S.Amdt. 5062

SA 5062. Mr. PERDUE (for himself and Mr. Isakson) 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 I, add the following:

SEC. 1___. PROJECTS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.

Section 902 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986
(33 U.S.C. 2280) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(c) Projects of National Significance.--
``(1) In general.--In the case of a project of national
significance (as described in paragraph (2)) that has not
been completed, subsection (a)(1) shall not apply.
``(2) Projects of national significance described.--A
project of national significance means a project for water
resources development and conservation and related purposes
authorized to be carried out by the Secretary that has a
benefit-to-cost ratio equal to or greater than 3.5 to 1, as
identified in a report of the Chief of Engineers or a Post
Authorization Change Report.''.
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