[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3842 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3842

  To assure that recreation benefits are accorded the same weight as 
hurricane and storm damage reduction benefits as well as environmental 
                         restoration benefits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 5, 2002

  Mr. Lampson (for himself and Mr. LoBiondo) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To assure that recreation benefits are accorded the same weight as 
hurricane and storm damage reduction benefits as well as environmental 
                         restoration benefits.

    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 ``National Beach Recreation Act''.

SEC. 2. GIVING RECREATIONAL BENEFITS THE SAME STATUS AS OTHER BEACH 
              RESTORATION BENEFITS.

    Subsection (e)(2)(B)(i) of the 1st section of the Act entitled ``An 
Act authorizing Federal participation in the cost of protecting the 
shores of publicly owned property'' approved August 13, 1946 (33 U.S.C. 
426e; 110 Stat. 3698-3699) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ``In making such recommendations, the Secretary shall 
develop and implement procedures which treat recreational, hurricane 
and storm damage reduction, and environmental restoration benefits 
equally.''.

SEC. 3. FEDERAL SHARE.

    Section 103(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 
Stat. 4085) is amended by striking paragraph (4) and by redesignating 
paragraphs (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), 
respectively.
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