33 U.S.C. § 2283a: Status report

Summary

At the same time the President sends Congress the yearly Civil Works budget request, the Secretary must send a report to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. The report must say how projects that need mitigation under section 2283 are progressing, how the mitigation itself is going, and the results of the consultations called for in section 2283(d)(4)(B). The report must cover projects now under construction, projects the President is asking money for next year, and projects finished but still missing required mitigation. The Secretary must use one consistent method that gives both written and numeric status for each project, include exact dates for the consultations under 2283(d)(4)(B), and make the report public, including online.

Title 33, §2283a

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(1)In general

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)Projects included

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

(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)Information included

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)Availability of information

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.

§2283a Status Report