IIB
118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 524
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 15 (legislative day, April 10), 2024
Received
April 15, 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works
AN ACT
To amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to create an exemption for certain shoreline borrow sites.
Federal coastal storm risk management projects
Section 6(a) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3505(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
Use of a sand source within a System unit by Federal coastal storm risk management projects or their predecessor projects that have used a system unit for sand to nourish adjacent beaches outside the System pursuant to section 5 of the Act of August 18, 1941 (commonly known as the Flood Control Act of 1941
) (55 Stat. 650, chapter 377; 33 U.S.C. 701n) at least once between December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2023 in response to an emergency situation prior to December 31, 2023.
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Passed the House of Representatives April 11, 2024.
Kevin F. McCumber,
Clerk.