Meeting Authorization Requirements for the Coast Act of 2006
Latest action · May 23, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Progress
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- IntroducedMay 23, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Meeting Authorization Requirements for the Coast Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out specified projects for hurricane and storm damage reduction and flood control in Louisiana.
Amends the Flood Control Act of 1948 to increase the amount that the Secretary may allot for flood control for a small flood control project at any single locality.
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to: (1) authorize the Secretary to carry out specified projects to transport and place, and to develop plans for regional management of, sediment obtained in conjunction with water management projects associated with flood damage reduction, hurricane and storm damage reduction, aquatic plant control, and environmental protection and restoration; and (2) permit to be carried out at federal expense specified projects to protect, restore, or create aquatic and ecologically-related habitat located in a disadvantaged community or projects located in coastal communities impacted by 2005 hurricanes.
Modifies specified projects and requires or authorizes the Secretary to carry out specified studies, programs, and projects in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress: (1) reports recommending specified modifications to the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet, near-term ecosystem restoration measures for the Chenier Plain, Louisiana, and a framework for developing a long-term program to protect, conserve, and restore specified wetlands, estuaries, and barrier islands; and (2) a feasibility study recommending a comprehensive long-term plan for the coastal Louisiana ecosystem.
Establishes the Coastal Louisiana Ecosystem Protection and Restoration Task Force to make recommendations to the Secretary to protect, conserve, and restore the coastal Louisiana ecosystem.
Sets forth requirements regarding project costs, monitoring, audits, and justification.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 23, 2006.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-LA | Bobby Jindal | Original | May 23, 2006 |
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | Original | May 23, 2006 |
| R-LA | Jim McCrery | Original | May 23, 2006 |
| R-LA | Richard H. Baker | Original | May 23, 2006 |
| D-LA | Rodney Alexander | Original | May 23, 2006 |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Original | May 23, 2006 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 23, 2006Introduced in House
- May 23, 2006Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- May 23, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- May 23, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
- May 23, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Water Resources Development.
- Animals
- Aquatic ecology
- Aquatic pests
- Aquatic plants
- Barrier islands
- Canals
- Coastal zone
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Construction costs
- Cost effectiveness
- Dredging
- Economics and Public Finance
- Ecosystem management
- Emergency Management
- Environmental Protection
- Estuaries
- Federal advisory bodies
- Federal aid to water resources development
- Flood control
- Flood damage prevention
- Floods
- Government Operations and Politics
- Governmental investigations
- Gulf of Mexico
- Habitat conservation
- Hurricane aftermath legislation
- Hurricanes
- Infrastructure
- Infrastructure (Economics)
- Intergovernmental fiscal relations
- Intracoastal waterways
- Land subsidence
- Louisiana
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Marine ecology
- Mississippi
- Mississippi River
- Navigation
- Nonprofit organizations
- Planning-programming-budgeting
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Regional planning
- Restoration ecology
- Saline waters
- Shore protection
- Social Welfare
- Storms
- Transportation and Public Works
- Water Resources Development
- Wetlands
- Wildlife conservation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 23, 2006Introduced in House
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