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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.

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What This Bill Does

This bill changes the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to allow money to be used for fixing, rebuilding or replacing certain dams. These dams were built under an old law from 1894 called the Carey Act. The bill lets the Secretary of a government agency use specific funding to work on these dam projects after determining certain conditions are met.

Who It Affects

The Secretary of the government agency responsible for managing these funds and any dams built under the Carey Act.

Key Provisions

- The Secretary can use money from a specific funding source to repair, rebuild or replace dams that were created under and continue to operate under the Carey Act (Sec. 1) - Before using this money, the Secretary must determine that dams meeting certain criteria have received enough funding to finish their repair or replacement work (Sec. 1) - The Secretary can only use this money if funds remain available for these purposes (Sec. 1)

What Changes

If this bill becomes law, money previously reserved for other projects under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act can now be directed toward repairing, rebuilding or replacing dams that were developed under the Carey Act.

Important Definitions

The Carey Act: An old federal law from August 18, 1894 that governed how certain dams were developed and operated.

II Calendar No. 142 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 843 [Report No. 118–68] To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to authorize the use of funds for certain additional Carey Act projects, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 16, 2023 Mr. RISCH introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources JULY 19, 2023 Reported by Mr. MANCHIN, without amendment 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:10 Jul 20, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S843.RS S843 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 843 RS SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN- 1 VESTMENT AND JOBS ACT OF ADDITIONAL 2 CAREY ACT PROJECTS FOR CERTAIN FUNDS. 3 Section 40904(b) of the Infrastructure Investment 4 and Jobs Act (43 U.S.C. 3204(b)) is amended— 5 (1) in paragraph (3), by redesignating subpara- 6 graphs (A) through (C) as clauses (i) through (iii), 7 respectively, and indenting appropriately; 8 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 9 (4) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively, 10 and indenting appropriately; 11 (3) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) 12 (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ 13 and inserting the following: 14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 15 (4) by adding at the end the following: 16 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.— 17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—On making the af- 18 firmative determinations described in subpara- 19 graph (B), the Secretary shall use amounts 20 made available under section 40901(2)(B) to 21 fund the rehabilitation, reconstruction, or re- 22 placement of any dams that were developed 23 pursuant to, and continue to operate as dams 24 under, section 4 of the Act of August 18, 1894 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:10 Jul 20, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S843.RS S843 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 843 RS (commonly known as the ‘Carey Act’) (43 1 U.S.C. 641; 28 Stat. 422, chapter 301). 2 ‘‘(B) DETERMINATIONS DESCRIBED.—The 3 determinations referred to in subparagraph (A) 4 are— 5 ‘‘(i) a determination by the Secretary 6 that any dams that meet the criteria de- 7 scribed in paragraph (1) have received the 8 necessary funding to complete rehabilita- 9 tion, reconstruction, or replacement activi- 10 ties under this subsection; and 11 ‘‘(ii) a determination by the Secretary 12 that amounts made available under section 13 40901(2)(B) remain available.’’. 14 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:10 Jul 20, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S843.RS S843 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS Calendar No. 142 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 843 [Report No. 118–68] A BILL To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to authorize the use of funds for certain ad- ditional Carey Act projects, and for other pur- poses. JULY 19, 2023 Reported without amendment VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:10 Jul 20, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\S843.RS S843 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS

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