Urban Canal Modernization Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
Expands federal support for extraordinary maintenance on high-risk urban canals by defining urban canals of concern and providing a nonreimbursable federal cost share.
Who Benefits and How
Transferred-works operating entities and communities near risky urban canals could gain safety improvements and reduced local cost exposure for extraordinary maintenance.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Bureau of Reclamation and operating entities must identify qualifying canals, coordinate approvals, and administer the revised funding structure.
Key Provisions
- Defines an urban canal of concern based on risk to people and property.
- Requires the Secretary or operating entity to carry out extraordinary maintenance on such canals when necessary.
- Provides a 35 percent nonreimbursable federal cost share and treats reimbursable advances as eligible non-federal match for other grants.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Expands federal support for extraordinary maintenance on high-risk urban canals by defining urban canals of concern and providing a nonreimbursable federal cost share.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Government Operations, State & Local Government
Primary Purpose
Expands federal support for extraordinary maintenance on high-risk urban canals by defining urban canals of concern and providing a nonreimbursable federal cost share.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Transferred-works operating entities
- Communities near high-risk urban canals
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Bureau of Reclamation administrators
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Simpson (for himself, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Newhouse, and Mr. …
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Communities and property owners near high-risk urban canals
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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