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Legislative Activity - 110th Congress

Mississippi River Special Resource Study Act (H.R. 2482 5/24/07), a bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study regarding the proposed Mississippi River Trail, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Betty McCollum (D-MN)
Cosponsors: Reps Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Ron Kind (D-WI), and Tim Walz (D-MN).

Upper Mississippi River Basin Protection Act (H.R. 2381 5/17/07), a bill to promote Department of the Interior efforts to provide a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Ron Kind (D-WI)
Cosponsors: Reps Marion Berry (D-AR), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Phil Hare (D-IL), David Loebsack (D-IA), Betty McCollum (D-MN) and Tim Walz (D-MN).

Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (H.R. 1495 5/17/07 and S. 1248 4/30/07) a bill to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other purposes.
House Sponsor: Rep. James Oberstar (D-MN)
Senate Sponsor: Sen. Barbara Boxer
(D-CA)

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