[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 279 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 279

   To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to modify a 
            provision relating to acquisition of beach fill.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 2, 2017

   Mr. Rubio introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to modify a 
            provision relating to acquisition of beach fill.

    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 ``Sand Acquisition, Nourishment, and 
Development Act'' or the ``SAND Act''.

SEC. 2. ACQUISITION OF BEACH FILL.

    Section 935 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 
U.S.C. 2299) is amended by striking ``if such materials are not 
available from domestic sources for environmental or economic 
reasons''.
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