118th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act to create an exemption for certain shoreline borrow sites.
January 25, 2023
Mr. Rouzer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources
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. Exemption to Coastal Barrier restrictions for shoreline borrow sites.
Section 6 of the Coastal Barrier Resources Act (16 U.S.C. 3505) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(e) Borrow site.—Section 5 shall not apply to expenditures or financial assistance relating to the use of funds to use a borrow site located within the System if such site has been in use as a borrow site by a coastal storm risk management project for a period of more than 15 years.”.