Pub. L. 106-541, tit. III, sec. 342

CHESAPEAKE BAY OYSTER RESTORATION.

EnactedYear: 2000Length: 135 wordsOfficial source
SEC. 342. CHESAPEAKE BAY OYSTER RESTORATION. Section 704(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2263(b)) is amended— (1) in the second sentence by striking “$7,000,000” and inserting “$20,000,000”; (2) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following: “(4) the construction of reefs and related clean shell substrate for fish habitat, including manmade 3-dimensional oyster reefs, in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries in Maryland 114 STAT. 2613and Virginia if the reefs are preserved as permanent sanctuaries by the non-Federal interests, consistent with the recommendations of the scientific consensus document on Chesapeake Bay oyster restoration dated June 1999.”; and (3) by inserting after “25 percent.” the following: “In carrying out paragraph (4), the Chief of Engineers may solicit participation by and the services of commercial watermen in the construction of the reefs.”.
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