To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 to allow the Secretary of the Army to extend the period during which the Secretary may provide beach nourishment for a water resources development project.

Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 to allow the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, at the request of a non-federal interest, to extend the period during which the Secretary provides beach nourishment for a water resources development project for up to 50 years.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[H.R. 68 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 68

   To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 to allow the 
 Secretary of the Army to extend the period during which the Secretary 
    may provide beach nourishment for a water resources development 
                                project.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2007

 Mr. McIntyre introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 to allow the 
 Secretary of the Army to extend the period during which the Secretary 
    may provide beach nourishment for a water resources development 
                                project.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. BEACH NOURISHMENT.

    Section 156 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 (42 
U.S.C. 1962d-5f) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(a) In General.--'' before ``The 
        Secretary''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Requests for Extensions.--At the request of a non-Federal 
interest, the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, may 
extend the period during which the Secretary provides beach nourishment 
for a project under subsection (a) for such additional period as the 
Secretary determines necessary, except that the additional period may 
not exceed 50 years.''.
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