[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 19, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4056]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2999. Mr. RUBIO 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. 106.  None of the funds made available by this title 
     may be used by the Corps of Engineers to conduct a release or 
     discharge of water from Lake Okeechobee to the Caloosahatchee 
     Estuary or the Indian River Lagoon unless the discharge or 
     release--
       (1) is conducted in pulses to minimize downstream impacts 
     from reduced water quality and harmful algal blooms to local 
     communities and wildlife habitat; or
       (2) is necessary--
       (A) to protect the integrity of the Herbert Hoover Dike; 
     and
       (B) to minimize threats to lives and human health in the 
     communities surrounding Lake Okeechobee.
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