Title: To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to modify the terms of the Jackson Gulch rehabilitation project in Colorado, and for other purposes.
Policy area: Water Resources Development

Summary:
This bill amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to modify provisions regarding the Jackson Gulch rehabilitation project, Colorado, to require the Bureau of Reclamation to cap the payment of the federal share of the total cost of carrying out the project at 65% of the total cost.
The Mancos Water Conservancy District shall be liable for the lesser of 35% of the project's cost or $2.9 million, subject to a specified credit. Reclamation shall: (1) review and approve all final costs associated with the project's completion, and (2) credit the district for all amounts paid by the district for engineering work and improvements directly associated with the project.
The district shall pay the project costs for which it is liable over a period of not more than 40 years.
There are authorized to be appropriated to Reclamation to pay the federal share of the total cost of carrying out the project the lesser of not more than 65% of the total cost of carrying out the project and $5.35 million.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6083 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6083

 To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to modify the 
terms of the Jackson Gulch rehabilitation project in Colorado, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 13, 2018

  Mr. Tipton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to modify the 
terms of the Jackson Gulch rehabilitation project in Colorado, 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. MODIFICATION OF JACKSON GULCH REHABILITATION PROJECT, 
              COLORADO.

    Section 9105(b) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 
(Public Law 111-11; 123 Stat. 1303) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``requirement'' and inserting ``and 
                cost-sharing requirements''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``, which shall be not more than 
                65 percent of that total cost'' before the period at 
                the end;
            (2) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 
                ``requirement'' and inserting ``and cost-sharing 
                requirements'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding 
                clause (i), by striking ``The Secretary shall recover 
                from the District as reimbursable expenses'' and 
                inserting ``Subject to subparagraph (C), the District 
                shall be liable under this subsection for an amount 
                equal to'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
                        striking ``Secretary shall recover reimbursable 
                        expenses'' and inserting ``District shall pay 
                        the Project costs for which the District is 
                        liable''; and
                            (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ``15'' and 
                        inserting ``not more than 40''; and
                    (D) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(C) Credit.--In determining the exact amount for 
                which the District is liable under this paragraph, the 
                Secretary shall--
                            ``(i) review and approve all final costs 
                        associated with the completion of the Project; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) credit the district for all amounts 
                        paid by the District for engineering work and 
                        improvements directly associated with the 
                        Project, whether before, on, or after the date 
                        of enactment of this Act.''; and
            (3) in paragraph (7), by striking ``$8,250,000.'' and 
        inserting the following: ``the lesser of--
                    ``(A) not more than 65 percent of the total cost of 
                carrying out the Project; and
                    ``(B) $5,350,000.''.
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