[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 524 Engrossed in House (EH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 524

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to create an exemption for 
                    certain shoreline borrow sites.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. FEDERAL COASTAL STORM RISK MANAGEMENT PROJECTS.

    Section 6(a) of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 
3505(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(7) Use of a sand source within a System unit by Federal 
        coastal storm risk management projects or their predecessor 
        projects that have used a system unit for sand to nourish 
        adjacent beaches outside the System pursuant to section 5 of 
        the Act of August 18, 1941 (commonly known as the `Flood 
        Control Act of 1941') (55 Stat. 650, chapter 377; 33 U.S.C. 
        701n) at least once between December 31, 2008 and December 31, 
        2023 in response to an emergency situation prior to December 
        31, 2023.''.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 11, 2024.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.
118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 524

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

 To amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to create an exemption for 
                    certain shoreline borrow sites.