To improve planning and administration relating to water supply storage activities.

1. Adds SEC. 2____. IMPROVING PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION OF WATER SUPPLY STORAGE at the end of title II

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   In 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 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: (1) 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: (A) a detailed description of the activities carried out relating to the water supply aspects of the project;

   Inserted: (B) a clear explanation of why and how those activities relate to the water supply aspects of the project; and

   Inserted: (C) a detailed accounting of the cost of carrying out those activities; and

   Inserted: (2) 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 consistency in the calculation of the appropriate share of joint project costs allocable to the water supply purpose.

   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 subsection (a)(2) and any subsequent actions taken by the Secretary relating to those reviews.

   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 with non-Federal interests at Corps of Engineers projects 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.

   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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