CORPS OF ENGINEERS

Amendments

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2754), S9917 [24JY], S11423 [11SE], S11436, S11485 [15SE], S11531, S11533, S11534, S11538, S11539, S11540, S11541, S11542, S11550, S11579, S11580, S11581, S11582, S11583, S11584, S11585, S11586 [16SE], S11605, S11687 [17SE], H7086, H7106 [17JY], H7125, H7126, H7132, H7140, H7141, H7142, H7143 [18JY]

Water: provide for conservation and development of water and related resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (H.R. 2557), H8491 [23SE], H8840, H8866, H8872, H8876, H8878 [24SE]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2754, energy and water development appropriations, S11551 [16SE], H8879 [24SE]

Bills and resolutions

Albuquerque, NM: carry out critical restoration projects along the Middle Rio Grande (see S. 997), S5771 [6MY]

Bastrop, LA: carry out a water supply project (see H.R. 2091), H4130 [14MY]

Beaches: extend period for providing beach nourishment for a water resources development project (see H.R. 2558), H5713 [23JN]

———treat recreation benefits the same as hurricane and storm damage reduction benefits and environmental protection and restoration (see S. 1653), S11913 [24SE] (see H.R. 2492), H5467 [17JN]

California: authorize appropriations for EPA conservation grants and Corps of Engineers feasibility studies of certain water projects (see S. 1413), S9414 [15JY]

Chesapeake Bay: reauthorize and improve the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Restoration and Protection Program (see S. 829), S5059 [9AP]

Dept. of the Interior: transfer of authority to revise the Missouri River Master Water Control Manual (see S. 1378), S9049 [8JY]

Ellsworth, ME: redesignate certain portions of the Union River navigation project (see S. 1320), S8439 [24JN]

Endangered species: enable certain Federal agencies to rescue and relocate those species which are threatened by certain reconstruction, maintenance, or repair of manmade flood control levees (see H.R. 1194), H1744 [11MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (see S. 1424), S9592 [17JY] (see H.R. 2754), H7019 [16JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2754), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 444), H11358 [17NO]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (see S. 473), S2920 [27FE] (see H.R. 962), H1460 [27FE]

Maine: mitigation of shore damages attributable to the Saco River navigation project (see S. 483), S2920 [27FE] (see S. 1473), S10045 [28JY]

Missouri: resolve boundary conflicts in Barry and Stone Counties caused by conflicting Corps of Engineers and Forest Service surveys (see S. 1167), S7188 [2JN] (see H.R. 2304), H4875 [3JN]

New Jersey: establish a final criterion for promulgation of a rule relative to sediments to be used as remediation material at the Historic Area Remediation Site (see S. 1094), S6853 [21MY]

———status of EPA and Corps of Engineers memorandum of agreement relative to Historic Area Remediation Site ocean sediment polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) levels (see H.R. 113), H55 [7JA]

Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program: enhance and provide certain benefits to the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Angostura Irrigation Project (see S. 1996), S16120 [9DE]

Public lands: convey certain land in Georgia and South Carolina to the counties in which the land is located (see H.R. 2753), H7019 [16JY]

Public works: reimburse non-Federal interests for managing recreation facilities and natural resources at water resource development projects (see H.R. 30), H52 [7JA]

Rathbun Lake: convey remaining water supply storage allocation to the Rathbun Regional Water Association (see S. 454), S2839 [26FE] (see H.R. 590), H320 [5FE]

Reform (see H.R. 2566), H5713 [23JN]

Rhode Island: deauthorize portions of a Federal channel in Pawtuxet Cove (see S. 1251), S7831 [12JN]

Sacramento, CA: carry out a project for flood protection and ecosystem restoration for the American River (see S. 444), S2701 [25FE] (see H.R. 892), H1332 [25FE]

South Dakota: convey certain lands acquired for the Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal features of the Oahe Irrigation Project to certain State agencies for wildlife habitat mitigation and provide conditional purchase options (see S. 426), S2522 [14FE]

U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution: reauthorize (see S. 163), S848 [15JA] (see H.R. 421), H218 [28JA]

Water: provide for conservation and development of water and related resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (see H.R. 2557), H5713 [23JN]

———provide for conservation and development of water and related resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (H.R. 2557), consideration (see H. Res. 375), H8490 [23SE]

Waterways: carry out the Menominee Harbor, Menominee River dredging project (see H.R. 1817), H3353 [11AP]

Conference reports

Energy and Water Development Appropriations (H.R. 2754), H11010-H11118 [7NO]

Excerpts

Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2754) (H. Rept. 108-212), S11445 [15SE]

Factsheets

Yazoo Basin Backwater Pumping Plant, S1399 [23JA]

Letters

Chesapeake Bay legislation: Robert M. Ferris, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, S5068 [9AP]

———Robert S. Bloxom, Chesapeake Bay Commission, S5068 [9AP]

Delaware River main channel deepening project funding: Jeffrey L. Nash, Delaware River Port Authority, H7127 [18JY]

Devils Lake, ND, flood control outlet construction project funding: Raymond Chretien, Canadian Embassy, S1393 [23JA]

———several environmental groups, S1393 [23JA]

Transfer of authority to Dept. of the Interior to revise the Missouri River Master Water Control Manual: Senator Dorgan, S9057 [8JY]

Yazoo Basin Backwater Pumping Plant funding: J. Charles Fox and John Hankinson, EPA, S1398 [23JA]

Lists

Unrequested Army Corps of Engineers construction projects, S11749 [22SE]

Motions

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2754), H7146 [18JY]

Remarks in House

Alaska: impact of Corps of Engineers King Cove Access Project on the environment, E2433 [23NO], E2486 [8DE]

Cherry Creek Reservoir: expansion funding, H7143 [18JY]

Delaware River: dredging project funding, H8839 [24SE]

———main channel deepening project funding, H7126-H7129 [18JY]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit funding to subject management of Missouri River to regulatory action under Endangered Species Act, H7079-H7081 [17JY]

Eaton, Harold C.: Mobile, AL, Corps of Engineers Gallery of Distinguished Civilian Employees honoree, E1717 [5SE]

Ecology and environment: mitigate loss of habitat associated with construction of projects, H8876, H8877 [24SE]

Energy and water development: across-the-board funding reduction, H7141 [18JY]

———making appropriations, H670 [13FE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2754), H7106 [17JY], H7114-H7147 [18JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2754), conference report, H11396-H11405 [18NO], E2345 [20NO], E2433 [23NO], E2486 [8DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2754), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 444), H11370-H11372 [18NO]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (H.R. 962), E332 [27FE]

Florida: make Everglades restoration funding contingent upon report on water quality standards compliance in Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge and Everglades National Park, H6975, H6976 [16JY]

Funding, H7125, H7126 [18JY]

Harris County, TX: Halls Bayou project funding, H8839 [24SE]

Lewis and Clark Expedition: tribute to participation in bicentennial celebration, E2128 [24OC]

Missouri: resolve boundary conflicts in Barry and Stone Counties caused by conflicting Corps of Engineers and Forest Service surveys (H.R. 2304), H11169, H11170 [17NO]

Sacramento, CA: carry out a project for flood protection and ecosystem restoration for the American River, H11405 [18NO]

Saunders County, NE: Sand Creek project funding, H8839 [24SE]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Hackensack, NJ, Meadowlands project funding, H6959 [16JY]

U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution: reauthorize (H.R. 421), H11589-H11591 [19NO]

Water: provide for conservation and development of water and related resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (H.R. 2557), H8359 [17SE], H8833-H8878 [24SE]

———provide for conservation and development of water and related resources and authorize Dept. of the Army construction and improvement projects for rivers and harbors (H.R. 2557), consideration (H. Res. 375), H8831-H8833 [24SE]

Worth, IL: Lucas Berg Pit project funding, H8839 [24SE]

Remarks in Senate

Albuquerque, NM: carry out critical restoration projects along the Middle Rio Grande (S. 997), S5774 [6MY]

Baltimore, MD: Corps of Engineers sewer system rehabilitation and ecosystem restoration project funding, S11543 [16SE]

Beaches: treat recreation benefits the same as hurricane and storm damage reduction benefits and environmental protection and restoration (S. 1653), S11917 [24SE]

Bureau of Reclamation: prohibit reduction or reallocation of water to be delivered under San Juan-Chama Project contracts for endangered species purposes in the Rio Grande River Basin, S10259, S10260 [30JY], S10896 [1AU]

California: authorize appropriations for EPA conservation grants and Corps of Engineers feasibility studies of certain water projects (S. 1413), S9425 [15JY]

Chesapeake Bay: reauthorize and improve the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Restoration and Protection Program (S. 829), S5062-S5064 [9AP]

Dept. of the Interior: transfer of authority to revise the Missouri River Master Water Control Manual (S. 1378), S9057 [8JY]

Devils Lake, ND: flood control outlet construction project funding, S1393-S1398, S1403, S1404 [23JA]

Disasters: emergency assistance funding, S9218-S9220 [10JY]

District of Columbia: Potomac Southwest Waterfront improvement funding, S2591 [24FE]

Dworshak Reservoir: mitigate damages to local communities caused by fluctuating levels, S11545 [16SE]

Ellsworth, ME: redesignate certain portions of the Union River navigation project (S. 1320), S8442 [24JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations, S9225 [10JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2754), S11402-S11406 [11SE], S11434-S11451 [15SE], S11519, S11521-S11551 [16SE], S11749, S11750 [22SE], S11940, S11942 [25SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2754), conference report, S15088-S15090 [18NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2754), insert S. 1424 language in lieu, S11435 [15SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2754), unanimous-consent agreement, S11605 [17SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2754), unanimous-consent request, S11550 [16SE]

———making appropriations (S. 1424), S10259, S10260 [30JY], S10896 [1AU]

———reduce appropriations for unrequested, low-priority, unnecessary, and wasteful spending programs, S11749, S11750 [22SE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (S. 473), S2927 [27FE]

Floods: disaster assistance to West Virginia and Michigan, S9225 [10JY]

Funding, S11548 [16SE]

Los Angeles County, CA: drainage project funding, S11544 [16SE]

Louisiana: flood control projects funding, S1443 [23JA]

Missouri: resolve boundary conflicts in Barry and Stone Counties caused by conflicting Corps of Engineers and Forest Service surveys (S. 1167), S7195 [2JN]

Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program: enhance and provide certain benefits to the Oglala Sioux Tribe and Angostura Irrigation Project (S. 1996), S16134 [9DE]

Sacramento, CA: carry out a project for flood protection and ecosystem restoration for the American River (S. 444), S2710 [25FE]

South Dakota: convey certain lands acquired for the Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal features of the Oahe Irrigation Project to certain State agencies for wildlife habitat mitigation and provide conditional purchase options (S. 426), S2545 [14FE], S4879 [3AP]

St. Mary's County, MD: provide corrective maintenance to the shoreline protection project at Herring Creek-Tall Timbers, MD, S1414 [23JA]

States: provide assistance to aid impacted States in recovering and rebuilding from natural disasters, S11549 [16SE]

U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution: reauthorize (H.R. 421), S15502 [21NO]

———reauthorize (S. 163), S849 [15JA], S8600 [25JN]

Yazoo Basin Backwater Pumping Plant: funding, S1398-S1401, S1404 [23JA]

Reports filed

Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal Land Conveyance Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 426) (S. Rept. 108-16), S3162 [5MR]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2754, Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 444) (H. Rept. 108-377), H11358 [17NO]

Consideration of H.R. 2557, Water Resources Development Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 375) (H. Rept. 108-282), H8490 [23SE]

Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2754) (H. Rept. 108-357), H11132 [7NO]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2754) (H. Rept. 108-212), H7019 [16JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 1424) (S. Rept. 108-105), S9591 [17JY]

Environmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Advancement Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 163), S5058 [9AP]

———Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 163) (S. Rept. 108-74), S8125 [18JN]

———Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 421) (H. Rept. 108-371), H11205, H11358 [17NO]

Nomination of John P. Woodley, Jr., To Be Assistant Sec. of the Army for Civil Works: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S5058 [9AP]

Water Resources Development Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 2557) (H. Rept. 108-265), H8015 [5SE]

Resolutions by organizations

Corps of Engineers waterways projects: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H9252 [7OC]

Rulings of the Chair

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2754), H7139 [18JY]

Tables

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of S. 1424, energy and water development appropriations, S11547 [16SE]

Energy and water development appropriations (H.R. 2754), H7117-H7119 [18JY]

———conference report, H11398 [18NO]

Texts of

H. Res. 375, consideration of H.R. 2557, Water Resources Development Act, H8831 [24SE]

H. Res. 444, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2754, energy and water development appropriations, H11370 [18NO]

H.R. 421, Environmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Advancement Act, H11589 [19NO]

H.R. 2304, Barry and Stone Counties, MO, boundary conflict resolution caused by conflicting Corps of Engineers and Forest Service surveys, H11169 [17NO]

H.R. 2557, Water Resources Development Act, H8840-H8866 [24SE]

H.R. 2754, energy and water development appropriations, S11758-S11768 [22SE]

S. 163, Environmental Policy and Conflict Resolution Advancement Act, S8600 [25JN]

S. 426, Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal Land Conveyance Act, S2546 [14FE], S4880 [3AP]

S. 444, Sacramento Public Safety Act, S2710 [25FE]

S. 473, Clean Water Authority Restoration Act, S2928 [27FE]

S. 829, Chesapeake Bay Environmental Restoration and Protection Program reauthorization and improvement, S5065 [9AP]

S. 997, carry out Corps of Engineers critical restoration projects along the Middle Rio Grande in Albuquerque, NM, S5775 [6MY]

S. 1378, transfer of authority to Dept. of the Interior to revise the Missouri River Master Water Control Manual, S9058 [8JY]

S. 1653, National Beach Recreation and Economic Benefits Act, S11917 [24SE]

S. 1996, Oglala Sioux Tribe Angostura Irrigation Project Rehabilitation and Development Act, S16134 [9DE]