WATERWAYS see also Transportation

Amendments

Appropriations: making urgent supplemental (H.J. Res. 492), 8053 [5AP]

Deepwater Port Act: amend (S. 1546), 7201 [30MR]

Federal Boat Safety Act: amend (H.R. 2163), 8409 [9AP]

Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway: authorize an extended navigation season (H.R. 3678), 6919 [28MR], 14518 [30MY], 14690-14731 [31MY], 16314 [13JN], 16743, 16771 [15JN], 16886 [18JN], 18038 [22JN], 18979-18988 [26JN], 19173-19177 [27JN], 19938, 19939, 19941, 19944-19949, 19986 [28JN], 20235, 20256, 20259, 20275, 20295 [29JN]

Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor: establish (S. 746), 19685, 19761 [28JN]

River and harbor improvement projects: authorizing (S. 1739), 1698 [2FE], 8612 [10AP]

Water Resources Development Act: enact (S. 1739), 14124 [24MY], 19703 [28JN], 23344 [9AU], 25627 [17SE], 27173 [26SE]

Analyses

Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway Navigation Season, H.R. 3678, Cost Overrun Amendment, 19874-19937 [28JN]

Articles and editorials

American Diplomacy in Nicaragua, 8414 [9AP]

Breaking the Banks, 6914 [28MR]

Congressman's Plan Not Well Conceived, 6914 [28MR]

Dredging Struggle, 7138 [29MR]

Great Lakes—Toxics, the Invisible Menace, 16004 [13JN]

Greedy for Power, 21128 [26JY]

Illegal, Deceptive, and Dumb, 9482 [12AP]

Mining Activity in Nicaragua, 8412 [9AP]

Minnesota Meddling, 6915 [28MR]

Needless Seaway Plans, 6948 [28MR]

Power Giveaway, 21395 [27JY]

St. Lawrence Seaway History, 15171 [6JN]

U.S. Economic Comeback Brightens Prospects for Seaway Traffic, 14760 [31MY]

U.S. Orders Toxic Pesticide Dumped in Gulf of Mexico, 23579 [9AU]

Winter Navigation on the Great Lakes (sundry), 20245-20247, 20249 [29JN]

Winter Navigation—Billion-Dollar Boondoggle?, 10789 [2MY]

Winter Seaway Navigation, 6915 [28MR]

Winter Shipping Far Too Risky, 6914 [28MR]

World's Longest Canal System—St. Lawrence Seaway, 18694 [26JN]

Bills and resolutions

American Commercial Lines: consequences of ICC decision on acquisition by CSX Corp. (see S. Con. Res. 148)

Armistead I. Selden Lock and Dam, Warrior River, AL: designate (see S. 2947)

Bayou Lafourche, LA: portion classified as nonnavigable waterway (see H.R. 5617)

Bayport Ship Channel, TX: 40-foot depth project (see H.R. 5527)

Capital improvement programs: rehabilitation assistance to State and local governments (see H.R. 5765)

Cross-Florida Barge Canal project: deauthorizing (see S. 2728; H.R. 5786)

———protection of public interest in lands improved during construction (see S. 2902)

Foreign icebreakers: authorize operation within U.S. waters (see H.R. 6333)

Freight forwarders: eliminate ICC economic regulations (see S. 2874)

Great Lakes: authorize water use study (see S. 2536)

———coordinated management and rehabilitation (see H.R. 6325)

Hennepin Canal National Heritage Corridor, IL: establish (see H.R. 6358)

Houston Ship Channel, TX: project modification (see H.R. 5527)

Illinois-Mississippi Canal: increase funds authorized for rehabilitation (see H.R. 6339)

———rehabilitation funds (see S. 3011)

Inland Navigational Rules Act: amend (see H.R. 5674)

National infrastructure fund: interest-free loans to State and local governments for construction and improvement projects (see H.R. 5948)

National Port Week (see H.J. Res. 636)

Navigation projects: completion funds (see S. 2558)

Nicaragua: mining harbors (see H.J. Res. 539)

NOAA: user fees for mapping and charting activities (see H.R. 6435)

Panama Canal: claims for vessel damage (see S. 2314)

Passenger hydrofoil vessels: coastwise trade (see H.R. 6037)

Prince William Sound, AK: Federal pilot requirements (see H.R. 5905)

Removal of wrecks: Government recovery of costs incurred (see S. 3025; H.R. 6341)

River and Harbor Act: amend (see H.R. 6430)

San Leandro Marina, CA: Jack D. Maltester Channel (see H.R. 6440)

Strengthen domestic commerce (see S. 2244)

Transportation: basis for filing of complaints against railroads' anticompetitive practices (see S. 2837)

———moratorium on certain ICC actions (see H.R. 5217)

Yakima River, WA: budget waiver for consideration of S. 1027, basin enhancement project (see S. Res. 370)

Year of the St. Lawrence Seaway (see S.J. Res. 314)

Explanations

Water Resources Development Act (S. 1739)—Abdnor amendment, 23921 [10AU]

Factsheets

Modification of Newport News Creek Federal Navigation Project, 28378 [2OC]

History

Flathead Irrigation Project, Montana, 28341 [2OC]

Letters

Anniversary of the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway: President Reagan, 15172 [6JN]

———Sec. of Transportation Dole, 15172 [6JN]

Delete authorization of extended navigation season on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway (H.R. 3678):

Design and engineering of certain water resources development projects prior to construction authorization: Dept. of Defense, 26276 [20SE]

Development of water resources: American Association of Port Authorities, 7138 [29MR]

———President Reagan, 620 [26JA]

———Senator Abdnor, 621 [26JA]

———several Members of Congress, 621 [26JA], 28977 [3OC]

Great Lakes navigation season: Anthony S. Earl, Governor of Wisconsin, 20247 [29JN]

———Areawide Water Quality Board, 943 [30JA]

———Canadian Embassy, 6800 [27MR]

———Fort Gratiot, MI, 943 [30JA]

———James Blanchard, Governor of Michigan, 20247 [29JN]

———James R. Thompson, Governor of Illinois, 20247 [29JN]

———Mario M. Cuomo, Governor of New York, 20247 [29JN]

———Michigan Wildlife Habitat Foundation, 943 [30JA]

———Port Huron, MI, 943 [30JA]

———Richard F. Celeste, Governor of Ohio, 20247 [29JN]

———Richard L. Thornburgh, Governor of Pennsylvania, 20247 [29JN]

———Robert D. Orr, Governor of Indiana, 20247 [29JN]

———Rudy Perpich, Governor of Minnesota, 20247 [29JN]

———Wisconsin Office of Federal-State Relations, 20247 [29JN]

Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor: Dept. of the Interior, 19761 [28JN]

———Senator Percy, 19760 [28JN]

Newport News, VA, navigation project: Dept. of Defense, 28378 [2OC]

Omnibus water projects (H.R. 3678): Director of the OMB David Stockman, 18616 [25JN]

Recovery of Government costs incurred in removal of wrecks from waterways: Dept. of Defense, 27089 [26SE]

Regional ocean service centers: Western Great Lakes Maritime Association, Inc., 19621 [28JN]

Rehabilitation of the Illinois-Mississippi Canal, IL: Dept. of Defense, 26276 [20SE]

Reimbursement of certain Bureau of Reclamation costs: Dept. of the Interior, 5133 [12MR]

Responses to Water Resources Development Act (sundry), 10163-10165 [26AP]

River and harbor improvement projects (S. 1739): Committee on Environment and Public Works, 5722 [15MR]

———Inland Rivers Ports & Terminals, Inc., 8612 [10AP]

———Jack W. Mace, for the Hampton Roads Maritime Association, 25649 [17SE]

U.S. policy relative to closure of the Strait of Hormuz: Senator Pressler, 4314 [5MR]

Use of Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway to reduce Federal transportation expenditures: Senator Heflin, 17078 [19JN]

———(sundry), 29125-29128, 29132, 29134 [3OC]

Water resource policy: several Members of Congress, 10723 [2MY]

Water resources development: Charles S. Robb, Governor of Virginia, 26502 [21SE]

———'84 Water Resources Action Coalition, 20026 [29JN]

———Hampton Roads Maritime Association, Inc., 26503 [21SE]

———J. Robert Bray, 26503 [21SE]

———Representative Virginia Smith, 29134 [3OC]

Water transportation system improvements: American Waterways Operators, Inc., 10630 [2MY]

Memorials of legislature

Wyoming, 8423 [9AP]

Messages

St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. Report: President Reagan, 24250 [5SE], 24292 [5SE]

Papers

Great Lakes Water Consumptive Uses and Diversions: Council of Great Lakes Governors, 8086 [5AP]

Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway Winter Navigation—Canadian Position, 6800 [27MR]

Petitions

Pollution: Elizabeth, NJ, City Council, 6294 [21MR]

Water Resources Development Act: Rio Grande Compact Commission, 15611 [11JN]

Winter navigation on the Great Lakes: Port Huron, MI, City Council, 943 [30JA]

———St. Clair County, MI, Board of Commissioners, 944 [30JA]

Remarks in House

Abandoned Shipwreck Act: enact (H.R. 3194), 24631 [10SE]

Baltimore Harbor, MD: dredging project funding, 31431 [10OC]

Coast Guard Management and Efficiency Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 4990), 3971 [29FE]

Coastal and Inland Waterways Navigation Safety Act: enact (H.R. 4992), 3971 [29FE]

Contaminated saltwater dumpings: occurrence, 448 [26JA]

Cross-Florida Barge Canal: deauthorize, 18479 [25JN]

Deep-draft port development, 20293 [29JN]

Deepwater Port Act: amend (S. 1546), 23456 [9AU]

———amend (S. 1546), authorizing technical corrections (S. Con. Res. 136), 24621 [10SE]

Federal pilot requirements: clarify (H.R. 5905), 17622 [20JN]

Gallipolis, OH: replacement of locks and dams, 10727 [2MY], 10922 [3MY]

Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway: authorize an extended navigation season (H.R. 3678), 6799 [27MR], 6913-6916 [28MR], 6948 [28MR], 10789 [2MY], 16741 [15JN], 16866-16881 [18JN], 18479 [25JN], 19867 [28JN], 20235-20259, 20269 [29JN], 20270-20299 [29JN], 26753-26759 [25SE]

———extended navigation season (H.R. 3678), technical corrections, 20299 [29JN]

Great Lakes Preservation Act: enact (H.R. 6325), 27618 [27SE]

H. K. Thatcher Lock and Dam, AR: designate (H.R. 5666), 12592 [16MY]

Inland Navigation Act: amend (H.R. 5732), 14393 [24MY]

Inland Navigational Rules Act: amend (H.R. 5674), 12961 [18MY]

Inland waterway network: revitalization and modernization, 20293 [29JN]

Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor model: funding, 13405 [22MY]

Massachusetts: water traffic right-of-way, 20296 [29JN]

Nicaragua: mining harbors, 8794, 8795, 8796, 8797, 9025 [11AP], 9380, 9385 [12AP]

Port Infrastructure Development and Improvement Trust Fund, 20257 [29JN]

St. Lawrence Seaway Day: designate (H.J. Res. 567), 15171 [6JN]

Strait of Hormuz: impact of proposed shutdown, 3197 [23FE]

Upper Mississippi River Basin: development, 16881 [18JN]

Water projects: funding, 31431 [10OC]

Water Resources Conservation, Development, and Infrastructure Improvement and Rehabilitation Act: cost-sharing provisions, 20276-20288 [29JN]

Year of the St. Lawrence Seaway: designate (H.J. Res. 567), 15171 [6JN]

Remarks in Senate

Armistead I. Selden Lock and Dam, Warrior River, AL: designate (S. 2947), 23825 [10AU], 29988 [4OC]

Bureau of Reclamation: reimbursement of certain investigative activity costs (S. 2410), 5133 [12MR]

Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act: amend (H.R. 2790), held at desk, 29282 [3OC]

Corps of Engineers: advanced design and engineering of certain water resources development projects prior to construction authorization (S. 3012), 26275 [20SE]

———funding for construction projects, 28372-28378 [2OC]

Cross-Florida Barge Canal project: deauthorizing (S. 2728), 15040 [6JN]

———protection of public interest lands (S. 2902), 22484 [6AU]

Deepwater Port Act: amend (S. 1546), 3801 [29FE], 7200-7203, 7226 [30MR]

———amend (S. 1546), technical corrections, 23440 [9AU]

Federal Boat Safety Act: amend (H.R. 2163), time-limitation agreement, 8420 [9AP]

Galisteo Dam, NM: modify, 1698 [2FE]

Great Lakes: authorize water use study (S. 2536), 8085 [5AP]

———environmental assessment and management program (S. 2751), 16003 [13JN], 21521 [30JY]

Hoover Dam: Federal policies affecting price of electricity, 21394-21398 [27JY], 21524-21528 [30JY], 21575 [31JY]

Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor: establish (S. 746), 3486, 3491 [27FE], 19754, 19760-19763 [28JN]

Illinois-Mississippi Canal, IL: authorizing funding for rehabilitation (S. 3011), 26275 [20SE]

Inland waterway facilities: making urgent supplemental appropriations (H.J. Res. 492), 8053 [5AP]

Inland Waterway Improvements and Cost Recovery Act: enact (S. 1554), 26506 [21SE], 32055 [11OC]

Inland waterways: ceiling on funding of operation and maintenance, 27173 [26SE]

Navigation projects: funding, 29665, 29700 [4OC]

Newport-News, VA: harbor project (H.R. 6430), 32132 [11OC]

Nicaragua: harbor mining, 8409 [9AP], 8530-8543, 8546 [10AP], 9079 [12AP], 10113 [26AP]

———harbor mining (H. Con. Res. 290), place on calendar, 10109 [26AP]

Pick-Sloan Missouri River basin program: make available pumping power, 28869 [3OC]

River and harbor improvement projects: authorizing (S. 1739), 5481 [14MR], 5722 [15MR], 7137 [29MR]

Save the Lakes Act: enact (S. 2751), 21521 [30JY]

———introduction (S. 2751), 16003 [13JN]

St. Lawrence Seaway: economic importance, 30780 [9OC]

St. Lawrence Seaway Day: designate (H.J. Res. 567), 19739 [28JN]

———designate (H.J. Res. 567), placed on calendar, 19344 [27JN]

———designate (S.J. Res. 314), 17183 [19JN], 18636 [26JN]

State and Local River Conservation Act: enact (S. 1756), 2728 [21FE]

Strait of Hormuz: U.S. policy, 4310 [5MR]

Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Act: introduction (S. 2874), 21190 [26JY]

Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway: use to reduce Federal transportation expenditures, 17077 [19JN]

Water carriers: basis for filing of complaints against anticompetitive practices of railroads (S. 2837), 20119 [29JN]

Water projects: development, 620 [26JA], 26502 [21SE]

———failure of 98th Congress, 32055 [11OC], 32081 [11OC]

———funding, 29116-29142 [3OC], 29706, 29709, 29711 [4OC], 31807 [11OC]

Water Resources Development Act: enact (S. 1739), 10163 [26AP], 10629, 10723 [2MY], 13551 [23MY], 14126 [24MY], 15870 [12JN], 19703 [28JN], 20026 [29JN], 23344 [9AU], 23921 [10AU], 25647 [17SE], 26289 [20SE], 26506 [21SE], 27173 [26SE], 28976 [3OC]

———enact (S. 1739), referral, 12434 [16MY]

Wrecks: Government recovery of costs incurred in removal from waterways (S. 3025), 27089 [26SE]

Year of the St. Lawrence Seaway: designate (H.J. Res. 567), 19739 [28JN]

———designate (H.J. Res. 567), placed on calendar, 19344 [27JN]

———designate (S.J. Res. 314), 17183 [19JN], 18636 [26JN]

Reports

Armistead I. Selden Lock and Dam, Hale County, AL: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 2947) (S. Rept. 98-649), 27843 [29SE]

Authorize Corps of Engineers To Construct Projects for Improvements to Rivers and Harbors: Committee on Finance (S. 1739) (S. Rept. 98-509), 15532 [8JN]

Budget Waiver for Consideration of S. 746, Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor (S. Res. 351), 2714 [21FE]

Colorado River Basin Water Project (excerpt), 29706 [4OC]

———Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (S. 3903) (S. Rept. 98-482), 14112 [24MY]

Conservation and Development of Water and Related Resources: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H. Rept. 98-616), 5064 [8MR]

Energy and Water Development Appropriations: committee of conference (H.R. 5653) (H. Rept. 98-866), 18977 [26JN]

———Committee on Appropriations (S. 5653) (S. Rept. 98-502), 14947 [5JN]

Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor (S. Rept. 98-355), 2714 [21FE]

———Committee on the Budget (S. 746), 3429 [27FE]

———(H. Rept. 98-601), 3342 [27FE]

Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act Amendment: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 4829) (H. Rept. 98-766), 21716 [31JY]

Nation's Water and Water Resources Infrastructure: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 3678) (H. Rept. 98-616), 9537 [12AP]

———Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 3678) (H. Rept. 98-616), 9537 [12AP]

———Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H. Rept. 98-616), 5064 [8MR]

Statements

Deauthorize the Cross-Florida Barge Canal: Robert Graham, Governor of Florida, 19008 [26JN]

Navigation Use Charges: J. Peter Grace, 5481 [14MR]

Water Resources Development Act: Senator Stafford, 15870 [12JN]

Studies

Great Lakes Marine Weather Services Report: NOAA (excerpts), 19619 [28JN]

Tables

Allocation of funds to environmental and damage rehabilitation programs on the Mississippi, 16877 [18JN]

Dollar impact of new lock and dam projects using the existing inland waterway trust fund, 25649 [17SE]

Inland waterway trust fund—expected dollar impact of construction of new lock and dam projects, 19703 [28JN]

Unauthorized water projects in Senate version of H.J. Res. 648, 29118 [3OC]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 290, prohibit funds for purpose of mining waters of Nicaragua, 9481 [12AP]

H.J. Res. 567, St. Lawrence Seaway Day and Year of the St. Lawrence Seaway, 15172 [6JN]

H.R. 3194, Abandoned Shipwreck Act, 24631 [10SE]

S. 268, Hoover Power Plant Act—House amendments, 21125-21127 [26JY]

S. 746, Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor, 3487-3490 [27FE], 19754-19760 [28JN]

S. 1546, Deepwater Port Act amendments, 7200, 7202 [30MR], 23456 [9AU]

S. 1554, Inland Waterway Improvements and Cost Recovery Act, 26507 [21SE]

S. 2410, reimbursement of certain Bureau of Reclamation costs, 5133 [12MR]

S. 2536, authorize EPA water use study of Great Lakes, 8086 [5AP]

S. 2728, Cross-Florida Barge Canal project deauthorization, 15041 [6JN]

S. 2751, Save the Lakes Act, 16005 [13JN]

S. 2837, basis for filing of complaints by water carriers against anticompetitive practices of railroads, 20119 [29JN]

S. 2874, Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Act, 21190-21193 [26JY]

S. 2902, protection of public interest lands relative to Cross-Florida Barge Canal project, 22486 [6AU]

S. 2947, designate Armistead I. Selden Lock and Dam, Warrior River, AL, 29988 [4OC]

S. 3025, recovery of Government costs incurred in removal of wrecks from waterways, 27089 [26SE]