[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 3, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S620-S621]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3267. Mr. KAINE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2953 proposed by Ms. Murkowski to the bill S. 2012, to 
provide for the modernization of the energy policy of the United 
States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       At the end of subtitle E of title IV, add the following:

     SEC. 44__. ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTER FOR RECURRENT FLOODING.

       (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to encourage 
     intergovernmental cooperation among State, local, and 
     regional units

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     of government, institutions of higher education in the 
     Commonwealth of Virginia (referred to in this section as the 
     ``Commonwealth''), and the Federal Government, in addressing 
     recurrent flooding and sea level rise in the Hampton Roads 
     region of the Commonwealth, through the Commonwealth Center 
     for Recurrent Flooding (referred to in this section as the 
     ``Center'').
       (b) Membership.--The Center shall be composed of 
     representatives of--
       (1) the counties and cities composing the Virginia Beach-
     Norfolk-Newport News Metropolitan Statistical Area;
       (2) Accomack County, Virginia;
       (3) Northampton County, Virginia;
       (4) public institutions of higher education in the 
     Commonwealth;
       (5) other participants in the missions and activities 
     described in the Hampton Roads Sea Level Rise Preparedness 
     and Resilience Intergovernmental Planning Pilot Project 
     Charter, dated October 10, 2014; and
       (6) the Federal partner agencies described in subsection 
     (c).
       (c) Federal Partner Agencies.--The Federal partner agencies 
     referred to in subsection (b)(6) are--
       (1) the Department;
       (2) the Department of Defense;
       (3) the Department of Housing and Urban Development;
       (4) the Department of the Interior;
       (5) the Department of Transportation;
       (6) the Environmental Protection Agency;
       (7) the Federal Emergency Management Agency;
       (8) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; 
     and
       (9) the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
       (d) Federal Participation.--The Federal partner agencies 
     shall participate in the activities of the Center by--
       (1) consulting on policies, programs, studies, plans, and 
     best practices relating to recurrent flooding and sea level 
     rise in Hampton Roads, Virginia; and
       (2) making available to the Center, as appropriate, 
     physical, biological, and socioeconomic data sources that 
     facilitate informed decision-making on the activities 
     described in paragraph (1).
       (e) Effect.--Nothing in this section shall require 
     additional spending by any Federal partner agency.
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