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HR 3113 104th Congress House Water Resources Development Commerce Construction costs Dredging Economics and Public Finance Environmental Protection Federal aid to water resources development Government trust funds Harbors Hazardous waste disposal Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Navigation New Jersey New York City Sedimentation Transportation and Public Works Waste disposal in the ocean Waste disposal sites

Partnership for Productive Ports Act

Introduced: March 19, 1996 Introduced by: Pallone, Frank Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Apr 1, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
Mar 21, 1996
Hearings Held by the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment Prior to Referral.
Mar 19, 1996
Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
Mar 19, 1996
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Partnership for Productive Ports Act - Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to: (1) require the Federal share of the cost of creation of confined dredged material disposal facilities to be determined in the same manner as such costs are determined for a harbor navigation project under such Act; (2) define "confined disposal facility" as any alternative to ocean disposal or ocean disposal with capping; and (3) include costs related to confined disposal facilities as operation and maintenance costs under such Act.

Directs the Secretary of the Army to create, operate, and maintain a confined dredged material disposal facility in the Port of New York and New Jersey.

What's happening now April 1, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3113: Partnership for Productive Ports Act. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-3113/
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