SHORE Act

Bill: 116-hr-5832
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Katko, John [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2020-02-10
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Economic development

Government information and archives

Government studies and investigations

Marine and inland water transportation

Navigation, waterways, harbors

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Outdoor recreation

Parks, recreation areas, trails
Latest action: action_date: 2020-02-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-02-10
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Safer Harbors for Our Recreation Economy Act or the SHORE Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to account for recreation-based benefits and costs when conducting cost-benefit analyses for harbor maintenance, intracoastal waterways, and inland waterways projects.<br /></p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5832 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 10, 2020 Mr. Katko (for himself, Mr. Brindisi , and Mr. Upton ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To direct the Secretary of the Army and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue regulations and submit a report to Congress on cost-benefit ratios, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safer Harbors for Our Recreation Economy Act or the SHORE Act . 2. Recreation-based benefits and costs regulations Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue such regulations as are necessary to account for recreation-based benefits and costs (including local and regional economic benefits) in the benefit-cost analysis procedures of such entities for harbor maintenance, intracoastal waterways, and inland waterways projects. 3. Benefit-cost procedure report Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to Congress a report containing— (1) an examination of the procedure for harbor maintenance projects of the Office of Management and Budget and the Corps of Engineers for including or not including recreation-based benefits and costs (including local and regional economic benefits) in the benefit-cost procedures of the such entities; (2) a review of the calculation of economic benefits used in a benefit-cost calculation, by district, for a non-commercial harbor that is used for recreational purposes; and (3) recommendations and guidance on the creation of a uniform recreation-based economic benefit calculation to improve the comprehensive benefit-cost analysis procedures of the Office of Management and Budget and the Corps of Engineers.