S.Amdt. 5034Senate114th Congress (2015-2017)2nd degree
S.Amdt. 5034
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Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Submitted September 12, 2016
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SA 5034. Mr. COCHRAN (for himself and Mr. Wicker) 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 IV, add the following: SEC. 40__. YAZOO BASIN, MISSISSIPPI. (a) In General.--The project for flood damage reduction, bank stabilization, and sediment and erosion control known as the ``Yazoo Basin, Mississippi, Mississippi Delta Headwaters Project, MS'', authorized by title I of Public Law 98-8 (97 Stat. 22), and which consists of 16 watersheds located in the eastern foothills of the Yazoo River Basin, is expanded to include an additional 16 watersheds as follows: (1) Arkabutla Creek. (2) Ascalmore Creek. (3) Big Sand Creek. (4) Camp Creek. (5) Indian Creek. (6) Johnson Creek. (7) Little Tallahatchie River. (8) Long Creek. (9) McIvor Creek. (10) Peach Creek. (11) Potacocowa Creek. (12) Skuna River. (13) Teoc Creek. (14) Tillatoba Creek. (15) Turkey Creek. (16) Yocona River. (b) Operation and Maintenance.--The Secretary may operate and maintain those features of the project described in subsection (a) that are located on property on which the Federal Government retains a real property interest, including both features completed before the date of enactment of this Act and features not completed as of the date of enactment of this Act. ______