[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 105 (Tuesday, July 14, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1765]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                           HON. LOUIE GOHMERT

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 14, 2009

  Mr. GOHMERT. Madam Speaker, pursuant to Republican Leadership 
standards, the following information is submitted regarding funding 
received in the first district of Texas as part of H.R. 3183, the 
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2010.
  Cypress Valley Watershed Project. The Red River Valley Association, 
P.O. Box 709, Shreveport, LA 71162, Corps of Engineers, Investigations 
Account, $100,000 to resume the Cypress Valley Watershed study. This 
project examines the current and projected water resource needs of the 
Caddo Lake wetlands and evaluates how Lake O' the Pines reservoir could 
be operated to potentially meet a broader spectrum of water resources 
needs in one of the nation's premier natural lakes which is rapidly 
disappearing because of non-native invasive species.

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