3.0.0 565 2022-11-15T16:34:18Z 2022-11-15T16:34:18Z Senate S S 2013-03-14 113 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-03-14T17:58:36Z Mississippi River Navigation Sustainment Act 113 1152 HR 2013-03-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Identical bill CRS 2013-03-14 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 S1857-1858) IntroReferral 2013-03-14 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1856-1857) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2013-03-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2013-03-18 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2013-03-18 False Water Resources Development Atmospheric science and weather Birds Dams and canals Floods and storm protection Government studies and investigations Illinois Lakes and rivers Land transfers Marine and inland water transportation Mississippi River Missouri Navigation, waterways, harbors Transportation safety and security Water storage Water use and supply Watersheds Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Water Resources Development 00 2013-03-14 Introduced in Senate 2013-05-13T15:22:48Z Mississippi River Navigation Sustainment Act - Directs the Chief of Engineers to carry out a study of the Mississippi River Basin to: (1) improve the coordinated and comprehensive management of water resource projects in the greater Mississippi River Basin relating to extreme weather conditions, and (2) evaluate the feasibility of modifications to those projects and develop new projects to improve the reliability of navigation and more effectively reduce flood risk.

Directs the Chief to improve forecasting on the Mississippi River by: (1) updating forecasting technology deployed on the River and its tributaries, (2) constructing additional sedimentation ranges on the River and tributaries, and (3) deploying additional automatic identification system base stations at river gage sites. Requires the Chief to prioritize the sections of the River on which additional and more reliable information would have the greatest impact on maintaining navigation.

Authorizes the Chief to: (1) construct, operate, and maintain ingress and egress paths to docks, loading facilities, fleeting areas, and other critical locations outside of the authorized navigation channel on the Mississippi River upon determining such actions to be critical to maintaining safe and reliable navigation; and (2) mitigate, through dredging, any incidental impacts to loading or fleeting areas outside of such channel that result from operation and maintenance of the channel.

Directs the Chief: (1) in accordance with the project for navigation, Mississippi River between the Ohio and Missouri Rivers (Regulating Works), Missouri and Illinois, to carry out a 10-year pilot program to restore and protect fish and wildlife habitat in the middle Mississippi River; and (2) as part of such program, to conduct activities necessary to improve navigation through such project while restoring and protecting fish and wildlife habitat.

]]> Mississippi River Navigation Sustainment Act Display Title Mississippi River Navigation Sustainment Act Short Titles as Introduced Mississippi River Navigation Sustainment Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for the safe and reliable navigation of the Mississippi River, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2013-03-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s565is/xml/BILLS-113s565is.xml 2013-03-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1857-1858) 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.