S2160-118

Reported

To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize certain extraordinary operation and maintenance work for urban canals of concern.

118th Congress Introduced Jun 22, 2023

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize certain extraordinary operation and maintenance work for urban canals of concern., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users. The main policy domain is Environment, Foreign Policy, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

environmental regulators and natural-resource users may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, environmental regulators and natural-resource users may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section id889323c552434c2e93f6949f7d5eaab6: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Urban Canal Modernization Act.
  • Section idbebb61f594a04986820ae70e0bea09f6: 2. Extraordinary operation and maintenance work performed by the Secretary of the Interior Section 9601 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (43...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize certain extraordinary operation and maintenance work for urban canals of concern., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Key Policy Areas

Environment, Foreign Policy, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, To amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize certain extraordinary operation and maintenance work for urban canals of concern., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting environmental regulators and natural-resource users.

Policy Domains

Environment Foreign Policy Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: es

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • federal implementing agencies
  • environmental regulators and natural-resource users
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: es

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

Reported
Introduced Committee Passed
Nov 21, 2024

Reported by Mr. Manchin, with an amendment

Jun 22, 2023

Mr. Risch (for himself, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. Merkley) introduced …

Jun 22, 2023

Mr. Risch introduced the following bill; which was read twice …

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

General Public
4 mentions across 2 clauses
+2 positive -2 negative

Taxpayers, Urban communities near aging canal infrastructure

Positive-direction: Urban communities near aging canal infrastructure

Negative-direction: Taxpayers

Water Supply And Irrigation Systems
2 mentions across 2 clauses
+2 positive

Water district operating entities (transferred works operators)

Government
2 mentions across 2 clauses
+1 positive -1 negative

Bureau of Reclamation

Bureau of Reclamation faces effects in multiple directions

State & Local Government
1 mention across 1 clause
-1 negative

State governments where canals are located

3/4
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Environment Foreign Policy Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ The Secretary identified in the operative section

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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