To provide for the maintenance of dams located on Indian lands by the Bureau of Indian Affairs or through contracts with Indian tribes.
Indian Dams Safety Act of 1994 - Directs the Secretary of the Interior to: (1) establish a dam safety maintenance program within the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in order to maintain each dam on Indian lands in a satisfactory condition; (2) perform necessary repair and rehabilitation work to bring any unsatisfactory dam to satisfactory condition and to then place the dam under the program's maintenance; and (3) develop a maintenance action plan, with priority given to dams with high or significant risk ratings.
Directs the Secretary to develop a comprehensive list of dams on Indian lands describing conditions of: (1) dam safety; (2) risk hazard; and (3) maintenance deficiencies.
Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) obtain technical assistance from other agencies and departments; and (2) contract with appropriate Indian tribes to carry out the program. States that the dam safety program (of 1980) and the program established by this Act shall be under BIA direction.
Authorizes appropriations.
For Further Action See H.R.1426.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 103-600.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 331.
Mr. Johnson (SD) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6176-6178)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11320)
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11320)
Enacted as Public Law 103-302
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Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
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Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 103-302.
Became Public Law No: 103-302.