Bringing Economic Advancement and Coastal Health Act

Bringing Economic Advancement and Coastal Health Act - Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 to: (1) authorize the Chief of Engineers to provide periodic authorized beach nourishment for a water resources development project for such additional period as he or she determines necessary, but not beyond the 50th year that begins after the date of initiation of construction (current law) or after the date of the last estimated periodic nourishment as contemplated in the Chief's Report, whichever is later; and (2) require the Chief of Engineers, before the end of such 50-year period, to evaluate the feasibility of continuing federal participation in the beach nourishment project.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 161 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 161

  To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 to direct the 
Secretary of the Army to evaluate the feasibility of continuing Federal 
 participation in a beach nourishment project, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2013

 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 direct the 
Secretary of the Army to evaluate the feasibility of continuing Federal 
 participation in a beach nourishment project, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Bringing Economic Advancement and 
Coastal Health Act''.

SEC. 2. BEACH NOURISHMENT.

    Section 156 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 (42 
U.S.C. 1962d-5f) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The'' and inserting ``(a) Continuing 
        Federal Participation in a Project.--The'';
            (2) by inserting before the period at the end the 
        following: ``or after the date of the last estimated periodic 
        nourishment as contemplated in the Chief's Report, whichever is 
        later''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Feasibility Review.--Before the end of the fifty-year period 
referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Army, acting 
through the Chief of Engineers, shall undertake, subject to the 
availability of appropriations, a review of a project to which 
subsection (a) applies to evaluate the feasibility of continuing 
Federal participation in the project and shall make a recommendation 
concerning such participation to Congress.''.
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