[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8159 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8159

  To prohibit the breaching of federally operated dams if such breach 
 would result in the replacement energy resource occupying additional 
                    acreage, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 2024

 Mr. Newhouse (for himself, Mr. Fulcher, Mr. Zinke, Mr. Rosendale, and 
  Mr. Bentz) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the breaching of federally operated dams if such breach 
 would result in the replacement energy resource occupying additional 
                    acreage, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Abandoning Inconsistent and Rash 
Environmental Solutions Act'' or the ``ACRES Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON BREACHING OF CERTAIN DAMS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Army may not breach any 
federally operated dam if the energy resource intended to replace such 
dam as a result of such breach would occupy an area of land that is 
larger in acreage than the area occupied by such dam by at least 5 
percent.
    (b) Study Required.--If the Secretary considers breaching a 
federally operated dam, the Secretary, in coordination with the 
Secretary of the Interior, shall conduct a study analyzing the number 
of acres of land such dam occupies.
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