RARE Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jul 16, 2002

Restore the Apalachicola River Ecosystem Act or the RARE Act - Modifies the project for navigation, Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama, and the project for the West Point Reservoir, Chattahoochee River, Georgia, to: (1) deauthorize the channel between the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway near Apalachicola to Jim Woodruff Dam near Chattahoochee; and (2) authorize the Secretary of the Army to develop a comprehensive plan to restore the Apalachicola River basin with the goal of reestablishing the ecological integrity of the Apalachicola River basin ecosystem.

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People & committees

Who introduced it

Rep. Boyd, Allen [D-FL-2] · D–FL

Committees

Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

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Rep. Barr, Bob [R-GA-7]

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Jul 17, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Jul 16, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Jul 16, 2002
Introduced in House
Jul 16, 2002
Introduced in House

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S 2730 · RARE Act

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