[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2384 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2384

To direct the Secretary of Transportation to require the use of dredged 
    material in the construction of federally funded transportation 
                               projects.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 11, 2000

Mr. Torricelli introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to require the use of dredged 
    material in the construction of federally funded transportation 
                               projects.

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

SECTION 1. USE OF DREDGED MATERIAL.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter III of chapter 3 of title 49, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 354. Use of dredged material
    ``The Secretary of Transportation shall require, to the maximum 
extent practicable, the use of dredged material in the construction of 
federally funded transportation projects.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 3 of 
title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end of the 
items relating to subchapter III the following:

``354. Use of dredged material.''.
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