[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 167 (Wednesday, December 5, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S12450]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mrs. BOXER:
  S. 1769. A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army to carry out a 
project for flood protection and ecosystem restoration for Sacramento, 
California, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works.
  Mrs. BOXER. S. 1769, Mr. President, I am introducing a bill to 
improve flood protection in Sacramento. This is a companion bill to one 
that Representative Matsui is introducing today in the House.
  Currently, Sacramento only has an 85-year flood protection. This bill 
would raise the existing walls of Folsom Dam by 7 feet, which would 
improve flood protection to 213 years. Without this improvement, $40 
billion of property, including the California State Capitol, 6 major 
hospitals, 26 nursing home facilities, over 100 schools, three major 
freeway systems, and approximately 160,000 homes and apartments, are at 
risk of a devastating flood.
  For a city of its size, Sacramento falls shockingly below the 400 
year-level of flood protection enjoyed by other river cities such as 
St. Louis, Tacoma, Dallas, and Kansas City. The Folsom mini raise is 
the critical next step in providing Sacramento with an adequate level 
of flood protection.
  Next year, the Environment and Public Works Committee, of which I am 
a member, will reauthorize the Water Resources and Development Act. I 
hope this bill will be included as part that legislation.
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