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handle is hein.crs/govegaj0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Cortgre t,, F? rub S rv c t 14 Updated September 3,2021 Bureau of Reclamation: FY2022 Appropriations Overview The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), part of the Department ofthe Interior, is responsible for construction and operation of hundreds of large dams and water diversion structures in the 17 coterminous western states. These projects provide water to approximately 10 million acres of farmland and 31 million people. Reclamation is the largest wholesale supplier of water in 17 western states and the second-largest hydroelectric power producer in the nation. Reclamation's mission areas and geographic scope are narrower than the otherprincipal federal water resource agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Reclamation's role has evolved, and its focus gradually has shifted fromconstruction ofnew water storage projects to operation and maintenance of existing projects. Reclamation also has expanded into new areas, including funding for water supply projects on triballands and in rural areas under congressionally authorized Indian water rights settlements and rural water supply projects, respectively. In addition, Congress has authorized Reclamation grants to nonfederal projects, including those for waterreuse andrecycling, conservation andefficiency, and desalination. Reclamation's Water and Related Resources accountfunds most agency activities, including construction, operation and maintenance, dams afety, ecosystemrestoration, Indian water rights settlements, andmost programmatic and grant authorities. Reclamation typically also requests funding for three smaller accounts: California Bay-Delta Restoration, the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund (which is offset by customer receipts), and Policy and Administration. FY2022 Budget Request and A ppropriations Action The Adminis trationrequest is commonly less than the final enactedtotal for Reclamation. ForFY2022, President Biden requested $1.53 billion in gross current authority (i.e., appropriations before offsets) for Reclamation. H.R.4502 (Divis ion C), the House-passed appropriations bill for Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies, recommended $1.95 billion for Reclamation. S. 2605, as reported by the Senate Appropriations Committee, included $1.99 billion for Reclamation. Figure 1 shows recent enacted appropriations levels for Reclamation's Water and Related Resources Account, as well as its other smaller accounts, compared with the FY2022 Administration requested, House-passed, and Senate committee-reported levels. Figure 1. Reclamation Appropriations: FY20 1 4-FY2022 (nominal $ in millions) $2,000 $1,500 $1,000 $500 so ~ tt tt tt %% t W Water and Related Resources All Other Accounts Source: Congressional Research Service (CRS), based on FY2014- FY2021 enacted appropriations, and FY2022 budget request and Appropriations Committee data. Notes: Does not reflect offsetting receipts forthe Central Valley Project Restoration Fund. Earmarks and Reclamation The Water and Related Resources account consists largely of individualproject funding lines. During the 112th1 16 Congres ses, Reclamation appropriations were subject to general earmark moratoriums that restricted Congress from funding geographically specific projectline items not requestedby the Administration. In lieu ofthese additions, Congress included additional funding amounts for selectedcategories ofReclamation projects, typically in five categories: Rural Water, Water Conservation & Delivery, Environmental Restoration and Compliance, Fish Passage/Fish Screens, and Facilities Maintenance and Rehabilitation. The Administration recommends allocations of these funds for specific projects in workplans made available severalmonths after Congress enacts appropriations bills. (Workplans are available at http://www.usbr.gov/budget/.) For FY2022 appropriations, H.R. 4502 and S. 2605 proposed the first earmarks in Energy and Water appropriations since the 111t Congress. The bills also would fund the aforementioned additional funding categories, albeit at lower levels than in recent years (Figure 2).

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