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Introduced Session

Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act (Sec. 4) This bill directs the Department of the Interior to submit to Congress, make publicly available, and biennially update an Asset Management Report that describes the Bureau of Reclamation's efforts to maintain in a reliable manner all reserved works (buildings, structures, facilities, or equipment owned by Reclamation for which operations and maintenance are performed by its employees or through a contract with Reclamation) at Reclamation facilities, and to standardize and streamline data reporting and processes across regions and areas for the purpose of maintaining such works. Such report shall include: (1) a detailed assessment of major repair and rehabilitation needs for all such works; and (2) an itemized list of major repair and rehabilitation needs of individual Reclamation facilities at each Reclamation project, including a budget level cost estimate of appropriations needed to complete each item and an assignment of a categorical rating for each item consistent with existing uniform categorization systems to inform the annual budget process and agency requirements. (Sec. 5) Interior shall: (1) coordinate with the nonfederal entities responsible for the operation and maintenance of transferred works (Reclamation facilities at which operations and maintenance are carried out by a nonfederal entity under a formal agreement with Reclamation) in developing reporting requirements for Asset Management Reports with respect to major repair and rehabilitation needs for such works, and (2) develop and implement a categorical rating system for transferred works. (Sec. 6) The bill reduces the maximum amount of the federal share of the cost of the Central Valley Water Recycling Project otherwise available as of the date of enactment of this bill by $2 million.

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Paul Gosar (R)*,  Mark Amodei (R),  Andy Biggs (R),  Diane Black (R),  Matt Cartwright (D),  Jim Costa (D),  Jeff Denham (R),  Blake Farenthold (R),  Trent Franks (R),  John Garamendi (D),  Louie Gohmert (R),  Jody Hice (R),  Jared Huffman (D),  Doug LaMalfa (R),  Tom McClintock (R),  Martha McSally (R),  Dan Newhouse (R),  Stevan Pearce (R),  Kyrsten Sinema (I),  Scott Tipton (R),  David Valadao (R), 

Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 573. (on 09/17/2018)

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