[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2821 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2821

   To direct the Secretary of the Army to assist entities adversely 
affected by a Corps of Engineers rehabilitation project relating to the 
           Wolf Creek Dam, Kentucky, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 11, 2009

 Mr. Rogers of Kentucky (for himself and Mr. Whitfield) 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 assist entities adversely 
affected by a Corps of Engineers rehabilitation project relating to the 
           Wolf Creek Dam, Kentucky, 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. WOLF CREEK DAM, KENTUCKY.

    (a) Modification of Lease Agreements.--The Secretary of the Army 
shall modify the terms of lease agreements entered into by the 
Secretary with owners and operators of marinas at Lake Cumberland, 
Kentucky, who have been adversely affected by low lake levels resulting 
from a rehabilitation project of the Corps of Engineers at Wolf Creek 
Dam, Kentucky. The modifications shall suspend lease payments that 
would otherwise be required under the agreements until such date as the 
Secretary determines that the ordinary high water mark at Lake 
Cumberland has been restored.
    (b) Reimbursement of Counties.--The Secretary shall reimburse 
counties in the State of Kentucky for income lost as a result of the 
suspension of lease payments under subsection (a).
    (c) Reimbursement of Marinas.--The Secretary shall reimburse 
marinas referred to in subsection (a) for expenses determined by the 
Secretary to be the result of the rehabilitation project referred to in 
subsection (a), including for losses in revenue, structural 
modifications to facilities, the cost of relocating (including 
infrastructure costs), and interest payments relating to loans 
undertaken as a result of such project.
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