Bill > S2356

This bill, the Twenty-First Century Dams Act, aims to provide funding to rehabilitate, retrofit, and remove dams across the United States. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Increasing federal assistance to improve dam safety through amendments to the National Dam Safety Program Act, including providing more funding for state dam safety programs, prioritizing high-hazard potential dams for grants, and authorizing additional funding for the National Dam Safety Program. 2. Establishing a dam removal program to provide technical assistance and funding for the removal of publicly and privately-owned dams, with the consent of the dam owners, to reduce public safety risks, restore riverine habitats, improve water quality, and increase climate resilience. This includes creating an interagency Dam Removal Council and a Tribal and stakeholder advisory board. 3. Requiring a national assessment of the country's dam infrastructure to help identify dams that may be candidates for removal, upgrades, or retrofitting, as well as assessments of federally-owned dams to determine appropriate actions. 4. Authorizing significant new funding for the Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, Forest Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Department of Energy to make safety, environmental, and efficiency improvements to federally-owned dams.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2356/all-info