A bill to amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to authorize the Central Everglades Planning Project, Florida.

Bill: 114-s-120
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL]
Introduced: 2015-01-08
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Aquatic ecology

Everglades

Florida

Water quality

Water resources funding

Water use and supply

Wetlands
Latest action: action_date: 2015-01-08
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-08
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to authorize the Secretary of the Army to carry out the project for environmental restoration, CERP, Central Everglades Planning Project, Florida, in accordance with the plans and subject to the conditions recommended in the final report of the Chief of Engineers signed on December 23, 2014. </p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 120 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 8, 2015 Mr. Nelson (for himself and Mr. Rubio ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to authorize the Central Everglades Planning Project, Florida.

1. CERP, Central everglades planning project, Florida Section 601 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 ( Public Law 106–541 ; 114 Stat. 2680) is amended by adding at the end the following: (q) CERP, Central Everglades Planning Project, Florida (1) Authorization In accordance with subsection (d), the project for environmental restoration, CERP, Central Everglades Planning Project, Florida, is authorized to be carried out by the Secretary substantially in accordance with the plans, and subject to the conditions, recommended in the final report of the Chief of Engineers signed on December 23, 2014. (2) Total cost The project authorized under paragraph (1) is authorized to be carried out by the Secretary at a total cost of $1,900,000,000, with an estimated Federal cost of $950,875,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of $949,125,000. .