About HR3080

Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014

Policy Area: Water Resources Development

Sponsor: Rep. Shuster, Bill [R-PA-9] (R-PA)

Latest Action (2014-06-10): Became Public Law No: 113-121.

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since the Conference Report was filed in the House on May 15, 2014. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 – Title I: Program Reforms And Streamlining – (Sec. 1001) Revises requirements for feasibility studies initiated under the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (WRDA of 1986) to: (1) require a final report on a study not later than three years after its initiation; (2) limit the maximum federal cost of any such study to $3 million; and (3) require personnel of the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to conduct concurrent reviews of feasibility studies (currently, sequential reviews are permitted). Requires the Secretary of the Army, not later than 30 days after making a determination that a feasibility study will not be conducted in accordance with such limitations, to: (1) prepare an updated feasibility study schedule and cost estimate, (2) notify the non-federal feasibility cost-sharing partner that the study has been delayed, and (3) provide written notice to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (congressional public works committees) explaining the reasons for noncompliance. Terminates the authority for any feasibility study that is not completed within one year after the Secretary makes a determination of noncompliance, except that the Secretary may extend the timeline of a feasibility study for

Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures, Administrative remedies, Advanced technology and technological innovations, Advisory bodies, Agricultural conservation and pollution, Alabama, Alaska, Alternative and renewable resources

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