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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 7776 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — To provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation and devel... · Sec. 103

Sec. 103. Shoreline and riverine restoration

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Section 212 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 ( 33 U.S.C. 2332 ) is amended— in the section heading, by striking and inserting Flood mitigation and riverine restoration program ; Shoreline and riverine protection and restoration in subsection (a)— by striking undertake a program for the purpose of conducting and inserting carry out ; by striking to reduce flood hazards and inserting to reduce flood and hurricane and storm damage hazards (including erosion) ; and by inserting and shorelines after rivers ; in subsection (b)— in paragraph (1)— by striking In carrying out the program, the and inserting The ; by inserting and hurricane and storm after flood ; and by inserting erosion mitigation, after reduction, ; in paragraph (3), by striking flood damages and inserting flood and hurricane and storm damages, including the use of natural features and nature-based features, as defined in section 1184(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 ( ; and 33 U.S.C. 2289a(a) ) in paragraph (4)— by inserting and hurricane and storm after flood ; by inserting , shoreline, after riverine ; and by inserting and coastal barriers after floodplains ; in subsection (c)— in paragraph (2)— in the paragraph heading, by striking ; and flood control in subparagraph (A), by inserting or hurricane and storm damage reduction after flood control ; and in paragraph (3)— in the paragraph heading, by inserting after or hurricane and storm damage reduction ; and flood control by inserting or hurricane and storm damage reduction after flood control ; by amending subsection
(d)to read as follows:— Notwithstanding any other provision of law or requirement for economic justification established under section 209 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 ( 42 U.S.C. 1962–2 ), the Secretary may implement a project under this section if the Secretary determines that the project— will significantly reduce potential flood, hurricane and storm, or erosion damages; will improve the quality of the environment; and is justified considering all costs and beneficial outputs of the project. ; in subsection (e)— in paragraph (32), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in paragraph (33), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following: City of Southport, North Carolina; and Maumee River, Ohio. ; and by striking subsections
(f)through
(i)and inserting the following: There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $40,000,000, to remain available until expended. . The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 269) is amended by striking the item relating to section 212 and inserting the following: Sec. 212. Shoreline and riverine protection and restoration. .
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