Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Safeguarding Our Levees Act”.
Safeguarding Our Levees Act
A BILL
To amend section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1941 to impose a deadline for initiating the repair or restoration of project under such section, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Emergency response to natural disasters
Section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n(a)) is amended—
in subsection (a) by adding at the end the following:
“(6) Deadline—Not later than 180 days after receiving from a non-Federal sponsor of a project a request to repair or rehabilitate a flood control work described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall initiate the repair or restoration of such flood control work.”
in subsection (d)(2) by inserting “25 percent of” before “the difference”.