REPORTS ON IMPACTS ON NAVIGABLE WATERWAYS.

SEC. 706. REPORTS ON IMPACTS ON NAVIGABLE WATERWAYS.(a) Reports Required.—120 STAT. 562(1) Interim report.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the impacts of Hurricane Katrina on navigable waterways and the response of the Coast Guard to such impacts.(2) Final report.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the submittal of the report required by paragraph (1), the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall submit to the committees referred to in paragraph (1) a report on the impacts of Hurricane Katrina on navigable waterways with respect to missions within the jurisdiction of the Coast Guard and the response of the Coast Guard to such impacts.(b) Elements.—Each report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:(1) A discussion and assessment of the impacts, and associated costs, of Hurricane Katrina on—(A) the navigable waterways of the United States;(B) facilities located in or on such waterways;(C) aids to navigation to maintain the safety of such waterways; and(D) any other equipment located in or on such waterways related to a mission of the Coast Guard.(2) An estimate of the costs to the Coast Guard of restoring the resources described in paragraph (1) and an assessment of the vulnerability of such resources to natural disasters in the future.(3) A discussion and assessment of the environmental impacts in areas within the Coast Guard’s jurisdiction of Hurricane Katrina, with a particular emphasis on any releases of oil or hazardous chemicals into the navigable waterways of the United States.(4) A discussion and assessment of the response of the Coast Guard to the impacts described in paragraph (3), including an assessment of environmental vulnerabilities in natural disasters in the future and an estimate of the costs of addressing such vulnerabilities.(c) Navigable Waterways of the United States.—In this section, the term “navigable waterways of the United States” includes waters of the United States as described in Presidential Proclamation No. 5928 of December 27, 1988.