PUBLIC WORKS
Addresses
Environmental Policies: Senator Leahy, 17078 [19JN]
Amendments
Appropriations: making urgent supplemental (H.J. Res. 492), 8053 [5AP]
Deepwater Port Act: amend (S. 1546), 7201 [30MR]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5653), 13403, 13405, 13406, 13456 [22MY], 17756, 17757, 17765-17766, 17770, 17772, 17773, 17776-17782, 17787, 17860-17862 [21JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5653), amendments in disagreement, 19087 [27JN]
Federal Aid Highway Act: enact (S. 2527), 26620 [24SE], 26670, 26699, 26703 [25SE], 27098, 27099, 27107, 27108, 27114, 27119, 27122, 27124, 27125, 27135 [26SE], 27506, 27529, 27530, 27532, 27533, 27578, 27579 [27SE]
Highway construction: expand and improve the relocation assistance program (H.R. 5504), 14731 [31MY], 14930 [5JN], 15196, 15240 [6JN], 15392, 15405, 15409, 15418, 15419, 15425, 15429, 15430, 15432, 15433, 15437, 15438, 15442 [7JN]
Hoover Power Plant Act: enact (S. 268), House amendments, 21127, 21137, 21206 [26JY], 21390, 21394 [27JY], 21524, 21533-21539 [30JY]
Hydroelectric facilities: annual charges for FERC licensees (S. 1132), 31275, 31332 [10OC]
———construct, operate, and maintain (H.R. 4275), 10572 [1MY], 10774 [2MY], 10933, 10937, 10942, 10952, 10954, 10955, 10957 [3MY]
Interstate Highway System: construction funds (H.R. 5504), 14731 [31MY], 14930 [5JN], 15196, 15240 [6JN], 15392, 15405, 15409, 15418, 15419, 15425, 15429, 15430, 15432, 15433, 15437, 15438, 15442 [7JN]
Public Works Improvement Act: enact (S. 1330), conference report, 30708 [5OC]
Public works projects: State incentive grants (S. 1330), 2544, 2592 [9FE]
River and harbor improvement projects: authorizing (S. 1739), 1698 [2FE], 8612 [10AP]
Surface Transportation Act: enact (H.R. 5504), 14731 [31MY], 14930 [5JN], 15196, 15240 [6JN], 15392, 15405, 15409, 15418, 15419, 15425, 15429, 15430, 15432, 15433, 15437, 15438, 15442 [7JN]
Water Resources Development Act: enact (S. 1739), 14124 [24MY], 19703 [28JN], 23344 [9AU], 25627 [17SE], 27173 [26SE]
Water resources infrastructure: improvement and rehabilitation (H.R. 3678), 16743 [15JN], 16886 [18JN], 18038 [22JN], 18979-18988 [26JN], 19173-19177 [27JN], 19938, 19939, 19941, 19944-19949, 19986 [28JN], 20235, 20256, 20259, 20275, 20295 [29JN]
Yakima River Basin water enhancement project, WA: construction costs (H.R. 653), 4363 [5MR]
Analyses
Federal Aid Highway Act (S. 2527), 8016 [5AP]
National Infrastructure Act (H.R. 5948), 19443 [27JN]
Water Resources Infrastructure Improvement and Rehabilitation, H.R. 3678, Cost Overrun Amendment, 19874-19938 [28JN]
Appointments
Conferees: H.R. 5504, Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act, 31339 [10OC]
———H.R. 5653, making energy and water development appropriations, 17985 [22JN]
———S. 1330, Public Works Improvement Act, 18712 [26JN], 20300 [29JN]
Articles and editorials
Anatomy of a Dam Failure, 16598-16599 [14JN]
Breaking the Banks, 6914 [28MR]
Congressman's Plan Not Well Conceived, 6914 [28MR]
Conservative Cowboys Head 'Em Off at the Hoover Dam, 24551 [6SE]
Dams as a Part of America's Infrastructure, 16596-16598 [14JN]
Don't Neglect the Ports, 20737 [24JY]
Dredging Struggle, 7138 [29MR]
Environmentalists Fault Western Water Projects, 13390 [22MY]
Greedy for Power, 21128 [26JY]
Hoover Dam Benefits Could Crumble for Southland, 10950 [3MY]
House Panel Bullies the Engineers on Gaston Water, 22820 [8AU]
Minnesota Meddling, 6915 [28MR]
Needless Seaway Plans, 6948 [28MR]
New Technology for Dam Repairs and Modification, 16602-16604 [14JN]
Ports Swamped as Cargo Volume Soars, 24324 [5SE]
Power Giveaway, 21395 [27JY]
Power to Some of the People, 10949 [3MY]
RCRA Senate Delay Troubles N.J. Lawmakers and They Launch Drive, 14762 [31MY]
Responsibilities of Federal Agencies Involved With Dams, 16600 [14JN]
Share Our Water? No, We Need It All, 1163 [31JA]
South v. North on Hoover Power, 21395 [27JY]
U.S. Fails To Recover Millions in West, Wildlife Group Says, 13391 [22MY]
U.S. Says City Owes $56 Million for Discarding Grumman Buses, 15381 [7JN]
Water Bill Could Help Chevron, Handful of California Farmers, 27925 [1OC], 28488 [2OC]
Water Into Pork, 28489 [2OC]
Why Hoover Dam's ``Dirt Cheap'' Power May Stay in the Hands of a Few, 21396 [27JY]
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]
Winter Shipping—Put a Costly, Risky Proposal Back on Ice, 6948 [28MR]
Bills and resolutions
American Conservation Corps Act: employment opportunity in improvement projects on public and Indian lands (see S. 2899)
Auburn Dam and Reservoir, CA: construction, operation, and maintenance (see S. 2290)
Bayport Ship Channel, TX: 40-foot depth project (see H.R. 5527)
Bonneville Power Administration: annual debt payments for projects on an amortized basis (see S. 2788)
Bureau of Reclamation: reimbursement of certain investigation costs (see S. 2410)
California: grant for purchase of right-of-way for Route 152 widening project (see H.R. 5722)
Capital improvement programs: rehabilitation assistance to State and local governments (see H.R. 5765)
Central Valley project, CA: extend service area for San Luis unit (see S. 2643; H.R. 5836)
Chariton River: modify flood control project (see S. 3046; H.R. 6133)
Chester, IL: Mississippi River bridge approaches (see H.R. 5285)
Corps of Engineers: increase competition for construction contracts (see S. 2724)
———streambank erosion prevention and control demonstration program in Nebraska (see S. 2885)
Cross-Florida Barge Canal: deauthorizing (see S. 2728; H.R. 5786)
———protection of public interest in lands improved during construction (see S. 2902)
Delaware: beach erosion control (see S. 2581)
Economic Development Administration: reauthorize (see S. 2958)
Energy and water resources development: making appropriations (see H.R. 5653)
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act: inventory of water projects for which mitigation measures were recommended (see H.R. 5754)
Flood control and navigation projects: completion funds (see S. 2558)
Government contractors: comprehensive system for indemnification for liability in excess of reasonably available financial protection (see H.R. 5883)
———equitable reduction of liability in certain cases (see H.R. 5883)
Government spending: correct imbalances by reallocating distribution (see S. 2982; H.R. 6239)
Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Indian Tribes: budget waiver for consideration of S. 1967, irrigation project (see S. Res. 399)
———compensation for irrigation construction expenditures (see H.R. 6294)
Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program—Fifth Annual Report to Congress: authorize printing as Senate document (see S. Res. 429)
Hilltop and Gray Goose irrigation projects, South Dakota: availability of Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program pumping power (see S. 2861; H.R. 6022)
Houston Ship Channel, TX: project modification (see H.R. 5527)
Hyde hopper dredge: Sec. of the Army transfer to New Hanover County, NC (see H.R. 5658)
Illinois-Mississippi Canal: rehabilitation funds (see S. 3011)
International Boundary and Water Commission authority (see S. 2209)
Interstate Highway System: approval of cost estimate and substitute cost estimate (see S. 2527)
Las Vegas Valley, NV: flood control project (see H.R. 6279)
Mass transit: safety review of plans for construction or renovation of facilities (see H.R. 6097)
Military installations: budget waiver for consideration of S. 2723, construction appropriations (see S. Res. 394)
———construction appropriations (see S. 2723)
Mount St. Helens, WA: retention structure for controlling sediment flowing from eruptions (see S. 2745)
National infrastructure fund: interest-free loans to State and local governments for construction and improvement projects (see H.R. 5948)
Nebraska: streambank erosion prevention and control demonstration program (see S. 2885)
New Hanover County, NC: transfer of Army surplus dredging vessel (see H.R. 5658)
Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program: availability of pumping power to Hilltop and Gray Goose irrigation projects (see S. 2861; H.R. 6022)
Public Works and Economic Development Act: authorize appropriations (see S. 2958)
Railroads: establish fund through which proceeds from sale of Conrail will be used for rail-related infrastructure capital improvements (see H.R. 6082)
River and Harbor Act: amend (see H.R. 6430)
Roads and highways: approval of Interstate and Interstate Substitute Cost Estimates (see S.J. Res. 312)
———budget waiver for consideration of S. 2527, approval of Interstate and Interstate Substitute Cost Estimates (see S. Res. 408, 409)
———increase taxes to finance construction projects (see S. 2718)
San Diego, CA: EPA grants for construction of treatment works (see S. 2587; H.R. 4771)
State infrastructure bank (see S. 2234)
States: correct Government spending imbalances by reallocating distribution (see S. 2982; H.R. 6239)
Subcontractors suits: interest and legal fees in granted judgments (see H.R. 4759)
W. G. Huxtable Pumping Station, AR: indemnity payments by Corps of Engineers (see S. 2404)
Warrior River, AL: Armistead I. Selden Lock and Dam (see H.R. 5489)
Water resource projects: Federal/State cooperation for law enforcement (see H.R. 4712)
Water resources development: engineering and design following submission of a report to Congress recommending implementation of a project (see S. 3012; H.R. 6340)
Yakima River, WA: budget waiver for consideration of S. 1027, basin enhancement project (see S. Res. 370)
Booklets
Big Flood (excerpt), 20244 [29JN]
Cloture motions
Federal Aid Highway Act: enact (S. 2527), 26662 [25SE]
———enact (S. 2527), proceed to consideration, 26273 [20SE], 26600 [24SE]
Hoover Power Plant Act: enact (S. 268), House amendments, 21137 [26JY], 21398 [27JY], 21523 [30JY]
Documents
Cost/Benefit Ratio of Falmouth Dam, KY (excerpt), 20238 [29JN]
Explanations
Federal Aid Highway Act—section 122, minimum allocation (S. 2527), 26262 [20SE]
Hoover Dam electricity purchase prices, 21585 [31JY]
Water Resources Development Act (S. 1739)—Abdnor amendment, 23921 [10AU]
Letters
Administration's position on water project financing: National Wildlife Federation, 1169 [31JA]
———President Reagan, 1168 [31JA]
———sundry Members of Congress, 1168 [31JA]
Appropriations: Dept. of Defense, 8759 [11AP]
Dam safety projects: Bureau of Reclamation, 5967 [20MR]
———Dept. of the Interior, 5961, 5976 [20MR]
———OMB, 5961, 5976 [20MR]
Development of water projects: American Association of Port Authorities, 7138 [29MR]
———Dept. of Defense, 26276 [20SE]
———President Reagan, 620 [26JA]
———Senator Abdnor, 621 [26JA]
———several Members of Congress, 621 [26JA]
Elk Creek Dam project, Oregon: Dept. of Defense (excerpt), 13403 [22MY]
———OMB (excerpt), 13403 [22MY]
Energy and water development appropriations (H.R. 5653): Edison Electric Institute, 13415 [22MY]
———OMB, 13390 [22MY]
———Sec. of Energy Hodel, 13415 [22MY]
Exchange of lands between the U.S. Forest Service and the South Carolina Public Service Authority: (sundry), 28637 [2OC]
Federal highway funding programs: Highway Users Federation, 4278 [2MR]
———Sec. of Transportation Dole, 26663 [25SE]
———Senators Dixon and Percy, 26262 [20SE]
———Mons Teigen, Montana Stockgrowers Association, 4283 [2MR]
———Sec. of Transportation Dole, 4278 [2MR], 26663 [25SE]
Great Lakes ad St. Lawrence Seaway 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]
Improvement of port facilities: Charles S. Robb, Governor of Virginia, 26502 [21SE]
———Hampton Roads Maritime Association, Inc., 26503 [21SE]
———J. Robert Bray, 26503 [21SE]
———Jack W. Mace, for the Hampton Roads Maritime Association, 25649 [17SE]
———several Members of Congress, 10723 [2MY], 28977 [3OC]
Law enforcement within Federal water projects: Jay D. Hair, National Wildlife Federation, 28488 [2OC]
———Thomas J. Graff, Environmental Defense Fund, 28488 [2OC]
Management of cabin lease sites by Corps of Engineers: Dept. of Defense, 26290 [20SE]
Omnibus water projects (H.R. 3678): Director of the OMB David Stockman, 18616 [25JN]
Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin program water service contract for Frenchman unit (H.R. 3130): Dept. of the Interior, 27784 [28SE]
Project approvals: Committee on Public Works, 32277 [11OC]
———House Committee on Public Works and Transportation, 25521 [17SE]
———House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 12596 [16MY]
Public Buildings Act projects: Committee on Public Works and Transportation, 27379 [26SE]
Public Works Improvement Act: National Association of Counties, 19687 [28JN]
———National Association of Regional Councils, 19687 [28JN]
Reclamation Safety of Dams Act (H.R. 1652): Dept. of the Interior, 5808 [15MR]
Regulation of river construction projects altering location of international boundary: Dept. of State, 217 [24JA]
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: Committee on Environment and Public Works, 5722 [15MR]
———Inland Rivers Ports & Terminals, Inc., 8612 [10AP]
Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Act (H.R. 5816): Dept. of Agriculture, 15764 [11JN]
State actions relative to highway relocation assistance: Idaho Transportation Dept., 26653 [25SE]
———New Mexico Transportation Dept., 26654 [25SE]
———Oregon Transportation Dept., 26654 [25SE]
Summersville Dam project, West Virginia: Dept. of Defense (excerpt), 13397 [22MY]
Surface Transportation Act: American Medical Association, 15401 [7JN]
———CBO, 15378 [7JN]
———Citizens Against Alcohol-Related Traffic Accidents, 15401 [7JN]
———Federal Highway Administration (excerpt), 15423 [7JN]
———Illinois Sec. of State, 15400 [7JN]
———National PTA, 15401 [7JN]
———Northern Illinois Council on Alcoholism, 15401 [7JN]
Use of Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway to reduce Federal transportation expenditures: Senator Heflin, 17078 [19JN]
Virginia Beach water supply project: Charles S. Robb, Governor of Virginia, 22818 [8AU]
Water projects: Representative Virginia Smith, 29134 [3OC]
———(sundry), 29125-29128, 29132, 29134 [3OC]
Water Resources Development Act consideration: '84 Water Resources Action Coalition, 20026 [29JN]
Memorials of legislature
California, 20550 [23JY]
Guam, 3021 [22FE], 3427 [27FE]
Pennsylvania, 16157 [13JN]
Virginia, 12439 [16MY]
Washington, 7374 [2AP]
Motions
Federal Capital Investment Program Information Act: enact (H.R. 1244), substitute S. 1330, 12257 [15MY]
Hydroelectric facilities: (H.R. 4275), substitute S. 268, Hoover Powerplant Act, 10960 [3MY]
Public infrastruture investments: inventory and assessment (H.R. 1244), substitute S. 1330, 12257 [15MY]
Papers
Canadian Position on Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway Winter Navigation, 6800 [27MR]
Petitions
Interstate Highway System cost estimate: Institute for Transportation of the American Public Works Association, 5692 [15MR]
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]
Questions and answers
Exchange of lands between the U.S. Forest Service and the South Carolina Public Service Authority, 28636 [2OC]
Remarks in House
Abbeville, SC: electric power to mitigate impact during construction and operation of the Richard B. Russell Dam and Lake project (S. 912), 5194 [13MR]
Aquifers: methods of recharging, 20274 [29JN]
Arkansas River and the Red River basin chloride control projects: separate, 20297 [29JN]
Armistead I. Selden Lock and Dam, AL: designate (H.R. 5489), 31348 [10OC]
———designate (H.R. 5489), S. 2947 passed in lieu, 31348 [10OC]
Arthur Ormond Lock and Dam, AR: designate (H.R. 3165), 31349 [10OC]
Atlanta, GA: water supply project, 20258 [29JN]
Baltimore Harbor, MD: dredging project funding, 31431 [10OC]
Baltimore-Washington Parkway: eliminate requirement that portion be conveyed to Maryland upon reconstruction (H.R. 5531), 24063 [10AU]
Boggy Creek project, FL: funding, 20257 [29JN]
Bonneville Lock project: authorizing a new lock, 20271 [29JN]
———deposition of dredged material, 20297 [29JN]
Brockton, MA: water supply, 20291 [29JN]
Capital investment expenditures: require separate identification (H.R. 1244), 12247 [15MY], 12255 [16MY]-12257 [15MY]
Coastal Zone Management Act: States rights to consistency review, 154 [23JA]
Colorado River Floodway Protection Act: enact (H.R. 5055), 4845 [7MR]
Community facilities: employment opportunities to repair certain (H.R. 1036), 8463 [9AP], 9055 [11AP]
Community Renewal Employment Act: enact (H.R. 1036), 8463 [9AP], 9055 [11AP]
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]
Dredging equipment: authorize disposal (H.R. 3678), 20735, 20736 [24JY]
Duchesne, UT: authorize reimbursement for certain public safety services, 2402 [9FE]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5653), 13386 [22MY], 13392 [23MY], 13401 [22MY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5653), Weaver amendment, 13417 [22MY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5653), amendments in disagreement, 19087 [27JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5653), appointment of conferees, 17985 [22JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5653), conference report, 19077-19088 [27JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5653), permission to file conference report, 17985 [22JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5653), waiving points of order, 13377 [22MY]
Falmouth Dam, KY: proposed construction, 20235, 20254 [29JN]
Federal Capital Investment Program Information Act: enact (H.R. 1244), 12247 [15MY], 12255 [16MY]-12257 [15MY]
Federal water policy, 20270 [29JN]
Ferraro, Representative: position on public works projects, 21069 [25JY]
Flood control: funding, 20235 [29JN]
———Kansas, 20258 [29JN]
———procedures for selecting project areas, 20296 [29JN]
Franklin County, MO: flood control, 20255 [29JN]
Gallipolis, OH: replacement of locks and dams, 10727 [2MY], 10922 [3MY]
Great Lakes: undertake study on consumptive uses of water (H.R. 5008), 4228 [1MR]
Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway: authorize an extended navigation season (H.R. 3678), 6799 [27MR], 6913-6916, 6948 [28MR], 10789 [2MY], 16741 [15JN], 16866-16881 [18JN], 18479 [25JN], 19867 [28JN], 20235-20259, 20269-20299 [29JN], 24324 [5SE], 26753-26759 [25SE]
———extended navigation season (H.R. 3678), technical corrections, 20299 [29JN]
Great Lakes Water Preservation Act: enact (H.R. 4366), 1163 [31JA]
H. K. Thatcher Lock and Dam, AR: designate (H.R. 5666), 12592 [16MY]
———designate (H.R. 5817), 31350 [10OC]
Hale County, AL: redesignate the Warrior lock and dam as the Armistead I. Selden Lock and Dam (H.R. 5489), 9600 [12AP]
Highway construction: funds, 3553 [28FE]
———expand and improve the relocation assistance program (H.R. 5504), 15239 [6JN], 15362, 15363, 15371 [7JN], 15384, 15415 [11JN], 15432 [12JN]-15444 [7JN], 16618 [14JN], 16775 [15JN], 20386 [29JN]
———expand and improve the relocation assistance program (H.R. 5504), appointment of conferees, 31339 [10OC]
———expand and improve the relocation assistance program (H.R. 5504), technical corrections, 15444 [7JN]
Hilltop and Gray Goose Irrigation Districts, South Dakota: make available the Pick-Sloan Missouri basin program pumping power, 21064 [25JY]
Hoover Dam: distribution of power contract rights, 10925, 10933-10952, 10954 [3MY]
———funding the uprating program, 10937 [3MY]
———visitor center improvements, 10937 [3MY]
Hydroelectric facilities: construct, operate, and maintain (H.R. 4275), 10746 [2MY], 10925-10963 [3MY]
———construct, operate, and maintain (H.R. 4275), S. 268 passed in lieu, 10963 [3MY]
———construct, operate, and maintain (H.R. 4275), technical corrections, 10963 [3MY]
Hydroelectric power: licensing of small projects (H.R. 6198), 24567 [6SE]
Interstate Highway System: construction funds (H.R. 5504), 15239 [6JN], 15362, 15363, 15371 [7JN], 15384, 15415 [11JN], 15432 [12JN]-15444 [7JN], 16618 [14JN], 16775 [15JN], 20386 [29JN]
———construction funds (H.R. 5504), appointment of conferees, 31339 [10OC]
———construction funds (H.R. 5504), technical corrections, 15444 [7JN]
———construction funds (H.R. 4957), 3866-3871 [29FE]
Jack D. Maltester Channel, CA: designate (H.R. 3701), 31350 [10OC]
———designate (H.R. 6440), 32244 [11OC]
James W. Trimble Lock and Dam, AR: designate (H.R. 3164), 31349 [10OC]
Joe Hardin Lock and Dam, AR: designate (H.R. 3163), 31349 [10OC]
Lincoln School Dam, ME: deauthorization, 20290 [29JN]
Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor model: funding, 13405 [22MY]
Massachusetts: water projects, 20291 [29JN]
Missouri: construction of Union Dam, 20255 [29JN]
National Infrastructure Act: enact (H.R. 5948), 19442, 19465 [27JN]
Navigation and flood control projects: funding, 13393, 13394, 13396, 13397, 13401 [22MY]
New Jersey: water projects, 20289 [29JN]
Newport News Creek, VA: navigation project (H.R. 6430), 32273 [11OC]
Oregon Inlet, NC: prevent construction on jetty, 26186 [19SE]
Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin program: water service contract for Frenchman unit (H.R. 3130), 16822 [18JN], 17063 [19JN]
Port Infrastructure Development and Improvement Trust Fund, 20257 [29JN]
Public infrastruture investments: inventory and assessment (H.R. 1244), 12247 [15MY], 12255 [16MY]-12257 [15MY]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: amend (H.R. 10), 11917 [10MY]
Public Works Improvement Act: enact (S. 1330), appointment of conferees, 20300 [29JN]
———enact (S. 1330), conference report, 30073 [4OC]
Reclamation Safety of Dams Act: amend (H.R. 1652), 5808 [15MR]
Richard B. Russell Dam and Lake project: modify authority (S. 912), 5194 [13MR]
River and Harbor Act: amend (H.R. 6430), 32273 [11OC]
Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Act: enact (H.R. 5816), 15763 [11JN]
Sault St. Marie, MI: authorize construction of a new lock, 20256 [29JN]
Sewer user fees: allow tax deduction (H.R. 4622), 1962 [6FE]
South Carolina: land exchange (S. 648), 28635 [2OC]
Surface Transportation Act: enact (H.R. 5504), 15371 [7JN], 15384, 15415 [11JN], 15432 [12JN]-15444 [7JN], 16618 [14JN], 16775 [15JN], 20386 [29JN]
———enact (H.R. 5504), appointment of conferees, 31339 [10OC]
———enact (H.R. 5504), consideration (H. Res. 502), 15368 [7JN]
———enact (H.R. 5504), technical corrections, 15444 [7JN]
Tall Timbers, MD: funding for erosion control, 13394 [22MY]
Urban development projects: eligibility rules, 31346 [10OC]
Washington metropolitan area: impact of simultaneous repairs on river-crossing bridges, 21430 [27JY]
Water projects: administration's position on financing, 1167 [31JA]
———authorizing appropriations, 30311 [5OC], 31344, 31431 [10OC]
Water Quality Renewal Act: enact (H.R. 3282), 14778 [31MY]
Water resource projects: Federal cooperation with local governments to administer law enforcement (H.R. 4712), 1189 [1FE], 28483-28490 [2OC]
Water Resources Conservation, Development, and Infrastructure Improvement and Rehabilitation Act: cost-sharing provisions, 20276-20288 [29JN]
Water resources infrastructure: improvement and rehabilitation (H.R. 3678), 16741 [15JN], 16866-16881 [18JN], 18479 [25JN], 19867 [28JN] (H.R. 3678), 19871-19873 [26JY], 20235-20259, 20269[29JN]-20299 [29JN], 24324 [5SE], 26753-26759 [25SE]
———improvement and rehabilitation (H.R. 3678), technical corrections, 20299 [29JN]
West Virginia and Pennsylvania: consent of Congress to an amendment to Wheeling Creek watershed protection and flood prevention compact, 16818 [18JN]
William G. Stone Lock, CA: user fees, 20298 [29JN]
Wisconsin: Fox River locks policy, 30215 [4OC]
Yakima River Basin water enhancement project, WA: construction costs (H.R. 653), 4363 [5MR]
Remarks in Senate
American Conservation Corps: beneficial program, 30635 [5OC]
American Conservation Corps Act: introduction (S. 2899), 21807 [1AU]
Appropriations: water projects in H.J. Res. 648, 31964 [11OC]
Arkansas: funding for highway and bridge projects, 31809 [11OC]
Arkansas River: Wilbur D. Mills Dam (H.R. 3162), 31963, 32091 [11OC]
Arkansas Waterway: Arthur Ormond Lock and Dam (H.R. 3165), 31964, 32091 [11OC]
———Emmett Sanders Lock and Dam (H.R. 3167), 31964, 32091 [11OC]
———James W. Trimble Lock and Dam (H.R. 3164), 31964, 32091 [11OC]
———Joe Hardin Lock and Dam (H.R. 3163), 31964, 32091 [11OC]
———Winthrop Rockefeller Reservoir (H.R. 3166), 31964, 32091 [11OC]
Auburn Dam, CA: construction funding (S. 2290), 2494 [9FE]
Bureau of Reclamation: reimbursement of certain investigative activity costs (S. 2410), 5133 [12MR]
Central Valley project, California: extend service area for San Luis unit (S. 2643), 11260 [8MY]
Columbia River Gorge Act: enact (S. 627), 3850 [29FE]
Corps of Engineers: advanced design and engineering of certain water resources development projects prior to construction authorization (S. 3012), 26275 [20SE]
———authorize payment to certain landowners for damage to property (S. 2974), 24602 [7SE]
———cabin lease sites, 26289 [20SE]
———increase competition for construction contracts (S. 2724, 14947 [5JN]
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]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (S. 2558), 8759 [11AP]
Economic Development Administration: reauthorize (S. 2958), 23847 [10AU]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5653), 17749-17799 [21JN]
———making appropriations (H.R. 5653), conference report, 19325-19329 [27JN], 19701 [28JN]
Federal Aid Highway Act: enact (S. 2527), 8014 [5AP], 26604-26610 [24SE], 26662-26672 [25SE]
———enact (S. 2527), cloture motion, 26662 [25SE]
———enact (S. 2527), motion to proceed to consideration, 26255-26267, 26269-26273 [20SE], 26601-26604 [24SE]
———enact (S. 2527), motion to proceed to consideration—cloture, 26273 [20SE], 26600 [24SE]
Galisteo Dam, NM: modify, 1698 [2FE]
Helena, AR: industrial development project, 31964 [11OC]
Highway and bridge projects: funding, 29800-29843 [4OC]
Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Acceleration Act: introduction (S. 2965), 24390 [6SE]
Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program, 5th Annual Report to Congress: authorize printing (S. Res. 429), 22644 [7AU]
Hilltop and Gray Goose irrigation projects, South Dakota: availability of Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program pumping power (S. 2861), 20888 [25JY]
Homeless: rehabilitation of structures to house (S.J. Res. 223), 1326, 1329 [1FE]
Hoover Dam: Federal policies affecting price of electricity, 21394-21398 [27JY], 21524-21528 [30JY], 21575 [31JY]
Hoover Power Plant Act: enact (S. 268), House amendments, 21125, 21127-21140 [26JY], 21393 [27JY], 21516, 21520, 21524-21529 [30JY], 21575, 21582-21587 [31JY], 23312 [9AU]
———enact (S. 268), House amendments—cloture motion, 21137 [26JY], 21398 [27JY], 21522-21523 [30JY]
———enact (S. 268), House amendments—point of order, 21528 [30JY]
———enact (S. 268), House amendments—ruling of the Chair, 21523, 21529 [30JY]
Hydroelectric projects: annual charges for FERC licensees (S. 1132), 31331 [10OC]
Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor: establish (S. 746), 3486, 3491 [27FE]
Illinois-Mississippi Canal, IL: authorizing funding for rehabilitation (S. 3011), 26275 [20SE]
Inland Waterway Improvements and Cost Recovery Act: enact (S. 1554), 26506 [21SE]
Inland waterways: ceiling on funding of operation and maintenance, 27173 [26SE]
———making urgent supplemental appropriations (H.J. Res. 492), 8053 [5AP]
International boundary: regulate river construction projects altering location (S. 2209), 215 [24JA]
Interstate Highway System: approval of cost estimate and substitute cost estimate (S. 2527), 7491 [3AP], 8014 [5AP]
———approval of substitute cost estimates (S. 3024), 32427 [12OC]
———construction funds (H.R. 5504), appointment of conferees, 30920 [9OC]
———construction funds (H.R. 4957), 4274-4284 [2MR]
Lakeshore Road, Manistee County, MI: erosion control, 8060 [5AP]
Mount St. Helens, WA: control of eruption sediment (S. 2745), 15613, 15614 [11JN]
National infrastructure council: establish, 21547 [30JY]
Navigation projects: funding, 29665, 29700 [4OC]
Nebraska: streambank erosion prevention and control demonstration program (S. 2885), 21617 [31JY]
Newport-News, VA: harbor project (H.R. 6430), 32132 [11OC]
Ouachita River, AR: H. K. Thatcher Lock and Dam (H.R. 5817), 31964, 32091 [11OC]
Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin program: water service contract for Frenchman unit (H.R. 3130), 27784 [28SE]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: authorize appropriations (S. 2958), 23847 [10AU]
Public Works Improvement Act: enact (S. 1330), 3467 [27FE], 19687 [28JN], 21547 [30JY]
———enact (S. 1330), appointment of conferees, 18712 [26JN]
———enact (S. 1330), conference report, 30703 [5OC]
———enact (S. 1330), House amendments, 18711 [26JN]
———State incentive grants, 2591-2596 [9FE]
Reclamation Safety of Dams Act: amend (H.R. 1652), 23227 [9AU]
River and harbor improvement projects: authorizing (S. 1739), 5481 [14MR], 5722 [15MR], 7137 [29MR]
Sabine National Forest, TX: land conveyance (H.R. 3150), 31326 [10OC]
San Diego, CA: EPA grants for construction of waste treatment works (S. 2587), 9666 [24AP]
South Carolina: funding for highway and bridge project, 29669, 29778 [4OC]
State Infrastructure Financing Act: introduction (S. 2234), 885 [30JA]
Surface Transportation Act: enact (H.R. 5504), 32134 [11OC]
———enact (H.R. 5504), House amendments, 26653 [25SE]
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway: use to reduce Federal transportation expenditures, 17077 [19JN]
Water projects: development, 620 [26JA], 26502 [21SE], 27925-27927 [1OC], 29116-29142 [3OC], 29706, 29709, 29711, 29728, 29730 [4OC], 32055, 32081 [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]
Watershed projects: approve new cost ceilings, 22867 [8AU]
———Committee on Environment and Public Works resolutions authorizing certain, 29241 [3OC]
Yakima River Basin, WA: water enhancement project construction costs (S. 1027; H.R. 653), 12917-12921 [18MY]
———water enhancement project construction costs (S. 1027; H.R. 653), H.R. 653 discharged from committee, 12922 [18MY]
———water enhancement project construction costs (S. 1027; H.R. 653), H.R. 653 passed in lieu of S. 1027, 12922 [18MY]
———water enhancement project construction costs (S. 1027; H.R. 653), S. 1027 indefinitely postponed, 12922 [18MY]
———water enhancement project construction costs (S. 1027; H.R. 653), debate procedure, 12917 [18MY]
———water enhancement project contributions, 22764 [8AU]
Yellowtail Afterbay Dam, MT: powerplant study, 19327 [27JN]
Reports
Activities Affecting Coastal Zone: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 2324) (S. Rept. 98-512), 16158 [13JN]
Annual Charges for Projects With FERC Licenses Issued for Use of Federal Dams: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. Rept. 98-363), 5130 [12MR]
Authorization To Construct, Operate, and Maintain Hydroelectric Powerplants: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H. Rept. 98-648), 7584 [3AP]
Authorize Corps of Engineers To Construct Projects for Improvements to Rivers and Harbors: Committee on Finance (S. 1739) (S. Rept. 98-509), 15532 [8JN]
Capital Investment Expenditures in Budget and Assessment of Nation's Public Facilities: Committee on Government Operations (H.R. 1244) (H. Rept. 98-153), 9982 [25AP]
Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act Amendment Implementation: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 2790) (H. Rept. 98-1018), 25272 [13SE]
Colorado River Basin Water Project (excerpt), 29706 [4OC]
Deepwater Port Act Amendment: Committee on Environment and Public Works (S. 1546), 3801 [29FE]
———Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 2353) (H. Rept. 98-519), 23610 [9AU]
District of Columbia Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 5899) (S. Rept. 98-568), 21804 [1AU]
Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 5653) (H. Rept. 98-866), 18903-18976, 18977 [26JN]
Frenchman Unit, Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program Water Service Contracts: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (H.R. 3130) (S. Rept. 98-624), 26034 [19SE]
———Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 3130) (H. Rept. 98-840), 16445 [14JN]
Grants to States To Foster Capital Investment Projects: committee of conference (S. 1330) (H. Rept. 98-1134), 29611 [3OC]
Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Indian Tribes: Select Committee on Indian Affairs (S. 1967) (S. Rept. 98-406), 9663 [24AP]
Improvements to Rivers and Harbors: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (S. 1739) (S. Rept. 98-418), 10345 [30AP]
Library of Congress Mass Book Deacidification Facility Construction: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 5607) (H. Rept. 98-938), 22279 [2AU]
Preliminary Permit for Powerplant Study of Yellowtail Afterbay Dam, MT: FERC (excerpt), 19328 [27JN]
Public Facilities Need Repair: Associated General Contractors (excerpt), 12254 [15MY]
Public Works Improvement Act: committee of conference (S. 1330), 29606 [3OC]
Public Works and Infrastructure Considerations for the 1980's: CBO, 12251 [15MY]
Response to Westway, NY, Trade-In: New York City Clean Air Campaign, Inc. (summary), 14523 [30MY]
Small Reclamation Projects Act Amendment: Committee on Rules (H.R. 4444; H. Res. 559) (H. Rept. 98-919), 21716 [31JY]
Yakima River Basin, WA, Water Enhancement Project: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (excerpt), 12918 [18MY]
———Committee on the Budget (S. 1027) (S. Res. 370) (S. Rept. 98-435), 11535 [9MY]
Resolutions by organizations
Indiana Creek-Van Buren watershed project, Iowa and Missouri: Committee on Environment and Public Works, 29241 [3OC]
Medical construction project approvals: House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 12596 [16MY]
Turkey Creek watershed project, Oklahoma: Committee on Environment and Public Works, 29241 [3OC]
Rulings of the Chair
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 5653), Weaver amendment, 13413 [22MY]
Hoover Power Plant Act: enact (S. 268), House amendments, 21523, 21528 [30JY]
Hydroelectric facilities: construct, operate, and maintain (H.R. 4275), 10957 [3MY]
Statements
Administration Policy on Energy and Water Development Appropriations, 13390 [22MY]
———Senator Metzenbaum, 1169 [31JA]
Building Support for Rebuilding America: Lawrence R. Walsh, 32600 [14NO]
Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Representative Conte (additional views), 13389 [22MY], 13391 [22MY]
———Senator Stafford, 15870 [12JN]
Federal Highway Funding Programs: Wilfred Owen, 4274 [2MR]
National Infrastructure Council: Leroy Bean, 21547-21549 [30JY]
Navigation Use Charges: J. Peter Grace, 5481 [14MR]
Rebuilding of the Transportation Infrastructure: Associated General Contractors, 7491 [3AP]
———Dept. of Transportation, 7491 [3AP]
———Peter Koltnow, for the Highway Users Federation, 7491 [3AP]
Regulation of River Construction Projects Altering Location of International Boundary, 216 [24JA]
Tables
Allocation of funds to environmental and damage rehabilitation programs on the Mississippi, 16877 [18JN]
Benefits from construction of a new lock at Sault St. Marie, MI, 20257 [29JN]
Bucks County, PA, public works projects, 24848 [11SE]
Comparative statement of budget authority for energy and water development, 19078, 19325 [27JN]
Dams on which corrective action is complete or underway, 23228 [9AU]
Dollar impact of new lock and dam projects using the existing inland waterway trust fund, 25649 [17SE]
Energy and water development appropriations (H.R. 5653): nondefense discretionary budget authority, 17769 [21JN], 19328 [27JN]
Federal highway funding programs—allocation apportionment, 4278 [2MR]
Ferryboat operations in Arkansas, 29801 [4OC]
Funding for Nebraska water projects, 19083 [27JN]
Infrastructure needs, 6276 [21MR]
Inland waterway trust fund—expected dollar impact of construction of new lock and dam projects, 19703 [28JN]
Nonirrigated and irrigated cropland in 17 Western States, 20889 [25JY]
Unauthorized water projects in Senate version of H.J. Res. 648, 29118 [3OC]
Testimonies
Hilltop and Gray Goose Irrigation Districts, South Dakota, 21064 [25JY]
Surface Transportation Act: CBO, 15378 [7JN]
Texts of
H. Res. 502, consideration of the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Act, 15368 [7JN]
H.R. 653, Yakima River Basin water enhancement project construction costs, 4363 [5MR]
H.R. 1244, Federal Capital Investment Program Information Act, 12247 [15MY]
H.R. 3130, authorize amendments to certain repayment and water service contracts for Frenchman unit of Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin program, 16822 [18JN]
H.R. 3162, Wilbur D. Mills Dam, AR, 31349 [10OC]
H.R. 3163, Joe Hardin Lock and Dam, AR, 31349 [10OC]
H.R. 3164, James W. Trimble Lock and Dam, AR, 31349 [10OC]
H.R. 3165, Arthur Ormond Lock and Dam, AR, 31349 [10OC]
H.R. 3166, Winthrop Rockefeller Reservoir, AR, 31350 [10OC]
H.R. 3167, Emmett Sanders Lock and Dam, AR, 31350 [10OC]
H.R. 3701, Jack D. Maltester Channel, CA, 31350 [10OC]
H.R. 4712, cooperative agreements with local governments for law enforcement within Federal water resource projects, 28483 [2OC]
H.R. 4761, establish EPA standards for underground gasoline storage tanks to protect drinking water, 2183 [7FE]
H.R. 4957, authorizing construction funds for the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, 3869 [29FE]
H.R. 5177, consent of Congress to an amendment to Wheeling Creek watershed protection and flood prevention compact, 16818 [18JN]
H.R. 5489, Armistead I. Selden Lock and Dam, AL, 31348 [10OC]
H.R. 5653, energy and water development appropriations, 17749-17754 [21JN]
H.R. 5817, H. K. Thatcher Lock and Dam, AR, 31350 [10OC]
H.R. 6198, licensing of small hydroelectric power projects, 24567 [6SE]
H.R. 6430, River and Harbor Act amendments, 32273 [11OC]
S. 268, authorizing construction, operation, and maintenance of certain hydroelectric facilities, 10959 [3MY], 21125-21127 [26JY]
S. 648, South Carolina land exchange, 28635 [2OC]
S. 746, Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor, 3487-3490 [27FE]
S. 912, modify authority of Richard B. Russell Dam and Lake project, 5194 [13MR]
S. 1330, Public Works Improvement Act, 2595 [9FE], 12255 [15MY]
S. 1546, Deepwater Port Act amendments, 7200, 7202 [30MR], 23456 [9AU]
S. 1554, Inland Waterway Improvements and Cost Recovery Act, 26507 [21SE]
S. 2209, regulate river construction projects altering location of international boundary, 215 [24JA]
S. 2234, State Infrastructure Financing Act, 886 [30JA]
S. 2290, construction funding for Auburn Dam, CA, 2494 [9FE]
S. 2410, reimbursement of certain Bureau of Reclamation costs, 5133 [12MR]
S. 2527, Federal Aid Highway Act, 8014-8016 [5AP], 26604-26610 [24SE]
S. 2558, authorizing appropriations for the Dept. of Defense, 8759 [11AP]
S. 2587, EPA grants for construction of waste treatment works in San Diego, CA, 9666 [24AP]
S. 2643, extend service area for San Luis unit of Central Valley water project, 11261 [8MY]
S. 2724, increase competition for Corps of Engineers construction contracts, 14947 [5JN]
S. 2728, Cross-Florida Barge Canal project deauthorization, 15041 [6JN]
S. 2745, control of eruption sediment from Mount St. Helens, WA, 15613 [11JN]
S. 2861, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program pumping power to Hilltop and Gray Goose irrigation projects, South Dakota, 20889 [25JY]
S. 2899, American Conservation Corps Act, 21808-21811 [1AU]
S. 2902, protection of public interest lands relative to Cross-Florida Barge Canal project, 22486 [6AU]
S. 2947, Armistead I. Selden Lock and Dam, AL, 31348 [10OC]
S. 2965, Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Acceleration Act, 24391 [6SE]
S. 2974, authorize payment to certain landowners for damage to property, 24602 [7SE]
S. Res. 429, authorize printing of Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program, 5th Annual Report to Congress, 22644 [7AU]
S.J. Res. 223, rehabilitation of structures to house homeless, 1327 [1FE]