FLOODS

Bills and resolutions

Coastal zones: clarify boundaries of Coastal Barrier Resources System Cape Fear Unit (see H.R. 3470), H10054 [12DE]

Corps of Engineers: carry out a project for flood protection and ecosystem restoration for Sacramento, CA (see S. 1769), S12447 [5DE] (see H.R. 3399), H8842 [4DE]

———reform (see S. 646), S3152 [29MR] (see H.R. 1310), H1344 [29MR]

Disasters: ensure homeowners are provided adequate notice of flood map changes and a fair opportunity to appeal such changes (see H.R. 2091), H2956 [6JN]

———ensure States and local governments quickly and safely remove flood debris to reduce the risk and severity of subsequent flooding (see H.R. 2186), H3201 [14JN]

———improve ability of individuals and local, State, and Federal agencies to prevent natural floods (see H.R. 1100), H1010 [20MR]

———reduce losses (see H.R. 2021), H2847 [25MY]

Fort Fairfield, ME: modify flood control project pump station intake structure and discharge line (see S. 1183), S7688 [16JY]

Houston, TX: tribute to recovery efforts following Tropical Storm Allison (see H. Res. 166), H3202 [14JN]

Insurance: provide a discount in flood insurance rates for certain low-cost properties in flood hazard zones (see H.R. 2384), H3803 [28JN]

Lake Sidney Lanier: allow property owners to maintain existing residences that are inadvertently in violation of a Corps of Engineers flood control easement (see H.R. 535), H253 [8FE]

National Flood Insurance Program: improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties (see H.R. 1428), H1483 (see H.R. 1428), H1493 [4AP] (see H.R. 1551), H1555 [24AP] (see H.R. 2545), H4215 [18JY]

Native Americans: provide equitable compensation to the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota and the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska for the loss of value of certain lands (see S. 434), S1747 [1MR] (see H.R. 2408), H3804 [28JN]

Rockefeller, Senator: authorize use of office to collect donations of clothing from Members of Congress and staff to assist West Virginia families suffering from recent flooding and storm disasters (see S. Res. 134), S7688 [16JY]

Taxation: provide disaster relief for homeowners (see H.R. 2176), H3201 [14JN]

———treatment of associations which prepare for, or mitigate, the effects of natural disasters (see S. 797), S4044 [30AP]

Letters

Big Thompson Canyon Flood anniversary: Senator Allard, S8456 [31JY]

FEMA disaster relief funding: Senator Hutchison, H3330 [20JN]

Missouri River main stem reservoir system operation: Thomas Generke, Missouri River Natural Resources Committee, S7857 [18JY]

Remarks in House

California: flood control projects funding, E1986 [2NO]

Climate: global warming, H3209 [19JN]

Coastal zones: encourage use of non-engineering methods to protect beaches, H3209 [19JN]

Colorado: flood control projects funding, H7604 [1NO]

Corps of Engineers: dam rehabilitation, repair, and safety measures funding, H3323 [20JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide assistance for the rehabilitation of watershed dams built for flood protection and water resource projects, H3889 [11JY]

Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant funding, H4823, H4824 [30JY]

Disasters: ensure homeowners are provided adequate notice of flood map changes and a fair opportunity to appeal such changes (H.R. 2091), E1029 [6JN]

———improve predisaster mitigation and reform disaster assistance programs relative to repetitively damaged properties, H1667 [1MY]

FEMA: disaster relief funding, H3282-H3289, H3301, H3323, H3330, H3340-H3342, H3346, H3347 [20JN], H3970, H3972-H3979 [12JY], H4364, H4365, H4369 [20JY], H4654-H4656, H4670, H4675, H4676, H4679 [26JY], H4823, H4824 [30JY]

———funding through reductions in non-defense allocations, H3337-H3340 [20JN]

Harris County, TX: Brays Bayou flood control project funding, H3736 [28JN]

———Hunting Bayou flood control project funding, H7605, H7606 [1NO]

Houston, TX: disaster assistance, H3330 [20JN], H4670, H4675, H4676, H4679 [26JY]

———impact of floods, H3028 [12JN], H3438 [21JN]

———Sims Bayou project funding, H3659-H3662 [27JN], H3736 [28JN]

———traffic monitoring control center funding, H3571, H3572 [26JN]

———tribute to recovery efforts following Tropical Storm Allison (H. Res. 166), H3129 [13JN], H3187 [14JN], H3438 [21JN], H3526-H3533 [26JN], H4823, H4824 [30JY]

Insurance: provide a discount in flood insurance rates for certain low-cost properties in flood hazard zones (H.R. 2384), E1281 [29JN]

Iowa: flood control projects funding, H7604 [1NO]

Louisiana: impact of floods, H3029 [12JN]

Minnesota: tribute to volunteers for flood disaster recovery efforts, H1608 [26AP]

Missouri River: Corps of Engineers river management funding, H3232 [19JN], H3653, H3654, H3655 [27JN]

National Flood Insurance Program: improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties, H629 [6MR]

———improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties (H.R. 1428), H1537 [24AP]

———improve predisaster mitigation and facilitate voluntary buyouts of repetitively flooded properties (H.R. 1551), E649 [26AP]

New Jersey: Repaupo Creek tide gate and dike restoration project funding, H6271 [4OC]

New York: flood control and water projects funding, H3737 [28JN]

Sacramento, CA: flood control projects funding, H3656 [27JN]

Wisconsin: tribute to flood relief volunteers and organizations, H2658 [23MY]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: relief for agricultural producers adversely affected by weather, S11072 [25OC]

Bono, AR: flood control projects funding, S7796 [17JY]

Colorado: anniversary of Big Thompson Canyon Flood, S8456 [31JY]

Corps of Engineers: carry out a project for flood protection and ecosystem restoration for Sacramento, CA (S. 1769), S12450 [5DE]

———funding, S11334 [1NO]

———reform (S. 646), S3157 [29MR]

Fort Fairfield, ME: flood control projects funding, S7896 [19JY]

Georgia: Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District projects funding, S7900 [19JY]

Green Brook, NJ: flood control projects funding, S7898 [19JY]

Los Alamos, NM: flood mitigation efforts, S7419 [10JY]

Missouri River: Corps of Engineers authority to propose alternative species recovery methods to those prescribed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that increase water releases from dams, S7854-S7865 [18JY]

———Corps of Engineers river management funding, S7321 [9JY]

Native Americans: provide equitable compensation to the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota and the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska for the loss of value of certain lands (S. 434), S1768 [1MR]

Nevada: disaster assistance, S1736 [1MR]

New Jersey: dredging, flood control, and beach replenishment projects funding, S7897 [19JY]

Rockefeller, Senator: authorize use of office to collect donations of clothing from Members of Congress and staff to assist West Virginia families suffering from recent flooding and storm disasters (S. Res. 134), S7712 [16JY]

South Dakota: James River Water Development District projects funding, S7899 [19JY]

Taxation: treatment of associations which prepare for, or mitigate, the effects of natural disasters (S. 797), S4398 [4MY]

West Virginia: flood relief funding, S7405 [10JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 166, tribute to recovery efforts in Houston, TX, following Tropical Storm Allison, H3526 [26JN]

S. 434, Yankton Sioux Tribe and Santee Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act, S1768-S1770 [1MR]

S. 646, Corps of Engineers Reform Act, S3158-S3160 [29MR]

S. Res. 134, use of Senator Rockefeller's office to collect donations of clothing from Members of Congress and staff to assist West Virginia families suffering from recent flooding and storm disasters, S7691 [16JY]