98th Congress > House > Vote 364

Date: 1983-10-05

Result: 133-271

Vote Subject Matter: Government Management / Budget Special Interest

Sponsor: EDGAR, Robert William (D-PA)

Bill number: HR3958

Description: TO AMEND H.R. 3958, A BILL MAKING $119 MILLION IN APPROPRIATIONS FOR WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPT. 30, 1983. THE EDGAR AMENDMENT REDUCES THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS BY $51.5 MILLION AND STRIKES 20 WATER PROJECTS THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN AUTHORIZED. (MOTION FAILED)

Bill summary: (Reported to Senate from the Committee on Appropriations with amendment, S. Rept. 98-274) Authorizes appropriations, $9,300,000 of which is to be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, for river and harbor, flood control, shore protection, and other related projects, and for detailed plans and specifications of projects authorized by law. Directs the Chief of Engineers to proceed with the planning, design, engineering, and construction of the following projects: (1) Atchafalaya Basin (...show more) Floodway System, Louisiana; (2) Baltimore Harbor and Channel, Maryland and Virginia; (3) Bassett Creek, Minnesota; (4) Bodega Bay, California; (5) Bonneville Navigation Lock, Oregon and Washington; (6) Dade County, Florida; (7) Eight Mile Creek, Arkansas; (8) Ellicott Creek, New York; (9) Fisherman's Wharf Area, San Franciso Harbor, California; (10) Freeport Harbor, Texas; (11) Gallipolis Locks and Dam, Ohio and West Virginia; (12) Gulfport Harbor, Mississippi; (13) Jonesport Harbor, Maine; (14) Kahoma Stream, Hawaii; (15) Liberty State Park Levee and Seawall, New Jersey; (16) Little Dell Lake, Utah; (17) Locks and Dam 26, Illinois and Missouri (Second Lock), including environmental management along the Upper Mississippi River Basin; (18) Merced County Streams, California; (19) Mississippi River Ship Channel, Gulf to Baton Rouge, Louisiana; (20) Mobile Harbor, Alabama; (21) Moriches Inlet, New York; (22) Norfolk Harbor, Virginia; (23) Richmond Filtration Plant, Virginia; and (24) Sacramento River Deep Water Ship Channel, California. Provides that the funding for such projects may come out of the Inland Waterways Trust Fund. Makes an appropriations transfer to the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund, provided that $5,000,000 is expended by the Bureau of Reclamation for the design and construction of the Headgate Rock Hydroelectric project, Arizona.

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Bill titles: A bill making appropriations for water resource development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, and for other purposes.

Original source documents: Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 133, p. 8116;

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