Texas Coastal Spine Authorization Act

Bill: 117-hr-8518
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Weber, Randy K., Sr. [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2022-07-26
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Latest action: action_date: 2022-07-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-07-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Texas Coastal Spine Authorization Act </b></p> <p>This bill authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to carry out the project on coastal Texas protection and restoration in accordance with the plans and conditions laid out in the report issued by the Chief of Engineers on September 16, 2021. The report recommends plans to reduce the risks of tropical storm surge impacts and to restore degraded coastal ecosystems on the Texas Gulf Coast.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8518 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 26, 2022 Mr. Weber of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To authorize the project for hurricane and storm damage reduction and ecosystem restoration, Texas.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Texas Coastal Spine Authorization Act . 2. Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Feasibility Study, Texas The Secretary of the Army is authorized to carry out the project for hurricane and storm damage reduction and ecosystem restoration, Texas, substantially in accordance with the plans, and subject to the conditions, described in the report of the Chief of Engineers dated September 16, 2021, at an estimated total cost of $30,906,287,000, with an estimated Federal cost of $19,237,894,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of $11,668,393,000.