To authorize the Central Everglades Planning Project, Florida, and for other purposes.

Authorizes funding for environmental restoration activities of the Central Everglades Planning Project (CEPP) in Florida as part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan if the Army Corps of Engineers gives approval by December 30, 2015.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5631 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5631

To authorize the Central Everglades Planning Project, Florida, and for 
                            other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 2014

Mr. Murphy of Florida (for himself, Mr. Jolly, Mr. Hastings of Florida, 
 Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Brown of Florida, Ms. Frankel of Florida, 
 Mr. Garcia, Mr. Deutch, and Mr. Posey) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Central Everglades Planning Project, Florida, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CERP, CENTRAL EVERGLADES PLANNING PROJECT, FLORIDA.

    (a) Authorization.--The project for environmental restoration, 
CERP, Central Everglades Planning Project, Florida, is authorized to be 
carried out by the Secretary of the Army substantially in accordance 
with the plans, and subject to the conditions, recommended in a final 
report of the Chief of Engineers if a favorable report of the Chief of 
Engineers is completed not later than December 30, 2015.
    (b) Total Cost.--The project authorized pursuant to paragraph (1) 
is authorized to be carried out by the Secretary of the Army at a total 
cost of $1,900,000,000, with an estimated Federal cost of $950,875,000 
and an estimated non-Federal cost of $949,125,000.
                                 <all>