April 9, 2025
Mr. Harder of California (for himself and Mr. Higgins of Louisiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
To amend section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1941 to impose a deadline for initiating the repair or restoration of project under such section, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Safeguarding Our Levees Act
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Sec. 2. Emergency response to natural disasters
Section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n(a)) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a) by adding at the end the following:
(6) Deadline
Not later than 180 days after receiving from a non-Federal sponsor of a project a request to repair or rehabilitate a flood control work described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall initiate the repair or restoration of such flood control work.; and
(2)
in subsection (d)(2) by inserting 25 percent of
before the difference
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