DAMN Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7066 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7066

 To prohibit the use of Federal funds to allow or study the breach or 
  alteration of the Lower Snake River dams or implement the Columbia 
         Basin Restoration Initiative, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 22, 2024

    Mr. Newhouse (for himself, Mrs. Chavez-DeRemer, Mrs. Rodgers of 
Washington, Mr. Fulcher, and Mr. Bentz) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the use of Federal funds to allow or study the breach or 
  alteration of the Lower Snake River dams or implement the Columbia 
         Basin Restoration Initiative, 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 ``Defending Against Manipulative 
Negotiators Act'' or the ``DAMN Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO BREACH LOWER SNAKE RIVER 
              DAMS.

    (a) In General.--No Federal funds may be used to--
            (1) allow, lead to, or study the breach or functional 
        alteration of, including study of power, flood control, or 
        navigation replacement of, or provide dam removal technical 
        assistance for, the Lower Snake River dams; or
            (2) implement the Columbia Basin Restoration Initiative, as 
        proposed in the memorandum of understanding filed on December 
        14, 2023, in the District Court for the District of Oregon in 
        National Wildlife Federation, et al. v. National Marine 
        Fisheries Service, et al. (Case No. 3:01-cv-00640-SI).
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Lower Snake River 
dams'' means the following dams in the State of Washington, authorized 
by section 2 of the Act of March 2, 1945 (chapter 19, 59 Stat. 21):
            (1) Ice Harbor Dam.
            (2) Lower Monumental Dam.
            (3) Little Goose Dam.
            (4) Lower Granite Dam.
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