1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Dam Safety Improvement Act . 2. Rehabilitation of high hazard potential dams (a) Definitions Section 2 of the National Dam Safety Program Act ( 33 U.S.C. 467 ) is amended— (1) by striking paragraph (10); (2) by redesignating paragraphs (11) and (16) as paragraphs (10) and (17), respectively; (3) in paragraph (4)— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) in clause (iii)— (I) by striking and at the end and inserting or ; (II) by striking the clause designation and inserting (iii)(I) ; and (III) by adding at the end the following: (II) if the dam is in a State that by law requires an emergency action plan to comply with FEMA guidelines and to be approved by an authorized State agency, the dam— (aa) was identified as having an emergency action plan in the inventory of dams maintained under section 6 before the State required the emergency action plan to comply with FEMA guidelines and to be approved by an authorized State agency; and (bb) as of the date on which, for each fiscal year, funds for assistance under section 8A are distributed under subsection (g)(2) of that section, has an updated emergency action plan that— (AA) is in conformance with State law; and (BB) is pending approval by the authorized State agency; and ; and (ii) in clause (iv)(II), by inserting before the period at the end , as determined by the Administrator, in consultation with the Board ; and (B) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking dam; and inserting dam under a hydropower project with an authorized installed capacity of greater than 1.5 megawatts; ; (4) by inserting after paragraph (10) (as so redesignated) the following: (11) Recipient The term recipient means the entity applying for, receiving, and distributing to subrecipients the assistance under section 8A.