§1268a — Title 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters | U.S. Code

Summary

Within 45 days after the President sends the budget to Congress, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget must send a financial report to the relevant authorizing and appropriations committees in both the Senate and the House. The Director must work with each Great Lakes State governor and the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force, and the report must be certified by the Secretary of every agency that controls money for Great Lakes restoration activities. The report must show next year’s proposed budgets and any planned transfers for each federal agency working on Great Lakes restoration, and it must list federal and state spending for each of the past 5 fiscal years. It must give a detailed accounting of funds received and spent by federal agencies and, when available, state agencies using federal money for the current and previous fiscal years. It must also include a budget and a list of all federally funded projects planned for the upcoming fiscal year, with project descriptions, authorization levels, statuses, and the federal share of funding. Definitions: Great Lakes / Great Lakes State — same meanings as in 42 U.S.C. 1962d–22. Great Lakes restoration activities — Federal or State actions mainly inside the Great Lakes watershed to improve the lakes’ overall health.

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.

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.

§1268a Great Lakes Restoration Activities Report

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