To require the Secretary of the Army to conduct a study to determine the costs for the Corps of Engineers to ensure that certain project activities authorized under Nationwide Permit 14 comply with public safety conditions, and for other purposes.

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2095 To require the Secretary of the Army to conduct a study to determine the costs for the Corps of Engineers to ensure that certain project activities authorized under Nationwide Permit 14 comply with public safety conditions, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 19, 2021 Mr. LONG introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To require the Secretary of the Army to conduct a study to determine the costs for the Corps of Engineers to ensure that certain project activities authorized under Nationwide Permit 14 comply with public safety condi- tions, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. STUDY. 3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army, acting 4 through the Chief of Engineers, shall conduct a study to 5 determine the costs for the Corps of Engineers to— 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:00 May 19, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2095.IH H2095 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 2095 IH (1) include public safety as a condition for au- 1 thorizing a proposed project activity under Nation- 2 wide Permit 14; and 3 (2) inspect an authorized project activity after 4 construction to ensure that such project activity is 5 maintained in compliance with all conditions related 6 to public safety under Nationwide Permit 14. 7 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 8 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 9 the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 10 the House of Representatives and the Committee on Envi- 11 ronment and Public Works of the Senate a report con- 12 taining the results of the study conducted under sub- 13 section (a). 14 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 15 (1) NATIONWIDE PERMIT 14.—The term ‘‘Na- 16 tionwide Permit 14’’ means the nationwide permit, 17 relating to linear transportation projects, issued pur- 18 suant to section 10 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (33 19 U.S.C. 403) and section 404 of the Federal Water 20 Pollution Control Act. 21 (2) PROJECT ACTIVITY.—The term ‘‘project ac- 22 tivity’’ means an activity for which a permittee is re- 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:00 May 19, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2095.IH H2095 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 2095 IH quired to submit a pre-construction notification 1 under Nationwide Permit 14. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:00 May 19, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2095.IH H2095 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS