[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2492 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2492

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


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 17, 2003

 Mr. Lampson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
  To ensure that recreation benefits are accorded the same weight as 
    hurricane and storm damage reduction benefits and 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), is amended by adding at the end the following: ``In 
making such recommendations, the Secretary shall develop and implement 
procedures that treat recreational, hurricane and storm damage 
reduction, and environmental restoration benefits equally.''.
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