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Union Calendar No. 350
104TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3816
[Report No. 104–679]
Making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 16, 1996
Mr. MYERS of Indiana, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the
following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House
on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
Making appropriations for energy and water development
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, for energy and
water development, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL
The following appropriations shall be expended under
the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the super-
vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil func-
tions of the Department of the Army pertaining to rivers
and harbors, flood control, beach erosion, and related pur-
poses.
GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS
For expenses necessary for the collection and study
of basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood
control, shore protection, and related projects, restudy of
authorized projects, miscellaneous investigations, and,
when authorized by laws, surveys and detailed studies and
plans and specifications of projects prior to construction,
$153,628,000, to remain available until expended, of
which funds are provided for the following projects in the
amounts specified:
Norco Bluffs, California, $180,000;
San Joaquin River Basin, Caliente Creek, Cali-
fornia, $150,000;
Tampa 
Harbor, 
Alafia 
Channel, 
Florida,
$200,000;
Lake George, Hobart, Indiana, $100,000;
Little Calumet River Basin, Cady Marsh Ditch,
Indiana, $200,000;
Barnegat Inlet to Little Egg Harbor Inlet, New
Jersey, $558,000;
Brigantine Inlet to Great Egg Harbor Inlet,
New Jersey, $600,000;
Great Egg Harbor Inlet to Townsends Inlet,
New Jersey, $400,000;
Manasquan Inlet to Barnegat Inlet, New Jer-
sey, $400,000;
Townsends Inlet to Cape May Inlet, New Jer-
sey, $375,000;
South Shore of Staten Island, New York,
$300,000;
Mussers Dam, Middle Creek, Snyder County,
Pennsylvania, $450,000;
Monongahela River, West Virginia, $500,000;
Monongahela River, Fairmont, West Virginia,
$250,000; and
Tygart River Basin, Philippi, West Virginia,
$250,000.
CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL
For the prosecution of river and harbor, flood control,
shore protection, and related projects authorized by laws;
and detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of
projects (including those for development with participa-
tion or under consideration for participation by States,
local governments, or private groups) authorized or made
eligible for selection by law (but such studies shall not con-
stitute a commitment of the Government to construction),
$1,035,394,000, to remain available until expended, of
which such sums as are necessary pursuant to Public Law
99–662 shall be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust
Fund, for one-half of the costs of construction and reha-
bilitation of inland waterways projects, including rehabili-
tation costs for the Lock and Dam 25, Mississippi River,
Illinois and Missouri, Lock and Dam 14, Mississippi
River, Iowa, and Lock and Dam 24, Mississippi River, Illi-
nois and Missouri, projects, and of which funds are pro-
vided for the following projects in the amounts specified:
San 
Timoteo 
Creek 
(Santa 
Ana 
River
Mainstem), California, $7,000,000;
Ohio 
River 
Flood 
Protection, 
Indiana,
$1,800,000;
Indianapolis 
Central 
Waterfront, 
Indiana,
$8,000,000;
Indiana 
Shoreline 
Erosion, 
Indiana,
$2,200,000;
Harlan (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big
Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River), Ken-
tucky, $18,500,000;
Martin County (Levisa and Tug Forks of the
Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River),
Kentucky, $350,000;
Middlesboro (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big
Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River), Ken-
tucky, $2,000,000;
Pike County (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big
Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River), Ken-
tucky, $2,000,000;
Town of Martin (Levisa and Tug Forks of the
Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River),
Kentucky, $300,000;
Williamsburg (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big
Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River), Ken-
tucky, $4,050,000;
Salyersville, Kentucky, $3,500,000;
Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity, Louisiana,
$18,525,000;
Red River below Denison Dam Levee and Bank
Stabilization, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas,
$100,000;
Glen Foerd, Pennsylvania, $800,000;
South Central Pennsylvania Environmental
Restoration Infrastructure and Resource Protection
Development 
Pilot 
Program, 
Pennsylvania,
$10,000,000;
Wallisville Lake, Texas, $10,000,000;
Richmond 
Filtration 
Plant, 
Virginia,
$3,500,000; and
Virginia Beach, Virginia, $8,000,000:
Provided, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through
the Chief of Engineers, is directed to use $1,000,000 of
the funds appropriated in Public Law 104–46 for con-
struction of the Ohio River Flood Protection, Indiana,
project: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army,
acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed, in co-
operation with State, county, and city officials and in con-
sultation with the Des Moines River Greenbelt Advisory
Committee, to provide highway and other signs appro-
priate to direct the public to the bike trail which runs from
downtown Des Moines, Iowa, to the Big Creek Recreation
area at the Corps of Engineers Saylorville Lake project
and the wildlife refuge in Jasper and Marion Counties in
Iowa authorized in Public Law 101–302: Provided further,
That using $500,000 of the funds appropriated for the
Passaic River Mainstem, New Jersey, project under the
heading ‘‘General Investigations’’ in Public Law 103–126,
the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of
Engineers, is directed to begin implementation of the Pas-
saic River Preservation of Natural Storage Areas sepa-
rable element of the Passaic River Flood Reduction
Project, New Jersey.
FLOOD
CONTROL,
MISSISSIPPI
RIVER
AND
TRIBU-
TARIES,
ARKANSAS, ILLINOIS, KENTUCKY, LOUISI-
ANA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, AND TENNESSEE
For expenses necessary for prosecuting work of flood
control, and rescue work, repair, restoration, or mainte-
nance of flood control projects threatened or destroyed by
flood, as authorized by law (33 U.S.C. 702a, 702g–1),
$302,990,000, to remain available until expended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the preservation, oper-
ation, maintenance, and care of existing river and harbor,
flood control, and related works, including such sums as
may be necessary for the maintenance of harbor channels
provided by a State, municipality or other public agency,
outside of harbor lines, and serving essential needs of gen-
eral commerce and navigation; surveys and charting of
northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters;
clearing and straightening channels; and removal of ob-
structions to navigation, $1,701,180,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which such sums as become avail-
able in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to
Public Law 99–662, may be derived from that fund, and
of which such sums as become available from the special
account established by the Land and Water Conservation
Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l), may be derived
from that fund for construction, operation, and mainte-
nance of outdoor recreation facilities, and of which funds
are provided for the following projects in the amounts
specified:
Raystown Lake, Pennsylvania, $4,190,000; and
Cooper Lake and Channels, Texas, $2,601,000:
Provided, That using $1,000,000 of the funds appro-
priated herein, the Secretary of the Army, acting through
the Chief of Engineers, is directed to design and construct
a landing at Guntersville, Alabama, as described in the
Master Plan Report of the Nashville District titled
‘‘Guntersville Landing’’ dated June, 1996.
REGULATORY PROGRAM
For expenses necessary for administration of laws
pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands,
$101,000,000, to remain available until expended.
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES
For expenses necessary for emergency flood control,
hurricane, and shore protection activities, as authorized
by section 5 of the Flood Control Act approved August
18, 1941, as amended, $10,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of the Army,
acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to use
up to $8,000,000 of the funds appropriated herein and