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HR 4250 101th Congress House Water Resources Development Federal advisory bodies Information services Land use Outdoor recreation Planning Rivers Watersheds

State and Local Multiobjective River Corridor Assistance Act of 1989

Introduced: March 13, 1990 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 11 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 29, 1990
Executive Comment Received from HUD.
May 21, 1990
Executive Comment Requested from Interior, USDA.
May 3, 1990
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.
Mar 26, 1990
Executive Comment Requested from Army, Commerce, Interior, DOT, EPA, OMB.
Mar 26, 1990
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources.
Mar 21, 1990
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
Mar 21, 1990
Executive Comment Requested from Interior, USDA, Commerce, DOT, HUD, Army Corps of Engineers, EPA.
Mar 13, 1990
Introduced in House
Mar 13, 1990
Referred to the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Mar 13, 1990
Referred to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Mar 13, 1990
Referred to the House Committee on Public Works + Transportation.
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

State and Local Multiobjective River Corridor Assistance Act of 1989 - Amends the Outdoor Recreation Act of 1963 to direct the President to establish a Multiobjective River Corridor Council which shall: (1) review Federal policies and programs affecting rivers and river corridors and make recommendations to improve their effectiveness; and (2) develop Federal guidelines for multiobjective river corridor efforts in planning, coordination, and management.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the National Park Service's Rivers and Trails Technical Assistance Program, to provide matching grants and technical assistance to State, local, and regional government agencies and nonprofit organizations to develop comprehensive multiobjective plans for rivers and their adjacent lands. Specifies types of projects to be funded under this Act.

Requires the Council to create a National River Register recognizing rivers which exemplify multiobjective river corridor values.

Directs Federal agencies with membership in the Council to provide technical assistance to State and local governments and nonprofit organizations in the preparation of multiobjective river plans. Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, as part of the outdoor recreation component of the Resources Planning Act assessment, to collect information from demonstration projects funded under this Act and develop a geographic information system.

Requires each member agency to consider the concerns of private landowners in implementing river corridor programs.

Declares that the Congress shall consider recommendations of the Council to establish a national clearinghouse for multiobjective river corridor planning and management information.

Authorizes appropriations.

What's happening now May 29, 1990

Executive Comment Received from HUD.

 Committees of jurisdiction 6
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1