IIB
107TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4727
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 5, 2002
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and
Public Works
AN ACT
To reauthorize the national dam safety program, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF NATIONAL DAM
SAFETY PROGRAM ACT.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Dam Safety and Security Act of 2002’’.
(b) AMENDMENT OF NATIONAL DAM SAFETY PRO-
GRAM ACT.—Except as otherwise expressly provided,
whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed
in terms of an amendment to, or a repeal of, a section
or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be
made to a section or other provision of the National Dam
Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467 et seq.).
SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON DAM SAFETY.
Section 7(b) (33 U.S.C. 467e(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Federal and State programs’’
and inserting ‘‘Federal programs’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘through—’’ and all that follows
through the period at the end and inserting
‘‘through coordination and information exchange
among Federal agencies concerning implementation
of the Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety.’’.
SEC. 3. NATIONAL DAM SAFETY PROGRAM.
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Section 8(a)(3) (33 U.S.C.
467f(a)(3)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘implemen-
tation plan described in subsection (e)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘strategic plan described in subsection (b)’’; and
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(2) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘subsection
(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (e)’’.
(b) DUTIES.—Section 8(b) (33 U.S.C. 467f(b)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Director shall prepare a strategic
plan—
‘‘(1) to establish goals, priorities, and target
dates to improve the safety of dams in the United
States; and
‘‘(2) to the extent feasible, to establish coopera-
tion and coordination with, and assistance to, inter-
ested governmental entities in all States.’’.
(c) OBJECTIVES.—Section 8(c) (33 U.S.C. 467f(c))
is amended—
(1) in paragraph (5) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (6) by striking the period at
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(7) develop technical assistance materials,
seminars, and guidelines to improve security for
dams in the United States.’’.
(d) FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITIES.—Section 8(d)(3)(A)
(33 U.S.C. 467f(d)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘and
shall be’’ and all that follows through the period at the
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end and inserting ‘‘and shall be exercised by chairing the
Board to coordinate national efforts to improve the safety
of the dams in the United States.’’.
(e) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN; DAM SAFETY TRAIN-
ING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 8 (33 U.S.C. 467f)
is amended by striking subsections (e) and (g) and
redesignating subsections (f) and (h) as subsections
(e) and (f), respectively.
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 2
(33 U.S.C. 467) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘section
8(h)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 8(f)’’; and
(B) in paragraph (12) by striking ‘‘section
8(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 8(e)’’.
(f) ASSISTANCE
FOR STATE DAM SAFETY PRO-
GRAMS.—Section 8(e) (as redesignated by subsection (e)
of this section) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘the Director
shall provide assistance’’ and all that follows
through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘the Di-
rector shall provide assistance with amounts made
available under section 13 to assist States in estab-
lishing, maintaining, and improving dam safety pro-
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grams in accordance with the criteria specified in
paragraph (2).’’;
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A)—
(i) by striking ‘‘primary’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘, and for a State to
be eligible’’ and all that follows before the
colon;
(B) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i)
by striking ‘‘For a State to be eligible for
assistance under this subsection, a State’’
and inserting ‘‘A State’’; and
(ii) in clause (vi) by inserting ‘‘im-
prove security,’’ before ‘‘revise operating
procedures,’’; and
(3) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘contract’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘agreement’’.
(g) BOARD.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 8(f)(1) (as re-
designated by subsection (e) of this section) is
amended—