109 HR 5241 IH: To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 to U.S. House of Representatives 2006-04-27 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 109th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5241 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 27, 2006 Mr. McIntyre introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 to allow the Secretary of the Army to extend the period during which the Secretary may provide beach nourishment for a water resources development project.

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Beach nourishment

Section 156 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5f) is amended— (1)by inserting “(a) In general.—” before “The Secretary”; and (2)by adding at the end the following: (b)

Requests for extensions

At the request of a non-Federal interest, the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, may extend the period during which the Secretary provides beach nourishment for a project under subsection (a) for such additional period as the Secretary determines necessary, except that the additional period may not exceed 50 years. .