I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 73, line 24, strike the closed quotation mark and the final period. Page 73, after line 24, insert the following: ``(n) Facilitating Commercial Waterborne Transportation.-- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or rights granted thereunder, and provided that the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) are met, a property owner may develop, construct, operate, and maintain pier, wharf, or other such load-out structures on that property and on or above adjacent beds of the navigable waters of the United States to facilitate the commercial waterborne transportation of domestic aggregate that may supply an eligible project under this section, including salt, sand, and gravel, from reserves located within ten miles of the property.''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 512, the gentleman from California (Mr. Hunter) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California.
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