[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1983 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1983

To direct the Secretary of the Army to review a report of the Chief of 
          Engineers regarding flooding in the Delaware River.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 2005

Mr. Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Dent, Mrs. Kelly, Mr. 
     Menendez, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mr. Hinchey, and Mr. Holt) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of the Army to review a report of the Chief of 
          Engineers regarding flooding in the Delaware River.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of 
the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall review, in 
consultation with the Delaware River Basin Commission and the States of 
Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, the report of the 
Chief of Engineers on the Delaware River, published as House Document 
Numbered 522, 87th Congress, Second Session, as it relates to the Mid-
Delaware River Basin from Wilmington to Port Jervis, and any other 
pertinent reports (including the strategy for resolution of interstate 
flow management issues in the Delaware River Basin dated August 2004 
and the National Park Service Lower Delaware River Management Plan 
(1997-1999)), with a view to determining whether any modifications of 
recommendations contained in such report are advisable at the present 
time, in the interest of flood damage reduction, ecosystem restoration, 
and other related problems.
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