[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 10 (Thursday, January 18, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S764-S765]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Levin, Mr. Obama, 
        Mr. Bayh, Mr. Kohl, Ms. Stabenow, and Mr. Lugar):
  S. 336. A bill to require the Secretary of the Army to operate and 
maintain as a system the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal dispersal 
barriers, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works.
  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                 S. 336

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Barrier Project 
     Consolidation and Construction Act of 2007''.

     SEC. 2. CONSOLIDATION OF BARRIER PROJECTS.

       (a) In General.--The Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal 
     Dispersal Barrier Project (referred to in this Act as 
     ``Barrier I'') (as in existence on the date of enactment of 
     this Act), constructed as a demonstration project under 
     section 1202(i)(3) of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance 
     Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 4722(i)(3)), 
     and the project relating to the Chicago Sanitary and Ship 
     Canal Dispersal Barrier, as authorized by section 345 of the 
     District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 
     108-335; 118 Stat. 1352) (referred to in this Act as 
     ``Barrier II''), shall be considered to constitute a single 
     project.
       (b) Activities Relating to Barrier I and Barrier II.--
       (1) Duties of secretary of the army.--The Secretary of the 
     Army (referred to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall, at 
     full Federal expense--
       (A) upgrade and make permanent Barrier I;
       (B) construct Barrier II, notwithstanding the project 
     cooperation agreement with the State of Illinois dated June 
     14, 2005;
       (C) operate and maintain Barrier I and Barrier II as a 
     system to optimize effectiveness;
       (D) conduct, in consultation with appropriate Federal, 
     State, local, and nongovernmental entities, a study of a full 
     range of options and technologies for reducing impacts of 
     hazards that may reduce the efficacy of the Barriers; and
       (E) provide to each State a credit in an amount equal to 
     the amount of funds contributed by the State toward Barrier 
     II.
       (2) Application of credit.--A State may apply a credit 
     received under paragraph (1)(E) to any cost-sharing 
     responsibility for an existing or future Federal project with 
     the Corps of Engineers in the State.
       (c) Feasibility Study.--The Secretary, in consultation with 
     appropriate Federal, State, local, and nongovernmental 
     entities, shall conduct a feasibility study, at full Federal 
     expense, of the range of options and technologies available 
     to prevent the spread of aquatic nuisance species between the 
     Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins through the Chicago 
     Sanitary and Ship Canal and other aquatic pathways.
       (d) Conforming Amendment.--Section 345 of the District of 
     Columbia Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-335; 118 
     Stat. 1352) is amended to read as follows:
       ``Sec. 345.  There are authorized to be appropriated such 
     sums as are necessary to carry out the Barrier II project of 
     the project for the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Dispersal 
     Barrier, Illinois, initiated pursuant to

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     section 1135 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 
     (33 U.S.C. 2309a).''.
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