[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3315 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3315

 To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 with respect to 
         the maximum cost of projects, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2015

Mr. Babin (for himself, Mr. Gene Green of Texas, and Mr. Poe of Texas) 
 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 with respect to 
         the maximum cost of 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 ``Waterway Safety Improvement Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that modifications to deep-draft, high-
commercial-use channels, including bends and entrances, are sometimes 
necessary to ensure safety of navigation and efficient operations.

SEC. 3. MAXIMUM COST OF PROJECTS.

    Section 902 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 
U.S.C. 2280) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Certain Channels.--The Secretary may make modifications to 
deep-draft, high-commercial-use channels, including bends and 
entrances, necessary to ensure safe navigation and efficient operations 
with respect to those channels without regard to any other provision of 
this section.''.
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