S.Amdt. 855

1. Adds SEC. 20__. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS FOR DREDGED OR FILL MATERIAL at the end of title II

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   In S. 601 · Reported to Senate

   (c) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report based on the study under subsection (a) with the recommendations of the Comptroller General on whether the repairs carried out at dams on the Cumberland River should have been classified as repairs carried out under the National Dam Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467 et seq.).

   Inserted: SEC. 20__. CONSIDERATION OF APPLICATIONS FOR DREDGED OR FILL MATERIAL.

   Inserted: Section 404(b) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(b)) is amended--

   Inserted: (1) by striking "(b) Subject to subsection (c) of this section" and inserting the following:

   Inserted: "(b) Specification of Disposal Sites.--

   Inserted: "(1) In general.--Subject to subsection (c)";

   Inserted: (2) by striking "Secretary (1) through" and inserting the following: "Secretary-- "(A) through";

   Inserted: (3) by striking "section 403(c), and (2) in any case where such guidelines under clause (1) alone" and inserting the following:

   Inserted: "section 403(c); and

   Inserted: "(B) in any case in which the guidelines described in subparagraph (A)"; and

   Inserted: (4) by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "(2) End-user consideration.--For a determination of whether to issue a permit under this section, the lack of a specified end-user for a site shall not be considered under subsection (a)(3)(iv) of section 230.12 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of the Water Resources Development Act of 2013), to be a lack of sufficient information to make a reasonable judgment as to whether the proposed discharge will comply with the guidelines contained in subsection (a) of that section (as in effect on that date of enactment), if the jurisdiction for which the permit application is submitted--

   Inserted: "(A) meets all applicable requirements of paragraph (1) and section 230.12(a) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of the Water Resources Development Act of 2013); and

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   Inserted: "(B) is, or is located in, a county with a 5-year average unemployment rate of not less than 10 percent.".

   Original wording

   At the end of title II, add the following:

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