Western Water Accelerated Revenue Repayment Act

What it does

This bill permanently authorizes a provision under the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act that (1) allows certain water users (e.g., agriculture and municipal water users) in western states to prepay what they owe under contracts with the Bureau of Reclamation for the storage and supply of water resources; and (2) requires a specified portion of the receipts generated from such prepayments be directed to the Reclamation Water Storage Account for the construction of water storage.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, May 25, 2023 (Introduced in House). CRS summarizes bills impartially; it does not take positions.