§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 check what work is needed to operate and maintain the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. The check must cover 10 kinds of uses, such as commercial navigation and fishing; subsistence use (including use by Indian tribes as defined in section 5304 of title 25); access to harbors of refuge; moving people; supporting domestic energy production and Coast Guard work; emergency health and safety equipment; recreation; and any other authorized purpose. For fiscal year 2015, and every two years after, when the President sends the annual budget under section 1105(a) of title 31, the Secretary must send and publish a report to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. The report must show the operation and maintenance costs needed to reach the authorized length, width, and depth; the amount requested in the President’s budget for those costs; and any unmet operation and maintenance needs.