A bill to provide for the ongoing presence of certain structures at the Table Rock Lake project.

Bill: 118-s-4658
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Schmitt, Eric [R-MO]
Introduced: 2024-07-10
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Latest action: action_date: 2024-07-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4658 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 10, 2024 Mr. Schmitt introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To provide for the ongoing presence of certain structures at the Table Rock Lake project.

1. Table Rock Lake, Missouri and Arkansas (a) Definitions In this section: (1) Abandonment The term abandonment means, with respect to an eligible structure, the allowance of the structure to come into a state of disrepair without the demonstrated intent to repair by the owner. (2) Eligible structure The term eligible structure means a privately owned sewer and septic system— (A) for which a license for a right-of-way has been provided by the Secretary of the Army and is in effect on the date of enactment of this Act; (B) that is located on fee land or land subject to a flowage easement; and (C) that does not impact the reservoir level or pose a failure risk to the dam of the Table Rock Lake project. (3) Fee land The term fee land means the land acquired in fee title by the United States for the Table Rock Lake project. (4) Table Rock Lake project The term Table Rock Lake project means the Table Rock Lake project of the Corps of Engineers, located in Missouri and Arkansas, authorized as one of the multipurpose reservoir projects in the White River Basin by section 4 of the Act of June 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 1218). (b) Presence of eligible structures The Secretary of the Army shall permit the ongoing presence of an eligible structure at the Table Rock Lake project until— (1) the abandonment of the eligible structure by the holder of a license for right-of-way for the structure; (2) the failure of the eligible structure; or (3) the replacement of the eligible structure.