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H.R. 8381 (95th)

Navigation Development Act

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Introduced

18 July 1977

Last action

18 July 1977 · Introduced

Status

Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Sponsors

Rep. Johnson, Harold T. [D-CA-1], Rep. Howard, James J. [D-NJ-3], Rep. Harsha, William H. [R-OH-6], Rep. Anderson, Glenn M. [D-CA-32], Rep. Cleveland, James C. [R-NH-2], Rep. McCormack, Mike [D-WA-4], Rep. Snyder, M. G. (Gene) [R-KY-4], Rep. Breaux, John B. [D-LA-7], Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3], Rep. Oberstar, James L. [D-MN-8], Rep. Walsh, William F. [R-NY-33], Rep. Nowak, Henry [D-NY-37], Rep. Cochran, Thad [R-MS-4], Rep. Risenhoover, Theodore M. [D-OK-2], Rep. Abdnor, James [R-SD-2], Rep. Hefner, W. G. (Bill) [D-NC-8], Rep. Goldwater, Barry, Jr. [R-CA-20], Rep. Young, Robert A. [D-MO-2], Rep. Hagedorn, Thomas M. [R-MN-2], Rep. Stump, Bob [R-AZ-3], Rep. Stangeland, Arlan [R-MN-7], Rep. Applegate, Douglas [D-OH-18]

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2 September 2025

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Summary

Title I: - Navigation Development Act - Authorizes the project for replacement of locks and dam 26, Mississippi River, Alton, Illinois and Missouri. Makes the following inland and intracoastal waterways subject to this Act: (1) Allegheny River, (2) Apalachicola-Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers, (3) Arkansas River, (4) Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, (5) Columbia River, (6) Willamette River, (7) Cumberland River, (8) Green and Barren Rivers, (9) Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, (10) Lower Mississippi River, (11) Upper Mississippi River, (12) Missouri River, (13) Black Warrior-Tombigbee-Mobile Rivers, (14) Ohio River, (15) Monongahela River, (16) Illinois Waterway, (17) Kanawha River, (18) Kentucky River, (19) Tennessee River, (20) Kaskaskia River, (21) Alabama-Coosa River, (22) Quachita-Black River, (23) Pearl River, (24) White River, (25) Red River, and (26) Atchafalaya River. Title II: - (No provisions contained in Title II of this Act as introduced). Title III: - Authorizes the Secretary of Transportation, in consultation with the Secretaries of Commerce, the Treasury, and the Army, to study the imposition of any fuel tax on inland waterway users, alternate or supplemental charges, and related matters. Permits the National Transportation Policy Study Commission to study matters which the Secretary of Transportation is directed to study.

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Timeline

  1. 18 July 1977

    Introduced

    Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 18 July 1977

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 18 July 1977

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

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