Sec. 70311. Conveyance Repairs and Build Back Better Funds for Solar Canal Integration
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In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Bureau of Reclamation for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2031, except that no amounts may be expended after September 30, 2031, to provide nonreimbursable grants in a manner as determined by the Secretary of the Interior (in this section referred to as the “Secretary”) on a competitive basis to eligible entities that in aggregate shall not exceed 33 percent of the total cost of an eligible project to carry out the planning, design, and construction of projects to make major, non-recurring maintenance repairs to water conveyance facilities that do not enlarge the carrying capacity of a conveyance facility beyond the capacity as previously constructed for conveyance facilities in need of emergency capacity restoration due to subsidence and experiencing exceptional drought for the purposes of increasing drought resiliency, primarily through groundwater recharge.
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Bureau of Reclamation for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2031, except that no amounts may be expended after September 30, 2031, for the design, study, and implementation of projects (including pilot and demonstration projects) to cover conveyance facilities receiving grants under subparagraph
(a)with solar panels to generate renewable energy in a manner as determined by the Secretary or for other solar projects associated with Bureau of Reclamation projects that increase water efficiency and assist in implementation of clean energy goals.