Water Resources Development Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2554
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2004-06-21 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Agriculture and Food
Airports
Alabama
Alaska
Animals
Aquatic ecology
Aquatic pests
Archaeology
Arizona
Arkansas
Army Corps of Engineers
Arts, Culture, Religion
Authorization
Beaches
Biological diversity
Bridges
California
Camping
Canals
Cemeteries and funerals
Chemicals
Chesapeake Bay
Civil engineering
Coastal zone
Colorado
Commemorations
Concessions
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Connecticut
Construction costs
Coral reefs
Cost accounting
Cost effectiveness
Cultural property
Dams
Data banks
Delaware
Department of Defense
Drainage
Dredging
Droughts
Easements
Economic research
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Electronic government information
Emergency Management
Endangered species
Energy
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Environmental monitoring
Environmental research
Estuaries
Everglades
Farm lands
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to water pollution control
Federal aid to water resources development
Federal-Indian relations
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Fish culture
Fishery management
Flood control
Flood damage prevention
Floods
Florida
Gambling
Geographic information systems
Georgia
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Governmental investigations
Great Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
Habitat conservation
Harbors
Hazardous wastes
Historic sites
History
Hurricanes
Hydroelectric power
Hydrology
Idaho
Illinois
Indian lands
Indiana
Infrastructure
Inland water transportation
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
International Affairs
International cooperation
Internet
Interstate commissions
Interstate compacts
Investment of public funds
Iowa
Irrigation
Islands
Kentucky
Labor and Employment
Lakes
Land transfers
Land use
Law
Leases
Licenses
Louisiana
Maine
Maintenance and repair
Maps
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine terminals
Maryland
Massachusetts
Merchant seamen
Michigan
Migratory bird conservation
Mine wastes
Minnesota
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Missouri
Missouri River development
Montana
Monuments and memorials
Multipurpose projects
Museums
National parks
National recreation areas
Native Americans
Navigation
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York City
New York State
Non-native species
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Outdoor recreation
Payments in lieu of taxes
Pennsylvania
Pest control
Pests
Planning
Power marketing administrations
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Radioactive wastes
Reclamation of land
Recreation areas
Reefs
Reforestation
Religion
Relocation
Rent
Research and development
Reservoirs
Restoration ecology
Revolving funds
Rhode Island
Right-of-way
Riparian ecology
Risk
Rivers
Salmon
Science, Technology, Communications
Sediment control
Sedimentation
Shellfish
Shore protection
Social Welfare
Soil conservation
Soil erosion
South Carolina
South Dakota
Sports and Recreation
Storage
Storms
Sustainable fisheries
Taxation
Technical assistance
Technology transfer
Tennessee
Texas
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works
User charges
Vermont
Virginia
Volunteer workers
Washington State
Water conservation
Water pollution control
Water quality
Water storage
Water supply
Waterfronts
Watersheds
Waterways
Web sites
West Virginia
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife refuges
Wisconsin

Summary:
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: 
Water Resources Development Act of 2004 - Sets forth provisions providing authorizations for, modifications to, deauthorizations of, and study requirements for inland waterway, port and harbor, flood damage reduction, coastal storm damage reduction, ecosystem restoration, environmental remediation, water storage, water quality, and watershed planning projects or programs throughout the country.
 
 Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to: (1) engage in activities in support of foreign governments; and (2) include individuals from the private sector in Corps of Engineers training classes. Establishes the Corps of Engineers River Stewardship Commission. Directs: (1) the Secretary to establish within the civil works function a Water Resource Planning Council; and (2) the Inspector General of the Army to convene an independent peer review panel.
 
 Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out ecosystem restoration projects regarding the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois River; (2) develop a system to rank proposed projects; and (3) carry out (over at least a ten-year period) a pilot program to restore and protect fish and wildlife habitat in the middle Mississippi River. 
 
 Establishes: (1) the Coastal Louisiana Ecosystem Protection and Restoration Task Force; and (2) a Coastal Louisiana Ecosystem Science and Technology Program. 
 
Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a general management plan for ecosystem restoration of the Upper Connecticut River ecosystem; and (2) complete work on the San Pablo Bay watershed, California.
 
Modifies provisions regarding the Mississippi River Headwaters Reservoir. Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the Conservation Corridor Demonstration Program, Delaware and Maryland. Designates the Division Engineer, North Atlantic Division, of the Corps the ex officio U.S. member under the Susquehanna River Basin Compact and the Delaware River Basin Compact.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-06-23
text: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2004-06-21
text: Introduced in Senate