[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7776 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7776

 To amend the Boulder Canyon Project Act to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to expend amounts in the Colorado River Dam fund, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 2024

 Ms. Lee of Nevada (for herself, Mr. Amodei, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Titus, 
  Mr. Ciscomani, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Gosar, Mrs. Lesko, Mr. Stanton, and 
 Mrs. Napolitano) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                   the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Boulder Canyon Project Act to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to expend amounts in the Colorado River Dam fund, 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 ``Help Hoover Dam Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION TO EXPEND AMOUNTS.

    Section 2 of the Act of December 21, 1928 (43 U.S.C. 617, et seq.; 
commonly known as the ``Boulder Canyon Project Act''), is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
    ``(f) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to expend moneys 
in the fund, including moneys in account XXXR5656P1, that were and 
hereafter are recovered on a non-reimbursable basis, for any authorized 
activity, including operations, maintenance, investigation and cleanup 
actions, and capital improvements, within the Boulder Canyon Project at 
Hoover Dam or on land used for the construction and operation of the 
Hoover Dam, subject to the review and approval of the Boulder Canyon 
Project contractors as identified in the Hoover Power Allocation Act of 
2011 (Public Law 112-72).''.
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