House Journal: Page 303: Wednesday, February 8, 1995

by the United States Corps of Engineers to dramatically alter
the operation of the Missouri River, and to request that the
current operation of the river be maintained or that an
alternative plan be considered that does not negatively impact
upon the effective operation of the river.
Hahn of Muscatine offered the following amendment H-3010 filed
by the committee on agriculture and moved its adoption:
H-3010
1     Amend Senate Concurrent Resolution 6, as passed by
 2   the Senate, as follows:
 3     1.  Page 2, by inserting after line 19 the
 4   following:
 5     "WHEREAS, the Missouri River contributes between 40
 6   and 50 percent of the water flow to the Mississippi
 7   River south of the rivers' confluence, between St.
 8   Louis, Missouri, and Cairo, Illinois; and
 9     WHEREAS, the loss of water flow could reduce levels
10   at the Port of St. Louis by two to five feet, creating
11   significant increases in the cost of transporting
12   grain exports throughout the middle Mississippi during
13   peak shipping seasons; and
14     WHEREAS, the barge share of grain movements to
15   export ports increased from 43 percent in 1974 to 54
16   percent in 1991 and most of this barge grain traffic
17   is on the Mississippi River system; and".
18     2.  Page 3, by inserting after line 8 the
19   following:
20     "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That if the plan proposed
21   by the United States Army Corps of Engineers is
22   adopted administratively, that the Iowa congressional
23   delegation cooperate to take all actions necessary to
24   ensure that moneys are not made available for the
25   proposal's implementation; and".
The committee amendment H-3010 was adopted.
Fallon of Polk offered the following amendment H-3026 filed by
him and moved its adoption:
H-3026
 1     Amend Senate Concurrent Resolution 6, as passed by
 2   the Senate, as follows:
 3     1.  Page 3, line 6, by inserting after the word
 4   "that" the following:  "recognizes the need to restore
 5   habitat along the river, yet".
Roll call was requested by Schrader of Marion and Ollie of
Clinton.
On the question "Shall amendment H-3026 be adopted?" ( S.C.R. 6 )

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