I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1662 
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 
A BILL 
To amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 
to authorize improvements for the security of dams and 
other facilities. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION FOR SITE SECURITY PRO-
GRAM. 
The Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 is 
amended as follows: 
(1) In section 2, by inserting ‘‘and site secu-
rity’’ after ‘‘structural safety’’ and before ‘‘of Bu-
reau of Reclamation dams’’. 
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(2) In section 3, by inserting ‘‘and site secu-
rity’’ after ‘‘dam safety’’ and before ‘‘and not for’’. 
(3) In section 4(c)— 
(A) by inserting in ‘‘and all costs incurred 
for post-September 11, 2001 building and site 
security activities (including facility fortifica-
tions and modification and replacement of such 
fortifications, which shall be treated as capital 
costs for reimbursement purposes; and oper-
ation and maintenance (O&M) costs, including 
costs of guards and patrols, as identified in the 
Bureau of Reclamation’s Report to Congress 
dated February 2006,)’’ after ‘‘for safety pur-
poses’’ and before ‘‘shall be reimbursed to the 
extent’’; 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘provided in this 
subsection.’’ the following: ‘‘Nothing in this Act 
shall affect or alter the treatment of costs for 
the continuation of pre-September 11, 2001 
building and site security activities.’’; 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
following: 
‘‘(3) In the case of the Central Valley Project 
of California, safety of dams and site security costs 
allocated to irrigation and municipal and industrial 
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water service shall be collected by the Secretary ex-
clusively through inclusion of these costs in the oper-
ation and maintenance water rates, capital water 
rates, or both.’’; 
(D) by renumbering paragraphs (3) and 
(4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; 
(E) in paragraph (5) (as redesignated by 
subparagraph (D) above)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Costs’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(i) Modification costs’’; and 
(ii) by inserting after ‘‘of the rates so 
determined.’’ the following: 
‘‘(ii) 
Reimbursable 
operation 
and 
maintenance costs, including costs of 
guards and patrols, shall be repaid annu-
ally, in accordance with the provisions of 
paragraph (1).’’ 
(4) In section 4, by redesignating subsection (e) 
as subsection (f). 
(5) In section 4, by inserting after subsection 
(d) the following: 
‘‘(e) The Secretary is authorized to develop policies 
and procedures that are consistent with the requirements 
of subsection (f) and section 5A in order to provide for 
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agreements with project beneficiaries for the return or re-
imbursable costs of site security activities.’’. 
(6) In subsection 4(f) (as so redesignated by 
paragraph 4 above)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or site 
security measure,’’ after ‘‘of the modification’’ 
and before ‘‘the Secretary’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or site 
security measure.’’ after ‘‘of the modification’’. 
SEC. 2. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
Section 5 of the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 
1978 is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)(1)’’ at the beginning of 
the first sentence; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘for the modification of struc-
tures which result from new hydrologic or seismic 
data or changes in the state-of-the-art criteria 
deemed necessary for safety purposes’’ after ‘‘and 
ensuing fiscal years’’ and before ‘‘such sums as may 
be necessary,’’; 
(4) by adding after paragraph (a)(1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) Effective on the date of the enactment of 
this paragraph, there are hereby authorized for post- 
September 11, 2001, building and site security ac-
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tivities described in section 4(c) such sums as may 
be necessary, to remain available until expended.’’; 
(5) by inserting ‘‘(b)’’ before ‘‘Provided, that no 
funds’’; 
(6) in subsection (b), by inserting ‘‘the cause of 
which results from new hydrologic or seismic data or 
changes in the state-of-the-art criteria deemed nec-
essary for safety purposes,’’ after ‘‘an existing dam 
under this Act,’’ and before ‘‘prior to 30 calendar 
days.’’; and 
(7) by adding after subsection (b) the following: 
‘‘(c) The Secretary shall report annually to the Nat-
ural Resources Committee of the House of Representatives 
and the Energy and Natural Resources Committee of the 
Senate on building and site security actions and activities 
undertaken pursuant to this Act for each fiscal year. The 
report shall include a summary of Federal and non-Fed-
eral expenditures for the fiscal year and information relat-
ing to a 5-year planning horizon for the program, detailed 
to show pre-September 11, 2001, and post-September 11, 
2001 costs for the building and site security activities.’’. 
SEC. 3. OTHER REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 5A(c)(3) of the Reclamation Safety of Dams 
Act of 1978 is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(3) When a modification is the result of new 
hydrologic or seismic data or changes in the state- 
of-the-art criteria deemed necessary for safety pur-
poses, the response of the Secretary shall be in-
cluded in the reports required by section 5(b).’’. 
Æ 
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