HR4959-118

1. Report on dams in USDA watershed program Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report on the status of covered dams, including, with respect to each covered dam— the location, ownership, and structural conditions of the dam, including any need for repairs; whether the dam is in compliance with the principles and requirements described in the document published by the Council on Environmental Quality entitled Principles and Requirements for Federal Investments in Water Resources and dated March 2013, and the related interagency guidelines published by the Council on Environmental Quality and dated December 2014; the most recent hazard classification assessment of the dam for purposes of the National Dam Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467 et seq.), and whether downstream changes have been accounted for in such assessment; whether the dam is meeting its intended purpose; whether the dam is a candidate for decommissioning because— the dam is not meeting, or not cost-effectively meeting, its intended purpose; the dam is a safety hazard and has deferred maintenance; the environmental benefits of decommissioning and removal of the dam outweigh the benefits provided by the dam; or the owner of the dam is requesting decommissioning; and whether the dam has exceeded its life expectancy, and what the end-of-life care plan is for the dam. For purposes of this section, the term covered dam means a dam for which assistance has been provided under— the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.); the Act of December 22, 1944 (chapter 665; Public Law 78–534); the Pilot Watershed Program carried out pursuant to the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1954 (Public Law 83–156); and the Resource Conservation and Development Program carried out pursuant to the Food and Agriculture Act of 1962 (Public Law 87–703).