DEFEND the Great Lakes Act

Bill: 117-hr-4768
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2021-07-28
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Aquatic ecology

Great Lakes

Lakes and rivers

Land use and conservation

Seashores and lakeshores

Wetlands
Latest action: action_date: 2022-06-16
text: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-07-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Detrimental Erosion Forcing Enhanced Needs to the Defend the Great Lakes Act or the DEFEND the Great Lakes Act</strong></p> This bill requires the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to initiate no fewer than five aquatic ecosystem restoration projects along the shoreline of the Great Lakes to reduce the risk of loss and degradation of coastal wetlands due to shoreline erosion.

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4768 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 , and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To require the Secretary of the Army to initiate at least 5 projects to reduce the loss and degradation of Great Lakes coastal wetlands, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Detrimental Erosion Forcing Enhanced Needs to Defend the Great Lakes Act or the DEFEND the Great Lakes Act . 2. Projects to protect Great Lakes coastal wetlands (a) In general Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall initiate not less than 5 projects under section 206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 ( 33 U.S.C. 2330 ). (b) Project type Each of the projects initiated under subsection (a) shall be a project to reduce the risk of loss and degradation of coastal wetlands along the shorelines of the Great Lakes due to shoreline erosion caused by high velocity waves and high water events.