Sec. 101. Increase Federal assistance to improve dam safety

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Section 2(4)(A) of the National Dam Safety Program Act ( 33 U.S.C. 467(4)(A) ) is amended— in clause (iii)(II), by striking the semicolon and inserting ; and ; in clause (iv), by striking ; and and inserting a period; and by striking clause (v). Section 3(a) of the National Dam Safety Program Act ( 33 U.S.C. 467a(a) ) is amended to read as follows: As soon as practicable, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall carry out a national program of inspection of dams for the purpose of protecting human life and property.

All non-Federal dams in the United States that are not under the regulatory inspection authority of a State or Federal entity shall be inspected by the Secretary, except dams which the Secretary of the Army determines do not pose any threat to human life or property. The inspection will include an assessment of downstream hazard and development of a dam failure inundation map and a non-failure residual risk inundation map that can be incorporated in an emergency action plan for the dam. .

Section 8(e)(1) of the National Dam Safety Program Act ( 33 U.S.C. 467f(e)(1) ) is amended by inserting including the development of emergency action plans after improving dam safety programs . Section 8A(f) of the National Dam Safety Program Act ( 33 U.S.C. 467f–2(f) ) is amended to read as follows: The Administrator, in consultation with the Board, shall develop a risk-based priority system for States to use as a factor in prioritizing multiple applications in a single year of eligible high hazard potential dams for which grants may be made under this section. .

Section 8A(j) of the National Dam Safety Program Act ( 33 U.S.C. 467f–2(j) ) is amended— in paragraph (3), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in paragraph (4), by striking each of fiscal years 2021 through 2026. and inserting fiscal year 2021; and ; and by adding at the end the following: $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. . Section 14(a)(1) of the National Dam Safety Program Act ( 33 U.S.C. 467j(a)(1) ) is amended by striking $9,200,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 and inserting $92,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 .

Section 14 of the National Dam Safety Program Act ( 33 U.S.C. 467j ) is amended by adding at the end the following: There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 3 $35,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. . Section 14(a)(2) of the National Dam Safety Program Act ( 33 U.S.C. 467j(a)(2) ) is amended— by striking subparagraphs

(B)and (C); by striking the paragraph designation and heading and all that follows through Subject to subparagraphs

(B)and (C), for in subparagraph

(A)in the matter preceding clause

(i)and inserting the following: For ; by redesignating clauses

(i)and

(ii)as subparagraphs

(A)and (B), respectively, and indenting appropriately; in subparagraph

(A)(as so redesignated), by inserting of the remaining after One-third ; in subparagraph

(B)(as so redesignated)— in the matter preceding subclause (I), by inserting of the remaining after Two-thirds ; and by redesignating subclauses

(I)and

(II)as clauses

(i)and (ii), respectively, and indenting appropriately; and by adding at the end the following: Up to twenty percent to States that qualify for assistance under section 8(e) for the development of emergency action plans as needed. . Section 14(f) of the National Dam Safety Program Act ( 33 U.S.C. 467j(f) ) is amended by striking $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 and inserting $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 . Section 14(h)(2) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(2) ) is amended— in subparagraph (D), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in subparagraph (E), by striking through 2023. and inserting through 2021; and ; and by adding at the end the following: $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. . Section 5033(a)(1) of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 ( 33 U.S.C. 3912(a)(1) ) is amended— in subparagraph (D), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026. .

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