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Union Calendar No. 283 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1662 

[Report No. 110–459] 

To amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to authorize 

improvements for the security of dams and other facilities. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 23, 2007 

Mrs. NAPOLITANO (for herself, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. FRANKS of 

Arizona, and Mr. RENZI) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Natural Resources 

DECEMBER 4, 2007 

Additional sponsors: Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. HERGER, Mr. COSTA, 

Mr. RADANOVICH, and Mr. HASTINGS of Washington 

DECEMBER 4, 2007 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 23, 2007] 

A BILL 

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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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bureau of Reclamation 

5 Site Security Costs Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF CAPITAL COSTS. 

7 Costs incurred by the Secretary of the Interior for the 

8 physical fortification of Bureau of Reclamation facilities to 

9 satisfy increased post-September 11, 2001, security needs, 

10 including the construction, modification, upgrade, or re11 placement of such facility fortifications, shall be non12 reimbursable. 

13 SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF SECURITY-RELATED OPERATION 

14 AND MAINTENANCE COSTS. 

15 (a) REIMBURSABLE COSTS.—The Secretary of the In16 terior shall include no more than $18,900,000 per fiscal 

17 year, indexed each fiscal year after fiscal year 2008 accord18 ing to the preceding year’s Consumer Price Index, of those 

19 costs incurred for increased levels of guards and patrols, 

20 training, patrols by local and tribal law enforcement enti21 ties, operation, maintenance, and replacement of guard and 

22 response force equipment, and operation and maintenance 

23 of facility fortifications at Bureau of Reclamation facilities 

24 after the events of September 11, 2001, as reimbursable op25 eration and maintenance costs under Reclamation law. 


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1 (b) COSTS COLLECTED THROUGH WATER RATES.—In 

2 the case of the Central Valley Project of California, site se3 curity costs allocated to irrigation and municipal and in4 dustrial water service in accordance with this Act shall be 

5 collected by the Secretary exclusively through inclusion of 

6 these costs in the operation and maintenance water rates. 

7 SEC. 4. TRANSPARENCY AND REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

8 (a) POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.—The Secretary is 

9 authorized to develop policies and procedures with project 

10 beneficiaries, consistent with the requirements of subsections 

11 (b) and (c), to provide for the payment of the reimbursable 

12 costs described in section 3. 

13 (b) NOTICE.—On identifying a Bureau of Reclamation 

14 facility for a site security measure, the Secretary shall pro15 vide to the project beneficiaries written notice— 

16 (1) describing the need for the site security meas17 ure and the process for identifying and implementing 

18 the site security measure; and 

19 (2) summarizing the administrative and legal 

20 requirements relating to the site security measure. 

21 (c) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall— 

22 (1) provide project beneficiaries an opportunity 

23 to consult with the Bureau of Reclamation on the 

24 planning, design, and construction of the site security 

25 measure; and 


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1 (2) in consultation with project beneficiaries, de2 velop and provide timeframes for the consultation de3 scribed in paragraph (1). 

4 (d) RESPONSE; NOTICE.—Before incurring costs pur5 suant to activities described in section 3, the Secretary shall 

6 consider cost containment measures recommended by a 

7 project beneficiary that has elected to consult with the Bu8 reau of Reclamation on such activities. The Secretary shall 

9 provide to the project beneficiary— 

10 (1) a timely written response describing pro11 posed actions, if any, to address the recommendation; 

12 and 

13 (2) notice regarding the costs and status of such 

14 activities on a periodic basis. 

15 (e) REPORT.—The Secretary shall report annually to 

16 the Natural Resources Committee of the House of Represent17 atives and the Energy and Natural Resources Committee 

18 of the Senate on site security actions and activities under19 taken pursuant to this Act for each fiscal year. The report 

20 shall include a summary of Federal and non-Federal ex21 penditures for the fiscal year and information relating to 

22 a 5-year planning horizon for the program, detailed to show 

23 pre-September 11, 2001, and post-September 11, 2001, costs 

24 for the site security activities. 


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1 SEC. 5. PRE-SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 SECURITY COST LEVELS. 

2 Reclamation project security costs at the levels of activ3 ity that existed prior to September 11, 2001, shall remain 

4 reimbursable. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to authorize 

the Secretary of the Interior to seek limited reimbursement for site security activities, and for other purposes.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 283 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1662 

[Report No. 110

–459] 

A BILL 

To amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 

of dams and other facilities. 1978 to authorize improvements for the security 

DECEMBER 4, 2007 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 

dered to be printed of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and orVerDate Aug 31 2005 21:36 Dec 04, 2007 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H1662.RH H1662

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