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§2907 Reporting

Title 33 › CHAPTER 42 — ESTUARY RESTORATION › § 2907

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must send Congress a report on the results of work done under this chapter by September 30, 2008, and then every 2 years after that. The Secretary must consider the Council’s advice before sending the report. The report must say how many acres of estuary habitat were restored and describe the projects and partners; include monitoring data from the database under section 2906(b) showing short‑ and long‑term progress; estimate long‑term success of different restoration methods; and review how the information is used, how the database is kept up to date, and how the information is shared with people who help with restoration.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §2907

Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In general
Not later than September 30, 2008, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary, after considering the advice and recommendations of the Council, shall transmit to Congress a report on the results of activities carried out under this chapter.
(b)Contents of report
A report under subsection (a) shall include—
(1)data on the number of acres of estuary habitat restored under this chapter, including descriptions of, and partners involved with, projects selected, in progress, and completed under this chapter that comprise those acres;
(2)information from the database established under section 2906(b) of this title related to ongoing monitoring of projects to ensure that short-term and long-term restoration goals are achieved;
(3)an estimate of the long-term success of varying restoration techniques used in carrying out estuary habitat restoration projects;
(4)a review of how the information described in paragraphs (1) through (3) has been incorporated in the selection and implementation of estuary habitat restoration projects;
(5)a review of efforts made to maintain an appropriate database of restoration projects carried out under this chapter; and
(6)a review of the measures taken to provide the information described in paragraphs (1) through (3) to persons with responsibility for assisting in the restoration of estuary habitat.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2007—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–114 substituted “Not later than
September 30, 2008, and every 2 years thereafter” for “At the end of the third and fifth fiscal years following
November 7, 2000”.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 2907

Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110