Meeting Authorization Requirements for the Coast Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5461
Sponsor: Rep. Melancon, Charlie [D-LA-3]
Introduced: 2006-05-23 in the House
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Animals
Aquatic ecology
Aquatic pests
Aquatic plants
Barrier islands
Canals
Coastal zone
Congressional reporting requirements
Construction costs
Cost effectiveness
Dredging
Economics and Public Finance
Ecosystem management
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Estuaries
Federal advisory bodies
Federal aid to water resources development
Flood control
Flood damage prevention
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Gulf of Mexico
Habitat conservation
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Intracoastal waterways
Land subsidence
Louisiana
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine ecology
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Navigation
Nonprofit organizations
Planning-programming-budgeting
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Regional planning
Restoration ecology
Saline waters
Shore protection
Social Welfare
Storms
Transportation and Public Works
Wetlands
Wildlife conservation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: 
Meeting Authorization Requirements for the Coast Act of 2006 - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out specified projects for hurricane and storm damage reduction and flood control in Louisiana. 
 
Amends the Flood Control Act of 1948 to increase the amount that the Secretary may allot for flood control for a small flood control project at any single locality. 
 
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to: (1) authorize the Secretary to carry out specified projects to transport and place, and to develop plans for regional management of, sediment obtained in conjunction with water management projects associated with flood damage reduction, hurricane and storm damage reduction, aquatic plant control, and environmental protection and restoration; and (2) permit to be carried out at federal expense specified projects to protect, restore, or create aquatic and ecologically-related habitat located in a disadvantaged community or projects located in coastal communities impacted by 2005 hurricanes. 
 
Modifies specified projects and requires or authorizes the Secretary to carry out specified studies, programs, and projects in Louisiana and Mississippi. 
 
Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress: (1) reports recommending specified modifications to the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet, near-term ecosystem restoration measures for the Chenier Plain, Louisiana, and a framework for developing a long-term program to protect, conserve, and restore specified wetlands, estuaries, and barrier islands; and (2) a feasibility study recommending a comprehensive long-term plan for the coastal Louisiana ecosystem.
 
Establishes the Coastal Louisiana Ecosystem Protection and Restoration Task Force to make recommendations to the Secretary to protect, conserve, and restore the coastal Louisiana ecosystem.
 
Sets forth requirements regarding project costs, monitoring, audits, and justification.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-05-23
text: Introduced in House