II 112th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1795 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 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.

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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.