§1268a Great Lakes Restoration Activities Report

Summary

The Director of the Office of Management and Budget must, within 45 days after the President sends the budget to Congress, send a certified financial report to the Senate and House committees that oversee and fund programs. The Director must work with each Great Lakes State Governor and the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force, and each agency Secretary that controls Great Lakes restoration money must certify the report. The report must include four things: an interagency budget crosscut showing each Federal agency’s proposed funding for the coming year and all Federal and State spending for the past 5 fiscal years; a detailed accounting of funds received and obligated by Federal agencies (and State agencies using Federal funds) for the current and prior years; a budget for proposed projects with a description, authorization level, and status; and a list of all projects for the upcoming year with the Federal share of funding. Definitions: “Great Lakes” and “Great Lakes State” use the meanings in 42 U.S.C. 1962d–22. “Great Lakes restoration activities” means Federal or State activities in the Great Lakes watershed that aim to improve the lakes’ ecosystem.