H.R. 6029 – To amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to authorize improvements f…

109th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 6029

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 6, 2006

Mr. Radanovich (for himself and Mrs. Napolitano) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

A BILL

To amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to authorize improvements for the security of dams and other facilities, and for other purposes.

Additional authorization for improvements to site security

(a)

In general

The Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–578) is amended—

(1)

in section 2, by inserting “and site security” after “structural safety”;

(2)

in section 3, by inserting “and site security” after “dam safety”;

(3)

in section 4(c)—

(A)

by inserting “and all costs incurred for building and site security activities (including facility fortifications, operation, maintenance and replacement of such fortifications, and guards and patrols, as identified in the Bureau of Reclamation’s Report to Congress dated February 2006,)” after “for safety purposes”;

(B)

by inserting after subsection (c)(2) the following:

(3)

In the case of the Central Valley Project of California, dam safety and site security costs allocated to irrigation and municipal and industrial water service shall be collected by the Secretary exclusively through inclusion of these costs in the operation and maintenance, rates, capital water rates, or both, and shall not be segregated from other project operation, maintenance, or capital costs for separate allocation or repayment.

; and

(C)

by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and

(4)

in section 4(e), by inserting “or site security measure,” after “of the modification” each place it appears.

Reports to Congress

The Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 is amended as follows:

(1)

In section 5—

(A)

by striking There are hereby inserting the following:

(a)

There are hereby

;

(B)

by striking Act: and inserting Act.;

(C)

by striking Provided, that no funds and inserting the following:

(b)

No funds

;

(D)

by inserting the cause of which results from new hydrologic or seismic data or changes in the state-of-the-art criteria deemed necessary for site security or structural safety purposes, after an existing dam under this Act, and before prior to 30 calendar days.; and

(E)

by adding at the end the following:

(c)

The Secretary shall transmit an annual report to the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate on building and site security measures undertaken pursuant to this Act during the fiscal year covered by the report. The report shall include—

(1)

a summary of Federal and non-Federal expenditures for the fiscal year; and

(2)

information relating to a 5-year plan for building and site security measures undertaken pursuant to this Act, detailed to show pre-September 11, 2001, and post September 11, 2001, costs for the building and site security measures.

(2)

In section 5A—

(A)

by inserting “or site security measure,” after “modification” each place it appears;

(B)

in subsection (c)(3), by striking The response and inserting When a modification is the result of new hydrologic or seismic data or changes in the state-of-the-art criteria deemed necessary for structural safety purposes, the response;

(C)

by striking section 5 and inserting section 5(b); and

(D)

in subsection (d), by inserting or site security after dam safety.

To amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to authorize improvements for the security of dams and other facilities, and for other purposes.

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