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WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act
To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to increase Tribal access to water conservation and efficiency grants, and for other purposes.
Summary
The bill amends the WaterSMART water conservation grant program established under the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to increase tribal access. It allows the Secretary of the Interior to reduce or waive the non-Federal cost-share requirement for Indian tribes if the tribe would face financial hardship from contributing their share of project costs. This enables the federal government to increase its funding contribution for water infrastructure and conservation projects on tribal lands.
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- Jan 22, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. · house
- Jan 22, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 22, 2025
Ms. Stansbury (for herself, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Norton, Mr. Costa, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Ms. Leger Fernandez, and Mr. Neguse) 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 increase Tribal access to water conservation and efficiency grants, and for other purposes.
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 “WaterSMART Access for Tribes Act”.
SEC. 2. WATER MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT.
Section 9504(a)(3)(E)(i) of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (42 U.S.C. 10364(a)(3)(E)(i)) is amended—
(1) in subclause (I), by striking “subclause (II)” and inserting “subclauses (II) and (III)”; and
(2) after subclause (II), by inserting the following:
“(III) Waiver; reduction.—With respect to a grant or other agreement entered into under paragraph (1) between the Secretary and an Indian Tribe, the Secretary may reduce or waive the non-Federal share (and increase the Federal share accordingly) of the cost of any infrastructure improvement or activity that is the subject of that grant or other agreement if the Secretary determines that contribution of the non-Federal share would result in a financial hardship for the Indian Tribe.”. <all>
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