Sec. 119. Economically disadvantaged community flood protection and hurricane and storm damage reduction study pilot program
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Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish and implement a pilot program to evaluate opportunities to address the flood risk management and hurricane and storm damage risk reduction needs of economically disadvantaged communities. In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall— publish a notice in the Federal Register that requests from non-Federal interests proposals for the potential feasibility study of a flood risk management project or hurricane and storm damage risk reduction project for an economically disadvantaged community; upon request of a non-Federal interest for such a project, provide technical assistance to such non-Federal interest in the formulation of a proposal for a potential feasibility study to be submitted to the Secretary under the pilot program; and review such proposals and select 10 feasibility studies for such projects to be carried out by the Secretary, in coordination with the non-Federal interest, under this pilot program.
In selecting a feasibility study under subsection (b)(3), the Secretary shall consider whether— the percentage of people living in poverty in the county or counties (or county-equivalent entity or entities) in which the project is located is above the percentage of people living in poverty in the State, based on census bureau data; the percentage of families with income above the poverty threshold but below the average household income in the county or counties (or county-equivalent entity or entities) in which the project is located is above the percentage of the same for the State, based on census bureau data; the percentage of the population that identifies as belonging to a minority or indigenous group in the county or counties (or county-equivalent entity or entities) in which the project is located is above the average percentage in the State, based on census bureau data; and the project is addressing flooding or hurricane or storm damage effects that have a disproportionate impact on a rural community or a community of color (as such term is defined in section 111 of this Act), including Tribal or indigenous peoples.
Notwithstanding the requirements of section 105(a)(1)(A) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 ( 33 U.S.C. 2215 ), the Federal share of the cost of a feasibility study carried out under the pilot program shall be 100 percent. When selecting feasibility studies under subsection (b)(3), the Secretary shall consider the geographic diversity among proposed projects. Feasibility studies carried out under this subsection shall, to the maximum extent practical, incorporate natural features or nature-based features (as such terms are defined in section 1184 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 ( 33 U.S.C. 2289a )), or a combination of such features and nonstructural features, that avoid or reduce at least 50 percent of flood or storm damages in one or more of the alternatives included in the final alternatives evaluated.
The Secretary shall notify the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate of the selection of each feasibility study under the pilot program. Upon completion of a feasibility report for a feasibility study selected to be carried out under this section, the Secretary shall transmit the report to Congress for authorization, and shall include the report in the next annual report submitted under section 7001 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 ( 33 U.S.C. 2282d ).
The authority to commence a feasibility study under this section shall terminate on the date that is 10 years after the date of enactment of this Act. Not later than 5 years and 10 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, and make publicly available, a report detailing the results of the pilot program carried out under this section, including— a description of proposals received from non-Federal interests pursuant to subsection (b)(1); a description of technical assistance provided to non-Federal interests under subsection (b)(2); and a description of proposals selected under subsection (b)(3) and criteria used to select such proposals.
In this section, the term State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and each of the commonwealths, territories, and possessions of the United States.
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Economically disadvantaged community flood protection and hurricane and storm damage reduction study pilot program
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