I 
109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6029 
To amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to authorize improve-
ments for the security of dams and other facilities, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 6, 2006 
Mr. RADANOVICH (for himself and Mrs. NAPOLITANO) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Resources 
A BILL 
To amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 
to authorize improvements for the security of dams and 
other facilities, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZATION FOR IMPROVE-
MENTS TO SITE SECURITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Reclamation Safety of Dams 
Act of 1978 (Public Law 95–578) is amended— 
(1) in section 2, by inserting ‘‘and site security’’ 
after ‘‘structural safety’’; 
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(2) in section 3, by inserting ‘‘and site security’’ 
after ‘‘dam safety’’; 
(3) in section 4(c)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and all costs incurred for 
building and site security activities (including 
facility fortifications, operation, maintenance 
and replacement of such fortifications, and 
guards and patrols, as identified in the Bureau 
of Reclamation’s Report to Congress dated Feb-
ruary 2006,)’’ after ‘‘for safety purposes’’; 
(B) by inserting after subsection (c)(2) the 
following: 
‘‘(3) In the case of the Central Valley Project 
of California, dam safety and site security costs allo-
cated to irrigation and municipal and industrial 
water service shall be collected by the Secretary ex-
clusively through inclusion of these costs in the oper-
ation and maintenance, rates, capital water rates, or 
both, and shall not be segregated from other project 
operation, maintenance, or capital costs for separate 
allocation or repayment.’’; and 
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and 
(4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and 
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(4) in section 4(e), by inserting ‘‘or site security 
measure,’’ after ‘‘of the modification’’ each place it 
appears. 
SEC. 2. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
The Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 is 
amended as follows: 
(1) In section 5— 
(A) by striking ‘‘There are hereby’’ insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(a) There are hereby’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Act:’’ and inserting 
‘‘Act.’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘Provided, that no funds’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) No funds’’; 
(D) by inserting ‘‘the cause of which re-
sults from new hydrologic or seismic data or 
changes in the state-of-the-art criteria deemed 
necessary for site security or structural safety 
purposes,’’ after ‘‘an existing dam under this 
Act,’’ and before ‘‘prior to 30 calendar days.’’; 
and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) The Secretary shall transmit an annual report 
to the Committee on Resources of the House of Represent-
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