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Everglades FIRST Act
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H. R. 2415 (Introduced-in-House)


115th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2415


To direct the Secretary of the Army to expedite completion of the reports for certain projects included in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 11, 2017

Mr. Mast (for himself, Mr. Francis Rooney of Florida, Mr. Curbelo of Florida, Mr. Posey, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Bilirakis, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Rutherford, and Mr. Rohrabacher) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

A BILL

To direct the Secretary of the Army to expedite completion of the reports for certain projects included in the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, 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. Short title; purposes.

(a) Short title.—This Act may be cited as the “Everglades Flow Increases Rely on Storage and Treatment Act” or the “Everglades FIRST Act”.

(b) Purposes.—The purposes of this Act include—

(1) improving surface water reservoir storage capacity in South Florida to meet the goals of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan;

(2) achieving the full benefits of the Central Everglades Planning Project; and

(3) producing environmentally beneficial changes in flow volumes in the Caloosahatchee River, St. Lucie River, Loxahatchee River, and Shark River Slough.

SEC. 2. Expedited completion of reports and construction for certain projects included in Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, Florida.

The Secretary shall expedite completion of the reports for each of the following projects and, if the Secretary determines that a project is feasible in the completed report, expedite completion of construction of the project:

(1) Everglades Agricultural Area Storage Reservoirs, Florida.

(2) Loxahatchee River Watershed Restoration Project, Florida.

(3) Lake Okeechobee Watershed Restoration Project, Florida.

(4) Western Everglades Restoration Project, Florida.