,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ehcb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #aj1       
#bjbj,mr4 ,katko 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,brindisi1 and ,mr4 ,upton7 introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,transportation and
 ,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct 
the ,secretary of the ,army and the     
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget to issue regulations and    
submit a report to ,congress on         
cost-benefit ratios1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,safer ,harbors for 
,our ,recreation ,economy ,act or the   
,,shore ,act4  #b4 ,recreation-based    
benefits and costs regulations ,not     
later than #ahj days after the date of  
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
of the ,army and the ,director of the   
,office of ,management and ,budget shall
 issue such regulations as are necessary
 to account for recreation-based        
benefits and costs 7including local and 

regional economic benefits7 in the      
benefit-cost analysis procedures of such
 entities for harbor maintenance1       
intracoastal waterways1 and inland      
waterways projects4  #c4 ,benefit-cost  
procedure report  ,not later than #b    
years after the date of enactment of    
this ,act1 the ,secretary of the ,army  
and the ,director of the ,office of     
,management and ,budget shall submit to 
,congress a report containing--  7#a7 an
 examination of the procedure for harbor
 maintenance projects of the ,office of 
,management and ,budget and the ,corps  
of ,engineers for including or not      
including recreation-based benefits and 
costs 7including local and regional     
economic benefits7 in the benefit-cost  
procedures of the such entities2  7#b7 a
 review of the calculation of economic  
benefits used in a benefit-cost         
calculation1 by district1 for a         
non-commercial harbor that is used for  
recreational purposes2 and  7#c7        
recommendations and guidance on the     

creation of a uniform recreation-based  
economic benefit calculation to improve 
the comprehensive benefit-cost analysis 
procedures of the ,office of ,management
 and ,budget and the ,corps of          
,engineers4