Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Investments: Proposed Authorization Legislation in the 108th Congress (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Revised April 5, 2005 |
| Report Number |
RL32574 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Nicole T. Carter and Kyna Powers, Resources, Science, and Industry Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
| Older Revisions |
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Summary:
In April 2004, the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) released its Draft Integrated Feasibility Report and Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the UMR-IWW System Navigation Feasibility Study. It lays out a 50-year plan for combined navigation and restoration investments for the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway (UMR-IWW). From the 50-year plan, the Corps recommends authorization of a first increment of investments. Three bills in the 108th Congress H.R. 4785, S. 2470, and S. 2773 would authorize many of the UMR-IWW investments recommended by the Corps. On June 23, 2004, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee ordered reported S. 2554, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2004; WRDA is the traditional legislative vehicle for authorizing Corps projects. On August 25, 2004, the Committee instead reported a new bill, S. 2773. The House passed a WRDA 2003 (H.R. 2557) without a UMR-IWW authorization on September 26, 2003. No action has been taken on H.R. 4785. A fourth bill H.R. 4686, the Mississippi River Protection and Restoration Act of 2004 would expand ecosystem restoration under the existing Environmental Management Program (EMP) for the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS); it would not authorize navigation investments. No action has been taken on H.R. 4686.
