[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 28 (Tuesday, March 14, 2000)]
[House]
[Pages H950-H951]
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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:
         Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of 
           Representatives,
                                    Washington, DC, March 8, 2000.
     Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
     Speaker of the House,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Speaker: Enclosed are copies of resolutions 
     adopted on February 16, 2000 by the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure.
       With kind regards, I am
           Sincerely,
                                                      Bud Shuster,
                                                         Chairman.
       Enclosures.

       Resolution--Docket 2616--Upper Turkey Creek Basin, Kansas

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of Army is requested to review the report 
     of the Chief of Engineers on the Turkey Creek Basin, Kansas 
     and Missouri, dated June 21, 1999, and other pertinent 
     reports, to determine whether any modifications of the 
     recommendations contained therein are advisable at the 
     present time in the interest of flood damage reduction for 
     areas of Turkey Creek Basin in Johnson and Wyandotte 
     Counties, Kansas, upstream of the project for flood damage 
     reduction authorized in section 101(a)(24) of Public Law 106-
     53, the Water Resources Development Act of 1999.
       Adopted: February 16, 2000.
       Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman.
                                  ____


           Resolution--Docket 2617--Surf City, North Carolina

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of Army is requested to review the report 
     of the Chief of Engineers on West Onslow Beach and New River 
     Inlet, North Carolina, published as House Document Number 
     393, 102nd Congress, 2nd Session, dated September 23, 1992, 
     and other pertinent reports to determine whether any 
     modifications of the recommendations contained therein are 
     advisable at the present time in the interest of shore 
     protection and related purposes for Surf City, North 
     Carolina.
       Adopted: February 16, 2000.
       Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman.
                                  ____


        Resolution--Docket 2618--Ocracoke Island, North Carolina

       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 Ocracoke Island, North 
     Carolina, published as House Document Number 109, 89th 
     Congress, 1st Session, dated March 10, 1965, and other 
     pertinent reports, to determine whether any modifications of 
     the recommendations contained therein are advisable at the 
     present time in the interest of shore protection and related 
     purposes for Ocracoke Island, North Carolina.
       Adopted: February 16, 2000.
       Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman.
                                  ____


         Resolution--Docket 2619--Daytona Beach Shores, Florida

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     that in accordance with Section 110 of the River and Harbor 
     Act of 1962, the Secretary of the Army is requested to review 
     the feasibility of providing shoreline erosion control, storm 
     damage reduction, environmental restoration and protection, 
     and related improvements to the shoreline at Daytona Beach 
     Shores, Florida and adjacent areas.
       Adopted: February 16, 2000.
       Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman.
                                  ____


      Resolution--Docket 2620--Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay, Texas

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That in accordance with section 110 of the Rivers and

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     Harbors Act of 1962, the Secretary of the Army is requested 
     to review the feasibility of providing shore protection and 
     related improvements between Sabine Pass and the entrance to 
     Galveston Bay, Texas, in the interest of protecting and 
     restoring environmental resources on and behind the beach, to 
     include the 77,000 acres of freshwater wetlands and the 
     maritime resources of east Galveston Bay and Rollover Bay, 
     and including the feasibility of providing shoreline erosion 
     protection and related improvements to the Galveston Island 
     Beach, Texas, with consideration of the need to develop a 
     comprehensive body of knowledge, information, and data on 
     coastal area changes and processes to include impacts from 
     federally constructed projects in the vicinity of Galveston 
     Island.
       Adopted: February 16, 2000.
       Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman.
                                  ____


              Resolution--Docket 2621--Gulley Brook, 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 Corps of Engineers for Chagrin River, Ohio, 
     dated December 2, 1946, and other related reports to 
     determine whether any modifications of the recommendations 
     contained therein are advisable at the present time in the 
     interest of environmental restoration and protection and 
     flood damage reduction for Gulley Brook, a tributary of the 
     Chagrin River, in the vicinity of Willoughby, Ohio.
       Adopted: February 16, 2000.
       Attest: Bud Shuster, Chairman.
                                  ____


  There was no objection.

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