[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6029 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6029

   To amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to authorize 
  improvements for the security of dams and other facilities, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 6, 2006

    Mr. Radanovich (for himself and Mrs. Napolitano) introduced the 
    following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to authorize 
  improvements for the security of dams and other facilities, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO SITE SECURITY.

    (a) In General.--The Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 (Public 
Law 95-578) is amended--
            (1) in section 2, by inserting ``and site security'' after 
        ``structural safety'';
            (2) in section 3, by inserting ``and site security'' after 
        ``dam safety'';
            (3) in section 4(c)--
                    (A) by inserting ``and all costs incurred for 
                building and site security activities (including 
                facility fortifications, operation, maintenance and 
                replacement of such fortifications, and guards and 
                patrols, as identified in the Bureau of Reclamation's 
                Report to Congress dated February 2006,)'' after ``for 
                safety purposes'';
                    (B) by inserting after subsection (c)(2) the 
                following:
            ``(3) In the case of the Central Valley Project of 
        California, dam safety and site security costs allocated to 
        irrigation and municipal and industrial water service shall be 
        collected by the Secretary exclusively through inclusion of 
        these costs in the operation and maintenance, rates, capital 
        water rates, or both, and shall not be segregated from other 
        project operation, maintenance, or capital costs for separate 
        allocation or repayment.''; and
                    (C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
                paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and
            (4) in section 4(e), by inserting ``or site security 
        measure,'' after ``of the modification'' each place it appears.

SEC. 2. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

    The Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 is amended as follows:
            (1) In section 5--
                    (A) by striking ``There are hereby'' inserting the 
                following:
    ``(a) There are hereby'';
                    (B) by striking ``Act:'' and inserting ``Act.'';
                    (C) by striking ``Provided, that no funds'' and 
                inserting the following:
    ``(b) No funds'';
                    (D) by inserting ``the cause of which results from 
                new hydrologic or seismic data or changes in the state-
                of-the-art criteria deemed necessary for site security 
                or structural safety purposes,'' after ``an existing 
                dam under this Act,'' and before ``prior to 30 calendar 
                days.''; and
                    (E) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) The Secretary shall transmit an annual report to the 
Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate on building and 
site security measures undertaken pursuant to this Act during the 
fiscal year covered by the report. The report shall include--
            ``(1) a summary of Federal and non-Federal expenditures for 
        the fiscal year; and
            ``(2) information relating to a 5-year plan for building 
        and site security measures undertaken pursuant to this Act, 
        detailed to show pre-September 11, 2001, and post September 11, 
        2001, costs for the building and site security measures.''.
            (2) In section 5A--
                    (A) by inserting ``or site security measure,'' 
                after ``modification'' each place it appears;
                    (B) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ``The 
                response'' and inserting ``When a modification is the 
                result of new hydrologic or seismic data or changes in 
                the state-of-the-art criteria deemed necessary for 
                structural safety purposes, the response'';
                    (C) by striking ``section 5'' and inserting 
                ``section 5(b)''; and
                    (D) in subsection (d), by inserting ``or site 
                security'' after ``dam safety''.
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