Report to Congress on authorized studies and projects

Not later than February 1 of each year, the Secretary shall develop and submit to Congress an annual report, to be entitled “Report to Congress on Authorized Water Resources Development Projects and Studies”, that identifies— The Secretary shall include in each report submitted under this section only a feasibility study or water resources development project— for which a non-Federal interest— The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, describe in each report submitted under this section the benefits, as described in clause (ii), of each feasibility study and water resources development project included in the report. The benefits referred to in clause (i) are benefits to— The Secretary shall include in each report submitted under this section, for each feasibility study and water resources development project included in the report— an estimate, to the extent practicable, of the Federal, non-Federal, and total costs of the study or project, including, to the extent practicable, the fully funded capability of the Corps of Engineers for— The Secretary shall include in each report submitted under this section a certification stating that each feasibility study or water resources development project included in the report meets the criteria described in paragraph (1)(A). The Secretary shall not omit from a report submitted under this section a study or project that otherwise meets the criteria for inclusion in the report solely on the basis of a policy of the Secretary. If the Secretary omits from a report submitted under this section a study or project that otherwise meets the criteria for inclusion in the report, the Secretary shall include with the report an appendix that lists the name of the study or project and reason for its omission. The Secretary may submit a report under this section in conjunction with the submission of the annual report under section 2282d of this title. On submission of each report under this section, the Secretary shall make the report publicly available, including through publication on the internet. In this section: The term “non-Federal interest” has the meaning given that term in section 1962d–5b of title 42. The term “water resources development project” includes a separable element of a project, a project under an environmental infrastructure assistance program, and a project the authorized purposes of which include water supply.