[Senate Report 107-327]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                                       Calendar No. 744
107th Congress                                                   Report
                                 SENATE
 2d Session                                                     107-327

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  A BILL TO MODIFY THE PROJECT FOR NAVIGATION, CHICKAMAUGA, TENNESSEE

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                November 4, 2002.--Ordered to be printed

 Filed, under the authority of the order of the Senate of October 17, 
                                  2002

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   Mr. Jeffords, from the Committee on Environment and Public Works, 
                        submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                         [to accompany S. 2983]

      [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

    The Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which was 
referred a bill (S. 2983) to authorize a project for 
navigation, Chickamauga Lock and Dam, Tennessee, having 
considered the same, reports favorably with an amendment and 
recommends that the bill, as amended, do pass.

                    General Statement and Background

    Projects and project modifications are ready for 
authorization by Congress after they have completed a 
reconnaissance and a feasibility study and received a positive 
recommendation from the Chief of Engineers in the form of a 
completed, signed Chief's Report. The project authorized by S. 
2983 has met these requirements. This bill authorizes the 
project for navigation, Chickamauga Lock and Dam in Tennessee.
    The Chickamauga Lock and Dam is located on the Tennessee 
River (river mile 471) at Chattanooga, TN (13 miles upstream of 
the Port of Chattanooga.) Growth in traffic, barge sizes, and 
the size and configuration of tows have increased delays and 
processing times at the Chickamauga Lock which has only one 
chamber. It currently has the highest average locking time in 
the entire Ohio River System. The project is also plagued with 
a condition called ``concrete growth'' in which a gel forms 
that causes concrete expansion, leading to cracking within the 
concrete causing structural instability. The Chief's Report was 
completed in May 2002. It recommends a replacement lock at a 
total cost of at $239,400,000, with 50 percent funded by the 
Corps of Engineers (Federal share) and 50 percent funded 
through the Inland Waterways Trust Fund (non-Federal share). 
The project is economically justified.

                     Objectives of the Legislation

    S. 2983 authorizes construction of the project for 
navigation at the Chickamauga Lock and Dam in Tennessee.

                      Section-by-Section Analysis

Section 1. Chickamauga Lock and Dam, Tennessee
    S. 2983 authorizes the project at a total cost of 
$239,000,000 with 50 percent paid from the general fund of the 
Treasury and 50 percent paid from amounts appropriated from the 
Inland Waterways Trust Fund.

                          Legislative History

    Senators Frist and Thompson introduced S. 2983 on September 
19, 2002. The bill was referred to the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works. No hearing was held on the bill. The 
committee considered and amended the bill in a business meeting 
on September 26, 2002 and ordered the bill reported to the 
Senate.

                             Rollcall Votes

    The Committee on Environment and Public Works met to 
consider S. 2983 on September 26, 2002. The committee adopted a 
technical amendment offered by Senator Jeffords by voice vote. 
The committee favorably reported the bill by voice vote. 
Senator Smith and Senator Voinovich recorded a ``no'' vote.

                      Regulatory Impact Statement

    The bill does not create any additional regulatory burdens, 
nor will it cause any adverse impact on the personal privacy of 
individuals.

                          Mandates Assessment

    In compliance with the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995 
(Public Law 104-4), the committee finds that S. 2983 would 
impose no unfunded mandates on State, local, or tribal 
governments.

                          Cost of Legislation

    Section 403 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment 
Control Act requires that a statement of the cost of the 
reported bill, prepared by the Congressional Budget Office, be 
included in the report. That statement follows:
                                     U.S. Congress,
                               Congressional Budget Office,
                                   Washington, DC, October 7, 2002.

Hon. James M. Jeffords, Chairman,
Committee on Environment and Public Works,
U.S. Senate, Washington, DC.

    Dear Mr. Chairman: The Congressional Budget Office has 
prepared the enclosed cost estimate for S. 2983, a bill to 
authorize a project for navigation, Chickamauga Lock and Dam, 
Tennessee.
    If you wish further details on this estimate, we will be 
pleased to provide them. The CBO staff contact is Julie 
Middleton, who can be reached at 226-2860.
            Sincerely,
                                            Dan L. Crippen.
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S. 2983, A bill to authorize a project for navigation, Chickamauga Lock 
        and Dam, Tennessee, as ordered reported by the Senate Committee 
        on Environment and Public Works on September 26, 2002
Summary
    S. 2983 would authorize the Secretary of the Army, through 
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, to replace the Chickamauga 
Lock on the Tennessee River. The lock was built by the 
Tennessee Valley Authority, but the Army Corps of Engineers is 
responsible for operations and maintenance of the lock. S. 2983 
would authorize a total project cost of $239.4 million (in 2001 
dollars) that could be adjusted for inflation. Under this bill, 
the Corps would be responsible for the entire cost of this 
project.
    Assuming appropriation of the necessary amounts, including 
adjustments for anticipated inflation, CBO estimates that 
implementing S. 2983 would cost about $100 million over the 
2003-2007 period, and an additional $175 million after that 
period. Enacting S. 2983 would not affect direct spending or 
revenues.
    S. 2983 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector 
mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) 
and would impose no costs on State, local, or tribal 
governments.
Estimated Cost to the Federal Government
    The estimated budgetary impact of S. 2983 is shown in the 
following table. The costs of this legislation fall within 
budget function 300 (natural resources and environment).


                 By Fiscal Year, in Millions of Dollars
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                                   2003    2004    2005    2006    2007
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 CHANGES IN SPENDING SUBJECT TO
          APPROPRIATION
Estimated Authorization Level...       0       4      35      40      58
Estimated Outlays...............       0       2      18      32      48
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Basis of Estimate
    For this estimate, CBO assumes that S. 2983 will be enacted 
in fiscal year 2003 and that amounts will be appropriated to 
meet the anticipated construction schedule for the project. 
Based on information from the Army Corps of Engineers, CBO 
estimates that replacing the lock would cost about $100 million 
over the 2003-2007 period, including adjustments for 
anticipated inflation, and an additional $175 million after 
that period.
Intergovernmental and Private-Sector Impact
    S. 2983 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector 
mandates as defined in UMRA and would impose no costs on the 
budgets of State, local, or tribal governments.

Estimate Prepared By: Federal Costs: Julie Middleton; Impact on 
State, Local, and Tribal Governments: Marjorie Miller; Impact 
on the Private Sector: Lauren Marks.

Estimate Approved By: Peter H. Fontaine, Deputy Assistant 
Director for Budget Analysis.

                        Changes in Existing Law

    Section 12 of rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate 
requires the committee to publish changes in existing law made 
by the bill as reported. Passage of this bill will make no 
changes to existing law.

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