To require to Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on the status of dams in the USDA watershed program.
Latest action · Aug 28, 2023 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
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.
- IntroducedJul 27, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill directs the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report on dams in watershed programs of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Specifically, GAO must report on dams that receive assistance under (1) the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, (2) the Act of December 22, 1944, (3) the Pilot Watershed Program, and (4) the Resource Conservation and Development program. The report must include the status of the dams, including information related to
- the location, ownership, and structural conditions of the dams;
- their compliance with certain environmental requirements;
- their hazard classification assessments; and
- whether the dams have exceeded their life expectancies.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 27, 2023.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| D-KY | Morgan McGarvey | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
Committees 3
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Transportation and Infrastructure Committee | Referred Jul 27, 2023 |
| Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee | Referred Jul 28, 2023 | |
| House | Agriculture Committee | Referred Jul 27, 2023 |
| Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology Subcommittee | Referred Aug 28, 2023 | |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Jul 27, 2023 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Aug 28, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Research, and Biotechnology.
- Jul 28, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- Jul 27, 2023Introduced in House
- Jul 27, 2023Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 130, July 27, 2023, page H4142.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require to Comptroller General to submit to Congress a report on the status of dams in the USDA watershed program.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 27, 2023Introduced in House
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.
