To remove fish and wildlife as an authorized purpose of the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System and to make flood control the highest priority of authorized purposes of such system, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-2174
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Graves, Sam [R-MO-6]
Introduced: 2019-04-09
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Aquatic ecology

Army Corps of Engineers

Dams and canals

Fishes

Floods and storm protection

Government information and archives

Missouri River

Water storage

Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Latest action: action_date: 2019-04-10
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-04-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong></strong>This bill addresses the management of the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System. Specifically, it&nbsp;designates flood control as the highest priority of the system. The system may not be managed for the protection of fish and wildlife.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2174 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 9, 2019 Mr. Graves of Missouri introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To remove fish and wildlife as an authorized purpose of the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System and to make flood control the highest priority of authorized purposes of such system, and for other purposes.

1. Authorized purposes of the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System (a) Authorization Fish and wildlife shall not be an authorized purpose of the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System. (b) Priority Flood control shall be the highest priority of authorized purposes for the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System at all times. (c) Revision of control manual Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment, the Chief of Engineers shall revise the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System Master Water Control Manual and any related regulations to conform with subsections (a) and (b).