[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 138 (Tuesday, September 13, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S5676]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5062. Mr. PERDUE (for himself and Mr. Isakson) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 4979 proposed by Mr. 
McConnell (for Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mrs. Boxer)) to the bill S. 
2848, to provide for the conservation and development of water and 
related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct 
various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United 
States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       At the end of title I, add the following:

     SEC. 1___. PROJECTS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.

       Section 902 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 
     (33 U.S.C. 2280) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(c) Projects of National Significance.--
       ``(1) In general.--In the case of a project of national 
     significance (as described in paragraph (2)) that has not 
     been completed, subsection (a)(1) shall not apply.
       ``(2) Projects of national significance described.--A 
     project of national significance means a project for water 
     resources development and conservation and related purposes 
     authorized to be carried out by the Secretary that has a 
     benefit-to-cost ratio equal to or greater than 3.5 to 1, as 
     identified in a report of the Chief of Engineers or a Post 
     Authorization Change Report.''.
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