[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 138 (Tuesday, August 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5781-S5782]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2447. Mr. CARPER (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Wicker, and Ms. 
Duckworth) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment 
SA 2137 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself, Mr. 
Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R. 
3684, to authorize funds for Federal-aid highways, highway safety 
programs, and transit programs, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 2486, line 14, strike ``Provided'' and all that 
     follows through ``proviso:'' on line 21 and insert the 
     following: ``Provided further, That of the amount provided 
     under this heading in this Act, $2,500,000,000 shall be for 
     construction, replacement, rehabilitation, and expansion of 
     inland waterways projects: Provided further, That section 
     102(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (Public 
     Law 99-662; 33 U.S.C. 2212(a)) and section 109 of the Water 
     Resources Development Act of 2020 (Public Law 116-260; 134 
     Stat. 2624) shall not apply to the extent that such projects 
     are carried out using funds provided in the preceding 
     proviso: Provided further, That in using such funds referred 
     to in the preceding proviso, the Secretary shall give 
     priority to projects included in the Capital Investment 
     Strategy of the Corps of Engineers:''.
       On page 2487, lines 9 through 11, strike ``or section 1135 
     of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (Public Law 
     99-662; 33 U.S.C. 2309a),'' and insert ``section 1135 of the 
     Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-662; 
     33 U.S.C. 2309a), or section 165(a) of division AA of the 
     Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-
     260),''.
       On page 2489, line 3, insert ``Provided further, That the 
     amounts provided in the preceding proviso do not limit the 
     Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, 
     from allotting additional funds from the amounts provided 
     under this title in this Act for additional shore protection 
     projects:'' after ``2024:''.
       On page 2489, line 9, insert ``Provided further, That in 
     selecting projects under the previous proviso, the Secretary 
     of the Army shall prioritize projects with overriding life-
     safety benefits: Provided further, That of the funds in the 
     proviso preceding the preceding proviso, the Secretary of the 
     Army shall, to the maximum extent practicable, prioritize 
     projects in the work plan that directly benefit economically 
     disadvantaged communities, and may take into consideration 
     prioritizing projects that benefit areas in which the 
     percentage of people that live in poverty or identify as 
     belonging to a minority group is greater than the average 
     such percentage in the United States, based on data from the 
     Bureau of the Census:'' after ``purpose:''.
       On page 2496, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:

                 general provisions--corps of engineers

       Sec. 300.  For projects that are carried out with funds 
     under this heading, the Secretary of the Army and the 
     Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
     consider other factors in addition to the benefit-cost ratio

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     when determining the economic benefits of projects that 
     benefit disadvantaged communities.
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