DAMS Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5414 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5414

  To amend the National Dam Safety Program Act to reauthorize certain 
             assistance to States, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 16, 2025

Mr. Van Drew (for himself and Ms. Titus) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the National Dam Safety Program Act to reauthorize certain 
             assistance to States, 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 ``Dam Assessment and Mitigation 
Support Act'' or the ``DAMS Act''.

SEC. 2. NATIONAL DAM SAFETY PROGRAM ACT AMENDMENTS.

    (a) National Dam Safety Program.--Section 8(e) of the National Dam 
Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467f(e)) is amended by striking paragraph 
(4).
    (b) Rehabilitation of High Hazard Potential Dams.--
            (1) Priority system.--Section 8A(f) of the National Dam 
        Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467f-2(f)) is amended by 
        inserting ``, which system shall be used by any State that is 
        not using a risk-based priority system developed by the State 
        for identifying such dams'' before the period at the end.
            (2) Authorization of appropriations.--Section 8A(j)(4) of 
        the National Dam Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467f-2(j)(4)) is 
        amended by striking ``2026'' and inserting ``2031''.
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