[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3349 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3349

 To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to allow certain 
             private entities to receive expedited permits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 29, 2015

   Ms. Herrera Beutler (for herself and Mr. Schrader) 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 allow certain 
             private entities to receive expedited permits.

    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 ``Timely Permitting Accessibility 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FUNDING TO PROCESS PERMITS.

    Section 214(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (33 
U.S.C. 2201 note) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Private entity.--The term `private entity' 
                includes a business association, a cooperative of 
                businesses, associations, or individuals.'';
            (2) in paragraph (2) by inserting ``private entity,'' after 
        ``public entity'';
            (3) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by striking ``(3) Limitation for public-utility 
                and natural gas companies.'' and inserting the 
                following:
            ``(3) Limitations.--
                    ``(A) Limitation for public-utility and natural gas 
                companies.--''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Limitation for private entities.--The 
                authority provided under paragraph (2) to a private 
                entity shall expire on the date that is 10 years after 
                the date of enactment of this subparagraph.''; and
            (4) in paragraph (5)--
                    (A) by striking ``(5) GAO study.--'' and inserting 
                the following:
            ``(5) GAO studies.--
                    ``(A) Public-utilities and natural gas companies.--
                ''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Private entities.--Not later than 7 years 
                after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, the 
                Comptroller General of the United States shall carry 
                out a study of the implementation by the Secretary of 
                the authority provided under paragraph (2) to private 
                entities.''.
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