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115th Congress } { Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session } { 115-711
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PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO THE BILL (H.R.
3249) TO AUTHORIZE THE PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS GRANT PROGRAM, AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 8) TO
PROVIDE FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE RIVERS AND HARBORS OF THE UNITED
STATES, TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF WATER AND
RELATED RESOURCES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES; AND PROVIDING FOR
CONSIDERATION OF THE BILL (H.R. 5895) MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR ENERGY
AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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June 5, 2018.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Woodall, from the Committee on Rules,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H. Res. 918]
The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration
House Resolution 918, by a record vote of 8 to 2, report the
same to the House with the recommendation that the resolution
be adopted.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION
The resolution provides for the consideration of the Senate
amendment to H.R. 3249, the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant
Program Authorization Act of 2018. The resolution makes in
order a motion offered by the chair of the Committee on the
Judiciary or his designee that the House concur in the Senate
amendment to H.R. 3249. The resolution waives all points of
order against consideration of the motion. The resolution
provides that the Senate amendment and the motion shall be
considered as read. The resolution provides one hour of debate
on the motion equally divided and controlled by the chair and
ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary.
Section 2 of the resolution provides for consideration of
H.R. 8, the Water Resources Development Act of 2018, under a
structured rule. The resolution provides one hour of general
debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking
minority member of the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure. The resolution waives all points of order
against consideration of the bill. The resolution provides that
an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the
text of Rules Committee Print 115-72 shall be considered as
adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
The resolution waives all points of order against provisions in
the bill, as amended. The resolution makes in order only those
further amendments printed in part A of this report. Each such
amendment may be offered only in the order printed in this
report, may be offered only by a Member designated in this
report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the
time specified in this report equally divided and controlled by
the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of
the question in the House or in the committee of the whole. The
resolution waives all points of order against the amendments
printed in part A of this report. The resolution provides one
motion to recommit with or without instructions.
Section 3 of the resolution provides for consideration of
H.R. 5895, the Energy and Water Development and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act 2019, under a structured rule. The
resolution provides one hour of general debate equally divided
and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the
Committee on Appropriations. The resolution waives all points
of order against consideration of the bill. The resolution
provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 115-71, shall
be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be
considered as read. The resolution waives points of order
against provisions in the bill, as amended, for failure to
comply with clause 2 rule XXI, except beginning on page 66,
line 14, through page 66, line 20. The resolution makes in
order only those further amendments printed in part B of this
report. Each such amendment may be offered only in the order
printed in this report, may be offered only by a Member
designated in this report, shall be considered as read, shall
be debatable for the time specified in this report equally
divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, may be
withdrawn by the proponent at any time before action thereon,
shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to
a demand for division of the question in the House or in the
committee of the whole. The resolution waives all points of
order against the amendments printed in part B of this report.
The resolution provides that no further consideration of the
bill shall be in order except pursuant to a subsequent order of
the House.
Section 4 of the resolution provides that the chair and
ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or
their respective designees may offer up to 10 pro forma
amendments each at any point for the purpose of debate.
Section 5 of the resolution provides that during
consideration of H.R. 5895, it shall not be in order to use a
decrease in Overseas Contingency Operations funds to offset an
amendment that increases an appropriation not designated as
Overseas Contingency Operations funds or vice versa, but does
not apply to amendments between the Houses.
EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
consideration of the motion to concur in the Senate amendment,
the Committee is not aware of any points of order. The waiver
is prophylactic in nature.
The waiver of all points of order against consideration of
H.R. 8 includes a waiver of the following:
Clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII, which requires
the inclusion of a committee cost estimate;
Clause 10 of rule XXI, which prohibits the
consideration of a bill if it has the net effect of
increasing mandatory spending over the five-year or
ten-year period;
Section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget
Act, which prohibits consideration of legislation
providing new budget authority in excess of a 302(a)
allocation of such authority; and
Section 303 of the Congressional Budget Act,
which prohibits consideration of legislation, providing
a change in revenues for a fiscal year until the budget
resolution for that year has been agreed to.
The waiver of all points of order against provisions in
H.R. 8, as amended, includes a waiver of clause 4 of rule XXI,
which prohibits reporting a bill or joint resolution carrying
an appropriation from a committee not having jurisdiction to
report an appropriation.
Although the resolution waives all points of order against
the amendments printed in part A of this report, the Committee
is not aware of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic
in nature.
The waiver of all points of order against consideration of
H.R. 5895 includes waivers of the following:
Section 306 of the Congressional Budget Act,
which prohibits consideration of legislation within the
jurisdiction of the Committee on the Budget unless
referred to or reported by the Budget Committee; and
Section 5104 of H. Con. Res. 71, which
prohibits the consideration of a general appropriation
bill that provides for advance appropriations
The waiver of all points of order against provisions in
H.R. 5895, as amended, includes a waiver of clause 2 of rule
XXI, which prohibits unauthorized appropriations or legislative
provisions in an appropriations bill. This waiver is necessary
because the bill, as amended, contains unauthorized
appropriations and legislative provisions.
The waiver of all points of order against the amendments
printed in part B of this report includes a waiver of clause
2(c) of rule XXI, which requires that limitation amendments are
to be offered at the end of the bill. The waiver is necessary
because the limitation amendments printed in this report will
be offered at the end of each division. It should be noted that
sponsors of such amendments complied with Rules Committee
guidance when drafting amendments to the end of divisions
rather than the end of the bill.
COMMITTEE VOTES
The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion
to report, together with the names of those voting for and
against, are printed below:
Rules Committee record vote No. 227
Motion by Mr. McGovern to make in order and provide the
appropriate waivers to amendment # 60 to H.R. 8, offered by
Rep. DeFazio (OR) and Rep. Shuster (PA) and Rep. Napolitano
(CA) and Rep. Graves (LA), which establishes a specific
budgetary mechanism to allow funds collected into the Harbor
Maintenance Trust Fund to be appropriated and expended to
address the maintenance dredging needs of U.S. commercial
harbors. Defeated: 2-8
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Cole........................................ Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mr. Woodall..................................... Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Yea
Mr. Burgess..................................... ............ Mr. Polis......................... ............
Mr. Collins..................................... Nay Mrs. Torres....................... ............
Mr. Byrne....................................... Nay
Mr. Newhouse.................................... Nay
Mr. Buck........................................ Nay
Ms. Cheney...................................... Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 228
Motion by Mr. McGovern make in order and provide the
appropriate waivers to amendment # 69 to H.R. 8, offered by
Rep. Moulton (MA) and Rep. Keating (MA), which provides
additional funding for the Army Corps of Engineers Storm and
Hurricane Restoration and Impact Minimization Program. The
program assists communities in their efforts to recover and
adapt to severe weather and natural disasters. Defeated: 2-8
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Cole........................................ Nay Mr. McGovern...................... Yea
Mr. Woodall..................................... Nay Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Yea
Mr. Burgess..................................... ............ Mr. Polis......................... ............
Mr. Collins..................................... Nay Mrs. Torres....................... ............
Mr. Byrne....................................... Nay
Mr. Newhouse.................................... Nay
Mr. Buck........................................ Nay
Ms. Cheney...................................... Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 229
Motion by Mr. Cole to report the rule. Adopted: 8-2
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Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote
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Mr. Cole........................................ Yea Mr. McGovern...................... Nay
Mr. Woodall..................................... Yea Mr. Hastings of Florida........... Nay
Mr. Burgess..................................... ............ Mr. Polis......................... ............
Mr. Collins..................................... Yea Mrs. Torres....................... ............
Mr. Byrne....................................... Yea
Mr. Newhouse.................................... Yea
Mr. Buck........................................ Yea
Ms. Cheney...................................... Yea
Mr. Sessions, Chairman.......................... Yea
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SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 8 IN PART A MADE IN ORDER
1. Shuster (PA): MANAGER'S. Makes technical changes to the
bill, as well as additional provisions relating to Corps of
Engineers projects and reports. Addresses direct spending issue
in sec. 306. (10 minutes)
2. Soto (FL): Directs the Secretary to expand the areas of
consideration to include water storage. (10 minutes)
3. Gibbs (OH): Amends language to ensure all factors are
considered in order for the mitigation bank to provide
sufficient financial assurances. (10 minutes)
4. Royce (CA), Hunter (CA), Mast (FL): Adds flexibility in
Section 120 so that future projects can also qualify for the
pilot program. (10 minutes)
5. Keating (MA): Authorizes Army Corps to give technical
assistance to regional coalitions as they prepare for water
resources development projects with potential connections to
Army Corps projects or properties. (10 minutes)
6. Posey (FL), Mast (FL), Hastings, Alcee (FL), Wilson
(FL): Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance on
construction to a state agency that is carrying out
congressionally authorized projects. Such assistance would be
reimbursed by the state agency. Protects existing authorities
under Davis-Bacon. (10 minutes)
7. Denham (CA), Costa (CA): Extends authority of the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers to enter into cost recovery agreements
for evaluation and processing of permits. (10 minutes)
8. Esty (CT), Babin (TX), Blumenauer (OR), Black (TN),
Bonamici (OR), Sinema (AZ): Adds to a National Academy of
Sciences report consideration of an analysis on whether the
Corps considers cumulative benefits of locally developed
projects, including Master Plans, and if the Corps uses these
benefits for purposes of benefit-cost analysis for potential
projects within such Master Plans. (10 minutes)
9. Soto (FL): Adds universities to the list of entities
that the Secretary of the Army Corps should consider when
submitting a report to Congress on the use of innovative
materials in water resource development projects. (10 minutes)
10. Krishnamoorthi (IL): Requires the Comptroller of the
United States to provide recommendations to improve the
capacity and preparedness of the Corp of Engineers workforce
(10 minutes)
11. Jayapal (WA): Adds to a GAO study consideration of how
changes to the navigation industry workforce with which the
Army Corps of Engineers collaborates may affect safety and
operations within the navigation industry (10 minutes)
12. Soto (FL): Directs the GAO to specifically consider
trough bars, coastal wetlands and barrier coral reefs for their
study on the feasibility of projects for flood risk management,
hurricane and storm damage reduction, and ecosystem
restoration. (10 minutes)
13. Sanford (SC), Delaney (MD), Duncan (SC): Ensures timely
payback for advanced funds paid for by a non-federal sponsor.
(10 minutes)
14. Nolan (MN), Joyce (OH), Huizenga (MI), Krishnamoorthi
(IL), Mitchell (MI), Bergman (MI), Kildee (MI), Kennedy (MA):
The amendment requires the Secretary to conduct a study of the
status of the project for flood damage reduction and
environmental restoration for the Muddy River authorized by
WRDA 2000. The Secretary is required to submit a report to
Congress describing the study and reasons for deauthorizing the
project. (10 minutes)
15. Moore, Gwen (WI): Requires the Corps to take steps to
better engage with and meaningfully consult with communities of
color, low-income communities, tribes, and rural communities.
(10 minutes)
16. Meadows (NC): Prioritizes the operation, maintenance,
and improvement of existing infrastructure. (10 minutes)
17. Mast (FL): Clarifies the Secretary's authority under
WRDA 2000 to provide credit for Comprehensive Everglades
Restoration in-kind work completed during design or
construction, including work after a partnership agreement is
signed. The Secretary and non-Federal sponsor must agree to the
terms and conditions for in-kind work not expressly defined in
the partnership agreement and the Secretary must determine the
work is integral to the project. (10 minutes)
18. Pearce (NM): Requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
to pay back the Federal cost share for projects carried out
under section 593 of the Water Resources Development Act of
1999 in the next fiscal year. (10 minutes)
19. Kelly (PA), Thompson, Glenn (PA): States that in
regards to WRDA funding determinations, the Corps of Engineers
may consider operation and maintenance of the locks on
Allegheny River for purposes of recreational boat traffic
levels and related economic benefits. (10 minutes)
20. Schrader (OR): Provides the Army Corps of Engineers
with the authority to help mitigate any detrimental impacts to
municipal water supply resulting from a Corps construction
project. (10 minutes)
21. Jayapal (WA): Requests from the Army Corps of Engineers
a report to Congress on the potential opportunity for
integrating noise abatement and noise mitigation technologies
and practices into improvements and operations in harbors and
inland harbors. (10 minutes)
22. Higgins, Clay (LA): Directs the Secretary to prefer
acquiring the minimum interest necessary in real property
needed to support a project or action. Requires consideration
of the use of a temporary easement estate or other interests
designed to reduce overall costs, reduce project time, and
minimize conflict with property owners related to such project
or action. (10 minutes)
23. Babin (TX): Expresses the sense of Congress stating the
importance and benefits of projects to improve 2-way traffic
safety on high volume, deep draft navigation channels. (10
minutes)
24. Bost (IL): Permits a non-federal flood control project
sponsor to pay, or contribute to, the difference between the
cost of repairing a damaged flood control project and its
projected economic benefits. (10 minutes)
25. Heck, Denny (WA): Directs GAO to conduct a study on
USACE's ability to comply with Federal stormwater runoff
requirements. (10 minutes)
26. Gonzalez-Colon (PR): Expresses the sense of Congress
that the Corps of Engineers should consider urgently and
favorably projects and proposals pending before them for flood
control, dam repair, beach erosion, harbor navigation in Puerto
Rico, as well as for repair and mitigation required by natural
disasters in 2017-2018; and that the Secretary should advance
the project for ecosystem restoration at Cano Martin Pena, San
Juan, Puerto Rico. (10 minutes)
27. Gibbs (OH): Instructs the Secretary to expedite the
DMMP process in order that studies reach completion within two
years of their initiation and shall make maximum use of
existing information and studies and avoid all redundant
information collection and studies for purposes of Dredged
Material Management Plans initiated in fiscal year 2018 and
afterward. (10 minutes)
28. Frankel (FL), Curbelo (FL), Mast (FL), Wilson (FL):
Allows the Corps to consider the best source of sand for each
individual beach renourishment project. (10 minutes)
29. Davis, Rodney (IL), Lipinski (IL), Mitchell (MI),
Dingell (MI), Lawrence (MI), Kildee (MI): Clarifies that
operation and maintenance of any project authorized under the
Chief's Report for the Brandon Road Study is done at an 80/20
Federal/non-Federal cost share. Also requires the Corps,
following construction of any project authorized under the
Chief's Report for the Brandon Road Study, to consult with the
governor of the state where the project is located and seek
Congressional approval prior to implementing any additional
technologies at the project. Also, adds to the list of
feasibility studies in the base bill the USACE must expedite
completion of the Great Lakes Mississippi River Interbasin
Study Brandon Road Study. (10 minutes)
30. Gonzalez-Colon (PR): Directs the secretary to expedite
reports for the navigation project for San Juan Harbor, Puerto
Rico, per the study authorized by resolution of the House
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in September 20,
2006. (10 minutes)
31. Lance (NJ), Gottheimer (NJ): Directs the Secretary to
expedite the completion of a feasibility study for the Warren
Glen Dam Removal Project in the Musconetcong River, New Jersey.
(10 minutes)
32. Lujan (NM), Lujan Grisham (NM): Authorizes the
expansion of the Abiquiu Reservoir. (10 minutes)
33. Larsen, Rick (WA): Increases the per project funding
cap for Section 544 Puget Sound and Adjacent Waters Restoration
(PSAW) to $10 million--which is consistent with Section 206
Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration projects and raises the overall
authorization level for PSAW. (10 minutes)
34. Keating (MA): Directs the Army Corps to expedite and
complete dredging in Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts as
authorized. (10 minutes)
35. Joyce (OH), Huizenga (MI), Kildee (MI), Foster (IL):
Requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to complete its
Chief's Report for the Brandon Road Study by February 2019. (10
minutes)
36. Bishop, Sanford (GA): Conveys three parcels of land,
known as the Earle May Recreational Area, from the Army Corps
of Engineers to the City of Bainbridge. (10 minutes)
37. Blum (IA): Expedites the completion of the Cedar River
flood risk management project authorized in 2014. (10 minutes)
38. Keating (MA): Grants the Army Corps the authority to
repair or replace bridges in New England that serve as
emergency evacuation routes. (10 minutes)
39. McMorris Rodgers (WA): Authorizes a land transfer
between the Port of Whitman and the Army Corps of Engineers.
(10 minutes)
40. Shea-Porter (NH): Directs the Secretary to use existing
authority to mitigate severe shoaling at Hampton Harbor, New
Hampshire. (10 minutes)
41. Shea-Porter (NH): Directs the Secretary to expedite the
navigation project for Portsmouth Harbor and the Piscataqua
River. (10 minutes)
42. Lewis, Jason (MN): Encourages the Secretary to consider
reasonable alternative agreements between state or local
entities, private partners, and the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineering to dispose of dredged material. (10 minutes)
43. Olson (TX), Weber (TX), Gonzalez-Colon (PR), Green, Al
(TX), Brady, Kevin (TX), Gonzalez, Vicente (TX), Poe (TX),
Duncan (SC), Vela (TX), Plaskett, (VI), Gohmert (TX), Wilson
(FL): Looks to expedite already authorized U.S. Army Corp of
Engineers projects in the declared disaster areas of Texas,
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, Puerto Rico and
the U.S. Virgin Islands. (10 minutes)
44. McCaul (TX), Green, Al (TX), Brady, Kevin (TX),
Culberson (TX), Olson (TX), Weber (TX), Poe (TX): Requires the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to carry out flood and storm
damage reduction studies expeditiously in order to reduce the
risk of damage from future floods and hurricanes in the Houston
and Coastal Texas areas. (10 minutes)
45. Weber (TX): Enhances the Levee Safety Action
Classification (LSAC) risk categorization tool, developed
internally by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It supplements
current duties by ensuring that individual levee system LSAC
ratings are transparent. (10 minutes)
46. Meeks (NY): Expedites the Army Corps of Engineers'
reformulation project in certain Sandy Superstorm affected
areas of Queens, NY. (10 minutes)
47. Schrader (OR): Requires the Army Corps of Engineers to
include in future workplans, to the maximum extent practicable,
any project or facility for disposition for which the Corps has
a final report from the Director of Civil Works. (10 minutes)
48. Smith, Jason (MO): Ensures prompt restoration and
rebuilding in the event of an activation of any floodway or
backwater feature within the Mississippi Rivers and Tributaries
system. (10 minutes)
49. Young, Don (AK): Requires the Secretary to conduct an
assessment of dams classified as Class III under the Dam Safety
Action Classification of the Corps of Engineers. This amendment
require the Secretary to provide a report to Congress
describing anticipated impacts on the local communities if the
Secretary no longer assumes responsibility of the Class III
dam, or what the effects would be if the Secretary continues to
assume responsibility of the dams over a period of 15 years
after the date of enactment of this Act. (10 minutes)
50. Costa (CA), Denham (CA): Authorizes the Army Corps to
accept contributed funds from the owners of non-federal Section
7 reservoirs for the purpose of reviewing/revising operational
documents, including flood control manuals and rule curves. (10
minutes)
51. Soto (FL): Directs the Secretary, to the maximum extent
practicable, to endeavor to provide information to all
adjoining residential property stakeholders, next to property
which the Army Corps of Engineers holds an interest. (10
minutes)
52. Paulsen (MN), Ellison (MN): Expedites the completion of
a disposition study and requires the Secretary to report on the
feasibility of preserving and enhancing recreational
opportunities and the health of the ecosystem of Upper St.
Anthony Falls Lock and Dam. (10 minutes)
SUMMARY OF THE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 5895 IN PART B MADE IN ORDER
1. Collins, Chris (NY): Increases funding for Army Corps
Investigations account by $1.2 million, for a total of $129.2
million, offset by a reduction of $1.2 million in the Army
Corps Expenses account. (10 minutes)
2. Abraham (LA): Increases Corps of Engineers Construction
by $17,410,000 and reduces DOE Departmental Administration by
the same amount. (10 minutes)
3. Keating (MA): Ensures funds for additionally considering
the historic and national significance of dredging projects in
allocating Army Corps additional funding. (10 minutes)
4. Beyer (VA): Strikes Sec. 107, which prohibits funds from
being used to require a permit for the discharge of dredged or
fill material under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
(10 minutes)
5. Ruiz (CA): Redirects $2 million within the Water and
Related Resources Account toward projects with a public health
benefit. (10 minutes)
6. Lujan Grisham (NM): Prioritizes funding for Bureau of
Reclamation research and development projects. (10 minutes)
7. DeSaulnier (CA): Increase the Anadromous Fish Screen
Program by $5 million for the purposes of making repairs to
existing equipment (10 minutes)
8. Mitchell (MI): Cuts 10% from administrative expense
accounts at both the Bureau of Reclamation and the Department
of Energy. (10 minutes)
9. Cohen (TN): Increases funding for the Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy account by $2 million for the SuperTruck
II program. (10 minutes)
10. Keating (MA): Allocates funding for the Office of
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy to support marine and
hydrokinetic energy research and technologies. (10 minutes)
11. Bonamici (OR), Pingree (ME), Perry (PA): Increases
funding for the EERE Water Power Technologies Office by $10
million. (10 minutes)
12. Esty (CT): Restores $15 million in funding to the
Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) within the Office of Energy
Efficiency & Renewable Energy (EERE). (10 minutes)
13. Tsongas (MA), Grijalva (AZ), Keating (MA): Increases
funding to the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
for the purposes of offshore wind job training grants. (10
minutes)
14. Soto (FL): Increases funding to the Cybersecurity,
Energy Security, and Emergency Response program by $1,000,000
to further facilitate the Department of Energy's effort to
secure the nation's energy infrastructure against all hazards,
reduce the risks of and impacts from cyber events, and assist
with restoration activities. (10 minutes)
15. Soto (FL): Increases funding to the Electricity
Delivery program by $1,000,000 to further facilitate the
programs aim to develop a modern power grid by advancing
resilient power distribution systems, intelligent and high-
efficiency grid components, and energy storage systems. (10
minutes)
16. Weber (TX): Provides for $35 million from within funds
appropriated to the Office of Nuclear Energy to meet the House-
passed authorization level for the Versatile Neutron Source, a
fast test reactor user facility. (10 minutes)
17. Esty (CT), Larson, John (CT): Increases and decrease
funding to Solid Oxide Fuel Cells by $20 million. (10 minutes)
18. Beyer (VA), Esty (CT), Eshoo (CA): Increases ARPA-E to
its FY18 enacted level and reduces Fossil Energy R&D; by the
same amount. (10 minutes)
19. Smith, Lamar (TX): Provides for $126.8 million from
within funds appropriated to the Office of Science to meet
House-passed authorization levels for the LINAC Coherent Light
Source II High Energy Upgrade, the Proton Power Upgrade to the
Spallation Neutron Source, the construction of the Spallation
Neutron Source Second Target Station, and the construction of
the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams; provides for full funding
for the U.S. contribution to the construction of the ITER
project. (10 minutes)
20. Keating (MA): Allocates funding to support research and
grants to further innovation in the safe and secure storage,
treatment, transportation, and disposal of spent nuclear fuel
from civilian nuclear reactors. (10 minutes)
21. Marshall (KS): Reduces funding for the Office of
Science by $20,000,000 and then increases the same number by
$20,000,000. (10 minutes)
22. Langevin (RI): Increases funding by $3 million to be
used for divertor test tokamak research and development. (10
minutes)
23. Kihuen (NV), Titus (NV), Rosen (NV): Strikes $190
million for the licensing of the nuclear waste depository at
Yucca Mountain. (10 minutes)
24. Gosar (AZ): Eliminates funding for the ARPA-E program
as recommended by the administration. (10 minutes)
25. Jackson Lee (TX): Increases Administration account by
$1 million to address environmental concerns in both urban and
rural settings. (10 minutes)
26. Lee, Barbara (CA), Blumenauer (OR), Garamendi (CA),
Kildee (MI), Lieu (CA), Cicilline (RI): Strikes $65 million for
the W76-2 warhead and transfers it to Defense Nuclear
Nonproliferation account (10 minutes)
27. Connolly (VA): Restores the Defense Nuclear
Nonproliferation account to the FY2018 funding level by giving
the Weapons Activities account a $404 million increase instead
of the current $550 million increase. (10 minutes)
28. O'Halleran (AZ): Provides funding to expedite the work
of the Department of Energy's Defense-Related Uranium Mines
Program's work on Native American Reservations in the west. (10
minutes)
29. Gosar (AZ), Gohmert (TX): Uses the Holman Rule to
reduce the salary of Mark Gabriel, the Administrator of the
Western Area Power Administration, to $1. (10 minutes)
30. Keating (MA): Provides resources for the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission to ensure safe and effective
decommissioning of nuclear power plants. (10 minutes)
31. Beyer (VA), Pingree (ME), Lowenthal (CA), Carbajal
(CA), Huffman (CA), Langevin (RI), Castor (FL), Cicilline (RI),
Bonamici (OR): Strikes Sec. 505, which prohibits funds from
being used for further implementation of the coastal and marine
spatial planning and ecosystem-based management components of
the National Ocean Policy. (10 minutes)
32. Kihuen (NV), Titus (NV), Rosen (NV): Strikes language
that would prohibit closure of the Yucca Mountain project. (10
minutes)
33. Newhouse (WA), Gosar (AZ), Schrader (OR), Crawford
(AR), Tipton (CO), Gohmert (TX), DeFazio (OR), Lamborn (CO),
Kilmer (WA), Lujan Grisham (NM), Carbajal (CA), McMorris
Rodgers (WA), Heck, Denny (WA), McNerney (CA), Herrera-Beutler
(WA), Blumenauer (OR), Black (TN), Bonomici (OR), Sinema (AZ):
Prohibits the use of funds to sell the transmission assets of
three Power Marketing Administrations and the Tennessee Valley
Authority. (10 minutes)
34. Blackburn (TN): Provides for a one percent across the
board cut to the discretionary spending levels in Division A of
the bill. (10 minutes)
35. Jackson Lee (TX): Allocates an additional $3 million
for post-disaster watershed assessment studies. (10 minutes)
36. Jackson Lee (TX): Prohibits use of funds in
contravention of the Department of Energy Organization Act and
addresses the need to increase programs that educate minorities
in science, technology, engineering and math. (10 minutes)
37. Burgess (TX): Prohibits using federal funds for the
enforcement of standards established in the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act with respect to BPAR incandescent reflector
lamps, BR incandescent reflector lamps, and ER incandescent
reflector lamps. (10 minutes)
38. DeSantis (FL): Prohibits funds from being used to
purchase heavy water from Iran. (10 minutes)
39. Norman (SC): Reduces the total amount of appropriations
made available by $1.5 billion to match the fiscal year 2018
enacted level. (10 minutes)
PART A--TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 8 MADE IN ORDER
1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Shuster of Pennsylvania
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 23, line 12, strike ``note(b)(8))'' and insert
``note)''.
At the end of title I, add the following:
SEC. 144. OLD RIVER CONTROL STRUCTURE, LOUISIANA.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public
Works of the Senate a report on the structure and operations
plan for the Old River control structure authorized by the
Flood Control Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 1258) based on the best
available science, improved monitoring capabilities, and other
factors as determined by the Secretary, including consideration
of--
(1) flood control;
(2) navigational conditions;
(3) water supply; and
(4) ecosystem restoration and ecological
productivity.
(b) Public Participation.--In developing the report required
by subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide opportunity for
public input and stakeholder engagement, including public
meetings.
SEC. 145. DREDGE PILOT PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--The Secretary is authorized to carry out a
pilot program to award contracts with a duration of up to five
years for the operation and maintenance of harbors and inland
harbors referred to in section 210(a)(2) of the Water Resources
Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2238(a)(2)).
(b) Scope.--In carrying out the pilot program under
subsection (a), the Secretary may award a contract described in
such subsection, which may address one or more harbors or
inland harbors in a geographical region, if the Secretary
determines that the contract provides cost savings compared to
the awarding of such work on an annual basis.
(c) Report to Congress.--Not later than one year after the
date on which the first contract is awarded pursuant to the
pilot program carried out under subsection (a), the Secretary
shall submit to Congress a report evaluating, with respect to
the pilot program and any contracts awarded under the pilot
program--
(1) cost effectiveness;
(2) reliability and performance;
(3) cost savings attributable to mobilization and
demobilization of dredge equipment; and
(4) response times to address navigational
impediments.
(d) Sunset.--The authority of the Secretary to enter into
contracts pursuant to the pilot program carried out under
subsection (a) shall expire on the date that is 10 years after
the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 146. DISPOSITION OF PROJECTS.
(a) In General.--In carrying out a disposition study for a
project of the Corps of Engineers, or a separable element of
such a project, including a disposition study under section 216
of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (33 U.S.C. 549a), the
Secretary shall consider modifications that would improve the
overall quality of the environment in the public interest,
including removal of the project or separable element of a
project.
(b) Disposition Study Transparency.--The Secretary shall
carry out disposition studies described in subsection (a) in a
transparent manner, including by--
(1) providing opportunities for public input; and
(2) publishing the final disposition studies.
(c) Removal of Infrastructure.--For disposition studies
described in subsection (a) in which the Secretary determines
that a Federal interest no longer exists, and makes a
recommendation of removal of the project or separable element
of a project, the Secretary is authorized to pursue removal of
the project or separable element of a project using--
(1) existing authorities, as considered appropriate
by the Secretary; or
(2) partnerships with other Federal agencies and non-
Federal entities with appropriate capabilities to
undertake infrastructure removal.
Page 52, after line 24, insert the following:
(21) Project for flood damage reduction, Westminster-
East Garden Grove, California.
(22) Project for hurricane and storm damage risk
reduction and ecosystem restoration, Southwest Coastal
Louisiana, Louisiana, authorized by section 1401(8) of
the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (130
Stat.1715).
(23) Project for navigation and channel deepening,
Baptiste Collette Bayou, Louisiana, under section 203
of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33
U.S.C. 2231).
(24) Project for navigation and channel deepening,
Houma Navigation Canal, Louisiana, under section 203 of
the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C.
2231).
(25) Project for navigation and channel deepening,
Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana, under section 203 of the
Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C.
2231).
Strike section 308 and insert the following:
SEC. 308. KISSIMMEE RIVER RESTORATION, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA.
Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public
Works of the Senate a report on the total estimated value of
in-kind contributions made by the non-Federal interest with
respect to the following six actions, as described in the final
report of the Director of Civil Works on the Central and
Southern Florida Project, Kissimmee River Restoration Project,
dated April 27, 2018:
(1) Shady Oaks Fish Camp land preparation.
(2) Rocks Fish Camp land preparation.
(3) Levee breaching of Sparks Candler and Bronson
Levees.
(4) Packingham Slough construction related to land
acquisition.
(5) Engineering analysis of River Acres engineering
solution.
(6) Small local levee modifications.
At the end of title III, add the following:
SEC. 311. BOSTON HARBOR RESERVED CHANNEL DEAUTHORIZATIONS.
(a) 40-foot Reserved Channel.--
(1) In general.--The portions of the project for
navigation, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, authorized by
the first section of the Act of October 17, 1940 (54
Stat. 1198, chapter 895) and modified by section 101 of
the River and Harbor Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 297),
section 101(a)(13) of the Water Resources Development
Act of 1990 (104 Stat. 4607), and section 7002(1) of
the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014
(128 Stat. 1365) described in paragraph (2) are no
longer authorized beginning on the date of enactment of
this Act.
(2) Areas described.--
(A) First area.--The first areas described in
this paragraph are--
(i) beginning at a point N.
2950154.45, E. 785995.64;
(ii) running southwesterly about
1451.63 feet to a point N. 2950113.83,
E. 784544.58;
(iii) running southeasterly about
54.00 feet to a point N. 2950059.85, E.
784546.09;
(iv) running southwesterly about
1335.82 feet to a point N. 2950022.48,
E. 783210.79;
(v) running northwesterly about 83.00
feet to a point N. 2950105.44, E.
783208.47;
(vi) running northeasterly about
2787.45 feet to a point N. 2950183.44,
E. 785994.83; and
(vii) running southeasterly about
29.00 feet to the point described in
clause (i).
(B) Second area.--The second areas described
in this paragraph are--
(i) beginning at a point N.
2950502.86, E. 785540.84;
(ii) running northeasterly about
46.11 feet to a point N2950504.16,
E785586.94;
(iii) running southwesterly about
25.67 feet to a point N. 2950480.84, E.
785576.18;
(iv) running southwesterly to a point
N. 2950414.32, E. 783199.83;
(v) running northwesterly about 8.00
feet to a point N. 2950422.32, E.
783199.60;
(vi) running northeasterly about
2342.58 feet to a point N. 2950487.87,
E. 785541.26; and
(vii) running northwesterly about
15.00 feet to the point described in
clause (i).
(b) 35-foot Reserved Channel.--
(1) In general.--The portions of the project for
navigation, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, authorized by
the first section of the Act of October 17, 1940 (54
Stat. 1198, chapter 895) and modified by section 101 of
the River and Harbor Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 297)
described in paragraph (2) are no longer authorized
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) Areas described.--
(A) First area.--The first areas described in
this paragraph are--
(i) beginning at a point N.
2950143.44, E. 787532.14;
(ii) running southeasterly about
22.21 feet to a point N. 2950128.91, E.
787548.93;
(iii) running southwesterly about
4,339.42 feet to a point N. 2950007.48,
E. 783211.21;
(iv) running northwesterly about
15.00 feet to a point N. 2950022.48, E.
783210.79; and
(v) running northeasterly about
4,323.05 feet to the point described in
clause (i).
(B) Second area.--The second areas described
in this paragraph are--
(i) beginning at a point N.
2950502.86, E. 785540.84;
(ii) running southeasterly about
15.00 feet to a point N. 2950487.87, E.
785541.26;
(iii) running southwesterly about
2342.58 feet to a point N. 2950422.32,
E. 783199.60;
(iv) running southeasterly about 8.00
feet to a point N. 2950414.32, E.
783199.83;
(v) running southwesterly about
1339.12 feet to a point N. 2950376.85,
E. 781861.23;
(vi) running northwesterly about
23.00 feet to a point N. 2950399.84, E.
781860.59; and
(vii) running northeasterly about
3681.70 feet to the point described in
clause (i).
SEC. 312. CONTINUED AUTHORIZATION OF CERTAIN PROJECTS.
Notwithstanding the third sentence of section 1001(b)(2) of
the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C.
579a(b)(2)), projects and separable elements of projects
identified in the fiscal year 2017 report prepared in
accordance with such section and submitted to Congress on
December 15, 2016, shall not be deauthorized unless such
projects and separable elements meet the requirements of
section 1301(b)(1)(A) of the Water Resources Development Act of
2016 (130 Stat. 1687).
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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Soto of Florida or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 8, line 7, insert ``water storage,'' after ``aquifer
recharge,''.
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3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gibbs of Ohio or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 9, line 17, insert ``, if determined necessary after
taking into account all relevant factors (including past
successful project completion)'' before the semicolon.
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4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Royce of California or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Strike section 120 and insert the following:
SEC. 120. NON-FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION PILOT PROGRAM.
Section 1043(b) of the Water Resources Reform and Development
Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2201 note) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (3)(A)(i)--
(A) in the matter preceding subclause (I)--
(i) by striking ``15'' and inserting
``20''; and
(ii) by striking ``prior to the date
of enactment of this Act'';
(B) in subclause (I)--
(i) in the matter preceding item
(aa), by inserting ``that have been
authorized for construction prior to
the date of enactment of this Act and''
after ``not more than 12 projects'';
and
(ii) in item (bb), by striking ``;
and'' and inserting a semicolon;
(C) in subclause (II)--
(i) by inserting ``that have been
authorized for construction prior to
the date of enactment of this Act and''
after ``not more than 3 projects''; and
(ii) by striking the semicolon and
inserting ``; and''; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
``(III) not more than 5
projects that have been
authorized for construction,
but did not receive the
authorization prior to the date
of enactment of this Act;'';
and
(2) in subsection (b)(8) by striking ``2015 through
2019'' and inserting ``2019 through 2023''.
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5. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Keating of
Massachusetts or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Insert after section 122 the following (and renumber
subsequent sections and the table of contents accordingly):
SEC. 123. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR REGIONAL COALITIONS.
Section 22(a)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of
1974 (42 U.S.C. 1962d-16(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
``(1) Comprehensive plans.--The Secretary of the
Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is
authorized to cooperate with any State, group of
States, non-Federal interest working with a State or
group of States, or regional coalition of governmental
entities in the preparation of comprehensive plans for
the development, utilization, and conservation of the
water and related resources of drainage basins,
watersheds, or ecosystems located within the boundaries
of such State, interest, or entity, including plans to
comprehensively address water resources challenges, and
to submit to Congress reports and recommendations with
respect to appropriate Federal participation in
carrying out such plans.''.
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6. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Posey of Florida or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 27, line 14, strike ``and''.
Page 27, after line 14, insert the following (and redesignate
the subsequent paragraph accordingly):
(2) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
``(c) Studies and Engineering.--
``(1) In general.--When requested by an appropriate
non-Federal interest, the Secretary shall undertake all
necessary studies, engineering, and technical
assistance on construction for any project to be
undertaken under subsection (b), and provide technical
assistance in obtaining all necessary permits for the
construction, if the non-Federal interest contracts
with the Secretary to furnish the United States funds
for the studies, engineering, or technical assistance
on construction in the period during which the studies,
engineering, or technical assistance on construction
are being conducted.
``(2) No waiver.--Nothing in this section may be
construed to waive any requirement of section 3142 of
title 40, United States Code.
``(3) Limitation.--Funds provided by non-Federal
interests under this subsection shall not be eligible
for credit or reimbursement under subsection (d).
``(4) Impartial decisionmaking.--In carrying out this
section, the Secretary shall ensure that the use of
funds accepted from a non-Federal interest will not
affect the impartial decisionmaking of the Secretary,
either substantively or procedurally.''; and
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7. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Denham of California or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 30, strike lines 15 and 16 and insert the following:
(1) by striking paragraph (3) and redesignating
paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4),
respectively; and
Page 30, line 17, strike ``paragraph (5)'' and insert
``paragraph (4), as so redesignated''.
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8. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Esty of Connecticut or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 32, line 16, strike ``and''.
Page 32, line 21, strike the period and insert ``; and''.
Page 32, after line 21, insert the following:
(6) an analysis of whether or not the Army Corps of
Engineers--
(A) considers cumulative benefits of locally
developed projects, including Master Plans
approved by the Corps; and
(B) uses the benefits referred to in
subparagraph (A) for purposes of benefit-cost
analysis for project justification for
potential projects within such Master Plans.
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9. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Soto of Florida or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 36, line 8, insert ``universities,'' after ``research
and development centers,''.
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10. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Krishnamoorthi of
Illinois or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 36, line 23, strike ``and''.
Page 36, after line 23, insert the following (and renumber
the subsequent paragraph accordingly):
(2) provides recommendations to improve the capacity
and preparedness of the Corps of Engineers workforce;
and
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11. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jayapal of Washington
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 36, line 23, strike ``; and'' and insert a semicolon.
Page 37, line 4, strike the period and insert ``; and''.
Page 37, after line 4, insert the following:
(3) describes how changes to the navigation industry
workforce with which the Corps of Engineers
collaborates may affect safety and operations within
the navigation industry.
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12. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Soto of Florida or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 38, line 3, after ``storm damage reduction'' insert
``(including trough bars, coastal wetlands, and barrier coral
reefs)''.
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13. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Sanford of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 40, line 21, strike ``in lieu of'' and insert ``or''.
Page 41, line 1, strike ``in lieu of'' and insert ``or''.
Page 41, line 16, insert ``or reimbursement of funds of an
equivalent amount, subject to the availability of
appropriations'' before the period.
Page 41, line 21, strike the closing quotation marks and the
second period.
Page 41, after line 21, insert the following:
``(c) Application of Reimbursement.--At the request of the
non-Federal interest, the Secretary may apply such funds,
subject to the availability of appropriations, equal to the
share of the cost of the non-Federal interest of carrying out
other flood damage reduction and coastal navigation projects or
studies.''.
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14. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Nolan of Minnesota or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title I, add the following:
SEC. ___. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that the construction of a new
lock at the Soo Locks at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, is vital
to our national economy, national security, and national need
for new critical infrastructure.
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15. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Moore of Wisconsin or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title I, insert the following:
SEC. __. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
(a) In General.--The Corps of Engineers shall make efforts--
(1) as part of the mission of the Corps, to identify
and address with respect to covered communities any
disproportionate and adverse health or environmental
effects of the Corps' programs, policies, practices,
and activities;
(2) to promote the meaningful involvement of
communities of color in the Corps' project development
and implementation, enforcement efforts, and other
activities;
(3) to provide guidance and technical assistance to
covered communities to increase understanding of the
Corps' project planning and management activities,
regulations, and policies; and
(4) to cooperate with State, Tribal, and local
governments with respect to activities carried out
pursuant to this subsection.
(b) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions
apply:
(1) Community of color.--The term ``community of
color'' means a community of individuals who are--
(A) American Indian or Alaska Native;
(B) Asian or Pacific Islander;
(C) Black, not of Hispanic origin; or
(D) Hispanic.
(2) Covered community.--The term ``covered
community'' means each of the following:
(A) A community of color.
(B) A low-income community.
(C) A rural community.
(D) A Tribal and indigenous community.
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16. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Meadows of North
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title I, add the following:
SEC. ___. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.
The Secretary of the Army shall prioritize the operation and
maintenance of existing infrastructure, improve its
reliability, and, as necessary, improve its resilience to
cyber-related threats.
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17. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Mast of Florida or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title I, add the following:
SEC. ___. CLARIFICATION FOR INTEGRAL DETERMINATION.
(a) WRDA 2000.--Section 601(e)(5)(B) of the Water Resources
Development Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-541) is amended to read
as follows:
``(B) Work.--The Secretary may provide
credit, including in-kind credit, toward the
non-Federal share for the reasonable cost of
any work performed in connection with a study,
preconstruction engineering and design, or
construction that is necessary for the
implementation of the Plan if--
``(i)(I) the credit is provided for
work completed during the period of
design, as defined in a design
agreement between the Secretary and the
non-Federal sponsor;
``(II) the credit is provided for
work completed during the period of
construction, as defined in a project
cooperation agreement for an authorized
project between the Secretary and the
non-Federal sponsor;
``(III) the credit is provided for
work carried out before the date of the
partnership agreement between the
Secretary and the non-Federal sponsor,
as defined in an agreement between the
Secretary and the non-Federal sponsor
providing for such credit; or
``(IV) the credit is provided for
work carried out by the non-Federal
sponsor in the implementation of an
authorized project implementation
report, and such work was defined in an
agreement between the Secretary and the
non-Federal sponsor prior to the
execution of such work;
``(ii) the agreement prescribes the
terms and conditions of the credit,
including in the case of credit
provided under clause (i)(iii)
conditions relating to design and
construction; and
``(iii) the Secretary determines that
the work performed by the non-Federal
sponsor is integral to the project.''.
(b) Timing.--Section 601(e)(5) of the Act referred to in
subsection (a) is further amended by inserting after
subparagraph (B) the following (and redesignating any
subparagraphs accordingly):
``(C) Timing.--In any case in which the
Secretary approves credit under subparagraph
(B), in writing or by electronic agreement with
the non-Federal sponsor, the Secretary shall
provide such credit for work completed during
the period of construction under an agreement
that prescribes the terms and conditions for
the in-kind contributions not expressly
defined.''.
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18. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Pearce of New Mexico
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title I, add the following:
SEC. ___. COST SHARE PAYMENT FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS.
Not later than September 30 of the first fiscal year
following the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary
shall pay the outstanding balance of the Federal cost share for
any project carried out under section 593 of the Water
Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 380).
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19. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kelly of Pennsylvania
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title I, insert the following:
SEC. __. LOCKS ON ALLEGHENY RIVER.
The Corps of Engineers may consider, in making funding
determinations with respect to the operation and maintenance of
locks on the Allegheny River--
(1) recreational boat traffic levels; and
(2) related economic benefits.
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20. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schrader of Oregon or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title I, add the following:
SEC. ___. ASSISTANCE RELATING TO WATER SUPPLY.
The Secretary may provide assistance to municipalities the
water supply of which is adversely affected by construction
carried out by the Corps of Engineers.
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21. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jayapal of Washington
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title I, add the following:
SEC. ___. NOISE POLLUTION ABATEMENT AND MITIGATION.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this
section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the
potential opportunity for integrating noise abatement and noise
mitigation technologies and practices into improvements and
operations in harbors and inland harbors.
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22. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Higgins of Louisiana
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of title I the following:
SEC. __. PROPERTY ACQUISITION.
(a) In General.--In requiring or acquiring an interest in
land, the Secretary shall, in accordance with the Uniform
Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies
Act of 1970, prefer the minimum interest in real property
necessary to support a project or action.
(b) Determination.--In determining the proper interest in
land under subsection (a), the Secretary shall first consider a
temporary easement estate or other interest designed to reduce
the overall cost, reduce the time, and minimize conflict with
property owners related to such action or project.
(c) Procedures Used in State.--The Secretary shall consider
and attempt to replicate, to the maximum extent practicable and
consistent with Federal laws, the procedures that a State has
used to acquire interests in land, provided that such
procedures are generally consistent with the goals of a project
or action.
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23. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Babin of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of title I the following:
SEC. ___. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON NAVIGATION SAFETY.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) high use Federal navigation projects, including
those with numerous deep draft vessel calls per year,
should ensure safe 2-way traffic by design vessels
recommended by authorized navigation studies; and
(2) the Secretary should consider the benefits of the
safety modification or improvement to commercial
navigation in evaluating such modifications or
improvements.
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24. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bost of Illinois or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title I, add the following:
SEC. __. COST AND BENEFIT FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT.
(a) Cost Benefit and Special Conditions.--Section 5(a) of the
Act of August 18, 1941 (55 Stat. 650, chapter 377; 33 U.S.C.
701n(a)), as amended by this Act, is further amended by
striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
``(2) Cost and benefit feasibility assessment.--
``(A) Consideration of benefits.--In
preparing a cost and benefit feasibility
assessment for any emergency project described
in paragraph (1), the Chief of Engineers shall
consider the benefits to be gained by such
project for the protection of--
``(I) residential establishments;
``(ii) commercial establishments,
including the protection of inventory;
and
``(iii) agricultural establishments,
including the protection of crops.
``(B) Special conditions.--
``(i) The Chief of Engineers may
carry out repair or restoration work
described in paragraph (1) that does
not produce benefits greater than cost,
if the non-Federal sponsor agrees to
pay, or contribute to, an amount
sufficient to make the remaining costs
of the project equal to the estimated
value of the benefits of the repair or
restoration work and the Secretary
determines the damage to the structure
was not as a result of negligent
operation and maintenance, and that
repair of the project could benefit
other Corps project missions.
``(ii) Non-Federal payments pursuant
to clause (i) shall be in addition to
any non-Federal payments required by
the Chief of Engineers which are
applicable to the remaining costs of
the repair or restoration work.''.
(b) Continued Eligibility.--Nothwithstanding a non-Federal
flood control work's status in the Rehabilitation and
Inspection Program, any unconstructed emergency project for the
non-Federal flood control work that was formulated during the
three fiscal years preceding the fiscal year in which this Act
was enacted but that was determined to not produce benefits
greater than costs shall remain eligible for assistance under
Section 5 of the Act of August 18, 1941 (55 Stat. 650, chapter
377; 33 U.S.C. 701n) until the last day of the third fiscal
year following the fiscal year in which this Act was enacted if
the non-Federal sponsor agrees, in accordance with section 5 as
amended by subsection (a) of this section, to pay, or provide
contributions equal to, an amount sufficient to make the
remaining costs of the project equal to the estimated value of
the benefits of the repair or restoration work and the
Secretary determines the damage to the structure was not as a
result of negligent operation and maintenance, and that repair
of the project could benefit other Corps project missions.
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25. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Heck of Washington or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of title I the following:
SEC. __. STUDY ON STORMWATER RUNOFF REQUIREMENTS.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United
States shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public
Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a study on the
compliance of projects and properties constructed or renovated
by the Corps of Engineers with stormwater runoff requirements.
(b) Requirements.--The study under subsection (a) shall
include an analysis of--
(1) the extent to which the Corps of Engineers has
complied with section 439 of the Energy Independence
and Security Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17094) for projects
and properties constructed or renovated since February
1, 2010;
(2) the feasibility of the Corps of Engineers to meet
the requirement to restore the predevelopment hydrology
of properties under the ``maximum extent technically
feasible'' standard created under the Energy
Independence and Security Act of 2007;
(3) potential changes to the Corps of Engineers'
budgeting, planning, design, construction, and
maintenance strategies that could increase the agency's
ability to meet the requirement described in paragraph
(2);
(4) potential changes to the guidance described in
the Technical Guidance on Implementing the Stormwater
Runoff Requirements for Federal Projects under section
438 of the Energy Independence and Security Act, issued
by the Environmental Protection Agency and dated
December 2009, that could increase the Corps of
Engineers' ability to meet the requirement described in
paragraph (2).
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26. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gonzalez-Colon of
Puerto Rico or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of title I the following:
SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO PUERTO RICO.
(a) Water Resource Projects in Puerto Rico.--It is the sense
of Congress that the Corps of Engineers should proceed with a
sense of urgency, and viewing requirements in the most
favorable light, in evaluating and programming the actions to
be taken to complete current phases, initiate pending phases,
and prepare the reports necessary to proceed with the water
resources projects necessary for flood control, dam repair,
beach erosion control, and harbor navigation improvement in
Puerto Rico, as well as for repair and mitigation required by
hurricane and severe weather event damages that occurred
between September 2017 and March 2018.
(b) Cano Martin Pena Ecosystem Restoration Project.--It is
the sense of Congress that the Secretary should advance the
project for ecosystem restoration, Cano Martin Pena, San Juan,
Puerto Rico.
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27. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gibbs of Ohio or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title I, add the following:
SEC. ___. DREDGED MATERIAL MANAGEMENT PLANS.
(a) In General.--For purposes of dredged material management
plans initiated in or after fiscal year 2018, the Secretary
shall expedite the dredged material management plan process in
order that studies make maximum use of existing information,
studies, and innovative dredged material management practices,
and avoid any redundant information collection and studies.
(b) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a
report on how the Corps of Engineers intends to meet the
requirements of subsection (a).
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28. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Frankel of Florida or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title I, insert the following:
SEC. __. ACQUISITION OF BEACH FILL.
Section 935 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986
(33 U.S.C. 2299) is amended by striking ``if such materials are
not available from domestic sources for environmental or
economic reasons''.
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29. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Davis of Illinois or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title I, add the following:
SEC. __. FEASIBILITY OF CHICAGO SANITARY AND SHIP CANAL DISPERSAL
BARRIERS PROJECT, ILLINOIS.
Section 3061(d) of the Water Resources Development Act of
2007 (Public Law 110-114; 121 Stat. 1121) is amended--
(1) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting the
following:
``(1) In general.--The Secretary''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Operation and maintenance.--Operation and
maintenance of any project authorized to be carried out
pursuant to the feasibility study identified in
paragraph (1) shall be carried out at 80 percent
Federal expense and 20 percent non-Federal expense.
``(3) Consultation.--After construction of any
project authorized to be carried out pursuant to the
feasibility study identified in paragraph (1), the
Secretary shall consult with the Governor of the State
in which the project is constructed and seek
Congressional authority to construct any new
technologies not included in the Chief's Report.''.
Page 52, after line 24, insert the following:
(21) Projects under the Great Lakes Mississippi River
Interbasin Study Brandon Road Study.
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30. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gonzalez-Colon of
Puerto Rico or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 52, after line 16, insert the following (and redesignate
accordingly):
(17) Project for navigation, San Juan Harbor, Puerto
Rico.
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31. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lance of New Jersey or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 52, after line 24, insert the following:
(21) Project for ecosystem restoration, Warren Glen
Dam Removal, Musconetcong River, New Jersey.
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32. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lujan of New Mexico or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 52, after line 24, insert the following:
(21) Project for flood control and water supply,
Abiquiu Dam, New Mexico.
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33. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Larsen of Washington
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 55, line 1, strike ``$3,000,000,000'' and insert
``$3,025,000,000''.
Page 57, line 24, strike ``$3,000,000,000'' and insert
``$3,025,000,000''.
At the end of title III, add the following:
SEC. ___. PUGET SOUND NEARSHORE ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION.
Section 544(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000
(Public Law 106-541; 114 Stat. 2675) is amended--
(1) by striking ``$40,000,000'' and inserting
``$60,000,000''; and
(2) by striking ``$5,000,000'' and inserting
``$10,000,000''.
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34. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Keating of
Massachusetts or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of title II the following:
SEC. ___. PLYMOUTH HARBOR, MASSACHUSETTS.
Not later than December 31, 2019, the Secretary shall
expedite and complete the dredging of Plymouth Harbor,
Massachusetts, as authorized by the Act of March 4, 1913 (37
Stat. 802, chapter 144) and the Act of September 22, 1922 (42
Stat. 1038, chapter 427).
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35. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Joyce of Ohio or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of title II the following:
SEC. __. BRANDON ROAD STUDY.
The Secretary shall complete a final feasibility report for
the Great Lakes Mississippi River Interbasin Study Brandon Road
Study, authorized under section 3061(d) of the Water Resources
Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1121) and section 1538(b)(1)
of MAP-21 (Public Law 112-141; 126 Stat. 586) by the original
deadline of February 2019.
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36. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bishop Jr. of Georgia
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title III, add the following:
SEC. __. LAND CONVEYANCE.
(a) In General.--On the date of enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of the Army shall convey to the City of Bainbridge,
Georgia, without monetary consideration and subject to
subsection (b), all right, title, and interest in and to real
property described in subsection (c).
(b) Terms and Conditions.--
(1) In general.--The conveyance by the United States
under this subsection shall be subject to--
(A) the condition that the City of Bainbridge
agree to operate, maintain, and manage the
property for fish and wildlife, recreation, and
environmental purposes at no cost or expense to
the United States; and
(B) such other terms and conditions as the
Secretary determines to be in the interest of
the United States.
(2) Reversion.--If the Secretary determines that the
real property conveyed under paragraph (1) ceases to be
held in public ownership or the city ceases to operate,
maintain, and manage the real property in accordance
with this subsection, all right, title, and interest in
and to the property shall revert to the United States,
at the option of the Secretary.
(c) Property.--The property to be conveyed is composed of the
following 3 parcels of land:
(1) Parcel 1.--All that tract or parcel of land lying
and being in Land Lots 226. and 228, Fifteenth Land
District, and Land Lots 319, 320, 321, 322, 323 and
358, Twentieth Land District, Decatur County, Georgia,
more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a concrete monument stamped
``358'' which is 950 feet, more or less, North
of the South line and 600 feet, more or less,
West of the East line of said Land Lot 358, at
a corner of a tract of land owned by the United
States of America at Lake Seminole and at plane
coordinate position North 318,698.72 feet and
East 360,033.38 feet based on Transverse
Mercator Projection, Georgia West Zone;
Thence Due West 75 feet, more or less, to the
contour at elevation 77.0 feet above Mean Sea
Level;
Thence Northeasterly along the meanders of
said 77.0 foot contour a distance of 20,600
feet, more or less, to the mouth of the
entrance channel to the arena and boat basin;
Thence N 75 E 150 feet, more or less, to
another point on said 77.0 foot contour;
Thence Northeasterly along the meanders of
said 77.0 foot contour a distance of 3,300
feet, more or less, to a point which is on the
boundary of said United States tract and on the
boundary of a tract of land now or formerly
owned by the City of Bainbridge, Georgia;
Thence along the boundary of said United
States tract the following courses:
S 10 52' E along the boundary of
said City of Bainbridge tract 830 feet,
more or less, to a corner of said
tract;
S 89 45' E along the boundary of
said City of Bainbridge tract 700 feet,
more or less, to a concrete monument
stamped ``J1A'', coordinates of said
monument being North 328,902.34 feet
and East 369,302.33 feet;
S 22 25' W 62 feet, more or less, to
a corner of another tract of land owned
by the City of Bainbridge, Georgia;
S 88 07' W along the boundary of
said City of Bainbridge tract 350 feet,
more or less to a corner of said tract;
N 84 00' W along the boundary of
said City of Bainbridge tract 100.5
feet to a corner said tract;
S 88 07' W along the boundary of
said City of Bainbridge tract 300.0
feet to a corner of said tract;
S 14 16' W along boundary of said
City of Bainbridge tract 89.3 feet to a
corner of said tract;
Southwesterly along the boundary of
said City of Bainbridge tract which is
along a curve to the right with a
radius of 684.69 feet an arc distance
of 361.8 feet to a corner of said
tract;
S 30 00' W along the boundary of
said City of Bainbridge tract 294.0
feet to a corner of said tract;
S 10 27.' W along the boundary of
said City of Bainbridge tract 385.0
feet to a corner of said tract;
N 73 31' W 38 feet, more or less, to
a concrete monument;
S 16 25' W 563.7 feet to a concrete
monument stamped ``J7A'';
S 68 28' W 719.5 feet to a concrete
monument stamped ``J9A'';
S 68 28' W 831.3 feet to a concrete
monument stamped ``J12A'';
S 89 39'.E 746.7 feet to a concrete
monument stamped ``J11A'';
S 01 22' w 80.0 feet to a concrete
monument stamped ``J11B'';
N 89 39' W 980.9 feet to a concrete
monument stamped ``J13A'';
S 01 21' W 560.0 feet to a concrete
monument stamped ``J15A'';
S 37 14' W 1,213.0 feet;
N 52 46' W 600.0 feet;
S 37 14' W 1,000.0 feet;
S 52 46' E 600.0 feet;
S 37 14' W 117.0 feet to a concrete
monument stamped ``320/319'';
S 37 13' W 1,403.8 feet to a
concrete monument stamped ``322/319'';
S 37 13' W 2,771.4 feet to a
concrete monument stamped ``322/323'';
S 37 13' W 1,459.2 feet;
N 89 04' W 578.9 feet;
S 53 42' W 367.7 feet;
S 43 42' W 315.3 feet;
S 26 13' W 654.9 feet, more or less,
to the point of beginning.
Containing 550.00 acres, more or less, and
being a part of Tracts L-1105 and L-1106 of
Lake Seminole.
(2) Parcel 2.--All that tract or parcel of land lying
and lying and being in Land Lot 226, Fifteenth Land
District, Decatur County, Georgia, more particularly
described as follows:
Beginning at a point which is on the East
right-of-way line of the Seaboard Airline
Railroad, 215 feet North of the South end of
the trestle over the Flint River, and at a
corner of a tract of land owned by the United
States of America at Lake Seminole;
Thence Southeasterly along the boundary of
said United States tract which is along a curve
to the right a distance of 485 feet, more or
less, to a point which is 340 feet, more or
less, S 67 00' E from the South end of said
trestle, and at a corner of said United States
tract;
Thence N 70 00' E along the boundary of said
United States tract 60.0 feet to a corner of
said tract;
Thence Northerly along the boundary of said
United States tract which is along a curve to
the right a distance of 525 feet, more or less,
to a corner of said tract;
Thence S 05 00' W along the boundary of said
United States tract 500.0 feet to a corner of
said tract;
Thence Due West along the boundary of said
United States tract 370 feet, more or less, to
a point which is on the East right-of-way line
of said railroad and at a corner of said United
States tract;
Thence N 13 30' W along the boundary of said
United States tract which is along the East
right-of-way line of said railroad a distance
of 310 feet, more or less, to the point of
beginning.
Containing 3.67 acres, more or less, and
being all of Tract L-1124 of Lake Seminole.
Parcels 1 and 2 contain in the aggregate
553.67 acres, more or less.
(3) Parcel 3.--All that tract or panel of land lying
and being in Land Lot 225, Fifteenth Land District,
Decatur County, Georgia, more particularly described as
follows:
Beginning at an iron marker designated ``225/
226/'', which is on the South line and 500
feet, more or less, West of the Southeast
corner of said Land Lot 225 at a corner of a
tract of land owned by the United States of
America at Lake Seminole and at plane
coordinate position North 330,475.82 feet and
East 370,429.36 feet, based on Transverse
Mercator Projection, Georgia West Zone;
Thence Due West along the boundary of said
United States tract a distance of 53.0 feet to
a monument stamped ``225/226-A'';
Thence continue Due West along the boundary
of said United States tract a distance of 56
feet, more or less, to a point on the East bank
of the Flint River;
Thence Northerly, upstream, along the
meanders of the East bank of said river a
distance of 1,200 feet, more or less, to a
point which is on the Southern right-of-way
line of U.S. Highway No. 84 and at a corner of
said United States tract;
Thence Easterly and Southeasterly along the
Southern right-of-way line of said highway,
which is along the boundary of said United
States tract a distance of 285 feet, more or
less, to a monument stamped ``L-23-1'', the
coordinates of said monument being North
331,410.90 and East 370,574.96;
Thence S 02 25' E along the boundary of said
United States tract a distance of 650.2 feet to
a monument stamped ``225-A'';
Thence S 42 13' E along the boundary of said
United States tract a distance of 99.8 feet to
a monument stamped ``225'';
Thence S 48 37' W along the boundary of said
United States tract a distance of 319.9 feet,
more or less, to the point of beginning.
Containing 4.14 acres, more or less, and
being all of Tract L-1123 of the Lake Seminole
Project.
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37. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Blum of Iowa or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title III, add the following:
SEC. __. CEDAR RIVER, CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA.
The Secretary shall expedite completion of the project for
flood risk management, Cedar River, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
authorized by section 7002(2) of the Water Resources
Development Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 1366).
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38. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Keating of
Massachusetts or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title III, add the following:
SEC. ___. CORPS OF ENGINEERS BRIDGE REPAIR AND DIVESTITURE PROGRAM FOR
NEW ENGLAND EVACUATION ROUTES.
Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary
may repair or replace, as necessary, any bridge owned and
operated by the Secretary that is--
(1) located in any of the States of Connecticut,
Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and
Vermont; and
(2) necessary for evacuation during an extreme
weather event.
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39. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McMorris Rodgers of
Washington or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title III, add the following:
SEC. ___. PORT OF WHITMAN COUNTY.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Federal land.--The term ``Federal land'' means
the approximately 288 acres of land situated in Whitman
County, Washington, contained within Tract D of Little
Goose Lock and Dam.
(2) Non-federal land.--The term ``non-Federal land''
means a tract or tracts of land owned by the Port of
Whitman County, Washington, that the Secretary
determines, with approval of the Washington Department
of Fish and Wildlife and the Secretary of the Interior
acting through the Director of the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service, equals or exceeds the value of
the Federal land both as habitat for fish and wildlife
and for recreational opportunities related to fish and
wildlife.
(b) Land Exchange.--On conveyance by the Port of Whitman
County to the United States of all right, title, and interest
in and to the non-Federal land, the Secretary of the Army shall
convey to the Port of Whitman County all right, title, and
interest of the United States in and to the Federal land.
(c) Deeds.--
(1) Deed to non-federal land.--The Secretary may only
accept conveyance of the non-Federal land by warranty
deed, as determined acceptable by the Secretary.
(2) Deed to federal land.--The Secretary shall convey
the Federal land to the Port of Whitman County by
quitclaim deed and subject to any reservations, terms,
and conditions the Secretary determines necessary to
allow the United States to operate and maintain the
Lower Snake River Project and to protect the interests
of the United States.
(d) Cash Payment.--If the appraised fair market value of the
Federal land, as determined by the Secretary, exceeds the
appraised fair market value of the non-Federal land, as
determined by the Secretary, the Port of Whitman County shall
make a cash payment to the United States reflecting the
difference in the appraised fair market values.
(e) Administrative Expenses.--The Port of Whitman County
shall be responsible for the administrative costs of the
transaction in accordance with section 2695 of title 10, United
States Code.
(f) Liability.--The Port of Whitman County shall hold the
United States harmless from any liability with respect to
activities carried out on the Federal land on or after the date
of the conveyance.
(g) Applicability of Real Property Screening Provisions.--
Section 2696 of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply
to the conveyance of the Federal land under this section.
(h) Survey to Obtain Legal Description.--The exact acreage
and legal description of the Federal land and non-Federal land
shall be determined by a survey that is satisfactory to the
Secretary.
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40. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Shea-Porter of New
Hampshire or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title III, insert the following:
SEC. ___. HAMPTON HARBOR, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NAVIGATION IMPROVEMENT
PROJECT.
In carrying out the project for navigation, Hampton Harbor,
New Hampshire, under section 107 of the River and Harbor Act of
1960 (33 U.S.C. 577), the Secretary shall use all existing
authorities of the Secretary to mitigate severe shoaling.
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41. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Shea-Porter of New
Hampshire or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title III, add the following:
SEC. ___. PORTSMOUTH HARBOR AND PISCATAQUA RIVER.
The Secretary shall expedite the project for navigation for
Portsmouth Harbor and the Piscataqua River authorized by
section 101 of the River and Harbor Act of 1962 (76 Stat.
1173).
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42. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lewis of Minnesota or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of title I the following:
SEC. ___. SENSE OF CONGRESS ENCOURAGING NON-FEDERAL DREDGED MATERIAL
PLACEMENT SPONSORS.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) when a State or subdivision of a State,
individually or in partnership with a private partner,
develops a reasonable alternative to the Federal
standard for dredged material disposal facilities that
meets relevant Federal environmental and dredged
material placement and disposal requirements in
coordination with a Corps of Engineers' District
Office, it should receive preferred consideration by
the Secretary; and
(2) the Secretary is encouraged to consider entering
into agreements with non-Federal sponsors for the
acquisition, design, construction, management, or
operation and maintenance of dredged material disposal
facilities, including port facilities, through section
217 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996.
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43. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Olson of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title I, add the following:
SEC. __. PROJECT COMPLETION FOR DISASTER AREAS.
The Secretary shall carry out expeditiously projects already
authorized by the Army Corps of Engineers to reduce the risk of
future floods and hurricanes in Texas, Florida, Georgia,
Louisiana, South Carolina, Puerto Rico, and the United States
Virgin Islands.
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44. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative McCaul of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of title II the following:
SEC. ___. HOUSTON AND COASTAL TEXAS.
The Secretary shall expeditiously carry out flood and storm
damage reduction studies to reduce the risk of damage from
future floods and hurricanes in the Houston and Coastal Texas
areas. In carrying out the studies, the Secretary shall
leverage existing information and resources.
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45. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Weber of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 4, after line 10, insert the following (and renumber the
subsequent paragraphs accordingly):
(1) by striking section 9003;
(2) by redesignating sections 9004 through 9008 as
sections 9003 through 9007, respectively;
(3) in section 9003(c) (as redesignated by this
section), by adding at the end the following:
``(6) Levee safety action classification.--In
carrying out risk characterizations for levee systems,
the Secretary shall include, as a part of any Levee
Safety Action Classification, the following
information--
``(A) a complete explanation of the way
project condition, design, hydrology, flood
frequency, probabilities of failure and
overtopping and any other relevant factor were
integrated in arriving at the rating assigned;
``(B) all incremental corrective actions that
can be taken to progressively improve the
relative levee safety action classification
assigned to a levee system; and
``(C) the incremental costs associated with
each corrective action in subsection (b).'';
(4) in section 9004 (as redesignated by this
section), by striking subsection (b) (and redesignating
the subsequent subsection accordingly);
Page 4, line 11, strike ``9005(g)(2)(E)(i)'' and insert
``9004(f)(2)(E)(i) (as redesignated by this section)''.
Page 4, line 14, strike ``9008'' and insert ``9007 (as
redesignated by this section)''.
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46. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Meeks of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 52, after line 24, insert the following:
(21) Project for reformulation, East Rockaway Inlet
to Rockaway Inlet and Jamaica Bay, Queens, New York.
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47. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Schrader of Oregon or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title I, add the following:
SEC. ___. INCLUSION OF PROJECT OR FACILITY IN CORPS OF ENGINEERS
WORKPLAN.
Any project or facility of the Corps of Engineers studied for
disposition for which a final report by the Director of Civil
Works has been completed shall, to the maximum extent
practicable, be included in the future workplan of the Corps.
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48. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Smith of Missouri or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of title I the following:
SEC. ___. MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES PROJECT.
(a) In General.--After any flood event requiring operation or
activation of any floodway or backwater feature within the
Mississippi River and Tributaries Project through natural
overtopping of a Federal levee or artificial crevassing of a
Federal levee to relieve pressure on the levees elsewhere in
the system, the Secretary shall expeditiously reset and restore
the damaged floodway's levees.
(b) Mississippi River and Tributaries Project.--The term
``Mississippi River and Tributaries Project'' means the
Mississippi River and Tributaries project authorized by the Act
of May 15, 1928 (Chap. 569; 45 Stat. 534).
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49. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Young of Alaska or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of title I, add the following:
SEC. 1__. MAINTENANCE OF HIGH RISK FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS.
(a) Assessment.--With respect to each project classified as
class III under the Dam Safety Action Classification of the
Corps of Engineers for which the Secretary has assumed
responsibility for maintenance, as of the date of enactment of
this Act, the Secretary shall assess--
(1) the anticipated effects of the Secretary
continuing to be responsible for the maintenance of the
project during the period that ends 15 years after the
date of enactment of this Act, including the benefits
to the State and local community; and
(2) the anticipated effects of the Secretary not
continuing to be responsible for the maintenance of the
project during such 15-year period, including the costs
to the State and local community.
(b) Report.--Not later than 90 days after completion of the
assessment under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit a
report summarizing the results of the assessment to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public
Works of the Senate.
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50. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Costa of California or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Add at the end of title I the following:
SEC. __. CONTRIBUTED FUNDS FOR NON-FEDERAL RESERVOIR OPERATIONS.
Section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1572, chapter
688; 33 U.S.C. 701h), is amended by inserting after
``authorized purposes of the project:'' the following:
``Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to receive
and expend funds, subject to the availability of
appropriations, from an owner of a non-Federal reservoir to
formulate, review, or revise operational documents for any non-
Federal reservoir for which the Secretary is authorized to
prescribe regulations for the use of storage allocated for
flood risk management or navigation pursuant to section 7 of
the Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 890, chapter 665; 33
U.S.C. 709):''.
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51. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Soto of Florida or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 42, line 24, insert ``In making such information
publicly available, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent
practicable, endeavor to provide such information to all
adjoining residential stakeholders of real property to which
the Army Corps of Engineers holds an interest therein.'' after
``holds an interest.''.
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52. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Paulsen of Minnesota
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 54, beginning on line 5, strike ``the Secretary may not
complete'' and all that follows through ``of the Senate on--''
on line 9 and insert ``the Secretary shall expedite completion
of such study and shall produce a report on the Upper St.
Anthony Falls Lock and Dam that is separate from any report on
any other lock or dam included in such study that includes
plans for--''.
Page 54, line 10, strike ``the feasibility of''.
Page 54, line 15, strike ``and''.
Page 54, line 16, strike ``the preservation of'' and insert
``a partial disposition of the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and
Dam facility and surrounding real property that preserves''.
Page 54, line 18, strike the first period and insert ``;
and'' and strike the closing quotation marks and second period
and insert the following:
``(3) expediting the disposition described in this
subsection (d).''.
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PART B--TEXT OF AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 5895 MADE IN ORDER
1. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Collins of New York or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 2, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert (increased
by $1,200,000).
Page 7, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert (reduced by
$1,200,000).
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2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Abraham of Louisiana or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 3, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased
by $17,410,000)''.
Page 32, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $17,410,000)''.
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3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Keating of
Massachusetts or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 3, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $7,000,000) (increased by $7,000,000)''.
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4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Beyer of Virginia or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 11, beginning on line 21, strike section 107.
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5. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Ruiz of California or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 14, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $2,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000)''.
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6. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lujan Grisham of New
Mexico or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 14, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert
``(decreased by $15,000,000)(increased by $15,000,000)''.
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7. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative DeSaulnier of
California or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 15, line 17, after the dollar amount insert ``(reduced
by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000)''.
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8. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Mitchell of Michigan or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 17, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $6,100,000)''.
Page 32, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $28,052,400)''.
Page 64, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $34,152,400)''.
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9. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cohen of Tennessee or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 21, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $2,000,000)''.
Page 32, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $2,000,000)''.
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10. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Keating of
Massachusetts or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 21, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $10,000,000)''.
Page 32, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $10,000,000)''.
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11. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Bonamici of Oregon or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 21, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $10,000,000)''.
Page 32, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $10,000,000)''.
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12. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Esty of Connecticut or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 21, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $15,000,000)''.
Page 27, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $15,000,000)''.
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13. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Tsongas of
Massachusetts or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 21, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $5,000,000)''.
Page 32, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $5,000,000)''.
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14. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Soto of Florida or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 22, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
Page 32, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $1,000,000)''.
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15. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Soto of Florida or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 22, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert
``(increased by $1,000,000)''.
Page 32, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $1,000,000)''.
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16. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Weber of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 23, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $35,000,000)(increased by $35,000,000)''.
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17. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Esty of Connecticut or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 24, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $20,000,000) (increased by $20,000,000)''.
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18. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Beyer of Virginia or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 24, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $28,310,000)''.
Page 30, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased
by $28,310,000)''.
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19. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Smith of Texas or His
Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 27, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $126,800,000) (increased by $126,800,000)''.
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20. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Keating of
Massachusetts or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 27, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $5,000,000)(increased by $5,000,000)''.
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21. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Marshall of Kansas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 27, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $20,000,000)(increased by $20,000,000)''.
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22. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Langevin of Rhode
Island or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 27, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $3,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000)''.
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23. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kihuen of Nevada or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 27, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $190,000,000)''.
Page 64, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased
by $190,000,000)''.
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24. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gosar of Arizona or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 30, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $325,000,000)''.
Page 30, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $29,250,000)''.
Page 64, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased
by $325,000,000)''.
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25. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 32, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''.
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26. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Lee of California or
Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 33, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $65,000,000)''.
Page 34, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased
by $65,000,000)''.
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27. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Connolly of Virginia
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 33, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $97,219,000)''.
Page 34, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased
by $97,219,000)''.
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28. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative O'Halleran of Arizona
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 36, line 1, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''.
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29. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Gosar of Arizona or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 40, after line 24, insert the following:
WAPA ADMINISTRATOR SALARY
Sec. __. The salary of Mark Gabriel, the Administrator of the
Western Area Power Administration, shall be reduced to $1.
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30. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Keating of
Massachusetts or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 55, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced
by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''.
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31. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Beyer of Virginia or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 62, beginning on line 16, strike section 505.
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32. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Kihuen of Nevada or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
Page 63, beginning on line 7, strike section 508.
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33. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Newhouse of Washington
or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At end of division A (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be
used to sell the transmission assets of the Bonneville Power
Administration, the Southwestern Power Administration, the
Western Area Power Administration, or the Tennessee Valley
Authority.
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34. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Blackburn of Tennessee
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division A (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. Each amount appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act that is not required to be appropriated
or otherwise made available by a provision of law is hereby
reduced by 1 percent.
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35. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division A, before the short title, insert the
following:
Sec. __. The amounts otherwise provided by this Act are
revised by reducing the amount made available for ``Corps of
Engineers-Civil--Investigations'', and increasing the amount
made available for the same account, by $3,000,000.
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36. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Jackson Lee of Texas
or Her Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division A (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act for
``Department of Energy--Energy Programs--Science'' may be used
in contravention of the Department of Energy Organization Act
(42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.).
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37. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Burgess of Texas or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division A (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be
used--
(1) to implement or enforce section 430.32(x) of
title 10, Code of Federal Regulations; or
(2) to implement or enforce the standards established
by the tables contained in section 325(i)(1)(B) of the
Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C.
6295(i)(1)(B)) with respect to BPAR incandescent
reflector lamps, BR incandescent reflector lamps, and
ER incandescent reflector lamps.
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38. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative DeSantis of Florida or
His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division A (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. _. None of the funds made available by this Act may be
used to purchase heavy water from Iran.
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39. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Norman of South
Carolina or His Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes
At the end of division A (before the short title), insert the
following:
Sec. __. The total amount of appropriations made available
by this Act is hereby reduced by $1,500,000,000.
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