
cept as provided in clause (ii), the fol-
lowing shall be nonreimbursable: 
‘‘(I) 75 percent of the total costs 
of construction and replacement of 
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each unit or separable feature of a 
unit authorized by section 202(a)(1), 
including 90 percent of— 
‘‘(aa) the costs of operation 
and maintenance of each unit or 
separable feature of a unit au-
thorized by that section; and 
‘‘(bb) the total costs of con-
struction, operation, and mainte-
nance of the associated measures 
to replace incidental fish and 
wildlife values foregone. 
‘‘(II) 75 percent of the total costs 
of construction and replacement of 
each unit or separable feature of a 
unit authorized by section 202(a)(2), 
including 100 percent of— 
‘‘(aa) the costs of operation 
and maintenance of each unit or 
separable feature of a unit au-
thorized by that section; and 
‘‘(bb) the total costs of con-
struction, operation, and mainte-
nance of the associated measures 
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to replace incidental fish and 
wildlife values foregone. 
‘‘(III) 75 percent of the total 
costs of construction, operation, main-
tenance, and replacement of each unit 
or separable feature of a unit author-
ized by section 202(a)(3), including 
75 percent of the total costs of con-
struction, operation, and maintenance 
of the associated measures to replace 
incidental fish and wildlife values fore-
gone. 
‘‘(IV) 70 percent of the total 
costs of construction, operation, main-
tenance, and replacement of each unit 
or separable feature of a unit author-
ized by paragraphs (4) and (6) of sec-
tion 202(a), including 70 percent of 
the total costs of construction, oper-
ation, and maintenance of the associ-
ated measures to replace incidental 
fish and wildlife values foregone. 
‘‘(V) 70 percent of the total costs 
of construction and replacement of 
each unit or separable feature of a 
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unit authorized by section 202(a)(5), 
including 100 percent of— 
‘‘(aa) the costs of operation 
and maintenance of each unit or 
separable feature of a unit au-
thorized by that section; and 
‘‘(bb) the total costs of con-
struction, operation, and mainte-
nance of the associated measures 
to replace incidental fish and 
wildlife values foregone. 
‘‘(VI) 85 percent of the total 
costs of implementation of the on- 
farm measures authorized 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
NONREIM-
BURSABLE 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 de-
scribed in clause (i)(I). 
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‘‘(II) 75 percent of all costs de-
scribed in clause (i)(II). 
‘‘(III) 70 percent of all costs de-
scribed 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 subparagraph (A) shall be 
reimbursable as provided for in paragraphs (2), 
(3), (4), and (5).’’; 
(3) in subsection (b), by striking the subsection 
designation and all that follows through ‘‘Costs of 
construction’’ in paragraph (1) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(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 Sec-
retary is’’ and inserting the following: 
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‘‘(e) UPWARD ADJUSTMENT OF RATES FOR ELEC-
TRICAL ENERGY.—The Secretary is’’. 
Æ 
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