IB Union Calendar No. 619 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6107 [Report No. 118–734] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 26, 2023 Mr. Simpson (for himself, Mr. Fulcher , and Mr. Newhouse ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources November 14, 2024 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 26, 2023 A BILL To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize certain extraordinary operation and maintenance work for urban canals of concern.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Urban Canal Modernization Act . 2. Extraordinary operation and maintenance work performed by the Secretary of the Interior (a) Definitions Section 9601 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ( 43 U.S.C. 510 ) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), and (1), respectively; (2) by moving paragraph (1) (as so redesignated) to appear before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated); (3) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by striking et seq.) and inserting et seq.)) ; (4) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by striking mean and inserting means ; and (5) by adding at the end the following: (8) Urban canal of concern The term urban canal of concern means a transferred works or segment of a transferred works that is classified as an urban canal reach, the failure of which the Secretary determines would result in loss of life in the vicinity of the failed transferred works or segment of transferred works with an estimated at-risk population of more than 100 individuals. . (b) Extraordinary maintenance and operation work on urban canal of concerns Section 9603 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 ( 43 U.S.C. 510b ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) Extraordinary operation and maintenance work on urban canals of concern (1) In general The Secretary or the transferred works operating entity shall carry out any extraordinary operation and maintenance work on an urban canal of concern that the transferred works operating entity, with the concurrence of the Secretary, determines to be necessary. (2) Funding In the case of extraordinary operation and maintenance work on an urban canal of concern authorized under paragraph (1), or if the Secretary determines that a project facility inspected and maintained pursuant to the guidelines and criteria set forth in section 9602(a) requires extraordinary operation and maintenance work pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide Federal funds on a nonreimbursable basis sufficient to cover 35 percent of the portion of total cost of the extraordinary operation and maintenance work allocable to the transferred works operating entity that is needed to carry out the extraordinary operation and maintenance work on the urban canal of concern, with the remaining share of any additional Federal funds advanced by the Secretary for the extraordinary operation and maintenance work to be repaid under subsection (b). .

November 14, 2024 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed