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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Disability Insurance Reform Act of 
1994''.

SEC. 2. REFORM OF MONTHLY INSURANCE BENEFITS BASED ON DISABILITY 
              INVOLVING SUBSTANCE ABUSE.

    (a) In General.--Section 225 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
425) is amended--
            (1) by striking the heading and inserting the following:

      ``additional rules relating to benefits based on disability

                      ``Suspension of Benefits'';

            (2) by inserting before subsection (b) the following new 
        heading:

       ``Continued Payments During Rehabilitation Program''; and

            (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:

         ``Nonpayment of Benefits by Reason of Substance Abuse

    ``(c)(1)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, no 
benefit based on disability under this title shall be paid to any 
individual for any month during any period of consecutive months 
beginning with a month in which such individual is medically determined 
to be a drug addict or an alcoholic and ending with a month as of the 
end of which--
            ``(i) the person, through an outpatient rehabilitation 
        program, has subsequently undergone treatment appropriate for 
        such condition for 3 months at an institution or facility 
        approved by the Secretary for purposes of this subsection, and 
        has complied with the terms, conditions, and requirements of 
        such treatment and with the requirements imposed under 
        paragraph (4); and
            ``(ii) the Secretary determines that--
                    ``(I) the person has made progress towards 
                recovery, or has recovered; or
                    ``(II) if the person has not made progress towards 
                recovery, the person meets such requirements 
                established in regulations as the Secretary deems 
                appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this title.
    ``(B) In any case in which an individual's disability is based in 
whole or in part on a medical determination that the individual is a 
drug addict or alcoholic, such individual's benefits based on 
disability under this title which are otherwise payable for any month 
preceding the month in which application for such benefits is made 
(pursuant to section 202(j)(1) or the last sentence of section 223(b)) 
shall be payable only pursuant to a certification of such payment to a 
representative payee of such individual pursuant to section 205(j).
    ``(2) If, after the 3-month treatment period referred to in 
paragraph (1)(A), the Secretary determines that the person has not 
recovered from the condition treated, then, as a condition of receiving 
benefits based on disability under this title for any month after such 
period, the person must continue to comply with the terms, conditions, 
and requirements of such treatment and with the requirements imposed 
under paragraph (4), until the month in which the Secretary determines 
that the person has recovered from such condition.
    ``(3)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, in the 
case of a person who fails to continue treatment as required by 
paragraph (2), no benefit based on disability shall be paid under this 
title for any month ending after such failure and before the person has 
completed 2 weeks of such treatment.
    ``(B) In the case of a person to whom a benefit based on disability 
under this title becomes payable for any month after a month for which 
such benefit was not payable under subparagraph (A), and who thereafter 
fails to continue treatment as required by paragraph (2), no benefit 
based on disability shall be paid under this title for any month ending 
after such failure and before the person has completed 2 months of such 
treatment.
    ``(C) In the case of a person to whom a benefit based on disability 
under this title becomes payable for any month after a month for which 
such benefit was not payable under subparagraph (B), and who thereafter 
fails to continue treatment as required by paragraph (2), no benefit 
based on disability shall be paid under this title for any month ending 
after such failure.
    ``(4) For purposes of this subsection, the term `benefit based on 
disability' of an individual means a disability insurance benefit of 
such individual under section 223 or a child's, widow's, or widower's 
insurance benefit of such individual under section 202 based on the 
disability of such individual.
    ``(5) Monthly insurance benefits under this title which would be 
payable to any individual (other than the disabled individual to whom 
benefits are not payable by reason of this subsection) on the basis of 
the wages and self-employment income of such a disabled individual but 
for the provisions of paragraph (1), shall be payable as though such 
disabled individual were receiving such benefits which are not payable 
under this subsection.
    ``(6) The Secretary shall provide for the monitoring and testing of 
all individuals who are receiving benefits under this title and who as 
a condition of such benefits are required to be undergoing treatment 
and complying with the terms, conditions, and requirements thereof as 
described in the preceding provisions of this subsection, in order to 
assure such compliance and to determine the extent to which the 
imposition of such requirements is contributing to the achievement of 
the purposes of this title. The Secretary may retain jurisdiction in 
the case of a hearing before the Secretary under this title to the 
extent the Secretary determines necessary to carry out the preceding 
sentence. The Secretary shall annually submit to the Congress a full 
and complete report on the Secretary's activities under this paragraph.
    ``(7) The Secretary, in consultation with drug and alcohol 
treatment professionals, shall develop standards for drug and alcohol 
treatment programs, and in consultation with States, shall develop 
guidelines to be used to review and evaluate the progress of 
participants in such programs.''.
    (b) Preservation of Medicare Benefits.--Section 226 of such title 
(42 U.S.C. 426) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) For purposes of this section, each person to whom a benefit 
for any month is not payable by reason of section 225(c) shall be 
treated as entitled to such benefit for such month if such person would 
be entitled to such benefit for such month in the absence of such 
section.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to benefits payable for months beginning 90 or more days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. RESTRICTION OF FUTURE REPRESENTATIVE PAYEES TO GOVERNMENT 
              AGENCIES, STATE-LICENCED OR CERTIFIED FACILITIES, OR 
              STATE-BONDED OR LICENSED COMMUNITY-BASED NONPROFIT SOCIAL 
              SERVICE AGENCIES.

    (a) Restriction to Qualified Organizations.--Section 205(j) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(j)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``another individual, or 
        an organization,'' and inserting ``a qualified organization'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)(A)(i), by striking ``the person'' and 
        inserting ``the qualified organization'', and by striking 
        ``such person'' and inserting ``representatives of such 
        qualified organization'';
            (3) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by striking ``person'' each 
        place it appears in subclause (I) and inserting ``qualified 
        organization'', by striking ``person's social security account 
        number (or employer identification number)'' in subclause (II) 
        and inserting ``qualified organization's employer 
        identification number'', by striking ``such person'' in 
        subclause (III) and inserting ``such qualified organization'', 
        and by striking ``such person'' each place it appears in 
        subclause (IV) and inserting ``such qualified organization''; 
        and
            (4) by striking paragraph (2)(B)(ii), by redesignating 
        paragraph (2)(B)(i) (as amended by paragraph (3)) as paragraph 
        (2)(B), and by redesignating subclauses (I), (II), (III), and 
        (IV) of paragraph (2)(B) (as redesignated) as clauses (i), 
        (ii), (iii), and (iv), respectively.
    (b) Qualified Organization Defined.--
            (1) In general.--Section 205(j)(2)(C)(i) of such Act (42 
        U.S.C. 405(j)(2)(C)(i)) is amended by striking ``Benefits of an 
        individual may not be certified for payment to any other person 
        pursuant to this subsection if--'' and inserting ``For purposes 
        of this subsection, the term `qualified organization' means an 
        agency or instrumentality of a State or a political subdivision 
        of a State, a nonprofit facility that is licensed or certified 
        as a care facility under the law of a State or a political 
        subdivision of a State, and, in connection with services 
        provided as a representative payee under this subsection in any 
        State, a community-based nonprofit social service agency which 
        is bonded or licensed in such State. Except as otherwise 
        provided in this subsection, such term does not include any 
        person if--''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 205(j)(2)(C) of such 
        Act is further amended--
                    (A) by striking ``subparagraph (B)(i)(III)'' in 
                clause (i)(I) and inserting ``subparagraph (B)(iii)'', 
                and by striking ``subparagraph (B)(i)(IV)'' in clause 
                (i)(II) and inserting ``subparagraph (B)(iv)'';
                    (B) in clause (iii), by striking subclauses (I) and 
                (IV), by redesignating subclauses (II), (III), and (V) 
                as subclauses (I), (II), and (III), respectively, and 
                by striking ``an individual'' in subclause (III) (as 
                redesignated) and inserting ``a person''; and
                    (C) in clause (iv), by striking ``individual'' each 
                place it appears and inserting ``person''.
    (c) Authorization for Fees.--Section 205(j)(4) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 405(j)(4)) is amended--
            (1) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the 
        following:
    ``(4)(A) A qualified organization may collect from an individual a 
monthly fee for expenses (including overhead) incurred by such 
organization in providing services performed as such individual's 
representative payee pursuant to this subsection if such fee does not 
exceed 10 percent of the monthly benefit involved. Any agreement 
providing for a fee in excess of the amount permitted under this 
subparagraph shall be void and shall be treated as misuse by such 
organization of such individual's benefits.'';
            (2) by striking subparagraph (B);
            (3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B) 
        and, in subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated), by striking 
        ``qualified organization'' and inserting ``person''; and
            (4) by striking subparagraph (D).
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to certifications of payments to representative 
payees made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. Section 
205(j) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(j)) as in effect 
immediately before the date of the enactment of this Act shall continue 
to apply, in the case of any person who is then a representative payee 
under such section with respect to benefits for which certification of 
payment to such person under such section is then in effect, until such 
certification ceases to be effective under such section as then in 
effect.
[EX A]: Disability Insurance Reform Act of 1994 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of benefits based on disability to any individual who is a drug addict or alcoholic until such individual:  (1) undergoes appropriate substance abuse treatment at an approved facility; (2) has complied with the terms of such treatment; and (3) either recovers or makes progress towards recovery, with benefits terminated if the individual fails to continue treatment. 
Requires lump sum disability payments to be made only through a qualified governmental or nonprofit care facility or community-based social service agency representative payees.  Makes other changes with regard to representative payees, including allowing them to collect monthly fees for expenses in providing service. 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for a monitoring and testing program to ensure individual compliance with treatment requirements.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Landowners Equal Treatment Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds and declares the following:
            (1) The Secretary of the Interior, through the United 
        States Fish and Wildlife Service, recently demanded and 
        received compensation for the loss of use of federally owned 
        property resulting from constructive use of the property for 
        other public purposes, in an amount of approximately 
        $26,000,000.
            (2) The Secretary of Transportation has promulgated a 
        regulation allowing for compensation of Federal agencies for 
        the lost use of agency property for public purposes, through a 
        definition of the term ``constructive use'' that includes off-
        site impacts of Federal agency actions on federally owned 
        property.
            (3) The Federal Government enjoys no right under the 
        Constitution to compensation for use of Federal agency property 
        for other public purposes, while the rights of private persons 
        to be compensated for the taking of their property by the 
        Government for a public purpose is a fundamental right 
        protected by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the 
        Constitution.
            (4) Private property owners should be compensated in a 
        manner that is at least as equitable as the compensation 
        afforded to Federal agencies when their property is used or 
        constructively used for other public purposes.
            (5) Fair and equitable treatment of private property owners 
        will increase the willingness of private property owners to 
        provide habitat for wildlife and plants protected under the 
        Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to increase the efforts of 
private property owners to protect and restore habitat for wildlife, by 
ensuring that their constitutional and legal property rights will be 
honored, respected, and protected in the implementation of the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973.

SEC. 3. MINIMIZING IMPACTS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.

    The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:

                ``minimizing impacts on private property

    ``Sec. 19. (a) In General.--In implementing this Act, the head of 
an agency shall make every possible effort to avoid, minimize, or 
mitigate impacts on non-Federal property that result in Federal use of 
the property as a direct result of the action of the agency head under 
this Act or in furtherance of the purposes of this Act. An agency shall 
not take action that results in a Federal use of non-Federal property 
under this Act unless the agency--
            ``(1) obtains the written permission of its owner;
            ``(2) negotiates a voluntary agreement authorizing that 
        use; or
            ``(3) pays compensation in accordance with this section.
    ``(b) Compensation for Federal Use of Non-Federal Property.--An 
agency that takes action under this Act or in furtherance of the 
purposes of this Act that results in a Federal use of non-Federal 
property or any portion of non-Federal property without the written 
consent of the owner of the property shall compensate the owner for the 
fair market value of the Federal use of the property or portion. 
Compensation paid shall reflect the duration of the Federal use as 
necessary to achieve the purposes of this Act.
    ``(c) Request of Owner.--An owner of non-Federal property seeking 
compensation under this section shall make a written request for 
compensation to the agency implementing the agency action resulting in 
the Federal use of property. The request shall, at a minimum, identify 
the affected portion of the property, the nature of the Federal use of 
non-Federal property for which the compensation is sought, and the 
amount of compensation sought.
    ``(d) Negotiations.--The agency may negotiate with the owner to 
reach agreement on the amount of the compensation under this section, 
the terms of any agreement for payment, and the terms of any Federal 
use of non-Federal property for which compensation is paid. If such an 
agreement is reached, the agency shall within 6 months pay the owner 
the amount agreed upon. An agreement under this section may include a 
transfer of title or an agreement to limit the period of time of the 
Federal use of non-Federal property.
    ``(e) Choice of Remedies.--If, not later than 180 days after the 
written request is made, the parties have not reached an agreement on 
compensation, the owner of the property may elect binding arbitration 
or seek compensation due under this section in a civil action.
    ``(f) Arbitration.--The procedures that govern the arbitration 
shall, as nearly as practicable, be those established under title 9, 
United States Code, for arbitration proceedings to which that title 
applies. An award made in such arbitration shall include a reasonable 
attorney's fee and other arbitration costs, including appraisal fees. 
The agency shall promptly pay any award made to the owner.
    ``(g) Civil Actions.--A civil action to enforce this section may be 
filed under section 11(g). An owner who prevails in a civil action 
against the agency pursuant to this section shall be entitled to, and 
the agency shall be liable for, the amount of compensation awarded plus 
reasonable attorney's fees and other litigation costs, including 
appraisal fees. The court shall award interest on the amount of any 
compensation from the time of the Federal use of non-Federal property.
    ``(h) Source of Payments.--Any payment made under this section to 
an owner of property and any judgment obtained by an owner of property 
in a civil action under this section shall, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, be made from the annual appropriation of the agency 
that took the agency action giving rise to the payment or civil action. 
If the agency action resulted from a requirement imposed by another 
agency, then the agency making the payment or satisfying the judgment 
may seek partial or complete reimbursement from the appropriated funds 
of the other agency. For this purpose, the head of the agency concerned 
may transfer or reprogram any appropriated funds available to the 
agency. If insufficient funds exist for the payment or to satisfy the 
judgment, it shall be the duty of the head of the agency to seek the 
appropriation of such funds for the next fiscal year.
    ``(i) Availability of Appropriations.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, any obligation of the United States to make any 
payment under this section shall be subject to the availability of 
appropriations.
    ``(j) Duty of Notice to Owners.--An agency may not take any action 
that is a Federal use of non-Federal property unless the agency has 
given 30 days notice to each owner of the property directly affected 
explaining their rights under this section and either obtaining their 
permission for the Federal use or providing the procedures for 
obtaining any compensation that may be available under this section.
    ``(k) Rules of Construction.--The following rules of construction 
shall apply to this Act:
            ``(1) Other rights preserved.--Nothing in this Act shall be 
        construed to limit any right to compensation that exists under 
        the Constitution or under other laws.
            ``(2) Extent of federal authority.--Payment of compensation 
        under this section (other than when property is bought by the 
        Federal Government at the option of the owner) shall not confer 
        any rights on the Federal Government other than the Federal use 
        of non-Federal property agreed to so that the agency action may 
        achieve the species conservation purposes of this Act.
    ``(l) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section:
            ``(1) Agency.--The term `agency' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
            ``(2) Federal use.--(A) The term `Federal use' means--
                    ``(i) any action under this Act to--
                            ``(I) permanently incorporate non-Federal 
                        property into a Federal facility;
                            ``(II) place non-Federal property under the 
                        control of the Secretary; or
                            ``(III) temporarily occupy non-Federal 
                        property in a manner that is adverse to the 
                        constitutional right of the owner of the 
                        property against taking of the property by the 
                        Federal Government; and
                    ``(ii) any constructive use of non-Federal 
                property.
            ``(B) In this paragraph the term `constructive use' means 
        any action described in subparagraph (C) taken under this Act 
        that results in--
                    ``(i) substantial diminution in the normal or 
                reasonably expected uses of non-Federal property;
                    ``(ii) a reduction in the fair market value of non-
                Federal property of 25 percent or more; or
                    ``(iii) in the case of the right to receive water, 
                any diminution in the quantity of water received or 
                available for use.
            ``(C) The actions referred to in subparagraph (B) are the 
        following:
                    ``(i) The imposition or enforcement of a 
                prohibition of use of non-Federal property the purpose 
                of which is to provide or retain habitat for any 
                species of wildlife or plant determined to be an 
                endangered species or threatened species.
                    ``(ii) A designation of non-Federal property as 
                critical habitat under this Act.
                    ``(iii) The denial of a permit under section 10 
                that results in the loss of the ability to use non-
                Federal property in order to provide habitat for 
                wildlife or plants.
                    ``(iv) An agency action pursuant to a reasonable 
                and prudent alternative suggested by the Secretary 
                under section 7, that would cause an agency to restrict 
                the use of non-Federal property.
                    ``(v) The imposition by any governmental entity of 
                a limitation or restriction on an otherwise permissible 
                use of non-Federal property by the owner of the 
                property, as a condition of a Federal agency providing 
                any land, money, permit, or other benefit to the 
                governmental entity, if imposition of the limitation or 
                restriction by the agency directly would constitute a 
                Federal use of non-Federal property under the other 
                provisions of this paragraph, unless the governmental 
                entity has some other legal basis for imposing the 
                limitation or restriction.
            ``(3) Fair market value.--The term `fair market value' 
        means the most probable price at which property or a right to 
        use property would change hands, in a competitive and open 
        market under all conditions requisite to fair sale, between a 
        willing buyer and willing seller, neither being under any 
        compulsion to buy or sell and both having reasonable knowledge 
        of relevant facts, and without regard to the presence of any 
        species protected under this Act. With respect to a right to 
        use property, fair market value shall be determined on or 
        immediately before the exercise of the right.
            ``(4) Law of the state.--The term `law of the State' 
        includes the law of a political subdivision of a State.
            ``(5) Non-federal property.--The term `non-Federal 
        property' means property which is owned by a person other than 
        any Federal entity of government.
            ``(6) Property.--The term `property' means land, an 
        interest in land, the right to use or receive water, and any 
        personal property, as defined under the law of the State.''.
[EX A]: Landowners Equal Treatment Act of 1999 - Amends the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to require the head of an agency to make every possible effort to avoid, minimize, or mitigate impacts on non-Federal property that result from Federal use of the property (including constructive use) as a direct result of an agency action under such Act (including actions to provide or retain habitat for endangered or threatened species or to designate non-Federal property as critical habitat).  Prohibits an agency from taking action under such Act that results in a Federal use of non-Federal property unless it: (1) obtains the landowner's permission; (2) negotiates a voluntary agreement authorizing such use; or (3) compensates the landowner for the fair market value of the Federal use.  Sets forth provisions governing landowner requests for compensation, compensation negotiations, arbitration or civil actions to resolve compensation disagreements, and payment of compensation from an agency's annual appropriations. 
Prohibits an agency from taking any action that is a Federal use of non-Federal property unless it has given 30 days notice to each property owner directly affected explaining their rights and either obtaining their permission or providing procedures for obtaining compensation.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-
Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of the Interior.
            (2) Eligible facility.--The term ``eligible facility''--
                    (A) means a reclamation project or facility, or a 
                portion of such a project or facility (which may 
                include dams and appurtenant works, infrastructure, 
                recreational facilities, buildings, distribution and 
                drainage works, and associated lands or interests in 
                lands or water) that meets the criteria for potential 
                transfer established pursuant to section 4; and
                    (B) does not include a reclamation facility or 
                separately functioning portion of such facility that 
                generates hydropower marketed by a power marketing 
                administration.
            (3) Qualifying entity.--The term ``qualifying entity'' 
        means an agency of a State political subdivision, joint action 
        or powers agency, water users association, Indian Tribe or 
        Tribal utility authority, that--
                    (A) held or holds a water service contract, 
                repayment contract, operation and maintenance contract, 
                water rights settlement contract or exchange contract 
                providing for water service from the eligible facility 
                to be transferred; and
                    (B) as determined by the Secretary, has the 
                capacity to continue to manage the conveyed property 
                for the same purposes by which the property has been 
                managed under reclamation law.
            (4) Conveyed property.--The term ``conveyed property'' 
        means an eligible facility that has been transferred out of 
        Federal ownership under this Act.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF TITLE TRANSFER.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary may convey to a qualifying entity 
all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to any 
eligible facility, subject to subsections (b) and (c), if--
            (1) the Secretary notifies Congress in writing of the 
        proposed conveyance, and the reasons for the conveyance, not 
        later than 90 days before the date on which the Secretary makes 
        the conveyance; and
            (2) Congress does not pass a joint resolution disapproving 
        the conveyance before such date.
    (b) Associated Water Rights and Uses.--Federal interests in 
associated water rights and uses, if included, shall be conveyed in 
accordance with applicable State law under this Act by a written 
agreement between the Secretary and the qualifying entity.
    (c) Consultation.--Interests in eligible facilities shall be 
conveyed under this Act by a written agreement between the Secretary 
and the qualifying entity, developed in consultation with any existing 
water and power customers affected by the eligible facility.
    (d) Right of First Refusal.--If the entity that operates and 
maintains an eligible facility at the time that the Secretary attempts 
to facilitate the conveyance under subsection (c) is a qualifying 
entity, that entity shall have the right of first refusal to receive 
the conveyance under this Act.

SEC. 4. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR TITLE TRANSFER UNDER THIS ACT.

    Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall establish criteria for determining whether 
facilities are eligible for title transfer under this Act. The criteria 
shall include the following minimum requirements:
            (1) The qualifying entity agrees to accept title to the 
        property proposed for transfer.
            (2) The proposed title transfer will not have an 
        unmitigated significant effect on the environment.
            (3) The qualifying entity intends to use the property for 
        substantially the same purposes the property is being used for 
        at the time the Secretary evaluates the potential transfer.
            (4) The transfer is consistent with the Secretary's 
        responsibility to protect land and water resources held in 
        trust for federally recognized Indian Tribes.
            (5) The transfer is consistent with the Secretary's 
        responsibility to ensure compliance with international treaties 
        and interstate compacts.
            (6) The qualifying entity agrees to provide, as 
        consideration for the assets to be conveyed, compensation to 
        the United States worth the equivalent of the present value of 
        any repayment obligation to the United States or other income 
        stream the United States derives from the assets to be 
        transferred at the time of the transfer.

SEC. 5. OTHER CONDITIONS FOR CONVEYANCES.

    (a) Power Rates.--No conveyance under this Act may adversely impact 
power rates or repayment obligations.
    (b) NEPA.--The Secretary shall apply a categorical exclusion 
process under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 
4321 et seq.) on eligible facilities under this Act.

SEC. 6. LIABILITY.

    Effective upon the date of conveyance of any eligible facility 
pursuant to this Act, the United States shall not be liable for damages 
of any kind arising out of any act, omission, or occurrence based on 
its prior ownership or operation of the conveyed property, except for 
damages caused by acts of negligence committed by the United States or 
by its employees, agents, or contractors, prior to conveyance.

SEC. 7. BENEFITS.

    After a conveyance under this Act--
            (1) the conveyed property shall not be considered to be a 
        part of a Federal reclamation project; and
            (2) in the event that a transfer of an entire project 
        occurs, the entity to which the property is conveyed shall not 
        be eligible to receive any benefits, including project power, 
        with respect to the conveyed property, except benefits that 
        would be available to a similarly situated entity with respect 
        to property that is not part of a Federal reclamation project.

SEC. 8. COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS.

    After a conveyance under this Act, the entity to which the property 
is conveyed shall comply with all applicable Federal, State, and local 
laws and regulations in its operation of the conveyed property.

SEC. 9. NOTIFICATION.

    The Secretary shall submit, as part of the Secretary's annual 
budget submission to Congress--
            (1) a description of the actions taken to implement this 
        Act; and
            (2) a list of conveyances made or initiated by the 
        Secretary or a qualifying entity under this Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 12, 2018.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.
[EX A]:
.  Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act (Sec. 3) This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to convey U.S. interest in an eligible reclamation project or facility to an agency of a state political subdivision, a joint action or powers agency, a water users association, or an Indian tribe or tribal utility authority that holds a water service contract for such property and that has the capacity to continue to manage the property for the same purposes for which it has been managed under reclamation law, if: (1) Interior notifies Congress in writing of the proposed conveyance at least 90 days in advance, and (2) Congress does not pass a joint resolution disapproving the conveyance. A facility that generates hydropower marketed by a power marketing administration shall not be eligible for such conveyance. An entity that operates and maintains an eligible facility at the time Interior attempts to facilitate its conveyance shall have the right of first refusal to receive the conveyance. (Sec. 4) Criteria for determining whether facilities are eligible for title transfer shall include: (1) the transfer will not have an unmitigated significant effect on the environment, (2) the qualifying entity intends to use the property for substantially the same purposes the property is being used for at the time Interior evaluates the potential transfer, and (3) the qualifying entity agrees to provide the United States the equivalent of the present value of any repayment obligation or other income stream the United States derives from the assets to be transferred. (Sec. 5) No conveyance under this bill may adversely impact power rates or repayment obligations. (Sec. 9) Interior shall submit, as part of its annual budget submission to Congress: (1) a description of the actions taken to implement this bill, and (2) a list of conveyances made or initiated by Interior or a qualifying entity under this bill.