[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2942 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2942

   To direct the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers to revise the 
Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System Master Water Control Manual to 
ensure greater storage capacity to prevent serious downstream flooding.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 15, 2011

 Mr. King of Iowa (for himself, Mr. Graves of Missouri, Mr. Terry, Mr. 
Latham, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Fortenberry, 
Mrs. Noem, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mrs. Hartzler, and Mr. Cleaver) introduced 
      the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers to revise the 
Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System Master Water Control Manual to 
ensure greater storage capacity to prevent serious downstream flooding.

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

SECTION 1. REVISION OF MASTER MANUAL.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Army, acting through the 
Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers, shall revise the Missouri River 
Mainstem Reservoir System Master Water Control Manual to ensure that 
the System's flood control storage allocation has been--
            (1) recalculated so that it is based on the vacated space 
        required to control the largest flood experienced in the System 
        and to control the serious downstream flooding associated with 
        such flood; and
            (2) adjusted, prior to each runoff season, such that the 
        space allocated for flood control purposes in the Exclusive 
        Flood Control Zone and the Annual Flood Control and Multiple 
        Use Regulation Zone is increased by an amount necessary to 
        ensure that the storage capacity of the two zones is adequate 
        to avoid contributing to serious downstream flooding.
    (b) Applicability.--The Secretary of the Army, acting through the 
Chief of the Army Corps of Engineers, shall carry out the requirements 
under subsection (a) not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this section.
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