116 STAT. 2450 PUBLIC LAW 107-310—DEC. 2, 2002 Dec. 2, 2002 [H.R. 4727] Public Law 107-310 107th Congress An Act To reauthorize the national dam safety program, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Dam Safety and the United States of America in Congress assembled, Security Act of 2002. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; AMENDMENT OF NATIONAL DAM SAFETY PROGRAM ACT. 33 USC 467 note. (a) SHORT TITLE. —This Act may be cited as the "Dam Safety and Security Act of 2002". (b) AMENDMENT OF NATIONAL DAM SAFETY PROGRAM ACT. — Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the National Dam Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467 et seq.). SEC. 2. INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON DAM SAFETY. Section 7(b) (33 U.S.C. 467e(b)) is amended— (1) by striking "Federal and State programs" and inserting "Federal programs"; and (2) by striking "through—" and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting "through coordination and information exchange among Federal agencies concerning implementation of the Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety.". SEC. 3. NATIONAL DAM SAFETY PROGRAM. (a) IN GENERAL.— Section 8(a)(3) (33 U.S.C. 467f(a)(3)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B) by striking "implementation plan described in subsection (e)" and inserting "strategic plan described in subsection (b)"; and (2) in subparagraph (C) by striking "subsection (f)" and inserting "subsection (e)". (b) DUTIES. —Section 8(b) (33 U.S.C. 467f:b)) is amended to read as follows: "(b) DUTIES. —The Director shall prepare a strategic plan— "(1) to establish goals, priorities, and target dates to improve the safety of dams in the United States; and "(2) to the extent feasible, to establish cooperation and coordination with, and assistance to, interested governmental entities in all States.". (c) OBJECTIVES.— Section 8(c) (33 U.S.C. 467f(c)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (5) by striking "and" at the end; (2) in paragraph (6) by striking the period at the end and inserting "; and"; and
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