To extend the declaration of nonnavigability in perpetuity for Rivercenter, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Bill: 114-hr-4859
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1]
Introduced: 2016-03-23
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Lakes and rivers

Navigation, waterways, harbors

Pennsylvania
Latest action: action_date: 2016-03-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-03-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1988 to provide that the declaration of nonnavigability for the Rivercenter portion of the Delaware River, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, shall not expire (currently the declaration of nonnavigability for that area expires on November 17, 2018).</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4859 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 23, 2016 Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To extend the declaration of nonnavigability in perpetuity for Rivercenter, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1. Declaration of nonnavigability for Rivercenter, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Section 38(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1988 ( 33 U.S.C. 59j–1(c) ; 102 Stat. 4038) is amended— (1) by striking (except 30 years from such date of enactment, in the case of the area or any part thereof described in subsection (a)(5)) ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the declaration of nonnavigability for the area described in subsection (a)(5), or any part thereof, shall not expire. .