[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5589 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5589

  To modify the project for navigation, Atchafalaya River and Bayous 
Chene, Boeuf, and Black, Louisiana, to include an additional area, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 11, 2008

 Mr. Melancon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To modify the project for navigation, Atchafalaya River and Bayous 
Chene, Boeuf, and Black, Louisiana, to include an additional area, 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. ATCHAFALAYA RIVER AND BAYOUS CHENE, BOEUF, AND BLACK, 
              LOUISIANA.

    The project for navigation, Atchafalaya River and Bayous Chene, 
Boeuf, and Black, Louisiana, authorized by section 101 of the River and 
Harbor Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 731), and modified by section 3077 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1126), is further 
modified to authorize the Secretary of the Army--
            (1) to include as part of the project the portion of the 
        Lower Atchafalaya River known as the ``Crewboat Cut'', located 
        south of the convergence of Bayou Chene into the Atchafalaya 
        River and east of the authorized part of the channel known as 
        the ``Horseshoe''; and
            (2) to carry out projects for bank stabilization on the 
        eastern shore of Crewboat Cut to prevent erosion from wave 
        action and scouring.
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