A bill to amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to deauthorize the Ten Mile Creek Water Preserve Area Critical Restoration Project.

Bill: 114-s-124
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2015-01-08
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Florida

Water quality

Water resources funding

Water storage
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 1996 to deauthorize the Ten Mile Creek Water Preserve Area Critical Restoration Project upon execution of a transfer agreement between the Secretary of the Army and the South Florida Water Management District, under which the District shall operate the transferred project as an environmental restoration project to provide water storage and water treatment options.</p>

tv_txt: II 114th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 124 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 8, 2015 Mr. Rubio (for himself and Mr. Nelson ) 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 1996 to deauthorize the Ten Mile Creek Water Preserve Area Critical Restoration Project.

1. Project deauthorization Section 528(b)(3) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 ( Public Law 104–303 ; 110 Stat. 3768) is amended by adding at the end the following: (E) Project deauthorization (i) In general The project identified as the Ten Mile Creek Water Preserve Area Critical Restoration Project , carried out pursuant to this paragraph, shall no longer be authorized as a Federal project upon execution of a transfer agreement between the Secretary and the South Florida Water Management District. (ii) Requirement A transfer agreement referred to in clause (i) shall require that the South Florida Water Management District operate the transferred project as an environmental restoration project to provide water storage and water treatment options. .