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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · H.R. 5303 (Reported in House) — To provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation and devel... · Sec. 121

Sec. 121. Federal dredge fleet

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The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study on the costs and benefits of expanding, reducing, or maintaining the current configuration with respect to the size and makeup of the federally owned hopper dredge fleet. In carrying out the study, the Comptroller General shall evaluate— the current and anticipated configuration and capacity of the Federal and private hopper dredge fleet; the current and anticipated trends for the volume and type of dredge work required over the next 10 years, and the alignment of the size of the existing Federal and private hopper dredge fleet with future dredging needs; available historic data on the costs, efficiency, and time required to initiate and complete dredging work carried out by Federal and private hopper dredge fleets, respectively; whether the requirements of section 3 of the Act of August 11, 1888 (25 Stat. 423, chapter 860; 33 U.S.C. 622 ), have any demonstrable impacts on the factors identified in paragraphs
(1)through (3), and whether such requirements are most economical and advantageous to the United States; and other factors that the Comptroller General determines are necessary to evaluate whether it is economical and advantageous to the United States to expand, reduce, or maintain the current configuration of the federally owned hopper dredge fleet. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the study.
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