[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 892 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 892

To authorize the Secretary of the Army to carry out a project for flood 
  damage reduction and ecosystem restoration for the American River, 
            Sacramento, California, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 25, 2003

     Mr. Matsui (for himself, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. George Miller of 
 California, and Mr. Thompson of California) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of the Army to carry out a project for flood 
  damage reduction and ecosystem restoration for the American River, 
            Sacramento, California, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Sacramento Public Safety Act of 
2003''.

SEC. 2. FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION AND ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION, AMERICAN 
              RIVER, CALIFORNIA.

    The Secretary of the Army is authorized to carry out the project 
for flood damage reduction and ecosystem restoration, American River, 
Sacramento, California, substantially in accordance with the plans, and 
subject to the conditions, described in the Report of the Chief of 
Engineers for the project dated November 5, 2002.

SEC. 3. CONSTRUCTION OF PERMANENT BRIDGE ADJACENT TO FOLSOM DAM.

    (a) In General.--As part of the project authorized by section 2, 
the Secretary of Transportation shall carry out a project to design and 
construct a bridge west of and adjacent to Folsom Dam, California. In 
carrying out the project, the Secretary shall also construct necessary 
linkages from the bridge to existing roadways.
    (b) Design and Construction.--In designing and constructing the 
bridge, the Secretary shall--
            (1) coordinate with the Secretary of the Army regarding the 
        project authorized by section 2; and
            (2) provide appropriate sizing and linkages to support 
        present and future traffic flow requirements for the city of 
        Folsom, California.
    (c) Grant Assistance.--The Secretary of Transportation shall make a 
grant to the State of California in an amount sufficient to pay not 
less than 80 percent of the cost of the project authorized by this 
section.
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