S.Amdt. 5015

SA 5015. Mr. INHOFE (for Mr. Flake) submitted an amendment intended
to be proposed to amendment SA 4979 proposed by Mr. McConnell (for Mr.
Inhofe (for himself and Mrs. Boxer)) to the bill S. 2848, 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 VI, add the following:

SEC. 60__. CONSTRUCTION OF NEW WATER RESOURCES PROJECTS.

(a) In General.--Section 7001 of the Water Resources Reform
and Development Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2282d) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
``(f) Recommendations.--
``(1) In general.--As part of the report under subsection
(a), the Secretary shall include a list of projects based on
the satisfaction of the criteria under paragraph (2).
``(2) Criteria.--A project under this subsection shall be a
project for which--
``(A) a feasibility study or major decision document has
been prepared--
``(i) after the date of enactment of the Water Resources
Development Act of 2016; and
``(ii) prior to the date on which the report under
subsection (a) is submitted to Congress; and
``(B) a report of the Chief of Engineers has been completed
prior to the date on which the report under subsection (a) is
submitted to Congress that determines that the project--
``(i) is in the national interest;
``(ii) results in a benefit to cost ratio of not less than
2 to 1, exclusive of any environmental restoration
activities;
``(iii) complies with applicable Federal environmental law
(including regulations); and
``(iv) is technically feasible.
``(3) Certain projects.--The list under paragraph (1) shall
also include a list of projects that, in the aggregate, have
a cost of greater than twice the average amount of funds
appropriated for construction for the Corps of Engineers for
the previous 3 fiscal years.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (a)(2)(A) of section
204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C.
2232) (as amended by section 1020(3)) is amended by striking
``section 7001(f)'' and inserting ``section 7001(g)''.
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