3.0.0 4686 2023-01-15T04:49:17Z 2023-01-15T04:49:17Z House H HR 2004-06-24 108 hsii00 Natural Resources Committee House Standing hsii15 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Referred to 2004-07-06T15:14:07Z Referred to 2004-06-24T14:03:40Z hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Referred to 2004-06-25T15:57:40Z Referred to 2004-06-24T14:03:35Z 2004-07-06 hsii15 Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans. Committee 2004-06-25 hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Committee 2004-06-24 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsii00 Natural Resources Committee 2004-06-24 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2004-06-24 Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2004-06-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2004-06-24 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000188 Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] RON KIND D WI 3 N M001143 Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] BETTY MCCOLLUM D MN 4 2004-06-24 True B001230 Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2 2004-09-29 False Water Resources Development Agricultural pollution Animals Aquatic ecology Army Corps of Engineers Authorization Barges Charities Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Dams Department of the Interior Dikes (Engineering) Disaster relief Dredging Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Environmental monitoring Environmental research Eutrophication Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to water pollution control Federal aid to water resources development Fishery management Fishes Flood control Flood damage prevention Floodplains Forest management Gifts Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government trust funds Governmental investigations Greenways Gulf of Mexico Habitat conservation Hazardous wastes Infrastructure Inland water transportation Intergovernmental fiscal relations Land transfers Law Maintenance and repair Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine pollution Mississippi River Navigation Nonpoint source pollution Nonprofit organizations Outdoor recreation Parks Pollution measurement Presidential appointments Public Lands and Natural Resources Real estate development Refuse and refuse disposal Restoration ecology Riparian ecology Rivers Science, Technology, Communications Sedimentation Social Welfare Sports and Recreation Tourism Trails Transportation and Public Works Trusts and trustees Water supply Waterfronts Watersheds Wetlands Wildlife conservation Water Resources Development 00 2004-06-24 Introduced in House 2004-10-06T20:16:32Z Mississippi River Protection and Restoration Act of 2004 - Amends the Upper Mississippi River Management Act of 1986 to: (1) allow interagency agreements under such Act between the Secretary of the Army (the Secretary) and the Secretary of the Interior to provide for maintenance of completed projects on Federal lands; (2) direct the Secretary to establish an independent science (currently, technical) advisory committee; (3) require such committee to include scientists, hydrologists, and engineers and to review and provide public comment on project criteria, selection, and sequencing; and (4) direct the Secretary to develop a system to rank proposed projects.

Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to: (1) increase the authorization of appropriations; (2) make project costs a Federal responsibility; (3) require a non-Federal sponsor to share 35 percent of the cost of projects constructed on private land; and (4) authorize the Secretary to share the cost of riverfront projects.

Establishes the Upper Mississippi Trust Fund and a charitable and nonprofit corporation to administer funds and gifts. Authorizes the use of Trust funds for aquatic and floodplain habitat restoration, riverfront revitalization, and administrative costs. Directs the Science Advisory Board to annually review projects proposed by the Board of Trustees.

Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) at the Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg, Mississippi, a program to coordinate monitoring and research in the Mississippi River Basin; and (2) a consortium of universities to demonstrate the full range of wetland values and functions, to reduce nutrient loadings to the Gulf of Mexico, and to sequester carbon.

]]> Mississippi River Protection and Restoration Act of 2004 Display Title Mississippi River Protection and Restoration Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced To revitalize the Mississippi River. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Mississippi River Protection and Restoration Act of 2004 Introduced in House 2004-06-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-108hr4686ih/xml/BILLS-108hr4686ih.xml 2004-07-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife and Oceans. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.