Dams Accountability, Maintenance, and Safety Act
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Dams Accountability, Maintenance, and Safety Act
Amends the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to authorize the Department of the Interior, subject to a feasibility study, to develop additional project benefits (including additional conservation storage capacity) through the construction of new or supplementary works when it exercises its authority to modify Bureau of Reclamation dams and related facilities to preserve their structural safety, provided that: (1) the additional project benefits will promote more efficient management of water and water-related facilities, (2) the feasibility study is authorized under the Federal Water Project Recreation Act of 1965, and (3) the costs are allocated to the authorized purposes of the structure and repaid consistent with federal reclamation law.
What just happenedJun 25, 2015
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJun 12, 2015
- Jun 25, 2015Committee
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee - Jun 12, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
Water, Wildlife, and Fisheries Subcommittee - Jun 12, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Natural Resources Committee - Jun 12, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jun 12, 2015IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House