[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1407 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1407

 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, and for other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               August 6 (legislative day, June 30), 1993

Ms. Moseley-Braun (for herself, Mr. Simon, Mr. Bond, Mr. Danforth, Mr. 
   Feingold, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Harkin, and Mr. Kohl) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                      Environment and Public Works

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 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, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are as follows:
            (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 in use at the time of the assessment (referred to in 
        this Act as ``then 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.
            (3) To examine the Federal and non-Federal roles 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 then 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 that currently do not have 
        adequate flood protection;
            (2) identify high priority industrial, petrochemical, 
        hazardous waste, and other facilities that require additional 
        flood protection due to the special health and safety risks 
        caused by flooding;
            (3)(A) evaluate then current Federal, State, and local 
        flood impact review requirements for infrastructure 
        improvements and other development in the flood plain; and
            (B) 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 the differences on the level of flood protection on the 
        Upper Mississippi River and its tributaries;
            (5)(A) assess the then current Federal policy on pre-event 
        repair and maintenance of both Federal and non-Federal levees; 
        and
            (B) recommend actions to help prevent the failure of the 
        levees during flooding;
            (6)(A) assess the impact of the then current system of 
        levees and flood control projects on the flood levels 
        experienced on the Upper Mississippi River and its tributaries 
        in 1993; and
            (B) 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 then 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 
submit to Congress a report on the results of the study conducted under 
subsection (a).

                                 <all>