H.R. 3158

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3158 Introduced in House (IH)]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3158

To amend the Boulder Canyon Project Act to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to expend amounts in the Colorado River Dam fund, and for 
other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 1, 2025

Ms. Lee of Nevada (for herself, Mr. Amodei of Nevada, Mr. Stanton, Mr. 
Ciscomani, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Titus, Ms. Ansari, Mr. Calvert, Mr. 
Cisneros, and Mr. Schweikert) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Natural Resources

_______________________________________________________________________

A BILL

To amend the Boulder Canyon Project Act to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to expend amounts in the Colorado River Dam fund, 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 ``Help Hoover Dam Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION TO EXPEND AMOUNTS.

Section 2 of the Act of December 21, 1928 (43 U.S.C. 617, et seq.; 
commonly known as the ``Boulder Canyon Project Act''), is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
``(f) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to expend moneys 
in the fund, including moneys in account XXXR5656P1, that were and 
hereafter are recovered on a non-reimbursable basis, for any authorized 
activity, including operations, maintenance, investigation and cleanup 
actions, and capital improvements, within the Boulder Canyon Project at 
Hoover Dam or on land used for the construction and operation of the 
Hoover Dam, in consultation with the Boulder Canyon Project contractors 
as identified in the Hoover Power Allocation Act of 2011 (Public Law 
112-72).''.
<all>