A bill to provide for the coordinated use and enhancement of the Upper Mississippi River system.
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.
Designates the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association or any such interstate agency as the caretaker of the Master Plan. Requires any recommended changes to the Master Plan to go through such association or agency for approval. Directs any officer or employee of the United States, who is responsible for management of any part of the System, to enter into cooperative agreements with such association or interstate agency to promote State participation in System management and development.
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.
Declares that the Master Plan for the System is in reasonable compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and the Environmental impact statement on the construction of the first lock at locks and dam 26. Exempts the second lock project at locks and dam 26 from the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and in concert with the State conservation agencies of Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin, 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. Requires the Secretary of the Interior, in concert with the Secretary of the Army and the States, to conduct an evaluation of such Mississippi River System as those river reaches having commercial navigation channels on certain rivers in Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. programs and to submit a report to Congress. Authorizes appropriations.
Directs the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, to determine, at a specified date, if the States are adequately participating in such programs. Requires the Secretary to submit a report to Congress asking for termination of the program's funding if the participation of the States is not adequate to allow the Secretary to carry out such programs in concert with the States.
Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of the Army and working through an interstate agency for management of the System, to implement recreational projects of the System using specified studies and reports. Requires the Secretary to conduct an assessment of the economic benefits generated by recreation activities in the System. Authorizes appropriations.
Requires the Secretary of the Army to submit to Congress annual recommendations concerning the use of nonstructural measures and minor structural improvements to increase the capacity of specific locks throughout the System.
Requires the Secretary of the Army to monitor traffic movements of the System for specified reasons.
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to determine the need for river rehabilitation and environmental enhancement. Authorizes appropriations.
Requires the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to dispose of dredged materials from the System and to establish and request appropriate Federal funding for a program to facilitate productive uses of such materials. Requires the Secretary to work with System States in order to identify potential users of such material and to transfer such material to such areas.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources.
Executive Comment Requested from Army, Interior, OMB.
Executive Comment Requested from Army Corps of Engineers, DOT, Interior, Commerce.
Referred to Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.
Referred to Subcommittee on Public Lands and National Parks.
Executive Comment Requested from Interior, DOT, Army Corps of Engineers.
For Further Action See H.R.3678.
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