[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 43 (Thursday, April 6, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H1631-H1632]
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 (Mr. Fortenberry) 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 and ordered to 
be printed:

         House of Representatives, Committee on Transportation and 
           Infrastructure,
                                    Washington, DC, April 5, 2006.
     Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
     Speaker of the House, H232 Capitol, Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Speaker: Enclosed are copies of resolutions 
     adopted on April 5, 2006 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 2748--Lower Kaweah Distributary System, 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 No. 367, 81st Congress, 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, and related purposes in 
     the Lower Kaweah Distributary System, California.
                                  ____


 RESOLUTION--Docket 2749--Cedar River, Time Check Area, Cedar Rapids, 
                                  Iowa

       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 modifications to the recommendations 
     contained therein are advisable at the present time in the 
     interest of flood damage reduction, ecosystem restoration, 
     recreation, and related purposes along the Cedar River in 
     Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
                                  ____


     RESOLUTION--Docket 2750--Navigational Safety, Delaware River, 
                              Pennsylvania

       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 Delaware River and 
     its tributaries, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York, 
     published as House Document 179, 73rd Congress, 2nd Session, 
     the report of the Chief of Engineers on the Delaware River 
     published as House Document 522, 87th 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 improved 
     navigational safety.
                                  ____


               RESOLUTION--Docket 2751--Coos Bay, Oregon

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United

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     States House of Representatives, that the Secretary of the 
     Army is requested to review the report of the Chief of 
     Engineers on Coos Bay, Oregon, dated December 31, 1970 and 
     published as House Document 151, 91st Congress, 2nd Session 
     and other pertinent reports, with a view to determine whether 
     any modifications of the existing navigation project are 
     advisable at the present time, with particular reference to 
     providing increased project dimensions and an additional 
     turning basin to accommodate existing and prospective 
     traffic.
                                  ____


   RESOLUTION--Docket 2752--Vancouver Lake, Clark County, Washington

       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 Columbia and Lower 
     Willamette Rivers below Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, 
     Oregon, published as House Document 452, 87th Congress, 2nd 
     Session, and other pertinent reports, to determine whether 
     any modifications to the recommendations contained therein 
     are advisable at the present time in the interest of erosion 
     control, ecosystem restoration, and related purposes in the 
     vicinity of Vancouver Lake, Clark County, Washington.
                                  ____


   RESOLUTION--Docket 2753--Ten Mile River, Connecticut and 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 Housatonic River, 
     Connecticut Federal Navigation Channel submitted as House 
     Document 449, 70th Congress, and other pertinent reports, to 
     determine whether any modifications to the recommendations 
     contained therein are advisable at the present time in the 
     interest of shoreline protection, flood control, ecosystem 
     restoration, streambank erosion protection, and other related 
     purposes in the vicinity of Ten Mile River, Dutchess County, 
     New York and Litchfield County, Connecticut.
                                  ____


     RESOLUTION--Docket 2754--Long Beach, Back Bay Shore, 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 Atlantic Coast of 
     Long Island from Jones Inlet to East Rockaway Inlet, Long 
     Beach Island, New York, dated April 5, 1996, and other 
     pertinent reports to determine whether any modifications to 
     the recommendations contained therein are advisable at the 
     present time in the interest of storm damage reduction, 
     navigation, ecosystem restoration, and related purposes on 
     areas of Long Beach Island, New York, affected by tidal 
     inundation from Reynolds Channel, Hempstead Bay, and other 
     connected waterways.

  There was no objection.

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