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Establishes a multiagency effort to slowthe spread of Asian carp in the UpperMississippi and Ohio River basins and tributariesby providing technical assistance, coordination,best practices, and support to State and localgovernments in carrying out such activities.Made InOrder2 Version1Grimm (NY)Republican Modifies Section 118 to require the Secretary of the Army to include project recommendationsmade in the study for flood and storm damagereduction related to natural disasters under titleII of division A of the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013 within the Secretary'sReport to Congress on Future Water ResourcesDevelopment.Made InOrder9 Version1Schneider (IL)Democrat Expands congressional reporting requirementsto include recommendations for mitigatingcurrent problems and limiting the constructionbacklog.Made InOrder13 Version1Peters, Scott(CA)Democrat Adds a subsection specifying that the Secretaryof the Army coordinates with the Administratorof the FEMA to disseminate the emergencycommunication of risk to the public throughwidely used and readily available means.Made InOrder14 Version1Thompson,Mike (CA), Benishek (MI),DeFazio (OR),Simpson (ID),Titus (NV)Bi-Partisan Requires the Government Accountability Office(GAO) to conduct an assessment on the impactsof aquatic invasive species on federal assets andcurrent federal spending on aquatic invasivespecies prevention.Made InOrder15 Version1Hastings,Alcee (FL)Democrat Includes operation and maintenance costsassociated with sand transfer plants in theannual operations and maintenance budget of the Corps of Engineers.Made InOrder
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16 Version1Stutzman (IN)Republican Provides that the Secretary of the Army shallnot require the removal of levee vegetation
until the Corps of Engineers’ policy guidelines
on vegetation management for levees havebeen reviewed and adopted. Provides anexception for vegetation that presents anunacceptable safety risk.Made InOrder18 Version1Richmond(LA),Scalise(LA)Bi-Partisan Directs the Corps to calculate the nationalbenefits of proposed flood protection projects,including benefits from a reduction in nationaland regional economic losses, as well as theprotection of evacuation routes.Made InOrder21 Version1Young, Don(AK),Petri(WI)Republican Requires USACE to contract with private sectorsurveying and mapping firms, whereverpractical, in performance of surveying andmapping services and activities for Corpsprojects. Requires the Secretary to issue agencyguidance to encourage use of the private sectorfor surveying and mapping services, andrequires a process to provide oversight of theperformance of compliance with the guidance.Made InOrder29 Version2Gardner (CO)Republican
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Establishes the Office of Water Storageat the Army Corp of Engineers to serve as aninitial point of contact for the acquisition orsatisfaction of a Federal permit for a waterstorage facility.Made InOrder39 Version1Brownley (CA)Democrat Requires GAO to study and report to Congresson the effectiveness of activities funded by theHarbor Maintenance Trust Fund in maximizingeconomic growth and job creation in thecommunities surrounding low- and moderate-use ports; and include recommendationsrelating to the use of amounts in the HarborMaintenance Trust Fund to increase thecompetitiveness of United States ports relativeto Canadian and Mexican ports.Made InOrder
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Requires the Secretary to include ‘expandeduses’ of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund in
the assessments and prioritization of operationsand maintenance reports to Congress.Made InOrder41 Version1Brownley (CA)Democrat Requires the Army Corps to consider activitiesof the Secretary of the Navy when assessing theoperation and maintenance needs of harborsand the equitable distribution of funds.Made InOrder42 Version1Pierluisi (PR)Democrat Adds Puerto Rico to the provision of law thatwould be updated for inflation by Section 137and that authorizes the Secretary of the Armyto waive local cost-sharing requirements up to aspecified dollar amount for studies and projectsin certain U.S. territories.Made InOrder44 Version1Jackson Lee(TX)Democrat Provides that in making recommendationspursuant to Section 118 of the Act, theSecretary shall consult with key stakeholders,including State, county, and city governments,and, where applicable, State and local waterdistricts, and in the case of recommendationsconcerning projects that substantially affectunderrepresented communities the Secretaryshall also consult with historically Black collegesand universities, Tribal Colleges andUniversities, and other minority-servinginstitutions.Made InOrder47 Version1Hastings, Doc(WA)Republican Ensures that Congress continue the practice of authorizing project purposes at Corps of Engineers dams or reservoirs.Made InOrder51 Version1Bentivolio,(MI)Republican Seeks to increase the amount of backloggedprojects to be de-authorized, beyond what isinitially de-authorized in the bill from$12,000,000,000 to $35,000,000,000.Made InOrder