3.0.0 574 2019-02-20T12:30:29Z 2019-02-23T15:20:46Z Senate S S 2013-03-14 113 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2013-03-14T19:19:24Z DREDGE Act of 2013 113 1161 HR 2013-03-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. Related bill CRS 2013-03-14 ssev00 Environment and Public Works Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. IntroReferral 2013-03-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA N Transportation and Public Works Aquatic ecology Environmental assessment, monitoring, research Floods and storm protection Gulf of Mexico Lakes and rivers Louisiana Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine and inland water transportation Mississippi River Navigation, waterways, harbors Wetlands Wildlife conservation and habitat protection Transportation and Public Works 00 2013-03-14 Introduced in Senate 2013-03-25T19:28:05Z Dredging for Restoration and Economic Development for Global Exports Act of 2013 or the DREDGE Act of 2013 - Modifies the project for navigation, Mississippi River Ship Channel, Gulf of Mexico to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to direct the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to: (1) achieve, operate, and maintain a navigation channel of 50 feet with respect to the portion of the project from Baton Rouge to the Southwest Pass sea buoy; (2) complete such work not later than the last day of the third fiscal year beginning after the enactment of this Act; (3) conduct a pilot disposal and sediment project in the Southwest Pass area to determine the cost-effectiveness of pump-out disposal operations for hopper dredges for environmental enhancement and dredged material disposal; and (4) consult with appropriate federal, state, and local agencies and stakeholders to determine the safe placement and timing of such pump-out disposal operations that protect, create, restore, and nourish coastal wetlands and aquatic habitat.

Requires: (1) all costs of such work to be treated as operation and maintenance costs, including the first costs of achieving a navigation channel of 50 feet; (2) the federal cost share of such work to be 100%; and (3) the Secretary to pay 100% of the costs of such work out of amounts made available from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for operation and maintenance expenses.

Directs the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to report to Congress on: (1) the cost and the environmental, storm damage reduction, and social benefits of the pump-out disposal operation; and (2) the total quantity of dredge material produced during operation and maintenance activities in the New Orleans District and the quantity that is beneficially used.

]]> DREDGE Act of 2013 Short Titles as Introduced DREDGE Act of 2013 Short Titles as Introduced Dredging for Restoration and Economic Development for Global Exports Act of 2013 Display Title DREDGE Act of 2013 Official Title as Introduced A bill to modify the project for navigation, Mississippi River Ship Channel, Gulf of Mexico to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2013-03-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s574is/xml/BILLS-113s574is.xml 2013-03-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.