[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2385 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2385

 To direct the Secretary of the Army to establish a program to market 
                           dredged material.


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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 the Army to establish a program to market 
                           dredged material.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Dredged Material Reuse Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDING.

    Congress finds that the Secretary of the Army should establish a 
program to reuse dredged material--
            (1) to ensure the long-term viability of disposal capacity 
        for dredged material; and
            (2) to encourage the reuse of dredged material.

SEC. 3. DEFINITION.

    In this Act, the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the 
Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers.

SEC. 4. PROGRAM FOR REUSE OF DREDGED MATERIAL.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a program to allow the 
direct marketing of dredged material to public agencies and private 
entities.
    (b) Regional Responsibility.--The program described in subsection 
(a) shall authorize each of the 8 regional offices of the Corps of 
Engineers to market to public agencies and private entities any dredged 
material from projects under the jurisdiction of the regional office.
    (c) Reports.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and annually thereafter for a period of 4 years, the 
Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the program established 
under subsection (a).
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this Act $2,000,000 for each fiscal year.
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