A bill to amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to modify the authorization of appropriations.
Latest action · Jul 31, 2014 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 514.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 16, 2014
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to increase the authorization ceiling for FY2014.
Increases the maximum amount of funds that may be be obligated for carrying out actual construction to modify an existing dam prior to 30 calendar days from the date that the Secretary of the Interior has transmitted a report on such dam to the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate (currently, to Congress).
Requires the Secretary, at least 30 days before making modification expenditures of between $1.8 million and $20 million, to submit to such Committees written notice that provides a summary of the project, the cost of the project, and any alternatives that were considered.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 16, 2014 to Feb 24, 2014; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Original | Jan 16, 2014 |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Original | Jan 16, 2014 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Feb 24, 2014 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jan 17, 2014Markup Jun 18, 2014Reported Jul 31, 2014 |
| Water and Power Subcommittee | Hearings Feb 27, 2014 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 31, 2014Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Landrieu with an amendment. With written report No. 113-227.
- Jul 31, 2014Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 514.
- Jun 18, 2014Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment favorably.
- Feb 27, 2014Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Senate Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 113-284.
- Jan 16, 2014Introduced in Senate
- Jan 16, 2014Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S444-445)
- Jan 16, 2014Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jul 8, 2014S. 1946, a bill to amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to modify the authorization of appropriationsAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on June 18, 2014
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 113-284 | CURRENT WATER AND POWER BILLS84 pages | Energy and Natural Resources Committee | Feb 27, 2014 |
| S. Hrg. 113-401 | NOMINATIONS TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AND THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD92 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Nov 21, 2013 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to modify the authorization of appropriations.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 31, 2014Reported to Senate
- Jan 16, 2014Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
