text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Great Lakes Navigation System 
  Sustainability Act of 2013''.
  
  SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
  
      In this Act the term--
              (1) ``Great Lakes'' and ``Great Lakes Navigational System'' 
          means--
                      (A)(i) Lake Superior;
                      (ii) Lake Huron;
                      (iii) Lake Michigan;
                      (iv) Lake Erie; and
                      (v) Lake Ontario;
                      (B) all connecting waters between the lakes 
                  referred to in subparagraph (A) used for commercial and 
                  recreational navigation;
                      (C) any navigation features in the lakes referred 
                  to in subparagraph (A) or waters described in 
                  subparagraph (B) that are a Federal operation or 
                  maintenance responsibility; and
                      (D) areas of the Saint Lawrence River that are 
                  operated or maintained by the Government for commercial 
                  navigation.
              (2) ``eligible operations and maintenance'' has the same 
          meaning as that term is defined in section 214 of the Water 
          Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2241);
              (3) ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the Army.
  
  SEC. 3. GREAT LAKES NAVIGATION SYSTEM.
  
      (a) Management of Great Lakes Navigation System.--To sustain the 
  most effective and efficient operation and maintenance of the Great 
  Lakes Navigation System, the Secretary, acting through the Chief of 
  Engineers, shall manage and allocate funding for all of the 
  individually authorized commercial and recreational navigation projects 
  in the Great Lakes Navigation System as components of a single, 
  comprehensive system, recognizing the interdependence of the projects.
      (b) Cargo Measurements.--Cargo measurements for the purpose of 
  prioritizing annual operations and maintenance budget resources for the 
  Great Lakes Navigation System, and for any of the component projects of 
  the System, shall aggregate the tonnage of all components of the 
  System.
  
  SEC. 4. GREAT LAKES SYSTEM SUSTAINABILITY.
  
      (a) In General.--The Secretary, acting through the Chief of 
  Engineers, shall establish a program to fund eligible operations and 
  maintenance projects of the Great Lakes Navigation System with the 
  objective of maintaining such projects to their authorized depths and 
  widths.
      (b) Consultation.--The Secretary shall consult with the 
  Congressional delegations from States that border the Great Lakes in 
  developing annual priorities for the apportionment of funding 
  authorized to be appropriated pursuant to this section.
      (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--For each of fiscal years 2014 
  through 2023, there is authorized to be appropriated from the Harbor 
  Maintenance Trust Fund established by section 9505 of the Internal 
  Revenue Code $200,000,000 to fund eligible operations and maintenance 
  of the Great Lakes Navigation System. Funds appropriated pursuant to 
  this section may remain available until expended.
      (d) Cost Share.--
              (1) In general.--Of the amounts made available pursuant to 
          subsection (c), the Secretary, acting through the Chief of 
          Engineers, shall give a higher priority to projects described 
          in paragraph (2) than to projects described in paragraph (3).
              (2) Certain harbors providing a cost share.--
                      (A) Not subject to harbor maintenance fee.--A Great 
                  Lakes Navigation System project that is not subject to 
                  the harbor maintenance fee under section 24.24 of title 
                  19, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor 
                  regulations) and for which the non-Federal sponsor 
                  provides a cost share of 50 percent of the costs of 
                  eligible operations and maintenance expenses, is 
                  eligible for Federal operations and maintenance funds 
                  made available pursuant to subsection (c).
                      (B) Subject to harbor maintenance trust fund but no 
                  cargo.--A Great Lakes Navigation System project that is 
                  subject to the harbor maintenance fee under section 
                  24.24 of title 19, Code of Federal Regulations (or 
                  successor regulations), has not had commercial cargo 
                  loaded or unloaded from its harbor during the previous 
                  2 fiscal years, and for which the non-Federal sponsor 
                  provides a cost share of 50 percent of the costs of 
                  eligible operations and maintenance expenses is 
                  eligible for Federal operations and maintenance funds 
                  made available pursuant to subsection (c).
              (3) Certain harbors with no cost share.--A Great Lakes 
          Navigation System project that otherwise meets the description 
          in subparagraphs (A) or (B) of paragraph (2), and for which the 
          non-Federal sponsor of the project does not provide a cost 
          share of 50 percent of the costs of eligible operations and 
          maintenance expenses, is eligible to receive Federal operations 
          and maintenance funds made available pursuant to subsection (c) 
          after projects under such subparagraphs are funded.
target: Great Lakes Navigation System Sustainability Act of 2013 - Directs the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to manage and allocate funding for all commercial and recreational navigation projects in the Great Lakes Navigation System as components of a single system, recognizing the interdependence of the projects. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to: (1) establish a program to fund eligible operations and maintenenace projects of the System to their authorized depths and widths, and (2) give higher priority to projects at certain harbors in which a 50% non-federal share of costs of eligible operations and maintenance expenses is provided.
feat_title: Great Lakes Navigation System Sustainability Act of 2013