Bill Text: MO HCR82 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges Congress to authorize and fund the United States Army Corps of Engineers' Comprehensive Plan for Flood Control in the Upper Mississippi River Valley
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-14 - Referred: Conservation and Natural Resources (H) [HCR82 Detail]
Download: Missouri-2010-HCR82-Introduced.html
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
House Concurrent Resolution No. 82
95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE MUNZLINGER.
Whereas, the State of Missouri is located in the Upper Mississippi River Valley; and
Whereas, recent floods have demonstrated the tremendous toll that catastrophic flooding can take on our communities and how unprepared our nation remains to deal with such disasters; and
Whereas, the Great Flood of 1993 resulted in the loss of life, property damage, and billions of dollars in other damages, lost earnings, and wages; and
Whereas, over the last two decades, floods in the Upper Mississippi River Valley have required the expenditure of billions of dollars for flood fighting and restoration; and
Whereas, flood control protects urban and rural areas, highways, railroads, water and sewage treatment plants, schools, homes, businesses, and wildlife areas; and
Whereas, the lives and livelihoods of our citizens depend in great part on robust flood protection; and
Whereas, the United States Army Corps of Engineers developed a systemic, integrated strategy and implementation plan for flood damage reduction and related environmental restoration; and
Whereas, this Comprehensive Plan was developed in coordination with Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin; the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association, and non-governmental organizations; and
Whereas, this Comprehensive Plan, if implemented, would provide the greatest level of protection to the greatest number of residents in the Upper Mississippi River Valley by ensuring enhanced flood protection for most currently-protected urban and agricultural areas; and
Whereas, a study conducted by the Tennessee Valley Authority shows that every dollar spent on flood control in the 500-year floodplain of the Upper Mississippi River Valley generates a nearly five-fold economic return in, among other things, costs avoided and increased income; and
Whereas, the United States Congress must authorize and fund the Comprehensive Plan in order for it to be implemented:
Now, therefore, be it resolved that the members of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-fifth General Assembly, Second Regular Session, the Senate concurring therein, hereby urge the United States Congress to authorize and fund the United States Army Corps of Engineers' Comprehensive Plan for Flood Control in the Upper Mississippi River Valley; and
Be it further resolved that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of Representatives be instructed to prepare properly inscribed copies of this resolution for each member of the Missouri Congressional Delegation.
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