[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1795 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1795

To require the 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 3, 2011

  Mr. Grassley (for himself and Mr. Johanns) 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 require the 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.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall 
revise the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System Master Water 
Control Manual to ensure that the flood control storage allocation of 
the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System--
            (1) has been recalculated so that the flood control storage 
        allocation is based on the vacated space required to control--
                    (A) the largest flood experienced in the System; 
                and
                    (B) the serious downstream flooding associated with 
                such a flood; and
            (2) has been 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 a quantity 
        necessary to ensure that the storage capacity of the zones is 
        adequate to avoid contributing to serious downstream flooding.
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