Amendment defines parameters and sets guidelines for the scope of "work" under section 408 review processes.

1. Adds SEC. __. WORK DEFINED at the end of title I

   Adds a section

   Inserted: SEC. __. WORK DEFINED.

   Inserted: Section 14 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (30 Stat. 1152, chapter 425; 33 U.S.C. 408), is amended--

   Inserted: (1) by striking "It shall not be lawful" and inserting the following:

   Inserted: "(a) In General.--It shall not be lawful"; and

   Inserted: (2) by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "(b) Work Defined.--

   Inserted: "(1) In general.--In this section, the term 'work' means engineered structures that serve a particular function.

   Inserted: "(2) Inclusions.--In this section, the term 'work' includes only structures of like kind with those identified in subsection (a).

   Inserted: "(3) Exclusions.--In this section, the term 'work' does not include--

   Inserted: "(A) the river channel as such, whether or not dredging is necessary to maintain navigational depths;

   Inserted: "(B) unimproved real estate; or

   Inserted: "(C) a particular feature or structure merely because the feature or structure is present within a Federal project.".

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   At the end of title I, add the following:

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