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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 · Sec. 7004

Sec. 7004. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE

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## SEC. 7004 EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE ###
(a)Consideration in the House of Representatives ####
(1)Definition of interim authorization bill In this subsection, the term “interim authorization bill” means a bill of the 113th Congress introduced after the date of enactment of this Act in the House of Representatives by the chair of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure which— #####
(A)has the following title: “A bill to provide for the authorization of certain water resources development or conservation projects outside the regular authorization cycle.”; and #####
(B)only contains— ######
(i)authorization for 1 or more water resources development or conservation projects for which a final report of the Chief of Engineers has been completed; or ######
(ii)deauthorization for 1 or more water resources development or conservation projects. ####
(2)Expedited consideration If an interim authorization bill is not reported by a committee to which it is referred within 30 calendar days, the committee shall be discharged from its further consideration and the bill shall be referred to the appropriate calendar. ###
(b)Consideration in the Senate ####
(1)Policy The benefits of water resource projects designed and carried out in an economically justifiable, environmentally acceptable, and technically sound manner are important to the economy and environment of the United States and recommendations to Congress regarding those projects should be expedited for approval in a timely manner. ####
(2)Applicability The procedures under this subsection apply to projects for water resources development, conservation, and other purposes, subject to the conditions that— #####
(A)each project is carried out— ######
(i)substantially in accordance with the plan identified in the report of the Chief of Engineers for the project; and ######
(ii)subject to any conditions described in the report for the project; and #####
(B)######
(i)a report of the Chief of Engineers has been completed; and ######
(ii)after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works has submitted to Congress a recommendation to authorize construction of the project. ####
(3)Expedited consideration #####
(A)In general A bill shall be eligible for expedited consideration in accordance with this subsection if the bill— ######
(i)authorizes a project that meets the requirements described in paragraph (2); and ######
(ii)is referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate. #####
(B)Committee consideration ######
(i)In general Not later than January 31st of the second session of each Congress, the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate shall— ######
(I)report all bills that meet the requirements of subparagraph (A); or ######
(II)introduce and report a measure to authorize any project that meets the requirements described in paragraph (2). ######
(ii)Failure to act Subject to clause (iii), if the committee fails to act on a bill that meets the requirements of subparagraph
(A)by the date specified in clause (i), the bill shall be discharged from the committee and placed on the calendar of the Senate. ######
(iii)Exceptions Clause
(ii)shall not apply if— ######
(I)in the 180-day period immediately preceding the date specified in clause (i), the full committee holds a legislative hearing on a bill to authorize all projects that meet the requirements described in paragraph (2); ######
(II)######
(aa)the committee favorably reports a bill to authorize all projects that meet the requirements described in paragraph (2); and ######
(bb)the bill described in item
(aa)is placed on the calendar of the Senate; or ######
(III)a bill that meets the requirements of subparagraph
(A)is referred to the committee not earlier than 30 days before the date specified in clause (i). ####
(4)Termination The procedures for expedited consideration under this subsection terminate on December 31, 2026. ###
(c)Rules of the Senate and House of Representatives This section is enacted by Congress— ####
(1)as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such it is deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in that House in the case of a bill addressed by this section, and it supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and ####
(2)with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House.
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