[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 494 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 494

  To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to expand the 
        authority of non-Federal interests to levy harbor fees.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2005

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

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to expand the 
        authority of non-Federal interests to levy harbor fees.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 208(a) of 
Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2236(a)) is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting ``or container fees'' after ``tonnage 
        duties or fees'';
            (2) in paragraph (1)(A)--
                    (A) by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (i);
                    (B) by striking ``and'' at the end of clause (ii) 
                and inserting ``or''; and
                    (C) by inserting after clause (ii) the following:
                    ``(iii) to finance the cost of construction and 
                operation and maintenance of any infrastructure project 
                for a harbor, including an infrastructure project 
                outside the boundaries of the harbor if the project is 
                for transportation to, from, or through the harbor; 
                and''; and
            (3) in paragraph (1)(B) by inserting ``and security'' after 
        ``emergency response''.
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