Saving Rural Reservoirs Act

Josh Riley

Democrat · NY · Representative

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No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.

Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

2026-09-28

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10635 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10635 To include high hazard potential dams and rural earthen dams as eligible for rehabilitation assistance under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 28, 2026 Mr. Riley of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To include high hazard potential dams and rural earthen dams as eligible for rehabilitation assistance under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Saving Rural Reservoirs Act''. SEC. 2. REHABILITATION OF STRUCTURAL MEASURES NEAR, AT, OR PAST THEIR EVALUATED LIFE EXPECTANCY. Section 14(a) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(a)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ``a covered dam or'' before ``a work of improvement''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(4) Covered dam.--The term `covered dam' means-- ``(A) an eligible high hazard potential dam (as such term is defined in section 2 of the National Dam Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467)); or ``(B) any dam-- ``(i) located in a town with a population of less than 5,000 people; and ``(ii) for which more than 50 percent of the total volume of the embankment of the dam is formed of compacted earth layers.''. <all>

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