Pub. L. 116-260, div. AA, tit. I, sec. 116 (as amended)
FEASIBILITY STUDIES; REVIEW OF NATURAL AND NATURE-BASED FEATURES.
SEC. 116. FEASIBILITY STUDIES; REVIEW OF NATURAL AND NATURE-BASED FEATURES.
(a) Technical Correction.—Section 1149(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2018 (33 U.S.C. 2282 note; 132
Stat. 3787) is amended by striking “natural infrastructure alternatives” and inserting “natural feature or nature-based feature alternatives (as such terms are defined in section 1184 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (32 U.S.C. 2289a))”.
(b) [33 U.S.C. 2282 note] Summary of Analysis.—To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall include in each feasibility report developed under section 905 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2282) for a project that contains a flood risk management or hurricane and storm damage risk reduction element, a summary of the natural feature or nature-based feature alternatives, along with their long-term costs and benefits, that were evaluated in the development of the feasibility report, and, if such alternatives were not included in the recommended plan, an explanation of why such alternatives were not included in the recommended plan.
- Cross-references to the US Code
- 33 U.S.C. 2282 note