Sec. 6. 20-year capital investment program

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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in conjunction with the Inland Waterways Users Board, shall submit to Congress a 20-year program for making capital investments on the inland and intracoastal waterways, which shall include plans to update communications technology and be based on the application of objective national project-selection prioritization criteria, as developed by the Secretary. The 20-year program described in paragraph

(1)may be based on the 20-year capital investment strategy contained in the Inland Marine Transportation System Capital Projects Business Model, Final Report published on April 13, 2010, as approved by the Inland Waterways Users Board. Beginning not later than 1 year after the date on which a 20-year program is submitted to Congress under subsection (a), and each year thereafter, the Secretary, in conjunction with the Inland Waterways Users Board, shall submit to Congress an updated 20-year program. The updated program described in paragraph

(1)shall include an identification and explanation of any changes that were made to the project-specific recommendations included in the previous 20-year program, including any changes that were made to the objective national project-selection prioritization criteria used to develop the updated recommendations. Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 5 years thereafter, the Secretary, in conjunction with the Inland Waterways Users Board, shall submit to Congress a strategic review of the capital investment program for the Inland Marine Transportation System, including any revisions to the program that the Secretary and the Users Board jointly consider to be appropriate. The review described in paragraph

(1)shall include an analysis of the communications technology in use on the inland and intracoastal waterways system and a description of any plans to modernize that technology to increase safety and maximize efficiency.