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In Section 7001 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) of 2014 (P.L. 113-121; 33 U.S.C. \u00a72282d), Congress established an annual process for identifying proposals for site-specific studies and projects within USACE\u2019s water resource mission and authorities. The process includes a call for nonfederal proposals and concludes with a report by the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works (ASACW) to USACE\u2019s congressional authorizing committees. \nCongress authorizes USACE studies and projects prior to appropriating funds and typically considers omnibus USACE water resource authorization bills biennially, typically titled as Water Resources Development Acts (WRDAs). Most project-specific authorizations in WRDAs fall into three categories: feasibility studies, construction projects, or modifications to existing authorizations. (See this CRS report for more on the USACE authorization process.) \nInclusion of a proposal in a Section 7001 annual report does not provide congressional authorization or appropriation. Rather, inclusion facilitates congressional consideration of the proposal\u2019s authorization (in a manner consistent with congressional earmark moratorium policies). For example, Congress has used Section 7001 annual reports from 2015 through 2018 in developing WRDA 2016 (Title I of P.L. 114-322) and WRDA 2018 (Title I of P.L. 115-270). USACE accepts nonfederal proposals for consideration in Section 7001 annual reports over a 120-day period. The nonfederal proposal submission period for the 2021 report opened on May 1, 2020, with an August 31, 2020 submission deadline.\nSection 7001 Report\nSection 7001 of WRRDA 2014, as amended, directs the ASACW to submit an annual report to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. The report may include the following:\ncompleted feasibility reports;\nproposed feasibility studies;\nproposed modifications to authorized studies and projects; and\nproposed modifications to environmental infrastructure assistance projects and programs. \nFor proposals to be included, Section 7001 requires that proposals \n(i) are related to the missions and authorities of the Corps of Engineers; (ii) require specific congressional authorization, including by an Act of Congress; (iii) have not been congressionally authorized; (iv) have not been included in any previous annual report; and (v) if authorized, could be carried out by the USACE.\nThe Section 7001 annual report includes only those proposals that the ASACW determines have met all five criteria. Proposals that do not meet all five criteria are placed in the report\u2019s appendix. For most proposals listed in the appendix of past reports, an authority already existed to perform the requested activity or the proposal did not fit within the USACE\u2019s missions and authorities (i.e., navigation, flood risk management, or aquatic ecosystem restoration). \nNonfederal Proposals\nThe annual report is based, in part, on proposals for study authorization and modification to authorized studies, projects, and environmental infrastructure assistance submitted by nonfederal interests. The annual Section 7001 process begins with the publication of a notice in the Federal Register requesting proposals from nonfederal interests. \nNonfederal proposals are to include the following information:\ndescription of the proposal (proposed feasibility study or modification to an authorized USACE project, an authorized USACE study, or an environmental infrastructure authority); \ndescription of the purpose of the proposed activity and its relation to USACE missions and authorities;\nname of the nonfederal interest anticipated to act as the nonfederal sponsor and all other nonfederal interests;\ndescription of monetary and nonmonetary benefits of the proposal;\nfederal and nonfederal shares of the proposed activity\u2019s cost and a total cost estimate;\na statement of support and financial ability from associated nonfederal interests; and\ndescription of local support. \nUSACE encourages nonfederal interests to consult with their local USACE districts to determine whether their proposals meet the Section 7001 criteria. According to the Federal Register notice published on May 1, 2020, nonfederal interests do not need to submit completed feasibility reports through the Section 7001 proposal process for project authorization.\nTransmitted Reports and WRDA Authorization\nThe ASACW transmitted Section 7001 annual reports to the authorizing committees in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. These reports are available at USACE, \u201cReport to Congress on Future Water Resources Development.\u201d While transmission of the 2020 report was expected in February 2020, the report was not on USACE\u2019s website as of early May 2020.\nIn Section 1401 of WRDA 2018, Congress authorized all projects with feasibility reports that were included in the 2017 and 2018 Section 7001 annual reports. Nineteen of the 20 nonfederal proposals in the bodies of the 2017 and 2018 reports were incorporated into WRDA 2018. Of these, Congress authorized most of the proposals as feasibility studies in Sections 1201 and 1202. Others were authorized as project modifications in Section 1303 or as projects in Sections 1401 and 1403. \nIn Section 1203 of WRDA 2018, Congress also included some proposals from the appendixes of the 2017 and 2018 reports and directed the ASACW to expedite completion of the listed studies. ASACW had listed many of these proposals in the annual reports\u2019 appendixes, based on an existing study authorization. \nThe Section 7001 annual report for 2019 included 4 reports by the Chief of Engineers (also known as Chief\u2019s reports), 15 nonfederal proposals in the body of the report, and 19 nonfederal proposals in the appendix. The report also included recommendations by the ASACW (e.g., one nonfederal feasibility report and three proposed storage use plans) and provides information in fulfilment of two reporting requirements from WRRDA 2014.\nThe Senate Environment and Public Works Committee introduced a water resources authorization bill, S. 3591, on May 4, 2020. 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Transmission of the report to Congress is expected in February 2020. \nSection 7001 Report\nSection 7001 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (WRRDA 2014), as amended, directs the ASACW to submit an annual report to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. The report may include the following:\ncompleted feasibility reports;\nproposed feasibility studies;\nproposed modifications to authorized studies and projects; and\nproposed modifications to environmental infrastructure assistance projects and programs. \nFor proposals to be included, Section 7001 requires that proposals \n(i) are related to the missions and authorities of the Corps of Engineers; (ii) require specific congressional authorization, including by an Act of Congress; (iii) have not been congressionally authorized; (iv) have not been included in any previous annual report; and (v) if authorized, could be carried out by the USACE.\nThe Section 7001 annual report includes only those proposals that the ASACW determines have met all five criteria. Proposals that do not meet all five criteria are placed in the report\u2019s appendix. 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USACE is accepting nonfederal proposals for consideration for inclusion in the 2020 Section 7001 annual report at http://www.wrrda7001proposals.us/ through August 27, 2019. \nSection 7001 Report\nSection 7001 of WRRDA 2014, as amended, directs the Secretary of the Army to submit an annual report to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. The report may include the following:\ncompleted feasibility reports;\nproposed feasibility studies;\nproposed modifications to authorized studies and projects; and\nproposed modifications to environmental infrastructure assistance authorities.\nThe Section 7001 criteria for inclusion in the annual report are: \nThe Secretary shall include in the annual report only those feasibility reports, proposed feasibility studies, and proposed modifications to authorized water resources development projects and feasibility studies that\u2014(i) are related to the missions and authorities of the Corps of Engineers; (ii) require specific congressional authorization, including by an Act of Congress; (iii) have not been congressionally authorized; (iv) have not been included in any previous annual report; and (v) if authorized, could be carried out by the Corps of Engineers.\nThe Section 7001 annual report includes only those proposals that the ASACW determines have met all five criteria. Proposals that do not meet all five criteria are placed in the report\u2019s appendix, and the criteria that are not met are identified. For example, for the first criterion, the Administration considers recreation, hydropower, and water supply proposals for inclusion in the body of the report only if these activities are proposed in conjunction with one or more of USACE\u2019s primary missions of navigation, flood risk management, or aquatic ecosystem restoration. For most proposals listed in the appendix of past reports, an authority already existed to perform the requested activity or the proposal did not fit within the identified USACE\u2019s missions and authorities. \nNonfederal Entity Proposals\nThe annual report is based, in part, on proposals for study authorization and modification to authorized studies, projects, and environmental infrastructure assistance submitted by nonfederal interests. Nonfederal proposals are solicited through the Section 7001 process, which begins with notice in the Federal Register. For the 2020 Section 7001 annual report, USACE published a notice on April 29, 2019, requesting nonfederal submissions. \nNonfederal entity proposals are to include the following information:\ndescription of the proposal (proposed feasibility study, modification to authorized USACE project, modification to authorized USACE study, modification to an environmental infrastructure authority); \ndescription of the purpose of the proposed activity and its relation to USACE missions and authorities;\nname of the nonfederal interest anticipated to act as the nonfederal sponsor and all other nonfederal interests;\ndescription of monetary and nonmonetary benefits of the proposal;\nfederal and nonfederal shares of the proposed activities\u2019 cost and a total cost estimate;\na statement of support and financial ability from associated nonfederal interests; and\ndescription of local support. \nUSACE encourages nonfederal interests to consult with their local USACE districts to determine if their proposals meet the Section 7001 criteria. According to the Federal Register notice, project feasibility reports that have successfully completed ASACW review but have not been authorized will be included in the report. Therefore, nonfederal interests do not need to submit feasibility reports through the 7001 proposal process for project authorization.\nTransmitted Reports and WRDA Authorization\nThe ASACW transmitted Section 7001 annual reports to the authorizing committees in February 2015, February 2016, March 2017, and February 2018. These are available at USACE, \u201cReport to Congress on Future Water Resources Development.\u201d As of mid-May 2019, the ASACW has not transmitted the 2019 annual report.\nCollectively, the Section 7001 annual reports for 2017 and 2018 included seven feasibility reports, 20 proposals in the bodies of these reports, and 67 proposals in the appendices. 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