[20190206]IF10924_填海设施局产权转让.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated February 6, 2019Title Transfer for Bureau of Reclamation FacilitiesThe Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), an agency within the Department of the Interior (DOI), was established to implement the Reclamation Act of 1902. As amended, this act authorizes the construction and operations of water resource projects for irrigation and other purposes in the 17 arid states west of the Mississippi River. Along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Reclamation is one of the two principal federal agencies that own and operate water resources facilities. Today, Reclamation manages 492 dams and 338 reservoirs, which are capable of storing and delivering approximately 140 million acre-feet of water annually. As of 2016, the agencys inventory of 4,000 constructed real property assets had a replacement value of $99 billion. Reclamation is an agency in transition; it faces questions of how it will manage its aging infrastructure inventory amid other priorities, including new mission responsibilities and construction projects. As a tool for the bureau to deal with its management challenges, some observers have proposed facilitating title transfer, a process b