Lake Lanier and Upper Chattahoochee Safety Act
This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to review potential threats to human life and safety from the use of recreational areas at Buford Dam, Lake Sidney Lanier in northern Georgia. The bill also requires USACE to install technology necessary to alert the public of hazardous water conditions or to minimize or eliminate threats to human life and safety (e.g., sirens, strobe lights, and signage).
USACE operates and maintains Buford Dam which forms Lake Sidney Lanier. The Chattahoochee River flows just below the dam. Water releases from the dam effect water levels in Lake Sidney Lanier and river flow conditions below Buford Dam.
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7796 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7796
To direct the Corps of Engineers to carry out a review of recreational
hazards at Buford Dam, Lake Sidney Lanier, Georgia, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 17, 2022
Ms. Bourdeaux introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
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A BILL
To direct the Corps of Engineers to carry out a review of recreational
hazards at Buford Dam, Lake Sidney Lanier, Georgia, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Lake Lanier and Upper Chattahoochee
Safety Act''.
SEC. 2. REVIEW OF RECREATIONAL HAZARDS AT BUFORD DAM, LAKE SIDNEY
LANIER, GEORGIA.
The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers,
shall--
(1) carry out a review of potential threats to human life
and safety from use of designated recreational areas at the
Buford Dam, Lake Sidney Lanier, Georgia, authorized by section
1 of the Act of July 24, 1946 (chapter 595, 60 Stat. 635); and
(2) install such technologies and other measures, including
sirens, strobe lights, and signage, that the Secretary, based
on the review carried out under paragraph (1), determines
necessary for alerting the public of hazardous water conditions
or to otherwise minimize or eliminate any identified threats to
human life and safety.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
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