FLOODS related term(s) Disasters

Articles and editorials

Kenai Rushes Into Big Eddy, S14231 [26SE]

Pressler Seeking Congressional Action on Traverse Situation, S5911 [1MY]

Traverse Residents Blame Corps for Water Woes, S5912 [1MY]

Bills and resolutions

Colleton County, SC: remove tract of land from the Coastal Barrier Resource System (see S. 810), S6750 [16MY]

Corps of Engineers: high water level management plan for Lake Traverse (see S. 741), S5910 [1MY]

———reauthorizing civil works programs (see S. 640), S4717 [28MR]

———stabilize bluffs along Mississippi River in the vicinity of Natchez, MS (see S. 255; H.R. 880), S1271 [20JA], H1555 [9FE]

Disasters: clarify primary responsibility of States for disaster relief, establish private corporations to insure against risks and costs, and provide for reimbursable Federal assistance activities (see H.R. 824; H. Con. Res. 39), H1207 [3FE], H3156 [14MR]

———establish a commission to improve the Federal emergency management system (see H.R. 651), H592 [24JA]

———provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see S. 1043; H.R. 1856), S10147 [17JY], H6045 [15JN]

Missouri River: control of water relative to navigation and flood control (see H.R. 1351), H3974 [29MR]

Nebraska: Lost Creek flood control project costs relative to judgment funds (see H.R. 1071), H2392 [28FE]

Taxation: allow casualty loss deduction for disaster losses (see S. 567; H.R. 433), S3964 [15MR], H178 [9JA]

Waterways: restoration projects to control flooding, erosion, and pollution runoff and improve water quality (see S. 626; H.R. 1331), S4657 [27MR], H3878 [28MR]

Letters

Declaration of a major disaster in Mississippi: President Clinton, S6649 [15MY]

Los Angeles County, CA, flood control project: John H. Zirschky, S11104 [1AU]

Messages

National Program for Floodplain Management: President Clinton, S3520 [6MR], H2663 [6MR]

Remarks in House

California: floods, H184, H200 [11JA], H287 [17JA], H460 [20JA], H477 [23JA]

Disasters: clarify primary responsibility of States for disaster relief, establish private corporations to insure against risks and costs, and provide for reimbursable Federal assistance activities (H. Con. Res. 39), H3119, H3120 [14MR]

FEMA: flood insurance rate maps for Stockton, CA and Joaquin County, CA, E1575 [1AU]

———funding, H7838, H7843 [27JY]

Louisiana: floods, H4609, H4610 [9MY]

Taxation: allow casualty loss deduction for disaster losses (H.R. 433), E62 [9JA]

Remarks in Senate

Alaska: disaster assistance to the Kenai Peninsula, S14230, S14231 [26SE]

Budget: treatment of federally declared disasters under a balanced budget requirement, S2597-S2617 [14FE]

California: disaster assistance, S3954 [15MR]

———disaster assistance for floods, S5569 [24AP]

———floods, S760 [11JA], S921 [13JA]

Chicago, IL: development of underground tunnel system to control major flood problems, S11102 [1AU]

Colleton County, SC: remove tract of land from the Coastal Barrier Resource System (S. 810), S6751 [16MY]

Corps of Engineers: high water level management plan for Lake Traverse (S. 741), S5911 [1MY]

———reauthorizing civil works programs (S. 640), S4729 [28MR]

———stabilize bluffs along Mississippi River in the vicinity of Natchez, MS (S. 255), S1273 [20JA], S1472 [24JA]

Devils Lake Basin, ND: U.S.-Canadian cooperation in flood relief efforts, S13837 [19SE]

Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (S. 1043), S10148, S10149 [17JY], S17335 [17NO]

Mississippi: floods, S6649 [15MY]

Savannah, GA: sewer project funding, S14371 [27SE]

South Dakota: floods, S6748 [16MY]

Waterways: restoration projects to control flooding, erosion, and pollution runoff and improve water quality (S. 626), S4657 [27MR]

Reports filed

Corps of Engineers Civil Works Programs Reauthorization: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 640) (S. Rept. 104-170), S16919 [9NO]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 39, clarify primary responsibility of States for disaster relief, establish private corporations to insure against risks and costs, and provide for reimbursable Federal assistance activities, H3120 [14MR]

S. 255, authorize the Corps of Engineers to stabilize bluffs along Mississippi River in the vicinity of Natchez, MS, S1472 [24JA]

S. 626, Waterways Restoration Act, S4657-S4660 [27MR]