[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1570 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1570

 To amend the Boulder Canyon Project Act to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to expend amounts in the Colorado River Dam fund, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 1, 2025

 Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself, Mr. Kelly, Mr. Gallego, Ms. Rosen, Mr. 
Padilla, and Mr. Schiff) introduced the following bill; which was read 
  twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Boulder Canyon Project Act to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to expend amounts in the Colorado River Dam fund, 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 ``Help Hoover Dam Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION TO EXPEND AMOUNTS.

    Section 2 of the Act of December 21, 1928 (43 U.S.C. 617a; commonly 
known as the ``Boulder Canyon Project Act''), is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
    ``(f) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to expend moneys 
in the fund, including moneys in account XXXR5656P1, that were and 
hereafter are recovered on a non-reimbursable basis, for any authorized 
activity, including operations, maintenance, investigation and cleanup 
actions, and capital improvements, within the Boulder Canyon Project at 
Hoover Dam or on land used for the construction and operation of the 
Hoover Dam, in consultation with the Boulder Canyon Project contractors 
as identified in the Hoover Power Allocation Act of 2011 (Public Law 
112-72).''.
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