[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3678 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3678

To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate agreements for 
 the use of Outer Continental Shelf sand, gravel, and shell resources.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 22, 1993

    Mr. Ortiz (for himself, Mr. Weldon, Mr. Lehman, and Mr. Tauzin) 
   introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the 
   Committees on Natural Resources and Merchant Marine and Fisheries

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate agreements for 
 the use of Outer Continental Shelf sand, gravel, and shell resources.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AMENDMENTS.

    Section 8(k) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 
1337(k)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(k)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(2)(A) The Secretary may negotiate an agreement for use 
        of Outer Continental Shelf sand, gravel, and shell resources--
                    ``(i) produced in association with a navigation 
                project, or for a construction project, funded in part 
                by or authorized by the Federal Government; or
                    ``(ii) for use in a program of shore protection, 
                beach restoration, or coastal wetlands restoration 
                undertaken by a Federal, State, or local government 
                agency.
            ``(B) Outer Continental Shelf sand, gravel, and shell 
        resources shall be made available under this paragraph for a 
        fee determined by the Secretary, except that no fee shall be 
        assessed for such resources used in connection with a project 
        described in subparagraph (A)(ii) which is 50 percent or more 
        funded by the Federal Government.''.

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