3.0.0 2903 2023-01-13T04:47:56Z 2023-01-13T04:47:56Z House H HR 2005-06-15 109 hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee House Standing hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee Referred to 2005-06-16T17:01:48Z Referred to 2005-06-15T14:02:00Z 2005-06-16 hspw02 Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Committee 2005-06-15 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hspw00 Transportation and Infrastructure Committee 2005-06-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-06-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B000072 Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6] RICHARD BAKER R LA H. 6 N M000388 Rep. McCrery, Jim [R-LA-4] JIM MCCRERY R LA 4 2005-06-15 True J000070 Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] WILLIAM JEFFERSON D LA J. 2 2005-06-15 True A000361 Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5] Rodney Alexander R LA 5 2005-06-15 True J000287 Rep. Jindal, Bobby [R-LA-1] Bobby Jindal R LA 1 2005-06-15 True B001255 Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7] Charles Boustany R LA W. 7 2005-06-15 True M001161 Rep. Melancon, Charlie [D-LA-3] Charlie Melancon D LA 3 2005-06-15 True Public Lands and Natural Resources Animals Aquatic ecology Barrier islands Coastal zone Congress Congressional reporting requirements Cost effectiveness Dredging Ecological research Economics and Public Finance Ecosystem management Emergency Management Environmental Protection Estuaries Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to water resources development Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Governmental investigations Habitat conservation Hurricanes Infrastructure Intergovernmental fiscal relations Land subsidence Louisiana Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine ecology Mississippi River Navigation Planning Restoration ecology Saline waters Science, Technology, Communications Shore protection Soil erosion Storms Transportation and Public Works Water Resources Development Wetlands Public Lands and Natural Resources 00 2005-06-15 Introduced in House 2005-07-18T20:38:34Z Directs the Secretary of the Army to submit to Congress: (1) a report recommending modifications to the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet to address navigation, salt water intrusion, channel bank erosion, mitigation, and threats to life and property; (2) a report recommending a plan to restore the Barataria-Terrebonne Estuary, Louisiana; (3) a report recommending near-term ecosystem restoration measures for the Chenier Plain, Louisiana; (4) a recommended framework for developing a long-term program for the protection, conservation, and restoration of the wetlands, estuaries, barrier islands, and related land and features that protect critical resources, habitat, and infrastructure in the coastal Louisiana ecosystem from the impacts of coastal storms, hurricanes, erosion, and subsidence; and (5) a feasibility study recommending a comprehensive, long-term plan for the protection, conservation, and restoration of the coastal Louisiana ecosystem.

Establishes the Coastal Louisiana Ecosystem Protection and Restoration Task Force.

Directs the Secretary to carry out, in accordance with the Plan of the Chief of Engineers for ecosystem restoration for the Louisiana Coastal Area dated January 31, 2005, a coastal Louisiana ecosystem program to identify uncertainties about, and to improve state knowledge of, the physical, chemical, geological, biological, and cultural baseline conditions in the coastal Louisiana ecosystem.

]]> To provide protection, conservation, and restoration of the wetlands, estuaries, barrier islands, and related land and features in the Louisiana coastal area, and for other purposes. Display Title To provide protection, conservation, and restoration of the wetlands, estuaries, barrier islands, and related land and features in the Louisiana coastal area, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced To provide protection, conservation, and restoration of the wetlands, estuaries, barrier islands, and related land and features in the Louisiana coastal area, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2005-06-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr2903ih/xml/BILLS-109hr2903ih.xml 2005-06-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. 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.