,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bafj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bb1     
#bjbc,mr4 ,risch introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,energy  
and ,natural ,resources  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
amend the ,omnibus ,public ,land        
,management ,act of #bjji to authorize  
certain extraordinary operation and     
maintenance work for urban canals of    
concern4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,urban ,canal       
,modernization ,act4  #b4 ,extraordinary
 operation and maintenance work         
performed by the ,secretary of the      
,interior  7a7 ,definitions ,section    
#ifja of the ,omnibus ,public ,land     
,management ,act of #bjji 7#dc ,u4,s4,c4
 #eaj7 is amended-- 7#a7 by             
redesignating paragraphs 7#a71 7#b71    
7#c71 7#d71 7#e71 7#f71 and 7#g7 as     
paragraphs 7#b71 7#c71 7#d71 7#e71 7#f71
 7#g71 and 7#a71 respectively2  7#b7 in 
paragraph 7#c7 7as so redesignated71 by 

striking et seq47 and inserting et      
seq4772  7#c7 in paragraph 7#d7 7as so  
redesignated71 by striking mean and     
inserting means2 and  7#d7 by adding at 
the end the following3  7#h7 ,urban     
canal of concern ,the term urban canal  
of concern means a transferred works or 
segment of a transferred works-- 7,a7   
that is-- 7i7 a canal reach1 the failure
 of which would result in-- 7,i7 an     
estimated at-risk population of more    
than #ajj individuals2 or  7,,ii7 an    
estimated property damage of more than  
#e1jjj1jjj2 or  7ii7 a canal reach      
determined by the responsible ,bureau of
 ,reclamation regional or area office to
 be classified as an urban canal reach2 
and  7,b7 with respect to which the     
,secretary determines1 pursuant to the  
guidelines and criteria developed under 
section #ifjb7;a71 that if a failure    
were to occur1 the failure would result 
in loss of life and property in the     
vicinity of the failed transferred works
 or segment of transferred works4  4    

7b7 ,extraordinary maintenance and      
operation work on urban canal of        
concerns ,section #ifjc of the ,omnibus 
,public ,land ,management ,act of #bjji 
7#dc ,u4,s4,c4 #eaj;b7 is amended by    
adding at the end the following3  7e7   
,extraordinary operation and maintenance
 work on urban canals of concern  7#a7  
,in general ,the ,secretary or the      
transferred works operating entity shall
 carry out any extraordinary operation  
and maintenance work on an urban canal  
of concern that the transferred works   
operating entity1 with the concurrence  
of the ,secretary1 determines to be     
necessary4  7#b7 ,funding ,in the case  
of extraordinary operation and          
maintenance work on an urban canal of   
concern authorized under paragraph 7#a71
 or if the ,secretary determines that a 
project facility inspected and          
maintained pursuant to the guidelines   
and criteria set forth in section       
#ifjb7;a7 requires extraordinary        
operation and maintenance work pursuant 

to paragraph 7#a71 the ,secretary shall 
provide ,federal funds on a             
nonreimbursable basis sufficient to     
cover #ce percent of the portion of     
total cost of the extraordinary         
operation and maintenance work allocable
 to the transferred works operating     
entity that is needed to carry out the  
extraordinary operation and maintenance 
work on the urban canal of concern1 with
 the remaining share of any additional  
,federal funds advanced by the          
,secretary for the extraordinary        
operation and maintenance work to be    
repaid under subsection 7b74  7f7       
,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 
grant4  4