33 U.S.C. § 426e–2

Clarification of munition disposal authorities

(a) In general

The Secretary may, at full Federal expense, implement any response action the Secretary determines to be necessary at a site where—

(1)

the Secretary has carried out a project under civil works authority of the Secretary that includes placing sand on a beach; and

(2)

as a result of the project described in paragraph (1), military munitions that were originally released as a result of Department of Defense activities are deposited on the beach, posing a threat to human health or the environment.

(b) Response action funding

A response action described in subsection (a) shall be reimbursed from amounts made available to the agency within the Department of Defense responsible for the original release of the munitions.

( Pub. L. 113–121, title I, § 1027 , June 10, 2014 , 128 Stat. 1230 ; Pub. L. 114–322, title I, § 1154 , Dec. 16, 2016 , 130 Stat. 1663 .)