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[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 574 Introduced in House (IH)]

110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 574

    To ensure the safety of residents and visitors to Lake Barkley, 
   Kentucky, and to improve recreation, navigation, and the economic 
 vitality of the lake's region, the Army Corps of Engineers, together 
with any other Federal agency that has the authority to change the pool 
elevation of such lake, shall establish a pilot program to maintain the 
pool elevation of such lake at 359 feet until after the first Monday in 
                               September.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 18, 2007

Mr. Whitfield introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL

 
    To ensure the safety of residents and visitors to Lake Barkley, 
   Kentucky, and to improve recreation, navigation, and the economic 
 vitality of the lake's region, the Army Corps of Engineers, together 
with any other Federal agency that has the authority to change the pool 
elevation of such lake, shall establish a pilot program to maintain the 
pool elevation of such lake at 359 feet until after the first Monday in 
                               September.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Lake Barkley Water Level Improvement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. SAFETY FOR LAKE BARKLEY, KENTUCKY.

    (a) Pilot Program.--Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal 
law, beginning on July 1, 2007, the Army Corps of Engineers, together 
with any other Federal agency that has the authority to change the pool 
elevation of Lake Berkley, Kentucky, shall establish and conduct a 
pilot program that, under normal weather conditions, extends the summer 
pool elevation of 359 feet on such lake from the current draw down date 
of July 1 until after the first Monday in September.
    (b) Pilot Program Duration.--Except as provided in subsection (d), 
the pilot program shall terminate on the first Monday in September 2 
years after the pilot program begins.
    (c) Evaluation and Recommendations.--Not later than 60 days after 
the first Monday in September 2 years after the pilot program begins, 
the Chief of Engineers of the Army Corps of Engineers shall evaluate 
the effectiveness of extending the pool elevation on Lake Barkley, 
Kentucky, under subsection (a) and report to the appropriate committees 
of Congress their findings, including any recommendations, regarding 
the extension of such lake elevation.
    (d) Continuation.--If the Army Corps of Engineers determines that 
the pilot program under this section is effective, the Corps shall 
continue the summer elevation of 359 feet on Lake Barkley, Kentucky, 
through the first Monday in September each year.
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