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(A) by striking ‘‘The Director may estab-
lish’’ and inserting ‘‘The Director shall estab-
lish’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘to monitor’’ and all that
follows through the period at the end and in-
serting ‘‘to monitor the safety of dams in the
United States, to monitor State implementation
of this section, and to advise the Director on
national dam safety policy.’’.
(2) VOTING MEMBERSHIP.—Section 8(f)(3) (as
redesignated by subsection (e) of this section) is
amended—
(A) in the paragraph heading by striking
‘‘MEMBERSHIP’’ and inserting ‘‘VOTING MEM-
BERSHIP’’;
(B) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A) by striking ‘‘11 members’’ and inserting
‘‘11 voting members’’; and
(C) by striking subparagraphs (F) and (G)
and inserting the following:
‘‘(F) 5 members shall be selected by the
Director from among State dam safety officials;
and
‘‘(G) 1 member shall be selected by the Di-
rector to represent the private sector.’’.
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(3) NONVOTING MEMBERSHIP; DUTIES; WORK
GROUPS.—Section 8(f) (as redesignated by sub-
section (e) of this section) is amended—
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5),
and (6) as paragraphs (7), (8), and (9), respec-
tively; and
(B) by inserting after paragraph (3) the
following:
‘‘(4) NONVOTING MEMBERSHIP.—The Director,
in consultation with the Board, may invite a rep-
resentative of the National Laboratories of the De-
partment of Energy and may invite representatives
from Federal or State agencies or dam safety ex-
perts, as needed, to participate in meetings of the
Board.
‘‘(5) DUTIES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall en-
courage the establishment and maintenance of
effective programs, policies, and guidelines to
enhance dam safety for the protection of human
life and property throughout the United States.
‘‘(B) COORDINATION
AND
INFORMATION
EXCHANGE AMONG AGENCIES.—In carrying out
subparagraph (A), the Board shall encourage
coordination and information exchange among
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Federal and State dam safety agencies that
share common problems and responsibilities for
dam safety, including planning, design, con-
struction, operation, emergency action planning,
inspections, maintenance, regulation or licens-
ing, technical or financial assistance, research,
and data management.
‘‘(6) WORK GROUPS.—The Director may estab-
lish work groups under the Board to assist the
Board in accomplishing its goals. The work groups
shall consist of members of the Board and other in-
dividuals selected by the Director.’’.
(4) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Section 8(f) (as re-
designated by subsection (e) of this section) is
amended by striking paragraph (8) (as redesignated
by paragraph (3)(A) of this subsection) and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘(8) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—
‘‘(A) 
REPRESENTATIVES
OF
FEDERAL
AGENCIES.—To the extent amounts are made
available in advance in appropriations Acts,
each member of the Board who represents a
Federal agency shall be reimbursed of appro-
priations for travel expenses by his or her agen-
cy, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at
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rates authorized for an employee of an agency
under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5,
United States Code, while away from the home
or regular place of business of the member in
the performance of services for the Board.
‘‘(B) OTHER INDIVIDUALS.—To the extent
amounts are made available in advance in ap-
propriations Acts, each member of the Board
who represents a State agency, the member of
the Board who represents the private sector,
and each member of a work group created
under paragraph (1) shall be reimbursed for
travel expenses by FEMA, including per diem
in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for an
employee of an agency under subchapter I of
chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while
away from home or regular place of business of
the member in performance of services for the
Board.’’.
SEC. 4. RESEARCH.
Section 9(a) (33 U.S.C. 467g) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘in cooperation with
ICODS’’ and inserting ‘‘in cooperation with the
Board’’; and
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(B) by inserting ‘‘and support’’ after ‘‘de-
velop’’;
(2) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(3) in paragraph (2) by striking the period at
the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) development and maintenance of informa-
tion resources systems needed to support managing
the safety of dams; and
‘‘(4) initiatives to guide the formulation of ef-
fective public policy and advance improvements in
dam safety engineering, security, and manage-
ment.’’.
SEC. 5. DAM SAFETY TRAINING.
The Act (33 U.S.C. 467 et seq.) is amended—
(1) by redesignating sections 10, 11, and 12 as
sections 11, 12, and 13, respectively; and
(2) by inserting after section 9 the following:
‘‘SEC. 10. DAM SAFETY TRAINING.
‘‘At the request of any State that has or intends to
develop a State dam safety program, the Director shall
provide training for State dam safety staff and inspec-
tors.’’.