Sec. 1222. FORECAST-INFORMED RESERVOIR OPERATIONS
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## SEC. 1222 FORECAST-INFORMED RESERVOIR OPERATIONS ###
(a)Report on Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations Not later than 1 year after the date of completion of the forecast-informed reservoir operations research study pilot program at Coyote Valley Dam, Russian River Basin, California (authorized by the River and Harbor Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 177)), the Secretary shall issue a report to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate on the results of the study pilot program. ###
(b)Contents of Report The Secretary shall include in the report issued under subsection (a)— ####
(1)an analysis of the use of forecast-informed reservoir operations at Coyote Valley Dam, California; ####
(2)an assessment of the viability of using forecast-informed reservoir operations at other dams owned or operated by the Secretary; ####
(3)an identification of other dams owned or operated by the Secretary where forecast-informed reservoir operations may assist the Secretary in the optimization of future reservoir operations; and ####
(4)any additional areas for future study of forecast-informed reservoir operations. ###
(c)Additional Utilization of Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations ####
(1)In general Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report on any additional opportunities identified for utilizing forecast-informed reservoir operations across the United States, including an assessment of the viability of forecast-informed reservoir operations in the Upper Missouri River Basin, the North Platte River Basin, and the Apalachicola Chattahoochee Flint River Basin. ####
(2)Forecast-informed reservoir operations #####
(A)Authorization If the Secretary determines, and includes in the report submitted under paragraph (1), that forecast-informed reservoir operations are viable at a reservoir in the Upper Missouri River Basin, the North Platte River Basin, or the Apalachicola Chattahoochee Flint River Basin, including a reservoir for which the Secretary has flood control responsibilities under section 7 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (33 U.S.C. 709), the Secretary is authorized to carry out forecast-informed reservoir operations at such reservoir. #####
(B)Requirement Subject to the availability of appropriations, if the Secretary determines, and includes in the report submitted under paragraph (1), that forecast-informed reservoir operations are viable in the Upper Missouri River Basin, the North Platte River Basin, or the Apalachicola Chattahoochee Flint River Basin, the Secretary shall carry out forecast-informed reservoir operations at not fewer than one reservoir in such basin.
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