MO SCR25

Urges the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to re-examine the Mississippi River flood control plan, originally authorized in 1928, in light of devastating 2011 flooding caused by unprecedented upstream water releases and the intentional breach of the Birds Point levee in southeast Missouri

Documents $60.6 million in economic losses from the Birds Point levee breach and subsequent flooding of 130,000 acres of agricultural land, with southeast Missouri producing 100% of the state's cotton, 99.6% of rice, and significant portions of wheat, corn, soybean, and grain sorghum production

Requests the Corps of Engineers conduct river operations to avoid repeating the 2011 flooding disasters and rebuild damaged levees to at least their previous heights as quickly as possible

Encourages Missouri communities and stakeholders to work together to restore damaged agricultural lands and their productive value

Directs the Missouri Senate Secretary to send inscribed copies of the resolution to the Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Missouri's Congressional delegation