Sec. 341. Acequias irrigation systems

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Section 1113 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4232) is amended— in subsection (b)— by striking

(b)Subject to section 903(a) of this Act, the Secretary is authorized and directed to undertake and inserting the following: Subject to section 903(a), the Secretary shall carry out ; and by striking canals and all that follows through 25 percent. and inserting the following: “channels attendant to the operations of the community ditch and Acequia systems in New Mexico that— are declared to be a political subdivision of the State; or belong to a federally recognized Indian Tribe. ; by redesignating subsection

(c)as subsection (e); by inserting after subsection

(b)the following: The measures described in subsection

(b)shall, to the maximum extent practicable— ensure greater resiliency of diversion structures, including to flow variations, prolonged drought conditions, invasive plant species, and threats from changing hydrological and climatic conditions; or support research, development, and training for innovative management solutions, including those for controlling invasive aquatic plants that affect Acequias. The measures described in subsection

(b)shall be carried out at a total cost of $80,000,000. Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the non-Federal share of the cost of carrying out the measures described in subsection

(b)shall be 25 percent. In the case of a project benefitting an economically disadvantaged community (as defined pursuant to section 160 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 ( 33 U.S.C. 2201 note; Public Law 116–260 )), the Federal share of the cost of carrying out the measures described in subsection

(b)shall be 90 percent. ; and in subsection

(e)(as so redesignated)— in the first sentence— by striking

(e)The Secretary is further authorized and directed to and inserting the following: The Secretary shall ; and by inserting or belong to a federally recognized Indian Tribe within the State of New Mexico after that State ; and in the second sentence, by striking This public entity status will allow the officials of these Acequia systems and inserting the following: The public entity status provided pursuant to paragraph

(1)shall allow the officials of the Acequia systems described in that paragraph .

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