[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 833 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 833

 To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 with respect to 
         the acquisition of beach fill, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 2017

 Ms. Frankel of Florida (for herself, Mr. Curbelo of Florida, Ms. Ros-
Lehtinen, Mr. Mast, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Webster of Florida, Mr. 
    Diaz-Balart, Mr. Deutch, Mr. Crist, and Ms. Wilson of Florida) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 with respect to 
         the acquisition of beach fill, 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 ``Sand Acquisition, Nourishment, and 
Development Act of 2017'' or the ``SAND Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. ACQUISITION OF BEACH FILL.

    Section 935 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 
U.S.C. 2299) is amended by striking ``if such materials are not 
available from domestic sources for environmental or economic 
reasons''.
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