[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 141 (Monday, October 31, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H9429-H9430]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    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:

         House of Representatives, Committee on Transportation and 
           Infrastructure,
                                 Washington, DC, October 27, 2005.
     Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
     Speaker of the House,
     Capitol, Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Speaker: Enclosed are copies of resolutions 
     adopted on October 26, 2005 by the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure. Copies of the resolutions 
     are being transmitted to the Department of the Army.
           Sincerely,
                                                        Don Young,
                                                         Chairman.
       Enclosures.

                        Resolution--Docket 2737


                wreck Pond, 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 directed to review the 
     report of the Chief of Engineers on Sandy Hook to Barnegat 
     Inlet, New Jersey, published as House Document 332, 85th 
     Congress, 2nd Session, and other pertinent reports to 
     determine whether modifications of the recommendations 
     contained therein are advisable at the present time in the 
     interest of navigation improvements, flood damage reduction, 
     environmental restoration and protection, and related 
     purposes, with special emphasis on Wreck Pond, Monmouth 
     County, New Jersey, including Black Creek and associated 
     waters.
                                  ____


                        Resolution--Docket 2738


                    West Feliciana Parish, 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 Mississippi River and 
     Tributaries, published as House Document 308, 88th Congress, 
     2nd 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 restoration and protection, recreation, 
     waterfront and riverine preservation, and enhancement along 
     the Mississippi River in the area of West Feliciana Parish, 
     Louisiana.
                                  ____


                        Resolution--Docket 2739


          Northampton and Lehigh County Streams, Pennsylvania

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army is directed to review the 
     report of the Chief of Engineers on the Delaware River and 
     its tributaries, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, 
     published as House Document 179, 73rd Congress, 2nd Session, 
     as it relates to the Northampton and Lehigh County Streams 
     and other pertinent 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, floodplain 
     management, flood damage reduction, water quality control, 
     groundwater and subsidence management, comprehensive 
     watershed management, recreation and related purposes.
                                  ____


                        Resolution--Docket 2740


                       Vermilion River, Louisiana

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary

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     of the Army is requested to review the report of the Chief of 
     Engineers on Bayou Teche, Teche-Vermilion Waterway, and 
     Vermilion River, Louisiana, published as Senate Document 
     Numbered 93, 77th 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 navigation along the 
     Vermilion River from the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway to 
     Lafayette, Louisiana.
                                  ____


                        Resolution--Docket 2741


                 Elizabeth River, Elizabeth, New Jersey

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army is directed to review the 
     report of the Chief of Engineers on the Elizabeth River, New 
     Jersey, published as House Document No. 249, 89th 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 navigation 
     improvements, flood damage reduction, environmental 
     restoration and protection, and related purposes in the area 
     of Elizabeth River, Elizabeth, New Jersey.
                                  ____


                        Resolution--Docket 2742


                       North Central Pennsylvania

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     lnfrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army, is directed to review the 
     report on the Susquehanna River, New York, Pennsylvania, and 
     Maryland, published as House Document 702, 77th Congress; 2nd 
     Session; the report on the Ohio River and Tributaries, 
     Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, published as House 
     Document 306, 74th Congress, 1st Session, and other pertinent 
     reports that encompass Warren, McKean, Potter, Tioga, 
     Lycoming, Centre, Cameron, Elk, Clearfield, Jefferson, 
     Clarion, Venango, Forest, Clinton, Crawford, and Mifflin 
     Counties, Pennsylvania, to determine whether modifications of 
     the recommendations contained therein are advisable in the 
     present time in the interest of environmental restoration and 
     protection, water supply, floodplain management, and related 
     purposes, with special emphasis on abandoned mine drainage 
     abatement and reestablishment of stream and river channels.
                                  ____


                        Resolution--Docket 2743


                 Eastchester Bay, Turtle Cove, New York

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army is directed to review the 
     report of the Chief of Engineers on Eastchester Creek 
     (Hutchinson River), New York, published as House Document 
     749, 80th Congress, 2nd Session, and other pertinent reports 
     to determine whether any modifications of the recommendations 
     contained therein are advisable at the present time in the 
     interest of navigation improvements, flood damage reduction, 
     environmental restoration and protection, and related 
     purposes to areas of Eastchester Bay, Turtle Cove, New York.
                                  ____


                        Resolution--Docket 2744


                Cedar River Watershed, Austin, Minnesota

       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 Iowa and Cedar 
     Rivers, Iowa and Minnesota, published as House Document 166, 
     89th Congress, 1st Session, and other pertinent reports to 
     determine whether any modification to the recommendations 
     contained therein are advisable in the interest of flood 
     damage reduction, environmental protection and restoration, 
     recreation, and related purposes in the Cedar River 
     watershed, Minnesota.

  There was no objection.

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