S.Amdt. 841
What it does: Adds SEC. 20__. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING NAVIGATION MAINTENANCE FOR SMALL HARBORS at the end of title II
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)What it changes
1 change to S. 601 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 20__. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING NAVIGATION MAINTENANCE FOR SMALL HARBORS at the end of title II
Adds a sectionIn S. 601 · Reported to Senate
(c) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report based on the study under subsection (a) with the recommendations of the Comptroller General on whether the repairs carried out at dams on the Cumberland River should have been classified as repairs carried out under the National Dam Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467 et seq.).
Inserted: SEC. 20__. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING NAVIGATION MAINTENANCE FOR SMALL HARBORS.
Inserted: (a) Finding.--Congress finds that the criteria used by the Secretary as of the date of enactment of this Act to determine funding for navigation maintenance projects does not allow small, remote, or subsistence harbors properly to compete for scarce navigation maintenance funds.
Inserted: (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary should revise the criteria described in subsection (a) to account for the impact of small, remote, and subsistence harbor projects on local and regional economies.
Original wording
At the end of title II, add the following:
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SA 841. Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Scott) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 601, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of title II, add the following:
SEC. 20__. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING NAVIGATION MAINTENANCE FOR SMALL HARBORS.
(a) Finding.--Congress finds that the criteria used by the Secretary as of the date of enactment of this Act to determine funding for navigation maintenance projects does not allow small, remote, or subsistence harbors properly to compete for scarce navigation maintenance funds.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary should revise the criteria described in subsection (a) to account for the impact of small, remote, and subsistence harbor projects on local and regional economies.
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Senate amendment submitted
May 8, 2013