109th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6029
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.
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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. 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';
(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.
SEC. 2. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.
The Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 is amended as follows:
(A) by striking `There are hereby' inserting the following:
(B) by striking `Act:' and inserting `Act.';
(C) by striking `Provided, that no funds' and inserting the following:
(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.'.
(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'.
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