3.0.0 564 2023-01-11T19:58:21Z 2023-01-11T19:58:21Z Senate S S 2007-02-13 110 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-02-13T20:11:35Z 2007-02-13 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 S1907-1910) IntroReferral 2007-02-13 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1906-1907) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-02-13 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 2007-02-13 True Water Resources Development Administrative procedure Animals Appropriations Army Corps of Engineers Arts, Culture, Religion Commemorations Congress Congressional reporting requirements Construction costs Cultural property Department of Defense Disasters Drainage Economic development Economics and Public Finance Ecosystem management Emergency Management Environmental Protection Environmental assessment Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to water resources development Federal-state relations Fishery management Flood control Floodplains Floods Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Governmental investigations Historic sites History Hurricanes Land transfers Law Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine terminals Navigation Planning Public Lands and Natural Resources Real estate development Restoration ecology Standards Storms Transportation and Public Works Watersheds Wetlands Wildlife conservation Water Resources Development 00 2007-02-13 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-29T21:41:38Z Water Resources Planning and Modernization Act of 2007 - Directs: (1) the Water Resources Council to report to the President and Congress on U.S. vulnerability to damage from flooding and related storm damage, including the risks to human life and property and the comparative risks faced by different regions of the country; and (2) the Administration to submit a report responding to, and including proposals to implement, the Council's recommendations.

Requires the Council: (1) to submit initial and followup reports to Congress containing a prioritized list of Corps of Engineers water resources projects, based on specified criteria; and (2) in coordination with the National Academy of Sciences, to propose revisions to the planning principles and guidelines, regulations, and circulars of the Corps to improve the process by which the Corps analyzes and evaluates projects.

Includes as members of the Council the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Chairperson of the Council on Environmental Quality.

Requires the Secretary to appoint in the Office of the Secretary a Director of Independent Review. Subjects projects meeting specified guidelines concerning cost, state interest, adverse impact, or controversy to review by an independent panel of experts, including to ensure public health, safety, and welfare.

Requires the Secretary, to mitigate losses to flood damage reduction capabilities and fish and wildlife resulting from a water resources project, to ensure that mitigation for each project fully complies with the mitigation standards and policies established by each state in which the project is located. Sets forth mitigation plan requirements. Directs the Secretary to establish a mitigation tracking system.

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