HR 6279

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 21, 2025

Mr. Simpson (for himself, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Newhouse, and Mr. Gray) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Urban Canal Modernization Act”.

SEC. 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 arranging the redesignated paragraphs in numerical order;

(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—

“(A) that is—

“(i) a canal reach, the failure of which would result in—

“(I) an estimated at-risk population of more than 100 individuals; or

“(II) an estimated property damage of more than $5,000,000; or

“(ii) a canal reach determined by the responsible Bureau of Reclamation regional or area office to be classified as an urban canal reach; 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 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).

“(f) 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.”. <all>