[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2931 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2931

 To direct the Secretary of the Army to conduct a study to assess the 
  adequacy of current flood control measures on the Upper Mississippi 
                       River and its tributaries.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 6, 1993

  Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Gephardt, Mr. Evans, Mr. Costello, Mr. 
  Emerson, Mr. Leach, Mr. Smith of Iowa, Ms. Danner, Mr. Volkmer, Mr. 
Poshard, Mr. Lightfoot, Mr. Nussle, Mr. Wheat, Mr. Minge, and Mr. Clay) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                    Public Works and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To direct the Secretary of the Army to conduct a study to assess the 
  adequacy of current flood control measures on the Upper Mississippi 
                       River and its tributaries.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PURPOSES.

    It is the purpose of this Act--
            (1) to improve the flood protection on the Upper 
        Mississippi River and its tributaries in order to protect 
        public health and safety, maintain commerce, and reduce 
        economic losses due to flooding;
            (2) to assess the adequacy of current flood control 
        measures, both Federal and non-Federal, on the Upper 
        Mississippi River and its tributaries and recommend 
        improvements to protect critical public facilities and prevent 
        the release of hazardous materials into flood waters; and
            (3) to examine the Federal and non-Federal role in funding 
        the construction and maintenance of flood control measures on 
        the Mississippi River and its tributaries and recommend changes 
        to improve flood protection for high priority facilities.

SEC. 2. FLOOD CONTROL MEASURES ON UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND 
              TRIBUTARIES.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary of the Army shall conduct a study to 
assess the adequacy of current flood control measures on the Upper 
Mississippi River and its tributaries.
    (b) Contents.--In conducting the study under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall--
            (1) identify critical water, sewer, transportation, and 
        other essential public facilities which currently do not have 
        adequate flood protection;
            (2) identify high priority industrial, petrochemical, 
        hazardous waste, and other facilities which require additional 
        flood protection due to the special health and safety risks 
        caused by flooding;
            (3) evaluate current Federal, State, and local flood impact 
        review requirements for infrastructure improvements and other 
        development in the flood plain, and recommend changes to reduce 
        the potential loss of life, property damage, economic losses, 
        and threats to health and safety caused by flooding;
            (4) examine the differences in Federal cost-sharing for 
        construction and maintenance of flood control projects on the 
        Upper and Lower Mississippi River systems and assess the effect 
        of such differences on the level of flood protection on the 
        Upper Mississippi River and its tributaries;
            (5) assess the current Federal policy on pre-event repair 
        and maintenance of both Federal and non-Federal levees and 
        recommend actions to help prevent the failure of these levees 
        during flooding;
            (6) assess the impact of the current system of levees and 
        flood control projects on the flood levels experienced on the 
        Upper Mississippi River and its tributaries in 1993, and 
        evaluate the cost-effectiveness of alternative flood control 
        measures such as the preservation and restoration of wetlands;
            (7) recommend flood control improvements, changes in 
        Federal cost-sharing, and other measures to reduce economic 
        losses, damage to critical public facilities, and the release 
        of hazardous materials from industrial, petrochemical, 
        hazardous waste, and other facilities caused by flooding of the 
        Upper Mississippi River and its tributaries; and
            (8) assess the environmental impact of current flood 
        control measures and the flood control improvements recommended 
        pursuant to this section.
    (c) Report.--Not later than January 1, 1995, the Secretary shall 
transmit to Congress a report on the results of the study conducted 
under subsection (a).

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