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110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2650 
To modify certain water resources projects for the Apalachicola, 
Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2007 
Mr. BOYD of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To modify certain water resources projects for the Apalachi-
cola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers, Georgia, Florida, 
and Alabama. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restore the Apalachi-
cola River Ecosystem Act’’. 
SEC. 2. APALACHICOLA, CHATTAHOOCHEE, AND FLINT RIV-
ERS, GEORGIA, FLORIDA, AND ALABAMA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The project for navigation, Apa-
lachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers, Georgia, Flor-
ida, and Alabama, authorized by section 2 of the Act of 
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March 2, 1945 (59 Stat. 17), and modified by the first 
section of the Act of July 24, 1946 (60 Stat. 635), and 
the project for the West Point Reservoir, Chattahoochee 
River, Georgia, authorized by section 203 of the Flood 
Control Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 1182), are modified— 
(1) to deauthorize the 9-foot by 100-foot chan-
nel between the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near 
Apalachicola, Florida, to Jim Woodruff Dam near 
Chattahoochee, Florida; and 
(2) to authorize the Secretary of the Army, in 
consultation with the State of Florida, to develop the 
plan described in subsection (b). 
(b) PLAN
FOR RESTORATION
OF APALACHICOLA 
RIVER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of this Act and before com-
mencement of any restoration activity under sub-
section (a), the Secretary, in coordination with the 
State of Florida, the United States Fish and Wild-
life Service, and the United States Geological Sur-
vey, shall— 
(A) develop a comprehensive plan to re-
store the Apalachicola River basin; and 
(B) submit to the Committee on Environ-
ment and Public Works of the Senate and the 
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Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture of the House of Representatives the plan 
developed under subparagraph (A). 
(2) REQUIRED
ELEMENTS.—The plan under 
paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) have as its sole goal the reestablish-
ment of the ecological integrity of the Apalachi-
cola River basin ecosystem (including restora-
tion of bendways, interconnecting waterways, 
sloughs, watersheds, associated land areas, and 
fish and wildlife habitat); 
(B) reestablish an ecosystem that supports 
and sustains a balanced, integrated, adaptive 
community of organisms having species com-
position, diversity, and functional organization 
comparable to those of the natural habitat of 
the Apalachicola River; and 
(C) include a method of monitoring and 
assessing the biota, habitats, and water quality 
of the Apalachicola River basin for use in as-
sessing restoration activities and impacts of res-
toration activities. 
(3) FUNDING.—The plan under paragraph (1) 
shall be developed at a total cost of $4,000,000. 
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(c) PUBLIC OUTREACH.—In carrying out this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall engage in significant public out-
reach. 
(d) RELATIONSHIP
TO OTHER ACTIVITIES.—The 
Secretary shall ensure that activities conducted under this 
section do not interfere with water compact activities and 
negotiations being carried out as of the date of enactment 
of this Act with respect to the Apalachicola, Chattahoo-
chee, and Flint Rivers, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. 
(e) EFFECT ON OTHER LAW.—Nothing in this sec-
tion limits the authority of any agency under any other 
provision of law to require compliance with any applicable 
statutory or regulatory requirement. 
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