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119th CONGRESS
1st Session |
To amend the National Dam Safety Program Act to reauthorize certain assistance to States, and for other purposes.
Mr. Van Drew (for himself and Ms. Titus) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
To amend the National Dam Safety Program Act to reauthorize certain assistance to States, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Dam Assessment and Mitigation Support Act” or the “DAMS Act”.
SEC. 2. National Dam Safety Program Act amendments.
(a) National Dam Safety Program.—Section 8(e) of the National Dam Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467f(e)) is amended by striking paragraph (4).
(b) Rehabilitation of high hazard potential dams.—
(1) PRIORITY SYSTEM.—Section 8A(f) of the National Dam Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467f–2(f)) is amended by inserting “, which system shall be used by any State that is not using a risk-based priority system developed by the State for identifying such dams” before the period at the end.
(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 8A(j)(4) of the National Dam Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467f–2(j)(4)) is amended by striking “2026” and inserting “2031”.