The Help Hoover Dam Act amends federal law to give the Secretary of the Interior greater flexibility in spending money from the Colorado River Dam fund for Hoover Dam operations and improvements. Specifically, it allows the Interior Department to use non-reimbursable funds recovered in a special account to pay for maintenance, repairs, environmental cleanup, investigations, and capital improvements at Hoover Dam and related facilities, as long as they work with the power contractors who benefit from the dam. The bill affects the Department of Interior, the entities that purchase power from Hoover Dam, and ultimately water and electricity users across the Southwest who depend on the dam's operations. No new funding is created by the bill; instead, it authorizes the use of existing funds already collected in the Colorado River Dam fund. The legislation was introduced by a bipartisan group of senators from Nevada, Arizona, and California and referred to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in May 2025.
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