33 U.S.C. § 2254 — Assessment of operation and maintenance needs of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway

(a) General rule. No later than 90 days after June 10, 2014, the Secretary shall assess the operation and maintenance needs of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.

(b) Activities covered. The assessment must cover use for (1) commercial navigation; (2) commercial fishing; (3) subsistence, including use by Indian tribes, as defined in section 5304 of title 25, for subsistence and ceremonies; (4) entering and leaving harbors of refuge; (5) transporting people; (6) domestic energy production, including making, servicing, and supplying domestic offshore energy facilities; (7) activities of the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard operates; (8) equipment for public health and safety responses to coastal and inland emergencies; (9) recreation; and (10) any other authorized purpose.

(c) Report to Congress. For fiscal year 2015 and every two years after that, together with the President's annual budget submission under section 1105(a) of title 31, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and make it publicly available. For both waterways, the report must (1) identify the operation and maintenance costs needed to achieve the authorized length, width, and depth; (2) identify the amount requested in the President's budget for those costs; and (3) identify unmet operation and maintenance needs.