S.Amdt. 3074

SA 3074. Mr. NELSON of Florida (for himself and Mr. Rubio) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3254, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 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:

On page 394, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:

SEC. 1084. ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF NON-FEDERAL AMOUNTS FOR NAVIGATION PROJECTS.

(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, may accept and use non-Federal amounts to construct a navigation project that has not been specifically authorized by an Act of Congress if--

(1) the Secretary has received a completed report of the Chief of Engineers for the project;

(2) the project will be constructed according to the specifications of the Corps of Engineers; and

(3) the project is funded by non-Federal sources using non-Federal amounts.

(b) Duration.--The authority provided under subsection (a) applies only to projects on which construction begins in the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.