A bill to amend the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 to modify a provision relating to cost-sharing requirements applicable to certain Bureau of Reclamation dams and dikes, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-s-3971
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2022-03-31
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Building construction

Dams and canals

Infrastructure development

Water resources funding
Latest action: action_date: 2022-05-25
text: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power. Hearings held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-03-31
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill requires the federal government to fully fund the costs of dam safety modifications of certain dikes owned by the Bureau of Reclamation. The bill also requires the federal government to fully fund gate replacements or repairs for certain dams for the next 10 years. The bill applies to certain Reclamation-owned dams or dikes completed not later than December 31, 1948 (e.g., the Altus Dam and dikes in the W.C. Austin Project in Oklahoma).</p> <p>Under current law, the federal government is required to fully fund the operation and maintenance costs of certain Reclamation-owned dikes that were completed not later than December 31, 1945. However, current law requires the federal government to fund only 85% of certain dam safety modifications.<br /></p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3971 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 31, 2022 Mr. Inhofe introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To amend the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 to modify a provision relating to cost-sharing requirements applicable to certain Bureau of Reclamation dams and dikes, and for other purposes.

1. Cost-sharing requirements applicable to certain Bureau of Reclamation dams and dikes Section 4309 of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 ( 43 U.S.C. 377b note; Public Law 115–270 ) is amended— (1) in the section heading, by inserting dams and before dikes ; (2) in subsection (a), by striking effective beginning on the date of enactment of this section, the Federal share of the operations and maintenance costs of a dike described in subsection (b) and inserting the Federal share of the dam safety modifications costs of a dike described in subsection (c) ; (3) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); (4) by inserting after subsection (a) the following: (b) Gate repairs Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including regulations), effective during the 10-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal share of the costs to repair or replace a gate and any ancillary gate components of a dam described in subsection (c) shall be 100 percent. ; and (5) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated)— (A) in the subsection heading, by inserting dams and before dikes ; (B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking A dike referred to in subsection (a) is a and inserting A dam or dike referred to in subsections (a) and (b) is a dam or ; and (C) in paragraph (2), by striking December 31, 1945 and inserting December 31, 1948 .