[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 139 (Wednesday, September 14, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5725-S5726]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 5067. Mr. COCHRAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 5042 proposed by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mrs.
Boxer) to the 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:
On page 210, strike lines 12 through 18 and insert the
following:
[[Page S5726]]
(a) In General.--The authority of the Secretary to carry
out the project for flood damage reduction, bank
stabilization, and sediment and erosion control known as the
``Yazoo Basin, Mississippi, Mississippi Delta Headwater
Project, MS'', authorized by title I of Public Law 98-8 (97
Stat. 22), as amended, shall not be limited to watersheds
referenced in reports accompanying appropriations bills for
previous fiscal years.
(b) Operation and Maintenance.--The Secretary may operate
and maintain those features of the project described in
subsection (a) completed before the date of enactment of this
Act in accordance with section 103(e)(2) of the Water
Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213(e)(2)).
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