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[CITE: 42USC1962d-21]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                  CHAPTER 19B--WATER RESOURCES PLANNING
 
                 SUBCHAPTER IV--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1962d-21. John Glenn Great Lakes basin program


(a) Strategic plans

                              (1) Study

        The Secretary shall conduct a comprehensive study of the Great 
    Lakes region to ensure the future use, management, and protection of 
    water resources and related resources of the Great Lakes basin.

                             (2) Report

        (A) In general

            As expeditiously as possible, but not later than 3 years 
        after August 17, 1999, and every 2 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 outlining 
        a strategic plan for Corps of Engineers programs and proposed 
        Corps of Engineers projects in the Great Lakes basin.

        (B) Contents

            The plan shall include--
                (i) details of projects in the Great Lakes region 
            relating to--
                    (I) navigation improvements, maintenance, and 
                operations for commercial and recreational vessels;
                    (II) environmental restoration activities;
                    (III) water level maintenance activities;
                    (IV) technical and planning assistance to States and 
                remedial action planning committees;
                    (V) sediment transport analysis, sediment management 
                planning, and activities to support prevention of excess 
                sediment loadings;
                    (VI) flood damage reduction and shoreline erosion 
                prevention; and
                    (VII) all other relevant activities of the Corps of 
                Engineers; and

                (ii) an analysis of factors limiting use of programs and 
            authorities of the Corps of Engineers in existence on August 
            17, 1999, in the Great Lakes basin, including the need for 
            new or modified authorities.

                 (3) Authorization of appropriations

        There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
    $1,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2000 through 2003.

(b) Great Lakes biohydrological information

                            (1) Inventory

        (A) In general

            Not later than 90 days after August 17, 1999, the Secretary 
        shall request each Federal agency that may possess information 
        relevant to the Great Lakes biohydrological system to provide an 
        inventory of all such information in the possession of the 
        agency.

        (B) Relevant information

            For the purpose of subparagraph (A), relevant information 
        includes information on--
                (i) ground and surface water hydrology;
                (ii) natural and altered tributary dynamics;
                (iii) biological aspects of the system influenced by and 
            influencing water quantity and water movement;
                (iv) meteorological projections and the impacts of 
            weather conditions on Great Lakes water levels; and
                (v) other Great Lakes biohydrological system data 
            relevant to sustainable water use management.

                             (2) Report

        (A) In general

            Not later than 18 months after August 17, 1999, the 
        Secretary, in consultation with the States, Indian tribes, and 
        Federal agencies, and after requesting information from the 
        provinces and the federal government of Canada, shall--
                (i) compile the inventories of information;
                (ii) analyze the information for consistency and gaps; 
            and
                (iii) submit to Congress, the International Joint 
            Commission, and the Great Lakes States a report that 
            includes recommendations on ways to improve the information 
            base on the biohydrological dynamics of the Great Lakes 
            ecosystem as a whole, so as to support environmentally sound 
            decisions regarding diversions and consumptive uses of Great 
            Lakes water.

        (B) Recommendations

            The recommendations in the report under subparagraph (A) 
        shall include recommendations relating to the resources and 
        funds necessary for implementing improvement of the information 
        base.

        (C) Considerations

            In developing the report under subparagraph (A), the 
        Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of State, the 
        Secretary of Transportation, and the heads of other agencies as 
        appropriate, shall consider and report on the status of the 
        issues described and recommendations made in--
                (i) the Report of the International Joint Commission to 
            the Governments of the United States and Canada under the 
            1977 reference issued in 1985; and
                (ii) the 1993 Report of the International Joint 
            Commission to the Governments of Canada and the United 
            States on Methods of Alleviating Adverse Consequences of 
            Fluctuating Water Levels in the Great Lakes St. Lawrence 
            Basin.

(c) Great Lakes recreational boating

    Not later than 18 months after August 17, 1999, the Secretary, using 
information and studies in existence on August 17, 1999, to the extent 
practicable, and in cooperation with the Great Lakes States, shall 
submit to Congress a report detailing the economic benefits of 
recreational boating in the Great Lakes basin, particularly at harbors 
benefiting from operation and maintenance projects of the Corps of 
Engineers.

(d) Cooperation

    In undertaking activities under this section, the Secretary shall--
        (1) encourage public participation; and
        (2) cooperate, and, as appropriate, collaborate, with Great 
    Lakes States, tribal governments, and Canadian federal, provincial, 
    and tribal governments.

(e) Water use activities and policies

    The Secretary may provide technical assistance to the Great Lakes 
States to develop interstate guidelines to improve the consistency and 
efficiency of State-level water use activities and policies in the Great 
Lakes basin.

(f) Cost sharing

    The Secretary may seek and accept funds from non-Federal entities to 
be used to pay up to 25 percent of the cost of carrying out subsections 
(b), (c), (d), and (e) of this section.

(Pub. L. 106-53, title IV, Sec. 455, Aug. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 330.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1999, and not as part of the Water Resources Planning Act which 
comprises this chapter.


                               Definitions

    Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 2 of Pub. L. 
106-53, set out as a note under section 2201 of Title 33, Navigation and 
Navigable Waters.
