[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 69 (Thursday, May 22, 1997)]
[House]
[Pages H3197-H3199]
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    COMMUNICATION FROM CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND 
                             INFRASTRUCTURE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following 
communication from the chairman of the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure; which was read and, without objection, referred to the 
Committee on Appropriations:
         U.S. Congress, Committee on Transportation and 
           Infrastructure,
                                      Washington, DC, May 9, 1997.
     Hon. Newt Gingrich,
     Speaker of the House, House of Representatives, Washington, 
         DC.
       Dear Mr. Speaker: Enclosed are copies of resolutions 
     adopted on May 7, 1997 by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure. Copies of the resolutions are being 
     transmitted to the Department of the Army.
       With kind personal regards, I am
           Sincerely,
                                                      Bud Shuster,
     Chairman.
                                                                    ____

         U.S. Congress, Committee on Transportation and 
           Infrastructure,
                                      Washington, DC, May 9, 1997.

     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of 
              Representatives, Washington, DC.--Resolution


              Docket 2511, Redwood City Harbor, California

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army is requested to review the 
     report of the Chief of Engineers on Redwood City Harbor, 
     California, published as House Document 104, 81st Congress, 
     1st Session, and any other pertinent reports to determine 
     whether modifications of the recommendations contained 
     therein are advisable at the present time in the interest of 
     navigation improvements and related purposes at Redwood City 
     Harbor, California, with particular reference to providing 
     increased depths to accommodate new, larger vessels that now 
     call on the port.
       Adopted: May 7, 1997.
       Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman.
                                                                    ____

         U.S. Congress, Committee on Transportation and 
           Infrastructure,
                                      Washington, DC, May 9, 1997.

     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of 
              Representatives, Washington, DC.--Resolution


         Docket 2512, Black Warrior-Tombigbee Waterway, Alabama

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army is requested to review the 
     reports on the Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers, Alabama, 
     contained in House Document Number 99-198, 99th Congress, 2nd 
     Session and House Document Number 276, 76th Congress, 1st 
     Session and other pertinent reports to determine whether 
     modifications of the recommendations contained therein are 
     advisable at this time in the interest of commercial 
     navigation, including an evaluation of additional 
     navigational improvements in the Mobile and Tombigbee Rivers 
     below Demopolis.
       Adopted: May 7, 1997.
       Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman.
                                                                    ____

         U.S. Congress, Committee on Transportation and 
           Infrastructure,
                                      Washington, DC, May 9, 1997.

     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of 
              Representatives, Washington, DC.--Resolution


               Docket 2513, Lower Eastern Shore, Maryland

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army is requested to review the 
     report of the Chief of Engineers on the Chesapeake Bay, 
     Maryland and Virginia, published as House Document 176, 88th 
     Congress, 1st Session, and other pertinent reports with a 
     view to conducting a watershed management study, in 
     cooperation with other Federal agencies, the State of 
     Maryland, its political subdivisions and agencies and 
     instrumentalities thereof, of water resources improvements in 
     the interest of navigation, flood control, hurricane 
     protection, erosion control, environmental restoration, 
     wetlands protection and other allied purposes.
       Adopted: May 7, 1997.
       Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman.
                                                                    ____

         U.S. Congress, Committee on Transportation and 
           Infrastructure,
                                                   Washington, DC.

     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of 
              Representatives, Washington, DC.--Resolution


         Docket 2514, Cosumnes and Mokelumne Rivers, California

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army is requested to review the 
     report of the Chief of Engineers on the Sacramento-San 
     Joaquin Basin Streams, California, published as House 
     Document 367, 81st Congress, 1st Session, and other pertinent 
     reports, to determine whether modifications to the 
     recommendations contained therein are advisable at the 
     present time, with specific reference to the Cosumnes and 
     Mokelumne Rivers, California, in the interest of flood 
     control, including structural and non-structural solutions, 
     and in the interest of environmental protection and 
     restoration, and other purposes.
       Adopted: May 7, 1997.
       Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman.
                                                                    ____

         U.S. Congress, Committee on Transportation and 
           Infrastructure,
                                                   Washington, DC.

     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of 
              Representatives, Washington, DC.--Resolution


 Docket 2515, Shrewsbury River and Tributaries in Monmouth County, New 
                                 Jersey

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army is requested to review the 
     report of the Chief of Engineers on the Shore of New Jersey 
     from Sandy Hook to Barnegat Inlet, published as House 
     Document 332, 85th Congress, 2nd Session, the Report of 
     Limited Reconnaissance Study on the entire Shore of New 
     Jersey, dated September 1990, and other pertinent reports, 
     with a view to determining whether any modifications of the 
     recommendations contained therein are advisable at the 
     present time, in the interest of water resources development, 
     including flood control, environmental restoration and other 
     allied purposes.
       Adopted: May 7, 1997.
       Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman.
                                                                    ____

         U.S. Congress, Committee on Transportation and 
           Infrastructure,
                                                   Washington, DC.

     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of 
              Representatives, Washington, DC.--Resolution


               Docket 2516, San Francisco Bay, California

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army is requested to review the 
     report of the Chief of Engineers on the San Francisco Harbor, 
     California, published as House Document 50, 72nd Congress, 
     2nd Session, and other pertinent reports, with a view to 
     determining whether any modifications to the existing 
     navigation project in San Francisco Bay are advisable at this 
     time, in the interest of improved navigational safety by 
     removal of submerged rocks, shoals, and other hazards to 
     deep-draft vessels traversing the existing navigation 
     channels. In conducting the benefit/cost analysis

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     and selecting a final project design, the Secretary shall 
     consider the economic and environmental benefits attributable 
     to the reduction in actual or threatened oil spills upon 
     completion of a final project. In considering these special 
     benefits and in conducting the overall study, the Secretary 
     shall maintain close coordination with the United States 
     Coast Guard.
       Adopted: May 7, 1997.
       Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman.
                                                                    ____

         U.S. Congress, Committee on Transportation and 
           Infrastructure,
                                                   Washington, DC.

     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of 
              Representatives, Washington, DC.--Resolution


                     Docket 2517, Ohio River, Ohio

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army is requested to review the 
     report of the Chief of Engineers on the Ohio River published 
     in House Document Number 306, 74th Congress, 1st Session, 
     House Committee on Flood Control Document Number 1, 75th 
     Congress, 1st Session and related reports, with a view to 
     determining whether any modifications in the present 
     comprehensive plan for potential riverfront and riverine 
     infrastructure restoration and development are necessary for 
     inland port and industrial development and the growing 
     recreation, environmental, and water supply requirements 
     within the Ohio River Valley.
       Adopted: May 7, 1997.
       Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman.
                                                                    ____

         U.S. Congress, Committee on Transportation and 
           Infrastructure,
                                                   Washington, DC.

     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of 
              Representatives, Washington, DC.--Resolution


Docket 2518, Upper Passaic River and Tributaries in Long Hill Township, 
                               New Jersey

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army is requested to review the 
     report of the Chief of Engineers on the Upper Passaic River 
     and Tributaries in Long Hill Township (formerly Passaic 
     Township), Morris County, New Jersey, published as House 
     Report Number 94-1702, and other pertinent reports, with a 
     view to determining whether any modifications of the 
     recommendations contained therein are advisable at the 
     present time, in the interest of water resources development, 
     including flood control, environmental restoration and other 
     allied purposes.
       Adopted: May 7, 1997.
       Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman.
                                                                    ____

         U.S. Congress, Committee on Transportation and 
           Infrastructure,
                                                   Washington, DC.

     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of 
              Representatives, Washington, DC.--Resolution


      docket 2519, upper rockaway river, morris county, new jersey

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army is requested to review the 
     report of the Chief of Engineers on the Upper Rockaway River 
     in Morris County, New Jersey, published as House Report 
     Number 94-1702, and other pertinent reports, with a view to 
     determining whether any modifications of the recommendations 
     contained therein are advisable at the present time, in the 
     interest of water resources development, including flood 
     control, environmental restoration and other allied purposes.
       Adopted: May 7, 1997.
       Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman.
                                                                    ____

  U.S. Congress, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
                                                   Washington, DC.

     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of 
              Representatives, Washington, DC.--Resolution


           docket 2520, verdigre creek at verdigre, nebraska

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army is requested to review the 
     report of the Chief of Engineers on the Missouri River and 
     Tributaries published as House Document 238, 73rd Congress, 
     2nd Session, and other pertinent reports with a view to 
     investigating water resources problems to determine if any 
     improvements for purposes of flood control, environmental 
     restoration, and other purposes are advisable within the 
     watershed of Verdigre Creek, Nebraska.
       Adopted: May 7, 1997.
       Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman.
                                                                    ____

         U.S. Congress, Committee on Transportation and 
           Infrastructure,
                                                   Washington, DC.

     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of 
              Representatives, Washington, DC.--Resolution


                  docket 2521, wallace lake, louisiana

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army is requested to review the 
     report of the Chief of Engineers on the report entitled Final 
     Reconnaissance Report prepared under the existing Red River 
     Basin, Arkansas and Louisiana, Comprehensive Study authority 
     (P.L. 98-63), published as House Document 217, 98th Congress, 
     2nd Session, and other pertinent reports with a view to 
     determining whether any modifications are advisable at the 
     present time, with particular reference to providing 
     improvements in the interest of flood control and other 
     related water resources purposes in the Wallace Lake area in 
     Caddo and De Soto Parishes, Louisiana.
       Adopted: May 7, 1997.
       Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman.
                                                                    ____

         U.S. Congress, Committee on Transportation and 
           Infrastructure,
                                                   Washington, DC.

     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of 
              Representatives, Washington, DC.--Resolution


               Docket 2522, Mohawk River Basin, New York

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army is requested to review the 
     report of the Chief of Engineers on the Mohawk River, 
     authorized by Section 6 of the Flood Control Act approved 11 
     August 1939, P.L. 396, 76th Congress, and other pertinent 
     reports, with a view to determining whether any modifications 
     of the recommendations contained therein are advisable at the 
     present time, in the interest of water resources development, 
     including flood control, environmental restoration and other 
     allied purposes.
       Adopted: May 7, 1997.
       Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman.
                                                                    ____

         U.S. Congress, Committee on Transportation and 
           Infrastructure,
                                                   Washington, DC.

     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of 
              Representatives, Washington, DC.--Resolution


                Docket 2523, Wood River Levee, Illinois

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army is requested to review the 
     report of the Chief of Engineers on the Mississippi River 
     between Coon Rapids Dam, Minnesota, and the mouth of the Ohio 
     River, published as House Document 669, 76th Congress, 3rd 
     Session, and other pertinent reports, to determine whether 
     modifications of the recommendations contained therein are 
     advisable at this time, for the purpose of reconstructing the 
     facilities of the Wood River Drainage and Levee District 
     along the Mississippi River in Madison County, Illinois to 
     return the levee and pump stations and other appurtenant 
     features to their original degree of protection.
       Adopted: May 7, 1997.
       Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman.
                                                                    ____

         U.S. Congress, Committee on Transportation and 
           Infrastructure,
                                                   Washington, DC.

     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of 
              Representatives, Washington, DC.--Resolution


            Docket 2524, Monroe River Levee System, Illinois

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army is requested to review the 
     report of the Chief of Engineers on the Mississippi River 
     between Coon Rapids Dam, Minnesota, and the mouth of the Ohio 
     River, published as House Document 669, 76th Congress, 3rd 
     Session, and other pertinent reports, to determine whether 
     modifications of the recommendations contained therein are 
     advisable at this time, in the interest of flood control, 
     navigation and related purposes along the Mississippi River 
     and its tributaries with particular reference to that area 
     along or affected by the Mississippi River and its 
     tributaries in Monroe County, Illinois.
       Adopted: May 7, 1997.
       Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman.
                                                                    ____

         U.S. Congress, Committee on Transportation and 
           Infrastructure,
                                                   Washington, DC.

     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of 
              Representatives, Washington, DC.--Resolution


        Docket 2525, Prairie du Rocher & Modoc Levees, Illinois

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army is requested to review the 
     report of the Chief of Engineers on the Mississippi River 
     between Coon Rapids Dam, Minnesota, and the mouth of the Ohio 
     River, published as House Document 669, 76th Congress, 3rd 
     Congress, and other pertinent reports, to determine whether 
     modifications of the recommendations contained therein are 
     advisable at the present time, in the interest of flood 
     control, navigation and related purposes along the 
     Mississippi River and its tributaries with particular 
     reference to interior flooding and associated causes or 
     problems within the Prairie du Rocher and

[[Page H3199]]

     Modoc Levee and Drainage District, Randolph County, Illinois.
       Adopted: May 7, 1997.
       Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman.
                                                                    ____

         U.S. Congress, Committee on Transportation and 
           Infrastructure,
                                                   Washington, DC.

     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of 
              Representatives, Washington, DC.--Resolution


              Docket 2526, Big Five Levee System, Illinois

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army is requested to review the 
     report of the Chief of Engineers on the Mississippi River 
     between Coon Rapids Dam, Minnesota, and the mouth of the Ohio 
     River, published as House Document 669, 76th Congress, 3rd 
     Session, and other pertinent reports, to determine whether 
     modifications of the recommendations contained therein are 
     advisable at the present time, in the interest of flood 
     control, navigation and related purposes along the 
     Mississippi River and its tributaries with particular 
     reference to interior flooding and associated causes or 
     problems within the Preston Drainage and Levee District, the 
     Clear Creek Drainage and Levee District, the East Cape 
     Girardeau and Clear Creek Drainage District, the North 
     Alexander Drainage and Levee District, and the Miller Pond 
     Drainage District in Union and Alexander Counties.
       Adopted: May 7, 1997.
       Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman.
                                                                    ____

         U.S. Congress, Committee on Transportation and 
           Infrastructure,
                                                   Washington, DC.

     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of 
              Representatives, Washington, DC.--Resolution


               Docket 2527, Morro Bay Estuary, California

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army is requested to review the 
     report of the Chief of Engineers on Morro Bay Harbor, San 
     Luis Obispo County, California published as House Document 
     103-33, 103rd Congress, 1st Session, and other pertinent 
     reports, to determine whether modifications of the 
     recommendations contained therein are advisable at the 
     present time in the interest of environmental protection and 
     restoration and related purposes within the Morro Bay Estuary 
     in Morro Bay, California. In conducting the study, the 
     Secretary shall consider the problems related to 
     sedimentation and shoaling of sensitive habitat and tidal 
     circulation restrictions in the estuary.
       Adopted: May 7, 1997.
       Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman.
                                                                    ____

         U.S. Congress, Committee on Transportation and 
           Infrastructure,
                                                   Washington, DC.

     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of 
              Representatives, Washington, DC.--Resolution


 Docket 2528, Ausable River Basin, Clinton and Essex Counties, New York

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army is requested to review the 
     report of the Chief of Engineers on the Ausable River in 
     Essex and Clinton Counties, New York, published as House 
     Document 488, 71st Congress, 2nd Session, and other pertinent 
     reports, with a view to determining whether any modifications 
     of the recommendations contained therein are advisable at the 
     present time, in the interest of water resources development, 
     including flood control, environmental restoration and other 
     allied purposes.
       Adopted: May 7, 1997.
       Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman.
                                                                    ____

         U.S. Congress, Committee on Transportation and 
           Infrastructure,
                                                   Washington, DC.

     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of 
              Representatives, Washington, DC.--Resolution


 Docket 2529, Boquet River Basin and Tributaries in Essex County, New 
                                  York

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army is requested to review the 
     report of the Chief of Engineers on the Boquet River in Essex 
     County, New York, published as House Document 48, 71st 
     Congress, 2nd Session, and other pertinent reports, with a 
     view to determining whether any modifications of the 
     recommendations contained therein are advisable at the 
     present time, in the interest of water resources development, 
     including flood control, environmental restoration and other 
     allied purposes.
       Adopted: May 7, 1997.
       Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman.
                                                                    ____

         U.S. Congress, Committee on Transportation and 
           Infrastructure,
                                                   Washington, DC.

     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of 
              Representatives, Washington, DC.--Resolution


     Docket 2530, Great Chazy River Basin, Clinton County, New York

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army is requested to review the 
     report of the Chief of Engineers on the Great Chazy River 
     Basin, Clinton County, New York, published as House Document 
     490, 71st Congress, 2nd Session, and other pertinent reports, 
     with a view to determining whether any modifications of the 
     recommendations contained there are advisable at the present 
     time, in the interest of water resources development, 
     including flood control, environmental restoration and other 
     allied purposes.
       Adopted: May 7, 1997.
       Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman.
                                                                    ____

         U.S. Congress, Committee on Transportation and 
           Infrastructure,
                                                   Washington, DC.

     Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of 
              Representatives, Washington, DC.--Resolution


      Docket 2531, Saranac River Basin in Clinton County, New York

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army is requested to review the 
     report of the Chief of Engineers on the Saranac River Basin 
     in Clinton County, New York, published as House Document 492, 
     71st Congress, 2nd Session, and other pertinent reports, with 
     a view to determining whether any modifications of the 
     recommendations contained therein are advisable at the 
     present time, in the interest of water resources development, 
     including flood damage reduction, environmental restoration 
     and other allied purposes.
       Adopted: May 7, 1997.
       Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman.

  There was no objection.

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