[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1163 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1163

To allow the Army Corps of Engineers to receive and expend non-Federal 
   amounts to carry out certain studies in the same manner that non-
   Federal amounts may be used to carry out construction activities.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 9, 2011

  Mr. DeMint 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 allow the Army Corps of Engineers to receive and expend non-Federal 
   amounts to carry out certain studies in the same manner that non-
   Federal amounts may be used to carry out construction activities.

    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 ``Streamlining Partnerships to Enhance 
Economic Development Act''.

SEC. 2. CONTRIBUTED FUNDS FOR NAVIGATION STUDIES.

    Section 4 of the Act entitled ``An Act Making appropriations for 
the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on 
rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,'' approved March 4, 1915 
(33 U.S.C. 560), is amended in the matter before the proviso--
            (1) by inserting ``for work, which includes planning and 
        design,'' after ``to be expended''; and
            (2) by striking ``work of'' and inserting ``study or 
        project for''.

SEC. 3. ADVANCED FUNDS FOR NAVIGATION STUDIES.

    Section 11 of the Act entitled ``An Act Authorizing the 
construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on 
rivers and harbors, and for other purposes,'' approved March 3, 1925 
(33 U.S.C. 561), is amended in the first sentence--
            (1) by striking ``a work of'' and inserting ``work, which 
        includes planning and design, for an authorized study or 
        project for a''; and
            (2) by striking ``duly adopted and authorized by law''.

SEC. 4. CONTRIBUTIONS BY STATES AND POLITICAL DIVISIONS.

    Section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701h), is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting ``for work, which includes planning and 
        design,'' before ``to be expended''; and
            (2) by striking ``restoration work'' and inserting 
        ``restoration study or project''.

SEC. 5. CONTRIBUTIONS BY STATES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS FOR 
              IMMEDIATE USE ON AUTHORIZED FLOOD-CONTROL WORK; 
              REPAYMENT.

    Section 1 of the Act of October 15, 1940 (33 U.S.C. 701h-1), is 
amended in the first sentence by striking ``a flood-control project 
duly adopted and authorized by law'' and inserting ``an authorized 
flood-control study or project,''.
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