S.Amdt. 1172

SA 1172. Mr. VITTER (for himself and Ms. Landrieu) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2346, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title IV, add the following:

SEC. 4__. LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN, LOUISIANA.

(a) Authority of Secretary of the Army.--The project authorized by section 204 of Flood Control Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-298; 79 Stat. 1077) and modified by section 7012(a)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-114; 121 Stat. 1279), is further modified to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct a pumping station that shall be specifically designed to evacuate storm water from the area known as Hoey's Basin, as--

(1) generally described in the report entitled “U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Individual Environmental Report #5; Permanent Protection System for the Outfall Canals Project on 17th Street, Orleans Avenue, and London Avenue Canals”; and

(2) more specifically described under the “Pump to the Mississippi River” option contained in the report described in paragraph (1).

(b) Authorized Cost.--The total cost of the project authorized under subsection (a) shall be $205,000,000.

(c) Federal Share.--The Federal share of the cost of the project authorized under subsection (a) shall be 100 percent of the total cost of the project.