3.0.0 2554 2023-01-15T04:49:21Z 2023-01-15T04:49:21Z Senate S S 2004-06-21 108 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Markup by 2004-06-23T21:50:30Z Referred to 2004-06-21T23:11:50Z Water Resources Development Act of 2003 108 2557 HR 2003-09-26 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. Related bill CRS 2004-06-23 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2004-06-21 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2004-06-21 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK N J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2004-06-21 True B000611 Sen. Bond, Christopher S. [R-MO] CHRISTOPHER BOND R MO S. 2004-06-21 True R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. 2004-06-21 True Water Resources Development Administrative procedure Agriculture and Food Airports Alabama Alaska Animals Aquatic ecology Aquatic pests Archaeology Arizona Arkansas Army Corps of Engineers Arts, Culture, Religion Authorization Beaches Biological diversity Bridges California Camping Canals Cemeteries and funerals Chemicals Chesapeake Bay Civil engineering Coastal zone Colorado Commemorations Concessions Congress Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Connecticut Construction costs Coral reefs Cost accounting Cost effectiveness Cultural property Dams Data banks Delaware Department of Defense Drainage Dredging Droughts Easements Economic research Economics and Public Finance Ecosystem management Electronic government information Emergency Management Endangered species Energy Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Environmental monitoring Environmental research Estuaries Everglades Farm lands Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to water pollution control Federal aid to water resources development Federal-Indian relations Federal-local relations Federal-state relations Fish culture Fishery management Flood control Flood damage prevention Floods Florida Gambling Geographic information systems Georgia Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Government trust funds Governmental investigations Great Lakes Gulf of Mexico Habitat conservation Harbors Hazardous wastes Historic sites History Hurricanes Hydroelectric power Hydrology Idaho Illinois Indian lands Indiana Infrastructure Inland water transportation Intergovernmental fiscal relations International Affairs International cooperation Internet Interstate commissions Interstate compacts Investment of public funds Iowa Irrigation Islands Kentucky Labor and Employment Lakes Land transfers Land use Law Leases Licenses Louisiana Maine Maintenance and repair Maps Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine terminals Maryland Massachusetts Merchant seamen Michigan Migratory bird conservation Mine wastes Minnesota Mississippi Mississippi River Missouri Missouri River development Montana Monuments and memorials Multipurpose projects Museums National parks National recreation areas Native Americans Navigation Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York City New York State Non-native species North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Outdoor recreation Payments in lieu of taxes Pennsylvania Pest control Pests Planning Power marketing administrations Public Lands and Natural Resources Radioactive wastes Reclamation of land Recreation areas Reefs Reforestation Religion Relocation Rent Research and development Reservoirs Restoration ecology Revolving funds Rhode Island Right-of-way Riparian ecology Risk Rivers Salmon Science, Technology, Communications Sediment control Sedimentation Shellfish Shore protection Social Welfare Soil conservation Soil erosion South Carolina South Dakota Sports and Recreation Storage Storms Sustainable fisheries Taxation Technical assistance Technology transfer Tennessee Texas Tourism Transportation and Public Works User charges Vermont Virginia Volunteer workers Washington State Water conservation Water pollution control Water quality Water storage Water supply Waterfronts Watersheds Waterways Web sites West Virginia Wetlands Wildlife conservation Wildlife refuges Wisconsin Water Resources Development 00 2004-06-21 Introduced in Senate 2004-12-09T20:38:00Z Water Resources Development Act of 2004 - Sets forth provisions providing authorizations for, modifications to, deauthorizations of, and study requirements for inland waterway, port and harbor, flood damage reduction, coastal storm damage reduction, ecosystem restoration, environmental remediation, water storage, water quality, and watershed planning projects or programs throughout the country.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to: (1) engage in activities in support of foreign governments; and (2) include individuals from the private sector in Corps of Engineers training classes. Establishes the Corps of Engineers River Stewardship Commission. Directs: (1) the Secretary to establish within the civil works function a Water Resource Planning Council; and (2) the Inspector General of the Army to convene an independent peer review panel.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out ecosystem restoration projects regarding the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois River; (2) develop a system to rank proposed projects; and (3) carry out (over at least a ten-year period) a pilot program to restore and protect fish and wildlife habitat in the middle Mississippi River.

Establishes: (1) the Coastal Louisiana Ecosystem Protection and Restoration Task Force; and (2) a Coastal Louisiana Ecosystem Science and Technology Program.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a general management plan for ecosystem restoration of the Upper Connecticut River ecosystem; and (2) complete work on the San Pablo Bay watershed, California.

Modifies provisions regarding the Mississippi River Headwaters Reservoir. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the Conservation Corridor Demonstration Program, Delaware and Maryland. Designates the Division Engineer, North Atlantic Division, of the Corps the ex officio U.S. member under the Susquehanna River Basin Compact and the Delaware River Basin Compact.

]]> Water Resources Development Act of 2004 Display Title Water Resources Development Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the consideration and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Water Resources Development Act of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-06-21T04:00:00Z 2004-06-23 Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. 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.