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Code · BILL · 114th Congress · S. 2848 (Engrossed in Senate) — To provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Arm... · Sec. 1020

Sec. 1020. Discrete segment

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Section 204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 ( 33 U.S.C. 2232 ) is amended— by striking project or separable element each place it appears and inserting project, separable element, or discrete segment ; by striking project, or separable element thereof, each place it appears and inserting project, separable element, or discrete segment of a project ; in subsection (a)— by redesignating paragraphs
(1)through
(3)as subparagraphs
(A)through (C), respectively, and indenting appropriately; and by striking the subsection designation and all that follows through In this section, the and inserting the following: In this section: The term discrete segment , with respect to a project, means a physical portion of the project, as described in design documents, that is environmentally acceptable, is complete, will not create a hazard, and functions independently so that the non-Federal sponsor can operate and maintain the discrete segment in advance of completion of the total project or separable element of the project. The ; in subsection (b)(1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking project, or separate element thereof and inserting project, separable element, or discrete segment of a project ; and in subsection (d)— in paragraph (3)(B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking project and inserting project, separable element, or discrete segment ; in paragraph (4), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking project, or a separable element of a water resources development project, and inserting project, separable element, or discrete segment of a project ; and by adding at the end the following: If the non-Federal interest receives reimbursement for a discrete segment of a project and fails to complete the entire project or separable element of the project, the non-Federal interest shall repay to the Secretary the amount of the reimbursement, plus interest. .
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