A bill to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to authorize the use of funds for certain additional Carey Act projects, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill expands eligibility for an existing Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act dam-safety funding account. After the Secretary determines that every dam already covered by the current priority category has received the funding needed to complete rehabilitation, reconstruction, or replacement, and also determines that money remains available in the specified account, the Secretary must use the remaining amounts for dams developed under section 4 of the Carey Act that still operate as Carey Act dams. The measure does not create a new appropriation or allow the added projects to displace the existing priority projects. It redirects only a residual balance after both stated conditions have been affirmatively satisfied.
Who Benefits and How
Carey Act dam owners and operators benefit from access to federal funding for rehabilitation, reconstruction, or replacement once the existing priority class is fully funded and money remains. Agricultural water users and downstream communities served or protected by eligible Carey Act dams benefit from reduced infrastructure-failure risk when a project receives the newly available support.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Department of the Interior dam-program administrators must verify both statutory triggers, identify qualifying Carey Act dams, award the remaining money, and oversee the funded construction work. Federal taxpayers bear no new stated authorization in this bill, but previously appropriated IIJA balances may be committed to an expanded project class instead of remaining unobligated or being used elsewhere if the underlying account permits.
Key Provisions
- Expands eligibility for specified IIJA dam-rehabilitation funds to dams developed and still operated under the Carey Act.
- Requires all dams in the existing priority category to have received the funding needed to complete covered work before Carey Act projects may be funded.
- Requires the Secretary to determine that money remains in the specified IIJA account before making the additional awards.
- Limits the change to use of existing available amounts and does not appropriate a new dollar total.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Make additional Carey Act dams eligible for remaining Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act rehabilitation funds after currently prioritized dams are fully funded.
Key Policy Areas
Water Resources, Infrastructure, Agriculture
Primary Purpose
Make additional Carey Act dams eligible for remaining Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act rehabilitation funds after currently prioritized dams are fully funded.
Policy Domains
A bill to amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to authorize the use of funds for certain additional Carey Act projects, and for other purposes.
Identified Gains
- Carey Act dam owners and operators
- Agricultural water users and downstream communities
Identified Costs
- Department of the Interior dam-program administrators
- Federal taxpayers
Sponsors
James E. Risch
R-ID | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
ReportedCommittee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported …
Mr. Risch (for himself and Mr. Crapo) introduced the following …
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Downstream residents near eligible dams, Taxpayers
Agricultural water users served by Carey Act dams
Department of the Interior dam-program administrators
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary administering IIJA section 40904 dam funding
- "additional_projects"
- → Operational dams developed under section 4 of the Carey Act
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