[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3304 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3304

 To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 and the Internal 
    Revenue Code of 1986 to authorize expenditures from the Harbor 
       Maintenance Trust Fund for certain beach erosion projects.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 23, 1996

Mr. Weldon of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition 
  to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 and the Internal 
    Revenue Code of 1986 to authorize expenditures from the Harbor 
       Maintenance Trust Fund for certain beach erosion projects.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Maintenance Dredging Mitigation Act 
of 1996''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT CERTAIN BEACH EROSION PROJECTS.

    Section 214(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 
U.S.C. 2241(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(D) The term `eligible operations and maintenance' 
        includes mitigation of the direct erosional effects to adjacent 
        beaches of maintenance dredging described in subparagraph (A). 
        For the purposes of this subparagraph, the direct erosional 
        effects of such dredging shall be determined in accordance with 
        an inlet management study conducted in accordance with 
        guidelines established by the Secretary or the State in which 
        the port is located.''.

SEC. 3. EXPENDITURES FROM HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND.

    Section 9505(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 
by striking ``the date of enactment of this section'' and inserting 
``the date of enactment of the Maintenance Dredging Mitigation Act of 
1996''.
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