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H. Rept. 118-834 1 (2024-12-10)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxagvg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 118TH CONGRESS 2d Session J HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORT 118-834 HELP HOOVER DAM ACT DECEMBER 10, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WESTERMAN, from the Committee on Natural Resources, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 7776] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 7776) to amend the Boulder Canyon Project Act to au- thorize the Secretary of the Interior to expend amounts in the Colo- rado River Dam fund, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec- ommends that the bill do pass. PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION The purpose of H.R. 7776 is 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. BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION In 1928, the Boulder Canyon Project Act was signed into law to authorize the construction of Hoover Dam and other water projects along the Colorado River.1 This legislation appropriated $165 mil- lion for Arizona, California, and Nevada (collectively called the lower basin states) to build water projects with flood control as their primary purpose.2 Construction on the dam began in 1930, and the associated hydropower generators came online in 1937. 'National Archives, Boulder Canyon Project Act (1928). https://www.archives.gov/milestone- documents/boulder-canyon-project-act. 2Id. 59-006 AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP