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Seawall Expansion Act

H.R. 6677 · 118th Congress · Dec 7, 2023 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the National Levee Safety Act of 2007 to include in the definition of levee hard or manmade structures, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Seawall Expansion Act”.

Sec. 2 Definition of levee

Section 9002(7) of the National Levee Safety Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 3301) is amended—
(1)
in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause (i)—
(A)
by striking “manmade barrier” and inserting “hard or manmade structure or barrier”;
(B)
by inserting “, seawall, revetment, bulkhead, groin, jetty, breakwater, dike, levee” after “floodwall”; and
(C)
by inserting “or soft infrastructure (including a beach, dune, or coastal bank)” after “other structure)”; and
(2)
in subparagraph (C)—
(A)
in clause (iii), by inserting “or” after the semicolon;
(B)
in clause (iv)(V), by striking “; or” and inserting a period; and
(C)
by striking clause (v).