Pub. L. 113-121, tit. I, sec. 1042 (as amended)
REPORTS TO CONGRESS.
SEC. 1042. [33 U.S.C. 2201 note] REPORTS TO CONGRESS.
(a) In General.—Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall complete and submit to Congress by the applicable date required the reports that address public safety and enhanced local participation in project delivery described in subsection (b).
(b) Reports.—The reports referred to in subsection (a) are the reports required under—
(1) subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 1043(a)(5);
(2) section 1046(a)(2)(B);
(3) section 210(e)(3) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2238(e)(3)) (as amended by section 2102(a)); and
(4) section 7001.
(c) Failure To Provide a Completed Report.—
(1) In general.—Subject to subsection (d), if the Secretary fails to provide a report listed under subsection (b) by the date that is 180 days after the applicable date required for that report, $5,000 shall be reprogrammed from the General Expenses account of the civil works program of the Army Corps of Engineers into the account of the division of the Army Corps of Engineers with responsibility for completing that report.
(2) Subsequent reprogramming.—Subject to subsection (d), for each additional week after the date described in paragraph (1) in which a report described in that paragraph remains uncompleted and unsubmitted to Congress, $5,000 shall be reprogrammed from the General Expenses account of the civil works program of the Army Corps of Engineers into the account of the division of the Secretary of the Army with responsibility for completing that report.
(d) Limitations.—
(1) In general.—For each report, the total amounts reprogrammed under subsection (c) shall not exceed, in any fiscal year, $50,000.
(2) Aggregate limitation.—The total amount reprogrammed under subsection (c) in a fiscal year shall not exceed $200,000.
(e) No Fault of the Secretary.—Amounts shall not be reprogrammed under subsection (c) if the Secretary certifies in a letter to the applicable committees of Congress that—
(1) a major modification has been made to the content of the report that requires additional analysis for the Secretary to make a final decision on the report;
(2) amounts have not been appropriated to the agency under this Act or any other Act to carry out the report; or
(3) additional information is required from an entity other than the Corps of Engineers and is not available in a timely manner to complete the report by the deadline.
(f) Limitation.—The Secretary shall not reprogram funds to the General Expenses account of the civil works program of the Corps of Engineers for the loss of the funds.
- Cross-references to the US Code
- 33 U.S.C. 2201 note