(1) meet applicable dam safety requirements; 
and 
(2) operate the dam and project works under 
the license. 
SEC. 5. FERC DAM SAFETY TECHNICAL CONFERENCE WITH 
STATES. 
(a) TECHNICAL CONFERENCE.—Not later than Octo-
ber 1, 2025, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
acting through the Director of the Office of Energy 
Projects, shall hold a technical conference with the States 
to discuss and provide information on— 
(1) dam maintenance and repair; 
(2) Risk Informed Decision Making; 
(3) climate and hydrological regional changes 
that may affect the structural integrity of dams; and 
(4) high hazard dams. 
(b) STATE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘State’’ has the meaning given such term in section 3 of 
the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796). 
SEC. 6. REQUIRED DAM SAFETY COMMUNICATIONS BE-
TWEEN FERC AND STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission, acting through 
the Director of the Office of Energy Projects, shall notify 
each State within which a project is located when— 
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(1) the Commission issues a finding, following 
a dam safety inspection, that requires the licensee 
for such project to take actions to repair the dam 
and other project works that are the subject of such 
finding; 
(2) after a period of 5 years starting on the 
date a finding under paragraph (1) is issued, the li-
censee has failed to take actions to repair the dam 
and other project works; and 
(3) the Commission initiates a non-compliance 
proceeding or otherwise takes steps to revoke a li-
cense due to the failure of a licensee to take actions 
to repair a dam and other project works. 
(b) NOTICE UPON REVOCATION, SURRENDER, OR IM-
PLIED SURRENDER OF A LICENSE.—If the Commission 
issues an order to revoke a license or approve the sur-
render or implied surrender of a license under the Federal 
Power Act (16 U.S.C. 792 et seq.), the Commission shall 
consult with the State within which the project that relates 
to such license is located to provide to such State— 
(1) all records pertaining to the structure and 
operation of the applicable dam and other project 
works, including, as applicable, any dam safety in-
spection reports by independent consultants, speci-
fications for required repairs or maintenance of such 
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dam and other project works that have not been 
completed, and estimates of the costs for such re-
pairs or maintenance; 
(2) all records documenting the history of main-
tenance or repair work for the applicable dam and 
other project works; 
(3) information on the age of the dam and 
other project works and the hazard classification of 
the dam and other project works; 
(4) the most recent assessment of the condition 
of the dam and other project works by the Commis-
sion; 
(5) as applicable, the most recent hydrologic in-
formation used to determine the potential maximum 
flood for the dam and other project works; and 
(6) the results of the most recent risk assess-
ment completed on the dam and other project works. 
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section: 
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 
(2) LICENSEE.—The term ‘‘licensee’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 3 of the Federal 
Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796). 
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(3) PROJECT.—The term ‘‘project’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 3 of the Federal 
Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796). 
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