[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1657 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1657

          To amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 24, 2015

 Mr. Barrasso 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 amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Dams Accountability, Maintenance, 
and Safety Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF ADDITIONAL PROJECT BENEFITS.

    The Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 506 et seq.) 
is amended--
            (1) in section 3, by striking ``Construction'' and 
        inserting ``Except as provided in section 5B, construction''; 
        and
            (2) by inserting after section 5A (43 U.S.C. 509) the 
        following:

``SEC. 5B. ADDITIONAL PROJECT BENEFITS.

    ``Notwithstanding section 3, if the Secretary determines that 
additional project benefits, including additional conservation storage 
capacity, are feasible and not inconsistent with the purposes of this 
Act, the Secretary is authorized to develop additional project benefits 
through the construction of new or supplementary works on a project in 
conjunction with the Secretary's activities under section 2 and subject 
to the conditions described in the feasibility study, provided that--
            ``(1) the Secretary determines that developing additional 
        project benefits through the construction of new or 
        supplementary works on a project will promote more efficient 
        management of water and water-related facilities;
            ``(2) the feasibility study pertaining to additional 
        project benefits has been authorized pursuant to section 8 of 
        the Federal Water Project Recreation Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 
        4601-18); and
            ``(3) the costs associated with developing the additional 
        project benefits are allocated to the authorized purposes of 
        the structure and repaid consistent with all provisions of 
        Federal Reclamation law (the Act of June 17, 1902, 43 U.S.C. 
        371 et seq.) and Acts supplemental to and amendatory of that 
        Act.''.
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