[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2977 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2977

   To authorize the Secretary of the Army to assist in the continued 
     development of the Indianapolis Central Waterfront project in 
                         Indianapolis, Indiana.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 19, 2002

  Mr. Bayh (for himself and Mr. Lugar) 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 authorize the Secretary of the Army to assist in the continued 
     development of the Indianapolis Central Waterfront project in 
                         Indianapolis, Indiana.

    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 ``Indianapolis Central Waterfront Act 
of 2002''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the Army Corps of Engineers has provided study, design, 
        and construction assistance to the Indianapolis Central 
        Waterfront project along the White River in Indianapolis, 
        Indiana;
            (2) to date, $110,975,000 in both Federal and non-Federal 
        dollars has been used to implement portions of the Master Plan;
            (3) the 1994 Indianapolis Central Waterfront Master Plan 
        outlines additional features that could be constructed;
            (4) the city of Indianapolis is committed to providing any 
        required non-Federal cost share to ensure that the elements 
        detailed in the 1994 Master Plan are carried out;
            (5) the Master Plan specifically cited flood control, river 
        edge improvements, and water resource improvements that could 
        be implemented in the Fall Creek reach of the White River; and
            (6) the Fall Creek Reach consists of the elements described 
        in the 1994 Master Plan as--
                    (A) Fall Creek River Edge Improvements;
                    (B) Fall Creek Park;
                    (C) Fall Creek Lake; and
                    (D) Aqueduct.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION.

    The project for flood control, Indianapolis, Indiana, Fall Creek 
Reach, authorized by section 5 of an Act entitled ``An Act authorizing 
the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for 
flood control and other purposes'', approved June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 
1586, chapter 688), as modified by section 323 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3716) and by section 322 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 303), is modified to 
authorize the Secretary to--
            (1) assist with the Fall Creek Reach element of the 
        Indianapolis Central Waterfront project as described in the 
        1994 project Master Plan at a total cost of $28,545,000, with 
        an estimated Federal cost of $14,272,500 and an estimated non-
        Federal cost of $14,272,500; and
            (2) construct the project at a total cost of $139,520,000, 
        with an estimated Federal cost of $66,747,000 and an estimated 
        non-Federal cost of $72,773,000.
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