Don Young: “The gentleman's amendment relates to the many projects that make up Title 8 of the bill, the Upper Mississippi River and…”

“The gentleman's amendment relates to the many projects that make up Title 8 of the bill, the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway System. The amendment has two parts. The first part requires that the Secretary report to Congress on his determination of whether the projects are being carried out at comparable rates. I have no objection to the Secretary reporting to Congress on his findings. The second part of the amendment has no meaning since it suggests that the Congress shall be making adjustments to annual funding requests for the various projects under this Title. Congress does not make funding requests. Therefore, the only operative part of this amendment is the report to Congress, and on that point, I have no objection.”