Lake Lanier and Upper Chattahoochee Safety Act
This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to review potential threats to human life and safety from the use of recreational areas at Buford Dam, Lake Sidney Lanier in northern Georgia. The bill also requires USACE to install technology necessary to alert the public of hazardous water conditions or to minimize or eliminate threats to human life and safety (e.g., sirens, strobe lights, and signage).
USACE operates and maintains Buford Dam which forms Lake Sidney Lanier. The Chattahoochee River flows just below the dam. Water releases from the dam effect water levels in Lake Sidney Lanier and river flow conditions below Buford Dam.
To direct the Corps of Engineers to carry out a review of recreational 
   hazards at Buford Dam, Lake Sidney Lanier, Georgia, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Lake Lanier and Upper Chattahoochee 
Safety Act''.

SEC. 2. REVIEW OF RECREATIONAL HAZARDS AT BUFORD DAM, LAKE SIDNEY 
              LANIER, GEORGIA.

    The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, 
shall--
            (1) carry out a review of potential threats to human life 
        and safety from use of designated recreational areas at the 
        Buford Dam, Lake Sidney Lanier, Georgia, authorized by section 
        1 of the Act of July 24, 1946 (chapter 595, 60 Stat. 635); and
            (2) install such technologies and other measures, including 
        sirens, strobe lights, and signage, that the Secretary, based 
        on the review carried out under paragraph (1), determines 
        necessary for alerting the public of hazardous water conditions 
        or to otherwise minimize or eliminate any identified threats to 
        human life and safety.
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Lake Lanier and Upper Chattahoochee Safety Act
To direct the Corps of Engineers to carry out a review of recreational hazards at Buford Dam, Lake Sidney Lanier, Georgia, and for other purposes.
Lake Lanier and Upper Chattahoochee Safety Act
Rep. Bourdeaux, Carolyn