,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bjgc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #aa1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,newhouse 7for himself1 ,mr4           
,baumgartner1 ,mr4 ,fulcher1 and ,mr4   
,bentz7 introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,natural ,resources1 and in addition to 
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure1 for a period to be     
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the use of      
,federal funds to allow or study the    
breach or alteration of the ,lower      
,snake ,river dams1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,defending our ,dams
 ,act4  #b4 ,lower ,snake ,river dams   
7a7 ,prohibition on use of ,federal     
funds ,no ,federal funds may be used to 
allow1 lead to1 or study the breach or  
functional alteration of1 including     

study of power1 flood control1 or       
navigation replacement of1 or provide   
dam removal technical assistance for1   
the ,lower ,snake ,river dams4  7b7     
,prohibition on spillage operations     
7#a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of the 
,army1 acting through the ,chief of     
,engineers1 may not carry out any       
spillage operations on any of the ,lower
 ,snake ,river dams unless such         
operations are approved by the          
,secretary and the ,administrator of the
 ,bonneville ,power ,administration4    
7#b7 ,considerations ,in determining    
whether to approve spillage operations  
under paragraph 7#a71 the ,secretary and
 the ,administrator shall consider all  
,columbia ,river ,system operations4    
7c7 ,definition ,in this section1 the   
term ,lower ,snake ,river dams means the
 following dams in the ,state of        
,washington1 authorized by section #b of
 the ,act of ,march #b1 #aide 7chapter  
#ai1 #ei ,stat4 #ba73 7#a7 ,ice ,harbor 
,dam4  7#b7 ,lower ,monumental ,dam4    

7#c7 ,little ,goose ,dam4  7#d7 ,lower  
,granite ,dam4