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108hr5177ih | (6) According to the 2002 United Nations Development Programme Arab Human Development Report, 10,000,000 children between the ages of 6 through 15 in the Arab world do not attend school, and 2/3 of the 65,000,000 illiterate adults in the Arab world are women. At all educational stages, the most important challenge faci... |
108hr5177ih | (7) The Report noted that the United Nations has rightly equated literacy as freedom and that the international community is moving toward setting a goal of reducing by half the illiteracy rate in the Middle East by 2010, through the implementation of education programs targeting women and girls and supporting programs... |
108hr5177ih | (9) Investing in girls’ education delivers substantial returns not only in educational attainment but also in increasing women’s incomes, delaying the start of sexual activity, reducing infant mortality, increasing women’s political participation, and spurring economic growth. |
108hr5177ih | (10) The Report concluded that ensuring educational opportunity is essential to the efforts of the United States to defeat global terrorism and recommended that the United States Government should offer to join with other nations in generously supporting [spending funds] … directly on building and operating primary and... |
108hr5177ih | Assistance to achieve universal basic Education
The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 105 the following new section: 105A. Universal basic Education
(a) Purpose
It is the purpose of this section to ensure that the United States provides the resources and ... |
108hr5177ih | (b) Policy
It is the policy of the United States to work with foreign countries and international organizations to increase the global commitment to achieving universal basic education to— (1) assist developing countries committed to serious reforms to provide all children with a quality elementary education and secon... |
108hr5177ih | (c) Principles
In developing the global commitment referred to in subsection (b), the policy of the United States shall be guided by the following principles: (1) United States resources
To lead a global commitment to achieving universal basic education, the United States shall commit substantial new resources for ed... |
108hr5177ih | (3) Private sector and nongovernmental participation and contributions
United States efforts in leading such a global commitment shall include explicit strategies to encourage and integrate contributions of strategic direction and financial resources from indigenous and international private sector and civil society o... |
108hr5177ih | (5) Coordination within the United States Government
A comprehensive strategy shall improve coordination and collaboration among all departments and agencies of the United States Government involved in education assistance to ensure efficient and effective use of the resources of the United States. (6) Coordination be... |
108hr5177ih | (7) Integration of Education plans within overall national economic strategies
United States policies and programs shall encourage poor countries to ensure that efforts are developed within an overall strategy of economic and market reforms to reduce poverty and spur sustained economic growth. (8) High standards of ac... |
108hr5177ih | (d) Definitions
In this section: (1) AIDS
The term AIDS has the meaning given that term in section 104A(g). (2) Appropriate congressional committees
The term appropriate congressional committees means the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriat... |
108hr5177ih | (4) HIV/AIDS
The term HIV/AIDS has the meaning given that term in section 104A(g). (5) Education for all Fast Track Initiative
The term Education for All Fast Track Initiative means the Fast Track Initiative launched in 2002 to mobilize donor resources to support Education for All, an international commitment launche... |
108hr5177ih | (e) Development and implementation of a comprehensive United States strategy on Education for all
(1) Education for all Task Force
The President shall establish an Education for All Task Force as described in this subsection. (2) Purposes
The purposes of the Task Force are— (A) to carry out the policy set out in sub... |
108hr5177ih | (B) The Secretary of the Treasury. (C) The Secretary of Labor. (D) The Secretary of Education. (E) The Secretary of Health and Human Services. (F) The Secretary of Agriculture. (G) The Secretary of State. (H) The Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation. (I) The Coordinator of United States Gover... |
108hr5177ih | (4) Co-chairs and headquarters
The Task Force shall be co-chaired by the National Security Advisor and the National Economic Advisor, and the headquarters of the Task Force shall be located at both the National Security Council and the National Economic Council. (f) Unified strategy
(1) Content
The unified strategy ... |
108hr5177ih | including— (i) the efforts of the United States to coordinate an international effort to achieve universal basic education by 2015; (ii) the activities of the United States to leverage contributions from member states of the Group of Eight and other donors to provide universal basic education by 2015; and (iii) the ass... |
108hr5177ih | (B) The efforts of the United States to coordinate with other donors to reduce duplication and waste at the global and country levels and ensure efficient coordination among all relevant departments and agencies of the United States Government. (C) The strategy of the United States to support efforts to overcome challe... |
108hr5177ih | (2) Requirement to consult
The Task Force shall consult with nongovernmental organizations and individuals involved in the promotion and implementation of education assistance programs in developing countries to give such organizations and individuals an opportunity to contribute to, and comment on, the unified strate... |
108hr5177ih | (g) National Education plans
(1) Authority
The President is authorized to provide funds and other assistance to an eligible entity to assist a foreign country to create the policies, processes, or infrastructure to develop and implement a comprehensive national education plan as described in this subsection to allow ... |
108hr5177ih | (3) Criteria for national Education plans
Assistance may be provided under this subsection to an eligible entity to assist a foreign country that is developing a comprehensive, national education plan, or to encourage a foreign country to develop a comprehensive national education plan. |
108hr5177ih | Such a national education plan shall— (A) include explicit, credible strategies to achieve universal basic education; (B) be developed in accordance with the provisions of— (i) this section; (ii) the Education for All Fast Track Initiative; (iii) the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper process administered by the World Ba... |
108hr5177ih | (D) demonstrate a clear commitment of political and financial resources to education by the foreign country to ensure that assistance made available under this subsection supplements, not supplants, the investment in education made by such country; (E) establish clear processes for the monitoring and tracking of funds ... |
108hr5177ih | (ii) improve coordination between education and other sectors, particularly the health sector, in order to address the role of education in preventing HIV/AIDS and other diseases and to specify efforts to minimize the adverse impact of the disease on school systems and children’s access to schooling; and (iii) ensure t... |
108hr5177ih | efforts to— (i) ensure an adequate supply of trained teachers, effective curriculum, and adequate infrastructure; (ii) build systems to provide continuing support, training, and professional development for all educators; (iii) eliminate fees for educational services, including fees for tuition, uniforms, and materials... |
108hr5177ih | efforts to— (i) assist such country in developing such a capacity; (ii) assist civil society organizations, international organizations, and local governments that have demonstrated a commitment to education reform in implementing programs to provide basic education on a community level, with an emphasis on such progra... |
108hr5177ih | (4) Suspension of assistance
The President may suspend the provision of all or part of the assistance provided under this subsection for a foreign country if there is substantial evidence that a government of such country— (A) (i) is not tracking and monitoring the use of foreign and domestic assistance to develop or ... |
108hr5177ih | (h) Universal basic Education fellowship program
(1) Authority
The Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development is authorized to establish an education fellowship program at the United States Agency for International Development to increase the expertise of the personnel of the Agency in pr... |
108hr5177ih | (3) Qualifications
An individual is qualified to participate in a fellowship under this subsection if such individual has the specific expertise required— (A) to develop and implement the policies and programs of this section; and (B) to promote the exchange of knowledge and experience among the Agency, the education ... |
108hr5177ih | (j) Authorization of appropriations
(1) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to the President to carry out the provisions of this section amounts as follows: (A) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2005. (B) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2006. (C) $1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2007. (D) ... |
108hr5177ih | (2) Availability of funds
Amounts made available under paragraph (1) are authorized to remain available until expended and are in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes.. 105A. Universal basic Education
(a) Purpose
It is the purpose of this section to ensure that the United States provides the res... |
108hr5177ih | (b) Policy
It is the policy of the United States to work with foreign countries and international organizations to increase the global commitment to achieving universal basic education to— (1) assist developing countries committed to serious reforms to provide all children with a quality elementary education and secon... |
108hr5177ih | (c) Principles
In developing the global commitment referred to in subsection (b), the policy of the United States shall be guided by the following principles: (1) United States resources
To lead a global commitment to achieving universal basic education, the United States shall commit substantial new resources for ed... |
108hr5177ih | (3) Private sector and nongovernmental participation and contributions
United States efforts in leading such a global commitment shall include explicit strategies to encourage and integrate contributions of strategic direction and financial resources from indigenous and international private sector and civil society o... |
108hr5177ih | (5) Coordination within the United States Government
A comprehensive strategy shall improve coordination and collaboration among all departments and agencies of the United States Government involved in education assistance to ensure efficient and effective use of the resources of the United States. (6) Coordination be... |
108hr5177ih | (7) Integration of Education plans within overall national economic strategies
United States policies and programs shall encourage poor countries to ensure that efforts are developed within an overall strategy of economic and market reforms to reduce poverty and spur sustained economic growth. (8) High standards of ac... |
108hr5177ih | (d) Definitions
In this section: (1) AIDS
The term AIDS has the meaning given that term in section 104A(g). (2) Appropriate congressional committees
The term appropriate congressional committees means the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriat... |
108hr5177ih | (4) HIV/AIDS
The term HIV/AIDS has the meaning given that term in section 104A(g). (5) Education for all Fast Track Initiative
The term Education for All Fast Track Initiative means the Fast Track Initiative launched in 2002 to mobilize donor resources to support Education for All, an international commitment launche... |
108hr5177ih | (e) Development and implementation of a comprehensive United States strategy on Education for all
(1) Education for all Task Force
The President shall establish an Education for All Task Force as described in this subsection. (2) Purposes
The purposes of the Task Force are— (A) to carry out the policy set out in sub... |
108hr5177ih | (B) The Secretary of the Treasury. (C) The Secretary of Labor. (D) The Secretary of Education. (E) The Secretary of Health and Human Services. (F) The Secretary of Agriculture. (G) The Secretary of State. (H) The Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation. (I) The Coordinator of United States Gover... |
108hr5177ih | (4) Co-chairs and headquarters
The Task Force shall be co-chaired by the National Security Advisor and the National Economic Advisor, and the headquarters of the Task Force shall be located at both the National Security Council and the National Economic Council. (f) Unified strategy
(1) Content
The unified strategy ... |
108hr5177ih | including— (i) the efforts of the United States to coordinate an international effort to achieve universal basic education by 2015; (ii) the activities of the United States to leverage contributions from member states of the Group of Eight and other donors to provide universal basic education by 2015; and (iii) the ass... |
108hr5177ih | (B) The efforts of the United States to coordinate with other donors to reduce duplication and waste at the global and country levels and ensure efficient coordination among all relevant departments and agencies of the United States Government. (C) The strategy of the United States to support efforts to overcome challe... |
108hr5177ih | (2) Requirement to consult
The Task Force shall consult with nongovernmental organizations and individuals involved in the promotion and implementation of education assistance programs in developing countries to give such organizations and individuals an opportunity to contribute to, and comment on, the unified strate... |
108hr5177ih | (g) National Education plans
(1) Authority
The President is authorized to provide funds and other assistance to an eligible entity to assist a foreign country to create the policies, processes, or infrastructure to develop and implement a comprehensive national education plan as described in this subsection to allow ... |
108hr5177ih | (3) Criteria for national Education plans
Assistance may be provided under this subsection to an eligible entity to assist a foreign country that is developing a comprehensive, national education plan, or to encourage a foreign country to develop a comprehensive national education plan. |
108hr5177ih | Such a national education plan shall— (A) include explicit, credible strategies to achieve universal basic education; (B) be developed in accordance with the provisions of— (i) this section; (ii) the Education for All Fast Track Initiative; (iii) the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper process administered by the World Ba... |
108hr5177ih | (D) demonstrate a clear commitment of political and financial resources to education by the foreign country to ensure that assistance made available under this subsection supplements, not supplants, the investment in education made by such country; (E) establish clear processes for the monitoring and tracking of funds ... |
108hr5177ih | (ii) improve coordination between education and other sectors, particularly the health sector, in order to address the role of education in preventing HIV/AIDS and other diseases and to specify efforts to minimize the adverse impact of the disease on school systems and children’s access to schooling; and (iii) ensure t... |
108hr5177ih | efforts to— (i) ensure an adequate supply of trained teachers, effective curriculum, and adequate infrastructure; (ii) build systems to provide continuing support, training, and professional development for all educators; (iii) eliminate fees for educational services, including fees for tuition, uniforms, and materials... |
108hr5177ih | efforts to— (i) assist such country in developing such a capacity; (ii) assist civil society organizations, international organizations, and local governments that have demonstrated a commitment to education reform in implementing programs to provide basic education on a community level, with an emphasis on such progra... |
108hr5177ih | (4) Suspension of assistance
The President may suspend the provision of all or part of the assistance provided under this subsection for a foreign country if there is substantial evidence that a government of such country— (A) (i) is not tracking and monitoring the use of foreign and domestic assistance to develop or ... |
108hr5177ih | (h) Universal basic Education fellowship program
(1) Authority
The Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development is authorized to establish an education fellowship program at the United States Agency for International Development to increase the expertise of the personnel of the Agency in pr... |
108hr5177ih | (3) Qualifications
An individual is qualified to participate in a fellowship under this subsection if such individual has the specific expertise required— (A) to develop and implement the policies and programs of this section; and (B) to promote the exchange of knowledge and experience among the Agency, the education ... |
108hr5177ih | (j) Authorization of appropriations
(1) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to the President to carry out the provisions of this section amounts as follows: (A) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2005. (B) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2006. (C) $1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2007. (D) ... |
108hr5177ih | (2) Availability of funds
Amounts made available under paragraph (1) are authorized to remain available until expended and are in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. |
108hr4905ih | 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Healthy Start Reauthorization Act of 2004. 2. Amendments to Healthy Start Initiative
(a) Considerations in making grants
Section 330H(b) of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. |
108hr4905ih | 254c–8(b) ) is amended— (1) by striking (b) Requirements and all that follows through In making grants under subsection (a) and inserting the following: (b) Considerations in making grants.— (1) Requirements
In making grants under subsection (a) ; and (2) by adding at the end the following paragraph: (2) Other conside... |
108hr4905ih | (B) The extent to which applicants for such grants facilitate— (i) a community-based approach to the delivery of services; and (ii) a comprehensive approach to women’s health care to improve perinatal outcomes.. (b) Other grants
Section 330H of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 254c–8 ) is amended— (1) in subs... |
108hr4905ih | (c) Funding
Section 330H of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by subsection (b) of this section, is amended by adding at the end the following subsection: (e) Funding
(1) Authorization of appropriations
For the purpose of carrying out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be ... |
108hr4905ih | (2) Allocation
(A) Program administration
Of the amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary may reserve up to 5 percent for coordination, dissemination, technical assistance, and data activities that are determined by the Secretary to be appropriate for carrying out the program under th... |
108hr4905ih | Each such evaluation shall include a determination of whether such projects have been effective in reducing the disparity in health status between the general population and individuals who are members of racial or ethnic minority groups.. |
108hr4396ih | 1. Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
Section 13(a) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 ( 29 U.S.C. 213(a) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (17), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (18) any employee providing professional consulting services... |
108hr4396ih | if— (A) the duties of the employee include— (i) interpretation and adherence to design documents and applicable construction codes; (ii) supervision during a project; (iii) interpretation of contract requirements through analysis of specifications and drawings; (iv) the application of a variety of testing and inspectio... |
108hr4396ih | and local construction code requirements or of established codes (such as the Uniform Building Code) set by nationally recognized standard-setting organizations (such as the International Conference of Building Officials); and (B) the services of the employee relate to the preliminary or conceptual design and developme... |
108hr5137ih | 1. Eligibility criteria for presumption of service-connection resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation due to open-air nuclear testing
Section 1112(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (3)(B)(i), by inserting before the period at the end the following: or exposure to ionzing radiation ... |
108hr5137ih | onsite participation by any individual in a test involving the atmospheric detonation of a nuclear device and any exposure to ionzing radiation due to residual contamination resulting from such a detonation shall be determined without regard to whether any particular level of radiation exposure was measured for that in... |
108hr5344ih | 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Safe Drinking Water for Healthy Communities Act of 2004. 2. National primary drinking water regulation for perchlorate
Section 1412(b)(12) of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. |
108hr5344ih | 300g–1(b)(12) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (C) Perchlorate
(i) Schedule and standard
Notwithstanding the deadlines set forth in paragraph (1), the Administrator shall promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for perchlorate pursuant to this subsection, in accordance with the schedul... |
108hr5344ih | (iii) Final regulations
Not later than July 31, 2007, after notice and opportunity for public comment, the Administrator shall promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for perchlorate.. |
108hr4447ih | 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Fort Bowie National Historic Site Boundary Revision Act of 2004. 2. |
108hr4447ih | Findings; purpose
(a) Findings
Congress finds as follows: (1) Fort Bowie, established in 1862— (A) was the focal point of military operations against Geronimo and his band of Apaches; and (B) the site of the Bascom Affair, a wagon train massacre, and the battle of Apache Pass, where under the direction of Mangus Colo... |
108hr4447ih | (2) Fort Bowie National Historic Site was established by Congress on August 30, 1964— (A) to preserve the adobe walls of various post buildings and the ruins of the Butterfield Stage Station; and (B) to commemorate the story of the bitter conflict between the Chiricahua Apaches and the United States military. |
108hr4447ih | (b) Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to modify the boundary of Fort Bowie National Historic Site in order to— (1) protect and interpret the site of the Bascom-Cochise Affair; (2) protect and interpret the site where Geronimo and approximately 37 warriors, women, and children surrendered to General Nelson A. Miles; (... |
108hr4447ih | Boundary of Fort Bowie National Historic Site
The first section of the Act of August 30, 1964 (78 Stat. 681), is amended— (1) by striking That the and inserting the following: 1. (a) The ; (2) by striking this Act: Provided , and all that follows through the period and inserting this Act. |
108hr4447ih | ; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: (b) The boundary of the Fort Bowie National Historic Site is modified to include the approximately 715 acres generally depicted on the map entitled Fort Bowie National Historic Site, Proposed Boundary Revision , numbered 424/80,017, and dated _______. The map... |
108hr4447ih | 681), is amended— (1) by redesignating section 4 as section 5; and (2) by inserting after section 3 the following new section: 4. The National Park Service shall allow public access on the Quillian Well Road to adjacent Bureau of Land Management property in accordance with applicable National Park Service laws and regu... |
108hr4447ih | Authorization of appropriation
Section 5 of the Act of August 30, 1964 (78 Stat. 681), as redesignated by section 4 of this Act, is amended to read as follows: 5. There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act.. 5. There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be n... |
108hr4686ih | 1. Short title; table of contents
(a) Short title
This Act may be cited as the Mississippi River Protection and Restoration Act of 2004. (b) Table of contents
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents Sec. 2. Findings and purposes Sec. 3. Secretary defined definition Sec. 4. Environmental management program Sec. 5. Upp... |
108hr4686ih | Hazard mitigation Sec. 10. Gulf hypoxia research, coordination, and monitoring Sec. 11. Wetland restoration demonstration projects 2. Findings and purposes
(a) Findings
Congress finds the following: (1) The Mississippi River is a nationally-significant social, cultural, economic, and environmental resource. (2) Milli... |
108hr4686ih | (5) Direct discharges and runoff into the Mississippi River are contributing to local and regional water quality problems. (b) Purposes
The purposes of this Act are the following: (1) To protect and restore the Mississippi River. (2) To protect and increase the number of jobs which depend upon the health of the Missis... |
108hr4686ih | Secretary defined
In this Act, the term Secretary means the Secretary of the Army. 4. |
108hr4686ih | Environmental management program
(a) Maintenance
Section 1103(d)(3) of such Act is amended by inserting at the end the following: and the maintenance of completed projects on Federal lands.. (b) Ranking system
Section 1103(e)(1) of such Act is amended— (1) in subparagraph (B) by striking technical and inserting scie... |
108hr4686ih | ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (C) Project rankings
The Secretary shall, in consultation with the Independent Technical Advisory Committee and the National Academy of Sciences, develop a system to rank proposed projects. The ranking system shall give greater weight to projects that restore natural river... |
108hr4686ih | 652(e) ) is amended as follows: (1) In paragraph (3)— (A) by striking $22,750,000 and inserting $80,000,000 ; (B) by inserting at the end the following: For the purposes of carrying out paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $35,000,000 per fiscal year, to purchase ... |
108hr4686ih | ; and (C) by striking thereafter and inserting until the Trust Fund created in section 5 of the Mississippi River Protection Act of 2004 reaches $2,500,000,000. (2) In paragraph (4), by striking $10,420,000 and inserting $20,000,000. (3) By striking paragraph (7)(A) and inserting the following: (7)(A) The costs of each... |
108hr4686ih | A non-Federal sponsor shall share 35 percent of the cost of projects constructed on private land.. (d) Recreational Projects
Section 1103(f)(2) of such Act is amended— (1) by striking $500,000 and inserting $10,000,000 ; (2) by adding at the end the following: The Secretary may share the cost of riverfront projects, i... |
108hr4686ih | ; and (3) by striking thereafter and inserting until the trust fund created in section 5 of the Mississippi River Protection and Restoration Act of 2004 reaches $2,500,000,000. |
108hr4686ih | (e) Reservation
Section 1103 of such Act is amended by adding at the end the following: (k) Funding
One-half of the funds annually appropriated to operate and maintain the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway under section 102 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 shall be reserved to carry out subs... |
108hr4686ih | Upper Mississippi River trust fund
(a) Establishment
There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to be known as the Upper Mississippi River Trust Fund (referred to in this section as the Fund ). (b) Federal funding
Until the aggregate amount deposited in the Fund under this subsection is equal t... |
108hr4686ih | (c) Non-Federal funding
Non-federal funding may also be contributed to the Fund established in subsection (a). (d) Creation of a non-profit corporation
(1) In general
There is established a charitable and non-profit corporation to administer the funds provided by this section, and to encourage, accept, and administe... |
108hr4686ih | (2) Members of board of trustees
The Board of Trustees shall be made up of 11 members appointed by the President and shall include: (A) One representative from each of the States of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri. (B) Six representatives of non profit organizations dedicated to the protection and r... |
108hr4686ih | (D) A majority of the current membership of the Trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (E) One ex-officio representative of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. (F) One ex-officio representative of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. (G) One ex-officio representative of the U.S. Environmental ... |
108hr4686ih | (3) Term
A member of the Board of Trustees shall serve a 5 year, nonrenewable term. |
108hr4686ih | (4) General Powers
The Board of Trustees shall meet semi-annually to— (A) allocate the funds annually provided by subparagraph (f); (B) solicit, accept, and use any gift or real or personal property or any income or interest therefrom; (C) acquire by purchase or exchange any real or personal property or interest there... |
108hr4686ih | (e) Investments
(1) In general
The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest the amounts deposited under subsections (b) and (c) only in interest bearing obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed by the United States as to both principal and interest. (2) Interest rate
The Secretary of the Treasury ... |
108hr4686ih | (f) Payments
All amounts annually credited as interest under subsection (e) shall be available, without fiscal year limitation, to the trust established under subsection (d) after the Fund has been fully capitalized. (g) Use of funds
The trust established in subsection (d) may use funds transferred under subsection (... |
108hr4686ih | (4) Such sums as are necessary to administer the Fund, including professional staff and the reimbursement of the expenses of Trustees. (h) Science Advisory Board
The Science Advisory Board established by section 509(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 shall annually review and comment on the projects pro... |
108hr4686ih | System maintenance
(a) In general
The Secretary shall use the funds provided by section 102 of Public Law 99–662 ( 33 U.S.C. 2212 ) to conduct maintenance activities consistent with the needs of the environment, including the following: (1) Water level management. (2) Gate adjustments. (3) Wingdam/dike field modifica... |
108hr4686ih | (9) Fish passage. (10) Other measures that the Secretary determines will reduce the impacts of waterway management and barge movements on aquatic and floodplain habitat. (b) Water level management
Section 102 of Public Law 99–662 ( 33 U.S.C. 2212 ) is amended by inserting the following: The Secretary shall provide 100... |
108hr4686ih | (c) Dredged material placement
Section 204 of Public Law 102–580 is amended by inserting the following: The Secretary shall develop and implement at full Federal expense a plan to dispose or reuse dredged material from the Upper Mississippi River to eliminate all harmful impacts on floodplain and aquatic habitat. (d) ... |
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