COAST Act

Bill: 117-hr-4767
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14]
Introduced: 2021-07-28
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Latest action: action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-07-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Creating Opportunities to Advance Shoreline Treatments Act or the COAST</strong> <strong>Act</strong></p> <p>This bill authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to expand the use of allotted resources for flood control on stream banks and shorelines to include erosion control. Additionally, these resources may be used to prevent damage to areas such as nonhighway roadways, public recreational assets, public lands, and parks. </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4767 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 A BILL To amend the Flood Control Act of 1946 with respect to emergency streambank and shoreline protection, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Creating Opportunities to Advance Shoreline Treatments Act or the COAST Act . 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, .