[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4767 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4767

   To amend the Flood Control Act of 1946 with respect to emergency 
      streambank and shoreline protection, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2021

Mr. Joyce of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
           the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Flood Control Act of 1946 with respect to emergency 
      streambank and shoreline protection, 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 ``Creating Opportunities to Advance 
Shoreline Treatments Act'' or the ``COAST Act''.

SEC. 2. EMERGENCY STREAMBANK AND SHORELINE PROTECTION.

    Section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 1946 (33 U.S.C. 701r) is 
amended by striking ``for flood control, not to exceed $25,000,000 per 
year, for the construction, repair, restoration, and modification of 
emergency streambank and shoreline protection works to prevent damage 
to highways, bridge approaches, and public works, churches, hospitals, 
schools, and other nonprofit public services,'' and inserting ``for 
flood control or erosion control, not to exceed $45,500,000 per year, 
for the construction, repair, restoration, and modification of 
emergency streambank and shoreline protection works to prevent damage 
to highways and other roadways, bridge approaches, public works, public 
recreational assets, public lands, and parks, churches, hospitals, 
schools, and other nonprofit public services,''.
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