42 U.S.C. § 1962d-16 : US Code - Section 1962D-16: Comprehensive plans for development, utilization, and conservation of water and related resources

Search 42 U.S.C. § 1962d-16 : US Code - Section 1962D-16: Comprehensive plans for development, utilization, and conservation of water and related resources

(a) Federal and State cooperation
The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers,
is authorized to cooperate with any State in the preparation of
comprehensive plans for the development, utilization, and
conservation of the water and related resources of drainage basins,
watersheds, or ecosystems located within the boundaries of such
State and to submit to Congress reports and recommendations with
respect to appropriate Federal participation in carrying out such
plans.
(b) Fees
(1) Establishment and collection
For the purpose of recovering 50 percent of the total cost of
providing assistance pursuant to this section, the Secretary of
the Army is authorized to establish appropriate fees, as
determined by the Secretary, and to collect such fees from States
and other non-Federal public bodies to whom assistance is
provided under this section.
(2) In-kind services
Up to 1/2 of the non-Federal contribution for preparation of
a plan subject to the cost sharing program under this subsection
may be made by the provision of services, materials, supplies, or
other in-kind services necessary to prepare the plan.
(3) Deposit and use
Fees collected under this subsection shall be deposited into
the account in the Treasury of the United States entitled,
"Contributions and Advances, Rivers and Harbors, Corps of
Engineers (8862)" and shall be available until expended to carry
out this section.
(c) Authorization of appropriations; general and State limitation
There is authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $10,000,000
annually to carry out the provisions of this section except that
not more than $500,000 shall be expended in any one year in any one
State.
(d) "State" defined
For the purposes of this section, the term "State" means the
several States of the United States, Indian tribes, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin
Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, and the Trust
Territory of the Pacific Islands.