Seawall Expansion Act

Bill: 118-hr-6677
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]
Introduced: 2023-12-07
Policy area: Water Resources Development
Subjects: Floods and storm protection

Seashores and lakeshores
Latest action: action_date: 2023-12-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6677 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 7, 2023 Mr. Lynch (for himself and Mr. Moulton ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To amend the National Levee Safety Act of 2007 to include in the definition of levee hard or manmade structures, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Seawall Expansion Act . 2. Definition of levee Section 9002(7) of the National Levee Safety Act of 2007 ( 33 U.S.C. 3301 ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause (i)— (A) by striking manmade barrier and inserting hard or manmade structure or barrier ; (B) by inserting , seawall, revetment, bulkhead, groin, jetty, breakwater, dike, levee after floodwall ; and (C) by inserting or soft infrastructure (including a beach, dune, or coastal bank) after other structure) ; and (2) in subparagraph (C)— (A) in clause (iii), by inserting or after the semicolon; (B) in clause (iv)(V), by striking ; or and inserting a period; and (C) by striking clause (v).