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Title II — Department of the Interior

S. 3293 · 119th Congress · Dec 1, 2025 · Lineage

II Department of the Interior

Sec. 201

(a)
None of the funds provided in title II of this Act for Water and Related Resources, or provided by previous or subsequent appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in title II of this Act for Water and Related Resources that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2026, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that—
(1)
initiates or creates a new program, project, or activity;
(2)
eliminates a program, project, or activity;
(3)
increases funds for any program, project, or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by this Act;
(4)
restarts or resumes any program, project or activity for which funds are not provided in this Act;
(5)
transfers funds in excess of the following limits:
(A)
15 percent for any program, project or activity for which $2,000,000 or more is available at the beginning of the fiscal year; or
(B)
$400,000 for any program, project or activity for which less than $2,000,000 is available at the beginning of the fiscal year;
(6)
transfers more than $500,000 from either the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation category or the Resources Management and Development category to any program, project, or activity in the other category; or
(7)
transfers, where necessary to discharge legal obligations of the Bureau of Reclamation, more than $5,000,000 to provide adequate funds for settled contractor claims, increased contractor earnings due to accelerated rates of operations, and real estate deficiency judgments.
(b)
Subsection (a)(5) shall not apply to any transfer of funds within the Facilities Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation category.
(c)
For purposes of this section, the term transfer means any movement of funds into or out of a program, project, or activity.
(d)
Except as provided in subsections (a) and (b), the amounts made available in this title under the heading “Bureau of Reclamation—Water and Related Resources” shall be expended for the programs, projects, and activities specified in the “Committee Recommendation” columns in the “Water and Related Resources” table included under the heading “Title II—Department of the Interior” in the report accompanying this Act.
(e)
The Bureau of Reclamation shall submit reports on a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress detailing all the funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, activities, or categories of funding. The first quarterly report shall be submitted not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

Sec. 202

(a)
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to determine the final point of discharge for the interceptor drain for the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary of the Interior and the State of California of a plan, which shall conform to the water quality standards of the State of California as approved by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to minimize any detrimental effect of the San Luis drainage waters.
(b)
The costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and the costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program shall be classified by the Secretary of the Interior as reimbursable or nonreimbursable and collected until fully repaid pursuant to the “Cleanup Program—Alternative Repayment Plan” and the “SJVDP—Alternative Repayment Plan” described in the report entitled “Repayment Report, Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program, February 1995”, prepared by the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. Any future obligations of funds by the United States relating to, or providing for, drainage service or drainage studies for the San Luis Unit shall be fully reimbursable by San Luis Unit beneficiaries of such service or studies pursuant to Federal reclamation law.

Sec. 203

Title I of Public Law 108–361 (the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act) (118 Stat. 1681), as amended, shall be applied by substituting “2026” for “2022” each place it appears.

Sec. 204

Section 9106(g)(2) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, Public Law 111–11, as amended, shall be applied by substituting “2026” for “2022”.

Sec. 205

Section 9503(f) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, Public Law 111–11, as amended, shall be applied by substituting “2026” for “2023”.

Sec. 206

(a)
Section 10609(a) of the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act, subtitle B of title X of Public Law 111–11, is amended by substituting “$1,815,000,000” for “$1,640,000,000” and striking “2024” and inserting “2026”.
(b)
Section 10604(b)(3)(B) of the Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act (subtitle B of title X of Public Law 111–11) is amended by striking “be at least 25 percent” and all that follows through “35 percent” and inserting “not to exceed $76,000,000”.

Sec. 207

Section 9504(e) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10364(e)) is amended by striking “$960,000,000” and inserting “$1,000,000,000”.

Sec. 208

Notwithstanding the Act of May 9, 1938, (43 U.S.C. 392a), all monies received by the United States in connection with the repayment or reimbursement of costs for all projects, including power, financed in whole or in part with money from the Aging Infrastructure account created pursuant to section 9603b(d), Public Law 111–11, as amended, shall be repaid and deposited to that account.

Sec. 209

Section 10 of Public Law 89–108, as amended (79 Stat. 433; 100 Stat. 424; 106 Stat. 4669; 114 Stat. 2763A–291), is further amended—
(1)
in subsection (b)(1), by—
(A)
redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); and
(B)
inserting after subparagraph (B), the following:

“(C) Other Amounts—In addition to the amounts made available under subparagraphs (A) and (B), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 7(a) $50,000,000.”

(2)
in subsection (e), by inserting prior to the last sentence, the following: “Such indexing shall also be applied for the $50,000,000 amount under subsection (b)(1)(C) for costs incurred after the date of enactment.”.

Sec. 210

Section 9 of the Fort Peck Reservation Rural Water System Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–382; 114 Stat. 1457; 123 Stat. 2856; 128 Stat. 164; 132 Stat. 2906) is amended, in each of subsections (a)(1) and (b), by striking “2026” and inserting “2028”.

Sec. 211

None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for preconstruction or construction activities for any project recommended after enactment of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 (division C of Public Law 116–94), and prior to enactment of this Act by the Secretary of the Interior and transmitted to the appropriate committees of Congress pursuant to section 4007 of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (Public Law 114–322) if such project is not named in this Act, Public Law 116–260, or Public Law 117–43.