[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 205 (Tuesday, October 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 54481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26289]



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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Notice of Availability of the Third Annual Report to Congress on 
the Status of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund

AGENCY: 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 ``Third Annual Report to Congress on the Status of 
the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for Fiscal Year 1994.'' Single copies 
of the report may be obtained free of charge.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. DuWayne A. Koch, Policy Review and Analysis Division, Directorate 
of Civil Works, telephone (202) 761-0120 or write to the attention of 
CECW-AA; 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20314-1000. 
Facsimile requests may be transmitted to (202) 761-8839.

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 recover 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.

    Dated: October 6, 1995.

    Approved:
Stanley G. Genega,
Major General, USA Director of Civil Works.
[FR Doc. 95-26289 Filed 10-23-95; 8:45 am]
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