EP 1165-2-1
30 Jul 99
Section 506(b) amends Section 103(b) of the MPRSA to establish basis
for selection and time limits on use of "alternative" disposal sites,
designated by the Secretary.
Section 507 amends Section 104 of the MPRSA to ensure consistency
with site management plan and set time limit for permits.
Section 508 amends Section 105 of the MPRSA to establish criminal
penalties for violation of provisions and authorize seizure and
forfeiture of vessels involved in violation.
Section 510 amends Section 112 of the MPRSA to provide that existing
reports required to Congress will include specific information on
permits issued, actions taken for each permit, and descriptive
information on permitted site, material disposed and management
practices implemented.
B-196. 16 November 1993, Public law 103-141--Religious Freedom
Restoration Act.
B-197. 3 December 1993, Public Law 103-181--Hazard Mitigation and
Relocation Assistance Act of 1993. Amends Public Law 93-288, as
amended, the Stafford Act, to: (1) increase from 50 to 75 percent of
the cost of hazard mitigation measures the amount authorized to be
contributed by the President when determined to be cost-effective
while substantially reducing the damage or loss suffered in a major
disaster; (2) increase the total Federal contributions for mitigation
authorized for damages from a major disaster to 15 percent of the
estimated aggregate amounts of grants to be provided under such Act
for such disaster; and (3) provide the terms and conditions under
which the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency may
provide property acquisition and relocation assistance in connection
with flood damaged property. States that the purchase of any real
property under a qualified buyout program (the Federally assisted
purchase of property damaged by the major Midwest flood of 1993) shall
not constitute the making of Federal financial assistance available
for the cost of a program resulting in the acquisition of real
property or in an owner of real property being a displaced person
within the meaning of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real
Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970.
B-198. 12 February 1994, Public Law 103-211--Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act of 1994. Makes appropriations to the Department of
Agriculture to repair damage to the waterways and watersheds resulting
from the Midwest floods and California fires of 1993 and other natural
disasters, provided, among other things, that the Secretary of the
Army determines that the cost of land and levee restoration exceeds
the fair market value of an affected cropland, the Secretary may use
sufficient amounts from funds provided under this heading to accept
bids from willing sellers to enroll such cropland inundated by the
Midwest floods of 1993 in any of the affected States in the Wetlands
Reserve Program.
B-199. 26 August 1994, Public Law 103-316--Energy and Water
Development Appropriations Act, 1995. Report language directs the
Secretary of the Army to take whatever steps are possible to ensure
that fees charged be the private lessees for the use of boat launch
facilities constructed by the Corps do not exceed those charged by the
Corps for the use of similar facilities. In addition, the Secretary
is directed to take whatever steps are possible to ensure that
individuals who purchase season passes for the use of Corps boat
launching facilities can use those passes at all facilities
constructed by the Corps even if they are operated by private lessees.
B-46
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