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 PUBLIC LAW 110–114—NOV. 8, 2007

121 STAT. 1097

Resources Development Act of 1976 on the day before the date of enactment of this Act. SEC. 2038. NATIONAL SHORELINE EROSION CONTROL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act authorizing Federal participation in the cost of protecting the shores of publicly owned property’’, approved August 13, 1946 (33 U.S.C. 426g), is amended to read as follows: ‘‘SEC. 3. STORM AND HURRICANE RESTORATION AND IMPACT MINIMIZATION PROGRAM.

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‘‘(a) CONSTRUCTION OF SMALL SHORE AND BEACH RESTORATION AND PROTECTION PROJECTS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may carry out a program for the construction of small shore and beach restoration and protection projects not specifically authorized by Congress that otherwise comply with the first section of this Act if the Secretary determines that such construction is advisable. ‘‘(2) LOCAL COOPERATION.—The local cooperation requirement of the first section of this Act shall apply to a project under this section. ‘‘(3) COMPLETENESS.—A project under this subsection— ‘‘(A) shall be complete; and ‘‘(B) shall not commit the United States to any additional improvement to ensure the successful operation of the project; except for participation in periodic beach nourishment in accordance with— ‘‘(i) the first section of this Act; and ‘‘(ii) the procedure for projects authorized after submission of a survey report. ‘‘(b) NATIONAL SHORELINE EROSION CONTROL DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct under the program authorized by subsection (a) a national shoreline erosion control development and demonstration program (referred to in this section as the ‘demonstration program’). ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The demonstration program shall include provisions for— ‘‘(i) projects consisting of planning, design, construction, and monitoring of prototype engineered and native and naturalized vegetative shoreline erosion control devices and methods; ‘‘(ii) monitoring of the applicable prototypes; ‘‘(iii) detailed engineering and environmental reports on the results of each project carried out under the demonstraton program; and ‘‘(iv) technology transfers, as appropriate, to private property owners, State and local entities, nonprofit educational institutions, and nongovernmental organizations. ‘‘(B) DETERMINATION OF FEASIBILITY.—A project under the demonstration program shall not be carried out until the Secretary determines that the project is feasible. ‘‘(C) EMPHASIS.—A project under the demonstration program shall emphasize, to the maximum extent practicable—

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