[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4768 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4768

To require the Secretary of the Army to initiate at least 5 projects to 
 reduce the loss and degradation of Great Lakes coastal wetlands, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2021

Mr. Joyce of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to 
  the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Secretary of the Army to initiate at least 5 projects to 
 reduce the loss and degradation of Great Lakes coastal wetlands, 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 ``Detrimental Erosion Forcing Enhanced 
Needs to Defend the Great Lakes Act'' or the ``DEFEND the Great Lakes 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROJECTS TO PROTECT GREAT LAKES COASTAL WETLANDS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall initiate not less than 5 
projects under section 206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1996 (33 U.S.C. 2330).
    (b) Project Type.--Each of the projects initiated under subsection 
(a) shall be a project to reduce the risk of loss and degradation of 
coastal wetlands along the shorelines of the Great Lakes due to 
shoreline erosion caused by high velocity waves and high water events.
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