§2254 Assessment of operation and maintenance needs of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway

Summary

Within 90 days after June 10, 2014, the Secretary must assess the operation and maintenance needs of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. The review must look at how the waterways are used, including commercial navigation and fishing; tribal subsistence and ceremonial uses; access to harbors of refuge; transport of people; support for domestic energy work; Coast Guard activities; emergency response equipment for coastal and inland incidents; recreation; and other authorized purposes. For fiscal year 2015 and every two years after, the Secretary must send and make public a report, timed with the President’s annual budget to Congress, to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. The report must say what it will cost to reach the authorized length, width, and depth; show how much the President’s budget asks for operation and maintenance; and list the unmet operation and maintenance needs.