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Union Calendar No. 347
118THCONGRESS
2
DSESSION H. R. 524
[Report No. 118–421]
To amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to create an exemption for
certain shoreline borrow sites.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY25, 2023
Mr. R
OUZERintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Natural Resources
M
ARCH12, 2024
Additional sponsors: Ms. M
ACE, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, and Mr. VANDREW
M
ARCH12, 2024
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 25, 2023]
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•HR 524 RH
A BILL
To amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to create an
exemption for certain shoreline borrow sites.
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•HR 524 RH
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. FEDERAL COASTAL STORM RISK MANAGEMENT 3
PROJECTS. 4
Section 6(a) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 5
U.S.C. 3505(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-6
lowing: 7
‘‘(7) Use of a sand source within a System unit 8
by Federal coastal storm risk management projects or 9
their predecessor projects that have used a system unit 10
for sand to nourish adjacent beaches outside the Sys-11
tem pursuant to section 5 of the Act of August 18, 12
1941 (commonly known as the ‘Flood Control Act of 13
1941’) (55 Stat. 650, chapter 377; 33 U.S.C. 701n) at 14
least once between December 31, 2008 and December 15
31, 2023 in response to an emergency situation prior 16
to December 31, 2023.’’. 17
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347
118
TH
CONGRESS
2
D
S
ESSION
H. R. 524
[Report No. 118–421]
A BILL
To amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to
create an exemption for certain shoreline borrow
sites.
M
ARCH
12, 2024
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union,
and ordered to be printed
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