A bill to modify the criteria used by the Corps of Engineers to dredge small ports.

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 2923 To modify the criteria used by the Corps of Engineers to dredge small ports. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES NOVEMBER 21, 2019 Mr. PAUL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works A BILL To modify the criteria used by the Corps of Engineers to dredge small ports. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF CORPS OF ENGINEERS CRI- 3 TERIA TO DREDGE SMALL PORTS. 4 (a) MINIMUM TONNAGE REQUIREMENT.—Notwith- 5 standing any other provision of law (including regula- 6 tions), effective beginning on the date of enactment of this 7 Act, the tonnage requirement with respect to the consider- 8 ation of dredging of small ports by the Corps of Engineers 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:19 Nov 30, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2923.IS S2923 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 2923 IS shall be a minimum of 500,000 tons, as calculated in ac- 1 cordance with subsection (b). 2 (b) CALCULATION.—For purposes of subsection (a) 3 and any other activity of the Corps of Engineers carried 4 out on or after the date of enactment of this Act, tonnage 5 shall be calculated by each relevant port authority and 6 submitted to the Corps of Engineers. 7 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:19 Nov 30, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S2923.IS S2923 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS