What This Bill Does · Plain English
GovGreed Synthesis · AI extraction
This bill amends the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to allow the Secretary of the Interior to use existing funds for the rehabilitation, reconstruction, or replacement of dams built under the Carey Act of 1894. It adds these dams as eligible projects for funding, but only after the Secretary determines that other priority dams have been funded and that money is still available.
Action Timeline
2025-04-02
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
2025-04-02
Introduced in Senate
Frequently Asked Questions
Did S.1257 pass?
S.1257 is still alive. Current stage: COMMITTEE. Pass likelihood: 57%.
What does S.1257 do?
This bill amends the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to allow the Secretary of the Interior to use existing funds for the rehabilitation, reconstruction, or replacement of dams built under the Carey Act of 1894. It adds these dams as eligible projects for funding, but only after the Secretary determines that other priority dams have been funded and that money is still available.
Who sponsored S.1257?
S.1257 was sponsored by James E. Risch (R-Idaho).
Full Bill Text
119 S1257 IS: To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to authorize the use of funds for certain additional Carey Act projects, and for other purposes. U.S. Senate 2025-04-02 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1257 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 2, 2025 Mr. Risch (for himself and Mr. Crapo ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to authorize the use of funds for certain additional Carey Act projects, and for other purposes. 1. Eligibility under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of additional Carey Act projects for certain funds Section 40904(b) of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ( 43 U.S.C. 3204(b) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (3), by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (C) as clauses (i) through (iii), respectively, and indenting appropriately; (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (4) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), respectively, and indenting appropriately; (3) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by striking The Secretary and inserting the following: (1) In general The Secretary ; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (2) Additional projects (A) In general On making the affirmative determinations described in subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall use amounts made available under section 40901(2)(B) to fund the rehabilitation, reconstruction, or replacement of any dams that were developed pursuant to, and continue to operate as dams under, section 4 of the Act of August 18, 1894 (commonly known as the Carey Act ) ( 43 U.S.C. 641 ; 28 Stat. 422, chapter 301). (B) Determinations described The determinations referred to in subparagraph (A) are— (i) a determination by the Secretary that any dams that meet the criteria described in paragraph (1) have received the necessary funding to complete rehabilitation, reconstruction, or replacement activities under this subsection; and (ii) a determination by the Secretary that amounts made available under section 40901(2)(B) remain available. .
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