Dredging Coordination Improvement Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6276 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6276

 To require the Secretary of the Army to consult with stakeholders in 
  determining the scope of contracts entered into for the purposes of 
             maintenance dredging, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 21, 2025

Mr. Mullin (for himself, Mr. Ezell, and Mr. Weber of Texas) introduced 
      the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                   Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require the Secretary of the Army to consult with stakeholders in 
  determining the scope of contracts entered into for the purposes of 
             maintenance dredging, 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 ``Dredging Coordination Improvement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. MAINTENANCE DREDGING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Consultation and Prioritization.--In determining the scope and 
performance timeline to be included in any contract entered into on or 
after the date of enactment of this Act with an entity to carry out 
maintenance dredging, the Secretary--
            (1) shall--
                    (A) consult with stakeholders, including the 
                applicable non-Federal sponsor and other relevant 
                entities determined by the Secretary; and
                    (B) the extent practicable, prioritize the 
                completion of maintenance dredging in waters used for 
                commercial and navigation activities, maintenance 
                dredging that is needed for emergencies, maintenance 
                dredging that is needed to accommodate environmental 
                windows (as defined by the Secretary), and maintenance 
                dredging that supports other activities in which there 
                is an important national interest before the completion 
                of maintenance dredging in waters used primarily for 
                other activities, such as recreation, or for purposes 
                other than to facilitate commerce or navigation; and
            (2) notwithstanding paragraph (1), may determine the scope 
        and performance timeline to be included in such contract 
        without consultation with stakeholders that are not a party to 
        such contract, if the Secretary determines that an emergency 
        exists or there is an important national interest at stake.
    (b) Communication.--Upon receiving information about changes with 
respect to the performance of maintenance dredging and determining that 
such changes are reasonably likely to affect the period of performance 
of a contract for such dredging, the Secretary shall notify the 
applicable non-Federal sponsor of such changes not later than the third 
business day after the date on which the Secretary received such 
information.
    (c) Capability Numbers.--With respect to any maintenance dredging 
activity, the Secretary shall, upon request, make the respective 
capability numbers for such activities available to the non-Federal 
sponsor of such activity.
    (d) Secretary Defined.--In this section, the term ``Secretary'' 
means the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers
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