To amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to provide for certain cost allocations for the Boca Reservoir Dam, Truckee River Storage Project, California, and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-3803
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2]
Introduced: 2017-09-18
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: California

Dams and canals

Water resources funding

Water storage
Latest action: action_date: 2017-09-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-09-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to provide that, in the case of the Boca Reservoir Dam, Truckee River Storage Project, California, costs incurred in the modification of structures, the cause of which results from new hydrologic or seismic data or changes in state-of-the-art criteria deemed necessary for safety purposes, shall be allocated in accordance with the authorized uses of Boca Project Water as defined and provided for in the Truckee River Operating Agreement and as determined by the Truckee River Operating Agreement Administrator.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3803 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 18, 2017 Mr. Amodei 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 provide for certain cost allocations for the Boca Reservoir Dam, Truckee River Storage Project, California, and for other purposes.

1. Boca Reservoir Dam cost allocation Section 4(c)(1) of the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 ( 43 U.S.C. 508(c)(1) ) is amended by striking the final period and inserting , and in the case of the Boca Reservoir Dam, Truckee River Storage Project, California, such costs shall be allocated in accordance with the authorized uses of Boca Project Water as defined and provided for in the Truckee River Operating Agreement and as determined by Truckee River Operating Agreement Administrator. .