Louisiana Water Resources Projects Act of 2006

Bill: 109-s-4111
Sponsor: Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA]
Introduced: 2006-12-08 in the Senate
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Animals
Arkansas
Barrier islands
Biological diversity
Canals
Coastal engineering
Coastal zone
Congress
Congressional oversight
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Disaster insurance
Disaster relief
Drainage
Dredging
Economic development
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Environmental degradation
Environmental technology
Estuaries
Farm lands
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to water resources development
Finance and Financial Sector
Fishery management
Flood control
Flood damage prevention
Floods
Forest management
Geology
Government Operations and Politics
Government trust funds
Gulf of Mexico
Habitat conservation
Harbors
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Intracoastal waterways
Lakes
Land subsidence
Louisiana
Maintenance and repair
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine terminals
Mississippi River
Navigation
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Reforestation
Relocation
Restoration ecology
Revolving funds
River basin commissions
Rivers
Science, Technology, Communications
Sedimentation
Shore protection
Soil erosion
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works
Watersheds
Waterways
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: 
Louisiana Water Resources Projects Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out: (1) the Bayou Sorrel Lock and, conditional on a favorable report, the Port of Iberia, Louisiana, navigation projects; (2) the Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, hurricane and storm damage reduction project; and (3) a program for ecosystem restoration, Louisiana Coastal Area, including modifications needed to five critical ecosystem restoration features due to the impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
 
Establishes: (1) the Coastal Louisiana Ecosystem Protection and Restoration Task Force; and (2) a Louisiana Water Resources Council within the Mississippi River Commission.
 
 Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a plan for protecting, preserving, and restoring the coastal Louisiana ecosystem; (2) establish a coastal Louisiana ecosystem science and technology program; (3) study, design, and construct a type A regional visitors center in the vicinity of Morgan City, Louisiana; and (4) conduct a study to determine the feasibility of carrying out a project for navigation improvement at Vidalia, Louisiana.
 
Authorizes appropriations to: (1) support the relocation of Port of New Orleans deep draft facilities; and (2) the Assistant Secretary to provide relocation assistance to private businesses.
 
Modifies a flood control project for the Ouachita River and tributaries and directs that the Ouachita River Levees remain a component of the Mississippi River and Tributaries Project.
 
Modifies: (1) the public access feature of the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System, Louisiana project; and (2) projects at Red River Waterway, the Calcasieu River and Pass, and East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
action_date: 2006-12-08
text: Introduced in Senate