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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4659 
To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to establish 
an Aging Infrastructure Account, to amend the Reclamation Safety of 
Dams Act of 1978 to provide additional funds under that Act, to estab-
lish a review of flood control rule curves pilot project within the Bureau 
of Reclamation, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 11, 2019 
Mr. NEWHOUSE (for himself, Mr. AMODEI, and Ms. SCHRIER) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, 
and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 
for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 
for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 
2009 to establish an Aging Infrastructure Account, to 
amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 
to provide additional funds under that Act, to establish 
a review of flood control rule curves pilot project within 
the Bureau of Reclamation, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Water Supply Infra-
structure Rehabilitation and Utilization Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AGING INFRASTRUCTURE ACCOUNT. 
Section 9603 of the Omnibus Public Land Manage-
ment Act of 2009 (43 U.S.C. 510b) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) AGING INFRASTRUCTURE ACCOUNT.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the general fund of the Treasury a special account, 
to be known as the ‘Aging Infrastructure Account’ 
(referred to in this subsection as the ‘Account’), to 
provide funds to, and provide for the extended re-
payment of the funds by, a transferred works oper-
ating entity or project beneficiary responsible for re-
payment of reimbursable costs for the conduct of ex-
traordinary operation and maintenance work at a 
project facility, which shall consist of— 
‘‘(A) any amounts that are specifically ap-
propriated to the Account under section 9605; 
and 
‘‘(B) any amounts deposited in the Ac-
count under paragraph (3)(B). 
‘‘(2) EXPENDITURES.—Subject to appropria-
tions and paragraph (3), the Secretary may expend 
amounts in the Account to fund and provide for ex-
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tended repayment of the funds for eligible projects 
identified in a report submitted under paragraph 
(5)(A). 
‘‘(3) REPAYMENT CONTRACT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
not expend amounts under paragraph (2) with 
respect to an eligible project described in that 
paragraph unless the transferred works oper-
ating entity or project beneficiary responsible 
for repayment of reimbursable costs has entered 
into a contract to repay the amounts under sub-
section (b)(2). 
‘‘(B) DEPOSIT
OF
REPAID
FUNDS.— 
Amounts repaid by a transferred works oper-
ating entity or project beneficiary responsible 
for repayment of reimbursable costs receiving 
funds under a repayment contract entered into 
under this subsection shall be deposited in the 
Account and shall be available to the Secretary 
for expenditure in accordance with this sub-
section without further appropriation. 
‘‘(4) APPLICATION FOR FUNDING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not less than once per 
fiscal year, the Secretary shall accept, during 
an application period established by the Sec-
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retary, applications from transferred works op-
erating entities or project beneficiaries respon-
sible for payment of reimbursable costs for 
funds and extended repayment for eligible 
projects. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE PROJECT.—A project eligi-
ble for funding and extended repayment under 
this subsection is a project that— 
‘‘(i) qualifies as an extraordinary op-
eration and maintenance work under this 
section; 
‘‘(ii) is for the major, non-recurring 
maintenance of a mission-critical asset; 
and 
‘‘(iii) is not eligible to be carried out 
or funded under the repayment provisions 
of section 4(c) of the Reclamation Safety 
of Dams Act of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 508(c)). 
‘‘(C) GUIDELINES
FOR
APPLICATIONS.— 
Not later than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of this subsection, the Secretary shall 
issue guidelines describing the information re-
quired to be provided in an application for 
funding and extended repayment under this 
subsection that require, at a minimum— 
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‘‘(i) a description of the project for 
which the funds are requested; 
‘‘(ii) the amount of funds requested; 
‘‘(iii) the repayment period requested 
by the transferred works operating entity 
or project beneficiary responsible for re-
payment of reimbursable costs; 
‘‘(iv) alternative non-Federal funding 
options that have been evaluated; 
‘‘(v) the financial justification for re-
questing an extended repayment period; 
and 
‘‘(vi) the financial records of the 
transferred works operating entity or 
project beneficiary responsible for repay-
ment of reimbursable costs. 
‘‘(D) REVIEW BY THE SECRETARY.—The 
Secretary shall review each application sub-
mitted under subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) to determine whether the project 
is eligible for funds and an extended repay-
ment period under this subsection; 
‘‘(ii) to determine if the project has 
been identified by the Bureau of Reclama-
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