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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 336 

To require the Secretary of the Army to operate and maintain as a system 

the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal dispersal barriers, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 18, 2007 

Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. VOINOVICH, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. OBAMA, Mr. 

BAYH, Mr. KOHL, Ms. STABENOW, and Mr. LUGAR) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of the Army to operate and maintain as a system the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal 

dispersal barriers, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Barrier Project Con5 solidation and Construction Act of 2007’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CONSOLIDATION OF BARRIER PROJECTS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Chicago Sanitary and Ship 

8 Canal Dispersal Barrier Project (referred to in this Act 


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1 as ‘‘Barrier I’’) (as in existence on the date of enactment 

2 of this Act), constructed as a demonstration project under 

3 section 1202(i)(3) of the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance 

4 Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 

5 4722(i)(3)), and the project relating to the Chicago Sani6 tary and Ship Canal Dispersal Barrier, as authorized by 

7 section 345 of the District of Columbia Appropriations 

8 Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–335; 118 Stat. 1352) (re9 ferred to in this Act as ‘‘Barrier II’’), shall be considered 

10 to constitute a single project. 

11 (b) ACTIVITIES RELATING TO BARRIER I AND BAR12 RIER II.— 

13 (1) DUTIES OF SECRETARY OF THE ARMY.— 

14 The Secretary of the Army (referred to in this Act 

15 as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall, at full Federal expense— 

16 (A) upgrade and make permanent Barrier 

17 I; 

18 (B) construct Barrier II, notwithstanding 

19 the project cooperation agreement with the 

20 State of Illinois dated June 14, 2005; 

21 (C) operate and maintain Barrier I and 

22 Barrier II as a system to optimize effectiveness; 

23 (D) conduct, in consultation with appro24 priate Federal, State, local, and nongovern25 mental entities, a study of a full range of opVerDate Aug 31 2005 03:32 Jan 20, 2007 Jkt 059200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S336.IS S336

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1 tions and technologies for reducing impacts of 

2 hazards that may reduce the efficacy of the 

3 Barriers; and 

4 (E) provide to each State a credit in an 

5 amount equal to the amount of funds contrib6 uted by the State toward Barrier II. 

7 (2) APPLICATION OF CREDIT.—A State may 

8 apply a credit received under paragraph (1)(E) to 

9 any cost-sharing responsibility for an existing or fu10 ture Federal project with the Corps of Engineers in 

11 the State. 

12 (c) FEASIBILITY STUDY.—The Secretary, in con13 sultation with appropriate Federal, State, local, and non14 governmental entities, shall conduct a feasibility study, at 

15 full Federal expense, of the range of options and tech16 nologies available to prevent the spread of aquatic nui17 sance species between the Great Lakes and Mississippi 

18 River Basins through the Chicago Sanitary and Ship 

19 Canal and other aquatic pathways. 

20 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 345 of the 

21 District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public 

22 Law 108–335; 118 Stat. 1352) is amended to read as fol23 lows: 

24 ‘‘SEC. 345. There are authorized to be appropriated 

25 such sums as are necessary to carry out the Barrier II 


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1 project of the project for the Chicago Sanitary and Ship 

2 Canal Dispersal Barrier, Illinois, initiated pursuant to sec3 tion 1135 of the Water Resources Development Act of 

4 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2309a).’’. 

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