Sec. 505.
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The President shall make a contribution under section 406 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5172 ) to the applicable State or local government for each eligible hydroelectric facility that was damaged or destroyed by a major disaster during calendar year 2015 to carry out the improvements for which such contribution was provided under this section. Each contribution provided for improvements to an eligible hydroelectric facility under subsection
(a)shall be sufficient to— rebuild canal embankments to meet all applicable guidelines in the Engineering Guidelines for the Evaluation of Hydropower Projects prepared by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; restore all other water-control and retaining structures to meet all applicable such Engineering Guidelines; and provide for either— the restoration of the eligible hydroelectric facility to full operation of its function as a primary water source and hydroelectric power supply; or the establishment of an alternative primary water source and the restoration of the full operation of the hydroelectric power supply function of the eligible hydroelectric facility pursuant to the requirements of subsection (c). A contribution may cover the establishment of an alternative primary water source under subsection (b)(3)(B) only if— the water source could provide redundancy to the water supply provided by an eligible hydroelectric facility; the water source is approved by any applicable regulatory agencies; and the cost of the establishment of such water source and the restoration of the full operation of the hydroelectric power supply function of the eligible hydroelectric facility is less than the cost of restoring the eligible hydroelectric facility to full operation as described under subsection (b)(3)(A). An improvement carried out under this section shall meet the definition of resilient developed pursuant to section 406(e) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5172(e) ). In this section, the term eligible hydroelectric facility means a hydroelectric facility that— is part of a system that provides the primary water source for more than 200,000 people; sustained damage eligible for financial assistance under section 406 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ( 42 U.S.C. 5172 ); is licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under part I of the Federal Power Act ( 16 U.S.C. 792 et seq.); and has been assigned a significant hazard potential classification in accordance with chapter 1 of the Engineering Guidelines for the Evaluation of Hydropower Projects prepared by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The amounts provided by this section are designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.