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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 127
115TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session SENATE 115-97
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION TRANSPARENCY ACT
JUNE 8, 2017.-Ordered to be printed
Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 216]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to which was
referred an bill (S. 216) to require the Secretary of the Interior to
submit to Congress a report on the efforts of the Bureau of Rec-
lamation to manage its infrastructure assets, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The purpose of S. 216 is to require the Secretary of the Interior
to submit to Congress a report on the efforts of the Bureau of Rec-
lamation (Reclamation) to manage its infrastructure assets.
BACKGROUND AND NEED
Founded in 1902, Reclamation is the largest wholesaler of water
in the United States and supports the design, construction, and
management of water infrastructure in 17 Western states, includ-
ing dams, canals, irrigation, hydropower, recreation, and water
supply infrastructure. Reclamation's inventory includes 476 dams
and dikes, creating 337 reservoirs with a total storage capacity of
245 million acre-per-feet of water. Much of Reclamation's infra-
structure was constructed more than 50 years ago, and the Depart-
ment of the Interior faces many challenges in maintaining this
aging infrastructure.
Reclamation prepares an annual Asset Management Plan,
which describes current business practices and performance
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