,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bgdb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ah1 #bjac     
,mrs4 ,noem 7for herself and ,mr4       
,cramer7 introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to require the ,army ,corps of 
,engineers to notify the public of      
certain flood predictions regarding the 
,missouri ,river ,system1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,army ,corps of     
,engineers ,communications              
,accountability ,act of #bjac4  #b4     
,notification and consultation          
requirements  7a7 ,in general ,if the   
,chief of ,engineers makes an upper     
quartile determination or an upper      
decile determination1 the ,chief of     
,engineers shall notify the public of   
such determination1 and consult with    
affected governments1 in accordance with
 this section4  7b7 ,notification ,not  
later than #g days after making a       

determination described in subsection   
7a71 the ,chief of ,engineers shall     
notify the public that such             
determination has been made4  7c7       
,consultation  7#a7 ,in general ,if the 
,chief of ,engineers makes an upper     
decile determination1 an affected       
government may request a consultation   
with the ,chief of ,engineers4  7#b7    
,deadline ,if an affected government    
requests a consultation under paragraph 
7#a71 the ,chief of ,engineers shall    
provide such consultation not later than
 #g days after receiving the request4   
7#c7 ,contents ,the ,chief of ,engineers
 may provide in a consultation under    
this subsection--  7,a7 information     
regarding expected water levels2  7,b7  
advice regarding appropriate            
preparedness actions2  7,c7 technical   
assistance2 and  7,d7 any other         
information or assistance determined    
appropriate by the ,chief of ,engineers4
  7d7 ,definitions ,in this section3    
7#a7 ,affected government ,the term     

affected government means a ,state1     
local1 or tribal government with        
jurisdiction over an area that will be  
affected by a flood occurring in the    
,missouri ,river ,system1 as determined 
by the ,chief of ,engineers in an upper 
decile determination4  7#b7 ,annual     
operating plan ,the term annual         
operating plan means a plan prepared by 
the ,chief of ,engineers that describes 
potential water conditions scenarios for
 the ,missouri ,river ,system for a     
year4  7#c7 ,upper decile determination 
,the term upper decile determination    
means a determination that runoff       
conditions in the ,missouri ,river      
,system are likely to reach the upper   
decile scenario specified for a year in 
an annual operating plan4  7#d7 ,upper  
quartile determination ,the term upper  
quartile determination means a          
determination that runoff conditions in 
the ,missouri ,river ,system are likely 
to reach the upper quartile scenario    
specified for a year in an annual       

operating plan4