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HR 5204 109th Congress House

Federal Locks and Lock and Dam Facilities Act of 2006

Official title: To designate certain functions as inherently governmental, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 23, 2006 See on congress.gov
Water Resources Development CommerceDamsFederal employeesGovernment Operations and Politics
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Maintenance and repairPrivatizationTransportation and Public WorksWaterways
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Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Apr 26, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 26, 2006

Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Federal Locks and Lock and Dam Facilities Act of 2006 - Declares that: (1) water and navigational resource projects and facilities are national critical infrastructures and the operation and maintenance of locks and lock and dam facilities constitute inherently governmental functions that require performance by federal employees; and (2) the transfer of such functions to a different agency shall not change such determination.

Permits the Army Corps of Engineers to continue to contract: (1) for private sector performance of such functions that were performed under contracts with the private sector in effect on March 1, 2006, but permits the Corps to use federal employees to perform such functions in the future; and (2) with the private sector to construct new locks and lock and dam facilities.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 3
INSLEE, JAY
· Jul 24, 2006
COSTELLO, JERRY
· May 23, 2006
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 23, 2006
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · May 16, 2006
GORDON, BART
· May 9, 2006
Melancon, Charlie
· May 9, 2006
STUPAK, BART
· May 2, 2006
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · May 2, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5204: Federal Locks and Lock and Dam Facilities Act of 2006. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5204/
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"H.R. 5204: Federal Locks and Lock and Dam Facilities Act of 2006." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5204/.
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H.R. 5204, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5204/.
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