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Bills/118th Congress · House

H.R. 6677

Introduced

Seawall Expansion Act

Sponsor
DStephen F. Lynch· Massachusetts
Introduced
December 7, 2023
Policy area
Water Resources Development
Latest action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.December 11, 2023
[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6677 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6677

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

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 7, 2023

Mr. Lynch (for himself and Mr. Moulton) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure

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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.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

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).
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