Bill > HR6705

This bill, the Shoreline Health Oversight, Restoration, Resilience, and Enhancement Act, aims to improve the protection and restoration of shorelines and riverbanks in the United States. The key provisions of the bill include: - Declaring a policy to protect and restore U.S. shorelines, making this a primary mission of the Army Corps of Engineers. The bill requires the use of measures to increase resilience to climate change and other factors. - Authorizing various coastal storm risk management, ecosystem restoration, and combined projects across several states, including in Texas, Louisiana, Florida, and New York. - Modifying existing projects, such as providing full federal funding for the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet restoration project in Louisiana. - Reauthorizing periodic nourishment for certain beach nourishment projects for an additional 50 years. - Allowing the Army Corps to fund and carry out measures on other federal lands to protect and restore shorelines and ecosystems. - Requiring the consideration of comprehensive flood risk, including riverine, coastal, and other drivers, in feasibility studies. - Adjusting cost-sharing requirements, including providing higher federal cost-share for economically disadvantaged communities and nonstructural projects. The bill aims to enhance the resilience of U.S. coastal and riverine communities and ecosystems through a range of shoreline protection and restoration measures.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6705/all-info