,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #efhh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #g1 #bjah,mrs4  
,bustos 7for herself and ,mr4 ,rodney   
,davis of ,illinois7 introduced the     
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,transportation and   
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
the ,water ,resources ,development ,act 
of #aiij relating to the operation and  
maintenance of navigation facilities1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,navigation ,workers ,protection ,act of
 #bjah4  #b4 ,operation and maintenance 
of navigation and hydroelectric         
facilities  7a7 ,in general ,section    
#cad of the ,water ,resources           
,development ,act of #aiij 7#cc         
,u4,s4,c4 #bcba7 is amended--  7#a7 in  
the heading by inserting navigation and 
before hydroelectric facilities2  7#b7  
in the first sentence1 by striking      
,activities currently performed and     
inserting the following3  7a7 ,in       

general ,activities currently performed 
2  7#c7 in subsection 7a7 7as designated
 by paragraph 7#b771 by inserting       
navigation or before hydroelectric2     
7#d7 in the second sentence1 by striking
 ,this section and inserting the        
following3  7b7 ,major maintenance      
contracts allowed ,this section  2 and  
7#e7 by adding at the end the following3
  7c7 ,exclusion ,this section does     
not--  7#a7 apply to a navigation       
facility that was under contract on or  
before the date of enactment of this    
subsection with a non-,federal interest 
to perform operations or maintenance2   
and  7#b7 prohibit the ,secretary from  
contracting out commercial activities   
after the date of enactment of this     
subsection at a navigation facility4  4 
7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the table of   
contents contained in section #a7;b7 of 
the ,water ,resources ,development ,act 
of #aiij 7#ajd ,stat4 #dfjd7 is amended 
by striking the item relating to section
 #cad and inserting the following3      

,sec4 #cad4 ,operation and maintenance  
of navigation and hydroelectric         
facilities4  4