COAST Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10070 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10070

   To amend the Flood Control Act of 1946 with respect to emergency 
      streambank and shoreline protection, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 29, 2024

Mr. Joyce of Ohio (for himself, Mrs. Kiggans of Virginia, Mrs. Dingell, 
 and Mr. Gottheimer) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
         to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Flood Control Act of 1946 with respect to emergency 
      streambank and shoreline protection, 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 ``Creating Opportunities to Advance 
Shoreline Treatments Act'' or the ``COAST Act''.

SEC. 2. EMERGENCY STREAMBANK AND SHORELINE PROTECTION.

    Section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 1946 (33 U.S.C. 701r) is 
amended by striking ``for flood control, not to exceed $25,000,000 per 
year, for the construction, repair, restoration, and modification of 
emergency streambank and shoreline protection works to prevent damage 
to highways, bridge approaches, lighthouses (including those 
lighthouses with historical value), and public works, churches, 
hospitals, schools, and other nonprofit public services,'' and 
inserting ``for flood control or erosion control, not to exceed 
$45,500,000 per year, for the construction, repair, restoration, and 
modification of emergency streambank and shoreline protection works to 
prevent damage to highways and other roadways, bridge approaches, 
lighthouses (including those lighthouses with historical value), public 
works, public recreational assets, public lands, and parks, churches, 
hospitals, schools, and other nonprofit public services,''.
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