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Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act
(Sec. 3) This bill authorizes the Department of the Interior to convey U.S. interest in an eligible reclamation project or facility to an agency of a state political subdivision, a joint action or powers agency, a water users association, or an Indian tribe or tribal utility authority that holds a water service contract for such property and that has the capacity to continue to manage the property for the same purposes for which it has been managed under reclamation law, if: (1) Interior notifies Congress in writing of the proposed conveyance at least 90 days in advance, and (2) Congress does not pass a joint resolution disapproving the conveyance. A facility that generates hydropower marketed by a power marketing administration shall not be eligible for such conveyance.
An entity that operates and maintains an eligible facility at the time Interior attempts to facilitate its conveyance shall have the right of first refusal to receive the conveyance.
(Sec. 4) Criteria for determining whether facilities are eligible for title transfer shall include: (1) the transfer will not have an unmitigated significant effect on the environment, (2) the qualifying entity intends to use the property for substantially the same purposes the property is being used for at the time Interior evaluates the potential transfer, and (3) the qualifying entity agrees to provide the United States the equivalent of the present value of any repayment obligation or other income stream the United States derives from the assets to be transferred.
(Sec. 5) No conveyance under this bill may adversely impact power rates or repayment obligations.
(Sec. 9) Interior shall submit, as part of its annual budget submission to Congress: (1) a description of the actions taken to implement this bill, and (2) a list of conveyances made or initiated by Interior or a qualifying entity under this bill.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 3281 as reported to House without amendment on Sep 27, 2017. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Jul 12, 2018Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveJul 12, 2018
House Jul 12, 2018 · the primary vote
Reclamation Title Transfer and Non-Federal Infrastructure Incentivization Act
Passed
233 Yea 184 Nay 11 not voting
Party-line vote 15 of 417 voting members broke with their own party: 9 Democrats, 6 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
428 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 3281 and vote against it. 0 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 3281 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
43 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.