To require the Secretary of the Army to maximize the placement of dredged material available from maintenance dredging of existing navigation channels to mitigate the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico at full Federal expense.

1. Adds Sec. 4__. (a) The Secretary of the Army may use funds made available under the heading "operation and maintenance" of this chapter to place, at full Federal expense, dredged material available from maintenance dredging of existing Federal navigation channels located in the Gulf Coast Region to mitigate the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on page 30, between lines 6 and 7

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   Inserted: Sec. 4__. (a) The Secretary of the Army may use funds made available under the heading "operation and maintenance" of this chapter to place, at full Federal expense, dredged material available from maintenance dredging of existing Federal navigation channels located in the Gulf Coast Region to mitigate the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

   Inserted: (b) The Secretary of the Army shall coordinate the placement of dredged material with appropriate Federal and Gulf Coast State agencies.

   Inserted: (c) The placement of dredged material pursuant to this section shall not be subject to a least-cost-disposal analysis or to the development of a Chief of Engineers report.

   Inserted: (d) Nothing in this section shall affect the ability or authority of the Federal Government to recover costs from an entity determined to be a responsible party in connection with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill pursuant to the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 or any other applicable Federal statute for actions undertaken pursuant to this seciton.

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