1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated October 15, 2021Reclamation Water Storage Projects: Section 4007 of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation ActCongress created a new authority for the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation, part of the Department of the Interior) to build new water
2、storage projects in Section 4007 of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN Act; P.L. 114-322). The authority provides federal support for the construction of new and augmented surface water storage projects in the 17 arid reclamation states. As of October 2021, Congress had a
3、ppropriated $603 million for these projects, and Reclamation had allocated (and Congress had approved) $511 million to 13 projects in 3 states. Allocation of remaining appropriations is subject to further congressional action. Background Traditionally, Reclamations role in water project development
4、had been limited to geographically specific projects authorized in federal statutes (federal law that applies to reclamation projects generally is referred to as reclamation law). Congress provided full, up-front funding for the construction costs of these facilities through discretionary appropriat
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