1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Remote, Coastal, and Small Watersheds Act of 2020 . 2. Remote, coastal, or small watersheds (a) In general In conducting a study of hurricane and storm damage reduction, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, may recommend a project without the need to demonstrate that the project is justified solely by national economic development benefits if the Secretary determines that— (1) the community to be served by the project has limited options for relocation or retreating from the flood plain or coastal flood zone; (2) the project would be located in the State of Hawaii or Alaska, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, or American Samoa; (3) the area cost factor is greater than 2.2, as determined by the Secretary; or (4) the long-term viability of the community in which the project is located, or of a community that is located in the region to be served by the project and that will rely on the project, would be threatened without the hurricane and storm damage reduction project. (b) Justification In considering whether to recommend a project under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider the benefits of the project to— (1) public health and safety of the local community and communities that are located in the region to be served by the project and that will rely on the project, including access to facilities designed to protect public health and safety; (2) hurricane and storm damage effects on local and regional economic opportunities; (3) welfare of the regional population to be served by the project