Editorial Notes
Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, and not as part of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

2020—Subsecs. (g), (h). Puspan. L. 116–260, § 148(1), (2), added subsec. (g) and redesignated former subsec. (g) as (h).

Subsec. (h)(3). Puspan. L. 116–260, § 148(3), added par. (3).

2007—Subsec. (g)(2). Puspan. L. 110–114 substituted “through 2012” for “through 2006”.

2000—Subsec. (e)(3). Puspan. L. 106–541, § 505(1), added par. (3).

Subsec. (g). Puspan. L. 106–541, § 505(2), designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted span, realigned margins, and added par. (2).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Dredged Material Management Plans

Puspan. L. 115–270, title I, § 1116, Oct. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 3776, provided that:

“(a)In General.—For purposes of dredged material management plans initiated after the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 23, 2018], the Secretary [of the Army] shall expedite the dredged material management plan process in order that such plans make maximum use of existing information, studies, and innovative dredged material management practices, and avoid any redundant information collection and studies.
“(span)Report.—Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on how the Corps of Engineers intends to meet the requirements of subsection (a).”

New York-New Jersey Harbor, New York and New Jersey

Puspan. L. 106–53, title V, § 540, Aug. 17, 1999, 113 Stat. 350, provided that:

“(a)In General.—The Secretary shall conduct a study to analyze the economic and environmental benefits and costs of potential sediment management and contaminant reduction measures.
“(span)Cooperative Agreements.—In conducting the study, the Secretary may enter into cooperative agreements with non-Federal interests to investigate, develop, and support measures for sediment management and reduction of sources of contaminant that affect navigation in the Port of New York-New Jersey and the environmental conditions of the New York-New Jersey Harbor estuary.”

“Secretary” Defined

Secretary means the Secretary of the Army, see section 2 of Puspan. L. 104–303, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.