,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #acf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #c1 #bjac   
,ms4 ,matsui introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to         
authorize certain civil works projects1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,flood ,protection ,public ,safety ,act 
of #bjac4  #b4 ,authorization of certain
 flood risk management projects ,the    
,secretary of the ,army1 acting through 
the ,chief of ,engineers1 is authorized 
to implement any flood risk management  
project for which1 before the date of   
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of the ,army has transmitted to         
,congress a letter that includes--  7#a7
 a description of the project as        
recommended in a report by the ,chief of
 ,engineers that concludes that the     
project is technically sound1           
environmentally acceptable1 and         

economically justified2 and  7#b7       
notification that the ,office of        
,management and ,budget has concluded   
that the recommendations in the report  
are consistent with the policy and      
programs of the ,president4