S.Amdt. 1890Senate111th Congress (2009-2011)2nd degree
S.Amdt. 1890
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Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA)
Submitted July 29, 2009
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July 29, 2009
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SA 1890. Mr. SPECTER (for himself and Mr. Casey) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1813 submitted by Mr. Dorgan to the bill H.R. 3183, making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: On page 17, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following: Sec. 1__. (a) The project for flood protection, Lackawanna River at Scranton, Pennsylvania, as authorized under section 101(17) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4803; 110 Stat. 3672), is modified to authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to implement nonstructural flood control measures in accordance with section 103 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213). (b) The non-Federal sponsor for the project described in subsection (a) shall receive credit towards the share of the nonstructural project costs of the non-Federal sponsor for work carried out by the non-Federal sponsor, as described in the document entitled ``Federal Emergency Management Agency Mitigation Plan, Scranton, Pennsylvania'' and dated June 2009. ______