[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 137 (Monday, September 12, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5508-S5509]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5024. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 4979 proposed by Mr. McConnell (for Mr. Inhofe (for 
himself and Mrs. Boxer)) to the bill S. 2848, to provide for the 
conservation and development of water and related resources, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for 
improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title I, add the following:

     SEC. 10__. MODIFICATION OF CORPS OF ENGINEERS CRITERIA TO 
                   DREDGE SMALL PORTS.

       (a) Minimum Tonnage Requirement.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law (including regulations), effective beginning 
     on the date of enactment of this Act, the tonnage requirement 
     with respect to the consideration of dredging of small ports 
     by the Corps of Engineers shall be a minimum of 500,000 tons, 
     as calculated in accordance with subsection (b).
       (b) Calculation.--For purposes of subsection (a) and any 
     other activity of the Corps of Engineers carried out on or 
     after the date of enactment of this Act, tonnage shall be 
     calculated by each relevant port authority and submitted to 
     the Corps of Engineers.

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