33 U.S.C. § 2804 — Report to Congress
submitted 34 years ago by Pub. L. 92-532 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 188 words · no verdicts yet
Every other year beginning in 1993, the Administrator and Under Secretary must report to specified congressional committees on the condition of the Nation’s coastal ecosystems. The report must address ecosystem health, trends, degradation sources, floatables, government programs, monitoring adequacy, and monitoring results.
On September 30 of every other year beginning in 1993, the Administrator and Under Secretary must jointly report to the listed Senate and House committees. The report must describe the Nation’s coastal-ecosystem condition and include: (1) an assessment of ecosystem status and health; (2) an evaluation of environmental trends; (3) identification of sources of environmental degradation; (4) an assessment of how far floatables degrade ecosystems, including accumulation trends and threats to aquatic life; (5) an assessment of government programs designed to reduce degradation; (6) an evaluation of monitoring-program adequacy and identification of needed additional elements; and (7) a summary of monitoring results in areas monitored under section 2803(d).
On September 30 of each other year beginning in 1993, the Administrator and the Under Secretary shall jointly submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives a report describing the condition of the Nation’s coastal ecosystems, including the following:
an assessment of the status and health of the Nation’s coastal ecosystems;
an evaluation of environmental trends in coastal ecosystems;
identification of sources of enironmental 1 degradation affecting coastal ecosystems;
an assessment of the extent to which floatables degrade coastal ecosystems, including trends in the accumulation of floatables and the threat posed by floatables to aquatic life;
an assessment of the impact of government programs designed to abate the degradation of coastal ecosystems: 2
an evaluation of the adequacy of monitoring programs and identification of any additional program elements which may be needed; and
a summary of monitoring results in areas monitored under subsection 3 2803(d) of this title.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 92–532, title V, § 504, as added Pub. L. 102–567, title V, § 501, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4299.)
- 1992Enacted · Pub. L. 92-532 · 106 Stat. 4299
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