[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3112 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 3112

   To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 relating to 
                 sediments decontamination technology.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 19, 1996

 Mr. Pallone (for himself and Mr. Franks of New Jersey) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
                           and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 relating to 
                 sediments decontamination technology.

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

SECTION 1. SEDIMENTS DECONTAMINATION TECHNOLOGY.

    Section 405 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 
Stat. 4683; 33 U.S.C. 2239 note) is amended--
            (1) by adding at the end of subsection (a)(2) the 
        following: ``The goal of the program shall be to make possible 
        the development, on an operational scale, of 1 or more sediment 
        decontamination technologies, each of which demonstrates a 
        sediment decontamination capacity of at least 5,000 cubic yards 
        per day.'';
            (2) by adding at the end of subsection (a) the following:
            ``(3) Report to congress.--Not later than September 30, 
        1996, and September 30 of each year thereafter, the 
        Administrator and the Secretary shall report to Congress on 
        progress made toward the goal described in paragraph (2).''; 
        and
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) by striking ``$5,000,000'' and inserting 
                ``$10,000,000''; and
                    (B) by striking ``1992'' and inserting ``1995''.
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