[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 880 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 880

 To require the Secretary of the Army to carry out such activities as 
 are necessary to stabilize the bluffs along the Mississippi River in 
     the vicinity of Natchez, Mississippi, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 9, 1995

  Mr. Parker introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of the Army to carry out such activities as 
 are necessary to stabilize the bluffs along the Mississippi River in 
     the vicinity of Natchez, Mississippi, 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. STABILIZATION OF NATCHEZ BLUFFS.

    (a) In General.--In accordance with the recommendations of the 
reports prepared by the Army Corps of Engineers entitled the ``Natchez 
Bluff Study'', ``Natchez Bluff Study: Supplement I'', and ``Natchez 
Bluff Study: Supplement II'', dated September 1985, June 1990, and 
December 1993, respectively, the Secretary of the Army shall carry out 
such activities as are necessary to stabilize the portions of the 
bluffs along the Mississippi River in the vicinity of Natchez, 
Mississippi, designated in figure 4 of the December 1993 report as--
            (1) Clifton Avenue, area 3;
            (2) the bluff above Natchez Under-the-Hill, area 7;
            (3) the bluff above Silver Street, area 6; and
            (4) Madison Street to State Street, area 4.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Department of the Army such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this section.
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