Sec. 360. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO SOO LOCKS, SAULT SAINTE MARIE, MICHIGAN

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## SEC. 360 SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO SOO LOCKS, SAULT SAINTE MARIE, MICHIGAN It is the sense of Congress that— ####

(1)the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, are of critical importance to the national security of the United States; ####

(2)the Soo Locks are the only waterway connection from Lake Superior to the Lower Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway; ####

(3)only the Poe Lock is of sufficient size to allow for the passage of the largest cargo vessels that transport well over 90 percent of all iron ore mined in the United States, and this lock is nearing the end of its 50-year useful lifespan; ####

(4)a report issued by the Office of Cyber and Infrastructure Analysis of the Department of Homeland Security concluded that an unscheduled 6-month outage of the Poe Lock would cause— #####

(A)a dramatic increase in national and regional unemployment; and #####

(B)75 percent of Great Lakes steel production, and nearly all North American appliance, automobile, railcar, and construction, farm, and mining equipment production to cease; ####

(5)the Corps of Engineers is reevaluating a past economic evaluation report to update the benefit-to-cost ratio for building a new lock at the Soo Locks; and ####

(6)the Secretary of the Army and all relevant Federal agencies should— #####

(A)expedite the completion of the report described in paragraph

(5)and ensure the analysis adequately reflects the critical importance of the Soo Locks infrastructure to the national security and economy of the United States; and #####

(B)expedite all other necessary reviews, analysis, and approvals needed to speed the required upgrades at the Soo Locks.