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Low-Head Dam Inventory Act

H.R. 6932 · 118th Congress · Jan 10, 2024 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the National Dam Safety Program Act to require the inclusion of low-head dams in the national dam inventory, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Low-Head Dam Inventory Act”.

Sec. 2 National dam inventory

The National Dam Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467d) is amended—
(1)
in section 6—
(A)
in the first sentence, by inserting “and low-head dams (as defined in section 15(a))” before “in the United States”; and
(B)
in the second sentence—
(i)
by inserting “and low-head dams” after “Such inventory of dams”;
(ii)
by inserting “and low-head dam” after “each dam”; and
(iii)
by striking “or a State dam safety agency” and inserting “, a State dam safety agency, or another relevant entity”; and
(2)
in section 15(b)(2)—
(A)
in subparagraph (A), by striking “and” at the end;
(B)
in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(C)
by adding at the end the following:

“(C) incorporate the data collected on low-head dams into the National Dam Inventory described in section 6.”