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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6276 
To require the Secretary of the Army to consult with stakeholders in deter-
mining the scope of contracts entered into for the purposes of mainte-
nance dredging, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 21, 2025 
Mr. MULLIN (for himself, Mr. EZELL, and Mr. WEBER of Texas) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of the Army to consult with stake-
holders in determining the scope of contracts entered 
into for the purposes of maintenance dredging, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Dredging Coordination 
Improvement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MAINTENANCE DREDGING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) CONSULTATION AND PRIORITIZATION.—In deter-
mining the scope and performance timeline to be included 
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in any contract entered into on or after the date of enact-
ment of this Act with an entity to carry out maintenance 
dredging, the Secretary— 
(1) shall— 
(A) consult with stakeholders, including 
the applicable non-Federal sponsor and other 
relevant entities determined by the Secretary; 
and 
(B) the extent practicable, prioritize the 
completion of maintenance dredging in waters 
used for commercial and navigation activities, 
maintenance dredging that is needed for emer-
gencies, maintenance dredging that is needed to 
accommodate environmental windows (as de-
fined by the Secretary), and maintenance 
dredging that supports other activities in which 
there is an important national interest before 
the completion of maintenance dredging in 
waters used primarily for other activities, such 
as recreation, or for purposes other than to fa-
cilitate commerce or navigation; and 
(2) notwithstanding paragraph (1), may deter-
mine the scope and performance timeline to be in-
cluded in such contract without consultation with 
stakeholders that are not a party to such contract, 
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if the Secretary determines that an emergency exists 
or there is an important national interest at stake. 
(b) COMMUNICATION.—Upon receiving information 
about changes with respect to the performance of mainte-
nance dredging and determining that such changes are 
reasonably likely to affect the period of performance of 
a contract for such dredging, the Secretary shall notify 
the applicable non-Federal sponsor of such changes not 
later than the third business day after the date on which 
the Secretary received such information. 
(c) CAPABILITY NUMBERS.—With respect to any 
maintenance dredging activity, the Secretary shall, upon 
request, make the respective capability numbers for such 
activities available to the non-Federal sponsor of such ac-
tivity. 
(d) SECRETARY DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the Army, acting 
through the Chief of Engineers 
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