Sec. 130. Treatment of projects in covered communities
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In carrying out a feasibility study for a project that serves a covered community, the Secretary shall adjust the calculation of the benefit-cost ratio for the project in order to equitably compare such project to projects carried out in the contiguous States of the United States and the District of Columbia. In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall— compute the benefit-cost ratio without adjusting the calculation as described in subsection (a); compute an adjusted benefit-cost ratio by adjusting the construction costs for the project to reflect what construction costs would be if the project were carried out in a comparable community in the contiguous States that is nearest to the community in which the project will be carried out; include in the documentation associated with the feasibility study for the project the ratios calculated under paragraph
(1)and paragraph (2); and consider the adjusted benefit-cost ratio calculated under paragraph
(2)in selecting the tentatively selected plan for the project. In this section, the term covered community means a community located in the State of Hawaii, Alaska, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, or American Samoa.