I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 660 
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 
JANUARY 24, 2017 
Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. 
COSTA, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. 
GARAMENDI, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. MCSALLY, Mr. 
NEWHOUSE, Mr. PEARCE, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. LAMALFA, and 
Mrs. BLACK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Natural Resources 
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. 
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— 
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(1) the water resources infrastructure of the 
Bureau of Reclamation provides important benefits 
related 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 Rec-
lamation 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 re-
view of asset maintenance activities of the Bureau of 
Reclamation known as the ‘‘Asset Management 
Plan’’; and 
(5) actionable information on infrastructure 
conditions at the asset level, including information 
on maintenance needs at individual assets due to 
aging infrastructure, is needed for Congress to con-
duct oversight of Reclamation facilities and meet the 
needs of the public. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(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 Rec-
lamation to manage, develop, and protect water 
and related resources in an environmentally and 
economically 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. 
(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 
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