[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 617 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 617

To direct the Secretary of the Army to carry out the dredging project, 
       Menominee Harbor, Menominee River, Michigan and Wisconsin.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 14, 2005

Mr. Levin (for himself and Ms. Stabenow) 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 carry out the dredging project, 
       Menominee Harbor, Menominee River, Michigan and Wisconsin.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROJECT FOR NAVIGATION, MENOMINEE HARBOR AND RIVER, MICHIGAN 
              AND WISCONSIN.

    (a) In General.--The project for navigation, Menominee Harbor and 
River, Michigan and Wisconsin, deauthorized on April 15, 2002, in 
accordance with section 1001(b)(2) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 579a(b)(2)), shall be carried out by the 
Secretary of the Army in accordance with section 101 of the River and 
Harbor Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 482) at full Federal expense.
    (b) Costs and Benefits.--The Secretary of the Army shall carry out 
the project described in subsection (a) regardless of whether the 
benefits of the project exceed the estimated costs of the project.
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