USE OF FUNDS IN BASIN FUNDS FOR SALINITY CONTROL ACTIVITIES UPSTREAM OF IMPERIAL DAM.

SEC. 2806. USE OF FUNDS IN BASIN FUNDS FOR SALINITY CONTROL ACTIVITIES UPSTREAM OF IMPERIAL DAM.(a) In General.—Section 202(a) of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (43 U.S.C. 1592(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(7) Basin states program.—“(A) In general.—A Basin States Program that the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, shall implement to carry out salinity control activities in the Colorado River Basin using funds made available under section 205(f).“(B) Assistance.—The Secretary, in consultation with the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Advisory Council, shall carry out this paragraph using funds described in subparagraph (A) directly or by providing grants, grant commitments, or advance funds to Federal or non-Federal entities under such terms and conditions as the Secretary may require.“(C) Activities.—Funds described in subparagraph (A) shall be used to carry out, as determined by the Secretary—“(i) cost-effective measures and associated works to reduce salinity from saline springs, leaking wells, irrigation sources, industrial sources, erosion of public and private land, or other sources;“(ii) operation and maintenance of salinity control features constructed under the Colorado River Basin salinity control program; and“(iii) studies, planning, and administration of salinity control activities.“(D) Report.—“(i) In general.—Not later than 30 days before implementing the program established under this paragraph, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a planning report that describes the proposed implementation of the program.“(ii) Implementation.—The Secretary may not expend funds to implement the program established under this paragraph before the expiration of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the Secretary submits the report, or any revision to the report, under clause (i).”.(b) Conforming Amendments.—(1) Section 202 of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (43 U.S.C. 1592) is amended—(A) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “program” and inserting “programs”; and(B) in subsection (b)(4)—(i) by striking “program” and inserting “programs”; and(ii) by striking “and (6)” and inserting “(6), and (7)”.122 STAT. 1090(2) Section 205 of the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act (43 U.S.C. 1595) is amended by striking subsection (f) and inserting the following new subsection:“(f) Up-Front Cost Share.—“(1) In general.—Effective beginning on the date of enactment of this paragraph, subject to paragraph (3), the cost share obligations required by this section shall be met through an up-front cost share from the Basin Funds, in the same proportions as the cost allocations required under subsection (a), as provided in paragraph (2).“(2) Basin states program.—The Secretary shall expend the required cost share funds described in paragraph (1) through the Basin States Program for salinity control activities established under section 202(a)(7).“(3) Existing salinity control activities.—The cost share contribution required by this section shall continue to be met through repayment in a manner consistent with this section for all salinity control activities for which repayment was commenced prior to the date of enactment of this paragraph.”.