US Congress Senate Bill 1657 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on June 24 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-06-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Pending: Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Dams Accountability, Maintenance, and Safety Act Amends the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to authorize the Department of the Interior, subject to a feasibility study, to develop additional project benefits (including additional conservation storage capacity) through the construction of new or supplementary works when it exercises its authority to modify Bureau of Reclamation dams and related facilities to preserve their structural safety, provided that: (1) the additional project benefits will promote more efficient management of water and water-related facilities, (2) the feasibility study is authorized under the Federal Water Project Recreation Act of 1965, and (3) the costs are allocated to the authorized purposes of the structure and repaid consistent with federal reclamation law.

Dams Accountability, Maintenance, and Safety Act

Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-06-24	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

HB2898 (Related) 2015-10-08 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Hearings held.
HB2749 (Same As) 2015-06-25 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
HB2983 (Related) 2015-08-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
SB1837 (Related) 2015-07-22 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1657/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/s1657/BILLS-114s1657is.pdf