Urban Canal Modernization Act
On calendar: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- On calendar
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 3
- Latest action
- Sep 17, 2026
What it does
The Urban Canal Modernization Act would amend the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior or a transferred works operating entity to perform extraordinary operation and maintenance work on urban canals of concern—defined as canal reaches whose failure would put more than 100 people at risk and that are located in urban areas. The bill establishes a cost-sharing framework where the federal government covers 35% of such work on a nonreimbursable basis, with the remaining costs advanced by the Secretary and to be repaid by the operating entity. It also clarifies that any reimbursable funds provided under this section count as non-Federal sources…
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