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Introduced
07/09/2021
07/09/2021
In Committee
08/11/2021
08/11/2021
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/03/2023
01/03/2023
Introduced Session
117th Congress
Bill Summary
A BILL To provide funding to rehabilitate, retrofit, and remove the Nation’s dams to improve the health of the Nation’s rivers, improve public safety, and increase clean energy production, and for other purposes.
AI Summary
This bill, the Twenty-First Century Dams Act, would provide funding and other support to rehabilitate, retrofit, and remove dams across the United States. The key provisions include:
Increasing federal assistance for dam safety programs, such as expanding federal inspections of non-federal dams, providing grants to states for dam safety improvements, and authorizing additional funding for the National Dam Safety Program.
Establishing new tax credits to incentivize maintenance and environmental improvements to hydroelectric dams, as well as a tax credit for removing obsolete river obstructions.
Creating a new federal program to provide funding and technical assistance for the removal of publicly and privately owned dams, with the goals of reducing public safety risks, restoring riverine habitats, improving aquatic species passage, and enhancing climate resilience.
Requiring federal agencies that own dams to assess their dams to identify those suitable for removal, upgrades, or environmental performance enhancements, and authorizing significant new funding for the Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, and other agencies to invest in safety, environmental, and modernization improvements at their dams.
Committee Categories
Agriculture and Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure
Sponsors (50)
Ann Kuster (D)*,
Pete Aguilar (D),
Jake Auchincloss (D),
Nanette Barragán (D),
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),
Brendan Boyle (D),
Julia Brownley (D),
Cheri Bustos (D),
Salud Carbajal (D),
André Carson (D),
Judy Chu (D),
Emanuel Cleaver (D),
Steve Cohen (D),
Angie Craig (D),
Suzan DelBene (D),
Debbie Dingell (D),
Michael Doyle (D),
Anna Eshoo (D),
John Garamendi (D),
Chuy García (D),
Vicente Gonzalez (D),
Raúl Grijalva (D),
Josh Harder (D),
Steven Horsford (D),
Jared Huffman (D),
Dan Kildee (D),
Derek Kilmer (D),
Conor Lamb (D),
John Larson (D),
Barbara Lee (D),
Sean Maloney (D),
Jerry McNerney (D),
Grace Meng (D),
Grace Napolitano (D),
Marie Newman (D),
Jimmy Panetta (D),
Chris Pappas (D),
Donald Payne (D),
Scott Peters (D),
Deborah Ross (D),
Kurt Schrader (D),
Kim Schrier (D),
Darren Soto (D),
Marilyn Strickland (D),
Mike Thompson (D),
Paul Tonko (D),
Lori Trahan (D),
Juan Vargas (D),
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),
Don Young (R),
Last Action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry. (on 08/11/2021)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4375/all-info |
| BillText | https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr4375/BILLS-117hr4375ih.pdf |
| Bill | https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/hr4375/BILLS-117hr4375ih.pdf.pdf |
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