[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 172 (Wednesday, November 7, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H13213]
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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:

         House of Representatives, Committee on Transportation and 
           Infrastructure,
                                 Washington, DC, October 31, 2007.
     Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
     Speaker of the House, House of Representatives, Washington, 
         DC.
       Dear Madam Speaker: Today, the Committee on Transportation 
     and Infrastructure met in open session to consider three 
     resolutions for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in 
     accordance with 33 U.S.C. Sec. 542. The resolutions authorize 
     Corps surveys (or studies) of water resources needs and 
     possible solutions. The Committee adopted the resolutions by 
     voice vote with a quorum present.
       Enclosed are copies of the resolutions adopted by the 
     Committee.
           Sincerely,
                                                James L. Oberstar,
                                                         Chairman.
       Enclosures.

 Docket 2784: Delaware County and Chester County Streams, Pennsylvania

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army 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, Seventy Third Congress, Second Session, and 
     other pertinent reports, to determine whether any 
     modifications of the recommendations contained therein are 
     advisable using a comprehensive, watershed systems approach 
     in the interest of ecosystem restoration, flood plain 
     management, flood damage reduction, water quality control, 
     groundwater and subsidence management, comprehensive 
     watershed management, recreation and other allied purposes.
                                  ____


          Docket 2785: Illinois Waterway, Illinois and Indiana

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army review the report of the Chief 
     of Engineers on the Illinois Waterway and Grand Calumet 
     River, Illinois and Indiana, published as House Document No. 
     677, 79th Congress, Second Session, and other pertinent 
     reports, to determine whether any modifications of the 
     recommendations contained therein are advisable at the 
     present time, regarding possible alternative locations for 
     disposal of dredged material from the Calumet-Sag Channel 
     Modification and Illinois Waterway, Illinois and Indiana.
                                  ____


             Docket 2786: White River Navigation, Arkansas

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army review the report of the Chief 
     of Engineers on White River Navigation to Batesville, 
     Arkansas, dated December 23, 1981, and other pertinent 
     reports, to determine whether modifications of the 
     recommendations contained therein are advisable at the 
     present time, in the interest of navigation, flood control, 
     and environmental restoration including Federally-owned lands 
     within the White River Basin, Arkansas.
                                  ____


                  Docket 2787: Vermillion Harbor, Ohio

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army review the report of the Chief 
     of Engineers on Vermillion Harbor published as House Document 
     No. 231, 85th Congress, 1st Session and other pertinent 
     reports, to determine whether changes to the recommendations 
     concerning modifications to the breakwaters contained therein 
     are advisable at the present time in the interest of flood 
     damage reduction and related purposes in the vicinity of 
     Vermillion Harbor, Ohio.
                                  ____


   Docket 2788: Dutchess County Watersheds, Dutchess County, New York

       Resolved by the Committee on Transportation and 
     Infrastructure of the United States House of Representatives, 
     That the Secretary of the Army review the report of the Chief 
     of Engineers on the Wappinger Creek Watershed, Pleasant 
     Valley, New York, authorized in accordance with Section 212 
     of the Flood Control Act of 1950 (Public Law 516), 81st 
     Congress, 2nd Session, and other related reports to determine 
     whether any modifications of the recommendations contained 
     therein are advisable at the present time in the interest of 
     flood damage reduction, storm damage reduction, environmental 
     restoration, navigation, watershed management, water supply, 
     and other allied purposes, in Dutchess County Watersheds, 
     that drain directly into the Hudson River in Dutchess County, 
     New York.

  There was no objection.

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