PUBLIC WORKS
Lake Andes-Wagner and Marty II units, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, SD: construction (S. 1431), 33961 [10DE]
Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act: enact (S. 387), 2431, 2434 [2FE], 2550, 2561, 2576, 2584, 2586, 2591, 2594, 2595, 2596, 2633, 2636-2643 [3FE], 2775, 2780, 2815, 2816, 2824, 2929-2932 [4FE]
Analyses
Davis-Bacon Act Amendment (H.R. 2216), 10597 [29AP]
Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act (S. 387), 2422-2426 [2FE]
Articles and editorials
Colorado River Task Is All Red White and Blue, 21115 [24JY]
Council OK's Riverfront Funds, 21115 [24JY]
Dam Builders Throwing in the Trowel—Reclamation Bureau Shifting Focus, Cities, 26421 [6OC]
Omahan Gets Honor for Cost-Saving Tip, 2376 [29JA]
Visitors at Calvert Cliffs, 31882 [13NO]
We Need To Return to the WPA Days, 3837 [19FE]
Bills and resolutions
Airport and Airway Improvement Act: restrictions on foreign business participation in federally funded projects (S. 764) (see S. 764)
Algoma, WI: deauthorize harbor project (see H.R. 1756)
Appalachian Regional Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10, 199)
Bridges: State discretion on use of funds for replacement of certain (see S. 365)
California: authorize Auburn-Folsom South unit of Central Valley project (see H.R. 1605)
Carter Lake, IA: flood control project (see H.R. 1175)
Central Valley project, CA: authorize construction of Mid-Valley Unit (see S. 608)
Chester, IL: bridge project (see H.R. 2149)
Chief Joseph Dam project: Oroville-Tonasket unit (see H.R. 1304)
Civilian Conservation Corps II: establish (see H.R. 978)
Colorado Coastal Plains project: prohibit additional appropriations for study of the Shaws Bend site (see H.R. 3819)
Colorado River: storage project (see H.R. 3408)
Contracts: revise standard for coverage under Davis-Bacon Act (see H.R. 2216)
Cooper Lake and Channels, TX: Federal funding for recreation portions (see H.R. 89)
Ferry boats: States discretion on use of funds for replacement of certain (see S. 365)
Garrison diversion unit: treatment of payments relative to excess capacity of Minot pipeline (H.R. 3417)
Grand Valley reclamation project: accelerated repayment (see S. 1255), 13555 [21MY]
Harbors: maintenance fee (see H.R. 2202)
Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program: authorize printing of report (see S. Res. 209)
Infrastructure: authorizing short-term repair projects (see H.R. 198)
Interstate Highway System: release of funds if estimate is not approved (see H.R. 185)
James River, VA: Corps of Engineers review of report (see S. 1330)
Jonesboro, AR: authorizing demonstration project (see S. 366)
Lake Ontario: study of constructing connecting canal with Erie Canal (see H.R. 1014)
Lock Haven, PA: flood control project (see H.R. 3085)
Los Angeles, CA: Hyperion Wastewater Treatment Plant improvements construction schedule (see H.R. 3394)
Lyman-Jones, West River, and Oglala Sioux rural water development projects, SD: authorize (see S. 55, 1416; H.R. 2772)
Manteo Bay, NC: use of certain land for navigation project (see S. 1410; H.R. 2748)
McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River navigation project: modify (see H.R. 3073)
———water supply (see S. 1571)
National Public Works Corp.: establish (see H.R. 91)
New York: emergency replacement or repair of a bridge (see S. 1169; H.R. 2337)
Pennsylvania Route 33: extension and connection of Interstate I-78 with I-80 (see H.R. 3284)
Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program: authorize to construct, operate, and maintain Lake Andes-Wagner and Marty II Units (see S. 1431; H.R. 2671)
———modifications (see S. 1328)
Pine Bluff, AR: authorizing bridge demonstration project (see S. 367)
Public Works and Economic Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10, 3084)
———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 199)
Rio Puerco and tributaries, NM: raising authorization level (see S. 448)
Riverdale school, ND: authorize the Army Corps of Engineers to make repairs (see H.R. 3043)
Roads and highways: apportionment of funds to States (see H.R. 502)
———funds for construction of toll facilities (see S. 342, 1823)
———reimbursement of State for advance construction (see S. 245)
San Luis Valley project, CO: authorization ceiling for closed basin division (see S. 1549)
Sec. of Commerce: study local financing practices for public works and lenient treatment for issuers of tax-exempt bonds (see H.R. 3807)
States: assist in repair of public facilities and encourage capital improvement programs (see H.R. 201)
Taxation: include in gross income the amount of Federal subsidy under irrigation projects (see H.R. 3384)
Umatilla Basin Project Act: enact (see S. 1613)
Yakima River Basin water enhancement project: authorizing (see S. 1435; H.R. 2814)
Explanations
Extension of highway trust fund taxes, 2547 [3FE]
Factsheets
Infrastructure Improvement and Public Productivity Act (H.R. 201), 809 [6JA]
Hearings
Committee on Appropriations (Senate): Army Corps of Engineers budget (testimony from Thomas Sands and Thomas A. Rehen), D102 [3MR]
Committee on Environment and Public Works: programs contained in President's proposed budget (testimony from Lee M. Thomas and A.J. Barnes), D55 [5FE]
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Economic Development Administration budget (testimony), D298 [29AP]
———fiscal year 1988 budget request (testimony), D177 [19MR]
Letters
Airport and Airway Trust Fund: James C. Miller III, OMB, 25710 [30SE]
Dubuque City Island Bridge funding: Senator Lautenberg and Representative Lehman, 18498 [1JY]
Federal-Aid Highway Program use of domestic industries: Elizabeth Dole, Sec. of Transportation, 2580 [3FE]
Lake Andes-Wagner and Marty II units, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, SD: George S. Mickelson, Governor of South Dakota, 33961 [10DE]
Lobbying activities by the Dept. of Energy and its contractors: Environmental Policy Institute, 31864 [13NO]
———National Taxpayers Union, 31864 [13NO]
Project approvals: Committee on Public Works and Transportation, 16889 [22JN]
Road and highway funds, 2422 [2FE]
Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act: Coalition of Northeastern Governors, 1717 [21JA]
———Harlan D. Mayberry, 1718 [21JA]
Lists
Environmental commitments for the Lake Andes-Wagner unit, 15613 [11JN]
Priority road projects for Pennsylvania, 2834 [4FE]
Meetings
Committee on Environment and Public Works: highway construction programs, D22 [21JA]
Memorials of legislature
Maine, 6356 [19MR]
Minnesota, 6355 [19MR]
Montana, 6356 [19MR]
Ohio, 22589 [5AU]
Oregon, 10938 [1MY]
Pennsylvania, 4262 [26FE]
Petitions
Cochiti Pueblo, NM, drainage works: Rio Grande Compact Commission, 9648 [23AP]
Dams with safety problems: Western States Water Council, 24136 [16SE]
Endangered Species Act and western water projects: Western States Water Council, 24136 [16SE]
Remarks in House
Algoma: deauthorize harbor project (H.R. 1756), 6604 [23MR]
Appropriations: cost sharing, 6619 [24MR]
Bureau of Reclamation: reorganization, 26421 [6OC]
California: authorize Auburn-Folsom South unit, Central Valley project (H.R. 1605), 5680 [12MR]
———Central Valley project's Mid-Valley Canal (H.R. 572), 1096 [8JA]
———State water projects, 18383 [30JN]
Colorado River: storage project, 26012 [1OC]
Contracts: revise standard for coverage under Davis-Bacon Act (H.R. 2216), 10596 [29AP], 11893 [11MY], 16792 [18JN]
Cross-Florida Barge Canal: deauthorization, 1918 [26JA]
Fort Worth, TX: Dept. of the Treasury prohibited from issuing a check for an economic development project, 33287 [30NO]
Garrison Dam, ND: funding, 15495 [11JN]
Infrastructure Improvement and Public Productivity Act: enact (H.R. 201), 808 [6JA]
Lake Erie: feasibility study for constructing connecting canal with Lake Ontario (H.R. 1014), 3164 [5FE]
Lock Haven, PA: flood control project (H.R. 3085), 22717, 22718 [6AU]
Los Angeles, CA: Hyperion Wastewater Treatment Plant improvements construction schedule (H.R. 3394), 26247 [1OC]
Lyman-Jones, West River, and Oglala Sioux rural water development projects, SD: authorize (H.R. 2772), 17605 [25JN]
National Development Investment Act: amend (H.R. 10), 873 [7JA]
National Estuary Program: establish, 1004 [20JA]
Pennsylvania: extend Route 33 and connect Interstate Highways I-78 and I-80 (H.R. 3284), 24267 [16SE]
Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin, SD: construction, and operation of Lake Andes-Wagner and Marty II Units (H.R. 2671), 15610-15611 [11JN]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: amend (H.R. 2686), 16085 [15JN]
Riverdale school, ND: authorize the Army Corps of Engineers to make repairs (H.R. 3043), 21560 [29JY]
Roads and highways: authorize funds for construction, safety, and relocation programs (H.R. 2), 4732 [4MR], 1691, 1721 [2FE]
Shipping industry: harbor maintenance fee (H.R. 2202), 11300 [6MY]
Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act: authorize funds for highway construction, safety and relocation programs (H.R. 2), 1114 [8JA]
Urban Mass Transportation Act: amend (H.R. 983), 3165 [5FE]
Wages: impact of Davis-Bacon legislation on public works, 27916 [14OC]
Remarks in Senate
Airports: restrictions on foreign business participation in federally funded projects (S. 764), 6030 [18MR], 8899 [9AP]
Alaska: sewage disposal cost, 2153 [28JA]
American Conservation Corps: establish (S. 27), 452 [6JA]
Arkansas: appropriations for highway demonstration and relocation projects (S. 363-367), 1638
Bridges: use of funds for replacement (S. 365), 1639 [21JA]
Construction industries: funding for architecture, engineering and construction services associated with Federal construction projects, 35246 [11DE]
Dubuque City Island Bridge, IA: funding, 18498 [1JY]
Erie, PA: Presqu'isle Peninsula construction, 31771 [12NO]
Federal-Aid Highway Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 185), 623, 634
Ferries: use of funds for replacement (S. 365), 1639 [21JA]
Grand Junction, CO: Colorado River clean up project, 21114 [24JY]
Grand Valley reclamation project: accelerated repayment (S. 1255), 13565 [21MY]
Highway trust fund: 4-year extension of taxes, 2546, 2549 [3FE]
Infrastructure: funding, 17590 [25JN]
James River, VA: Corps of Engineers report (S. 1330), 14695 [4JN]
Lock Haven, PA: flood control project (H.R. 3085), 23367 [7AU]
Manteo Bay, NC: use of certain land for navigation project (S. 1410), 17017-17018 [23JN]
McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River navigation project: modify, 31774 [12NO]
———water supply (S. 1571), 21745 [30JY]
Mill Creek, Fort Smith, AR: project, 31775 [12NO]
New York: emergency relief for replacement or repair of Schoharie Creek Bridge (S. 1169), 11780 [8MY]
Noyes, MN: cost ceiling for local protection project, 31778 [12NO]
Ohio: Corps of Engineers projects, 13733 [27MY]
Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program: Hilltop irrigation project funding, 31790 [12NO]
———Lake Andes-Wagner and Marty II units construction (S. 1431), 17580 [25JN], 33961 [10DE]
———modifications (S. 1328), 14694 [4JN]
Pine Bluff, AR: bridge construction project (S. 367), 1639 [21JA]
Private Sector Advisory Panel on Infrastructure Financing: tribute, 22213 [4AU]
Queens County, NY: North Channel Bridge replacement project, 29625 [28OC]
Roads and highways: authorizing appropriations (S. 82), 1440 [20JA], 1613 [21JA]
———reductions in Federal assistance, 34440, 34445 [9DE]
———uniform relocation assistance and real property acquisition, 2561, 2565 [3FE]
South Dakota: authorize Lyman-Jones and West River water project, 508 [6JA]
Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act: enact (S. 387), 2417-2421, 2426-2444 [2FE], 2537, 2565-2600 [3FE], 2775-2795, 2815-2822, 2823 [4FE]
———enact (S. 387), unanimous-consent agreement, 2465 [2FE], 2600 [3FE]
Umatilla Basin Project Act: enact (S. 1613), 22941 [6AU]
Unemployment: public works programs, 3837 [19FE]
Yakima River Basin water enhancement project (S. 1435), 17826-17828 [26JN]
Reports
Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin, SD: Jay A. Leitch, 15611 [11JN]
Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act, 2566 [3FE]
Reports filed
Airport and Airway Improvement Act Appropriations Authorization: Committee on Rules (H.R. 2310), Consideration (H. Res. 278) (H. Rept. 100-325), 25748 [30SE]
Funds for Construction of Roads and Highways (H. Res. 38) (H. Rept. 100-3), 1071 [8JA]
Lock Haven, PA, Project: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 3085) (H. Rept. 100-272), 22312 [4AU]
Printing of Report on Highway Bridge Replacement and Rehabilitation Program: Committee on Rules (S. Res. 290), 32037 [17NO]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: Committee on Public Works and Transportation (H.R. 2686) (H. Rept. 100-237), 21185 [27JY]
Resolutions by organizations
Drainage works at Cochiti Pueblo, NM: Rio Grande Compact Commission, 9771 [27AP]
Statements
Calvert Cliffs: Lando W. Zech, Jr., 31882 [13NO]
Davis-Bacon Act Reform: Representative Fawell, 16792 [18JN]
Principles on the Arizona Cliff Dam Settlement: Arizona Congressional Delegation and National Coalition to Stop Cliff Dam, 31881 [13NO]
Studies
Lobbying Activities by the Dept. of Energy and Its Contractors: GAO, 31864 [13NO]
Summaries
Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments (H.R. 2686), 16085 [15JN]
Infrastructure Funding: Private Sector Advisory Panel on Infrastructure Financing, 17590-17592 [25JN]
Private Sector Advisory Panel on Infrastructure Financing, 22214 [4AU]
Public Works and Economic Development Act Amendments (H.R. 2686), 16085 [15JN]
Tables
Apportionments for roads and highways under S. 387, by State, 2417 [2FE]
Highway and mass rapid transit funds, by State, 2431 [2FE]
Texts of
H. Res. 38, consideration H.R. 2, Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act, 1694 [21JA]
H.R. 2, Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act, 1722-1757 [21JA], 2838-2858 [4FE]
H.R. 10, National Development Investment Act amendment, 874 [7JA]
H.R. 572, Mid-Valley Unit Act, 1096 [8JA]
H.R. 2761, Dept. of the Interior construction, and operation of Lake Andes-Wagner and Marty II Units, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin, SD, 15613 [11JN]
H.R. 3043, authorize the Army Corps of Engineers to make repairs to Riverdale school, ND, 21560 [29JY]
H.R. 3085, Lock Haven, PA, flood control project, 22718 [6AU]
S. 27, establish American Conservation Corps, 453 [6JA]
S. 185, Federal-Aid Highway Act appropriations, 624-633 [6JA]
S. 640, Water and Power Authorization Act, 28809 [22OC]
S. 764, amend Airport and Airway Improvement Act to restrict foreign business participation in federally funded projects, 6031 [18MR]
S. 1169, emergency relief for replacement or repair of Schoharie Creek Bridge, 11780 [8MY]
S. 1255, Grand Valley reclamation project accelerated repayment, 13565 [21MY]
S. 1330, review of James River, VA, report by Corps of Engineers, 14695 [4JN]
S. 1431, Lake Andes-Wagner and Marty II units, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, SD, 17582 [25JN]
S. 1435, Yakima River Basin water enhancement project, 17827 [26JN]
S. 1613, Umatilla Basin Project Act, 22942 [6AU]