[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 93 (Wednesday, June 6, 2018)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D627-D631]
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                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 14 public bills, H.R. 5012-
5025; and 4 resolutions, H. Res. 922, 924-926, were introduced. 
                                                         Pages H4848-49
Additional Cosponsors:                                   
  Pages H4849-50
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
  H. Res. 923, providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R. 
5895) making appropriations for energy and water development and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for 
other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3) to 
rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in special 
messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on May 8, 2018, 
in accordance with title X of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment 
Control Act 1974 (H. Rept. 115-712).                         
Page H4848
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed 
Representative Issa to act as Speaker pro tempore for today. 
                                                             Page H4779
Recess: The House recessed at 10:27 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. 
                                                             Page H4782
Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Rabbi 
Aaron Krupnick, Congregation Beth El, Voorhees, New Jersey. 
                                                             Page H4782
Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by a 
yea-and-nay vote of 219 yeas to 177 nays with one answering 
``present'', Roll No. 236.                        
  Pages H4782, H4792-93
Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment of silence in honor of 
those who have been killed or wounded in service to our country and all 
those who serve and their families.                          
  Page H4782
Unanimous Consent Agreement: Agreed by unanimous consent that, during 
consideration of H.R. 8 in the Committee of the Whole pursuant to House 
Resolution 918, the amendment by Representative Moulton at the desk be 
considered as though printed as the last amendment printed in part A of 
House Report 115-711 and be debatable for 10 minutes.        
  Page H4793
Unanimous Consent Agreement: Agreed by unanimous consent that, during 
further consideration of H.R. 8 in the Committee of the Whole pursuant 
to House Resolution 918, the following amendments printed in part A of 
H. Rept. 115-711 may be considered out of sequence: Amendments numbered 
2, 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8.                                        
  Page H4815
Recess: The House recessed at 6:54 p.m. and reconvened at 7:08 p.m. 
                                                             Page H4844
Recess: The House recessed at 7:09 p.m. and reconvened at 9 p.m. 
                                                             Page H4844
Water Resources Development Act of 2018: The House passed H.R. 8, to 
provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United 
States, to provide for the conservation and development of water and 
related resources, by a recorded vote of 408 ayes to 2 noes, Roll No. 
238.                              
  Pages H4798-H4815, H4815-44, H4844-46
  Rejected the Velazquez motion to recommit the bill to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure with instructions to report the 
same back to the House forthwith with an amendment, by a yea-and-nay 
vote of 180 yeas to 227 nays, Roll No. 237.    
Pages H4843-44, H4844-45
  Pursuant to the Rule, an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 115-72 shall be 
considered as

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adopted in the House and in the Committee of the Whole, in lieu of the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure now printed in the bill.   
Page H4804
Agreed to:
  Shuster amendment (No. 1 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
makes technical changes to the bill, as well as additional provisions 
relating to Corps of Engineers projects and reports; addresses direct 
spending issue in sec. 306;                                  
Page H4813
  Shuster amendment (No. 6 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance on construction 
to a state agency that is carrying out congressionally authorized 
projects; such assistance would be reimbursed by the state agency; 
protects existing authorities under Davis-Bacon;         
Pages H4814-15
  Soto amendment (No. 2 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
directs the Secretary to expand the areas of consideration to include 
water storage;                                               
Page H4816
  Royce amendment (No. 4 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
adds flexibility in Section 120 so that future projects can also 
qualify for the pilot program;                               
Page H4816
  Royce amendment (No. 5 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
authorizes Army Corps to give technical assistance to regional 
coalitions as they prepare for water resources development projects 
with potential connections to Army Corps projects or properties; 
                                                         Pages H4816-17
  Denham amendment (No. 7 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
extends authority of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to enter into 
cost recovery agreements for evaluation and processing of permits; 
                                                             Page H4817
  Esty amendment (No. 8 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
adds to a National Academy of Sciences report consideration of an 
analysis on whether the Corps considers cumulative benefits of locally 
developed projects, including Master Plans, and if the Corps uses these 
benefits for purposes of benefit-cost analysis for potential projects 
within such Master Plans;                                
Pages H4817-18
  Soto amendment (No. 9 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
adds universities to the list of entities that the Secretary of the 
Army Corps should consider when submitting a report to Congress on the 
use of innovative materials in water resource development projects; 
                                                             Page H4818
  Krishnamoorthi amendment (No. 10 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-
711) that requires the Comptroller of the United States to provide 
recommendations to improve the capacity and preparedness of the Corp of 
Engineers workforce;                                     
Pages H4818-19
  Jayapal amendment (No. 11 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
adds to a GAO study consideration of how changes to the navigation 
industry workforce with which the Army Corps of Engineers collaborates 
may affect safety and operations within the navigation industry; 
                                                             Page H4819
  Soto amendment (No. 12 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
directs the GAO to specifically consider trough bars, coastal wetlands 
and barrier coral reefs for their study on the feasibility of projects 
for flood risk management, hurricane and storm damage reduction, and 
ecosystem restoration;                                   
Pages H4819-20
  Sanford amendment (No. 13 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
ensures timely payback for advanced funds paid for by a non-federal 
sponsor;                                                     
Page H4820
  Nolan amendment (No. 14 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
requires the Secretary to conduct a study of the status of the project 
for flood damage reduction and environmental restoration for the Muddy 
River authorized by WRDA 2000; the Secretary is required to submit a 
report to Congress describing the study and reasons for deauthorizing 
the project;                                             
Pages H4820-21
  Moore amendment (No. 15 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
requires the Corps to take steps to better engage with and meaningfully 
consult with communities of color, low-income communities, tribes, and 
rural communities;                                           
Page H4821
  Meadows amendment (No. 16 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
prioritizes the operation, maintenance, and improvement of existing 
infrastructure;                                          
Pages H4821-22
  Mast amendment (No. 17 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
clarifies the Secretary's authority under WRDA 2000 to provide credit 
for Comprehensive Everglades Restoration in-kind work completed during 
design or construction, including work after a partnership agreement is 
signed; the Secretary and non-Federal sponsor must agree to the terms 
and conditions for in-kind work not expressly defined in the 
partnership agreement and the Secretary must determine the work is 
integral to the project;                                     
Page H4822
  Pearce amendment (No. 18 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to pay back the Federal cost 
share for projects carried out under section 593 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1999 in the next fiscal year;         
Pages H4822-23
  Kelly (PA) amendment (No. 19 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) 
that states that in regards to

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WRDA funding determinations, the Corps of Engineers may consider 
operation and maintenance of the locks on Allegheny River for purposes 
of recreational boat traffic levels and related economic benefits; 
                                                             Page H4823
  Schrader amendment (No. 20 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) 
that provides the Army Corps of Engineers with the authority to help 
mitigate any detrimental impacts to municipal water supply resulting 
from a Corps construction project;                           
Page H4823
  Jayapal amendment (No. 21 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
requests from the Army Corps of Engineers a report to Congress on the 
potential opportunity for integrating noise abatement and noise 
mitigation technologies and practices into improvements and operations 
in harbors and inland harbors;                           
Pages H4823-24
  Higgins (LA) amendment (No. 22 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) 
that directs the Secretary to prefer acquiring the minimum interest 
necessary in real property needed to support a project or action; 
requires consideration of the use of a temporary easement estate or 
other interests designed to reduce overall costs, reduce project time, 
and minimize conflict with property owners related to such project or 
action;                                                      
Page H4824
  Babin amendment (No. 23 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
expresses the sense of Congress stating the importance and benefits of 
projects to improve 2-way traffic safety on high volume, deep draft 
navigation channels;                                     
Pages H4824-25
  Bost amendment (No. 24 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
permits a non-federal flood control project sponsor to pay, or 
contribute to, the difference between the cost of repairing a damaged 
flood control project and its projected economic benefits; 
                                                         Pages H4825-26
  Heck amendment (No. 25 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
directs GAO to conduct a study on USACE's ability to comply with 
Federal stormwater runoff requirements;                  
Pages H4826-27
  Gonzalez-Colon amendment (No. 26 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-
711) that expresses the sense of Congress that the Corps of Engineers 
should consider urgently and favorably projects and proposals pending 
before them for flood control, dam repair, beach erosion, harbor 
navigation in Puerto Rico, as well as for repair and mitigation 
required by natural disasters in 2017-2018; and that the Secretary 
should advance the project for ecosystem restoration at Cano Martin 
Pena, San Juan, Puerto Rico;                                 
Page H4827
  Gibbs amendment (No. 27 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
instructs the Secretary to expedite the DMMP process in order that 
studies reach completion within two years of their initiation and shall 
make maximum use of existing information and studies and avoid all 
redundant information collection and studies for purposes of Dredged 
Material Management Plans initiated in fiscal year 2018 and afterward; 
                                                         Pages H4827-28
  Rodney Davis (IL) amendment (No. 29 printed in part A of H. Rept. 
115-711) that clarifies that operation and maintenance of any project 
authorized under the Chief's Report for the Brandon Road Study is done 
at an 80/20 Federal/non-Federal cost share; also requires the Corps, 
following construction of any project authorized under the Chief's 
Report for the Brandon Road Study, to consult with the governor of the 
state where the project is located and seek Congressional approval 
prior to implementing any additional technologies at the project; also, 
adds to the list of feasibility studies in the base bill the USACE must 
expedite completion of the Great Lakes Mississippi River Interbasin 
Study Brandon Road Study;                                
Pages H4828-29
  Gonzalez-Colon amendment (No. 30 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-
711) that directs the secretary to expedite reports for the navigation 
project for San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico, per the study authorized by 
resolution of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
in September 20, 2006;                                       
Page H4829
  Lance amendment (No. 31 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
directs the Secretary to expedite the completion of a feasibility study 
for the Warren Glen Dam Removal Project in the Musconetcong River, New 
Jersey;                                                  
Pages H4829-30
  Ben Ray Lujan (NM) amendment (No. 32 printed in part A of H. Rept. 
115-711) that authorizes the expansion of the Abiquiu Reservoir; 
                                                             Page H4830
  Larsen (WA) amendment (No. 33 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) 
that increases the per project funding cap for Section 544 Puget Sound 
and Adjacent Waters Restoration (PSAW) to $10 million--which is 
consistent with Section 206 Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration projects and 
raises the overall authorization level for PSAW;         
Pages H4830-31
  Keating amendment (No. 34 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
directs the Army Corps to expedite and complete dredging in Plymouth 
Harbor, Massachusetts as authorized;                         
Page H4831
  Joyce amendment (No. 35 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to complete its Chief's 
Report for the Brandon Road Study by February 2019;      
Pages H4831-32
  Bishop (GA) amendment (No. 36 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) 
that conveys three parcels of land, known as the Earle May Recreational 
Area,

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from the Army Corps of Engineers to the City of Bainbridge; 
                                                         Pages H4832-33
  Blum amendment (No. 37 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
expedites the completion of the Cedar River flood risk management 
project authorized in 2014;                                  
Page H4833
  Keating amendment (No. 38 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
grants the Army Corps the authority to repair or replace bridges in New 
England that serve as emergency evacuation routes;       
Pages H4833-34
  McMorris Rodgers amendment (No. 39 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-
711) that authorizes a land transfer between the Port of Whitman and 
the Army Corps of Engineers;                                 
Page H4834
  Shea-Porter amendment (No. 40 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) 
that directs the Secretary to use existing authority to mitigate severe 
shoaling at Hampton Harbor, New Hampshire;               
Pages H4834-35
  Shea-Porter amendment (No. 41 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) 
that directs the Secretary to expedite the navigation project for 
Portsmouth Harbor and the Piscataqua River;                  
Page H4835
  Lewis (MN) amendment (No. 42 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) 
that encourages the Secretary to consider reasonable alternative 
agreements between state or local entities, private partners, and the 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineering to dispose of dredged material; 
                                                         Pages H4835-36
  Olson amendment (No. 43 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
looks to expedite already authorized U.S. Army Corp of Engineers 
projects in the declared disaster areas of Texas, Florida, Georgia, 
Louisiana, South Carolina, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands; 
                                                             Page H4836
  Culberson amendment (No. 44 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) 
that requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to carry out flood and 
storm damage reduction studies expeditiously in order to reduce the 
risk of damage from future floods and hurricanes in the Houston and 
Coastal Texas areas;                                     
Pages H4836-37
  Weber (TX) amendment (No. 45 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) 
that enhances the Levee Safety Action Classification (LSAC) risk 
categorization tool, developed internally by the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers; it supplements current duties by ensuring that individual 
levee system LSAC ratings are transparent;               
Pages H4837-38
  Meeks amendment (No. 46 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
expedites the Army Corps of Engineers' reformulation project in certain 
Sandy Superstorm affected areas of Queens, NY;               
Page H4838
  Schrader amendment (No. 47 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) 
that requires the Army Corps of Engineers to include in future 
workplans, to the maximum extent practicable, any project or facility 
for disposition for which the Corps has a final report from the 
Director of Civil Works;                                 
Pages H4838-39
  Smith (MO) amendment (No. 48 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) 
that ensures prompt restoration and rebuilding in the event of an 
activation of any floodway or backwater feature within the Mississippi 
Rivers and Tributaries system;                               
Page H3839
  Young (AK) amendment (No. 49 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) 
that requires the Secretary to conduct an assessment of dams classified 
as Class III under the Dam Safety Action Classification of the Corps of 
Engineers; requires the Secretary to provide a report to Congress 
describing anticipated impacts on the local communities if the 
Secretary no longer assumes responsibility of the Class III dam, or 
what the effects would be if the Secretary continues to assume 
responsibility of the dams over a period of 15 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act;                                   
Pages H4839-40
  Costa amendment (No. 50 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
authorizes the Army Corps to accept contributed funds from the owners 
of non-federal Section 7 reservoirs for the purpose of reviewing/
revising operational documents, including flood control manuals and 
rule curves;                                             
Pages H4840-41
  Soto amendment (No. 51 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
directs the Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable, to endeavor 
to provide information to all adjoining residential property 
stakeholders, next to property which the Army Corps of Engineers holds 
an interest;                                                 
Page H4841
  Paulsen amendment (No. 52 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
expedites the completion of a disposition study and requires the 
Secretary to report on the feasibility of preserving and enhancing 
recreational opportunities and the health of the ecosystem of Upper St. 
Anthony Falls Lock and Dam; and                          
Pages H4841-42
  Moulton amendment (No. 53 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
adds at the end of title I the following section entitled: Corps of 
Engineers Continuing Authorities Program.                    
Page H4842
Withdrawn:
  Gibbs amendment (No. 3 printed in part A of H. Rept. 115-711) that 
was offered and subsequently withdrawn that would have amended language 
to ensure all factors are considered in order for the mitigation bank 
to provide sufficient financial assurances.              
Pages H4815-16
  H. Res. 918, the rule providing for consideration of the Senate 
amendment to the bill (H.R. 3249) and providing for consideration of 
the bills (H.R. 8) and (H.R. 5895) was agreed to by a recorded vote

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of 223 ayes to 175 noes, Roll No. 235, after the previous question was 
ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 224 yeas to 176 nays, Roll No. 234. 
                                                         Pages H4785-92
Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act: The House 
concurred in the Senate amendment to H.R. 3249, to authorize the 
Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program, by a yea-and-nay vote of 394 
yeas to 13 nays with two answering ``present'', Roll No. 239. 
                                                  Pages H4793-98, H4846
  H. Res. 918, the rule providing for consideration of the Senate 
amendment to the bill (H.R. 3249) and providing for consideration of 
the bills (H.R. 8) and (H.R. 5895) was agreed to by a recorded vote of 
223 ayes to 175 noes, Roll No. 235, after the previous question was 
ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 224 yeas to 176 nays, Roll No. 234. 
                                                         Pages H4785-92
Clerk to Correct Engrossment: Agreed by unanimous consent that in the 
engrossment of H.R. 8, the Clerk be authorized to correct section 
numbers, punctuation, amendatory instructions, and cross-references, 
and to make such other technical and conforming changes as may be 
necessary to accurately reflect the actions of the House.    
  Page H4846
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page 
H4779.
Quorum Calls--Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes and two recorded votes 
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H4791-92, 
H4792, H4793, H4844-45, H4845-46, and H4846. There were no quorum 
calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 9:46 p.m.