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H.R. 1769, San Luis Unit Drainage Resolution Act 1 (July 7, 2017)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo3617 and id is 1 raw text is: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE COST ESTIMATE July 7, 2017 H.R. 1769 San Luis Unit Drainage Resolution Act As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on April 27, 2017 SUMMARY H.R. 1769 would ratify a settlement agreement negotiated in 2015 between the United States and the Westlands Water District (district) in California and would amend current law in accordance with provisions of that agreement. Specifically, the bill would: * Eliminate the statutory requirement for the United States to provide drainage services for farmland irrigated within the district's boundaries; * Direct the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) to enter into a water contract with the district consistent with the terms of the settlement agreement; * Cancel the district's obligation to repay the federal government for its share of constructing the Central Valley Project (CVP) and the costs allocated to the district to plan and design drainage infrastructure; and * Require BOR to apply a credit against the district's CVP operating costs equal to payments the district made for its capital obligations between the date of the settlement agreement (September 2015) and enactment of the legislation. CBO estimates that enacting the legislation would reduce offsetting receipts (which has the effect of increasing direct spending) by $309 million over the 2017-2027 period. Because enacting H.R. 1769 would affect direct spending, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. Enacting the bill would not affect revenues. CBO also estimates that implementing the legislation would reduce the need for discretionary appropriations to construct the drainage facilities in the district. CBO expects that those facilities will take more than a decade to complete under current law. According to estimates from BOR, completing the part of the project that will provide drainage for the district will cost about $2.5 billion. By relieving the federal government of those obligations, CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 1769 would reduce spending subject

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