[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6184 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6184

  To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to extend and 
  modify the program allowing the Secretary of the Army to accept and 
expend funds contributed by non-Federal public entities to expedite the 
             evaluation of permits, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 2010

 Mr. Larsen of Washington (for himself and Mr. DeFazio) 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 2000 to extend and 
  modify the program allowing the Secretary of the Army to accept and 
expend funds contributed by non-Federal public entities to expedite the 
             evaluation of permits, 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. FUNDING TO PROCESS PERMITS.

    Section 214 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (33 
U.S.C. 2201 note; 114 Stat. 2594; 119 Stat. 2169; 120 Stat. 318; 120 
Stat. 3197; 121 Stat. 1067; 123 Stat. 3478) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``permits under the 
        jurisdiction'' and inserting ``permits of such entities related 
        to projects for a public purpose under the jurisdiction'';
            (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (e);
            (3) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Effect on Permitting.--
            ``(1) In general.--In carrying out this section, the 
        Secretary shall ensure that the use of funds accepted under 
        subsection (a) will not impact impartial decisionmaking with 
        respect to permits, either substantively or procedurally.
            ``(2) Impartial decisionmaking.--In carrying out this 
        section, the Secretary shall ensure that the evaluation of 
        permits carried out using funds accepted under this section 
        shall--
                    ``(A) be reviewed by the District Commander of the 
                Corps District in which the project or activity is 
                located, unless the evaluation of the permit is 
                initially conducted by the District Commander whereby 
                the review shall be conducted by the Commander of the 
                Corps Division in which the District is located; and
                    ``(B) utilize the same procedures for decisions 
                that would otherwise be required for the evaluation of 
                permits for similar projects or activities not carried 
                out using funds authorized under this section.
    ``(c) Limitation on Use of Funds.--None of the funds accepted under 
this section shall be used to carry out a review of the evaluation of 
permits required under subsection (b)(2)(A).
    ``(d) Public Availability.--The Secretary shall ensure that all 
final permit decisions carried out using funds authorized under this 
section are made available to the public, including on the Internet.''; 
and
            (4) in subsection (e) (as redesignated), by striking 
        ``2010'' and inserting ``2016''.
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