S.Amdt. 5036

SA 5036. Mr. ISAKSON (for himself and Mr. Perdue) 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 appropriate place in section 5001 (relating to
deauthorizations), insert the following:
(_) New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam, Georgia and South
Carolina.--
(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
(A) New savannah bluff lock and dam.--The term ``New
Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam'' has the meaning given the term
in section 348(l)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act
of 2000 (114 Stat. 2630) (as in effect on the day before the
date of enactment of this Act).
(B) Project.--The term ``Project'' means the project for
navigation, Savannah Harbor expansion, Georgia, authorized by
section 101(b)(9) of the Water Resources Development Act of
1999 (113 Stat. 279; 117 Stat. 141).
(2) Deauthorization.--
(A) In general.--Effective beginning on the date of
enactment of this Act--
(i) the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam is deauthorized;
and
(ii) notwithstanding section 348(l)(2)(B) of the Water
Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2630; 114 Stat.
2763A-228) (as in effect on the day before the date of
enactment of this Act) or any other provision of law, the New
Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam shall not be conveyed to the city
of North Augusta and Aiken County, South Carolina, or any
other non-Federal entity.
(B) Repeal.--Section 348 of the Water Resources Development
Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2630; 114 Stat. 2763A-228) is
amended--
(i) by striking subsection (l); and
(ii) by redesignating subsections (m) and (n) as
subsections (l) and (m), respectively.
(3) Project modifications.--
(A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the Project is modified to include, as the Secretary
determines to be necessary--
(i)(I) repair of the lock wall of the New Savannah Bluff
Lock and Dam and modification of the structure such that the
structure is able--

(aa) to maintain the pool for navigation, water supply, and
recreational activities, as in existence on the date of
enactment of this Act; and
(bb) to allow safe passage via a rock ramp over the
structure to historic spawning grounds of Shortnose sturgeon,
Atlantic sturgeon, and other migratory fish; or

(II)(aa) construction at an appropriate location across the
Savannah River of a rock weir that is able to maintain the
pool for water supply and recreational activities, as in
existence on the date of enactment of this Act; and
(bb) removal of the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam on
completion of construction of the weir; and
(ii) conveyance by the Secretary to Augusta-Richmond
County, Georgia, of the park and recreation area adjacent to
the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam, without consideration.
(B) Operation and maintenance costs.--The Federal share of
the costs of operation and maintenance of any Project feature
constructed pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be 100
percent.
(4) Project costs.--There are authorized to be appropriated
to the Secretary such sums as are necessary to carry out the
Project, as modified by paragraph (3).
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