[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 255 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  1st Session
                                 S. 255

 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             January 20 (legislative day, January 10), 1995

 Mr. Lott (for himself and Mr. Cochran) 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 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'', ``The Natchez Bluff Study: Supplement I'', and ``The 
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 are necessary 
to carry out this section.
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