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S 1657 114th Congress Senate Water Resources Development Dams and canals Government studies and investigations Water resources funding Water use and supply

Dams Accountability, Maintenance, and Safety Act

Introduced: June 24, 2015 Introduced by: Barrasso, John Republican · Wyoming See on congress.gov
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Jun 24, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Jun 24, 2015
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Dams Accountability, Maintenance, and Safety Act

Amends the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to authorize the Department of the Interior, subject to a feasibility study, to develop additional project benefits (including additional conservation storage capacity) through the construction of new or supplementary works when it exercises its authority to modify Bureau of Reclamation dams and related facilities to preserve their structural safety, provided that: (1) the additional project benefits will promote more efficient management of water and water-related facilities, (2) the feasibility study is authorized under the Federal Water Project Recreation Act of 1965, and (3) the costs are allocated to the authorized purposes of the structure and repaid consistent with federal reclamation law.

What's happening now June 24, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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  • HR 2749 Identical bill Dams Accountability, Maintenance, and Safety Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1657: Dams Accountability, Maintenance, and Safety Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1657/
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