[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5621 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5621

To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to authorize funds 
   in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund to be used to pay up to 100 
percent of the eligible costs of preparing Federal environmental impact 
  statements for certain navigation projects, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2010

Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California (for herself, Ms. Lee of California, 
and Mr. Paul) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to authorize funds 
   in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund to be used to pay up to 100 
percent of the eligible costs of preparing Federal environmental impact 
  statements for certain navigation projects, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund 
Improvement Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND.

    (a) Costs of Preparing Environmental Impact Statements.--Section 
210(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 
2238(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) up to 100 percent of the eligible costs of preparing 
        a Federal environmental impact statement for a navigation 
        project for a harbor or inland harbor or any separable element 
        thereof.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Cost-sharing requirements.--Section 105(a) of such Act 
        (33 U.S.C. 2215(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following:
            ``(4) Environmental impact statements.--Notwithstanding any 
        other provision of this section, funds appropriated pursuant to 
        section 210(a)(3) shall be used to pay up to 100 percent of the 
        cost of preparing a Federal environmental impact statement for 
        a navigation project for a harbor or inland harbor or any 
        separable element thereof.''.
            (2) Amendment to trust fund code.--Section 9505(c)(1) of 
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 
        ``Water Resources Development Act of 1996'' and inserting 
        ``Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Improvement Act of 2010''.
    (c) Applicability.--The amendments made by this section shall apply 
to cost-sharing requirements under agreements entered into after the 
date of enactment of this Act.
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