[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3898 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3898

To require the Corps of Engineers to consider benefits to navigation to 
         be gained by certain projects, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 23, 2019

  Mr. Bost (for himself and Ms. Finkenauer) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Corps of Engineers to consider benefits to navigation to 
         be gained by certain 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 ``Levee Rehabilitation Improvements 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CONSIDERATION OF BENEFITS.

    Section 5(a)(2)(A) of the Flood Control Act of 1941 (33 U.S.C. 
701n(a)(2)(A)) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(A) Consideration of benefits.--In preparing a 
                cost and benefit feasibility assessment for any 
                emergency project described in paragraph (1), the Chief 
                of Engineers shall consider--
                            ``(i) the benefits to be gained by such 
                        project for the protection of--
                                    ``(I) residential establishments;
                                    ``(II) commercial establishments, 
                                including the protection of inventory; 
                                and
                                    ``(III) agricultural 
                                establishments, including the 
                                protection of crops; and
                            ``(ii) the benefits to navigation to be 
                        gained by such project.''.
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