‘‘SEC. 8A. REHABILITATION AND REPAIR OF DEFICIENT 
DAMS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Director 
shall establish, within FEMA, a program to provide grant 
assistance to States for use in rehabilitation of publicly- 
owned deficient dams. 
‘‘(b) AWARD OF GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) APPLICATION.—A State interested in re-
ceiving a grant under this section may submit to the 
Director an application for such grant. Applications 
submitted to the Director under this section shall be 
submitted at such times, be in such form, and con-
tain such information, as the Director may prescribe 
by regulation. 
‘‘(2) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the provisions of 
this section, the Director may make a grant for re-
habilitation of a deficient dam to a State that sub-
mits an application for the grant in accordance with 
the regulations prescribed by the Director. The Di-
rector shall enter into a project grant agreement 
with the State to establish the terms of the grant 
and the project, including the amount of the grant. 
‘‘(c) PRIORITY SYSTEM.—The Director, in consulta-
tion with the Board, shall develop a risk-based priority 
system for use in identifying deficient dams for which 
grants may be made under this section.
‘‘(d) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—The total amount of 
funds appropriated pursuant to subsection (f)(1) for a fis-
cal year shall be allocated for making grants under this 
section to States applying for such grants for that fiscal 
year as follows: 
‘‘(1) One-third divided equally among applying 
States. 
‘‘(2) Two-thirds among applying States based 
on the ratio that— 
‘‘(A) the number of non-Federal publicly- 
owned dams that the Secretary of the Army 
identifies in the national inventory of dams 
maintained under section 6 as constituting a 
danger to human health and that are located 
within the boundaries of the State; bears to 
‘‘(B) the number of non-Federal publicly- 
owned dams that are so identified and that are 
located within the boundaries of all applying 
States. 
‘‘(e) COST SHARING.—The Federal share of the cost 
of rehabilitation of a deficient dam for which a grant is 
made under this section may not exceed 65 percent of the 
cost of such rehabilitation. 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section— 
‘‘(A) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; and 
‘‘(B) $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2007 through 2009. 
‘‘(2) STAFF.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated to provide for the employment of such ad-
ditional staff of FEMA as are necessary to carry out 
this section $400,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 
through 2009. 
‘‘(3) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Sums appro-
priated pursuant to this section shall remain avail-
able until expended.’’. 
SEC. 3. RULEMAKING. 
(a) PROPOSED RULEMAKING.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director 
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall issue 
a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the amend-
ments made by section 2 to the National Dam Safety Pro-
gram Act (33 U.S.C. 467 et seq.). 
(b) FINAL RULE.—Not later than 120 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency shall issue a final rule 
regarding such amendments. 
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