,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #gcb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,april #af1 #bjac   
,mr4 ,paul introduced the following     
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,environment and   
,public ,works  ,a ,,bill  ,to modify   
the criteria used by the ,corps of      
,engineers to dredge small ports4  #a4  
,modification of ,corps of ,engineers   
criteria to dredge small ports  7a7     
,minimum tonnage requirement            
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law 7including regulations71 effective  
beginning on the date of enactment of   
this ,act1 the tonnage requirement with 
respect to the consideration of dredging
 of small ports by the ,corps of        
,engineers shall be a minimum of        
#ejj1jjj tons1 as calculated in         
accordance with subsection 7b74  7b7    
,calculation ,for purposes of subsection
 7a7 and any other activity of the      
,corps of ,engineers carried out on or  
after the date of enactment of this     

,act1 tonnage shall be calculated by    
each relevant port authority and        
submitted to the ,corps of ,engineers4