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HR 64 Flood Prevention and Beach Management Act
Topic Started: 15 Jun 2013, 11:37 PM (183 Views)
Heather Holson
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Congressman Peter J. Lucas, for himself and Congresswoman Andrea Martinez proposes

A BILL TO provide a one billion dollar non recurring appropriation to the Corps of Engineers to clear their backlog in levee repairs and to reallocate funds spent on beach nourishment projects to pay for levee repair needs arising in the future.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled as Follows

Section 1 Short Title

This Act may be cited as the “Flood Protection and Beach Management Act”.

Section 2 Findings

(1) Since 1990, as much as $3 billion million of federal money has been spent on beach nourishment programs.

(2) Congress has spent average of $100 million per year on beach nourishment programs since 1997.

(3) At the same time as this much money is being spent on beach nourishment, The US Corps of Engineers estimate that at least 985 levees that come under their Levee Safety Program are at significant risk of flooding within 100 years, including 177 that can not be reasonably foreseen to perform properly in a major flood.

(4) The estimated cost to repair and update these levees is $2.5 billion, while repair alone would cost $1 billion. The repair backlog grows by around $100 million per year.

(5) The U.S. Corps of Engineers has also accumulated $1 billion in unobligated balances, money that could now be put to good use.

Section 3 Provisions

(1) Federal monies shall not be used for any beach nourishment program.

(2) Annual funding for the Corps of Engineers Levee Safety Program is increased by $100 million.

(3) All unobligated balances from previous fiscal years to The US Corps of Engineers shall be diverted to the Levee Safety Program to clear the repair backlog. These repairs shall be completed within 5 years, after which any remaining monies shall revert to the Treasury.

Section 4 Enactment

This Act shall have effect upon being signed into law.
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