Detrimental Erosion Forcing Enhanced Needs to the Defend the Great Lakes Act or the DEFEND the Great Lakes Act
To require the Secretary of the Army to initiate at least 5 projects to 
 reduce the loss and degradation of Great Lakes coastal wetlands, 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 ``Detrimental Erosion Forcing Enhanced 
Needs to Defend the Great Lakes Act'' or the ``DEFEND the Great Lakes 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROJECTS TO PROTECT GREAT LAKES COASTAL WETLANDS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall initiate not less than 5 
projects under section 206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1996 (33 U.S.C. 2330).
    (b) Project Type.--Each of the projects initiated under subsection 
(a) shall be a project to reduce the risk of loss and degradation of 
coastal wetlands along the shorelines of the Great Lakes due to 
shoreline erosion caused by high velocity waves and high water events.
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DEFEND the Great Lakes Act
To require the Secretary of the Army to initiate at least 5 projects to reduce the loss and degradation of Great Lakes coastal wetlands, and for other purposes.
DEFEND the Great Lakes Act
Detrimental Erosion Forcing Enhanced Needs to Defend the Great Lakes Act
Rep. Joyce, David P.