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S. Rept. 114-294 1 (2016-06-07)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxsiv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP Calendar No. 548 114TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session SENATE 114-294 DELAWARE RIVER BASIN CONSERVATION ACT OF 2015 JUNE 7, 2016.-Ordered to be printed Mr. INHOFE, from the Committee on Environment and Public Works, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 921] [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office] The Committee on Environment and Public Works, to which was referred the bill (S. 921) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a nonregulatory program to build on and help coordinate funding for restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Dela- ware River Basin region, and for other purposes, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec- ommends that the bill do pass. GENERAL STATEMENT AND BACKGROUND The Delaware River Basin includes the Delaware River water- shed in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware and the Delaware Bay. The Basin is home to more than 8 million peo- ple who depend on it as an economic engine, a place of recreation, a source of clean drinking water, and a vital habitat for fish and wildlife. The Basin encompasses significant acres of wetlands and forest. This landscape provides essential ecosystem services, including recreation, commercial activity, and water quality benefits. The basin also provides drinking water to many cities, including New York and Philadelphia. The Delaware River is the longest undammed river east of the Mississippi, and a critical component of the National Wild and Scenic River System in the Northeast. Although organizations like the Partnership for the Delaware Es- tuary and the Delaware River Basin Commission are successful in their respective efforts, existing programs have limited resources to fully address the habitat, recreation, and water-related challenges 59-010

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