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H.R. 10635

Saving Rural Reservoirs Act

📅 Sep 28, 2026
Summary:
• The "Saving Rural Reservoirs Act" amends the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act to make two new categories of dams eligible for rehabilitation assistance
• The bill adds "covered dams" as eligible for assistance, defined as either eligible high hazard potential dams or rural earthen dams located in towns with fewer than 5,000 people where more than 50% of the dam's embankment volume is compacted earth layers

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