33 U.S.C. § 579a: Corps budgeting; project deauthorizations; comprehensive backlog report

Any project authorized for construction by this Act shall not be authorized after the last day of the 5-year period beginning on November 17, 1986 , unless during such period funds have been obligated for construction, including planning and designing, of such project. Not later than one year after November 17, 1986 , the Secretary shall transmit to Congress a list of unconstructed projects, or unconstructed separable elements of projects, which have been authorized, but have received no obligations during the 10 full fiscal years preceding the transmittal of such list. A project or separable element included in such list is not authorized after December 31, 1989 , if funds have not been obligated for construction of such project or element after November 17, 1986 , and before December 31, 1989 . a complete list of all projects and separable elements of projects of the Corps of Engineers that are authorized for construction but have not been completed; a complete list of all feasibility studies of the Corps of Engineers that Congress has authorized the Secretary to carry out for which a Report of the Chief of Engineers has not been issued; a complete list of all environmental infrastructure projects authorized by Congress under section 219 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 ( 106 Stat. 4835 ); and a list of major Federal operation and maintenance needs of projects and properties under the control of the Corps of Engineers. the date of authorization of the feasibility study, project, or separable element, including any subsequent modifications to the original authorization; the original budget authority for the feasibility study, project, or separable element; a brief description of the feasibility study, project, or separable element; the estimated date of completion of the feasibility study, project, or separable element, assuming all capability is fully funded; the estimated total cost of completion of the feasibility study, project, or separable element; the amount of funds spent on the feasibility study, project, or separable element, including Federal and non-Federal funds; the amount of appropriations estimated to be required in each fiscal year during the period of construction to complete the project or separable element by the date specified under clause (iv); the location of the feasibility study, project, or separable element; a statement from the non-Federal interest for the project or separable element indicating the non-Federal interest’s capability to provide the required local cooperation estimated to be required for the project or separable element in each fiscal year during the period of construction; the benefit-cost ratio of the project or separable element, calculated using the discount rate specified by the Office of Management and Budget for purposes of preparing the President’s budget pursuant to chapter 11 of title 31; the benefit-cost ratio of the project or separable element, calculated using the discount rate utilized by the Corps of Engineers for water resources development project planning pursuant to section 1962d–17 of title 42 ; and the last fiscal year in which the project or separable element incurred obligations. the authority under which the project was authorized or the property was acquired by the Corps of Engineers; a brief description of the project or property; an estimate of the Federal costs to meet the major operation and maintenance needs at the project or property; and an estimate of unmet or deferred operation and maintenance needs at the project or property. the Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. The Secretary shall make a copy of the lists available on a publicly accessible website site 1 in a manner that is downloadable, searchable, and sortable. 1 So in original.