A bill to amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to authorize improvements for the security of dams and other facilities.
Latest action · Jul 26, 2007 Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-152.
Progress
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- IntroducedMay 1, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to: (1) authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make modifications to preserve the site security of Bureau of Reclamation dams and related facilities; and (2) provide for the reimbursement of all costs incurred for post-September 11, 2001 building and site security activities.
Requires: (1) dam safety and site security costs allocated to irrigation, municipal, and industrial water service for the Central Valley Project, California, to be collected by the Secretary exclusively through inclusion of such costs in operation and maintenance rates, capital water rates, or both; and (2) reimbursable operation and maintenance costs to be repaid annually.
Authorizes the Secretary to develop policies and procedures to provide for agreements with project beneficiaries for the return of reimbursable costs of site security activities.
Authorizes appropriations for: (1) the modification of structures resulting from new hydrologic or seismic data or changes in the state-of-the-art criteria deemed necessary for safety purposes, with obligations exceeding a prescribed limit subject to a reporting requirement; and (2) post-September 11, 2001, building and site security activities.
Requires the Secretary to: (1) report annually to specified committees on building and site activities undertaken; and (2) include in required reports the Secretary's response when a modification is the result of new data or criteria changes deemed necessary for safety purposes.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 1, 2007 to Jul 10, 2007, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OR | Gordon H. Smith | Original | May 1, 2007 |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Original | May 1, 2007 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | May 1, 2007 |
| R-CO | Wayne Allard | Original | May 1, 2007 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Jul 10, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 26, 2007Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 110-152.
- May 1, 2007Introduced in Senate
- May 1, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1662 | Bureau of Reclamation Site Security Costs Act of 2007 | Identical bill | Jun 11, 2008 |
| S 2739 | Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 | Related bill | May 8, 2008 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.
- Agriculture and Food
- Central Valley Reclamation Project (California)
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Construction costs
- Dams
- Earthquakes
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency Management
- Federal aid to water resources development
- Infrastructure
- Irrigation
- Safety measures
- Security measures
- Terrorism
- Water rates
- Water Resources Development
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 1, 2007Introduced in Senate
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