    [Congressional Record Index (1998)]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    WATERWAYS related term(s) Water
      Addresses
        American Heritage Rivers Program--A Threat to Private Property
            Rights:  Carol LaGrasse, Property Rights Foundation of America,
            E2001-E2004 [9OC]
      Amendments
        Canada:  blockade of U.S. vessels exercising right of innocent
            passage through the territorial sea of Canada (H. Con. Res.
            124), S12565 [14OC]
        Corps of Engineers:  reauthorizing water resources development
            programs (S. 2131), S10931 [24SE], S12006 [8OC], S12007 [8OC],
            S12073 [8OC], S12108 [9OC], S12189 [9OC]
        Water pollution:  estuary conservation and management programs
            funding (S. 1222), S12467 [14OC], S12471 [14OC], S12565 [14OC]
      Articles and editorials
        Old Man River Doesn't Need the Feds, E455 [24MR]
      Bills and resolutions
        American River Watershed:  provide for improved flood protection,
            (see H.R. 3698), H2119 [21AP]
        California:  develop and implement drainage, storm, and flood
            control projects as part of water-related projects in the Colusa
            Basin Watershed, (see H.R. 4223), H5593 [15JY]
        ------ develop and implement drainage, storm, and flood control
            projects as part of water-related projects in the Colusa Basin
            Watershed, (see S. 2578), S11970 [8OC]
        Corps of Engineers:  develop and implement a plan for Atlantic
            coastal States to address problems with toxic microorganisms in
            wetlands and waters, (see S. 2218), S7172 [25JN]
        ------ reauthorizing water resources development programs, (see H.R.
            3866, S. 2131), S5634 [4JN], H3311 [14MY]
        Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor Act:
             reauthorize, (see S. 1665), S837 [23FE]
        Dept. of Energy:  establish an Office of River Protection at the
            Hanford Reservation in Richland, WA, (see H.R. 3984), H4054
            [3JN]
        Dept. of the Interior:  construct and operate a visitor center for
            the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River in New York,
            (see H.R. 3928), H3743 [21MY]
        ------ construct and operate a visitor center for the Upper Delaware
            Scenic and Recreational River in New York, (see S. 2461), S10240
            [11SE]
        Dept. of Transportation:  collection of user fees for navigational
            assistance services, (see H.R. 3674), H2054 [1AP]
        Elwha River:  provide for dam removal and acquisition, and
            restoration of ecosystems and fisheries, (see S. 1904), S2968
            [1AP], (see H.R. 4294), H6070 [21JY]
        EPA:  authorize grants to the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority and
            other agencies to improve water quality throughout the Florida
            Keys, (see H.R. 4047), H4549 [11JN]
        Great Lakes:  prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign
            countries, businesses, corporations, and individuals, (see H.
            Res. 418), H2706 [30AP]
        ------ prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign countries,
            businesses, corporations, and individuals, (see H. Res. 566),
            H9275 [1OC]
        Lake Powell:  water level, (see H. Res. 380), H904 [5MR]
        Little Sandy River:  protection of watershed as part of the Bull Run
            Watershed Management Unit, (see H.R. 4525, S. 2509), S10722
            [22SE], H7493 [9SE]
        Maine:  deauthorize remainder of East Boothbay Harbor project, (see
            H.R. 3737), H2423 [28AP]
        Maryland:  provide for a pilot program to eradicate or control
            nutria and restore marshland damaged by nutria, (see H.R. 4337),
            H6487 [27JY]
        Mississippi River:  management of the upper river system, (see H.R.
            4322), H6281 [23JY]
        National Rivers Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 250), S6488 [17JN]
        National Sea Grant College Program Act:  clarify definition of the
            Great Lakes, (see S. 1760), S1948 [13MR]
        ------ exclude Lake Champlain from the definition of the Great
            Lakes, (see H.R. 3260, S. 1738), S1697 [10MR], H630 [25FE]
        ------ treatment of Lake Champlain, (see S. 1823), S2488 [24MR],
            (see H.R. 3544), H1444 [24MR]
        Navy:  require study on ordinance and munitions waste in San Diego
            Bay, (see H.R. 3631), H2052 [1AP]
        New York Canal National Heritage Corridor:  establish as an
            affiliated unit of the National Park System, (see H.R. 4430),
            H7411 [6AU]
        NOAA:  authorizing appropriations relative to the eradication and
            control of harmful algal blooms and other aquatic toxins, (see
            H.R. 4235), H5735 [16JY]
        Northwest Straits Advisory Commission:  establish, (see S. 2488),
            S10423 [16SE], (see H.R. 4585), H7914 [16SE]
        Rivers:  recognize the importance of rivers to the U.S. and support
            preservation efforts, (see H. Con. Res. 261), H2423 [28AP]
        St. Lawrence Seaway Corp.:  establish, (see H.R. 3147), H240 [3FE]
        Taxation:  repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in general
            fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway
            transportation, (see H.R. 4332), H6453 [24JY]
        Upper Delaware Citizens Advisory Council:  extend authorization,
            (see H.R. 3929, S. 2461), S10240 [11SE], (see S. 2640), S12673
            [16OC], H3743 [21MY]
        Water:  use of State revolving loan funds for water conservation and
            quality improvement programs, (see S. 2189), S6564 [18JN]
        Water pollution:  restore estuary habitats through more efficient
            financing of projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal
            and non-Federal programs, (see H.R. 4634), H8931 [25SE]
      Descriptions
        Long Island, NY, Hurricane of 1938, E1763 [18SE], E1764 [18SE]
      Letters
        Kankakee River Basin project funding:  Lori F. Kaplan, Indiana Dept.
            of Natural Resources, H4926 [22JN]
        Northwest Straits Advisory Commission:  Gary Locke, Governor of
            Washington, S10440 [16SE]
      Lists
        Individuals who died in 1938 hurricane, E1766 [18SE]
        Northwest Straits Advisory Commission, S10440 [16SE]
        Organizations and individuals administering the American Heritage
            Rivers Initiative, E2352 [19DE]
      Messages
        U.S.-Latvia Fisheries Agreement:  President Clinton, S316 [3FE],
            H222 [3FE]
        U.S.-Poland Fisheries Agreement:  President Clinton, H377 [5FE]
      Papers
        Good Politics, Bad Policy--Clinton's American Heritage Rivers
            Initiative:  Alex Annett, Heritage Foundation, E2182-E2185
            [15OC]
      Remarks in House
        American Heritage Rivers Initiative:  implementation, E2182 [15OC]
        ------ terminate further development and implementation, E455 [24MR]
        ------ terminate further development and implementation, E2352
            [19DE]
        ------ terminate further development and implementation (H.R. 1842),
            E2001 [9OC], E2148 [13OC]
        Beaches:  improve quality of coastal recreation waters (H.R. 2094),
            H4298 [9JN]
        Bronx River:  completion of report for flood control and
            environmental restoration, E1229 [25JN]
        California:  develop and implement drainage, storm, and flood
            control projects as part of water-related projects in the Colusa
            Basin Watershed (H.R. 4223), E1314 [15JY]
        Cedar River Harbor:  Corps of Engineers project funding, H4927
            [22JN]
        Coast Guard:  funding, H6738 [29JY]
        Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Forum:  tribute, E807 [11MY]
        Corps of Engineers:  reauthorizing water resources development
            programs (H.R. 3866), E857 [14MY]
        ------ revocation of Pamela Ham's dock permit along the Savannah
            River, H8463 [23SE]
        ------ Shoreline Management Plan reform, H8537 [24SE]
        Council on Environmental Quality:  prohibit funding to American
            Heritage Rivers Initiative, H6260 [23JY], H6261 [23JY]
        Dept. of the Interior:  construct and operate a visitor center for
            the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River in New York
            (H.R. 3928), E951 [22MY]
        ------ Payment in Lieu of Taxes Program funding, H6015-H6020 [21JY]
        Ecology and environment:  exempt certain regulations and initiatives
            from EPA and Council on Environmental Quality funding
            limitations, H6244-H6257 [23JY], E1437 [24JY]
        Elwha River:  provide for dam removal and acquisition, and
            restoration of ecosystems and fisheries, H6037 [21JY]
        ----- provide for dam removal and acquisition, and restoration of
            ecosystems and fisheries (H.R. 4294), E1368 [21JY]
        Florida:  Central and Southern Florida Project funding, H4921 [22JN]
        Great Lakes:  implementation of strategic plan for restoration of
            fisheries and other natural resources (H.R. 1481), H8465-H8469
            [23SE]
        ------ prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign countries,
            businesses, corporations, and individuals (H. Res. 418), H7675
            [14SE] prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign
            countries, businesses, corporations, and individuals (H. Res.
            566), H11682 [20OC]
        Houston, TX:  Port of Houston project funding, H4919 [22JN], H4922
            [22JN], H4923 [22JN]
        Hudson River:  contamination, E1437 [24JY]
        Illinois & Michigan Canal:  anniversary, E631 [22AP]
        Illinois and Michigan Canal:  anniversary, E1321 [16JY]
        Illinois and Michigan Canal Heritage Corridor Commission:  extend
            (H.R. 1042), E1321 [16JY]
        Kankakee River:  Corps of Engineers project funding, H4926 [22JN]
        ------ national wildlife refuge funding, H6151 [22JY]
        Kissimmee River:  restoration project funding, H4921 [22JN]
        Long Island, NY:  anniversary of 1938 hurricane, E1758 [18SE], E1761
            [18SE], E1762 [18SE]
        Long Island Sound:  prohibit dumping of dredged material (H.R. 55),
            E1630 [7AU]
        Macon, GA:  funding for construction of additional crossing over the
            Ocmulgee River, H6721 [29JY]
        Maryland:  provide for a pilot program to eradicate or control
            nutria and restore marshland damaged by nutria (H.R. 4337),
            H9092-H9094 [28SE]
        Mississippi River:  environmental management program funding, H4918
            [22JN], H4929 [22JN]
        Monterey, CA:  tribute to National Ocean Conference, H4298 [9JN]
        National Sea Grant College Program:  reauthorization (S. 927),
            H403-H408 [11FE], E187 [12FE], E213 [24FE]
        New Jersey:  funding for monument to Irish immigrants who worked on
            the Delaware and Raritan Canal, H1197 [17MR]
        New York Canal National Heritage Corridor:  establish as an
            affiliated unit of the National Park System (H.R. 4430), E1612
            [7AU]
        NOAA:  authorizing appropriations relative to the eradication and
            control of harmful algal blooms and other aquatic toxins (H.R.
            4235), E2243 [20OC]
        ------ funding, E1630 [7AU]
        ------ National Estuary and Research Reserve Program funding, H7169
            [4AU]
        ------ Santa Cruz, CA, National Marine Fisheries Lab sea-water
            system funding, H7169 [4AU]
        Northwest Straits Advisory Commission:  establish, H10597 [12OC]
        San Leandro, CA:  tribute to Friends of San Leandro Creek
            (organization) on completion of Root Park mural, E1964 [8OC]
        Sioux City, IA:  Perry Creek Flood Control Project funding, H4920
            [22JN]
        St. Lawrence Seaway Corp.:  establish (H.R. 3147), E81 [3FE]
        St. Louis, MI:  Pine River dredging project, H6244 [23JY]
        Texas:  bayou projects funding, H4922 [22JN], H4923 [22JN]
        Transportation:  Fast Corridor Program funding, H1891 [1AP]
        TVA:  non-power programs funding, H4222 [5JN], E1271 [26JN]
        Upper Delaware Citizens Advisory Council:  extend authorization
            (H.R. 3929), E951 [22MY]
      Remarks in Senate
        Alabama:  cost-sharing for levee and waterway projects relative to
            disaster relief, S2596 [26MR]
        China, People's Republic of:  report on security of Taiwan Strait,
            S11082 [29SE]
        Columbia River:  Corps of Engineers fish and wildlife mitigation
            programs funding, S9278 [29JY]
        Columbus (vessel):  waiver from Jones Act provisions relative to
            dredging work on the Great Lakes, S12959 [21OC]
        Corps of Engineers:  develop and implement a plan for Atlantic
            coastal States to address problems with toxic microorganisms in
            wetlands and waters (S. 2218), S7178 [25JN]
        ------ flood protection of communities along the Cowlitz River,
            S11186 [30SE]
        ------ reauthorizing water resources development programs (S. 2131),
            S5635 [4JN]
        ------ reauthorizing water resources development programs (S. 2131),
            S10933 [24SE], S12073-S12087 [8OC], S12108 [9OC], S12125 [9OC],
            S12214 [9OC], S12433 [12OC]
        ------ Upper Mississippi River Environmental Management Program
            funding, S12214 [9OC]
        Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor Act:
             reauthorize (S. 1665), S839 [23FE]
        Dept. of the Interior:  construct and operate a visitor center for
            the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River in New York (S.
            2461), S10240 [11SE]
        Elwha River:  provide for dam removal and acquisition, and
            restoration of ecosystems and fisheries (S. 1904), S2986 [1AP],
            S3578 [24AP]
        EPA:  Great Waters Program funding, S8370 [16JY]
        ------ mediate clean up of the Coeur d'Alene Lake and Basin, S8445
            [17JY], S8446 [17JY]
        Gainesville, FL:  Sweetwater Branch/Payne's Prairie Stormwater
            Protection Initiative funding, S8370 [16JY], S8371 [16JY]
        Great Lakes:  implementation of strategic plan for restoration of
            fisheries and other natural resources (H.R. 1481), S11383 [2OC],
            S11384 [2OC]
        Harbors:  collection and use of maintenance taxes, S5577-S5579 [2JN]
        Health:  establish research and grant programs for the eradication
            or control of pfiesteria piscicida and other aquatic toxins,
            S8869 [23JY], S8870 [23JY]
        Kissimmee River:  restoration project funding, S11118 [29SE]
        Little Sandy River:  protection of watershed as part of the Bull Run
            Watershed Management Unit (S. 2509), S10723 [22SE]
        Maine:  deauthorize certain portions of Bass Harbor navigation
            project (S. 1531), S5997 [9JN]
        ------ deauthorize remainder of East Boothbay Harbor project (S.
            1532), S5997 [9JN]
        Maryland:  provide for a pilot program to eradicate or control
            nutria and restore marshland damaged by nutria (H.R. 4337),
            S12253 [9OC]
        Missouri River:  Garrison Diversion Project funding, S6519-S6521
            [18JN]
        National Academy of Sciences:  report to EPA on contaminated
            sediments, S11837 [8OC]
        National Rivers Day:  designate (S. Res. 250), S6497 [17JN]
        National Sea Grant College Program:  reauthorization (S. 927), S726
            [12FE]
        National Sea Grant College Program Act:  clarify definition of the
            Great Lakes (S. 1760), S1957 [13MR]
        ------ exclude Lake Champlain from the definition of the Great Lakes
            (S. 1738), S1699 [10MR]
        ------ treatment of Lake Champlain, S2460-S2462 [24MR]
        Navy:  oil spill prevention efforts, S6664 [19JN]
        Northwest Straits Advisory Commission:  establish (S. 2488), S10439
            [16SE]
        Rhode Island:  Narragansett Bay environmental study funding, S8871
            [23JY]
        Ships and vessels:  prevent foreign control of U.S. flag fishing
            vessels employed in the navigable waters and exclusive economic
            zone of the U.S., S12697 [20OC], S12707 [20OC], S12777 [21OC],
            S12801 [21OC]
        ------ strengthen safety regulations for the transportation of
            petroleum by tugboat and barge, S12575-S12577 [14OC]
        Transportation:  improve and expand safety programs, S1692 [10MR]
        Upper Delaware Citizens Advisory Council:  extend authorization (S.
            2461), S10240 [11SE]
        Washington:  transportation projects funding, S8955 [24JY]
        Water:  facilitate the remediation of contaminated sediments in U.S.
            waters, S10933 [24SE]
        ------ use of State revolving loan funds for water conservation and
            quality improvement programs, S8371 [16JY], S8439 [17JY] use of
            State revolving loan funds for water conservation and quality
            improvement programs (S. 2189), S6566 [18JN], S6567 [18JN]
        Water pollution:  estuary conservation and management programs
            funding (S. 1222), S12467-S12473 [14OC]
      Reports filed
        American Heritage Rivers Initiative Implementation Termination:
            Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1842) (H. Rept. 105-781),
            H9722 [6OC]
        Deauthorize Certain Portions of Bass Harbor, ME, Navigation Project:
             Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1531),
            S5517 [1JN]
        Deauthorize Remainder of East Boothbay Harbor, ME, Project:
            Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1532),
            S5517 [1JN]
        Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage Corridor Act
            Reauthorization:  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
            (Senate) (S. 1665) (S. Rept. 105-312), S9973 [8SE]
        Develop and Implement Colusa Basin Watershed Drainage, Storm, and
            Flood Control Projects as Part of Water-Related Projects:
            Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 4223) (H. Rept. 105-813),
            H10667 [12OC]
        Estuary Habitat Restoration Partnership Act:  Committee on
            Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1222) (S. Rept. 105-
            273), S9243 [29JY]
        Great Lakes Strategic Plan Implementation for Restoration of
            Fisheries and Other Natural Resources:  Committee on Resources
            (House) (H.R. 1481) (H. Rept. 105-715), H7802 [15SE]
        Harmful Algal Bloom Research and Control Act:  Committee on
            Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 1480) (S.
            Rept. 105-357), S11182 [30SE]
        Illinois and Michigan Canal Heritage Corridor Commission Extension:
            Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 1042) (H. Rept. 105-676),
            H7289 [5AU]
        Strategic Plan Implementation for the Restoration of Fisheries and
            Other Natural Resources:  Committee on Environment and Public
            Works (Senate) (S. 659) (S. Rept. 105-283), S9555 [31JY]
        Water Resources Development Act:  Committee on Environment and
            Public Works (Senate) (S. 2131) (S. Rept. 105-286), S9688 [31AU]
      Reports to constituents
        Hamilton, Representative:  Economic Development in Southern Indiana,
            E842 [13MY]
      Resolutions by organizations
        Corps of Engineers projects review:  Committee on Transportation and
            Infrastructure (House), H2128 [22AP]
      Statements
        American Heritage Rivers Initiative Implementation:  Several
            Representatives, E2148 [13OC]
      Summaries
        Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (S. 1173):  McCain
            Amendment on Transportation Safety Programs, S1693 [10MR]
        Prevent Foreign Control of U.S. Flag Fishing Vessels Employed in the
            Navigable Waters and Exclusive Economic Zone of the U.S.,
            S12778-S12782 [21OC]
      Texts of
        H. Res. 566, prohibit the sale or diversion of Great Lakes water to
            foreign countries, businesses, corporations, and individuals,
            H11682 [20OC]
        H.R. 1481, Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act, H8465
            [23SE]
        H.R. 4337, provide for a pilot program in Maryland to eradicate or
            control nutria and restore marshland damaged by nutria, H9092
            [28SE]
        S. 927, National Sea Grant College Program reauthorization, S726
            [12FE], H403 [11FE]
        S. 1222, Estuary Habitat Restoration Partnership Act, S12473-S12477
            [14OC]
        S. 1531, deauthorize certain portions of Bass Harbor, ME, navigation
            project, S5997 [9JN]
        S. 1532, deauthorize remainder of East Boothbay Harbor, ME,
            navigation project, S5997 [9JN]
        S. 1665, Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage
            Corridor Act reauthorization, S11375 [2OC]
        S. 1738, exclude Lake Champlain from the definition of the Great
            Lakes, S1700 [10MR]
        S. 1760, clarify definition of the Great Lakes under the National
            Sea Grant College Program Act, S1957 [13MR]
        S. 2131, Water Resources Development Act, S12073-S12083 [8OC],
            S12109-S12125 [9OC]
        S. 2218, Atlantic Coast Toxic Microorganism Environmental
            Remediation Act, S7179 [25JN]
        S. 2461, construct and operate a visitor center for the Upper
            Delaware Scenic and Recreational River in New York, S10241
            [11SE]
        S. 2509, protection of Little Sandy River watershed as part of the
            Bull Run Watershed Management Unit, S10724 [22SE]
        S. Res. 250, National Rivers Day, S6497 [17JN]