(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 .) Editorial Notes Amendments 2016—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 114–322, § 1154(1) , inserted “, at full Federal expense,” after “The Secretary may” in introductory provisions. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 114–322, § 1154(2) , substituted “reimbursed” for “funded”. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries “Secretary” Defined Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 2 of Pub. L. 113–121 , set out as a note under section 2201 of this title .