MO HCR17

Urges U.S. Congress to support a comprehensive flood control plan for the Upper Mississippi River Basin north of Cairo, Illinois, that enhances system-wide flood control without adversely impacting existing levees, levee districts, rural communities, and metropolitan areas.

Opposes Plan H recommended by the Mississippi River Commission, citing that it designates only about half of the levees in Missouri counties of Lincoln, Pike, and St. Charles for raising to 500-year protection levels, while northern areas receive higher protection percentages.

Notes the U.S. Corps of Engineers rejected Plan H due to estimated $6 billion construction costs for 500-year levees that do not meet federal cost-benefit guidelines and requires additional study of hydrology, flow, and tributaries.

Requests Missouri's Congressional Delegation support modifications to the comprehensive flood control plan, as Plan H is deemed "totally unacceptable" to Lincoln, Pike, and St. Charles Counties and would negatively impact agriculture, transportation, businesses, and residences.

Directs the Missouri House Chief Clerk to send inscribed copies of this resolution to each member of Missouri's Congressional Delegation.