3.0.0 2188 2023-01-15T11:03:09Z 2023-01-15T11:03:09Z Senate S S 2004-03-10 108 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-03-10T20:50:26Z 2004-04-01 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3528-3529) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-03-10 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2551-2556) IntroReferral 2004-03-10 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2550-2551) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-03-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. N M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2004-03-10 True D000064 Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] THOMAS DASCHLE D SD ANDREW 2004-03-10 True Water Resources Development Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Animals Appropriations Aquatic ecology Army Corps of Engineers Arts, Culture, Religion Beaches Civil engineering Commerce Congress Congressional reporting requirements Conservation easements Construction costs Cost effectiveness Cultural property Data banks Department of Defense Dredging Easements Economic development Economic impact statements Economics and Public Finance Ecosystem management Electronic government information Emergency Management Endangered species Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Environmental monitoring Executive reorganization Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to water resources development Federal officials Federal-state relations Fishes Flood control Flood damage prevention Forest conservation Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Government trust funds Governmental investigations Habitat conservation Harbors Hydraulic engineering Infrastructure Inland water transportation Inspectors general Intergovernmental fiscal relations Internet Land transfers Law Maintenance and repair Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine terminals Navigation Performance measurement Planning Public Lands and Natural Resources Railroad freight operations Railroads Restoration ecology Right-of-way Science, Technology, Communications Sedimentation Shore protection Soil pollution Sports and Recreation Subsidies Term limits Trade secrets Traffic congestion Transportation and Public Works Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc. Water pollution control Watersheds Waterways Wetlands Wildlife conservation Water Resources Development 00 2004-03-10 Introduced in Senate 2004-04-27T20:17:23Z Corps of Engineers Modernization and Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends the Flood Control Act of 1970 to require: (1) the Secretary of the Army to revise the planning guidelines, regulations, and circulars of the Corps of Engineers to comply with specified requirements, including encouraging ecosystem restoration; and (2) the Corps to develop and annually update an integrated national plan to manage, rehabilitate, and modernize inland waterway and port infrastructure to meet specified needs.

Directs the Secretary to ensure that each feasibility report, general reevaluation report, and environmental impact statement of a water resource project is subject to review by an independent panel of experts if: (1) the project has an estimated total cost of more than $25 million; (2) the Governor of an affected State requests such review; (3) the head of a Federal agency charged with reviewing the project determines that it is likely to have a significant adverse impact; or (4) the Secretary determines that the project is controversial.

Directs the Inspector General of the Army to appoint a Director of Independent Review. Permits the Secretary to recommend a project for congressional authorization only if it has projected national benefits that are at least 1.5 times as great as the estimated total project costs. Establishes full mitigation requirements for losses of aquatic and terrestrial resources, fish, and wildlife.

Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) a record-keeping system to track each project constructed, operated, or maintained by the Secretary; and (2) a mechanism for decommissioning waterways that are no longer economically justified or that are no longer in the national interest.

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