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HR 5587 110th Congress House

To direct the Secretary of the Army to conduct a comprehensive study of long-term water management in the southeastern United States.

Introduced: March 11, 2008 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Mar 12, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Mar 11, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Mar 11, 2008
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 12, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Directs the Secretary of the Army to: (1) conduct a comprehensive study of long-term water management in the southeastern United States, especially in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River basin, the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River basin, and the Savannah River basin, to develop recommendations to address current and future water needs; and (2) assemble an inventory of actions taken or planned to address long-term watershed management needs in that area.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Mar 12, 2008
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Mar 11, 2008
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5587: To direct the Secretary of the Army to conduct a comprehensive study of long-term water management in the southeastern United States.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5587/
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"H.R. 5587: To direct the Secretary of the Army to conduct a comprehensive study of long-term water management in the southeastern United States.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5587/.
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H.R. 5587, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-5587/.
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