3.0.0 407 2022-11-15T16:32:36Z 2022-11-15T16:32:36Z Senate S S 2013-02-28 113 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-02-28T17:59:02Z Waterways Are Vital for the Economy, Energy, Efficiency, and Environment Act of 2013 113 1149 HR 2013-04-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade. Related bill CRS 2013-02-28 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2013-02-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2013-02-28 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2013-02-28 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2013-03-12 False A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2013-03-18 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2013-04-09 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2013-05-09 False Transportation and Public Works Administrative law and regulatory procedures Army Corps of Engineers Congressional oversight Department of Defense Government trust funds Infrastructure development Marine and inland water transportation Motor fuels Navigation, waterways, harbors Transportation programs funding User charges and fees Transportation and Public Works 00 2013-02-28 Introduced in Senate 2013-07-11T14:11:45Z Reinvesting In Vital Economic Rivers and Waterways Act of 2013 or RIVER Act - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to promulgate regulations that, at a minimum, require certain delivery process criteria for qualifying construction and major rehabilitation projects for navigation infrastructure of inland and intracoastal waterways.

Directs the Secretary, in conjunction with the Inland Waterways Users Board, to submit to Congress a 20-year program for making capital investments on inland and intracoastal waterways. Allows such program to be based on the 20-year capital investment strategy contained in the Inland Marine Transportation System Capital Projects Business Model, Final Report published on April 13, 2010, as approved by the Board.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit expenditures from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund to 50% of the total cost of the construction or rehabilitation project. Makes Fund amounts unavailable for: (1) construction or rehabilitation of dams, or (2) rehabilitation expenditures that do not equal or exceed $50 million.

Increases the Inland Waterways Trust Fund financing rate (user fee) from 20 cents to 29 cents after 2013.

]]> Reinvesting In Vital Economic Rivers and Waterways Act of 2013 Display Title Reinvesting In Vital Economic Rivers and Waterways Act of 2013 Short Titles as Introduced Reinvesting In Vital Economic Rivers and Waterways Act of 2013 Short Titles as Introduced RIVER Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide funding for construction and major rehabilitation for projects located on inland and intracoastal waterways of the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2013-02-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s407is/xml/BILLS-113s407is.xml 2013-02-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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.