[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3595 Introduced in House (IH)]

                                    


106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3595

  To increase the authorization of appropriations for the Reclamation 
          Safety of Dams Act of 1978, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 8, 2000

 Mr. George Miller of California (by request) introduced the following 
         bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
  To increase the authorization of appropriations for the Reclamation 
          Safety of Dams Act of 1978, 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. INCREASED AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE 
              RECLAMATION SAFETY OF DAMS ACT OF 1978.

    The Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 is amended--
            (1) in section 4 (43 U.S.C. 508)--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``or from 
                nonperformance of reasonable and normal maintenance of 
                the structure by the operating entity'';
                    (B) in subsection (c), by--
                            (i) inserting after ``1984'' the following: 
                        ``and the additional $380,000,000 further 
                        authorized to be appropriated by amendments to 
                        that Act in 2000'';
                            (ii) striking paragraph (2) and 
                        redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
                        paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and
                            (iii) in the first sentence of paragraph 
                        (3), as so redesignated, inserting 
                        ``irrigation,'' after ``Costs allocated to the 
                        purpose of'', and inserting ``without regard to 
                        water users' ability to pay'' before the period 
                        at the end; and
                    (C) in subsection (d), by inserting before the 
                period at the end the following: ``: Provided further, 
                That the Secretary is authorized to expend payments of 
                such reimbursable costs made pursuant to a repayment 
                contract at any time prior to completion of 
                construction''; and
            (2) in section 5 (43 U.S.C. 509), by--
                    (A) inserting after ``levels)'' the following: 
                ``and, effective October 1, 1997, not to exceed an 
                additional $380,000,000 (October 1, 2000, price 
                levels),'';
                    (B) striking ``$750,000'' and inserting 
                ``$1,200,000 (October 1, 2000, price levels), plus or 
                minus such amounts, if any, as may be justified by 
                reason of ordinary fluctuations in construction costs 
                as indicated by engineering cost indexes applicable to 
                the types of construction involved herein,''; and
                    (C) striking ``sixty days (which'' and all that 
                follows through ``day certain)'' and inserting ``30 
                calendar days''.
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