WATER RESOURCES REFORM AND DEVELOPMENT ACT
Amendments
Enact (H.R. 3080), S7734 [31OC], H6721, H6738, H6740, H6741, H6743, H6744, H6746, H6748, H6749, H6750, H6751, H6752, H6754 [23OC]
——— consideration (H. Res. 385), H6705 [23OC]
Appointments
Conferees: H.R. 3080, provisions, S7799 [4NO], H7080, H7095 [14NO]
Bills and resolutions
Enact (see H.R. 3080), H5512 [11SE]
Enact (H.R. 3080): consideration (see H. Res. 385), H6674 [22OC]
Letters
Corps of Engineers contracting with private sector surveying and mapping firms: Beth Moten, American Federation of Government Employees, H6747 [23OC]
——— Edward Wytkind, AFL–CIO, H6747 [23OC]
——— Gregory J. Junemann, International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers, H6747 [23OC]
Organizations supporting H.R. 3080, provisions, H6708 [23OC]
Provisions: Representative Camp, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H6708 [23OC]
——— Representative Doc Hastings, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H6707 [23OC]
——— Representative Paul Ryan, Committee on the Budget (House), H6707 [23OC]
——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H6707, H6708 [23OC]
Motions
Enact (H.R. 3080), H7066 [14NO]
Remarks in House
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House): tribute to staff who worked on H.R. 3080, Water Resources Reform and Development Act, H6718 [23OC]
Congress: prohibit earmarks, H6694 [23OC]
Corps of Engineers: allow collaboration with local water districts to find new markets for excess water supply, H6739 [23OC]
——— allow States to contribute to maintenance of non-disaster related Federal dredging projects, H6750, H6751 [23OC]
——— authority to perform ecosystem restoration and flood protection work on lands owned by other Federal agencies, H6686 [23OC]
——— authorize projects receiving final Chief’s Report within a year of enactment of legislation to improve rivers and harbors and provide for conservation and development of water and related resources, H6703, H6704 [23OC]
——— Boston Harbor Navigation Improvement Project funding, H6718 [23OC]
——— coastal nourishment projects funding, H6701 [23OC]
——— consult key stakeholders, including State and local governments and water districts and minority-serving institutions, on storm damage reduction projects that affect underrepresented communities, H6719 [23OC]
——— consult with local officials concerning projects that substantially affect underrepresented communities, H6745 [23OC]
——— deauthorize certain old and inactive infrastructure projects, H6749, H6750 [23OC]
——— designate team to serve as Office of Water Storage to coordinate construction of water storage facilities, H6754, H6755 [23OC]
——— encourage participation of minority- and women-owned businesses in hurricane and storm damage reduction projects and call for a GAO report on such participation, H6720 [23OC]
——— ensure efforts to improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources are subject to National Environmental Policy Act review, H6685 [23OC]
——— establish Great Lakes Navigation System, H6687 [23OC]
——— include operation and maintenance costs associated with sand transfer plants in annual budget, H6748, H6749 [23OC]
——— Inland Waterways Trust Fund funding, H6711, H6712 [23OC]
——— lead a multiagency effort to slow the spread of Asian carp in the Ohio River basins and tributaries, H6739 [23OC]
——— Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico project for hurricane and storm damage reduction funding, H6715 [23OC]
——— Newman, CA, levee construction funding, H6716 [23OC]
——— port dredging and maintenance funding, H6719 [23OC]
——— prohibit enforcement of streamlined environmental review process until the current backlog of authorized projects is reduced, H6680, H6702–H6704, H6720, H6740, H6741 [23OC], E1601, E1602 [30OC]
——— prohibit implementation of National Ocean Policy coastal and marine spatial planning and ecosystem-based management components, H6742, H6743 [23OC]
——— provide cost-benefit analysis of national benefits of flood protection projects, H6753, H6754 [23OC]
——— require contracting with private sector surveying and mapping firms, H6702, H6747, H6748 [23OC]
——— require Navy consideration when assessing the operation and maintenance needs of harbors, H6745 [23OC]
——— retain congressional authorization for projects at dams and reservoirs, H6745 [23OC]
——— revoke requirement to remove levee vegetation until policy guidelines on levee vegetation management have been adopted, H6694 [23OC]
——— Sabine-Neches Waterway deepening project funding, H6713 [23OC]
——— Savannah Harbor Expansion Project funding, H6702 [23OC]
——— water infrastructure development projects feasibility study time limitations, H6710 [23OC]
Dept. of the Army: establish national water-based freight policy to improve movement of freight and cargo across waterways, H6752 [23OC]
Ecology and environment: impact on environmental laws, H6718, H6720 [23OC]
Enact (H.R. 3080), H6666 [22OC], H6680, H6683, H6685, H6687, H6689, H6692, H6694, H6706–H6758 [23OC], H7066 [14NO], H7145 [15NO], H7242–H7247 [19NO], E1589, E1591 [29OC], E1601, E1602 [30OC], E1637 [12NO]
——— consideration (H. Res. 385), H6696–H6706 [23OC]
——— motion to instruct conferees, H7066–H7069 [14NO]
FEMA: identify and ensure the safety of dams in need of repair and rehabilitation, H7066–H7069 [14NO], H7244 [19NO]
Florida: environmental and water quality issues of waterways and restoration projects funding, H6687 [23OC]
GAO: assess costs of, and spending on, aquatic invasive species, H6717, H6744 [23OC]
——— study effectiveness of Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund in maximizing economic growth and job creation in communities surrounding low and moderate-use ports, H6746 [23OC]
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance, H6716 [23OC]
National Environmental Policy Act: importance of funding improvements in environmental laws, E1637 [12NO]
Nevada: impact of quagga mussels on water supplies, H6717 [23OC]
Puerto Rico: extend waiver for local cost-sharing requirements for Corps of Engineers projects, H6745 [23OC]
Remarks in Senate
Corps of Engineers: Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico project for hurricane and storm damage reduction funding, S6369 [11SE]
Enact (H.R. 3080), S6369 [11SE], S7525 [16OC], S8094 [18NO]
——— insert S. 601 language in lieu, S7778 [31OC]
Reports filed
Consideration of H.R. 3080, Provisions: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 385) (H. Rept. 113–251), H6674 [22OC]
Provisions: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 3080) (H. Rept. 113–246), H6673 [22OC]
Tables
Expiring coastal nourishment projects, H6701 [23OC]
Texts of
H. Res. 385, consideration of H.R. 3080, provisions, H6696 [23OC]