PUBLIC LAW 104-303 —OCT. 12, 1996 110 STAT. 3687 "(11) STATE DAM SAFETY AGENCY.—The term 'State dam safety agency' means a State agency that has regulatory authority over the safety of non-Federal dams. "(12) STATE DAM SAFETY PROGRAM.— The term 'State dam safety program' means a State dam safety program approved and assisted under section 8(f). "(13) UNITED STATES.— The term 'United States', when used in a geographical sense, means all of the States."; (5) in section 3 (as redesignated by paragraph (3) of this 33 USC 467a. subsection)— (A) by striking "SEC. 3. As" and inserting the following: "SEC. 3. INSPECTION OF DAMS. "(a) IN GENERAL.— AS"; and (B) by adding at the end the following: "(b) STATE PARTICIPATION.—On request of a State dam safety agency, with respect to any dam the failure of which would affect the State, the head of a Federal agency shall— "(1) provide information to the State dam safety agency on the construction, operation, or maintenance of the dam; or "(2) allow any official of the State dam safety agency to participate in the Federal inspection of the dam."; (6) in section 4 (as redesignated by paragraph (3) of this 33 USC 467b. subsection) by striking "SEC. 4. As" and inserting the following: " SEC. 4. INVESTIGATION REPORTS TO GOVERNORS. "As"; (7) in section 5 (as redesignated by paragraph (3) of this 33 USC 467c. subsection) by striking "SEC. 5. For" and inserting the following: "SEC. 5. DETERMINATION OF DANGER TO HUMAN LIFE AND PROP- ERTY. "For"; and (8) by inserting after section 5 (as redesignated by paragraph (3) of this subsection) the following: "SEC. 6. NATIONAL DAM INVENTORY. 33 USC 467d. "The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, may maintain and periodically publish updated information on the inventory of dams in the United States. " SEC. 7. INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON DAM SAFETY. 33 USC 467e. "(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— There is established an Interagency Committee on Dam Safety— "(1) comprised of a representative of each of the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Labor, FEMA, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the United States Section of the International Boundary Commission; and "(2) chaired by the Director. "(b) DUTIES. —ICODS shall encourage the estabhshment and maintenance of effective Federal and State programs, policies, and guidelines intended to enhance dam safety for the protection of human life and property through—
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