SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 4
(By Senators Prezioso, Oliverio and Plymale)
Requesting Congress enact the National Recreation Lakes Act of
2001.
Whereas, West Virginia and many other states have navigable
rivers with federal locks and dams and lakes formed behind federal
dams, both operated by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, which
provide pleasure boating, fishing and other related recreational
activities as well as facilitating river commerce
; and
Whereas, Federal funding for the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
waterways infrastructure and operations on these rivers and lakes
for the purposes of flood control, river flow maintenance,
facilitation of river commerce and boating, fishing and other
related recreational activities has been inadequate for many
decades; and
Whereas, Recreation, including boating, fishing and other
related recreational activities, is an important and growing part
of the economy of West Virginia and the nation; however, recreation
on the nation's waterways is not currently a responsibility
assigned to the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
by Congress; and
Whereas, The proposed National Recreation Lakes Act of 2001,
amended to also apply to the nation's navigable rivers and to add
recreation to the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
waterways' responsibilities, is an appropriate vehicle for addressing
waterways' recreation needs; and
Whereas, The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
needs adequate
funding in order to meet the infrastructure and operational needs
of the nation's lakes and waterways; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Legislature hereby requests Congress enact the
National Recreation Lakes Act of 2001, amended to also apply to the
nation's navigable rivers and recreation; and, be it
Further Resolved, That Congress adequately fund the U. S. Army
Corps of Engineers
waterways infrastructure and operations so that
decades of chronic underfunding can be addressed; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Clerk of the Senate is hereby
directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the members of
West Virginia's congressional delegation, the Secretary of the U.
S. Senate and the Clerk of the U. S. House of Representatives .
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