[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3646 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3646

 To authorize an additional period of beach nourishment for a certain 
          Corps of Engineers project, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 14, 2022

Mr. Ossoff (for himself and Mr. Warnock) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To authorize an additional period of beach nourishment for a certain 
          Corps of Engineers project, 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 ``Tybee Island Storm Risk Management 
Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) Tybee Island, Georgia, has been one of the most 
        prominent tourist destinations in the State of Georgia since 
        the 1870s;
            (2) Tybee Island is the most densely developed barrier 
        island in the State of Georgia and has experienced 10 inches of 
        sea-level rise since 1935;
            (3) according to a 2016 report funded by the National 
        Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Tybee Island, Georgia, 
        is a ``national leader in climate adaptation planning and 
        coastal resilience''; and
            (4) the beach nourishment project referred to in section 3 
        is critical to protecting Tybee Island, Georgia, from sea level 
        rise, storm surge, coastal flooding, and related climate change 
        impacts.

SEC. 3. TYBEE ISLAND, GEORGIA.

    Notwithstanding the time limitation under section 156(a) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 1962d-5f(a)), the 
Secretary of the Army may continue periodic beach nourishment for the 
project for coastal storm risk management, Tybee Island, Georgia, 
authorized by section 201 of the Flood Control Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
1962d-5), for an additional period of 50 years, beginning on the day 
after the last day of the final period of periodic nourishment for the 
project authorized before the date of enactment of this Act.
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