Sec. 122. Findings
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Congress finds that— the water resources infrastructure of the Bureau of Reclamation provides important benefits related to irrigated agriculture, municipal and industrial water, hydropower, flood control, fish and wildlife, and recreation in the 17 Reclamation States; as of 2013, the combined replacement value of the infrastructure assets of the Bureau of Reclamation was $94,500,000,000; the majority of the water resources infrastructure facilities of the Bureau of Reclamation are at least 60 years old; the Bureau of Reclamation has previously undertaken efforts to better manage the assets of the Bureau of Reclamation, including an annual review of asset maintenance activities of the Bureau of Reclamation known as the Asset Management Plan ; and actionable information on infrastructure conditions at the asset level, including information on maintenance needs at individual assets due to aging infrastructure, is needed for Congress to conduct oversight of Reclamation facilities and meet the needs of the public.