[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1615 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1615

 To modify the project for navigation, Mississippi River Ship Channel, 
        Gulf to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               March 14 (legislative day, March 13), 1996

  Mr. Breaux (for himself and Mr. Johnston) introduced the following 
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment 
                            and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To modify the project for navigation, Mississippi River Ship Channel, 
        Gulf to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 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. MISSISSIPPI RIVER SHIP CHANNEL, GULF TO BATON ROUGE, 
              LOUISIANA.

    The project for navigation, Mississippi River Ship Channel, Gulf to 
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, authorized by the matter under the heading 
``Corps of Engineers--Civil'' under the heading ``DEPARTMENT OF 
DEFENSE--CIVIL'' in chapter IV of title I of the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1985 (99 Stat. 313), is modified to require the 
Secretary of the Army, as part of the operations and maintenance 
segment of the project, to assume responsibility for periodic 
maintenance dredging of the Chalmette Slip to a depth of minus 33 feet 
mean low gulf.
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