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S 449 98th Congress Senate Water Resources Development Illinois Interstate compacts Iowa Minnesota Mississippi River Missouri Navigation Rivers States Water and Water Resources Development Wisconsin

Upper Mississippi River System Management Act

Introduced: February 3, 1983 See on congress.gov
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Nov 8, 1983
Committee on Environment and Public Works. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 1739 ordered to be reported.
Feb 3, 1983
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Feb 3, 1983
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Upper Mississippi River System Management Act - Grants congressional approval of the Comprehensive Master Plan for the Management of the Upper Mississippi River System as a guide for future water policy on such system. Defines the Upper Mississippi River System as those river reaches having commercial navigation channels on certain rivers in Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.

Grants congressional consent to Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin (or any two or more of such States) to: (1) enter into agreements for cooperative effort and mutual assistance in the planning for the use, protection, growth, and development of the System; and (2) form agencies for effecting such agreements. Authorizes officers or employees of the United States, who are responsible for management of any part of the System, to assist such agencies.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to provide for the engineering, design, and construction of a second lock at locks and dam 26, Mississippi River, Alton, Illinois and Missouri. Authorizes appropriations.

Directs the Secretary to monitor traffic movements on the System to verify the need for future capacity expansion of the System and the future need for river rehabilitation and environmental enhancement. Authorizes appropriations.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, in concert with any appropriate State agency, to undertake with respect to the System: (1) a habitat rehabilitation and enhancement program; (2) the implementation of a long-term resource monitoring program; and (3) the implementation of a computerized inventory and analysis system. Authorizes appropriations.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to implement a program of recreational projects for the System and to assess the economic benefits generated by recreational activities in the System. Authorizes appropriations.

Declares that the Master Plan for the System has reasonably complied with the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

What's happening now November 8, 1983

Committee on Environment and Public Works. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 1739 ordered to be reported.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
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