CORPS OF ENGINEERS see also Department of Defense

Amendments

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4923), H5827 [3JY], H5877, H5878 [8JY], H5983, H5984, H5985, H5986, H5987, H5988, H5991, H5992, H5993, H5994, H5995, H5997, H5998, H5999, H6000, H6002, H6003, H6010, H6011, H6012, H6013, H6014, H6015, H6016, H6017, H6018, H6019, H6020, H6022, H6023, H6024, H6027, H6029, H6030, H6031, H6037 [9JY], H6049, H6050, H6051, H6052, H6053, H6054, H6056, H6066, H6068, H6069, H6070, H6071, H6072, H6073, H6075, H6076, H6077, H6078, H6079, H6080, H6081, H6082, H6083, H6084, H6085, H6086, H6087, H6088, H6089, H6090, H6091, H6108 [10JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4923), consideration (H. Res. 641), H5740 [25JN]

National Integrated Drought Information System: reauthorize (S. 376), S703, S704 [3FE]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 5078), H7322, H7324 [9SE]

Analyses

Corps of Engineers Coastal Zone Resiliency Projects Implementation: N. Scott Murphy, Corps of Engineers, S3268 [22MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3080, Water Resources Reform and Development Act, S964 [12FE]

Articles and editorials

Muddying the Waters, S5303 [31JY]

Bills and resolutions

Central Everglades Planning Project: authorize (see H.R. 5631), H7885 [18SE]

Dept. of Defense: decontaminate certain portions of the former bombardment area on the island of Culebra, PR (see H.R. 4705), H4784 [21MY]

Dept. of the Interior: establish regional joint Outer Continental Shelf lease and permit processing offices (see S. 2071), S1233 [27FE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (see H.R. 4923), H5597 [20JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4923), consideration (see H. Res. 641), H5723 [24JN]

EPA: clarify and confirm authority to deny or restrict the use of a defined area as a dredged or fill material disposal site (see S. 2156), S1731 [25MR]

Florida: authorize Corps of Engineers Central Everglades Planning Project (see S. 2861), S5782 [18SE]

Georgia: exchange jurisdiction between the Army and Dept. of Agriculture of property in Chattahoochee National Forest but permitted to the Army for Camp Frank D. Merrill and Army property adjacent to Lake Lanier (see H.R. 3960), H1510 [29JA]

Great Lakes: carry out projects necessary to separate the hydrologic connection with the Mississippi River to prevent interbasin transfer of aquatic invasive species (see S. 3002), S6626 [11DE] (see H.R. 4001), H1658 [5FE] (see H.R. 5861), H9302 [11DE]

——— mitigate harmful algal blooms by prohibiting the discharge of dredged material back into the open waters (see H.R. 5516), H7674 [17SE]

Lake Texoma: revise management plan for the conservation pool (see H.R. 5604), H7884 [18SE]

McKinley County, NM: implement property division of the former Fort Wingate Depot Activity between the Zuni Tribe and Navajo Nation (see H.R. 3822), H72 [8JA] (see H.R. 5428), H7387 [9SE]

Parks and recreation areas: permit the collection of user fees by non-Federal entities in connection with the challenge cost-sharing program for management of recreational facilities at lakes and reservoirs (see S. 2055), S1233 [27FE] (see H.R. 4100), H2000 [26FE]

Reservoirs: update and improve operations (see H.R. 3988), H1592 [4FE]

St. Charles County, MO: convey a parcel of land (see H.R. 4358), H2801 [1AP]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see S. 2496), S3863 [19JN] (see H.R. 5078), H6135 [11JY]

——— prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 5078), consideration (see H. Res. 715), H7295 [8SE]

——— strengthen EPA WaterSense program, create EPA local conservation and efficiency program, support recycling, storage and management projects, and provide for drought preparedness (see H.R. 5363), H7183 [31JY]

Biographies

Medved, Marko, S2420 [28AP]

Conference reports

Water Resources Reform and Development Act (H.R. 3080), H4065–H4428 [15MY]

Letters

Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act: several conservation organizations, S4376 [10JY]

Prohibit Corps of Engineers funding to implement or enforce the Modified Charleston Method wetland mitigation methodology in Louisiana: Representative Richmond, H6081 [10JY]

VA Construction Assistance Act, H7583 [16SE]

Water Resources Reform and Development Act: Representative Sessions, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H4494 [20MY]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Rules (House), H4495 [20MY]

Lists

Supporters of conference report on H.R. 3080, Water Resources Reform and Development Act, E820 [22MY]

Motions

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4923), H6009 [9JY], H6098 [10JY]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 5078), H7337 [9SE]

Remarks in House

Administrative account: funding, H5992 [9JY]

Arkansas: Bayou Meto and Grand Prairie projects funding, H5988 [9JY]

Coastal nourishment projects: funding, H3059 [9AP]

Continuing Authorities Program: funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy administrative account funding, H5983, H5984 [9JY]

Dams: clarify vegetation management policy along levees, H4490 [20MY]

Dept. of Defense: decontaminate certain portions of the former bombardment area on the island of Culebra, PR, H4763 [21MY]

Energy and water development: across-the-board funding reduction for related agences exempting defense-related programs, H6091–H6093 [10JY]

——— across-the-board funding reduction for related agencies, H6086, H6087 [10JY]

——— making appropriations, H439, H442 [15JA]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4923), H5971–H6032 [9JY], H6042, H6049–H6100, H6101 [10JY], H6383 [17JY], E1135, E1140, E1141 [10JY], E1145 [11JY], E1150 [14JY]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4923), consideration (H. Res. 641), H5736–H5741 [25JN]

——— making appropriations (H.R. 4923), motion to recommit, H6099 [10JY]

——— prohibit funding by related agencies to contract with entities that have reincorporated in tax havens, H6050 [10JY]

——— prohibit funding by related agencies to implement or enforce Davis-Bacon Act prevailing wage requirements for Federal contracts, H6051 [10JY]

——— prohibit funding by related agencies to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles except in accordance with Presidential memorandum on Federal fleet performance, H6068 [10JY]

——— prohibit funding for any unauthorized programs of related agencies exempting defense-related programs, H6091 [10JY]

——— prohibit funding for related agencies for contracts with offerors or principals of offerors convicted of certain crimes within a certain period, H6071 [10JY]

——— prohibit funding for related agencies to design, implement, administer, or carry out certain climate change-related policies, H6084 [10JY]

——— prohibit funding for related agencies to implement, administer, or enforce National Ocean Policy established by Executive order, H6087, H6088 [10JY]

EPA: proposed rules clarifying what types of waterways are protected under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, H2948 [4AP], H5313 [11JN], H5807 [26JN], H6662 [23JY]

Federal contracts: prohibit funding for contractors who violate the Fair Labor Standards Act by refusing to pay employees for hours worked, H6069 [10JY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: prohibit funding to regulate farming, forestry, and ranching activities exempted, H6071, H6072 [10JY]

Firearms: ensure right of individuals to carry firearms at water resources development projects, H1568, H1569 [4FE]

Fish and fishing: manage threat of Asian carp traveling up the Mississippi River in Minnesota, H5313 [11JN]

——— prevent the spread of Asian carp into the Great Lakes and their tributaries, H4493 [20MY], E874 [29MY]

Funding, H445 [15JA]

Great Lakes: prohibit funding to contravene Water Resources Development Act harbor maintenance funding requirement, H6090 [10JY]

Great Lakes Navigation System: establish, H4495 [20MY]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance, H4486 [20MY], H5194 [10JN], H5988–H5991 [9JY]

Harrington, Jude: American Recreation Coalition Legends Award recipient, H5077 [9JN]

Houston, TX: Port of Houston dredging project funding, H6101 [10JY], E1145 [11JY]

Hurricanes: improve and streamline disaster assistance for Hurricane Sandy, H1554 [4FE]

Inland Waterways Trust Fund: funding, H4491 [20MY]

Jacks, Anton F.: French Legion of Honor for U.S. Veterans award recipient, E1168 [16JY]

Mining and mineral resources: place a moratorium on permitting for mountaintop removal coal mining until health studies are conducted by the Dept. of HHS (H.R. 526), H2624 [25MR]

Mississippi River: closure of section to daytime river traffic, H7905 [12NO]

Mississippi River and tributaries project: funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy funding, H5987 [9JY]

Missouri River: prohibit funding for Missouri River Authorized Purposes Study, H6075 [10JY]

——— prohibit funding for Missouri River Ecosystem Restoration Plan study, H6077 [10JY]

National Integrated Drought Information System: reauthorize (H.R. 2431), H1691–H1693 [10FE]

Nebraska: Western Sarpy-Clear Creek Levee project funding, H4491 [20MY]

Office of the Assistant Sec. of the Army for Civil Works: funding, H5993 [9JY]

Operation and maintenance accounts: funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy administrative offices funding, H5991 [9JY]

Public lands: work with landowners to resolve issues relative to livestock use of Corps lands along the lower Snake River, E1140 [10JY]

Public works: construction account funding, H5984, H5985 [9JY]

——— construction account funding through reductions in expense account funding, H5985, H5986 [9JY]

——— environmental infrastructure projects for financially distressed municipalities funding, H5986, H5987 [9JY], E1135 [10JY]

——— evaulate inventory of projects and determine which projects meet the agency’s goals, H5991 [9JY]

——— levee repair and flood mitigation funding through reductions in Dept. of Energy administration funding, H6099 [10JY]

Riviera Beach, FL: Port of Palm Beach expansion project funding, H4692 [21MY]

Sabine-Neches Waterway: maintenance funding, H5979, H5980 [9JY]

Savannah Harbor Expansion Project: funding, H2144 [4MR], H2158 [5MR], H4486 [20MY], H6852 [25JY], E94 [16JA], E1855 [2JA]

Water: clarify definition of navigable waters relative to application of environmental protection regulations, H9278 [11DE]

——— clarify statutory authority to manage water projects under its control, H4490 [20MY]

——— improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), H17 [7JA], H3059 [9AP]

——— improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), conference report, H4486, H4487–H4496 [20MY], H4692 [21MY], H5194, H5240 [10JN], H5313 [11JN], H6852 [25JY], E793 [21MY], E820, E828 [22MY], E844, E849 [28MY], E874 [29MY]

——— preserve authority of EPA and Corps of Engineers to protect quality of surface water available for public drinking water, agricultural uses, and to mitigate against harmful impact of drought, H7337 [9SE]

——— prevent exemption from proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act if it is determined implementation is likely to have an adverse impact on water quality, H7324 [9SE]

——— prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, H5979 [9JY], H6668 [23JY], H7985 [14NO], H8001 [17NO]

——— prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 5078), H7305, H7314–H7325, H7335–H7339 [9SE], H7393 [10SE], H7532 [16SE], H7948 [13NO], E1362 [9SE], E1379, E1380 [10SE], E1397 [11SE]

——— prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 5078), motion to recommit, H7337 [9SE]

——— prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 5078), unanimous-consent agreement, H7248 [8SE]

——— prevent issuance of final rules by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act if certain conditions are met, H7322, H7323 [9SE]

Wetlands: prohibit funding to implement or enforce the Modified Charleston Method wetland mitigation methodology in Louisiana, H6081, H6082 [10JY]

Remarks in Senate

Boston, MA: harbor dredging project funding, S3260 [22MY]

Conservation of natural resources: ensure all water resources development projects are eligible for review for deauthorization, S3249 [22MY]

Ecology and environment: conduct study to identify projects that will enhance ocean and coastal ecosystem resiliency, S3267, S3268 [22MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations, S3826 [19JN], S6736 [12DE]

EPA: authority to make local land and water use decisions, S5302 [31JY]

——— proposed rules clarifying what types of waterways are protected under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, S3389 [4JN], S4141 [26JN]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: authority to regulate farming, forestry, and ranching activities exempted, S6810 [13DE]

Fish and fishing: manage threat of Asian carp traveling up the Mississippi River in Minnesota, S3253 [22MY]

——— prevent the spread of Asian carp into the Great Lakes and their tributaries, S3271 [22MY]

Great Lakes: dredging funding, S3254 [22MY]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: ensure that amounts credited are used for harbor maintenance, S3207, S3223 [21MY], S3268, S3271 [22MY]

Harbors: port dredging and maintenance funding, S3223 [21MY]

Inland Waterways Trust Fund: ensure user fees deposited into the trust fund are used for the stated purpose of dredging inland waterways and building levees, S3205 [21MY]

——— funding, S3249 [22MY]

Inland waterways user fee: increase, S3254 [22MY]

Louisiana: Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico project for hurricane and storm damage reduction funding, S3205 [21MY]

Marine resources: provide construction and major rehabilitation funding for projects located on inland and intracoastal waterways, S3254 [22MY]

Mississippi River: provide for safe and reliable navigation, S3272 [22MY]

National Integrated Drought Information System: reauthorize (H.R. 2431), S1132 [25FE]

——— reauthorize (S. 376), S703, S704 [3FE]

New Iberia, LA: port dredging funding, S3205 [21MY]

Power resources: prohibit a national energy tax and revise regulations relative to discharge of pollutants by the coal industry into certain protected waters, S4852 [24JY]

——— prohibit a national energy tax and revise regulations relative to discharge of pollutants by the coal industry into certain protected waters (S. 1514), S385 [16JA], S979 [24FE], S4096 [26JN], S4574 [17JY]

Rivers: Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) and Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACT) river systems conflict resolution, S3269 [22MY]

Savannah Harbor Expansion Project: funding, S1355 [6MR], S3277 [22MY]

Water: expand program to provide funding to maintain, modernize, and expand water resource and infrastructure facilities, S3207 [21MY]

——— improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), S427 [16JA], S628 [30JA]

——— improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), conference report, S3160 [20MY], S3205–S3210, S3221, S3223, S3227 [21MY], S3249–S3255, S3260, S3267–S3273, S3277 [22MY]

——— improve rivers and harbors and provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 3080), unanimous-consent agreement, S3174 [20MY]

——— improve water supply management of multipurpose dams and reservoirs, S3268, S3269 [22MY]

——— prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, S4294 [9JY], S4369 [10JY], S6110 [19NO], S6736 [12DE]

——— prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 5078), S5518 [10SE], S5523 [11SE]

——— prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (S. 2496), S3952–S3958 [25JN]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 4923, Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 641) (H. Rept. 113–493), H5723 [24JN]

Consideration of H.R. 5078, Waters of the U.S. Regulatory Overreach Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 715) (H. Rept. 113–581), H7295 [8SE]

Corps of Engineers Cooperative Joint Management Restoration Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2055) (S. Rept. 113–309), S6788 [12DE]

Energy and Water Development Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 4923) (H. Rept. 113–486), H5597 [20JN]

Lake Tahoe Restoration Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1451) (S. Rept. 113–191), S3474 [5JN]

National Integrated Drought Information System Reauthorization: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House) (H.R. 2431) (H. Rept. 113–348), H1686 [6FE]

Remove EPA Authority To Retroactively Disapprove Corps of Engineers Permits To Discharge Dredged or Fill Material Into Navigable Waters: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 524) (H. Rept. 113–485), H5596 [20JN]

Water Resources Reform and Development Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 3080) (H. Rept. 113–449), H4433 [15MY]

Waters of the U.S. Regulatory Overreach Protection Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 5078) (H. Rept. 113–568), H7180 [31JY], H7295 [8SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4923), H6027 [9JY], H6070, H6073, H6075, H6077, H6078, H6080 [10JY]

Tables

Energy and water development appropriations (H.R. 4923), H5973–H5976 [9JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 641, consideration of H.R. 4899, Lower Gasoline Prices To Fuel an America That Works Act and H.R. 4923, energy and water development appropriations, H5736 [25JN]

H. Res. 715, consideration of H.R. 5078, Waters of the U.S. Regulatory Overreach Protection Act, H7307 [9SE]

H.R. 2431, National Integrated Drought Information System reauthorization, H1691 [10FE]

H.R. 5078, Waters of the U.S. Regulatory Overreach Protection Act, H7321 [9SE]

S. 376, Drought Information Act, S704 [3FE]