[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3471 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3471

    To authorize the Corps of Engineers to enter into a cooperative 
 agreement with the State of New York to fund one or more projects for 
        habitat restoration in the Hudson River Basin, New York.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 16, 1996

  Mrs. Kelly introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
    To authorize the Corps of Engineers to enter into a cooperative 
 agreement with the State of New York to fund one or more projects for 
        habitat restoration in the Hudson River Basin, New York.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Hudson River Habitat Restoration Act 
of 1996''.

SEC. 2. HUDSON RIVER, NEW YORK.

    (a) Habitat Restoration Project.--The Secretary of the Army may 
enter into a cooperative agreement with the State of New York to 
develop and expeditiously implement, in advance of the completion of 
the full feasibility study, one or more of the individual restoration 
projects at sites identified in the reconnaissance report entitled 
``Hudson River Habitat Restoration; Hudson River Basin, New York'', 
dated February 1995, for any of the following purposes:
            (1) Providing a pilot project to assess and improve habitat 
        value and environmental outputs of recommended projects.
            (2) Providing a demonstration project to evaluate various 
        restoration techniques for effectiveness and cost.
            (3) Filling an important local habitat need within a 
        specific portion of the study area.
            (4) Taking advantage of ongoing or planned actions by other 
        agencies, local municipalities, or environmental groups that 
        would increase the effectiveness, or decrease the overall cost, 
        of implementing one of the recommended restoration project 
        sites.
    (b) Maximum Federal Cost.--The maximum amount of Federal funds that 
may be expended under this section at any site identified in the 
February 1995 reconnaissance report is $2,700,000.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $23,000,000.
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