IIB 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 781 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 17, 2007 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works 
AN ACT 
To redesignate Lock and Dam No. 5 of the McClellan- 
Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System near Redfield, 
Arkansas, authorized by the Rivers and Harbors Act 
approved July 24, 1946, as the ‘‘Colonel Charles D. 
Maynard Lock and Dam’’. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Colonel Charles D. Maynard, who served 
the Nation with distinction as an engineer officer in 
World War II and afterwards oversaw the massive 
buildup of work on the ‘‘Arkansas River Project’’ in 
the early 1960s which at the time was the largest 
civil works project ever undertaken by the Corps of 
Engineers while concurrently overseeing construction 
of Greers Ferry and Beaver Dams on the White 
River. 
(2) Colonel Charles D. Maynard was assigned 
as district engineer of the Little Rock Engineer Dis-
trict for 3 years during which time he directed plan-
ning, design, and construction of 13 locks and dams 
of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation 
Project. 
(3) Colonel Charles D. Maynard successfully 
met the challenging schedules set by Congress and 
the Administration while coordinating with a host of 
state and Federal agencies in Arkansas and Okla-
homa. 
(4) Colonel Charles D. Maynard served as 
Chairman and President of the Water Resources As-
sociation of America, President of the Arkansas 
Basin Association, member of the Arkansas Basin 
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Coordinating Committee of the Arkansas Basin De-
velopment Association. 
(5) Colonel Charles D. Maynard actively pro-
moted development of waterborne transportation in 
Arkansas and was appointed by 3 governors to serve 
on the Arkansas Waterways Commission for 21 
years. 
(6) Colonel Charles D. Maynard provided Con-
gressional testimony in support of the McClellan- 
Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, Fourche 
Creek Flood Control Project, and Montgomery Point 
Lock and Dam on behalf of various Arkansas asso-
ciations and committees, and was named as a mem-
ber of the Arkansas River Hall of Fame. 
(7) Colonel Charles D. Maynard, who died on 
October 22, 2005, served in numerous community 
and civic roles, including the United States Savings 
Bond Coordinator for Arkansas for 10 years, Cam-
paign Chairman for the United Way of Pulaski 
County, Chairman Emeritus of Central Arkansas 
Radiation Treatment Center, and President of the 
Little Rock Chamber of Commerce. 
(8) Colonel Charles D. Maynard was a dedi-
cated citizen who served on a number of boards sup-
porting his state and local community including Ar-
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