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

H.R. 524 · 118th Congress · Apr 11, 2024 · Lineage

AN ACT

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.”