HR 8309 · 95th Congress · Environmental Protection

A bill authorizing certain public works on rivers for navigation.

Introduced 1977-07-14· Sponsored by Rep. Johnson, Harold T. [D-CA-1]· House

Bill Progress

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Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Conference scheduled in House.(1978-10-04)

Recorded Votes

PassedSenate · 1978-05-04
Yea 80Nay 13
PassedSenate · 1978-05-04
Yea 80Nay 13
PassedHouse · 1977-10-13
Yea 331Nay 70
PassedHouse · 1977-10-13
Yea 331Nay 70

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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 …

Summarized by Claude AI · Non-partisan · For informational purposes only

Cosponsors (3)

1 Democrat2 Republicans