US Congress House Bill 1137 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 64-0)
Status: Introduced on February 11 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Repeals the authority of the President to divert certain resources of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during national emergencies. Specifically, the bill repeals the President's authority to (1) terminate or defer civil works projects of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that are not essential to the national defense; and (2) apply the resources of the Corps' civil works program to civil works, military construction, and civil defense projects that are essential to the national defense.

To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to repeal the authority relating to reprogramming during national emergencies.

Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]
Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Harley Rouda [D-CA]
Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]	Rep. Josh Harder [D-CA]
Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Rashida Tlaib [D-MI]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. TJ Cox [D-CA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Sylvia Garcia [D-TX]
Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell [D-FL]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]
Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]
Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Elissa Slotkin [D-MI]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]
Rep. Elaine Luria [D-VA]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Greg Stanton [D-AZ]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-12	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
2019-02-11	House	Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
2019-02-11	House	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E157)
2019-02-11	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1137/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1137/BILLS-116hr1137ih.pdf