[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2410 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2410

  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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 12, 2000

  Mr. Murkowski (by request) introduced the following bill; which was 
    read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
                               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. The Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 (92 Stat. 
2471; 43 U.S.C. 508), as amended (98 Stat. 1482), is further amended--
    (a) in Section 4 by--
            (1) striking in subsection (a) ``or from nonperformance of 
        reasonable and normal maintenance of the structure by the 
        operating entity'';
            (2) making the following changes in subsection (c):
                    (A) inserting in subsection (c) after ``1984,'' and 
                before ``costs'' the following: ``and the additional 
                $380,000,000 further authorized to be appropriated by 
                amendments to that Act in 1999,'';
                    (B) striking paragraph (2) in its entirety;
                    (C) striking ``(3)'' and substituting in lieu 
                thereof ``(2)'';
                    (D) striking ``(4)'' and substituting in lieu 
                thereof ``(3)'';
                    (E) inserting in the first sentence of new 
                subsection (c)(3) ``irrigation,'' following the phrase 
                ``Costs allocated to the purpose of'' and before 
                ``municipal,''; and
                    (F) inserting ``without regard to water users' 
                ability to pay'' at the end of the first sentence of 
                new subsection (c)(3); and
            (3) inserting ``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.'' at the end of subsection (d); and
    (b) in Section 5 by--
            (1) inserting after ``levels)'' and before ``plus'' the 
        following: ``and, effective October 1, 1999, not to exceed an 
        additional $380,000 (October 1, 1999, price levels),'';
            (2) striking ``$750,000'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
        ``$1,200,000 (October 1, 1997, 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
            (3) striking ``sixty days (which'' and all that follows 
        through ``day certain)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``30 
        calendar days''.
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