[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3641 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3641

  To amend the Federal Power Act to provide for the delegation of dam 
                 safety authority to State government.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 13, 1996

    Mr. Gallegly (for himself, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. Fazio of 
 California, and Mrs. Seastrand) introduced the following bill; which 
         was referred to the Committee on Committee on Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Federal Power Act to provide for the delegation of dam 
                 safety authority to State government.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DELEGATION OF DAM SAFETY AUTHORITY UNDER FEDERAL POWER ACT.

    Section 10(c) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 803(c)) is 
amended by adding the following after the first sentence thereof: 
``Upon the request of the licensee, where the installed capacity of the 
generating equipment does not exceed 10MW, the Commission shall permit 
the State wherein the dam is located to regulate the safety of the dam, 
unless the Commission determines that the State does not have an 
adequate dam safety program.''.
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