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A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to seek limited reimbursement for site security activities, and for other purposes. 12/4/2007--Passed House amended.    (There is 1 other summary) Bureau of Reclamation Site Security Costs Act of 2007 - Makes costs incurred by the Secretary of the Interior for the physical fortification of Bureau of Reclamation facilities to satisfy increased post-September 11, 2001, security needs non-reimbursable.Directs the Secretary of the Interior to include up to a specified amount of costs incurred for increased levels of guards and patrols, training, patrols by local and tribal law enforcement entities, operation, maintenance, and replacement of guard and response force equipment, and operation and maintenance of facility fortifications at Bureau facilities after September 11, 2001, as reimbursable operation and maintenance costs under reclamation law. Requires site security costs allocated to irrigation [...]

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  • 06/11/2008 - Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5530)
  • 04/10/2008 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Bingaman without amendment. With written report No. 110-323.
  • 04/10/2008 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 675.
  • 01/30/2008 - Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  • 12/05/2007 - Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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