S. 4359, a bill to amend the National Dam Safety Program Act to reauthorize that Act, and for other purposes
As reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on May 22, 2024
By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars
2024
2024-2029
2024-2034
Direct Spending (Outlays)
0
0
0
Revenues
0
0
0
Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit
0
0
0
Spending Subject to Appropriation (Outlays)
0
126
250
Increases net direct spending in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2035?
No
Statutory pay-as-you-go procedures apply?
No
Mandate Effects
Increases on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2035?
No
Contains intergovernmental mandate?
No
Contains private-sector mandate?
No
Summary
S. 4359 would reauthorize the National Dam Safety Program (NDSP) through fiscal year 2029 and would authorize the appropriation of $14 million annually over the 2025-2029 period for that program. The program provides grants to state regulatory agencies for safety programs, funds research, maintains a national inventory of dams, and trains safety officials and dam operators. The Congress appropriated $11 million for the program in 2024.
In addition, the bill would reauthorize the Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential Dam Grant Program through fiscal year 2029. The bill would authorize the appropriation of $60 million annually over the 2027-2029 period for the program, which provides assistance to state governments to repair or remove nonfederal dams with a high potential for failure. The program is authorized through 2026 and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act provided $585 million for it in 2022.
