33 U.S.C. § 579g: Annual reports

Summary

Within 10 days after the President sends the yearly budget to Congress, the Secretary must send a report to four Congressional committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure, House Appropriations, Senate Environment and Public Works, and Senate Appropriations. The report must say if each required report has been started, list money already given and money still needed, and give a clear plan with an expected timeline to finish each report. The Secretary must post these reports on the Corps of Engineers website and, every year, send a draft of each report to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. A “covered report” means any report the Secretary must give under this Act or under any water resources authorization law passed after January 4, 2025, that has not yet been sent. It does not include a feasibility study as defined in section 2215(d).

Title 33, §579g

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(1)In general

Not later than 10 days after the date on which the budget of the President for each fiscal year is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Environment and Public Works and Appropriations of the Senate a report on the status of each covered report.

(2)Elements

The Secretary shall include in the report required under paragraph (1) the following information:

(A)A summary of the status of each covered report, including if each such report has been initiated.

(B)The amount of funds that—

(i)have been made available to carry out each such report; and

(ii)the Secretary requires to complete each such report.

(C)A detailed assessment of how the Secretary intends to complete each covered report, including an anticipated timeline for completion.

(3)Publicly available

The Secretary shall make each report required under paragraph (1) publicly available on the website of the Corps of Engineers.

(4)Notification of committees

The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Environment and Public Works of the Senate on an annual basis a draft of each covered report.

(5)Definition of covered report

In this subsection, the term “covered report”—

(A)means any report or study required to be submitted by the Secretary under this Act or any Act providing authorizations for water resources development projects enacted after January 4, 2025, to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate that has not been so submitted; and

(B)does not include a feasibility study (as such term is defined in section 2215(d) of this title).

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in par. (5)(A), probably means div. A of Pub. L. 118–272, Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 2996, known as the Water Resources Development Act of 2024. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

of 2025 Amendment note set out under section 2201 of this title and Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

“Secretary” Defined Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 1002 of div. A of Pub. L. 118–272, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.

§579g Annual Reports