[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1159 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1159

    To direct the Secretary of the Army to repair and expand a wave 
 attenuation system to protect fishermen and other boaters and promote 
                the welfare of the town of Lubec, Maine.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 10, 2001

Ms. Collins (for herself and Ms. Snowe) 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 direct the Secretary of the Army to repair and expand a wave 
 attenuation system to protect fishermen and other boaters and promote 
                the welfare of the town of Lubec, Maine.

    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 ``Lubec Safe Harbor Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) in 1997, a winter storm caused the deaths of 2 
        fishermen in the town of Lubec, Maine;
            (2) without a safe berth for their boats, the lives of 
        fishermen and other boaters in Lubec are at risk;
            (3) storms in the months preceding the date of enactment of 
        this Act have destabilized the wave attenuation system in Lubec 
        and consequently caused extensive damage to the Lubec marina;
            (4) the damage has been devastating to the small town, the 
        economy of which is dependent on fishing and on tourists who 
        arrive by boat;
            (5) even when in good repair, the wave attenuation system 
        in Lubec was not adequate to provide a safe harbor for the 
        town;
            (6) without a fully effective wave attenuation system, the 
        marina, pier, and harbor will cease to function; and
            (7) since the town can neither support its fishing industry 
        nor provide landing capacity for tour boats without a 
        functional marina, it is imperative that the wave attenuation 
        system be immediately repaired and expanded to provide safe 
        harbor for the fishing and tourist fleet at the Lubec marina.

SEC. 3. WAVE ATTENUATION SYSTEM, LUBEC, MAINE.

    The Secretary of the Army shall repair and expand the wave 
attenuation system at Lubec, Maine, at a total Federal cost of 
$2,200,000.
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