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Provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 › Section 50501

Water Conveyance and Surface Water Storage Enhancement

Section 50501 · Sec. 50501 ·

What this chapter is about

This part gives the reclamation agency $1 billion for water works. It pays to restore or enlarge canals and reservoirs already built. Deals made under it do not count as new contracts. No local match is required.

3 proposals indexed from this chapter.

$1,000,000,000 goes to restoring and enlarging existing water works

The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of the Interior, Commissioner of ReclamationHow: statuteSec. 50501 in the PDF
What the document says

“there is appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, for fiscal year 2025, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2034”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 50501

The section appropriates $1,000,000,000 to the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, for fiscal year 2025, available through September 30, 2034, for construction and associated activities that restore or increase the capacity or use of existing conveyance facilities built by the Bureau of Reclamation, or that increase the capacity of existing Bureau surface water storage facilities, in a manner the Secretary determines.

What the document actually says

“there is appropriated to the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, for fiscal year 2025, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2034”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 50501
That sentence, in plain words

One billion dollars goes to the water agency. It is for fiscal year 2025. It can be spent through September 30, 2034.

What this is about

It pays to fix up canals the agency built. It also pays to make reservoirs hold more. New sites are not covered.

No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.

A contract under this section is not treated as new or amended

The document says “shall not”Who acts: Secretary of the InteriorHow: statuteSec. 50501 in the PDF
What the document says

“a contract or agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall not be treated as a new or amended contract”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 50501

The section provides that for the purposes of section 203 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 (43 U.S.C. 390cc) and section 3404(a) of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992, a contract or agreement entered into under the section is not treated as a new or amended contract.

What the document actually says

“a contract or agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall not be treated as a new or amended contract”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 50501
That sentence, in plain words

A deal made under this part is not counted as a new contract. Nor is it counted as a changed one.

What this is about

Two older reclamation laws attach rules to a new contract. Those rules do not bite here. What they require is not recorded on this site.

No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.

The money is not reimbursable and needs no local match

The document says “shall not”Who acts: Secretary of the InteriorHow: statuteSec. 50501 in the PDF
What the document says

“none of the funds provided under this section shall be reimbursable or subject to matching or cost-sharing requirements.”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 50501

The section provides that none of the money it gives is reimbursable or subject to matching or cost sharing requirements.

What the document actually says

“none of the funds provided under this section shall be reimbursable or subject to matching or cost-sharing requirements.”

To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Sec. 50501
That sentence, in plain words

The money does not have to be paid back. No one has to put up a share to get it.

What this is about

Reclamation projects often ask users to repay costs. That does not apply here. Nor does any rule about matching funds.

No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.

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What This Page Covers, and What It Leaves Out

Each distinct thing the section does: the appropriation and what it may build, the rule that contracts under it are not new or amended contracts, and the bar on reimbursement, matching and cost sharing.

Nothing in the section is left out. It is one sentence with two provisos and both are recorded.

The section refers to section 203 of the Reclamation Reform Act of 1982 and section 3404(a) of the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992, neither of which is indexed here, so what those provisions require of a new contract cannot be checked against anything on this site.