[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7796 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7796

To direct the Corps of Engineers to carry out a review of recreational 
   hazards at Buford Dam, Lake Sidney Lanier, Georgia, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 17, 2022

Ms. Bourdeaux introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Corps of Engineers to carry out a review of recreational 
   hazards at Buford Dam, Lake Sidney Lanier, Georgia, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Lake Lanier and Upper Chattahoochee 
Safety Act''.

SEC. 2. REVIEW OF RECREATIONAL HAZARDS AT BUFORD DAM, LAKE SIDNEY 
              LANIER, GEORGIA.

    The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, 
shall--
            (1) carry out a review of potential threats to human life 
        and safety from use of designated recreational areas at the 
        Buford Dam, Lake Sidney Lanier, Georgia, authorized by section 
        1 of the Act of July 24, 1946 (chapter 595, 60 Stat. 635); and
            (2) install such technologies and other measures, including 
        sirens, strobe lights, and signage, that the Secretary, based 
        on the review carried out under paragraph (1), determines 
        necessary for alerting the public of hazardous water conditions 
        or to otherwise minimize or eliminate any identified threats to 
        human life and safety.
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