Waterway Safety Improvement Act of 2015

Bill: 114-hr-3315
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2015-07-29
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Marine and inland water transportation

Navigation, waterways, harbors

Transportation safety and security

Water resources funding
Latest action: action_date: 2015-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-07-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Waterway Safety Improvement Act of 2015</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to authorize the Department of the Army to make modifications to deep-draft, high-commercial-use channels, including bends and entrances, as necessary to ensure safe navigation and efficient operations of such channels without regard to provisions of such Act regarding the maximum cost of water resources development and conservation projects.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3315 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 29, 2015 Mr. Babin (for himself, Mr. Gene Green of Texas , and Mr. Poe of Texas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 with respect to the maximum cost of projects, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Waterway Safety Improvement Act of 2015 . 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that modifications to deep-draft, high-commercial-use channels, including bends and entrances, are sometimes necessary to ensure safety of navigation and efficient operations. 3. Maximum cost of projects Section 902 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 ( 33 U.S.C. 2280 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (c) Certain channels The Secretary may make modifications to deep-draft, high-commercial-use channels, including bends and entrances, necessary to ensure safe navigation and efficient operations with respect to those channels without regard to any other provision of this section. .