[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1258 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1258
To amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to authorize
improvements for the security of dams and other facilities.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 1, 2007
Ms. Cantwell (for herself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Allard, and Mr.
Smith) 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 Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to authorize
improvements for the security of dams and other facilities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR SITE SECURITY PROGRAM.
The Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 is amended as follows:
(1) In section 2, by inserting ``and site security'' after
``structural safety'' and before ``of Bureau of Reclamation
dams''.
(2) In section 3, by inserting ``and site security'' after
``dam safety'' and before ``and not for''.
(3) In section 4(c)--
(A) by inserting in ``and all costs incurred for
post-September 11, 2001 building and site security
activities (including facility fortifications and
modification and replacement of such fortifications,
which shall be treated as capital costs for
reimbursement purposes; and operation and maintenance
(O&M) costs, including costs of guards and patrols, as
identified in the Bureau of Reclamation's Report to
Congress dated February 2006,)'' after ``for safety
purposes'' and before ``shall be reimbursed to the
extent'';
(B) by inserting after ``provided in this
subsection.'' the following: ``Nothing in this Act
shall affect or alter the treatment of costs for the
continuation of pre-September 11, 2001 building and
site security activities.'';
(C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
``(3) In the case of the Central Valley Project of
California, safety of dams 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 water rates,
capital water rates, or both.'';
(D) by renumbering paragraphs (3) and (4) as
paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively;
(E) in paragraph (5) (as redesignated by
subparagraph (D) above)--
(i) by striking ``Costs'' and inserting the
following:
``(i) Modification costs''; and
(ii) by inserting after ``of the rates so
determined.'' the following:
``(ii) Reimbursable operation and
maintenance costs, including costs of guards
and patrols, shall be repaid annually, in
accordance with the provisions of paragraph
(1).''
(4) In section 4, by redesignating subsection (e) as
subsection (f).
(5) In section 4, by inserting after subsection (d) the
following:
``(e) The Secretary is authorized to develop policies and
procedures that are consistent with the requirements of subsection (f)
and section 5A in order to provide for agreements with project
beneficiaries for the return or reimbursable costs of site security
activities.''.
(6) In subsection 4(f) (as so redesignated by paragraph 4
above)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or site
security measure,'' after ``of the modification'' and
before ``the Secretary''; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``or site
security measure.'' after ``of the modification''.
SEC. 2. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.
Section 5 of the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 is
amended--
(1) by inserting ``(a)(1)'' at the beginning of the first
sentence;
(2) by inserting ``for the modification of structures which
result from new hydrologic or seismic data or changes in the
state-of-the-art criteria deemed necessary for safety
purposes'' after ``and ensuing fiscal years'' and before ``such
sums as may be necessary,'';
(3) by adding after paragraph (a)(1) the following:
``(2) Effective on the date of the enactment of this
paragraph, there are hereby authorized for post-September 11,
2001, building and site security activities described in
section 4(c) such sums as may be necessary, to remain available
until expended.'';
(4) by inserting ``(b)'' before ``Provided, that no
funds'';
(5) in subsection (b), 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 safety
purposes,'' after ``an existing dam under this Act,'' and
before ``prior to 30 calendar days.''; and
(6) by adding after subsection (b) the following:
``(c) The Secretary shall report annually to the Natural Resources
Committee of the House of Representatives and the Energy and Natural
Resources Committee of the Senate on building and site security actions
and activities undertaken pursuant to this Act for each fiscal year.
The report shall include a summary of Federal and non-Federal
expenditures for the fiscal year and information relating to a 5-year
planning horizon for the program, detailed to show pre-September 11,
2001, and post-September 11, 2001 costs for the building and site
security activities.''.
SEC. 3. OTHER REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
Section 5A(c)(3) of the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 is
amended to read as follows:
``(3) When a modification is the result of new hydrologic
or seismic data or changes in the state-of-the-art criteria
deemed necessary for safety purposes, the response of the
Secretary shall be included in the reports required by section
5(b).''.
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