Seawall Expansion Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6677 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6677 To amend the National Levee Safety Act of 2007 to include in the definition of levee hard or manmade structures, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Seawall Expansion Act''. SEC. 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). <all>