Corps of Engineers Modernization and Improvement Act of 2004
Latest action · Apr 1, 2004 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3528-3529)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 10, 2004
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Corps of Engineers Modernization and Improvement Act of 2004 - Amends the Flood Control Act of 1970 to require: (1) the Secretary of the Army to revise the planning guidelines, regulations, and circulars of the Corps of Engineers to comply with specified requirements, including encouraging ecosystem restoration; and (2) the Corps to develop and annually update an integrated national plan to manage, rehabilitate, and modernize inland waterway and port infrastructure to meet specified needs.
Directs the Secretary to ensure that each feasibility report, general reevaluation report, and environmental impact statement of a water resource project is subject to review by an independent panel of experts if: (1) the project has an estimated total cost of more than $25 million; (2) the Governor of an affected State requests such review; (3) the head of a Federal agency charged with reviewing the project determines that it is likely to have a significant adverse impact; or (4) the Secretary determines that the project is controversial.
Directs the Inspector General of the Army to appoint a Director of Independent Review. Permits the Secretary to recommend a project for congressional authorization only if it has projected national benefits that are at least 1.5 times as great as the estimated total project costs. Establishes full mitigation requirements for losses of aquatic and terrestrial resources, fish, and wildlife.
Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) a record-keeping system to track each project constructed, operated, or maintained by the Secretary; and (2) a mechanism for decommissioning waterways that are no longer economically justified or that are no longer in the national interest.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Mar 10, 2004.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AZ | John McCain | Original | Mar 10, 2004 |
| D-SD | Thomas A. Daschle | Original | Mar 10, 2004 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Mar 10, 2004 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 1, 2004Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3528-3529)
- Mar 10, 2004Introduced in Senate
- Mar 10, 2004Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2550-2551)
- Mar 10, 2004Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2551-2556)
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S3528 | Russell D. Feingold D-WI | Apr 1, 2004 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2550–S2556Text printed S2551–S2556 | John McCain R-AZ, Russell D. Feingold D-WI (text) | Mar 10, 2004 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 108-501 | ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS: MEETING THE NATION'S WATER RESOURCE NEEDS IN THE 21ST CENTURY155 pages | Environment and Public Works Committee | Mar 31, 2004 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide for reform of the Corps of Engineers, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Corps of Engineers Modernization and Improvement Act of 2004
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.
- Administrative procedure
- Administrative remedies
- Animals
- Appropriations
- Aquatic ecology
- Army Corps of Engineers
- Arts, Culture, Religion
- Beaches
- Civil engineering
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Conservation easements
- Construction costs
- Cost effectiveness
- Cultural property
- Data banks
- Department of Defense
- Dredging
- Easements
- Economic development
- Economic impact statements
- Economics and Public Finance
- Ecosystem management
- Electronic government information
- Emergency Management
- Endangered species
- Environmental assessment
- Environmental monitoring
- Environmental Protection
- Executive reorganization
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to water resources development
- Federal officials
- Federal-state relations
- Fishes
- Flood control
- Flood damage prevention
- Forest conservation
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Government trust funds
- Governmental investigations
- Habitat conservation
- Harbors
- Hydraulic engineering
- Infrastructure
- Inland water transportation
- Inspectors general
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations
- Internet
- Land transfers
- Law
- Maintenance and repair
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine terminals
- Navigation
- Performance measurement
- Planning
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Railroad freight operations
- Railroads
- Restoration ecology
- Right-of-way
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Sedimentation
- Shore protection
- Soil pollution
- Sports and Recreation
- Subsidies
- Term limits
- Trade secrets
- Traffic congestion
- Transportation and Public Works
- Waste disposal in rivers, lakes, etc.
- Water pollution control
- Water Resources Development
- Watersheds
- Waterways
- Wetlands
- Wildlife conservation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 10, 2004Introduced in Senate
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