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§1268a Great Lakes restoration activities report

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Summary

Great Lakes and Great Lakes State — mean what they do in 42 U.S.C. 1962d–22. Great Lakes restoration activities — any Federal or State work mostly inside the Great Lakes watershed that aims to improve the health of the Great Lakes ecosystem. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget must send a certified financial report to the Senate and House committees that authorize and fund programs within 45 days after the President’s budget is sent to Congress. The Director must prepare the report with each Great Lakes State governor and the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force, and each agency secretary with budget authority for Great Lakes work must certify it. The report must show each federal agency’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year (including planned transfers and amounts under existing Great Lakes laws); list all federal and state spending for each of the 5 prior fiscal years; give a detailed accounting of funds received and obligated by federal agencies (and, if available, state agencies using federal funds) for the current and previous fiscal years; and provide a project budget and a list of all projects for the upcoming fiscal year with the federal share, including project descriptions, authorization levels, and status.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §1268a

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(a)For purposes of this section the following definitions apply:
(1)The terms “Great Lakes” and “Great Lakes State” have the same meanings as such terms have in section 1962d–22 of title 42.
(2)The term “Great Lakes restoration activities” means any Federal or State activity primarily or entirely within the Great Lakes watershed that seeks to improve the overall health of the Great Lakes ecosystem.
(b)Hereafter, not later than 45 days after submission of the budget of the President to Congress, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in coordination with the Governor of each Great Lakes State and the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force, shall submit to the appropriate authorizing and appropriating committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives a financial report, certified by the Secretary of each agency that has budget authority for Great Lakes restoration activities, containing—
(1)an interagency budget crosscut report that—
(A)displays the budget proposed, including any planned interagency or intra-agency transfer, for each of the Federal agencies that carries out Great Lakes restoration activities in the upcoming fiscal year, separately reporting the amount of funding to be provided under existing laws pertaining to the Great Lakes ecosystem; and
(B)identifies all expenditures in each of the 5 prior fiscal years by the Federal Government and State governments for Great Lakes restoration activities;
(2)a detailed accounting of all funds received and obligated by all Federal agencies and, to the extent available, State agencies using Federal funds, for Great Lakes restoration activities during the current and previous fiscal years;
(3)a budget for the proposed projects (including a description of the project, authorization level, and project status) to be carried out in the upcoming fiscal year with the Federal portion of funds for activities; and
(4)a listing of all projects to be undertaken in the upcoming fiscal year with the Federal portion of funds for activities.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2014, and also as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014, and not as part of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act which comprises this chapter.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 1268a

Title 33Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73