97-19596. Notice of Availability of the ``Annual Report to Congress on the Status of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for Fiscal Years 1995 and 1996''

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 143 (Friday, July 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 40055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19596]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army Corps of Engineers


Notice of Availability of the ``Annual Report to Congress on the 
Status of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for Fiscal Years 1995 and 
1996''

AGENCY: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to inform the general public of the 
availability of the ``Annual Report to Congress for Fiscal Years 1995 
and 1996.'' Single copies of the report may be obtained free of charge.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. DuWayne A. Koch, Office of Policy, Office of the Chief of Engineers 
at [phone] or fax [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Harbor Maintenance Fee was authorized 
under Sections 1401 and 1402 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1986, Public Law 99-662. This law imposed a 0.04 percent fee on the 
value of commercial cargo loaded (exports and domestic cargo) or 
unloaded (imports) at ports which have had Federal expenditures made on 
their behalf by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers since 1977. Section 
11214 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, Public Law 101-
580, increased the Harbor Maintenance Fee to 0.125 percent, which went 
into effect on January 1, 1991. Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund monies 
are used to pay up to 100 percent of the Corps eligible Operation and 
Maintenance expenditures for the maintenance of commercial harbors and 
channels.
    Section 330 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1992, 
Public Law 102-580, requires that the President provide an Annual 
Report to Congress on the Status of the Trust Fund. The release of this 
report is in compliance with this legislation.
Robert W. Burkhardt,
Colonel, Corps of Engineers, Executive Director of Civil Works.
[FR Doc. 97-19596 Filed 7-24-97; 8:45 am]
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