119-hr131

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 131 Referred in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 131

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 July 22, 2025

 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and 
 Natural Resources

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 AN ACT

To make certain modifications to the repayment for the Arkansas Valley 
 Conduit in the State of Colorado.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ARKANSAS VALLEY CONDUIT, COLORADO.

 Public Law 87-590 (76 Stat. 389; 123 Stat. 1320) is amended--

    (1) in the first section--
        (A) in subsection
            (c) , in the second sentence, by 
 striking ``or in the case of the Arkansas Valley 
 Conduit, payment in an amount equal to 35 percent of 
 the cost of the conduit that is comprised of revenue 
 generated by payments pursuant to a repayment contract 
 and revenue that may be derived from contracts for the 
 use of Fryingpan-Arkansas project excess capacity or 
 exchange contracts using Fryingpan-Arkansas project 
 facilities,''; and
        (B) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (d) Arkansas Valley Conduit.--
 ``

    (1) Repayment contract.--To provide domestic water 
 supplies to communities and households that do not have 
 reliable access to domestic water supplies, the contract for 
 the Arkansas Valley Conduit shall provide for payment in an 
 amount equal to 35 percent of the cost of the conduit, 
 notwithstanding the reclamation laws or any other provision of 
 this Act. The contract payments shall consist of--
 ``
        (A) funding provided during construction from any 
 entity other than the Secretary; and
 ``
        (B) based on a demonstration of financial 
 hardship, as determined by the Secretary, repayment of 
 the balance not covered under subparagraph
        (A) for a 
 period of not more than 75 years with simple interest 
 at a rate that is equal to 50 percent of the interest 
 rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury under 
 

section 2
            (c) , including revenue derived from contracts 
 for the use of excess capacity or exchange contracts 
 using Fryingpan-Arkansas project facilities.
 ``

    (2) Operations and maintenance.--The contract for the 
 Arkansas Valley Conduit shall provide for the assumption by the 
 contracting parties of the care, operation, maintenance, and 
 replacement of the conduit.''; and

    (2) in 

section 2

    (b)

    (3)
        (A) , by striking ``this section'' and 
 inserting ``subsection
            (d) of the first section''.

 Passed the House of Representatives July 21, 2025.

 Attest:

 KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,

 Clerk.