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To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize certain extraordinary operation and maintenance work for urban canals of concern.

S. 4175 · 117th Congress · May 10, 2022 · Lineage

A BILL

Section 1 Extraordinary operation and maintenance work performed by the Secretary

(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)
in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by striking “et seq.)” and inserting “et seq.))”;
(3)
in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by striking “mean” and inserting “means”; and
(4)
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—

“(A) that conveys water through a densely populated urban area; and

“(B) with respect to which the Secretary determines, pursuant to the guidelines and criteria developed under section 9602(a), that if a failure were to occur, the failure would result in loss of life and property in the vicinity of the failed transferred works or segment of transferred works.”

(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—
(1)
in subsection (c)—
(A)
in paragraph (1)—
(i)
by striking “carry out any” and inserting the following:

“(A) any”

(ii)
in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and
(iii)
by adding at the end the following:

“(B) any extraordinary maintenance and operation work on an urban canal of concern.”

(B)
in paragraph (3), in the first sentence—
(i)
by striking “If the Secretary” and inserting “In the case of extraordinary maintenance and operation work on an urban canal of concern authorized under paragraph (1) or if the Secretary”;
(ii)
by striking “, which” and inserting “that”; and
(iii)
by inserting “or to carry out the extraordinary maintenance and operation work on the urban canal of concern” after “imminent harm”; and
(2)
by adding at the end the following:

“(e) Reimbursable funds—Any reimbursable funds provided under this section shall be considered to be a non-Federal source of funds for purposes of any cost-sharing requirement for a Federal grant.”