§2283a — Title 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters | U.S. Code

Summary

When the President sends Congress the Civil Works budget request for a year, the Secretary must also send a report to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee about projects that need mitigation, how that mitigation is going, and the results of the required consultations. The report must cover projects that are now under construction, projects the President wants funded next year, and projects that were built but still need the required mitigation. The Secretary must use one consistent method for every project, give both words and numbers about progress, list exact dates for the required consultations, and make the report available to the public, including online.

Title 33, §2283a

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(1)Concurrent with the President’s submission to Congress of the President’s request for appropriations for the Civil Works Program for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report on the status of construction of projects that require mitigation under section 2283 of this title, the status of such mitigation, and the results of the consultation under subsection (d)(4)(B) of such section.

(2)The status report shall include the status of—

(A)all projects that are under construction as of the date of the report;

(B)all projects for which the President requests funding for the next fiscal year; and

(C)all projects that have undergone or completed construction, but have not completed the mitigation required under section 2283 of this title.

(3)In reporting the status of all projects included in the report, the Secretary shall—

(A)use a uniform methodology for determining the status of all projects included in the report;

(B)use a methodology that describes both a qualitative and quantitative status for all projects in the report; and

(C)provide specific dates for participation in the consultations required under section 2283(d)(4)(B) of this title.

(4)The Secretary shall make information contained in the status report available to the public, including on the Internet.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007, and not as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

2014—Pars. (3), (4). Pub. L. 113–121 added par. (3) and redesignated former par. (3) as (4).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

“Secretary” Defined Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 2 of Pub. L. 110–114, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.

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