118 HR 5304 IH: Safeguarding Our Levees Act U.S. House of Representatives 2023-08-29 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I118th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 5304IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESAugust 29, 2023Mr. Harder of California (for himself and Mr. Higgins of Louisiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and InfrastructureA BILLTo amend section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1941 to impose a deadline for initiating the repair or restoration of project under such section, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Safeguarding Our Levees Act.

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Emergency response to natural disasters

Section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n(a)) is amended— (1)in subsection (a) by adding at the end the following: (6)

Deadline

Not later than 180 days after receiving from a non-Federal sponsor of a project a request to repair or rehabilitate a flood control work described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall initiate the repair or restoration of such flood control work. ; and (2)in subsection (d)(2) by inserting 25 percent of before the difference.