A bill to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to modify the eligibility requirements for certain small water storage and groundwater storage projects and to authorize the use of funds for certain additional Carey Act projects, and for other purposes.
Bill: S.4176 | Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. (R-ID)
Policy area: Water Resources Development

Summary:
This bill expands eligibility for the Bureau of Reclamation's competitive grant program for small water storage and groundwater storage projects. Under the bill, eligible projects must have a capacity of not less than 200 acre-feet (AF) of water. Current law requires an eligible project to have a capacity of not less than 2,000 AF of water.
The bill also allows Reclamation to provide additional grants to certain dam rehabilitation and reconstruction projects provided that projects previously eligible under the program have received the necessary funding.

To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to modify the 
     eligibility requirements for certain small water storage and 
  groundwater storage projects and to authorize the use of funds for 
     certain additional Carey Act projects, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT 
              OF SMALL WATER STORAGE AND GROUNDWATER STORAGE PROJECTS 
              FOR CERTAIN GRANTS AND ADDITIONAL CAREY ACT PROJECTS FOR 
              CERTAIN FUNDS.

    (a) Small Water Storage and Groundwater Storage Projects.--Section 
40903(b)(1)(B)(i) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (43 
U.S.C. 3203(b)(1)(B)(i)) is amended by striking ``2,000'' and inserting 
``2  200''.
    (b) Carey Act Projects.--Section 40904(b) of the Infrastructure 
Investment and Jobs Act (43 U.S.C. 3204(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
        through (C) as clauses (i) through (iii), respectively, and 
        indenting appropriately;
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as 
        subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively, and indenting 
        appropriately;
            (3) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so 
        redesignated), by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Additional projects.--
                    ``(A) In general.--On making the affirmative 
                determinations described in subparagraph (B), the 
                Secretary shall use amounts made available under 
                section 40901(2)(B) to fund the rehabilitation, 
                reconstruction, or replacement of any dams that were 
                developed pursuant to, and continue to operate as dams 
                under, section 4 of the Act of August 18, 1894 
                (commonly known as the `Carey Act') (43 U.S.C. 641; 28 
                Stat. 422, chapter 301).
                    ``(B) Determinations described.--The determinations 
                referred to in subparagraph (A) are--
                            ``(i) a determination by the Secretary that 
                        any dams that meet the criteria described in 
                        paragraph (1) have received the necessary 
                        funding to complete rehabilitation, 
                        reconstruction, or replacement activities under 
                        this subsection; and
                            ``(ii) a determination by the Secretary 
                        that amounts made available under section 
                        40901(2)(B) remain available.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 539

117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 4176

                          [Report No. 117-188]

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