Senate Bill 3624
117th Congress(2021-2022)
Shoreline Health Oversight, Restoration, Resilience, and Enhancement Act
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Feb 10, 2022
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
3624
Congress
117
Policy Area
Water Resources Development
Water Resources Development
Primary focus of measure is the supply and use of water and control of water flows; watersheds; floods and storm protection; wetlands. Measures concerning water quality may fall under Environmental Protection policy area.
Tom Carper
grade
Delaware
Louisiana
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Shoreline Health Oversight, Restoration, Resilience, and Enhancement Act
This bill provides for the development of water and water-related resources projects and activities with a particular emphasis on those carried out by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Among other things, the bill
- revises and modifies the flood mitigation and riverine restoration program to include coverage of coastal storm damage;
- authorizes the Corps to carry out specified water resources development and conservation projects in accordance with plans laid out in designated reports or decision documents;
- authorizes the Department of the Army to continue periodic nourishment for specified projects for coastal storm risk management for an additional period of 50 years;
- authorizes the Army to use funds for water resources development purposes to carry out, at full federal expense, a measure located on, or benefitting, federal land under the administrative jurisdiction of another federal agency under specified conditions;
- authorizes the Army to provide in advance the federal share of funds required for the acquisition of land, easements, and rights-of-way for, and the relocation of, certain projects;
- directs the Army to establish a program to provide environmental assistance to nonfederal interests in the Chattahoochee River Basin; and
- requires the Army to expedite the replacement of the Mississippi River mat sinking unit.
February 10, 2022
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02/10/2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
02/10/2022
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Aug 21, 2023 9:30:27 PM