[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1493 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1493

   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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 2021

 Mr. Diaz-Balart 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 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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