Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act

Bill: 114-hr-1107
Sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2015-02-26 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Dams and canals
Department of the Interior
Government information and archives
Infrastructure development
Water resources funding
Water use and supply

Summary:
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: 

Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act

 
Directs the Department of the Interior to submit to Congress, make publicly available, and biennially update an Asset Management Report that describes the Bureau of Reclamation's efforts to maintain in a reliable manner all reserved works (buildings, structures, facilities, or equipment owned by the Bureau for which operations and maintenance are performed by Bureau employees or through a contract with the Bureau) at Reclamation facilities (infrastructure assets that are owned by the Bureau at each Reclamation project owned by the Bureau) and to standardize and streamline data reporting and processes across regions and areas for the purpose of maintaining such works.
 
Requires such Report to include: (1) a detailed assessment of major repair and rehabilitation needs for all such works; and (2) an itemized list of major repair and rehabilitation needs of individual Reclamation facilities at each Reclamation project, including a budget level cost estimate of appropriations needed to complete each item and an assignment of a categorical rating for each item consistent with existing uniform categorization systems to inform the annual budget process and agency requirements.
 
Directs Interior to: (1) coordinate with the non-federal entities responsible for the operation and maintenance of transferred works (Reclamation facilities at which operations and maintenance are carried out by a non-federal entity under a formal agreement with the Bureau) in developing reporting requirements for Asset Management Reports regarding the condition of, and planned maintenance for, transferred works; and (2) develop and implement a categorical rating system for transferred works.

action_date: 2015-12-03
text: 

Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act

 
(Sec. 4) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to submit to Congress, make publicly available, and biennially update an Asset Management Report that describes the Bureau of Reclamation's efforts to maintain in a reliable manner all reserved works (buildings, structures, facilities, or equipment owned by the Bureau for which operations and maintenance are performed by Bureau employees or through a contract with the Bureau) at Reclamation facilities (infrastructure assets that are owned by the Bureau at each Reclamation project owned by the Bureau) and to standardize and streamline data reporting and processes across regions and areas for the purpose of maintaining such works.
 
Such Report must include: (1) a detailed assessment of major repair and rehabilitation needs for all such works; and (2) an itemized list of major repair and rehabilitation needs of individual Reclamation facilities at each Reclamation project, including a budget level cost estimate of appropriations needed to complete each item and an assignment of a categorical rating for each item consistent with existing uniform categorization systems to inform the annual budget process and agency requirements.
 
Interior may exclude from the public version of the Report any information that it identifies as sensitive or classified, but shall make available to specified congressional committees a version of the report containing the sensitive or classified information.
 
(Sec. 5) Interior must: (1) coordinate with the non-federal entities responsible for the operation and maintenance of transferred works (Reclamation facilities at which operations and maintenance are carried out by a non-federal entity under a formal agreement with the Bureau) in developing reporting requirements for Asset Management Reports regarding major repair and rehabilitation needs for transferred works, and (2) develop and implement a categorical rating system for transferred works that incorporates the rating system for major repair and rehabilitation needs for reserved works.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 279.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-366.
action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 114-366.
action_date: 2015-10-08
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2015-10-08
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-10-08
text: Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans Discharged.
action_date: 2015-10-07
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2015-06-25
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2015-03-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2015-02-26
text: Introduced in House