S.Amdt. 5382

SA 5382. Mr. LAUTENBERG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3001, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle B of title XXVIII, add the following:

SEC. 2814. PROJECT MODIFICATION, BARNEGAT INLET TO LITTLE EGG INLET, NEW JERSEY.

(a) In General.--The project for hurricane and storm damage reduction, Barnegat Inlet to Little Egg Inlet, New Jersey, authorized by section 101(a)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2576), is modified to authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers (referred to in this section as the “Secretary”), to carry out, at Federal expense, such measures as the Secretary determines to be necessary and appropriate in the public interest to address the handling of munitions placed on the beach during construction of the project before the date of enactment of this Act.

(b) Treatment of Costs.--Any cost incurred by the Secretary in carrying out subsection (a) shall not be considered to be a cost of constructing the project.

(c) Reimbursement.--The Secretary shall reimburse the non-Federal interest for any cost incurred by the non-Federal interest with respect to the removal and handling of the munitions referred to in subsection (a).

(d) Eligible Activities.--Measures authorized under subsection (a) include monitoring, removal, and disposal of the munitions referred to in subsection (a).