S. 2753

119th CONGRESS 1st Session

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES · September 10, 2025 · Sponsor: Mr. Risch · Committee: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Table of contents

• S. 2753
  • SEC. 1. Short title
  • SEC. 2. Extraordinary operation and maintenance work performed by the Secretary of the Interior

SEC. 1. Short title

• This Act may be cited as the Urban Canal Modernization Act.

SEC. 2. Extraordinary operation and maintenance work performed by the Secretary of the Interior

• (a) Definitions
  • Section 9601 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 () is amended— 43 U.S.C. 510
    • by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), and (1), respectively, and moving the paragraphs so as to appear in numerical order;
    • in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by striking et seq.)and inserting et seq.));
    • in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by striking meanand inserting means; and
    • by adding at the end the following:
• (b) Extraordinary operation and maintenance work on urban canals of concern
  • Section 9603 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 () is amended— 43 U.S.C. 510b
    • in subsection (a)—
      • by striking (a)and all that follows through and inserting the following:
        • (a) Authorization
          • (1) Project facilities
            • The Secretary
        • (2) Urban canals of concern
          • The Secretary or the transferred works operating entity may carry out, in accordance with subsection (b), any extraordinary operation and maintenance work on an urban canal of concern that the Secretary determines to be necessary pursuant to the guidelines and criteria set forth in section 9602(a).
      • by adding at the end the following:
    • in subsection (b)—
      • by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
      • by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
        • (3) Urban canals of concern
          • Except in the case of emergency extraordinary operation and maintenance work carried out under subsection (c), of the total costs of extraordinary operation and maintenance work on an urban canal of concern conducted under subsection (a)(2)—
            • 35 percent shall be provided by the Secretary on a nonreimbursable basis; and
            • the remaining amounts shall be advanced by the Secretary in accordance with paragraph (2), to be repaid by the transferred works operating entity in accordance with that paragraph.
      • (e) Reimbursable funds
        • Any reimbursable funds provided under this section shall be considered to be a non-Federal source of funds for purposes of any cost-sharing requirement for a Federal grant.
    • by adding at the end the following: