[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]