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HR 3944 116th Congress House Water Resources Development Emergency planning and evacuation Floods and storm protection Lakes and rivers

To amend the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 to modify the procedure for communicating certain emergency risks, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 24, 2019 Introduced by: Hern, Kevin Republican · Oklahoma See on congress.gov
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Jul 25, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Jul 24, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jul 24, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill expands the situations in which the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must provide information and assistance to the public and affected governments and Indian tribes in river basins where the corps carries out flood risk management activities. Specifically, the corps must provide these services when the National Weather Service forecasts a possibility that precipitation or runoff will exceed the calculations considered as the lowest risk to life and property contemplated by the annual operating plan. Current law directs the corps to do so only when precipitation or runoff actually exceeds such calculations.

What's happening now July 25, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3944: To amend the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 to modify the procedure for communicating certain emergency risks, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3944/
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"H.R. 3944: To amend the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 to modify the procedure for communicating certain emergency risks, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3944/.
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H.R. 3944, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3944/.
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[H.R. 3944: To amend the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 to modify the procedure for communicating certain emergency risks, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3944/)
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