§2254 Assessment of Operation and Maintenance Needs of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway

Summary

The Secretary must, within 90 days after June 10, 2014, check the operation and maintenance needs of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. The check must cover how the waterways are used for things like commercial navigation and fishing, tribal subsistence and ceremonial uses, access to safe harbors, moving people, supporting domestic energy work, Coast Guard activities, emergency response equipment, recreation, and any other authorized uses. For fiscal year 2015 and every two years after, the Secretary must send and publish a report with the President’s budget to Congress. The report must go to the Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House). It must show the costs to keep the waterways at their authorized length, width, and depth, state how much the President’s budget requests for those costs, and list any unmet operation and maintenance needs.