1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated March 28, 2022Bureau of Reclamation: FY2022 AppropriationsOverview The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), part of the Department of the Interior, is responsible for construction and operation of hundreds of large dams and water diversion structures in the 17
2、 western reclamation states designated in statute by Congress. These projects provide water to approximately 10 million acres of farmland and 31 million people. Reclamation is the largest wholesale supplier of water in these 17 states and the second-largest hydroelectric power producer in the nation
3、. Reclamations mission areas and geographic scope are narrower than the other principal federal water resource agency, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Reclamation has evolved, and its focus has shifted from construction of new water storage projects to operation and maintenance of existing project
4、s. Reclamation also has expanded into new areas, including funding for water supply projects on tribal lands and in rural areas under congressionally authorized Indian water rights settlements and rural water supply projects, respectively. In addition, Congress has authorized Reclamation grants to n
