H.R. 131

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 131 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

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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.