Title: Salton Sea Projects Improvements Act
Policy area: Water Resources Development

Summary:
Salton Sea Projects Improvements Act
This bill provides the Bureau of Reclamation with additional project authorities for the Salton Sea research project in Southern California.
Specifically, the bill authorizes Reclamation to provide grants and enter into contracts and cooperative agreements to carry out projects (e.g., construction activities and dust suppression projects) to improve air quality, fish and wildlife habitat, recreational opportunities, and water quality in the area of the Salton Sea.
To carry out these projects, Reclamation may enter into partnerships with state, tribal, and local governments; water districts; joint powers authorities, including the Salton Sea Authority; nonprofit organizations; and institutions of higher education.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3877 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3877

 To amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 
 1992 to authorize additional projects related to the Salton Sea, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 14, 2021

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 
 1992 to authorize additional projects related to the Salton Sea, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Salton Sea Projects Improvements 
Act''.

SEC. 2. RESEARCH PROJECT.

    Section 1101 of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and 
Adjustment Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-575; 106 Stat. 4661) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) as 
        subsections (c) through (e), respectively;
            (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(b) Additional Project Authorities.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary, acting through the Bureau 
        of Reclamation, may provide grants and enter into contracts and 
        cooperative agreements to carry out projects located in the 
        area of the Salton Sea in Southern California to improve air 
        quality, fish and wildlife habitat, recreational opportunities, 
        and water quality, in partnership with--
                    ``(A) State, Tribal, and local governments;
                    ``(B) water districts;
                    ``(C) joint powers authorities, including the 
                Salton Sea Authority;
                    ``(D) nonprofit organizations; and
                    ``(E) institutions of higher education.
            ``(2) Included activities.--The projects described in 
        paragraph (1) may include--
                    ``(A) construction, operation, maintenance, 
                permitting, and design activities required for such 
                projects; and
                    ``(B) dust suppression projects.''; and
            (3) in subsection (e), as so redesignated, by striking 
        ``$10,000,000'' and inserting ``$250,000,000''.
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