§ 2348a. NEPA reporting

• (a) In this section:
  • (1) The term “categorical exclusion” has the meaning given the term in section 1508.1 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).
  • (2) The term “environmental assessment” has the meaning given the term in section 1508.1 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).
  • (3) The term “environmental impact statement” means a detailed written statement required under section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C) ).
  • (4) The term “finding of no significant impact” has the meaning given the term in section 1508.1 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).
  • (5) The term “project study” means a feasibility study for a project carried out pursuant to section 2282 of this title for which a categorical exclusion may apply, or an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement is required, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
• (b)
  • (1)
    • (A) The Secretary shall carry out a process to track, and annually submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, a report containing the information described in subparagraph (B).
    • (B) The information referred to in subparagraph (A) is, with respect to the Corps of Engineers—
      • (i) the number of project studies for which a categorical exclusion was used during the reporting period;
      • (ii) the number of project studies for which the decision to use a categorical exclusion, to prepare an environmental assessment, or to prepare an environmental impact statement is pending on the date on which the report is submitted;
      • (iii) the number of project studies for which an environmental assessment was issued during the reporting period, broken down by whether a finding of no significant impact, if applicable, was based on mitigation;
      • (iv) the length of time the Corps of Engineers took to complete each environmental assessment described in clause (iii);
      • (v) the number of project studies pending on the date on which the report is submitted for which an environmental assessment is being drafted;
      • (vi) the number of project studies for which an environmental impact statement was issued during the reporting period;
      • (vii) the length of time the Corps of Engineers took to complete each environmental impact statement described in clause (vi); and
      • (viii) the number of project studies pending on the date on which the report is submitted for which an environmental impact statement is being drafted.
  • (2) The Secretary shall make each annual report required under paragraph (1) publicly available (including on a publicly available website).