Sacramento Public Safety Act of 2003

        [Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 892 Introduced in House (IH)]

108th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 892

To authorize the Secretary of the Army to carry out a project for flood
damage reduction and ecosystem restoration for the American River,
Sacramento, California, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 25, 2003

Mr. Matsui (for himself, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. George Miller of
California, and Mr. Thompson of California) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure

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A BILL

To authorize the Secretary of the Army to carry out a project for flood
damage reduction and ecosystem restoration for the American River,
Sacramento, California, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Sacramento Public Safety Act of
2003''.

SEC. 2. FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION AND ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION, AMERICAN
RIVER, CALIFORNIA.

The Secretary of the Army is authorized to carry out the project
for flood damage reduction and ecosystem restoration, American River,
Sacramento, California, substantially in accordance with the plans, and
subject to the conditions, described in the Report of the Chief of
Engineers for the project dated November 5, 2002.

SEC. 3. CONSTRUCTION OF PERMANENT BRIDGE ADJACENT TO FOLSOM DAM.

(a) In General.--As part of the project authorized by section 2,
the Secretary of Transportation shall carry out a project to design and
construct a bridge west of and adjacent to Folsom Dam, California. In
carrying out the project, the Secretary shall also construct necessary
linkages from the bridge to existing roadways.
(b) Design and Construction.--In designing and constructing the
bridge, the Secretary shall--
(1) coordinate with the Secretary of the Army regarding the
project authorized by section 2; and
(2) provide appropriate sizing and linkages to support
present and future traffic flow requirements for the city of
Folsom, California.
(c) Grant Assistance.--The Secretary of Transportation shall make a
grant to the State of California in an amount sufficient to pay not
less than 80 percent of the cost of the project authorized by this
section.
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