WATERWAYS

Articles and editorials

War of the Worlds, E269 [2MR]

Bills and resolutions

Bitterroot National Forest: grant rights-of-way to owners of dams (see S. 2633), S3420 [24AP]

Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail: designate (see S. 2568), S3211 [6AP] (see H.R. 5466), H3225 [24MY]

Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge: evaluate lands and waters located in Northeastern Pennsylvania for potential acquisition and inclusion (see S. 3490), S5717 [12JN] (see H.R. 5232), H1915 [27AP]

Coast Guard: vest primary responsibility in the Federal Government for the naval defense of nuclear power facilities located on navigable waters (see H.R. 5614), H4008 [14JN]

Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.: add Director of National Intelligence, strengthen consideration of national security concerns over foreign acquisitions, and require increased transparency (see S. 2335), S1539 [28FE]

Corps of Engineers: provide beach nourishment for a water resources development project (see H.R. 5241), H1916 [27AP]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct a feasibility study on implementing a water supply and conservation project in the Republican River Basin between lakes in Nebraska and Kansas (see H.R. 4750), H273 [14FE]

———participate in implementation of the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program for endangered species in the central and lower Platte River basin and modify the Pathfinder Dam and Reservoir (see S. 3611), S6786 [29JN]

———promote efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin (see H.R. 5340), H2502 [10MY]

———reauthorize appropriations for Northwestern salmon run restoration programs (see S. 3522), S5950 [15JN]

GAO: conduct a study on the extent to which security operations at U.S. seaports are managed by nationals of foreign countries and other related matters (see H.R. 4978), H1128 [16MR]

Great Lakes: establish deadline for restricting sewage dumping and fund programs and activities for improving wastewater discharges into the Great Lakes (see H.R. 5734), H4915 [29JN]

Long Island Sound Stewardship Initiative: establish (see H.R. 5160), H1679 [6AP]

Los Angeles River: revitalize (see H.R. 5244), H1916 [27AP]

Missouri River: permit the use of certain funds for recovery and mitigation activities in the upper basin (see S. 2371), S1790 [6MR]

National security: disapprove Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. review of proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company (see S.J. Res. 32), S1505 [27FE] (see H.J. Res. 79), H450 [28FE]

———moratorium on certain contracts to conduct port operations (see H.R. 4977), H1128 [16MR]

———prohibit entities owned or controlled by foreign governments from carrying out operations at seaports in the U.S. (see H.R. 4817), H450 [28FE] (see H.R. 4839), H508 [1MR]

———prohibit foreign government-owned companies from leasing or controlling property at U.S. ports and require increased transparency relative to existing or proposed port contracts (see S. 2334), S1539 [28FE] (see H.R. 4842), H508 [1MR]

———prohibit merger, acquisition, or takeover of Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., by Dubai Ports World (company) (see S. 2341), S1540 [28FE]

———provide a Federal cause of action for port operators relative to the potential change of ownership of a terminal operator to a foreign entity (see S. 2367), S1680 [3MR]

———request the President, and direct the Dept. of Homeland Security, to provide certain documents in their possession relative to the Dubai Ports World (company) acquisition of certain U.S. commercial port leases (see H. Res. 718), H867 [9MR]

———require an investigation of proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company (see S. 2333), S1504 [27FE] (see H.R. 4807), H449 [28FE]

———require that only U.S. persons may control security operations at seaports in the U.S. or enter into agreements to conduct such security operations (see H.R. 4833), H508 [1MR]

NOAA: recognize National Marine Sanctuaries Program as critical to managing the ocean and Great Lakes resources (see H. Res. 856), H3642 [8JN]

Utah: confirm as authorized, valid, and enforceable certain contractural rights of water users and water user organizations under the Strawberry Valley Project (see H.R. 4831), H508 [1MR]

Factsheets

Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act (S. 3522), S5962 [15JN]

Letters

Ensure of greater security for U.S. seaports: Kurt Nagle, American Association of Port Authorities, S7308 [11JY]

Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act: Ted Kulongoski, Governor of Oregon, S5962 [15JN]

Foreign Investment Security Improvement Act: several Senators, S2117 [14MR]

Land and Water Conservation Fund State assistance program funding: several Representatives, H2767 [18MY]

Port Security—Federal Agendas vs. Terminal Operators Responsibilities: James P. Fox, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, S1933 [9MR]

Prohibit EPA implementation and enforcement of the wetlands policy guidance issued in joint memorandum with Corps of Engineers: Tom Kiernan and Andy Buchsbaum, Healing Our Waters Coalition, H2854 [18MY]

Require an investigation of proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company: Representative Kaptur, H470 [1MR]

U.S. military relationship with the United Arab Emirates: John P. Abizaid, U.S. Central Command, S1942 [9MR]

———Peter Pace, Joint Chiefs of Staff, S1941 [9MR]

Lists

Ports affected by proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company, H734 [8MR]

Remarks in House

Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge: evaluate lands and waters located in Northeastern Pennsylvania for potential acquisition and inclusion (H.R. 5232), H4925, H4926 [10JY]

Chesapeake Bay: restore watershed, E737 [5MY]

Columbus, MS: Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway mooring facilities construction funding, H3196 [24MY]

Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.: strengthen the foreign investment review process, H1007 [15MR]

Corps of Engineers: allow changes in master control plans and master manuals for certain river basins in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia, H3171-H3174 [24MY], E969 [26MY]

———carry out programs and activities to enhance the safety of levees (H.R. 4650), E18 [31JA]

———flood control projects funding, H3164 [24MY]

———prohibit funding to implement bimodal spring pulse releases on the Missouri River, H3187, H3188 [24MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: cargo container security initiatives funding, H1076-H1079 [16MR], H1638 [6AP], H2062, H2063 [3MY]

———improve Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program, H1422 [4AP], H3289 [25MY]

EPA: conduct study of pollution in Newton Creek caused by underground oil spills in Brooklyn, NY, H4527 [26JN]

———prohibit funding to implement or enforce the wetlands policy guidance issued in joint memorandum with Corps of Engineers, H2850-H2855 [18MY]

FERC: prohibit funding for review of the application for the Broadwater liquified natural gas facility in Long Island Sound, H3189, H3190 [24MY]

Great Lakes: establish deadline for restricting sewage dumping and fund programs and activities for improving wastewater discharges into the Great Lakes (H.R. 5734), H4687 [28JN], E1320 [29JN]

———invasive species eradication funding, H3170 [24MY]

Kern County, CA: Lake Isabella Dam Project funding, H3166, H3196 [24MY]

Land and Water Conservation Fund: funding, H2790 [18MY]

Louisiana: coastal restoration projects funding, H3174 [24MY]

Massachusetts: construction of wind turbine energy facility in Nantucket Sound, H4525 [26JN]

National Park Service: exclude certain cities from study of the San Gabriel River Watershed, H2849, H2850 [18MY]

National security: disapprove Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. review of proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company (H.J. Res. 79), E214 [28FE]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports, H418 [28FE], H475 [1MR], H513, H514, H553, H557 [2MR], H615, H624-H627 [7MR], H647, H648, H650, H730 [8MR], H859 [9MR], H1004 [15MR], H1187-H1190 [28MR], H1202 [29MR], H1377 [30MR], H1422, H1443 [4AP], H1552 [5AP], H4549 [26JN], E245 [1MR], E387 [16MR]

———prohibit entities owned or controlled by foreign governments from carrying out operations at seaports in the U.S. (H.R. 4839), H1116 [16MR]

———prohibit foreign government-owned companies from leasing or controlling property at U.S. ports and require increased transparency relative to existing or proposed port contracts, H626 [7MR]

———prohibit foreign government-owned companies from leasing or controlling property at U.S. ports and require increased transparency relative to existing or proposed port contracts (H.R. 4842), H495 [1MR], H604 [7MR]

———proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company, H358 [16FE], H416, H417, H418, H421 [28FE], H456, H491-H493 [1MR], H617 [7MR], H647, H648, H650, H730-H735 [8MR], H793, H794, H798, H799, H802 [9MR], H1003-H1005 [15MR], H1122 [16MR], H1186, H1187, H1189, H1190 [28MR], E269 [2MR], E340 [9MR], E387 [16MR]

———require an investigation of proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company, H391, H392, H393, H396 [28FE], H467, H469, H474, H475, H493-H496 [1MR], H513, H540, H543, H561 [2MR], H624-H626 [7MR], H758, H773 [8MR], H848 [9MR], E245 [1MR], E259 [2MR]

———require an investigation of proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company (H.R. 4807), H474 [1MR], H525-H528 [2MR], E233-E235 [28FE]

Native Americans: authorize the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation to enter into a water rights agreement to meet the needs of the Dry Prairie Rural Water Association, Inc. (H.R. 2978), H2603 [16MY]

Oakland, CA: Port of Oakland dredging project funding, H3165 [24MY]

OMB: revise funding formula used to determine feasibility of dredging recreational traffic waterways, H3199 [24MY]

San Antonio, TX: San Antonio Channel Improvements Project funding, H3165 [24MY]

Science Museum of Virginia: prohibit funding, H3199, H3200 [24MY]

Stewart-Wright, Jennifer: Harpeth River Watershed River Steward Award recipient, E297 [7MR]

Texas: flood control projects funding, H3162 [24MY]

Virginia: John H. Kerr Lake and Philpott Lake recreation areas funding, H3174 [24MY]

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. 2864), H1134 [28MR], H4798 [29JN]

Remarks in Senate

Bitterroot National Forest: grant rights-of-way to owners of dams (S. 2633), S3424 [24AP]

Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail: designate (S. 2568), S3230 [6AP]

Chattanooga, TN: Chickamauga Lock replacement funding, S698 [6FE]

Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge: evaluate lands and waters located in Northeastern Pennsylvania for potential acquisition and inclusion (S. 3490), S5719 [12JN]

Corps of Engineers: develop plan for deauthorization of deep draft navigation on the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet and address wetland losses and other issues relative to the Outlet, S3944 [3MY]

Dept. of Commerce: provide grant to Port of New Orleans, LA, to mitigate increased costs from loss of deep draft navigation access to certain facilities at the Port in aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, S3944 [3MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: ensure greater security for U.S. seaports, S7307-S7309 [11JY]

———maritime container security funding, S3686 [27AP]

———seaports security funding, S2103-S2107, S2113 [14MR], S2176, S2177 [15MR]

Dept. of the Interior: reauthorize appropriations for Northwestern salmon run restoration programs (S. 3522), S5961 [15JN], S7281 [10JY]

EPA: Hawaii water assessment and monitoring funding, S3966 [3MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify U.S. jurisdiction over water and wetlands (S. 912), S1531 [28FE], S6410 [22JN]

Louisiana: Mississippi River Gulf Outlet banks restoration project funding, S3675 [27AP]

Massachusetts: construction of wind turbine energy facility in Nantucket Sound, S4185-S4187 [9MY]

National security: disapprove Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. review of proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company (S.J. Res. 32), S1508 [27FE]

———ensure greater security for U.S. seaports, S1512 [28FE]

———maritime security funding, including the Container Security Initiative, and full background checks for port personnel, S2107 [14MR], S2175 [15MR], S3677-S3679 [27AP]

———prohibit any company owned or controlled by a foreign government that recognized the Taliban from owning, leasing, operating, or managing property or facilities at a U.S. port, S1926-S1946 [9MR]

———prohibit foreign government-owned companies from leasing or controlling property at U.S. ports and require increased transparency relative to existing or proposed port contracts (S. 2334), S1541-S1543 [28FE]

———prohibit merger, acquisition, or takeover of Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co., by Dubai Ports World (company) (S. 2341), S1548-S1550 [28FE], S1672-S1674 [3MR]

———proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company, S1608 [2MR], S1818-S1821 [7MR], S6750 [29JN]

———provide a Federal cause of action for port operators relative to the potential change of ownership of a terminal operator to a foreign entity (S. 2367), S1680 [3MR]

———require an investigation of proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company, S1489, S1492, S1494 [27FE], S2439 [28MR]

———require an investigation of proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company (S. 2333), S1492, S1493, S1506 [27FE], S2117 [14MR]

Native Americans: authorize the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation to enter into a water rights agreement to meet the needs of the Dry Prairie Rural Water Association, Inc. (S. 1219), S460 [1FE]

Providence, RI: upgrade the electro-mechanical control system of the Fox Point hurricane barrier, S4009 [4MY], S5750 [13JN]

Supreme Court: decision on Clean Water Act wetlands protection, S6410 [22JN]

U.S. Geological Survey: Hawaii critical reservoirs and dams assessment funding, S3966, S3967 [3MY]

U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement: prohibit foreign government-owned companies from leasing or controlling property at U.S. ports and require increased transparency relative to existing or proposed port contracts, S6750 [29JN]

Reports filed

Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation Entrance Into a Water Rights Agreement To Meet the Needs of the Dry Prairie Rural Water Association, Inc.: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (S. 1219) (S. Rept. 109-213), S33 [24JA], S123 [25JA]

Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation Water Rights Agreement To Meet the Needs of Dry Prairie Rural Water Association, Inc.: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 2978) (H. Rept. 109-419), H1740 [25AP]

Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge Study Act: Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 5232) (H. Rept. 109-547), H4957 [10JY]

Presidential and Dept. of Homeland Security Provision of Documents on Dubai Ports World (Company) Acquisition of Certain U.S. Commercial Port Leases: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H. Res. 718) (H. Rept. 109-414), H1740 [25AP]

Resolutions by organizations

Corps of Engineers waterways projects: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H1631 [6AP]

Texts of

H.R. 2978, authorize the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation to enter into a water rights agreement to meet the needs of the Dry Prairie Rural Water Association, Inc., H2603 [16MY]

H.R. 5232, Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge Study Act, H4925 [10JY]

S. 1219, authorize the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation to enter into a water rights agreement to meet the needs of the Dry Prairie Rural Water Association, Inc., S460 [1FE]

S. 2333, Foreign Investment Security Improvement Act, S1507 [27FE]

S. 2334, Port Security Act, S1542 [28FE]

S. 2367, Local Port Security Act, S1681 [3MR]

S. 3522, Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act, S5961 [15JN]