[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 140 (Thursday, September 15, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S5853]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 5076. Mr. COCHRAN 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; as follows:
Strike section 6009 and insert the following:
SEC. 6009. YAZOO BASIN, MISSISSIPPI.
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.
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