DAMS

Amendments

FEMA: allow State or local governments to construct levees on certain properties otherwise designated as open space (S. 2039), S135, S136 [26JA]

Bills and resolutions

Corps of Engineers: manage threat of Asian carp traveling up the Mississippi River in Minnesota (see S. 2164), S1422 [6MR] (see H.R. 4146), H1209 [6MR]

——— notify the public of certain flood predictions for the Missouri River System (see H.R. 5717), H2644 [10MY]

——— preserve historical integrity of Zoar, OH, while carrying out any study or construction of flood damage reduction measures, including levees (see S. 3580), S6545 [20SE]

——— provide construction and major rehabilitation funding for projects located on inland and intracoastal waterways (see H.R. 4342), H1805 [29MR]

——— review policy guidelines on vegetation management for levees (see H.R. 5831), H3161 [18MY]

Dept. of the Interior: convey certain interests in Federal land acquired for the Scofield Project in Carbon County, UT (see S. 2056), S261 [1FE]

——— provide assistance to non-Federal interests for levee stability improvements located within the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta related to certain water deliveries (see H.R. 6484), H6273 [21SE]

FEMA: allow State or local governments to construct levees on certain properties otherwise designated as open space (see S. 2039), S132 [26JA]

——— establish a program to provide grant assistance to States for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams (see H.R. 6254), H5628 [1AU]

——— reauthorize and amend the National Dam Safety Program (see S. 3362), S4773 [29JN] (see H.R. 4090), H965 [27FE]

Hydroelectric power: protect the Federal Columbia River Power System, Power Marketing Administration customers, and Bureau of Reclamation dams and facilities and promote hydropower generation (see H.R. 6247), H5628 [1AU]

Letters

FEMA allowance of State or local governments to construct levees on certain properties otherwise designated as open space: Chad Berginnis, Association of State Floodplain Managers, Inc., H5108 [23JY]

——— Jim Bradley, American Rivers (organization) and Joshua Saks, Wildlife Federation, H5109 [23JY]

——— Robert Bendick, Nature Conservancy (organization), H5110 [23JY]

——— several environmental organizations, H5108 [23JY]

——— Smarter Safer Coalition, H5107 [23JY]

——— Stephen Ellis, Eli Lehrer and Andrew Moylan, Taxpayers for Common Sense (organization), H5107 [23JY]

Lists

Organizations opposed to S. 2039, FEMA allowance of State or local governments to construct levees on certain properties otherwise designated as open space, H5107 [23JY]

Smarter Safer Coalition members, H5108 [23JY]

Remarks in House

Corps of Engineers: flood control and coastal emergencies funding, H3370 [1JN]

——— funding, H3352 [31MY], H3367–H3369 [1JN]

——— Inland Waterways Trust Fund funding, H3490 [6JN]

——— operation and maintenance account funding through reductions in construction account, H3369 [1JN]

——— review policy guidelines on vegetation management for levees, H3354 [31MY]

——— revise Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System Master Water Control Manual to ensure greater storage capacity to prevent serious downstream flooding, H3748 [19JN]

Dept. of the Interior: allow storage and conveyance of nonproject water at the Norman Project in Oklahoma (H.R. 3263), H3437, H3438 [5JN]

FEMA: allow State or local governments to construct levees on certain properties otherwise designated as open space (S. 2039), H5105–H5110 [23JY]

Fish and fishing: reduce predation on endangered Columbia River salmon and other nonlisted species, H3776 [19JN]

Sacramento, CA: Natomas Levee Improvement Project funding, E1041 [12JN]

Remarks in Senate

Corps of Engineers: flood control projects funding, S8195, S8196 [19DE]

Dept. of the Interior: allow storage and conveyance of nonproject water at the Norman Project in Oklahoma (H.R. 3263), S8552 [30DE]

FEMA: allow State or local governments to construct levees on certain properties otherwise designated as open space (S. 2039), S136 [26JA], S385 [7FE]

——— delay mandatory flood insurance purchase requirements until evaluation of levee and dam strength and efficiency can be completed, S4664 [27JN]

——— reauthorize and amend the National Dam Safety Program (S. 3362), S4775 [29JN]

Hydroelectric power: encourage research and development of hydropower technologies, S3126 [14MY]

South Dakota: anniversary of Oahe Dam construction, S5482 [26JY]

Reports filed

Lake Thunderbird Efficient Use Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 802) (S. Rept. 112–117), S41 [23JA]

——— Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 3263) (H. Rept. 112–442), H1844 [16AP]

Texts of

H.R. 3263, Lake Thunderbird Efficient Use Act, H3437 [5JN]

S. 2039, FEMA allowance of State or local governments to construct levees on certain properties otherwise designated as open space, H5105 [23JY]

S. 3362, Dam Safety Act, S4775 [29JN]