[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 153 (Thursday, September 22, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4994]
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  SA 5605. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1077. COST-SHARING REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN 
                   BUREAU OF RECLAMATION DAMS AND DIKES.

       Section 4309 of the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 
     2018 (43 U.S.C. 377b note; Public Law 115-270) is amended--
       (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``dams and'' 
     before ``dikes'';
       (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``effective beginning on 
     the date of enactment of this section, the Federal share of 
     the operations and maintenance costs of a dike described in 
     subsection (b)'' and inserting ``the Federal share of the dam 
     safety modifications costs of a dike described in subsection 
     (c)'';
       (3) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c);
       (4) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
       ``(b) Gate Repairs.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law (including regulations), effective during the 10-year 
     period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the 
     Federal share of the costs to repair or replace a gate and 
     any ancillary gate components of a dam described in 
     subsection (c) shall be 100 percent.''; and
       (5) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated)--
       (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting ``Dams and '' 
     before ``Dikes'';
       (B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``A 
     dike referred to in subsection (a) is a'' and inserting ``A 
     dam or dike referred to in subsections (a) and (b) is a dam 
     or''; and
       (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ``December 31, 1945'' and 
     inserting ``December 31, 1948''.
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