HYDRAULIC EVALUATION OF UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ILLINOIS RIVER.

SEC. 8219. [33 U.S.C. 652 note] HYDRAULIC EVALUATION OF UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ILLINOIS RIVER. (a) Study.—The Secretary, in coordination with relevant Federal agencies, shall, at Federal expense, periodically carry out a study to— (1) evaluate the flow frequency probabilities of the Upper Mississippi River and the Illinois River; and (2) develop updated water surface profiles for such rivers. (b) Area of Evaluation.—In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall conduct analysis along the mainstem of the Mississippi River from upstream of the Minnesota River confluence near Anoka, Minnesota, to just upstream of the Ohio River confluence near Cairo, Illinois, and along the Illinois River from Dresden Island Lock and Dam to the confluence with the Mississippi River, near Grafton, Illinois. (c) Reports.—Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than every 20 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report containing the results of a study carried out under subsection (a). (d) Public Availability.—Any information developed under subsection (a) shall be made publicly available, including on a publicly available website.