[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4160 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4160

To authorize the Secretary of the Army to evaluate, construct, operate, 
    and maintain capital improvements to the Intracoastal Waterway, 
Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, Delaware and Maryland (Chesapeake and 
                 Delaware Canal) for public recreation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 27, 2005

  Mr. Castle (for himself and Mr. Gilchrest) 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 evaluate, construct, operate, 
    and maintain capital improvements to the Intracoastal Waterway, 
Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, Delaware and Maryland (Chesapeake and 
                 Delaware Canal) for public recreation.

    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 ``Chesapeake and Delaware Canal 
Recreation Authorization Act''.

SEC. 2. INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY.

    (a) Agreements.--The Secretary of the Army shall enter into, with 
the consent of appropriate local and State entities, arrangements, 
contracts, and leases with public, private, and nonprofit entities as 
may be necessary to evaluate, construct, operate, and maintain capital 
improvements for recreational use of the Intracoastal Waterway, 
Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, Delaware and Maryland (Chesapeake and 
Delaware Canal) and its related facilities, and to provide security for 
the canal and its related facilities.
    (b) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of capital 
improvements under this section shall be 50 percent. Operation and 
maintenance costs shall be at full Federal expense.
    (c) Credit for Design and Construction Work.--The Secretary of the 
Army shall credit toward the non-Federal share of the cost of the 
project design and construction work carried out by the non-Federal 
interest before the date of an agreement if the Secretary determines 
that such work is integral to the project.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000. Such sums shall 
remain available until expended.
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