S.Amdt. 821
What it does: Adds SEC. 2____. IMPROVING PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION OF WATER SUPPLY STORAGE at the end of title II
Sen. John Boozman (R-AR)What it changes
1 change to S. 601 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 2____. IMPROVING PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION OF WATER SUPPLY STORAGE at the end of title II
Adds a sectionIn S. 601 · Reported to Senate
(c) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report based on the study under subsection (a) with the recommendations of the Comptroller General on whether the repairs carried out at dams on the Cumberland River should have been classified as repairs carried out under the National Dam Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467 et seq.).
Inserted: SEC. 2____. IMPROVING PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION OF WATER SUPPLY STORAGE.
Inserted: (a) In General.--The Secretary shall carry out activities--
Inserted: (1) to ensure increased uniformity and flexibility in the development and administration of storage agreements with non-Federal interests for municipal or industrial water supply at Corps of Engineers projects pursuant to section 301 of the Water Supply Act of 1958 (43 U.S.C. 390b); and
Inserted: (2) to enable non-Federal interests to anticipate and accurately budget for annual operations and maintenance costs and, as applicable, repair, rehabilitation, and replacements costs, including through--
Inserted: (A) the formulation by the Secretary of a uniform billing statement format for those storage agreements relating to operations and maintenance costs, and as applicable, repair, rehabilitation, and replacement costs, incurred by the Secretary, which, at a minimum, shall include--
Inserted: (i) a detailed description of the activities carried out relating to the water supply aspects of the project;
Inserted: (ii) a clear explanation of why and how those activities relate to the water supply aspects of the project; and
Inserted: (iii) a detailed accounting of the cost of carrying out those activities;
Inserted: (B) a review by the Secretary of the regulations and guidance of the Corps of Engineers relating to criteria and methods for the equitable distribution of joint project costs across project purposes in order to ensure nationwide consistency in the calculation of the appropriate share of joint project costs allocable to the water supply purpose; and
Inserted: (C) a review by the Secretary of the procedures and processes of the Corps of Engineers for evaluating new requests for water supply storage reallocation and for developing water supply storage plans to accommodate the needs of non-Federal interests in order to increase the flexibility of those procedures and processes and enhance the coordination within the Corps of Engineers in communicating timely and unified responses to the requests of non-Federal interests.
Inserted: (b) Report to Congress.--
Inserted: (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the findings of the reviews carried out under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subsection (a)(1) and any subsequent actions taken by the Secretary relating to those reviews.
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Inserted: (2) Inclusions.--The report under paragraph (1) shall include an analysis of the feasibility and costs associated with the provision by the Secretary to each non-Federal interest of not less than 1 statement each year that details for each water storage agreement described in subsection (a)(1) the estimated amount of the operations and
Inserted: maintenance costs and, as applicable, the estimated amount of the repair, rehabilitation, and replacement costs, for which the non-Federal interest will be responsible in that fiscal year.
Inserted: (3) Extension.--The Secretary may delay the submission of the report under paragraph (1) for a period not to exceed 180 days after the deadline described in paragraph (1), subject to the condition that the Secretary submits a preliminary progress report to Congress not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.
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At the end of title II, add the following:
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SA 821. Mr. BOOZMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 601, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title II, add the following:
SEC. 2____. IMPROVING PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION OF WATER SUPPLY STORAGE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall carry out activities--
(1) to ensure increased uniformity and flexibility in the development and administration of storage agreements with non-Federal interests for municipal or industrial water supply at Corps of Engineers projects pursuant to section 301 of the Water Supply Act of 1958 (43 U.S.C. 390b); and
(2) to enable non-Federal interests to anticipate and accurately budget for annual operations and maintenance costs and, as applicable, repair, rehabilitation, and replacements costs, including through--
(A) the formulation by the Secretary of a uniform billing statement format for those storage agreements relating to operations and maintenance costs, and as applicable, repair, rehabilitation, and replacement costs, incurred by the Secretary, which, at a minimum, shall include--
(i) a detailed description of the activities carried out relating to the water supply aspects of the project;
(ii) a clear explanation of why and how those activities relate to the water supply aspects of the project; and
(iii) a detailed accounting of the cost of carrying out those activities;
(B) a review by the Secretary of the regulations and guidance of the Corps of Engineers relating to criteria and methods for the equitable distribution of joint project costs across project purposes in order to ensure nationwide consistency in the calculation of the appropriate share of joint project costs allocable to the water supply purpose; and
(C) a review by the Secretary of the procedures and processes of the Corps of Engineers for evaluating new requests for water supply storage reallocation and for developing water supply storage plans to accommodate the needs of non-Federal interests in order to increase the flexibility of those procedures and processes and enhance the coordination within the Corps of Engineers in communicating timely and unified responses to the requests of non-Federal interests.
(b) Report to Congress.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the findings of the reviews carried out under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of subsection (a)(1) and any subsequent actions taken by the Secretary relating to those reviews.
(2) Inclusions.--The report under paragraph (1) shall include an analysis of the feasibility and costs associated with the provision by the Secretary to each non-Federal interest of not less than 1 statement each year that details for each water storage agreement described in subsection (a)(1) the estimated amount of the operations and
maintenance costs and, as applicable, the estimated amount of the repair, rehabilitation, and replacement costs, for which the non-Federal interest will be responsible in that fiscal year.
(3) Extension.--The Secretary may delay the submission of the report under paragraph (1) for a period not to exceed 180 days after the deadline described in paragraph (1), subject to the condition that the Secretary submits a preliminary progress report to Congress not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.
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Senate amendment submitted
May 8, 2013