Water Resources Planning and Modernization Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-2288
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2006-02-15 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Alabama
Aquatic ecology
Army Corps of Engineers
Citizen participation
Conflict of interests
Congress
Congressional agencies
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Cost effectiveness
Data banks
Department of Defense
Economic development
Economic impact statements
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Environmental assessment
Environmental degradation
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to water resources development
Federal libraries
Finance and Financial Sector
Flood control
Flood damage prevention
Floodplains
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Government publications
Government publicity
Governmental investigations
Habitat conservation
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Hydrology
Identification devices
Infrastructure
Inspectors general
Internet
Land transfers
Law
Library of Congress
Licenses
Louisiana
Marine terminals
Mississippi
Navigation
Planning
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public records
Real estate development
Restoration ecology
Science, Technology, Communications
Transportation and Public Works
Watersheds
Web sites
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: 
Water Resources Planning and Modernization Act of 2006 - Directs: (1) the Water Resources Council to report to the President and Congress on U.S. vulnerability to damage from flooding and related storm damage, including the risks to human life and property and the comparative risks faced by different regions of the country; and (2) the Administration to submit a report responding to, and including proposals to implement, the Council's recommendations.
 
Requires the Council: (1) to submit initial and followup reports to Congress containing a prioritized list of Corps of Engineers water resources projects, based on specified criteria; and (2) in coordination with the National Academy of Sciences, to propose revisions to the planning principles and guidelines, regulations, and circulars of the Corps to improve the process by which the Corps analyzes and evaluates projects.
 
Includes as members of the Council the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Chairperson of the Council on Environmental Quality.
 
Subjects projects meeting specified guidelines to review by an independent panel of experts. Requires the Inspector General of the Army to appoint within the Inspector General's Office a Director of Independent Review.
 
Requires the Secretary, to mitigate losses to flood damage reduction capabilities and fish and wildlife resulting from a water resources project, to ensure that mitigation for each project fully complies with the mitigation standards and policies established by each state in which the project is located. Sets forth mitigation plan requirements. Directs the Secretary to establish a mitigation tracking system.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1356-1358)
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1354-1356)
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Introduced in Senate