[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 19, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4044]
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SA 2939. Mr. WHITEHOUSE submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 2910 proposed by Mr. Shelby to 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; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title I of division A, add the following:
Sec. 1__. Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall submit
to Congress a report that--
(1) describes the history of Corps of Engineers funding
requests and actual appropriations for the last 10 fiscal
years preceding the date of enactment of this Act for the
flood and coastal storm damage reduction business line,
including a list of all requests for coastal and inland
investigations, construction, and operation and maintenance;
(2) provides a definition for the terms ``coastal project''
and ``inland project'' that the Corps of Engineers uses with
respect to those projects under the flood and coastal storm
damage reduction business line;
(3) provides an analysis of the changes in the comparative
funding for coastal projects and inland projects under that
business line;
(4) provides an explanation for the discrepancy in funding
between coastal projects and inland projects under that
business line; and
(5) includes recommendations on ways to correct the
discrepancy described in paragraph (4).
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