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S. 423 (97th)
A bill to improve the operations of certain water resource projects submitted to the Committees on Public Works of the Congress.
Introduced
5 February 1981
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Status
Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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14 January 2025
Summary
Sets forth a limit of $10,000,000 on any flood prevention or water or land conservation projects submitted to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and the House Public Works and Transportation Committee. Directs that more expensive projects shall be authorized only by Act of Congress. Directs that such projects' benefits must, by at least 20 percent, directly relate to agriculture. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Administrator of the Soil Conservation Service, to report to Congress, by April 1, 1982, on the requirement that public access be provided to specified water impoundments that have recreation-related potential.
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summary · EN · 5 February 1981
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/senate-bill/423
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/97/s/423