114 S2848 RS: Water Resources Development Act of 2016
U.S. Senate
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Water Resources Development Act of 2016
. (b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary.
Sec. 3. Limitations.
TITLE I—Program reforms
Sec. 1001. Study of water resources development projects by non-Federal interests.
Sec. 1002. Advanced funds for water resources development studies and projects.
Sec. 1003. Authority to accept and use materials and services.
Sec. 1004. Partnerships with non-Federal entities to protect the Federal investment.
Sec. 1005. Non-Federal study and construction of projects.
Sec. 1006. Munitions disposal.
Sec. 1007. Challenge cost-sharing program for management of recreation facilities.
Sec. 1008. Structures and facilities constructed by the Secretary.
Sec. 1009. Project completion.
Sec. 1010. Contributed funds.
Sec. 1011. Application of certain benefits and costs included in final feasibility studies.
Sec. 1012. Leveraging Federal infrastructure for increased water supply.
Sec. 1013. New England District headquarters.
Sec. 1014. Buffalo District headquarters.
Sec. 1015. Completion of ecosystem restoration projects.
Sec. 1016. Credit for donated goods.
Sec. 1017. Structural health monitoring.
Sec. 1018. Fish and wildlife mitigation.
Sec. 1019. Non-Federal interests.
Sec. 1020. Discrete segment.
Sec. 1021. Funding to process permits.
Sec. 1022. International Outreach Program.
Sec. 1023. Wetlands mitigation.
Sec. 1024. Use of Youth Service and Conservation Corps.
Sec. 1025. Debris removal.
Sec. 1026. Oyster aquaculture study.
Sec. 1026. Aquaculture study.
Sec. 1027. Levee vegetation.
Sec. 1028. Planning assistance to States.
Sec. 1029. Prioritization.
Sec. 1030. Kennewick Man.
Sec. 1031. Review of Corps of Engineers assets.
Sec. 1032. Review of reservoir operations.
Sec. 1033. Transfer of excess credit.
Sec. 1034. Surplus water storage.
Sec. 1035. Hurricane and storm damage reduction.
Sec. 1036. Fish hatcheries.
Sec. 1037. Feasibility studies and watershed assessments.
Sec. 1038. Shore damage prevention or mitigation.
TITLE II—Navigation
Sec. 2001. Projects funded by the Inland Waterways Trust Fund.
Sec. 2002. Operation and maintenance of fuel-taxed inland waterways.
Sec. 2003. Funding for harbor maintenance programs.
Sec. 2004. Dredged material disposal.
Sec. 2005. Cape Arundel disposal site, Maine.
Sec. 2006. Maintenance of harbors of refuge.
Sec. 2007. Aids to navigation.
Sec. 2008. Beneficial use of dredged material.
Sec. 2009. Operation and maintenance of harbor projects.
Sec. 2010. Additional measures at donor ports and energy transfer ports.
Sec. 2011. Harbor deepening.
Sec. 2012. Operations and maintenance of inland Mississippi River ports.
Sec. 2013. Implementation guidance.
Sec. 2014. Remote and subsistence harbors.
Sec. 2015. Non-Federal interest dredging authority.
Sec. 2016. Transportation cost savings.
Sec. 2017. Dredged material.
TITLE III—Safety improvements
Sec. 3001. Rehabilitation assistance for non-Federal flood control projects.
Sec. 3002. Rehabilitation of existing levees.
Sec. 3003. Maintenance of high risk flood control projects.
Sec. 3004. Rehabilitation of high hazard potential dams.
TITLE IV—River basins, watersheds, and coastal areas
Sec. 4001. Gulf Coast oyster bed recovery plan.
Sec. 4002. Columbia River.
Sec. 4003. Missouri River.
Sec. 4004. Puget Sound nearshore ecosystem restoration.
Sec. 4005. Ice jam prevention and mitigation.
Sec. 4006. Chesapeake Bay oyster restoration.
Sec. 4007. North Atlantic coastal region.
Sec. 4008. Rio Grande.
Sec. 4009. Texas coastal area.
Sec. 4010. Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers flood risk management.
Sec. 4011. Salton Sea, California.
Sec. 4012. Adjustment.
Sec. 4013. Coastal resiliency.
Sec. 4014. Regional intergovernmental collaboration on coastal resilience.
TITLE V—Deauthorizations
Sec. 5001. Deauthorizations.
Sec. 5002. Conveyances.
TITLE VI—Water resources infrastructure
Sec. 6001. Authorization of final feasibility studies.
Sec. 6002. Authorization of project modifications recommended by the Secretary.
Sec. 6003. Authorization of study and modification proposals submitted to Congress by the Secretary.
TITLE VII—Safe drinking water and clean water infrastructure
Sec. 7001. Definition of Administrator.
Sec. 7002. Sense of the Senate on appropriations levels and findings on economic impacts.
Subtitle A—Drinking water
Sec. 7101. Preconstruction work.
Sec. 7102. Priority system requirements.
Sec. 7103. Administration of State loan funds.
Sec. 7104. Other authorized activities.
Sec. 7105. Negotiation of contracts.
Sec. 7106. Assistance for small and disadvantaged communities.
Sec. 7107. Reducing lead in drinking water.
Sec. 7108. Regional liaisons for minority, tribal, and low-income communities.
Sec. 7109. Notice to persons served.
Sec. 7110. Electronic reporting of drinking water data.
Sec. 7111. Lead testing in school and child care drinking water.
Sec. 7112. WaterSense program.
Sec. 7113. Water supply cost savings.
Subtitle B—Clean water
Sec. 7201. Sewer overflow control grants.
Sec. 7202. Small treatment works.
Sec. 7202. Small and medium treatment works.
Sec. 7203. Integrated plans.
Sec. 7204. Green infrastructure promotion.
Sec. 7205. Financial capability guidance.
Subtitle C—Innovative financing and promotion of innovative technologies
Sec. 7301. Water infrastructure public-private partnership pilot program.
Sec. 7302. Water infrastructure finance and innovation.
Sec. 7303. Water Infrastructure Investment Trust Fund.
Sec. 7304. Innovative water technology grant program.
Sec. 7305. Water Resources Research Act amendments.
Sec. 7306. Reauthorization of Water Desalination Act of 1996.
Sec. 7307. National drought resilience guidelines.
Sec. 7308. Innovation in Clean Water State Revolving Funds.
Sec. 7309. Innovation in the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund.
Subtitle D—Drinking water disaster relief and infrastructure investments
Sec. 7401. Drinking water infrastructure.
Sec. 7402. Loan forgiveness.
Sec. 7403. Registry for lead exposure and advisory committee.
Sec. 7404. Additional funding for certain childhood health programs.
Sec. 7405. Review and report.
Subtitle E—Report on groundwater contamination
Sec. 7501. Definitions.
Sec. 7502. Report on groundwater contamination.
Subtitle F—Restoration
PART I—Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
Sec. 7611. Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
PART II—Lake Tahoe Restoration
Sec. 7621. Findings and purposes.
Sec. 7622. Definitions.
Sec. 7623. Improved administration of the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit.
Sec. 7624. Authorized programs.
Sec. 7625. Program performance and accountability.
Sec. 7626. Conforming amendments; updates to related laws.
Sec. 7627. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 7628. Land transfers to improve management efficiencies of Federal and State land.
PART III—Long Island Sound Restoration
Sec. 7631. Restoration and stewardship programs.
Sec. 7632. Reauthorization.
Subtitle G—Offset
Sec. 7701. Offset.
2.In this Act, the term Secretary means the Secretary of the Army. 3.Nothing in this Act—
(1)supersedes or modifies any written agreement between the Federal Government and a non-Federal interest that is in effect on the date of enactment of this Act; (2)supersedes or authorizes any amendment to a multistate water control plan, including the Missouri River Master Water Control Manual (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act);
(3)affects any water right in existence on the date of enactment of this Act; (4)preempts or affects any State water law or interstate compact governing water; or
(5)affects any authority of a State, as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, to manage water resources within the State. <enum>I</enum><header>Program reforms </header> <section id="idAEF79814C9824C0990EA9809D6D16A7C"><enum>1001.</enum><header>Study of water resources development projects by non-Federal interests</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 203 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2231">33 U.S.C. 2231</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="idB6B78647F5B145B9851BD34C5C72312E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>On the request of a non-Federal interest, the Secretary may provide technical assistance relating to any aspect of the feasibility study if the non-Federal interest contracts with the Secretary to pay all costs of providing the technical assistance.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section> <section id="id13C7ED35B4BA43A899A2E48EF3D4D626"><enum>1002.</enum><header>Advanced funds for water resources development studies and projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Act of October 15, 1940 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701h-1">33 U.S.C. 701h–1</external-xref>), is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id82FAAC9F806C4D3D92063739593AB81E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first sentence—</text> <subparagraph id="id2434AFB85D14404F82057A525A7EDA66"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Whenever any</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="id2C01629D11224F8B8DCECD97B1454DD2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Whenever any</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id8C6479150D144FC1923CF420AF8CA217"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a flood-control project duly adopted and authorized by law</quote> and inserting <quote>an authorized water resources development study or project,</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id37CE28CDF37C43DC8AB0686DF24E139F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>such work</quote> and inserting <quote>such study or project</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id72E8078D69B84F05B207AF0A818FB05B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the second sentence—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2C8D7365CEA34E05B3FD30E7FBC20A51"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary of the Army</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEC969DEDE5F740A39C973B659CC947B0" style="OLC"> <subsection id="id93A61CB3A7104DD38F6460A0C225F597"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repayment</header><text>The Secretary of the Army</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id6D9AD628FBC9460E817E2D9C9E4D9F72"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>from appropriations which may be provided by Congress for flood-control work</quote> and inserting <quote>if specific appropriations are provided by Congress for such purpose</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="idEB6E54A1E692498784CCF84230F62E85"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="idEA13CF235FFB4AFAA3B76DA1EB5A4B0C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition of State</header><text>In this section, the term <term>State</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="idD8EFD3A19D284EDA9BF44C39BB1DDC92"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a State;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idFB49B4EB39994F70AEC5072FCD298BE4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the District of Columbia;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id7F4DC0751A2340398B428C2A00A4A101"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id5BF2491FC3FE41B58040EA7E12DF42D0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>any other territory or possession of the United States; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id5F4362A817BA4AD5A1682348B9DF8B5B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a federally recognized Indian tribe or a Native village, Regional Corporation, or Village Corporation (as those terms are defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1602">43 U.S.C. 1602</external-xref>)).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>
<section id="id6E3BA3A306374B10A90840AB0F90E49B"><enum>1003.</enum><header>Authority to accept and use materials and services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1024 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2325a">33 U.S.C. 2325a</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id2C899192F7054E78838CD126F70D6273"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="id5D03F664EA8F4736A5EC5F17D89CF814"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary is authorized to accept and use materials, services, or funds contributed by a non-Federal public entity, a nonprofit entity, or a private entity to repair, restore, replace, or maintain a water resources project in any case in which the District Commander determines that—</text> <paragraph id="idFC2EEEE36692443A8A8DB1A4E9BF5AC0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>there is a risk of adverse impacts to the functioning of the project for the authorized purposes of the project; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id5C44BF1703854D10A1431CD474CBDBE0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>acceptance of the materials and services or funds is in the public interest.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id648244097A144A4DAC1F3918D90D79B4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c), in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3621A147E0A34A12857CEF2E295F342C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Not later than 60 days after initiating an activity under this section,</quote> and inserting <quote>Not later than February 1 of each year after the first fiscal year in which materials, services, or funds are accepted under this section,</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idBBED7F1A55404A3F9A2145245D64F924"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>a report</quote> and inserting <quote>an annual report</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="iddd8ba43061d14a8a9321bdeef6287e23"><enum>1004.</enum><header>Partnerships with non-Federal entities to protect the Federal investment</header>
<subsection id="ide8c19a88ce994efd8a93373cd4f120cf"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary is authorized to partner with a non-Federal interest for the maintenance of a water resources project to ensure that the project will continue to function for the authorized purposes of the project.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="id699F697D379645C4A7A0DDE23698CE9E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Form of partnership</header><text>Under a partnership referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary is authorized to accept and use funds, materials, and services contributed by the non-Federal interest.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id862FD6E7A05C4E7F9F1FCF94C2AAA94A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>No credit or reimbursement</header><text>Any entity that contributes materials, services, or funds under this section shall not be eligible for credit, reimbursement, or repayment for the value of those materials, services, or funds.</text> </subsection></section> <section id="id01ae5855bde34ff8aaee38695105d692"><enum>1005.</enum><header>Non-Federal study and construction of projects</header> <subsection id="id7c3d793ec2ad46aa9e1820db956574e0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may accept and expend funds provided by non-Federal interests to undertake reviews, inspections, monitoring, and other Federal activities related to non-Federal interests carrying out the study, design, or construction of water resources development projects under section 203 or 204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2231">33 U.S.C. 2231</external-xref>, 2232) or any other Federal law.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idd2f4cee93be94a3985d2c1915f33ca15"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusion in costs</header><text>In determining credit or reimbursement, the Secretary may include the amount of funds provided by a non-Federal interest under this section as a cost of the study, design, or construction.</text> </subsection></section> <section changed="deleted" id="ide0eba688b67847c48e6970ad4c9e3041" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>1006.</enum><header>Munitions disposal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1027(b) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/426e-2">33 U.S.C. 426e–2(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>funded</quote> and inserting <quote>reimbursed</quote>.</text> </section>
<section changed="added" id="id4724B97E0B31405BA46476F1CF91454D" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>1006.</enum><header>Munitions disposal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1027 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/426e-2">33 U.S.C. 426e–2</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id53C953B4E9D74981984E3C5A2A683AF9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>, at full Federal expense,</quote> after <quote>The Secretary may</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id50B1CD797B354F53A77168E20EA74F3C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>funded</quote> and inserting <quote>reimbursed</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section> <section id="idebf1c34b2f3840b5a5be8b7046424ec3"><enum>1007.</enum><header>Challenge cost-sharing program for management of recreation facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 225 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2328">33 U.S.C. 2328</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id4DED3E4EA68B49FFAE505455205034C5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idAD10A510799943238F10341668B085E8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following:</text>
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<subsection id="id39C24A8C8AAE4AE48B06F67CF6A4026F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>User fees</header>
<paragraph id="id1C91262DD5284A18AB52BCC5495E256B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Collection of fees</header>
<subparagraph id="idF994B36E7A884067AFA0E947F9874B3B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may allow a non-Federal public or private entity that has entered into an agreement pursuant to subsection (b) to collect user fees for the use of developed recreation sites and facilities, whether developed or constructed by that entity or the Department of the Army.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idE659B8CE2B8041E4B60433DD7BE95A90"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use of visitor reservation services</header><text>A public or private entity described in subparagraph (A) may use to manage fee collections and reservations under this section any visitor reservation service that the Secretary has provided for by contract or interagency agreement, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id89BFCEEFE0644E79B649D086857B23C7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of fees</header><text>A non-Federal public or private entity that collects user fees under paragraph (1) may—</text> <subparagraph id="idFB93498C2FAA46FA9E3B9FC923E71DA5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>retain up to 100 percent of the fees collected, as determined by the Secretary; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id917372029AD74942BA2F9A8505A150B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>notwithstanding section 210(b)(4) of the Flood Control Act of 1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/460d-3">16 U.S.C. 460d–3(b)(4)</external-xref>), use that amount for operation, maintenance, and management at the recreation site at which the fee is collected.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id605046783197492FBED8FD616C10E2C4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Terms and conditions</header><text>The authority of a non-Federal public or private entity under this subsection shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines necessary to protect the interests of the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" id="id20e33587bec4462daa037dfbf33c1029"><enum>1008.</enum><header>Structures and facilities constructed by the Secretary</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 14 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/408">33 U.S.C. 408</external-xref>) (commonly known as the <quote>Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899</quote>), is amended—</text> <paragraph id="idDACA6C578E1448A0A86837D6AB69E499"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>That it shall not be lawful</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="idF4A63CB4451C4E66A0F11DCEAC80575C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibitions and permissions</header><text>It shall not be lawful</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id7B1F2BF8D626459CB1B78963422BEA3F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="id924ed936dad74b8980e24b3ace0c0a99"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Local flood protection works</header><text>Permission under subsection (a) for alterations to a Federal levee, floodwall, or flood risk management channel project <deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough">and associated features</deleted-phrase> may be granted by a District Engineer of the Department of the Army<deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough"> or an authorized representative</deleted-phrase>.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="id29CFCB57D7FB4E1FA40916AEEE794564"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Concurrent review</header> <paragraph id="id9FCD0E663E284847B524BECF296C6DEC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In any case in which an activity subject to this section requires a review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>), review and approval under this section shall, to the maximum extent practicable, occur concurrently with any review and decisions made under that Act.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id4ab1cf3febd342a1a8676fa6720e6506"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Corps of Engineers as a cooperating agency</header><text>If the Corps of Engineers is not the lead Federal agency for an environmental review described in paragraph (1), the Chief of Engineers shall, to the maximum extent practicable—</text> <subparagraph id="id4cb11a0f21c34d64aec8447cbc7f23bd"><enum>(A)</enum><text>participate in the review as a cooperating agency (unless the Chief of Engineers does not intend to submit comments on the project); and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="ida5797d651c044d588521e7ae2f965520"><enum>(B)</enum><text>adopt and use any environmental document prepared under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>) by the lead agency to the same extent that a Federal agency could adopt or use a document prepared by another Federal agency under—</text> <clause commented="no" id="id3EFE1B3EC99547969E9DB48FF408D2F2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="idEAAB805F3CC3468587D42E7D80621E19"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>parts 1500 through 1508 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section> <section commented="no" id="id89a5e5d6d29242ed8c8ebb2ad48f2661"><enum>1009.</enum><header>Project completion</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For any project authorized under section 219 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/580">Public Law 102–580</external-xref>; 106 Stat. 4835), the authorization of appropriations is increased by the amount, including in increments, necessary to allow completion of the project if—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id70451E9FC62E4A52A02A97D4D5D9D5D2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as of the date of enactment of this Act, the project has received more than $4,000,000 in Federal appropriations and those appropriations equal an amount that is greater than 80 percent of the authorized amount;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="id4B90E39EAA2C483A9FF545C9BE604953"><enum>(2)</enum><text>significant progress has been demonstrated toward completion of the project or segments of the project but the project is not complete as of the date of enactment of this Act; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idAEA0B078DCCE451E8308C3BDD0106CD3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the benefits of the Federal investment will not be realized without an increase in the authorization of appropriations to allow completion of the project.</text> </paragraph></section> <section id="idd7167137ac7a49e9b9307f89b749cdfe"><enum>1010.</enum><header>Contributed funds</header> <subsection id="idA1A02B2F09B54167987ED560BD12B4F4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Use of contributed funds in advance of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701h">33 U.S.C. 701h</external-xref>) (commonly known as the <quote>Flood Control Act of 1936</quote>), is amended by striking <quote>funds appropriated by the United States for</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id6DA976A4E1B24EB894A2ACF07A6B439F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Section 1015 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 is amended by striking subsection (b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701h">33 U.S.C. 701h</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/121">Public Law 113–121</external-xref>) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC04EFE6DE6F4101828641CFCA57057E" style="OLC"> <subsection id="idC760E2F2CDBB459298F789BFBE7C8966"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than February 1 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Environment and Public Works and Appropriations of the Senate and the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report that—</text>
<paragraph id="id13ED1C4AED364A21A375D8773B11FB78"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describes the number of agreements executed in the previous fiscal year for the acceptance of contributed funds under section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701h">33 U.S.C. 701h</external-xref>) (commonly known as the <quote>Flood Control Act of 1936</quote>); and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id771833FB5FF649E39000513F803AD851"><enum>(2)</enum><text>includes information on the projects and amounts of contributed funds referred to in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="idCD03409786B148A2909FB58F888FB495"><enum>1011.</enum><header>Application of certain benefits and costs included in final feasibility studies</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="id70C0E63C82DA4FDD8FB2B34DA16448C3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For a navigation project authorized after November 7, 2007, involving offshore oil and gas fabrication ports, the recommended plan by the Chief of Engineers shall be the plan that uses the value of future energy exploration and production fabrication contracts and the transportation savings that would result from a larger navigation channel in accordance with section 6009 of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/13">Public Law 109–13</external-xref>; 119 Stat. 282).</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="id76E69951B1CD4353A90C6F28EBD99A94"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Special rule</header><text>In addition to projects described in subsection (a), this section shall apply to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id9EEED64408FB4596B5E04FD93A04D44C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a project that has undergone an economic benefits update; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="id0E10BE717796447EB2BD36E6AEF478E6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>at the request of the non-Federal sponsor, any ongoing feasibility study for which the benefits under section 6009 of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/13">Public Law 109–13</external-xref>; 119 Stat. 282) may apply.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="idB1E255B0B67F444F9DA17F69C9B96272"><enum>1012.</enum><header>Leveraging Federal infrastructure for increased water supply</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="ida75dd3897ba347019476cb94b6fea026"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>At the request of a non-Federal interest, the Secretary shall review proposals to increase the quantity of available supplies of water through—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="idD83B3C9263694430A54A468AECEB7817"><enum>(1)</enum><text>modification of a water resources project;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idA6D2B9C45EC747DFAA59D400643F04FD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>modification of how a project is managed; or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="idA53BFD33EA7140FA82E9F56BFA3505A6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>accessing water released from a project.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="idd357d0daac37475c91f3f0c92b411cf1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Proposals included</header><text>A proposal under subsection (a) may include—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="id7015c778decd4283b48f293b2494f532"><enum>(1)</enum><text>increasing the storage capacity of a reservoir owned by the Corps of Engineers;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id87d9d98b67ee4bd7a27023debee595d6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>diversion of water released from a reservoir owned by the Corps of Engineers—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="idCBF33996B52640DD95130FF0EB870B60"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to recharge groundwater;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idF67CE61CD62E457DAE1DD2ACA61C1DF1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to aquifer storage and recovery; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id04FF036C798145DD91A7D23F6B2EC103"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to any other storage facility;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idd61857e0bc7840d28736da3c0a95acb5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>construction of facilities for delivery of water from pumping stations constructed by the Corps of Engineers;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="idee01cec211794cee871d7a2e1239e6d3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>construction of facilities to access water; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id8C131EAB23254B80BC5132F28FF42120"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a combination of the activities described in paragraphs (1) through (4).</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="idea40c2a8533e4eeca5fccc5524271873"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorities</header><text>A proposal submitted to the Secretary under subsection (a) may be reviewed or approved, as appropriate, under—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id7ed68bcdba5641dd9a47880519285a7c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>sections 203 and 204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2231">33 U.S.C. 2231</external-xref>, 2232);</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="id187062805938480f992a3dc94a7e884c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>section 216 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/549a">33 U.S.C. 549a</external-xref>);</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idEE671D82A56947D9AADE3F039BCCD9F3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>section 301 of the Water Supply Act of 1958 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/390b">43 U.S.C. 390b</external-xref>); and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="ide43baa7a1c5745df824b2db3e4bbf823"><enum>(4)</enum><text>section 14 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (commonly known as the <quote>Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899</quote>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/408">33 U.S.C. 408</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="id122e87cde5ae47bea5dc30bc7b0bb3b3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Cost share</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id19E989676680400485935CE8250570BD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), 100 percent of the cost of developing, reviewing, and implementing a proposal under subsection (a) shall be provided by an entity other than the Federal Government.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="id3F7FB8ED7FD4416EA008268747F119C7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cost allocation</header><text>A non-Federal entity shall only be required to pay to the Secretary the separable costs associated with operation and maintenance of a dam that are necessary to implement a proposal under subsection (a).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="id66206143ef9e4299b62a3d9f3b01333e"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Contributed funds</header><text>The Secretary may receive from a non-Federal interest funds contributed by the non-Federal interest for the review and approval of a proposal submitted under subsection (a).</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="id3e202e2a00c545078d3fc6a213d04edf"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Studies and engineering</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="id63381DE5FB0149DCB91EB7FBFFDA9CA5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On request by an appropriate non-Federal interest and subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary may—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idDE7D54C0B07E4A8D947C049BE8F90F4D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>undertake all necessary studies and engineering for construction of a proposal approved by the Secretary under this section; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id16346561CB384EE0B7F8DA25099F711D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide technical assistance in obtaining all necessary permits for the construction.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idE9CF4D1B1E6D4B939D0DF4E4ECAE6BFF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>Paragraph (1) shall only apply if the non-Federal interest contracts with the Secretary to provide funds for the studies, engineering, or technical assistance for the period during which the studies and engineering are being conducted.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id783886706cc74434ad9e2785ee294a2d"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>This section shall not apply to reservoirs owned and operated by the Corps of Engineers in—</text>
<paragraph id="id9e3f0e4bd5474f18816476da8e087019"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Upper Missouri River;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idb33c29576a164ce6850ea63a726237e0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the <deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough">Apalachicola-Chattahoochee</deleted-phrase> <added-phrase reported-display-style="italic">Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint</added-phrase> river system; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id087015f58a2640bb960f8e9a35effe54"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa river system.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="id0691dec5b170448baeeca602e45dd337"><enum>1013.</enum><header>New England District headquarters</header> <subsection id="id5c2726c19f674fd18fc5fed4d34c326e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subsection (b), using amounts available in the revolving fund established by section 101 of the Civil Functions Appropriations Act, 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/576">33 U.S.C. 576</external-xref>) and not otherwise obligated, the Secretary may—</text>
<paragraph id="ide534ddf18de5477d9275511b9e952876"><enum>(1)</enum><text>design, renovate, and construct additions to 2 buildings located on Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Massachusetts for the headquarters of the New England District of the Army Corps of Engineers; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idc4c6f25c31f0492fa0aac193d01abb41"><enum>(2)</enum><text>carry out such construction and infrastructure improvements as are required to support the headquarters of the New England District of the Army Corps of Engineers, including any necessary demolition of the existing infrastructure.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id317e8afb5e114e749593c71b2ac7b734"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the revolving fund established by section 101 of the Civil Functions Appropriations Act, 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/576">33 U.S.C. 576</external-xref>) is appropriately reimbursed from funds appropriated for programs that receive a benefit under this section.</text> </subsection></section> <section id="idf78db96acb304fdf8ab8c186c205a3b0"><enum>1014.</enum><header>Buffalo District headquarters</header> <subsection id="idc77102b8de1d4effbe361090a8573f2b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subsection (b), using amounts available in the revolving fund established by section 101 of the Civil Functions Appropriations Act, 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/576">33 U.S.C. 576</external-xref>) and not otherwise obligated, the Secretary may—</text>
<paragraph id="id83b7c44040ed447bb259045fc8b89b90"><enum>(1)</enum><text>design and construct a new building in Buffalo, New York, for the headquarters of the Buffalo District of the Army Corps of Engineers; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id6ed59a022a964120bb9709bdaf3806b5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>carry out such construction and infrastructure improvements as are required to support the headquarters and related installations and facilities of the Buffalo District of the Army Corps of Engineers, including any necessary demolition or renovation of the existing infrastructure.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idecc4eeb188e44f729ed70c0c2df4c2ea"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that the revolving fund established by section 101 of the Civil Functions Appropriations Act, 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/576">33 U.S.C. 576</external-xref>) is appropriately reimbursed from funds appropriated for programs that receive a benefit under this section.</text> </subsection></section> <section commented="no" id="idE190F3CBD15A43019A6860985D55D144"><enum>1015.</enum><header>Completion of ecosystem restoration projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2039 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2330a">33 U.S.C. 2330a</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="idC3C39694E0C949F2BB3761E9405F9781"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>A monitoring plan under subsection (b) shall include a description of—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="id469C79EABC2845569FC3FB98387D3789"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the types and number of restoration activities to be conducted;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id1d54dfcd1155493cbd4b26195100ef6f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the physical action to be undertaken to achieve the restoration objectives of the project;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="id13a33f0b24df48dc98339c66e953a2ea"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the functions and values that will result from the restoration plan; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idd1c72ca32d4f4676abcb55a0352b7c4f"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a contingency plan for taking corrective actions in cases in which monitoring demonstrates that restoration measures are not achieving ecological success in accordance with criteria described in the monitoring plan.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="id8BA732CA8B264E279DB234C05C62E766"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Conclusion of operation and maintenance responsibility</header><text>The responsibility of the non-Federal sponsor for operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabilitation of the ecosystem restoration project shall cease 10 years after the date on which the Secretary makes a determination of success under subsection (b)(2).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="id43a8ab7a73e140a9a2aa1ecacdb64f29"><enum>1016.</enum><header>Credit for donated goods</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 221(a)(4)(D)(iv) of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d-5b(a)(4)(D)(iv)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id9f0bed747eaf48448bfa5443224c0ae1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>regardless of the cost incurred by the non-Federal interest,</quote> before <quote>shall not</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id98de24513d69426989caf4a45d794927"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>costs</quote> and inserting <quote>value</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section> <section commented="no" id="id3c2d8fbb5e7f4c3b8de34eb5ecd636b7"><enum>1017.</enum><header>Structural health monitoring</header> <subsection commented="no" id="iddd1b119fadf748ea9cdaae3bee924f98"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall design and develop a structural health monitoring program to assess and improve the condition of infrastructure constructed and maintained by the Corps of Engineers, including <deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough">design and development</deleted-phrase> <added-phrase reported-display-style="italic">research, design, and development</added-phrase> of systems and frameworks for—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id3f86ce8487b04d8ba21756c703559db0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>response to flood and earthquake events;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="id69dd103b971d442385d6d1d63f0defb7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>pre-disaster mitigation measures; <deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough">and</deleted-phrase></text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id787ff7ee0f184b9290c3db3f9eacc353"><enum>(3)</enum><text>lengthening the useful life of the infrastruc<deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough"></deleted-phrase>ture<deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough">.</deleted-phrase><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic">; and</added-phrase></text> </paragraph> <paragraph changed="added" commented="no" id="idCAF585F44BA0438FA5A87A837E21BF07" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(4)</enum><text>identifying risks due to sea level rise.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="ida46dae210b014460aef3906f4bc89af0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation and consideration</header><text>In developing the program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="idf512b618ed5c4d04822152fcd9d14dfb"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consult with academic and other experts; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idcf9536fab12f43ca9c6274fd5f649726"><enum>(2)</enum><text>consider models for maintenance and repair information, the development of degradation models for real-time measurements and environmental inputs, and research on qualitative inspection data as surrogate sensors.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" id="idC7AEA3E3CDD74449BF150E128E763A33"><enum>1018.</enum><header>Fish and wildlife mitigation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 906 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2283">33 U.S.C. 2283</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id01C8C4AAB3DF4676808615D96E44B8B3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (h)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id04A511D08E75459D9C9338E30E6E0DD9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id6CD08D1D359E4FCF8C6A742887335020"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively; and</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" id="id2BD6377AD23141F2A8F68893644C4F86"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" id="idA4738D95DE964F7987DAE10CDC05A30E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>include measures to protect or restore habitat connectivity</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id66B7B6CC83B848DD8222D0E8D9D213C5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)(C), by striking <quote>impacts</quote> and inserting <quote>impacts, including impacts to habitat connectivity</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idD5C5240CC7E24F96A43C9EF69FABAAD5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96CD2093E8BE49E3B2E93621D40CB2D2" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" id="id15E3655896AA49029993F2C083CFD7CA"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>The Secretary may use funds made available for preconstruction engineering and design prior to authorization of project construction to satisfy mitigation requirements through third-party arrangements or to acquire interests in land necessary for meeting mitigation requirements under this section.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" id="idff75559a3cbf420e9ee3946010608ecd"><enum>1019.</enum><header>Non-Federal interests</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 221(b)(1) of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b(b)(1)) is amended by inserting <quote>or a Native village, Regional Corporation, or Village Corporation (as those terms are defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1602">43 U.S.C. 1602</external-xref>))</quote> after <quote>Indian tribe</quote>.</text> </section> <section commented="no" id="idC6D5DD956CFE4485A9B7658DD1BF7811"><enum>1020.</enum><header>Discrete segment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2232">33 U.S.C. 2232</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idA48566F1F6AA4AF69718D408B410C4C2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>project or separable element</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>project, separable element, or discrete segment</quote>;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="idCEF1A5CB36C24C8B87F742E7B68F44F6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>project, or separable element thereof,</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>project, separable element, or discrete segment of a project</quote>;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id832B81F51C264C91AD2403C94F42588B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id7D6EF8CE44B9430ABFD337EEA022C863"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively, and indenting appropriately; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id46F9111A35754AE4BD646B023770B2BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the subsection designation and all that follows through <quote>In this section, the</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB7B95BF8A144731AE91D15E3AC50109" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" id="id9CE6C875166C4EB0A94511FDA4F072D3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idE58323EDF14D4FD7B50B28057F6D8BCE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Discrete segment</header><text>The term <term>discrete segment</term>, with respect to a project, means a physical portion of the project, as described in design documents, that is environmentally acceptable, is complete, will not create a hazard, and functions independently so that the non-Federal sponsor can operate and maintain the discrete segment in advance of completion of the total project or separable element of the project.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="idE97B2FD8BF0046A8A79395EB3F8994C6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Water resources development project</header><text>The</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idE8DDC14DD98646DE8A635393EB9A3851"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>project, or separate element thereof</quote> and inserting <quote>project, separable element, or discrete segment of a project</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="idF27956BE597E4A09B98A21C252604447"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id06B1C35865B64834B9225F2BBEF8DE20"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>project</quote> and inserting <quote>project, separable element, or discrete segment</quote>;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id3E382BA178CB4475BA1B18586B92B87C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>project, or a separable element of a water resources development project,</quote> and inserting <quote>project, separable element, or discrete segment of a project</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idE867E7EB94F0448CB43EF9EDF68199C3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44C6B28A880D4D9BA440B9BF914AA406" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" id="id9B717D5CFCB44D3EB8A5788AFBFECC73"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Repayment of reimbursement</header><text>If the non-Federal interest receives reimbursement for a discrete segment of a project and fails to complete the entire project or separable element of the project, the non-Federal interest shall repay to the Secretary the amount of the reimbursement, plus interest.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" id="idAAC09F722A9C4A1B930BD28AE60487D8"><enum>1021.</enum><header>Funding to process permits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 214(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2352">33 U.S.C. 2352(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="idE3C22E8823A44817A479BA7D9931A9C0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" id="idF433E6B3F0BF45B08B5F850EA8268A2E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Rail carrier</header><text>The term <term>rail carrier</term> has the meaning given the term in section 10102 of title 49, United States Code.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="id48D5DBF945EB44BD98C092E72DFA941A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>or natural gas company</quote> and inserting <quote>, natural gas company, or rail carrier</quote>;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id5C993EF4CCF848099F8BC421F3FA058C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>or natural gas company</quote> and inserting <quote>, natural gas company, or rail carrier</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="id8BB5C653D0CD4EA9811C5060F778FE1A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>and natural gas companies</quote> and inserting <quote>, natural gas companies, and rail carriers, including an evaluation of the compliance with all requirements of this section and, with respect to a permit for those entities, the requirements of all applicable Federal laws</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section id="idEB1415CC69F742A785FE23D8BA69C346"><enum>1022.</enum><header>International Outreach Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 401 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2329">33 U.S.C. 2329</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B46C160C1264AF68F14D47B26E2FE4C" style="OLC"> <subsection id="id8BD3A9BB3DD4454CB1D1D7B773AA536A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization</header> <paragraph id="idBDA68F5328C0477E8D2E6F683B7C82DB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may engage in activities to inform the United States of technological innovations abroad that could significantly improve water resources development in the United States.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idDED0429DC88848B68C4A0F104F4B8B6B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities under paragraph (1) may include—</text> <subparagraph id="id509d813715c94e588962ae66925a5d95"><enum>(A)</enum><text>development, monitoring, assessment, and dissemination of information about foreign water resources projects that could significantly improve water resources development in the United States;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id3152cf573bd54bcfa3185dfd460eb083"><enum>(B)</enum><text>research, development, training, and other forms of technology transfer and exchange; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id1a259e54faef41f7b8d5be0deaeea0ea"><enum>(C)</enum><text>offering technical services that cannot be readily obtained in the private sector to be incorporated into water resources projects if the costs for assistance will be recovered under the terms of each project.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="idC31D5C9D5B7B420A874E3E5F5ED4B8B9"><enum>1023.</enum><header>Wetlands mitigation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2036(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2317b">33 U.S.C. 2317b</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3DFD5B3679AB40E59AF3496D4BA8ACA6" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="id2c1aa4fa83034d2b94c32685868417e4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Mitigation banks</header> <subparagraph id="idAEA26E7014EE4103B31851B7AD6590AC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary shall issue implementation guidance that provides for the consideration of the entire amount of potential credits available at in-kind, in-basin mitigation banks and in-lieu fee programs for water resource development project feasibility studies.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id15CC117B6C074CFEB092560843270C6D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>All potential mitigation bank and in-lieu fee credits shall be considered a reasonable alternative for planning purposes if the applicable mitigation bank—</text> <clause id="idabf0a2105b434de78c3a0a1e442ceaf4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has an approved mitigation banking instrument; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="idd2290d8ed01e4a51a800219bb9290fcc"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has completed a functional analysis of the potential credits using the approved Corps of Engineers certified habitat assessment model specific to the region.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section> <section id="idbf4a728d4aa74ce9b484d8ccd4616a33"><enum>1024.</enum><header>Use of Youth Service and Conservation Corps</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 213 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2339">33 U.S.C. 2339</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="id72916aa4ab3947e3821471a00640a2dc"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Youth service and conservation corps</header><text>The Secretary shall encourage each district of the Corps of Engineers to enter into cooperative agreements authorized under this section with qualified youth service and conservation corps to perform appropriate projects.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section> <section id="id336E2C9010764B959B443F89066BB403"><enum>1025.</enum><header>Debris removal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3 of the Act entitled <quote>An Act authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes</quote>, approved March 2, 1945 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/603a">33 U.S.C. 603a</external-xref>), is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id496216231E5B4A6EBE86B501C92EF39D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$1,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$5,000,000</quote>; <deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough">and</deleted-phrase></text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id91abf087cf6b41dda54b051b9d081f63"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by <deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough">inserting</deleted-phrase> striking <quote>accumulated snags and other debris</quote> and inserting <quote>accumulated snags, obstructions, and other debris located in or adjacent to a Federal channel</quote><deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough">.</deleted-phrase><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic">; and</added-phrase></text> </paragraph>
<paragraph changed="added" id="idCE2058EDB91541B6838386F329A6401E" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or flood control</quote> and inserting <quote>, flood control, or recreation</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section> <section changed="deleted" id="id293f343344f043fd973e4f7e96264fe3" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>1026.</enum><header>Oyster aquaculture study</header> <subsection id="id09b4074c71d640509307f4ba94095964"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Comptroller General shall carry out an assessment of the oyster aquaculture industry, including—</text>
<paragraph id="idf5fb3abce8a74e3f9909416b8b878521"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an examination of Federal and State laws (including regulations) in each relevant district of the Corps of Engineers;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idff81282912db4f02a8b12f1981781c53"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the number, structure, funding, and regulation of oyster hatcheries in each State;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id74937485b6db450595cd3dea5ff2e6d4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the number of oyster aquaculture leases in place in each relevant district of the Corps of Engineers;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="ida102dfcca22141938c17b99381cea091"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the period of time required to secure an oyster aquaculture lease from each relevant jurisdiction; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id896e8d869b9b4ebaa73a495d090f0e47"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the experience of the private sector in applying for oyster aquaculture permits from different jurisdictions of the Corps of Engineers and different States.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="ida318c0db7ab5406ab128edd1ae629da2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study area</header><text>The study area shall comprise, to the maximum extent practicable, the following applicable locations:</text>
<paragraph id="ide91b199e25b747219676fa0b6bcf938b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Chesapeake Bay.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idaffb21606c0f457da82c4ad299783fbb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Gulf Coast States.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id8b92e9365cba4221a30116fada92f55d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The State of California.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id101555e732984f3da452f7b881790428"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Puget Sound.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idd5959ddbf1ad432fb669e632ac00a5e6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Not later than 225 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on Environment and Public Works and on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report containing the findings of the assessment conducted under subsection (a).</text> </subsection></section> <section changed="added" id="idFE6F55FB3BE14411B97EB3073F6B04E6" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>1026.</enum><header>Aquaculture study</header> <subsection id="id07171E64F3D24B6CB97521C77BD29653"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Comptroller General shall carry out an assessment of the shellfish aquaculture industry, including—</text>
<paragraph id="idCAA640E0286A463694F72478665F8B34"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an examination of Federal and State laws (including regulations) in each relevant district of the Corps of Engineers;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id23F1A10A3E0A40AEBCB0379E175105AC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the number of shellfish aquaculture leases, verifications, or permits in place in each relevant district of the Corps of Engineers;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idC2BE8BA58790459A94742EF8C07EFC2D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the period of time required to secure a shellfish aquaculture lease, verification, or permit from each relevant jurisdiction; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id349B5962970341DFA8F72C07DF4E30EA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the experience of the private sector in applying for shellfish aquaculture permits from different jurisdictions of the Corps of Engineers and different States.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idB28AFD7D52D6428BB9E712683C112772"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study area</header><text>The study area shall comprise, to the maximum extent practicable, the following applicable locations:</text> <paragraph id="id61340C9F2E4D4DDCAEED36955779BCC3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Chesapeake Bay.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idB5BC881B43D54A7291E9C517CC6F941B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Gulf Coast States.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idCCA4B33888F14C5CA89DC3EAD4816A73"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The State of California.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id83D394012FE344488BF7962DFC0A3CC4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The State of Washington.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idFB4F34E665C2474AAD418E6005857DDE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Not later than 225 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on Environment and Public Works and on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report containing the findings of the assessment conducted under subsection (a).</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="ida3bc5c415ed04135ac08bbd18bb32f91"><enum>1027.</enum><header>Levee vegetation</header>
<subsection id="id0aace46ddfa94368a9cce58cd34d5c19"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 3013(g)(1) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701n">33 U.S.C. 701n</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/121">Public Law 113–121</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id485da9db0e1540e8b47e39aa347529d8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>remove existing vegetation or</quote> after <quote>the Secretary shall not</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id80e1c305248a4e52b6c55ccca9c5250e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>as a condition or requirement for any approval or funding of a project, or any other action</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id358379017b0f41acb7fbfb90d9ca4df8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that—</text>
<paragraph id="id50DCDFC4748243BA8AE8C37E4EE166CB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describes the reasons for the failure of the Secretary to meet the deadlines in subsection (f) of section 3013 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701n">33 U.S.C. 701n</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/121">Public Law 113–121</external-xref>); and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id45408F71D4F84D40A549AC305B18A0B1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>provides a plan for completion of the activities required in that subsection (f).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id4EA0914F5433439FAEEBEF6415283F26"><enum>1028.</enum><header>Planning assistance to States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 22(a)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1962d-16">42 U.S.C. 1962d-16(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="idb564eb93f58142a299a5a55c10fedf83"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, a group of States, or a regional or national consortia of States</quote> after <quote>working with a State</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id4c548cab4dc8498db8d3f5ef39b84b74"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>located within the boundaries of such State</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section> <section id="iddbb817cf17674fa3b6168a44306c5a75"><enum>1029.</enum><header>Prioritization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1011 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2341a">33 U.S.C. 2341a</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id19E1D64C4DBC4ADB943481C9ED1D1836"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="id7e3a2ddec1814d66beeea4a639b5f3e9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(C), by inserting <quote>restore or</quote> before <quote>prevent the loss</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id1f40a8e8d05e4de9bdc86840fbc0eb97"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="idd64d2167972d49e696cd505754993381"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>the date of enactment of this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>the date of enactment of the <short-title>Water Resources Development Act of 2016</short-title></quote>; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="idd0b8d2b4b5544be6a224fe85302c557c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking <quote>that—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>(II)</quote> and inserting <quote>that</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id7F50F9CFB0B64168A3B72618B289D63A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id3B7FCAD467534F56AD2DA8552DD31C57"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (C) as clauses (i) through (iii), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id4E64F1F8DD9B4A208E81D0D0BFE879E5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id9E09378D61F648DD8DC09D4F126B1978"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>For</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id086FBAD8A4C8426E8A9FB4D3DFD0E587" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="id6C07BD7156DE4C46B2B276B55616C9A7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id891D7A20B4A3432D909815717EF243D1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAC93240173384026B09A6C86A0807F3B" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="idC81CAE0274694F539A5AA218AF692E58"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Expedited consideration of currently authorized programmatic authorities</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Water Resources Development Act of 2016</short-title>, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that contains—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF1D388FAE1DF4B4DB09E563E399BF8A2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a list of all programmatic authorities for aquatic ecosystem restoration or improvement of the environment that—</text> <clause id="id29631E43443844CDB556CBB33047A007"><enum>(i)</enum><text>were authorized or modified in the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/114">Public Law 110–114</external-xref>; 121 Stat. 1041) or any subsequent Act; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="id8AB8997267B544518F212841ECE99FB6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that meet the criteria described in paragraph (1); and</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id123A15F3C1BF442FA76E213E67F11F57"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a plan for expeditiously completing the projects under the authorities described in subparagraph (A), subject to available funding.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section id="id025D87C031EF4272B2F355CE1A464DFB"><enum>1030.</enum><header>Kennewick Man</header>
<subsection id="ida2fe3883f9db4d4d992f099b3b6f052b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="id00b0d7466340407cba60bc26fdab4872"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Claimant tribes</header><text>The term <term>claimant tribes</term> means the Indian tribes and band referred to in the letter from Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt to Secretary of the Army Louis Caldera, relating to the human remains and dated September 21, 2000.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id9e69a8fd7f0b4b1f8a79d4cb70fe731a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Department</header><text>The term <term>Department</term> means the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id960b8a438f074b3784e4a0253e53f000"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Human remains</header><text>The term <term>human remains</term> means the human remains that—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9dc091aac3b842459ed7eaddaa579d1b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are known as Kennewick Man or the Ancient One, which includes the projectile point lodged in the right ilium bone, as well as any residue from previous sampling and studies; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idb3090863febb42c48bf507b5a1e6cb64"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are part of archaeological collection number 45BN495.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id950f36ae731c44c1bbd223fa35630bb7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transfer</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law or law of the State of Washington, including the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3001">25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.</external-xref>), not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall transfer the human remains to the Department, on the condition that the Department, acting through the State Historic Preservation Officer, disposes of the remains and repatriates the remains to claimant tribes.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="ide3ad553850f143f4aaa33334e716cb6c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cost</header><text>The Corps of Engineers shall be responsible for any costs associated with the transfer.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id3666f5c53dfe4641a99138976c853591"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<paragraph id="id8e5cab717bd64e5683a83e67dad12cd8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The transfer shall be limited solely to the human remains portion of the archaeological collection.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idd5287028c78947cd8fb351765a4d80c9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Corps of engineers</header><text>The Corps of Engineers shall have no further responsibility for the human remains transferred pursuant to subsection (b) after the date of the transfer.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id00d812a89d464d99b62b9c9cd27e3c51"><enum>1031.</enum><header>Review of Corps of Engineers assets</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6002(b) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/121">Public Law 113–121</external-xref>; 128 Stat. 1349) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3040bb2305484bd4884386ba4c707d17" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="ide32510a972a140fc8b14c94b467a85b4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The extent to which the property has economic, cultural, historic, or recreational significance or impacts at the national, State, or local level.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="id7ED270E89CED44D5ADFCF473FFB28E5D"><enum>1032.</enum><header>Review of reservoir operations</header>
<subsection id="id521e3187d5ec4fddb0c55f9269699e44"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the heads of other Federal agencies, as appropriate, shall review the operation of a reservoir, including the water control manual and rule curves, using the best available science, including improved weather forecasts and run-off forecasting methods in any case in which the Secretary receives a request for such a review from a non-Federal entity.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="id8CB095BC677B4A80A3ACAFA5D8DCFB80"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In conducting reviews under subsection (a), the Secretary shall give priority to reservoirs—</text>
<paragraph id="id34FB87A019EC4F8DACDAAF4808069FA0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>located in areas with prolonged drought conditions; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id8C62A1BEC2E54E40A4A0FBC964CC9E2E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for which no such review has occurred during the 10-year period preceding the date of the request.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id820648d5c9074a9bb649481bc6792576"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Description of benefits</header><text>In conducting the review under subsection (a), the Secretary shall determine if a change in operations, including the use of improved weather forecasts and run-off forecasting methods, will enhance 1 or more existing authorized project purposes, including—</text> <paragraph id="id9d49ae56570e48ddabb160b35a4f7591"><enum>(1)</enum><text>flood risk reduction;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ida5b6297caf5f46d3bf803b89557f412b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>water supply;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="iddcb551a539c94cdda9a48f7cadef7ed0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>recreation; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idbd1dc5a5523e4c67b3b9928b01d80f10"><enum>(4)</enum><text>fish and wildlife protection and mitigation.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection changed="added" id="idf092e902ebaf48c28e54067880760a6a" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In carrying out a review under subsection (a) and prior to implementing a change in operations under subsection (f), the Secretary shall consult with all affected interests, including—</text>
<paragraph id="idc3cce015c16a423eb9a853c06232d614"><enum>(1)</enum><text>non-Federal entities responsible for operations and maintenance costs of a Federal facility;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id1db400be7a7e4c279c7460318a72c3b3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>individuals and entities with storage entitlements; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ide5aa77857975415a82b6c214be7b0956"><enum>(3)</enum><text>local agencies with flood control responsibilities downstream of a facility.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection changed="added" id="id9FE72FCDA8F743E9A44A507E9CA14B8B" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Results reported</header><text>Not later than 90 days</text> </subsection>
<subsection changed="not-changed" id="id57ca0c7b51f04f2e87d18ff9b1541bc6"><enum><deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough">(d)</deleted-phrase></enum><header><deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough">Results reported</deleted-phrase></header><text><deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough">Not later than 90 days</deleted-phrase> after completion of a review under this section, the Secretary shall post a report on the Internet regarding the results of the review.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="id93a9159afb14448992f6485fed76fe35"><enum><deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough">(e)</deleted-phrase></enum> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idB39879BDFCC441219C376047C053B698"><enum><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic">(f)</added-phrase></enum><header>Manual update</header><text>As soon as practicable, but not later than 3 years after the date on which a report under subsection <deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough">(d)</deleted-phrase> <added-phrase reported-display-style="italic">(e)</added-phrase> is posted on the Internet, pursuant to the procedures required under existing authorities, if the Secretary determines based on that report that using the best available science, including improved weather and run-off forecasting methods, improves 1 or more existing authorized purposes at a reservoir, the Secretary shall—</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idee10e60625de4db38b535d159d69178e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>incorporate those methods in the operation of the reservoir; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id7c67f610526643a4b29ff2bbad7c8eeb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>as appropriate, update or revise operational documents, including water control plans, water control manuals, water control diagrams, release schedules, rule curves, and operational agreements with non-Federal entities.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idb799d52df600445a902bb95b0a5a412e"><enum><deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough">(f)</deleted-phrase></enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idBD50C17141014DCC9E4344BAFB62C771"><enum><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic">(g)</added-phrase></enum><header>Funding</header><text>The Secretary may accept and expend amounts from non-Federal entities and other Federal agencies to fund all or a portion of the cost of carrying out a review under subsection (a) or an update or revision of operational documents under subsection <deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough">(e)</deleted-phrase> <added-phrase reported-display-style="italic">(f)</added-phrase>, including any associated environmental documentation.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idccd642bded854fde87337de58872e145"><enum><deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough">(g)</deleted-phrase></enum> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idD845D03F1D644FAE919EFF24C4C2D0CD"><enum><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic">(h)</added-phrase></enum><header>Effect</header> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idebefe048832047cfb1aac6f4a72e9bfe"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Manual updates</header><text>An update under subsection <deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough">(e)(2)</deleted-phrase> <added-phrase reported-display-style="italic">(f)(2)</added-phrase> shall not interfere with the authorized purposes of a project.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idd74b0b8d15d349318bdcbd76157674a1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect of section</header><text>Nothing in this section—</text> <subparagraph id="id93d6d4be7bf748a481d6a42ce3312104"><enum>(A)</enum><text>authorizes the Secretary to carry out any project or activity for a purpose not otherwise authorized as of the date of enactment of this Act; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ida78522d3cc1a4f00ac822c95d5cea988"><enum>(B)</enum><text>affects or modifies any obligation of the Secretary under Federal or State law.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id39c6738556574ec6965603d735f69936"><enum><deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough">(h)</deleted-phrase></enum> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id8772ED850CAB439F8092EAEF560A9AA6"><enum><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic">(i)</added-phrase></enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>This section shall not apply to reservoirs owned and operated by the Corps of Engineers in—</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idd579b88b83644153a1b4e11336dcd732"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Upper Missouri River;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="iddaf855e1e2a6439fafbc5051862462f9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the <deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough">Apalachicola-Chattahoochee</deleted-phrase> <added-phrase reported-display-style="italic">Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint</added-phrase> river system; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ide5df3fdfac2242b0a1ee8a5d6215e163"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa river system.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="id72e663e671ee4ec8b1ff966ee691addb"><enum>1033.</enum><header>Transfer of excess credit</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1020 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2223">33 U.S.C. 2223</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ida50da806ee9b46b9806fb53f0ec06b8d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="ide036226c42c14f50ace6785187e28509"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>Subject to subsection (b)</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="ided0b71729e904eada745257b08f60c7c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Application of credit</header>
<paragraph id="id1fdf2ec57bea4f28a17e6ca436a7edb2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subsection (b)</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id5cabffa54c0840d08049dbd847bf5462"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="idc13a003c96c04ac6ac1520f6b6e457f7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reasonable intervals</header><text>On request from a non-Federal interest, the credit described in subsection (a) may be applied at reasonable intervals as those intervals occur and are identified as being in excess of the required non-Federal cost share prior to completion of the study or project if the credit amount is verified by the Secretary.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="idc05995335f474e7392a0a30a8dac5146"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (d); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id3db45837afdb42b5802dc0e0ec36ecbd"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d).</text> </paragraph></section> <section id="idE0B29C27CDFB4DAEBD6A88D8FCF1E857"><enum>1034.</enum><header>Surplus water storage</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1046(c) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/121">Public Law 113–121</external-xref>; 128 Stat. 1254) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="id1FE966A42A8C42E88E32B991360BFD60"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Time limit</header>
<subparagraph id="id0D3BEAAE71D64295B89ECFA1C172DA76"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the Secretary has documented the volume of surplus water available, not later than 60 days after the date on which the Secretary receives a request for a contract and easement, the Secretary shall issue a decision on the request.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id80682be2743a45f0bcda83375c29d618"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Outstanding information</header><text>If the Secretary has not documented the volume of surplus water available, not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary receives a request for a contract and easement, the Secretary shall provide to the requester—</text>
<clause id="idadf7c852715e4ebfb749613c5f5053f7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an identification of any outstanding information that is needed to make a final decision;</text> </clause> <clause id="id6e5c95008ad04d2080aaef2d2bb9fd6e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the date by which the information referred to in clause (i) shall be obtained; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="ide66a506e5e7a47c5b1b6b97e7bb86117"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the date by which the Secretary will make a final decision on the request.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section> <section id="id974A410516FE48FDABA04089EFE78F25"><enum>1035.</enum><header>Hurricane and storm damage reduction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3(c)(2)(B) of the Act of August 13, 1946 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/426g">33 U.S.C. 426g(c)(2)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$5,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$10,000,000</quote>.</text> </section>
<section id="id735e0e75a3064b1eb129aef310649153"><enum>1036.</enum><header>Fish hatcheries</header>
<subsection id="id2ae127ffc0c0474fa7418559a592854f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may operate a fish hatchery for the purpose of restoring a population of fish species located in the region surrounding the fish hatchery that is listed as a threatened species or an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>) or a similar State law.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="id0a01fd4dc74241c98df4af4795ab62f4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>A non-Federal entity, another Federal agency, or a group of non-Federal entities or other Federal agencies shall be responsible for 100 percent of the additional costs associated with managing a fish hatchery for the purpose described in subsection (a) that are not authorized as of the date of enactment of this Act for the fish hatchery.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id7EE6E4874429452593A733C089EBD34E"><enum>1037.</enum><header>Feasibility studies and watershed assessments</header>
<subsection id="idE57114F197614430A06F51556CC4290D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Vertical integration and acceleration of studies</header><text>Section 1001(d) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2282c">33 U.S.C. 2282c(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1CBE015A9CC94B139F293191166C9198" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="idDDAA9C22DD304B3B8AD14D404B8E3204"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than February 1 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that identifies any feasibility study for which the Secretary in the preceding fiscal year approved an increase in cost or extension in time as provided under this section, including an identification of the specific 1 or more factors used in making the determination that the project is complex.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="idBC96D52CA3EF4483BF9DE5D2B4512A36"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cost sharing</header><text>Section 105(a)(1)(A) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2215">33 U.S.C. 2215(a)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id4B628B2B25674376B69C644AB47FA238"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the subparagraph designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="id95CB39A1F31A4058B77F4A49DDA5E4C2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirement</header>
<clause id="idDF884BA5EA814CAC994996DEAC0859BA"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), the Secretary</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id68E63EA593F9459581452D54D613F449"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<clause id="id3D875BF58F044A8793955A48978BFA4F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>For the purpose of meeting or otherwise communicating with prospective non-Federal sponsors to identify the scope of a potential water resources project feasibility study, identifying the Federal interest, developing the cost sharing agreement, and developing the project management plan, the first $100,000 of the feasibility study shall be a Federal expense.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idF95B40270C9E4DE1AB76C487DD98DB0D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Non-Federal share</header><text>Section 729(f)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2267a">33 U.S.C. 2267a(f)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting before the period at the end <quote>, except that the first $100,000 of the assessment shall be a Federal expense</quote>.</text> </subsection></section>
<section changed="added" id="S1" reported-display-style="italic" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1038.</enum><header>Shore damage prevention or mitigation</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 111 of the River and Harbor Act of 1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/426i">33 U.S.C. 426i</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id928A246A47664F9B8EAB0F2AC1C420C8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>measures</quote> and all that follows through <quote>project</quote> and inserting <quote>measures, including a study, shall be cost-shared in the same proportion as the cost-sharing provisions applicable to construction of the project</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id7E82CE87656041299E7C2ED7121E4738"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6A4B188F6FB542E8B85ACB2D92247BAD" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection id="id282273FB74C74406BE7D79EED2847697"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reimbursement for feasibility studies</header><text>Beginning on the date of enactment of this subsection, in any case in which the Secretary implements a project under this section, the Secretary shall reimburse or credit the non-Federal interest for any amounts contributed for the study evaluating the damage in excess of the non-Federal share of the costs, as determined under subsection (b).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>
<enum>II</enum><header>Navigation </header>
<section id="id321C2D19086048C6BDDE2A3AE56B2790"><enum>2001.</enum><header>Projects funded by the Inland Waterways Trust Fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Beginning on June 10, 2014, and ending on the date that is 15 years after the date of enactment of this Act, section 1001(b)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/579a">33 U.S.C. 579a(b)(2)</external-xref>) shall not apply to any project authorized to receive funding from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund established by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9506">section 9506(a)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text> </section> <section commented="no" id="id7DE0FA9250DE4DEE8F6D8BE59544EBEA"><enum>2002.</enum><header>Operation and maintenance of fuel-taxed inland waterways</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 102(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2212">33 U.S.C. 2212(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="id7f5f4a912285441f9f49f316bd0e6936"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Credit or reimbursement</header><text>The Federal share of operation and maintenance carried out by a non-Federal interest under this subsection after the date of enactment of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 shall be eligible for reimbursement or for credit toward—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id0F3834B423214DF08D7201D65750EBEE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the non-Federal share of future operation and maintenance under this subsection; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id3B28BFAB7E1847D9AD7D4DCCF767B82B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any measure carried out by the Secretary under section 3017(a) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3303a">33 U.S.C. 3303a</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/121">Public Law 113–121</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section> <section commented="no" id="idEF05CC827FA749BAB116CBFA5285FCB6"><enum>2003.</enum><header>Funding for harbor maintenance programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2101 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2238b">33 U.S.C. 2238b</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id1a9e5dd5672f494193321a47d1071dfa"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>The target total</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided in subsection (c), the target total</quote>;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="idAB53B9A8B3DE437D9EB48AF310459ADE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id8daa3d7befdf477fa5c9643cca43213d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6393155d8a2d4c37bec24558670bf0ee" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" id="id49a0f68e47834a36a6b38339838f6cb2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>If the target total budget resources for a fiscal year described in subparagraphs (A) through (J) of subsection (b)(1) is lower than the target total budget resources for the previous fiscal year, then the target total budget resources shall be adjusted to be equal to the lesser of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idd845219d25734049bcb4f8a9ab3ccc66"><enum>(1)</enum><text>103 percent of the total budget resources appropriated for the previous fiscal year; or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="idf574193d59c6452e9ee92c977acd2c72"><enum>(2)</enum><text>100 percent of the total amount of harbor maintenance taxes received in the previous fiscal year.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" id="ida0b0ed07c68843b98eb3b2ab6cd2792f"><enum>2004.</enum><header>Dredged material disposal</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Disposal of dredged material shall not be considered environmentally acceptable if the disposal violates applicable State water quality standards approved by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under section 303 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1313">33 U.S.C. 1313</external-xref>).</text> </section> <section commented="no" id="id6EFC440FC6F1471CBE0121FDA078861F"><enum>2005.</enum><header>Cape Arundel disposal site, Maine</header> <subsection commented="no" id="id15F2BEAC425C49EFB9AEFF260C5CEFD0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>The Cape Arundel Disposal Site selected by the Department of the Army as an alternative dredged material disposal site under section 103(b) of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1413">33 U.S.C. 1413(b)</external-xref>) and reopened pursuant to section 113 of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/76">Public Law 113–76</external-xref>; 128 Stat. 158) (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Site’’) may remain open until the earlier of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id76FE313AC7384427A2EAD284148B11F5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the date on which the Site does not have any remaining disposal capacity;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="id14FAB88016B041939DA628CCCD9BAF6F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the date on which an environmental impact statement designating an alternative dredged material disposal site for southern Maine has been completed; or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idC9677ADB50A54A199FA5D83AADC492F5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the date that is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="id67BF06B0A5BA4529B619C170829FDB50"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>The use of the Site as a dredged material disposal site under subsection (a) shall be subject to the conditions that—</text>
<paragraph id="idceffa060d0e243e98b890a7832830bc4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conditions at the Site remain suitable for the continued use of the Site as a dredged material disposal site; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id6dd46558c4c64d559e1b031356cd813d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Site not be used for the disposal of more than 80,000 cubic yards from any single dredging project.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id4A8D3A0D211B47FA9CE778CDE634431C"><enum>2006.</enum><header>Maintenance of harbors of refuge</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to maintain federally authorized harbors of refuge.</text> </section> <section id="id18dccfc649f845caa932898c5aa9072f"><enum>2007.</enum><header>Aids to navigation</header> <subsection id="id67e3f27efd5547ebb2cd6ecb7681cbf4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id067e40b199b841dfa85e6779b2ca372b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consult with the Commandant of the Coast Guard regarding navigation on the Ouachita-Black Rivers; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idbe1ddea5e75246b6a5dd92a3c38bd22f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>share information regarding the assistance that the Secretary can provide regarding the placement of any aids to navigation on the rivers referred to in paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id7158b8c614d24361a9224e89432dd421"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on the outcome of the consultation under subsection (a).</text> </subsection></section> <section commented="no" id="id9e1363dbc5354d20a3ceea1fabc4c920"><enum>2008.</enum><header>Beneficial use of dredged material</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 204(d) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2326">33 U.S.C. 2326(d)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="id4ff89485b97f4eaf9faddeaaec27ab40"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Special rule</header><text>Disposal of dredged material under this subsection may include a single or periodic application of sediment for beneficial use and shall not require operation and maintenance.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id18ECC0D3F9674C26B18857299C81CC66"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Disposal at non-Federal cost</header><text>The Secretary may accept funds from a non-Federal interest to dispose of dredged material as provided under section 103(d)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2213">33 U.S.C. 2213(d)(1)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section commented="no" id="idFEE4FDCB1B3B4394BB533EBECD440A20"><enum>2009.</enum><header>Operation and maintenance of harbor projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 210(c)(3) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2238">33 U.S.C. 2238(c)(3)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="id01F1FDC256D84E2592B2E5964E078E1B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>2022</quote> and inserting <quote>2025</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id4271A78A13694002BE86D7D5DB268918"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2015</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section> <section commented="no" id="idE39C7A2FE1834254B23B725004BD88C2"><enum>2010.</enum><header>Additional measures at donor ports and energy transfer ports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2106 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2238c">33 U.S.C. 2238c</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id307B07B3AF05412F837F733E5BDC078E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(4)(A), by striking <quote>Code of Federal Regulation</quote> and inserting <quote>Code of Federal Regulations</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="id940AA1CD2C7A45048BDB0ABF66420390"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idCE8B12F3A20249EEB01BA986EA721970"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2025</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id77A4106097EB498A9E673D87D3AC8D40"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="idBA2F460DDF8A430E8D6FBA3708294FE3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2015 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2016 through 2020</quote>; and</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" id="idA25BEBAF5C6946FB97D6F2096A567228"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2019 through 2022</quote> and inserting <quote>2021 through 2025</quote>.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" id="id7AA56EE83D434178BD73D81CB7A335C3"><enum>2011.</enum><header>Harbor deepening</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough">Section 101(a)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2211">33 U.S.C. 2211(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</deleted-phrase></text> <subsection changed="added" id="id481BDEDAFA3645DF85E049CECDCF78A6" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 101(a)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2211">33 U.S.C. 2211(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" id="idCF458EF2C25E46138EFB8FAC007008D4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>the date of enactment of this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>the date of enactment of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/121">Public Law 113–121</external-xref>; 128 Stat. 1193)</quote>;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" id="id33D88FB024DF469CB8346ABAB0F20A1B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>45 feet</quote> and inserting <quote>50 feet</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" commented="no" id="id6CB969F2B4E746CA84F13C5A053A0EA6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>45 feet</quote> and inserting <quote>50 feet</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection changed="added" commented="no" id="idD4430614BC494972BB1F4E46AE3B99E3" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition of deep-draft harbor</header><text>Section 214(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2241">33 U.S.C. 2241(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>45 feet</quote> and inserting <quote>50 feet</quote>.</text> </subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="id05C0AE8A4C064225BD5CE95FDF6D1660"><enum>2012.</enum><header>Operations and maintenance of inland Mississippi River ports</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="id23CF9DFFC0234550895BFACBF697B894"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="id552BE45A5A844E09B1EAC7F180D13907"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Inland Mississippi River</header><text>The term <term>inland Mississippi River</term> means the portion of the Mississippi River that begins at the confluence of the Minnesota River and ends at the confluence of the Red River.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idcd628ea98bcc40ac8e018d5f7cdbfe27"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Shallow draft</header><text>The term <term>shallow draft</term> means a project that has a depth of less than 14 feet.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="id4c0cbb71c3084bb1a2cfef3b36ebe8e6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Dredging activities</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out dredging activities on shallow draft ports located on the inland Mississippi River to the respective authorized widths and depths of those inland ports, as authorized on the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="id43ab02bc0414457b83e6064716a24175"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>For each fiscal year, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $25,000,000.</text> </subsection></section> <section commented="no" id="id027E2872775F430793F8B0F84AC15D8E"><enum>2013.</enum><header>Implementation guidance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2102 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/121">Public Law 113–121</external-xref>; 128 Stat. 1273) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="idf2417b09239f42cca516b33b16d3ab07"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Water Resources Development Act of 2016</short-title> the Secretary shall publish on the website of the Corps of Engineers guidance on the implementation of this section and the amendments made by this section.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section> <section commented="no" id="idEEE75C69C2004E3B8140B3B0E7727037"><enum>2014.</enum><header>Remote and subsistence harbors</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2006 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2242">33 U.S.C. 2242</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id9A9C18EA09D04774A9BCD5D5FADE92B5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(3), by inserting <quote>in which the project is located or of a community that is located in the region that is served by the project and that will rely on the project</quote> after <quote>community</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id65E8D2010C794D55AD5C219FFEDFDE97"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id9DC6C1AB25B0493C858F88CDAF4F079B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>or of a community that is located in the region to be served by the project and that will rely on the project</quote> after <quote>community</quote>;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id4191550860BD4DEB92DDF52A467E0304"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>local population</quote> and inserting <quote>regional population to be served by the project</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id9375A069D8BD4F6AB4A8BFCFE31F8C5B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>community</quote> and inserting <quote>local community or to a community that is located in the region to be served by the project and that will rely on the project</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="id09D1ADEE72B44FA3A67CA0185F3AEE23"><enum>2015.</enum><header>Non-Federal interest dredging authority</header> <subsection id="idbbb297571ffe4e888668ea0de81c7bb4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may permit a non-Federal interest to carry out, for an authorized navigation project (or a separable element of an authorized navigation project), such maintenance activities as are necessary to ensure that the project is maintained to not less than the minimum project dimensions.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id4c08591377d14fcc8eaca5a18cf65f81"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cost limitations</header><text>Except as provided in this section and subject to the availability of appropriations, the costs incurred by a non-Federal interest in performing the maintenance activities described in subsection (a) shall be eligible for reimbursement, not to exceed an amount that is equal to the estimated Federal cost for the performance of the maintenance activities.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="id25b49ee0e792426d911a8bb40a8922a5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Agreement</header><text>Before initiating maintenance activities under this section, the non-Federal interest shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary that specifies, for the performance of the maintenance activities, the terms and conditions that are acceptable to the non-Federal interest and the Secretary.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id690d4f15302d4cbeb0680a77b62209af"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Provision of equipment</header><text>In carrying out maintenance activities under this section, a non-Federal interest shall—</text> <paragraph id="id2944677F3B384626B8C69179B4C0FD05"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide equipment at no cost to the Federal Government; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id556F6DC5FBCF449084E9AE27630EBE18"><enum>(2)</enum><text>hold and save the United States free from any and all damage that arises from the use of the equipment of the non-Federal interest, except for damage due to the fault or negligence of a contractor of the Federal Government.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection changed="deleted" id="id8946b66049a141bfb4ed8dd26da14b9b" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reimbursement eligibility limitations</header><text>Costs that are directly related to the operation and maintenance of a dredge, based on the period of time the dredge is used in the performance of work for the Federal Government during a given fiscal year, are eligible for reimbursement under this section.</text> </subsection>
<subsection changed="added" id="id51A4CA2D56A44C3882A51BA762A552AA" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reimbursement eligibility limitations</header><text>Costs that are eligible for reimbursement under this section are those costs directly related to the costs associated with operation and maintenance of the dredge based on the lesser of the period of time for which—</text> <paragraph id="id5C4950C05031421AA15EE8E67512D290"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the dredge is being used in the performance of work for the Federal Government during a given fiscal year; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id6EDBEF08AB1249B0858A406BA37744C2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the actual fiscal year Federal appropriations identified for that portion of maintenance dredging that are made available.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idd3e5d55c7dc443feaa4bd83ae908eee9"><enum>(f)</enum><header><deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough">Monitoring</deleted-phrase> Audit</header><text>Not earlier than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary may conduct an audit on any maintenance activities for an authorized navigation project (or a separable element of an authorized navigation project) carried out under this section to determine if permitting a non-Federal interest to carry out maintenance activities under this section has resulted in—</text>
<paragraph id="ida832a1d928ef4a499bc130271d92f97a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>improved reliability and safety for navigation; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id32236a4e1661444a8644797d9d9eb442"><enum>(2)</enum><text>cost savings to the Federal Government.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id6d85e5283cc343bd8e5b656e5a5949e8"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Termination of authority</header><text>The authority of the Secretary under this section terminates on the date that is 10 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection></section> <section changed="deleted" id="id113fb593598447138dd76615db95154a" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>2016.</enum><header>Transportation cost savings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 210(e)(3)(A) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2238">33 U.S.C. 2238(e)(3)(A)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idd02c2ee2f63d41438088c4ba194ed08e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idEBDC94963557429C8C182DE4A00A75F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (iv), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id4986E6BC76E24DABBFED93BB52E8D375"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="deleted" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide218b39d028a43b597b6790d7121cbf1" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC"> <clause id="id4a699195e42d414592b630c29d1b4b83"><enum>(v)</enum><text>identifies, to the maximum extent practicable, transportation cost savings realized by achieving and maintaining the constructed width and depth for the harbors and inland harbors referred to in subsection (a)(2), on a project-by-project basis.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>
<section changed="added" id="id7581A9CDE28449C1A8742C0A498839D4" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>2016.</enum><header>Transportation cost savings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 210(e)(3) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2238">33 U.S.C. 2238(e)(3)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id14788EC119824AC9BFEB2CD6C0B6C8D6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idCE1E0B50C2D640049DBCEC73E273A9A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB8532C5D067F47569C17DE5AB259D2AC" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="id5F316AF0E551494880D9A7B1D386C32D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional requirement</header><text>For the first report following the date of enactment of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016, in the report submitted under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall identify, to the maximum extent practicable, transportation cost savings realized by achieving and maintaining the constructed width and depth for the harbors and inland harbors referred to in subsection (a)(2), on a project-by-project basis.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>
<section id="idAF8B218537AF4A0199BCCE2B7CA60616"><enum>2017.</enum><header>Dredged material</header>
<subsection id="id29531F47CD554123A7F4F3957FED1095"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding part 335 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations, the Secretary may place dredged material from the operation and maintenance of an authorized Federal water resources project at another authorized water resource project if the Secretary determines that—</text> <paragraph id="idfaa5b4d7d5ed484287381701f7523d7e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the placement of the dredged material would—</text>
<subparagraph id="id451aea52d89142cab4771a0e126828a9"><enum>(A)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id232542F56B07442AB8E4B8BAFE1F6BCF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>enhance protection from flooding caused by storm surges or sea level rise; or</text> </clause> <clause id="id2CF8F783BF334307938D0BE8EC668950" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>significantly contribute to shoreline resiliency, including the resilience and restoration of wetland; and</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id3ce308b4c4024dacb28f342743e5691e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be in the public interest; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id8fc13c6cecaf4f408f74dd82b83c5d16"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the cost associated with the placement of the dredged material is reasonable in relation to the associated environmental, flood protection, and resiliency benefits.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id74b63713f48c4284b8e7db42a3126133"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional costs</header><text>If the cost of placing the dredged material at another authorized water resource project exceeds the cost of depositing the dredged material in accordance with the Federal standard (as defined in section 335.7 of title 33, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act)), the Secretary shall not require a non-Federal entity to bear any of the increased costs associated with the placement of the dredged material.</text> </subsection></section> <enum>III</enum><header>Safety improvements </header> <section commented="no" id="idfe21a84c8eb14df4955baa8574f7863c"><enum>3001.</enum><header>Rehabilitation assistance for non-Federal flood control projects</header> <subsection commented="no" id="id0E53E0286DAE44E1826742B00F3483BC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5 of the Act of August 18, 1941 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701n">33 U.S.C. 701n</external-xref>), is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idC46BE3BA4ABB4B079AA9F7B9AB78798A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0697ABD8E7BB4FFAA3A42EF304ABC172" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" id="id3BE2A8F198F74E31BFCA5E7381A77419"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definition of nonstructural alternatives</header><text>In this subsection, <term>nonstructural alternatives</term> includes efforts to restore or protect natural resources including streams, rivers, floodplains, wetlands, or coasts, if those efforts will reduce flood risk.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id106B3B1E237948C89AC07C952F516D1D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE18C098071A24299A7C3DB16CF88BE50" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" id="id65ecccb2e8084c3aa9587d7216bcd677"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Increased level of protection</header><text>In conducting repair or restoration work under subsection (a), at the request of the non-Federal sponsor, the Secretary may increase the level of protection above the level to which the system was designed, or, if the repair and rehabilitation includes repair or rehabilitation of a pumping station, will increase the capacity of a pump, if—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id22E6CE2B74854E13B884EBE5CC3762A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Chief of Engineers determines the improvements are in the public interest, including consideration of whether—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id01279982483E4F6BAD9CA1C29BE178DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the authority under this section has been used more than once at the same location;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id1E083B2C81D845D58DDD79FD83F6FAF3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>there is an opportunity to decrease significantly the risk of loss of life and property damage; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id7321386FE1134BEBA8EA9DDAA8F5D386"><enum>(C)</enum><text>there is an opportunity to decrease total life cycle rehabilitation costs for the project; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idE9F3C73A97E9482FA1557530A04EF9C9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the non-Federal sponsor agrees to pay the difference between the cost of repair, restoration, or rehabilitation to the original design level or original capacity and the cost of achieving the higher level of protection or capacity sought by the non-Federal sponsor.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="id03B63F90AA7F40298BE8B3657DD0157F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>The Secretary shall notify the non-Federal sponsor of the opportunity to request implementation of nonstructural alternatives to the repair or restoration of the flood control work under subsection (a).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="id7F5E6E4CEF5A4D0A8F45180364EBFA93"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Projects in coordination with certain rehabilitation requirements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idB724257CC78041E29EC9F3F07D20D073"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In any case in which the Secretary has completed a study determining a project for flood damage reduction is feasible and such project is designed to protect the same geographic area as work to be performed under section 5(c) of the Act of August 18, 1941 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701n">33 U.S.C. 701n(c)</external-xref>), the Secretary may, if the Secretary determines that the action is in the public interest, carry out such project with the work being performed under section 5(c) of that Act, subject to the limitations in paragraph (2).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="id00DEAD5DCE2D490F97D5D0CE84F57A9E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cost-sharing</header><text>The cost to carry out a project under paragraph (1) shall be shared in accordance with section 103 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2213">33 U.S.C. 2213</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" id="id459DB8579A2D4EC99B6ABAFEC9454DCE"><enum>3002.</enum><header>Rehabilitation of existing levees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3017 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3303a">33 U.S.C. 3303a</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/121">Public Law 113–121</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="id53A203FF18BF4996875DB2E82F0730DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking <quote>if the Secretary determines the necessary work is technically feasible, environmentally acceptable, and economically justified</quote>;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idDA96275B246242E4A274B716D0E88AE7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="idCA64A3C5EE7741EB875B645CE7F3B1D2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>This section</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="id41C4FA1FB4E74CB887135A4A5EDF6494"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>This section</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id54FDD65369B94B8D9F721C85D10253E9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="id594345FFFBD840B09C160A056C51C27E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>A measure carried out under subsection (a) shall be implemented in the same manner as the repair or restoration of a flood control work pursuant to section 5 of the Act of August 18, 1941 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701n">33 U.S.C. 701n</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="idCF82BB0888774B3FB011DB6EE4F1F14F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(1), by striking <quote>The non-Federal</quote> and inserting <quote>Notwithstanding subsection (b)(2), the non-Federal</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id54DF650977F4451D9E108822A317CD78"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id413BF8D70B34447192F38DD76BE23C7E" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" id="id67FED4A2615E43BA9E27CEB967262A03"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $125,000,000.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" id="id0B845D37BFD244D1941455FF081D2BCF"><enum>3003.</enum><header>Maintenance of high risk flood control projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In any case in which the Secretary is responsible, as of the date of enactment of this Act, for the maintenance of a project classified as class III under the Dam Safety Action Classification of the Corps of Engineers, the Secretary shall continue to be responsible for the maintenance until the earlier of the date that—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="id6C129A5048114502A282581EE4732CA2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the project is modified to reduce that risk and the Secretary determines that the project is no longer classified as class III under the Dam Safety Action Classification of the Corps of Engineers; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idF63EAFAA820D42549487012B57D32287"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is 15 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph></section> <section id="HADB719D58A4A472A95663D79F40817E3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3004.</enum><header>Rehabilitation of high hazard potential dams</header> <subsection id="H12B05384A0704EB0A952F603E8FACD9F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 2 of the National Dam Safety Program Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/467">33 U.S.C. 467</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2917C70EBB144649A692AD88051AE7C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), and (13) as paragraphs (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (11), (13), (14), (15), and (16), respectively;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H7A52FB7F231245F9ADDF4D79F0000CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="idCE8771BDF63E49E08E56ACD71FBA5967"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligible high hazard potential dam</header>
<subparagraph id="id53D0CAEE6EE0457F96B250B146E1C19E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>eligible high hazard potential dam</term> means a non-Federal dam that—</text> <clause id="id575CA40022064D91B9B791156ED8DF59"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is located in a State with a State dam safety program;</text> </clause>
<clause id="idDC0AB43F3A874D5AB156B08CDEB219B7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is classified as <quote>high hazard potential</quote> by the State dam safety agency in the State in which the dam is located;</text> </clause> <clause id="id6C54588FE65F4563905664E72D9D44DE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>has an emergency action plan approved by the relevant State dam safety agency; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="idFE66129D038E417195352F8C94BE76F8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the State in which the dam is located determines—</text> <subclause id="id7B5861532B274643B2F90AFF94C66442"><enum>(I)</enum><text>fails to meet minimum dam safety standards of the State; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="id088E7A6E25F74350951817A2CDC10391"><enum>(II)</enum><text>poses an unacceptable risk to the public.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id5815A09FDEFF41338FF3DC9FE663D489"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>The term <term>eligible high hazard potential dam</term> does not include—</text>
<clause id="id76A84BEF69304CEDBF7EEA3D8CA4B11F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a licensed hydroelectric dam; or</text> </clause> <clause id="idEF882D10249146E7929C576E5BC409AB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a dam built under the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idEAF6FAE16D1F40E489B18C747C7492F3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (9) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCAEB5659811C4E2385EBBC3359B5B6B9" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="id6B9410B911BF475DA4A35A651C3CA71B"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Non-Federal sponsor</header><text>The term <term>non-Federal sponsor</term>, in the case of a project receiving assistance under section 8A, includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="idC48061F12708460993AE3ED55B72C9E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a governmental organization; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idDA0AD52DC30C470BBE7D602A80F8CF38"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a nonprofit organization.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block> and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id0B020AF5551C4AA3BD228ADB8294F95A"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (11) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C428A7C8E384B9DAF93A8E7F8CC400" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HE2C369109C71496FA6FE93CBBCB10030"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Rehabilitation</header><text>The term <term>rehabilitation</term> means the repair, replacement, reconstruction, or removal of a dam that is carried out to meet applicable State dam safety and security standards.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H9AD0302B4F9F4E59ABF5FF2DEAF1903B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program for rehabilitation of high hazard potential dams</header><text>The National Dam Safety Program Act is amended by inserting after section 8 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/467f">33 U.S.C. 467f</external-xref>) the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HF9204EEABFBF4986889951BBAA1F90E5"> <section id="H3408F4F2F85F4A1E89A7242E6FEEB9D"><enum>8A.</enum><header>Rehabilitation of high hazard potential dams</header> <subsection id="id1D3E40E412F94DC491F9C8CC805C0A35"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of program</header><text>The Administrator shall establish, within FEMA, a program to provide technical, planning, design, and construction assistance in the form of grants to non-Federal sponsors for rehabilitation of eligible high hazard potential dams.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id6C7CEAC92F404A809E1B3B3D12107C89"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible activities</header><text>A grant awarded under this section for a project may be used for—</text> <paragraph id="id9AF59BA6980E4BDA9A4FFD8B2980A194"><enum>(1)</enum><text>repair;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idCB15080DE71B48C0AB6E5A196A965403"><enum>(2)</enum><text>removal; or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id07FB5BAF91F94C0E8C17E881B0B0825E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any other structural or nonstructural measures to rehabilitate a high hazard potential dam.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HCE3ADA10175D43BA996845D1E8A0ABD3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Award of grants</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDE8BCEB84FDF471FA1D29740CBCC1EC2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Application</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id69D12C04CCB3498E87D28A18B18D04F6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A non-Federal sponsor interested in receiving a grant under this section may submit to the Administrator an application for the grant.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id8A538837830A4CF5B268033E3146DB68"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>An application submitted to the Administrator under this section shall be submitted at such time, be in such form, and contain such information as the Administrator may prescribe by regulation pursuant to section 3004(c) of the <short-title>Water Resources Development Act of 2016</short-title>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9454A0B0EC6E4A7F9C9E160964005383"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grant</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idA46320CA7BE1434B975611FEC8B0E769"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Administrator may make a grant in accordance with this section for rehabilitation of a high hazard potential dam to a non-Federal sponsor that submits an application for the grant in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the Administrator.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id282A4A36F7B4429FBF54E238D6F2333F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Project grant agreement</header><text>The Administrator shall enter into a project grant agreement with the non-Federal sponsor to establish the terms of the grant and the project, including the amount of the grant.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idEC736C3E21294BD2BD6C296B26754978"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Grant assurance</header><text>As part of a project grant agreement under subparagraph (B), the Administrator shall require the non-Federal sponsor to provide an assurance, with respect to the dam to be rehabilitated under the project, that the owner of the dam has developed and will carry out a plan for maintenance of the dam during the expected life of the dam.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id3FB374C2DC5D4330A9AEF05F2FEE2044"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>A grant provided under this section shall not exceed the lesser of—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id726AEA1254EF4A0BB088B6DA498060D4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>12.5 percent of the total amount of funds made available to carry out this section; or</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" id="id8FBBB3B6A1A043158F9C05C0C83D7EF7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$7,500,000.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id2B85D97EE0CE4C1784BC6FA721E1B285"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<paragraph id="idB29F000490714152B6EB405F0C6A6E82"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Approval</header><text>A grant awarded under this section for a project shall be approved by the relevant State dam safety agency.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id3B38A5A221094E17AED3C30D2F36C2C5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Non-Federal sponsor requirements</header><text>To receive a grant under this section, the non-Federal sponsor shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id152737677E0B41B3A03D9A3A7BDD1FC3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>participate in, and comply with, all applicable Federal flood insurance programs;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id60C8FB91615E4D18BDB84F48CFEE474F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have in place a hazard mitigation plan that—</text>
<clause id="id7AB523BAE5F249EF89CEBFBBA44E0E26"><enum>(i)</enum><text>includes all dam risks; and</text> </clause> <clause id="id0CC4C1D930E04CD8A80FDC70488E96D6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>complies with the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/390">Public Law 106–390</external-xref>; 114 Stat. 1552);</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id48D2597C71A042A98036FA763178A052"><enum>(C)</enum><text>commit to provide operation and maintenance of the project for the 50-year period following completion of rehabilitation;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id2425DDFF95794DF9A700CB54E26FF83C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>comply with such minimum eligibility requirements as the Administrator may establish to ensure that each owner and operator of a dam under a participating State dam safety program—</text>
<clause id="idAAEC92DF0F88467E91AFC7B5C69E8BE1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>acts in accordance with the State dam safety program; and</text> </clause> <clause id="id5952837D117E405DB57FDC12EE3C0F08"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>carries out activities relating to the public in the area around the dam in accordance with the hazard mitigation plan described in subparagraph (B); and</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id61887EB77632492F91C090F6A8CF225C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>comply with section 611(j)(9) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5196">42 U.S.C. 5196(j)(9)</external-xref>) (as in effect on the date of enactment of this section) with respect to projects receiving assistance under this section in the same manner as recipients are required to comply in order to receive financial contributions from the Administrator for emergency preparedness purposes.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id804fca82525042069ff90492dbbca0ee"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Floodplain management plans</header> <paragraph id="idb7ee9666999847b1985ce8dc8a8842e9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As a condition of receipt of assistance under this section, the non-Federal entity shall demonstrate that a floodplain management plan to reduce the impacts of future flood events in the area protected by the project—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7EBD4FF7A0904DC59FA5698284CC64CC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is in place; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id07B0386B30EF4A97A5C8DC6E4F3546FB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>will be—</text>
<clause id="id4B47AB98BD22492E9D623986024758DA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>developed not later than 1 year after the date of execution of a project agreement for assistance under this section; and</text> </clause> <clause id="id0D8C264BD6AB4CBBA7152F1806AF4F9C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>implemented not later than 1 year after the date of completion of construction of the project.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id36cdad4f91e148a1b3945d884de4210a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>A plan under paragraph (1) shall address—</text> <subparagraph id="idd7fa90735cfe43d19b90b85d8949f3d6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>potential measures, practices, and policies to reduce loss of life, injuries, damage to property and facilities, public expenditures, and other adverse impacts of flooding in the area protected by the project;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id5395808581b2445abd6c3e70deff5155"><enum>(B)</enum><text>plans for flood fighting and evacuation; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idfe9543f4e54f4ca9b02731a6b19b4f2e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>public education and awareness of flood risks.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id311618a516594cf99b144feb8735366c"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Technical support</header><text>The Administrator may provide technical support for the development and implementation of floodplain management plans prepared under this subsection.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idf250a49cacb9437487292a85281e9157"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Priority system</header><text>The Administrator, in consultation with the Board, shall develop a risk-based priority system for use in identifying high hazard potential dams for which grants may be made under this section.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idF7F1B62135004DE882B2B6CBD7A67B73"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph id="idCE577699676C420FA35C0B3063C74234"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Cost sharing</header>
<subparagraph id="idEE389D36469E48D2BD9FCEF20FD112ED"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Any assistance provided under this section for a project shall be subject to a non-Federal cost-sharing requirement of not less than 35 percent.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id0E715F530A594A98B71A44A86CD55CFD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>In-kind contributions</header><text>The non-Federal share under subparagraph (A) may be provided in the form of in-kind contributions.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id6141DAC72AFB4E4CAF8CB6296887D903"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation of funds</header><text>The total amount of funds made available to carry out this section for each fiscal year shall be distributed as follows:</text> <subparagraph id="idFA8D060A1219417C99607D3928348CE6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Equal distribution</header><text><fraction>1/3</fraction> shall be distributed equally among the States in which the projects for which applications are submitted under subsection (c)(1) are located.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id0ED63E1B232A4E2EA2246B4F098A2B4E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Need-based</header><text><fraction>2/3</fraction> shall be distributed among the States in which the projects for which applications are submitted under subsection (c)(1) are located based on the proportion that—</text> <clause id="id948A017199474B6AAFF3CD75B5C6C88E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of eligible high hazard potential dams in the State; bears to</text> </clause>
<clause id="id3A6E722D089C47969C61F519BCA889AC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of eligible high hazard potential dams in all States in which projects for which applications are submitted under subsection (c)(1).</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="IDafd73048115e4e3ba36c29aac8d5789e"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds provided in the form of a grant or otherwise made available under this section shall be used—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="ID142ca23d481449259e698e1b56da50cf"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to rehabilitate a Federal dam;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="IDa456e38696c54f698645bf8cf666d866"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to perform routine operation or maintenance of a dam;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="IDd6808115bbda436f8cacacb1a9bc2384"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to modify a dam to produce hydroelectric power;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="ID283806d7178443b38c4e716f9abd6158"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to increase water supply storage capacity; or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="IDea620481cec04ce5835ee5355d0f1dd3"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to make any other modification to a dam that does not also improve the safety of the dam.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="ID4ae5bb9defe24122bbb37e2640c2fb88"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Contractual requirements</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="id3DEE48734C3C40918D379172430F6A78"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), as a condition on the receipt of a grant under this section of an amount greater than $1,000,000, a non-Federal sponsor that receives the grant shall require that each contract and subcontract for program management, construction management, planning studies, feasibility studies, architectural services, preliminary engineering, design, engineering, surveying, mapping, and related services entered into using funds from the grant be awarded in the same manner as a contract for architectural and engineering services is awarded under—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idC15D7BE0CDC44F299EACE01F8A962782"><enum>(A)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/40/11">chapter 11</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id715ADBD42D9E4180B2EF8F8E5E96DBBB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an equivalent qualifications-based requirement prescribed by the relevant State.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id2A6E57C4837F437FAC8F8358E6007AAB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No proprietary interest</header><text>A contract awarded in accordance with paragraph (1) shall not be considered to confer a proprietary interest upon the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H523D236188D2431EB020F8F3F6E4D500"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—</text>
<paragraph id="idCA622F0A16214433B17BFC1F69856C29"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$10,000,000 for fiscal years 2017 and 2018;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id52914F3328824B049279E5DF6DC15E49"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$25,000,000 for fiscal year 2019;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id7BBB348D377846F88E4B908090DE478E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$40,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idAC3F225EEA3446AE8AD741662CF56B41"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2026.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H644A6DC419BB478B9D811BDD2070D9C2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB62557E9BEF24E35B36923EFF5CFEB38"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Proposed rulemaking</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall issue a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding applications for grants of assistance under the amendments made by subsection (b) to the National Dam Safety Program Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/467">33 U.S.C. 467 et seq.</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H30D8BF7372EB423FAC2FAD40FDF922E0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Final rule</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency shall promulgate a final rule regarding the amendments described in paragraph (1).<pagebreak/></text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<enum>IV</enum><header>River basins, watersheds, and coastal areas </header>
<section id="id9cbba8bedfe7497e95c26dadcbec5728"><enum>4001.</enum><header>Gulf Coast oyster bed recovery plan</header>
<subsection id="id5a43d27a826044a9aaeb793565be3136"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of Gulf States</header><text>In this section, the term <term>Gulf States</term> means each of the States of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="ide0f8d58d5b954da090aaada08726a6f8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Gulf coast oyster bed recovery plan</header><text>The Secretary, in coordination with the Gulf States, shall develop and implement a plan to assist in the recovery of oyster beds on the coast of Gulf States that were damaged by events including—</text>
<paragraph id="idbf77792635824c5baed20a56d83f901d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Hurricane Katrina in 2005;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id318af3d792ac47f5b5ae509b395a4211"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Deep Water Horizon oil spill in 2010; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id64266b438e5c4928be91bd09f0be96f4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>floods in 2011 and 2016.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="ide492705cee1249cc8bde81405515e578"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>The plan developed under subsection (b) shall address the beneficial use of dredged material in providing substrate for oyster bed development.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id23085c72974b448c9d7181184b365d19"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee of Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives the plan developed under subsection (b).</text> </subsection> <subsection id="id11311be262984981b012269b1c52093d"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $2,000,000, to remain available until expended.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="idBF626B113A0547D38B902AD95E199A14"><enum>4002.</enum><header>Columbia River</header>
<subsection id="id65ACE25399384E8EA1D378809957CE59"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Ecosystem restoration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 536(g) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/541">Public Law 106–541</external-xref>; 114 Stat. 2662; 128 Stat. 1314) is amended by striking <quote>$50,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$75,000,000</quote>.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="idF4A804685D6B4109BC29F9B6ABD429DA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Watercraft inspection stations, Columbia River Basin</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 104(d) of the River and Harbor Act of 1958 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/610">33 U.S.C. 610(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id0935277E0C9D439194B12664A26F8844"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>stations in the Columbia River Basin to be located in the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington</quote> and inserting <quote>stations to protect the Columbia River Basin</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idF19E9824CD1642C69AA9A18D264EA64E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="id4C40BA36524145B29CA4E9DF0F914522"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Governor of each State in which a station is established under paragraph (1);</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id7C2614A90C9343748C4DA33BC8A4305D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Tribal housing</header> <paragraph id="idE085AAD86DB94F9B9CDBE6F708E57A45"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of report</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>report</term> means the final report of the Portland District, Corps of Engineers, entitled <quote>Columbia River Treaty Fishing Access Sites, Oregon and Washington: Fact-finding Review on Tribal Housing</quote> and dated November 19, 2013.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idCC0200EFCB5E4C6AA20AC3698F8356BB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assistance authorized</header><text>As replacement housing for Indian families displaced due to the construction of the Bonneville Dam, on the request of the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary may provide assistance <deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough">to relocate to</deleted-phrase> <added-phrase reported-display-style="italic">on</added-phrase> land transferred by the Department of the Army to the Department of the Interior pursuant to title IV of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/100/581">Public Law 100–581</external-xref> (102 Stat. 2944; 110 Stat. 766; 110 Stat. 3762; 114 Stat. 2679; 118 Stat. 544) <added-phrase reported-display-style="italic">for</added-phrase> the number of families <deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough">identified</deleted-phrase> <added-phrase reported-display-style="italic">estimated in the report</added-phrase> as having received no relocation assistance<deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough"> in the report</deleted-phrase>.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id27EC3BDA930B412E893F00606D98199D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id60C42AAA61104FEFA50DE9BBB3540A79"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conduct a study to determine the number of Indian people displaced by the construction of the John Day Dam; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idA66B11EF8E464C59B37D3F0D521A7770"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identify a plan for suitable housing to replace housing lost to the construction of the John Day Dam.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB5E0022582CA4592A5E39807E86357CE"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Columbia and Lower Willamette Rivers below Vancouver, Washington and Oregon</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of modifying the project for navigation, Columbia and Lower Willamette Rivers below Vancouver, Washington and Portland, Oregon, authorized by section 101 of the River and Harbor Act of 1962 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/87/874">Public Law 87–874</external-xref>; 76 Stat. 1177) to address safety risks.</text> </subsection></section> <section id="id12a125510f514417a7fa69e233ac9a68"><enum>4003.</enum><header>Missouri River</header> <subsection id="id9F0BBA70AA27459FAEEE87D696940B40"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reservoir sediment management</header> <paragraph id="id33ea4ec26bc3484b9da0dec0649e5f11"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of sediment management plan</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>sediment management plan</term> means a plan for preventing sediment from reducing water storage capacity at a reservoir and increasing water storage capacity through sediment removal at a reservoir.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id67e758e880c24cb7bd4a01737476f78c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Upper missouri river basin pilot program</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a pilot program for the development and implementation of sediment management plans for reservoirs owned and operated by the Secretary in the Upper Missouri River Basin, on request by project beneficiaries.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id276c4bf034b9473d806650d0079ccd36"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Plan elements</header><text>A sediment management plan under paragraph (2) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7c26407affae4bbf858f4f400e8c8c5b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide opportunities for project beneficiaries and other stakeholders to participate in sediment management decisions;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id72c6e06e6a084d18ae38b7226301dfa2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>evaluate the volume of sediment in a reservoir and impacts on storage capacity;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id21bcf4ca358d444884f499a7761b5f37"><enum>(C)</enum><text>identify preliminary sediment management options, including sediment dikes and dredging;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id0daaa95e19be4333b1fb3127a6c42e7c"><enum>(D)</enum><text>identify constraints;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id0693d239deb64a8c923a01b645a6d57d"><enum>(E)</enum><text>assess technical feasibility, economic justification, and environmental impacts;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idce73ea9d365542d79f9e86a9cc1ed609"><enum>(F)</enum><text>identify beneficial uses for sediment; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id40682420d1924b6c85c1c085e94682a6"><enum>(G)</enum><text>to the maximum extent practicable, use, develop, and demonstrate innovative, cost-saving technologies, including structural and nonstructural technologies and designs, to manage sediment.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id0a88a5157e544dd5b1686b8965469a86"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Cost share</header><text>The beneficiaries requesting the plan shall share in the cost of development and implementation of a sediment management plan allocated in accordance with the benefits to be received.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idc1dfe9ee9b6f44f69d0384ecfa9499c2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Contributed funds</header><text>The Secretary may accept funds from non-Federal interests and other Federal agencies to develop and implement a sediment management plan under this subsection.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idd089a625303d421b8fd5c1afb3aa61f5"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>The Secretary shall use the knowledge gained through the development and implementation of sediment management plans under paragraph (2) to develop guidance for sediment management at other reservoirs.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idF6170D6A3EEC48BD8E5F0B189CB4839E"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Partnership with the Secretary of the Interior</header>
<subparagraph id="id1BD18768CC6C45068223F8D1DC8C7959"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out the pilot program established under this subsection in partnership with the Secretary of the Interior, and the program may apply to reservoirs managed or owned by the Bureau of Reclamation on execution of a memorandum of agreement between the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior establishing the framework for a partnership and the terms and conditions for sharing expertise and resources.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id56B1429750874F7F842704961EA0AA77"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Lead agency</header><text>The Secretary that has primary jurisdiction over the reservoir shall take the lead in developing and implementing a sediment management plan for that reservoir.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ida42522a9f5a743ac9afaa41e4a02de19"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Other authorities not affected</header><text>Nothing in this subsection affects sediment management or the share of costs paid by Federal and non-Federal interests relating to sediment management under any other provision of law (including regulations).</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id357674F2151349528185DF028EB191DC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Snowpack and drought monitoring</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4003(a) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/121">Public Law 113–121</external-xref>; 128 Stat. 1311) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="id53EE5A6CA0E64DB88268C1DE578C27D1"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Lead agency</header><text>The Corps of Engineers shall be the lead agency for carrying out and coordinating the activities described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section> <section id="id536fb6ef83fe469abd4e21c975833559"><enum>4004.</enum><header>Puget Sound nearshore ecosystem restoration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 544(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/541">Public Law 106–541</external-xref>; 114 Stat. 2675) is amended by striking <quote>$5,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$10,000,000</quote>.</text> </section>
<section id="id3d96ae4a57914524ae545a3fcdc8ce0e"><enum>4005.</enum><header>Ice jam prevention and mitigation</header>
<subsection id="id07f920a0892d41f1a709beae1f24b4b2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may carry out projects under section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701s">33 U.S.C. 701s</external-xref>), including planning, design, construction, and monitoring of structural and nonstructural technologies and measures for preventing and mitigating flood damages associated with ice jams.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="id961ae5475470446cb92b811c844a1964"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>The projects described in subsection (a) may include the development and demonstration of cost-effective technologies and designs developed in consultation with—</text>
<paragraph id="id4C81C6BBE54948BEA2E04D65182AF97B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory of the Corps of Engineers;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id31B5B6C43E93493CA1C6F1FCE1437924"><enum>(2)</enum><text>universities;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id3914AACFBBAB46C3BBD6530BCD9F8A6B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Federal, State, and local agencies; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idAD43883C044B455589E1AA34CB09DD50"><enum>(4)</enum><text>private organizations.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id3e3c4715ef5744db9d6bd259eb44b35d"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Pilot program</header>
<paragraph id="idCB3F2C39C6A7431EAC87AA6007EE06DA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>In addition to the funding authorized under section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701s">33 U.S.C. 701s</external-xref>), the Secretary is authorized to expend $30,000,000 to carry out pilot projects to demonstrate technologies and designs developed in accordance with this section.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idB9CC773634984C46966927EA5CE3F1B4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In carrying out pilot projects under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give priority to projects in the Upper Missouri River Basin.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idF49C3A9852E34C31BADF84301B9839FF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>The pilot program under this subsection shall terminate on December 31, 2026.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="id4A98F416B5DA4ED79D4794039AB6E9E3"><enum>4006.</enum><header>Chesapeake Bay oyster restoration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 704(b)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2263">33 U.S.C. 2263(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$60,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$100,000,000</quote>.</text> </section>
<section id="id956B1E9E3C554BC5BA1BCA9F59230BAD"><enum>4007.</enum><header>North Atlantic coastal region</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4009(a) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/121">Public Law 113–121</external-xref>; 128 Stat. 1316) is amended by inserting <quote>at Federal expense</quote> after <quote>study</quote>.</text> </section> <section id="id63F057E9C6DB47B08A14CD7A713D6464"><enum>4008.</enum><header>Rio Grande</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5056(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/114">Public Law 110–114</external-xref>; 121 Stat. 1214; 128 Stat. 1315) is amended by striking <quote>2019</quote> and inserting <quote>2024</quote>.</text> </section>
<section id="iddc1e3d08005c4e508208d442bb2076aa"><enum>4009.</enum><header>Texas coastal area</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In carrying out the Coastal Texas ecosystem protection and restoration study authorized by section 4091 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/114">Public Law 110–114</external-xref>; 121 Stat. 1187), the Secretary shall consider studies, data, or information developed by the Gulf Coast Community Protection and Recovery District to expedite completion of the study.</text> </section> <section id="id3062108557f0472eb100ee4f12004eec"><enum>4010.</enum><header>Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers flood risk management</header> <subsection id="id1cabb34503a34f0cb89326c75999762e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a study at Federal expense to determine the feasibility of carrying out projects to address systemic flood damage reduction in the upper Mississippi and Illinois River basins.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idf973303e9a0b499d8fe00ad6110405dd"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purposes of the study under subsection (a) are—</text> <paragraph id="id2fb54d84bced4d6e8a88f787115d6b5d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to develop an integrated, comprehensive, and systems-based approach to minimize the threat to health and safety resulting from flooding by using structural and nonstructural flood risk management measures;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id92cfcdb64ca540caa969dfab89597a4c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to reduce damages and costs associated with flooding;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id774ccf1bdd3942a8ac915f892456afbd"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to identify opportunities to support environmental sustainability and restoration goals of the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois River floodplain as part of any systemic flood risk management plan; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idf1ae02979e854b8b9f72770f1448679f"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to seek opportunities to address, in concert with flood risk management measures, other floodplain specific problems, needs, and opportunities.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id0beaaebb6c79408d95b16f7cd1498272"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Study components</header><text>In carrying out the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id2ea366eb36d247aba91300c7fd6ca56e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>as appropriate, coordinate with the heads of other appropriate Federal agencies, the Governors of the States within the Upper Mississippi and Illinois River basins, the appropriate levee and drainage districts, nonprofit organizations, and other interested parties;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id5ee614a4aec2463794294993f241a5ca"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recommend projects for reconstruction of existing levee systems so as to develop and maintain a comprehensive system for flood risk reduction and floodplain management;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ida1cfbadc269f4a1c8d85f0e85c30ae35"><enum>(3)</enum><text>perform a systemic analysis of critical transportation systems to determine the feasibility of protecting river approaches for land-based systems, highways, and railroads;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id4e020701748a4cd8b2180e25ca0e3cf0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>develop a basin-wide hydrologic model for the Upper Mississippi River System and update as changes occur and new data is available; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id438f3904709f42508fe955fef0dbc0f8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>use, to the maximum extent practicable, any existing plans and data, including the Upper Mississippi River Comprehensive Plan authorized in section 429 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/53">Public Law 106–53</external-xref>; 113 Stat. 326).</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id79272FF97D224689B9A0CCA70E4B0AD7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Basis for recommendations</header><text>In recommending a project under subsection (c)(2), the Secretary may justify the project based on system-wide benefits.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id9f0117c2dbe343f28d0aa6e47f94989a"><enum>4011.</enum><header>Salton Sea, California</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3032 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/114">Public Law 110–114</external-xref>; 121 Stat. 1113) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="idd6b9958a60b14dcebb2f5a264bd90f0c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idB1306CED94054B78B5920CADFDE5FD1E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Pilot Projects</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Projects</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idc8be2d9d5b064bbc9137766a2952e6bd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="id02b4e25513054f7c87fd1c9e225c1675"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>the pilot</quote>; and</text> </clause> <clause id="idc4d2852b5e5042d7b8260ef8e3e0e001"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause id="id7cdb02927fc544b8add9b07739ab2454"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (i), in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking <quote>the pilot</quote>;</text> </subclause> <subclause id="id5107124a06b9485da9a7c94d20e6abd4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subclause (I), by inserting <quote>, Salton Sea Authority, or other non-Federal interest</quote> before the semicolon at the end; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="id82d37601b0b745c3a41dac152107360d"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in subclause (II), by striking <quote>pilot</quote>;</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id99439d8b6cb540f18cdf200df8d0b728"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>pilot</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id14d6080b22ee48e49d9961300fa7ff0b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <clause id="ida29d0a8c854a4ea0a42039d0274e5715"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>pilot</quote> each place it appears; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="id3c52e1d0ca024bb68506868acce78935"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, Salton Sea Authority, or other non-Federal interest</quote> after <quote>State</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf98777f382e6451aaffefcfa662bca6d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>pilot</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" id="idE9D0B8FE30854630973F368A3823B56B"><enum>4012.</enum><header>Adjustment</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 219(f)(25) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/580">Public Law 102–580</external-xref>; 113 Stat. 336) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="idAFD55C9F83D84DA9B568BED775C1B90C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>Berkeley</quote> before <quote>Calhoun</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54436A4A5DE344239D07ECE276D2BE04"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Orangeberg, and Sumter</quote> and inserting <quote>and Orangeberg</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section> <section changed="not-changed" id="idb96a29e07b5a4bf89ddc17ecf5f9464b"><enum>4013.</enum><header>Coastal resiliency</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough">Section 4014(b) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2803a">33 U.S.C. 2803a(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</deleted-phrase></text>
<subsection changed="added" id="idF047B6E7AB4F4B2D9B7D8BC6461E5DA5" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 4014(b) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2803a">33 U.S.C. 2803a(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph changed="not-changed" id="idF6CDAEB87F864752983D467A4AB3E66C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph changed="not-changed" id="idEC8CC12BA21344379C00474CE4344091"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="not-changed" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7b2bf26ee1714433967eb6800840c51f" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="id22b07fcad8f04d8cbd21cc68bedf3461"><enum>(3)</enum><text>give priority to projects in communities the existence of which is threatened by rising sea level, including projects relating to shoreline restoration, tidal marsh restoration, dunal habitats to protect coastal infrastructure, reduction of future and existing emergency repair costs, and projects that use dredged materials;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection changed="added" id="idDB86721FADF64D3CA73279069975456C" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Interagency coordination on coastal resilience</header><text>The Secretary shall convene an interagency working group on resilience to extreme weather, which will coordinate research, data, and Federal investments related to sea level rise, resiliency, and vulnerability to extreme weather, including coastal resilience.</text> </subsection></section> <section changed="added" id="idF2E29A61DCC047A1BB4A4CC2E382980B" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>4014.</enum><header>Regional intergovernmental collaboration on coastal resilience</header> <subsection id="id0355B4DAD8C14122A1D5CF19DC02BE47"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regional assessments</header> <paragraph id="idCFF15E2A54994975827F4E85D0D94EFE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may conduct regional assessments of coastal and back bay protection and of Federal and State policies and programs related to coastal water resources, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE77E7FE3A21B47AF84E3CA9F6C0B5FBC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an assessment of the probability and the extent of coastal flooding and erosion, including back bay and estuarine flooding;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id696CA3D89E7C41E7A9DABDD6B5910798"><enum>(B)</enum><text>recommendations for policies and other measures related to regional Federal, State, local, and private participation in shoreline and back-bay protection projects;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id81de37784ff64bbb9535fc75a138e6d3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an evaluation of the performance of existing Federal coastal storm damage reduction, ecosystem restoration, and navigation projects, including recommendations for the improvement of those projects;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idcd8ed50abe724df58f8e31b94a3f3f28"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an assessment of the value and impacts of implementation of regional, systems-based, watershed-based, and interstate approaches if practicable;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4f0dcf6483404e32bca7e2d0b37d217e"><enum>(E)</enum><text>recommendations for the demonstration of methodologies for resilience through the use of natural and nature-based infrastructure approaches, as appropriate; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idbf92bac59a104905957a6323770e8646"><enum>(F)</enum><text>recommendations regarding alternative sources of funding for new and existing projects.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id3B682D734B8244859F6E45D8C00DC0B4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cooperation</header><text>In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall cooperate with—</text> <subparagraph id="id45DA7822735545A99EDDCD99BB6D1FD9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>heads of appropriate Federal agencies;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id2EA584416BCC47A2B542507D6F21CB30"><enum>(B)</enum><text>States that have approved coastal management programs and appropriate agencies of those States;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id655A88FFE54C40FC8D3F1A5F95F2ADCF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>local governments; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id3E2A70E424854F0EB767AF0EC184B370"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the private sector.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id1503F8AFFC444E6992C6DBD076F63002"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Streamlining</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="id5DD1F88BC9E146D496D6E0124D8C3B8A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to the maximum extent practicable, use existing research done by Federal, State, regional, local, and private entities to eliminate redundancies and related costs;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id41772E24397E4C609347BF58BF4A16C2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>receive from any of the entities described in subsection (a)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7E347C2342F7424F86102569C94D8915"><enum>(A)</enum><text>contributed funds; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id490F25759FEB43AF965B2AB430D1123E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>research that may be eligible for credit as work-in-kind under applicable Federal law; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idC11D2A0658134859B23386F283E4B65F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>enable each District or combination of Districts of the Corps of Engineers that jointly participate in carrying out an assessment under this section to consider regionally appropriate engineering, biological, ecological, social, economic, and other factors in carrying out the assessment.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id91A8320579AE44CA9D653C9534905858"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives all reports and recommendations prepared under this section, together with any necessary supporting documentation.<pagebreak/></text> </subsection></section>
<enum>V</enum><header>Deauthorizations</header>
<section id="id3C2C44A0FC3343BDA63EEAE28003C04F"><enum>5001.</enum><header>Deauthorizations</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="id9015e023b0914952ade73eb5b8c6e0ce"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Valdez, Alaska</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idbbc4987ff96f483aad95fa68c282ee15"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the portions of the project for navigation, Valdez, Alaska, identified as Tract G, Harbor Subdivision, shall not be subject to navigation servitude beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="id86a6bf46348f4415801252058a64114e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Entry by Federal Government</header><text>The Federal Government may enter on the property referred to in paragraph (1) to carry out any required operation and maintenance of the general navigation features of the project described in paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="id3ff10da59a9c4cdcad1952ca50acddd6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Red river below Denison dam, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas</header><text>The portion of the project for flood protection on Red River Below Denison Dam, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas, authorized by section 10 of the Flood Control Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 647, chapter 596), consisting of the portion of the West Agurs Levee that begins at lat. 32°32’50.86” N ., by long. 93°46’16.82” W., and ends at lat. 32° 31’22.79” N., by long. 93° 45’ 2.47” W., is no longer authorized beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="id95FE4DDEC6D54137AC69B820611FC15A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sutter Basin, California</header> <paragraph id="id9FE158AF72F742129FF2DEF55924C8D1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The separable element constituting the locally preferred plan increment reflected in the report of the Chief of Engineers dated March 12, 2014, and authorized for construction under section 7002(2)(8) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/121">Public Law 113–121</external-xref>; 128 Stat. 1366) is no longer authorized beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id9B4968A27F3841499945D2E83A907F9C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Savings provisions</header><text>The deauthorization under paragraph (1) does not affect—</text> <subparagraph id="id5C3F8932CA6D4E3E86A405724158808A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the national economic development plan separable element reflected in the report of the Chief of Engineers dated March 12, 2014, and authorized for construction under section 7002(2)(8) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/121">Public Law 113–121</external-xref>; 128 Stat. 1366); or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id1791C75E23794BA49CF41B77C9B37EEF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>previous authorizations providing for the Sacramento River and major and minor tributaries project, including—</text> <clause id="idE92C7A6911AA445CB5932FF805B68979"><enum>(i)</enum><text>section 2 of the Act of March 1, 1917 (39 Stat. 949; chapter 144);</text> </clause>
<clause id="idAF5557D6D81A49759380F7759D30F014"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>section 12 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 900; chapter 665);</text> </clause> <clause id="id737C81CE377F408DB5A542F2784473DD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>section 204 of the Flood Control Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 177; chapter 188); and</text> </clause>
<clause id="id31153A8DC053492CB5688F6EFF424FAD"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any other Acts relating to the authorization for the Sacramento River and major and minor tributaries project along the Feather River right bank between levee stationing 1483+33 and levee stationing 2368+00.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idE9DCB62FA5324968BE641C9794A9298D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Stonington Harbor, Connecticut</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The portion of the project for navigation, Stonington Harbor, Connecticut, authorized by the Act of May 23, 1828 (4 Stat. 288; chapter 73) that consists of the inner stone breakwater that begins at coordinates N. 682,146.42, E. 1231,378.69, running north 83.587 degrees west 166.79' to a point N. 682,165.05, E. 1,231,212.94, running north 69.209 degrees west 380.89' to a point N. 682,300.25, E. 1,230,856.86, is no longer authorized as a Federal project beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id44c4ad6209514e2284d196f03b2b000a"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Green River Lock and Dam 3, Ohio and Muhlenberg Counties, Kentucky</header>
<paragraph id="idaab0c2466f1947d1a5b808565610b21c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The structure and land associated with Green River Lock and Dam 3 and deauthorized under section 6001(1) pursuant to the report of the Chief of Engineers relating to Green River Locks and Dams 3, 4, 5, and 6 and Barren River Lock and Dam 1, Kentucky, dated April 30, 2015 shall be transferred under this subsection, and the land shall no longer be a portion of the Green River project for navigation, built by the Commonwealth of Kentucky prior to 1886 and purchased and ceded to the Federal Government under the first section of the Act of August 11, 1888 (25 Stat. 416; chapter 860).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="ide0daba1267944ce69536fa7833f9f73f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transfer</header><text>Subject to this subsection, the Secretary shall convey to the Rochester Dam Regional Water Commission by quitclaim deed and without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in 3 adjacent parcels of land situated on the Ohio County side of the Green River together with any improvements on the land.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id7d515e501243431ca16154cf157784a5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Lands to be conveyed</header>
<subparagraph id="id831efaafa29a4c2f9ddc4d0a2087d31e"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The 3 adjacent parcels of land to be conveyed under this subsection total approximately 6.72 acres of land in Ohio County, with all 3 parcels being associated with the deauthorized Green River Lock and Dam 3.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idf7ae804a35f84f1193121e83e0eecfae"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use</header><text>The 3 parcels of land described in subparagraph (A) may be used by the Rochester Dam Regional Water Commission in such a manner as to ensure a water supply for local communities.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id2d024080f64e47238b58a91dd9ad433f"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reversion</header><text>If the Secretary determines that the land conveyed under this subsection ceases to be owned by the public or is used for any purpose that is inconsistent with paragraph (3)(B), all right, title, and interest in and to the land shall revert, at the discretion of the Secretary, to the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id0a7d6293a34e42f6a5e87771d779493e"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Green River Lock and Dam 5, Butler and Warren Counties, Kentucky</header> <paragraph id="id2593d37892524337a5878c439493701a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the Secretary determines that the Corps of Engineers will not oversee and conduct the removal of the lock and dam structure for Green River Lock and Dam 5 deauthorized under section 6001(1) pursuant to the report of the Chief of Engineers relating to Green River Locks and Dams 3, 4, 5, and 6 and Barren River Lock and Dam 1, Kentucky, dated April 30, 2015, the lock and dam structure and associated land shall be transferred through established General Services Administration procedures to another entity for the express purposes of—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1437E42D952C410EB099445BA7D7FCBC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>removing the structure from the river at the earliest feasible time; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id7CF629B09BF643FEBF98EC5A5CA831E5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>making the land available for conservation and public recreation and river access in the future.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id6274FDD23BF5470DAA408FAF7EE2E495"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deauthorization</header><text>On a transfer under paragraph (1), the land described in that paragraph shall no longer be a portion of the Green River project for navigation, authorized by the first section of the Act of July 13, 1892 (27 Stat. 105; chapter 158).</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id8c8a56caaa234715a368306c3f2c4595"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Green River Lock and Dam 6, Edmonson County, Kentucky</header> <paragraph id="id8d09ea4f1b0c43029ba856292f29118d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The structure and land associated with Green River Lock and Dam 6 and deauthorized under section 6001(1) pursuant to the report of the Chief of Engineers relating to Green River Locks and Dams 3, 4, 5, and 6 and Barren River Lock and Dam 1, Kentucky, dated April 30, 2015, shall be transferred under this subsection and the land shall no longer be a portion of the Green River project for navigation, authorized by the first section of the Act of June 13, 1902 (32 Stat. 359; chapter 1079).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idee1256f4c9a349e69752f4ae2eb86fba"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transfer</header>
<subparagraph id="id71fa87ab9d664b2caec2c985e39f1dec"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Transfer to Department of the Interior</header><text>Subject to this subsection, the Secretary shall transfer to the Department of Interior, Mammoth Cave National Park, by quitclaim deed and without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in the 4.19 acre parcel of land situated on left descending bank (south side) of the Green River together with any improvements on the land.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idc7dea494f8f944cfb496b7f9f5c6816f"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Transfer to the Commonwealth of Kentucky</header><text>Subject to this subsection, the Secretary shall transfer to the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, by quitclaim deed and without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in the 18.0 acre parcel of land on the right descending bank (north side) of the river and the deauthorized lock and dam structure.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idf617e5b5688944c1ad551f7d124d1a02"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Land to be conveyed</header>
<subparagraph id="idaf6dc80ae3c0462f9bf3649fcd99acfd"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The 2 parcels of land to be conveyed under this subsection, located on each side of the Green River and associated with the deauthorized Green River Lock and Dam 6 in Edmonson County, Kentucky, include—</text> <clause id="id201086DAE12B42488794A1A30AFF1692"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a parcel consisting of approximately 4.19 acres of land; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="idAE6F7BD6A02044BB93A2CF5868507381"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a parcel consisting of approximately 18.0 acres of land and the deauthorized lock and dam structure.</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idf3a32003a98a434fa5a399adc9e8ad53"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use</header> <clause id="idc49dba6d7aa34267b5a80a054ab79a7c"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Mammoth Cave National Park</header><text>The 4.19-acre parcel of land described in subparagraph (A)(i) shall be used for established purposes of Mammoth Cave National Park.</text> </clause>
<clause id="id634dc7e8c9f64d7fb96250337454e9b6"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources</header><text>The 18.0-acre parcel of land and deauthorized lock and dam structure described in subparagraph (A)(ii) may—</text> <subclause id="idf87b6236ffad467c80daa8b64d95981b"><enum>(I)</enum><text>be used for the purposes of removal of the deauthorized structures to restore natural river functions while providing green space and ecotourism development, including the provision of roads, parking, camping, and boat access; or</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="id5419c0317f4a4722b06aa238a2f733bd"><enum>(II)</enum><text>if the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Commonwealth of Kentucky, cannot fulfill the uses described in subclause (I), be transferred to county or local governments or private conservation entities for continued public green space utilization as described in subclause (I).</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id1a9881946b60487092aadf36cb7cdeac"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reversion</header><text>If the Secretary determines that the land conveyed under this subsection ceases to be owned by the public or is used for any purpose that is inconsistent with paragraph (3)(B), all right, title, and interest in and to the land shall revert, at the discretion of the Secretary, to the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id4df4e4819c4448f986f8ef5afc13f858"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Barren River Lock and Dam 1, Warren County, Kentucky</header>
<paragraph id="id8c135c0e41e34dc2874dd02b5168ea03"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The structure and land associated with Barren River Lock and Dam 1 and deauthorized under section 6001(1) pursuant to the report of the Chief of Engineers relating to Green River Locks and Dams 3, 4, 5, and 6 and Barren River Lock and Dam 1, Kentucky, dated April 30, 2015, shall be conveyed under this subsection and the land shall no longer be a portion of the Barren River project for navigation, built by the Commonwealth of Kentucky prior to 1886 and purchased by and ceded to the Federal Government under the first section of the Act of August 11, 1888 (25 Stat. 416; chapter 860).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id4a66cfa0bd654ebfb2e426ddf69c6959"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transfer</header><text>Subject to this subsection, the Secretary shall convey to the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, by quitclaim deed and without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in 1 parcel of land situated on the right bank of the Barren River together with any improvements on the land.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idbd7048a40fdb4e82abaf46be59463d83"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Land to be conveyed</header>
<subparagraph id="id2f8efea5204649f689b74d50621bd15c"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The parcel of land to be conveyed under this subsection includes approximately 16.63 acres of land, located on the right bank of the Barren River and associated with the deauthorized Barren River Lock and Dam 1 in Warren County, Kentucky.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idde6e996c114a4c8e945d4b1333588f2a"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use</header><text>The parcel of land described in subparagraph (A) may—</text>
<clause id="id7e0b9818367345869e15631cfb6c779c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be used by the Commonwealth of Kentucky for the purposes of removal of structures to restore natural river functions while providing green space and ecotourism development, including the provision of roads, parking, camping, and boat access; or</text> </clause> <clause id="id817f8d978d7d4ab6b12bf6da5cbdfb95"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, Commonwealth of Kentucky, cannot fulfill the uses described in clause (i), be transferred to county or local governments or private conservation entities for continued public green space utilization as described in clause (i).</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id6852e72e16de45d8ac44f75e8710dd21"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reversion</header><text>If the Secretary determines that the land conveyed under this subsection ceases to be owned by the public or is used for any purpose that is inconsistent with paragraph (3)(B), all right, title, and interest in and to the land shall revert, at the discretion of the Secretary, to the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idBA9E9F338776464DB81E93A1B529FA71"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Port of Cascade locks, Oregon</header> <paragraph id="iddc2b7a67e070457eab0cdc8708e82215"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Termination of portions of existing flowage easement</header> <subparagraph id="id5ACE1C3B02B54E3D9E2B5CB4DCA32E7A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definition of flowage easement</header><text>In this paragraph, the term <term>flowage easement</term> means the flowage easements identified as tracts 302E-1 and 304E-1 on the easement deeds recorded as instruments in Hood River County, Oregon, as follows:</text>
<clause id="id258e159835c547c7821389380dbf8893"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A flowage easement dated October 3, 1936, recorded December 1, 1936, book 25 at page 531 (records of Hood River County, Oregon), in favor of United States (302E-1-Perpetual Flowage Easement from October 5, 1937, October 5, 1936, and October 3, 1936) (previously acquired as tracts OH-36 and OH-41 and a portion of tract OH-47).</text> </clause> <clause id="idbb5e5af5ccb140a59b44f193e19553c1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A flowage easement recorded October 17, 1936, book 25 at page 476 (records of Hood River County, Oregon), in favor of the United States, that affects that portion below the 94-foot contour line above main sea level (304 E-1-Perpetual Flowage Easement from August 10, 1937 and October 3, 1936) (previously acquired as tract OH-42 and a portion of tract OH-47).</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id2047437D35454F26BE31283935ECD289"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>With respect to the properties described in paragraph (2), beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the flowage easements are terminated above elevation 82.4 feet (NGVD29), the ordinary high water mark.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id133786662e12401d876e3be65c7aee99"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Affected properties</header><text>The properties described in this paragraph, as recorded in Hood River, County, Oregon, are as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="id63a397af5ade46d09ea982df394824c8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Lots 3, 4, 5, and 7 of the <quote>Port of Cascade Locks Business Park</quote> subdivision, instrument #2014-00436.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id4235fb1417b84e3cbe8653cf747bdc00"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Parcels 1, 2, and 3 of Hood River County Partition plat No. 2008-25P.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id09d7fd2fe8b449069c1406774ed73ab8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Federal liabilities; cultural, environmental, other regulatory reviews</header>
<subparagraph id="id643018a0c7114dabacbd8ea20590aaa1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Federal liability</header><text>The United States shall not be liable for any injury caused by the termination of the easement under this subsection.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id22f89f1e40684a8a8d1efd6eef91e9f0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Cultural and environmental regulatory actions</header><text>Nothing in this subsection establishes any cultural or environmental regulation relating to the properties described in paragraph (2).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id18abf4fe09d342f989db62d22ef8c10f"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Effect on other rights</header><text>Nothing in this subsection affects any remaining right or interest of the Corps of Engineers in the properties described in paragraph (2).</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="id8c337c53fa144990b20cc390ef93334b"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Declarations of non-navigability for portions of the Delaware River, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="id5425bf0c0e9941ee9f094d384a29725f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), unless the Secretary determines, after consultation with local and regional public officials (including local and regional project planning organizations), that there are substantive objections, the following portions of the Delaware River, bounded by the former bulkhead and pierhead lines established by the Secretary of War and successors, are declared to be non-navigable waters of the United States:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idff5e40c6cd7c4db4b7eaadc0f919cab2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Piers 70 South through 38 South, encompassing an area bounded by the southern line of Moore Street extended to the northern line of Catherine Street extended, including the following piers: Piers 70, 68, 67, 64, 61-63, 60, 57, 55, 46, 48, 40, and 38.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id6135eb471d1747fcbd6f6b6a9f596144"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Piers 24 North through 72 North, encompassing an area bounded by the southern line of Callowhill Street extended to the northern line of East Fletcher Street extended, including the following piers: 24, 25, 27-35, 35.5, 36, 37, 38, 39, 49, 51-52, 53-57, 58-65, 66, 67, 69, 70-72, and Rivercenter.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id0f5b164cc29341ed9f8054f7e0c35872"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination</header><text>The Secretary shall make the determination under paragraph (1) separately for each portion of the Delaware River described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1), using reasonable discretion, by not later than 150 days after the date of submission of appropriate plans for that portion.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id8c2fb7670181485faecf2b6b87ba40f5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limits on applicability</header> <subparagraph id="id41C9FA9BE2C142CAA4FEE2E17798063D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Paragraph (1) applies only to those parts of the areas described in that paragraph that are or will be bulkheaded and filled or otherwise occupied by permanent structures, including marina and recreation facilities.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idBB913F9AC03D4ECA922B982E42266C71"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other Federal laws</header><text>Any work described in subparagraph (A) shall be subject to all applicable Federal law (including regulations), including—</text> <clause id="id43CEEFA79C11406FAABF6DF0526BF454"><enum>(i)</enum><text>sections 9 and 10 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (commonly known as the <quote>River and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899</quote>) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/401">33 U.S.C. 401</external-xref>, 403);</text> </clause>
<clause id="idDE52A765BBF04CD4860B74A3A9B85672"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1344">33 U.S.C. 1344</external-xref>); and</text> </clause> <clause id="id3E0912F094FE48699625059A8BEBD3C1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>).</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="idc5a18b9a478240f990ca8ad5bf3cd84b"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Salt Creek, Graham, Texas</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idfa95a309ed5040c9b1663fa366c8daef"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The project for flood control, environmental restoration, and recreation, Salt Creek, Graham, Texas, authorized by section 101(a)(30) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/53">Public Law 106–53</external-xref>; 113 Stat. 278-279), is no longer authorized as a Federal project beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="id78d6cae07837425aa427d4f064a1eee4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certain project-related claims</header><text>The non-Federal sponsor for the project described in paragraph (1) shall hold and save the United States harmless from any claim that has arisen, or that may arise, in connection with the project.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id6d6e235a465049c4a8a28b2fd5e60960"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Transfer</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to transfer any land acquired by the Federal Government for the project on behalf of the non-Federal sponsor that remains in Federal ownership on or after the date of enactment of this Act to the non-Federal sponsor.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D350AE25FA74B1D8F823CDDF2B192C3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reversion</header><text>If the Secretary determines that the land that is integral to the project described in paragraph (1) ceases to be owned by the public, all right, title, and interest in and to the land and improvements shall revert, at the discretion of the Secretary, to the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id49AD322F2807445EABEC5B774C4D0442"><enum>5002.</enum><header>Conveyances</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="id0e4f27925da94bd28d3b0f9df68687ff"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Pearl River, Mississippi and Louisiana</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id6278343a304e44efbb5fac5d9b3ee39e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The project for navigation, Pearl River, Mississippi and Louisiana, authorized by the first section of the Act of August 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1033, chapter 831) and section 101 of the River and Harbor Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/89/789">Public Law 89–789</external-xref>; 80 Stat. 1405), is no longer authorized as a Federal project beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="ida65389710a964208a18a8a857d486d71"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transfer</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id9334FFCA09D34132B9E0CA15B84636E5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), the Secretary is authorized to convey to a State or local interest, without consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="id21AB8B518FF149AB8BEBDAF314497C04"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any land in which the Federal Government has a property interest for the project described in paragraph (1); and</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" id="id761BD9B0AF5245D58B90DFEF6E27EDCF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>improvements to the land described in clause (i).</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idac1d437dbe134037bd0a42d28295c9f7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Responsibility for costs</header><text>The transferee shall be responsible for the payment of all costs and administrative expenses associated with any transfer carried out pursuant to subparagraph (A), including costs associated with any land survey required to determine the exact acreage and legal description of the land and improvements to be transferred.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="iddd1cdbef17304003b5d6ef8bf924e971"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Other terms and conditions</header><text>A transfer under subparagraph (A) shall be subject to such other terms and conditions as the Secretary determines to be necessary and appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id9297e7ed1e824b04a004b7524f924d5e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reversion</header><text>If the Secretary determines that the land and improvements conveyed under paragraph (2) ceases to be owned by the public, all right, title, and interest in and to the land and improvements shall revert, at the discretion of the Secretary, to the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="idd9ee6777fa394cc79c5333994ec30d7b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sardis lake, Mississippi</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="idF7FF4604F32D4C04930966C4F39193BB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to convey to the lessee, at full fair market value, all right, title and interest of the United Sates in and to the property identified in the leases numbered DACW38-1-15-7, DACW38-1-15-33, DACW38-1-15-34, and DACW38-1-15-38, subject to such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines to be necessary and appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id32FAB3E76D7240D394B7A52F4A4DDD16"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Easement and restrictive covenant</header><text>The conveyance under paragraph (1) shall include—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id7DF52AE316F344A2A7F079556DCDFE48"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a restrictive covenant to require the approval of the Secretary for any substantial change in the use of the property; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id6A413B5CD7C74E94818D2CBAE5FE3482"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a flowage easement.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="idFED150306BEA4BD6B08D653BC9D06CE4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Joe Pool Lake, Texas</header><text>The Secretary shall accept from the Trinity River Authority of Texas, if received by September 30, 2016, $31,233,401 as payment in full of amounts owed to the United States, including any accrued interest, for the approximately 61,747.1 acre-feet of water supply storage space in Joe Pool Lake, Texas (previously known as Lakeview Lake), for which payment has not commenced under Article 5.a (relating to project investment costs) of contract number DACW63–76–C–0106 as of the date of enactment of this Act.<pagebreak/></text> </subsection></section>
<enum>VI</enum><header>Water resources infrastructure </header>
<section id="idFCEC6A031A084529AA9C92799620A434"><enum>6001.</enum><header>Authorization of final feasibility studies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The following final feasibility studies for water resources development and conservation and other purposes are authorized to be carried out by the Secretary substantially in accordance with the plan, and subject to the conditions, described in the respective reports designated in this section:</text> <paragraph id="id1A6C3EF420414199B2FE04B237A7B057"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Navigation</header> <table colsep="1" frame="all" line-rules="all-gen" rowsep="0" rule-weights="4.4.4.0.4.0" table-type=""><ttitle><?xm-replace_text {Table Header Entry}?></ttitle> <tgroup cols="4" rowsep="0" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12"><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col1" colwidth="83pts" min-data-value="18"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col2" colwidth="240pts" min-data-value="50"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col3" colwidth="206pts" min-data-value="35"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col4" colwidth="206pts" min-data-value="80"/><thead> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1" morerows="0" namest="col1"><bold>A. State</bold></entry><entry align="center" colname="col2" morerows="0" namest="col2"><bold>B. </bold><bold>Name</bold></entry><entry align="center" colname="col3" morerows="0" namest="col3"><bold>C. </bold><bold>Date of Report of Chief of Engineers</bold></entry><entry align="center" colname="col4" morerows="0" namest="col4"><bold>D. </bold><bold>Estimated Costs</bold></entry></row></thead> <tbody> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">1. TX</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Brazos Island Harbor</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">November 3, 2014</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Federal: $116,116,000<linebreak/>Non-Federal: $135,836,000<linebreak/>Total: $251,952,000</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">2. LA</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Calcasieu Lock</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">December 2, 2014</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Federal: $16,700,000<linebreak/>Non-Federal: $0<linebreak/>Total: $16,700,000</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">3. NH, ME</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Portsmouth Harbor and Piscataqua River</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">February 8, 2015</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Federal: $15,580,000<linebreak/>Non-Federal: $5,190,000<linebreak/>Total: $20,770,000</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">4. KY</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Green River Locks and Dams 3, 4, 5, and 6 and Barren River Lock and Dam 1 Disposition</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">April 30, 2015</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Federal: $0 <linebreak/>Non-Federal: $0<linebreak/>Total: $0</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">5. FL</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Port Everglades</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">June 25, 2015</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Federal: $220,200,000<linebreak/>Non-Federal: $102,500,000<linebreak/>Total: $322,700,000</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">6. AK</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Little Diomede</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">August 10, 2015</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Federal: $26,015,000<linebreak/>Non-Federal: $2,945,000<linebreak/>Total: $28,960,000</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">7. SC</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Charleston Harbor </entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">September 8, 2015</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Federal: $224,300,000<linebreak/>Non-Federal: $269,000,000<linebreak/>Total: $493,300,000</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">8. AK</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Craig Harbor</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">March 16, 2016</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Federal: $29,062,000<linebreak/>Non-Federal: $3,255,000<linebreak/>Total: $32,317,000</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </paragraph> <paragraph changed="deleted" id="id6A41090146F54E9787EF1F191FAA052A" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Flood risk management</header> <table colsep="1" frame="all" line-rules="all-gen" rowsep="0" rule-weights="4.4.4.0.4.0" table-type=""><ttitle><?xm-replace_text {Table Header Entry}?></ttitle> <tgroup cols="4" rowsep="0" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12"><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col1" colwidth="79.31pt" min-data-value="18"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col2" colwidth="239.63pt" min-data-value="50"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col3" colwidth="202.50pt" min-data-value="35"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col4" colwidth="219.94pt" min-data-value="80"/><thead> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1" morerows="0" namest="col1"><bold>A. State</bold></entry><entry align="center" colname="col2" morerows="0" namest="col2"><bold>B. </bold><bold>Name</bold></entry><entry align="center" colname="col3" morerows="0" namest="col3"><bold>C. </bold><bold>Date of Report of Chief of Engineers</bold></entry><entry align="center" colname="col4" morerows="0" namest="col4"><bold>D. </bold><bold>Estimated Costs</bold></entry></row></thead> <tbody> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">1. TX</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Leon Creek Watershed, San Antonio</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">June 30, 2014</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Federal: $18,314,000<linebreak/>Non-Federal: $9,861,000<linebreak/>Total: $28,175,000</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">2. MO, KS</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Armourdale and Central Industrial District Levee Units, Missouri River and Tributaries at Kansas City</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">January 27, 2015</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Federal: $207,036,000<linebreak/>Non-Federal: $111,481,000<linebreak/>Total: $318,517,000</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">3. KS</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">City of Manhattan</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">April 30, 2015</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Federal: $15,440,100<linebreak/>Non-Federal: $8,313,900<linebreak/>Total: $23,754,000</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">4. KS</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Upper Turkey Creek Basin</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">December 22, 2015</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Federal: $24,584,000 <linebreak/>Non-Federal: $13,238,000<linebreak/>Total: $37,822,000</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">5. NC</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Princeville</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">February 23, 2016</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Federal: $14,001,000<linebreak/>Non-Federal: $7,539,000<linebreak/>Total: $21,540,000</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </paragraph> <paragraph changed="added" id="idA03A1F915A4D4B8292D5E4535F1867B2" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Flood risk management</header> <table colsep="1" frame="all" line-rules="all-gen" rowsep="0" rule-weights="4.4.4.0.4.0" table-type=""><ttitle><?xm-replace_text {Table Header Entry}?></ttitle> <tgroup cols="4" rowsep="0" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12"><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col1" colwidth="79pts" min-data-value="18"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col2" colwidth="239pts" min-data-value="50"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col3" colwidth="202pts" min-data-value="35"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col4" colwidth="219pts" min-data-value="80"/><thead> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1" morerows="0" namest="col1"><bold>A. State</bold></entry><entry align="center" colname="col2" morerows="0" namest="col2"><bold>B. </bold><bold>Name</bold></entry><entry align="center" colname="col3" morerows="0" namest="col3"><bold>C. </bold><bold>Date of Report of Chief of Engineers</bold></entry><entry align="center" colname="col4" morerows="0" namest="col4"><bold>D. </bold><bold>Estimated Costs</bold></entry></row></thead> <tbody> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">1. TX</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Leon Creek Watershed, San Antonio</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">June 30, 2014</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Federal: $18,314,000<linebreak/>Non-Federal: $9,861,000<linebreak/>Total: $28,175,000</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">2. MO, KS</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Armourdale and Central Industrial District Levee Units, Missouri River and Tributaries at Kansas City</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">January 27, 2015</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Federal: $207,036,000<linebreak/>Non-Federal: $111,481,000<linebreak/>Total: $318,517,000</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">3. KS</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">City of Manhattan</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">April 30, 2015</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Federal: $15,440,100<linebreak/>Non-Federal: $8,313,900<linebreak/>Total: $23,754,000</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">4. KS</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Upper Turkey Creek Basin</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">December 22, 2015</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Federal: $24,584,000 <linebreak/>Non-Federal: $13,238,000<linebreak/>Total: $37,822,000</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">5. NC</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Princeville</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">February 23, 2016</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Federal: $14,001,000<linebreak/>Non-Federal: $7,539,000<linebreak/>Total: $21,540,000</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">6. CA</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">West Sacramento </entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">April 26, 2016</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Federal: $776,517,000<linebreak/>Non-Federal: $414,011,000<linebreak/>Total: $1,190,528,000</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">7. CA</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">American River Watershed Common Features</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">April 26, 2016</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Federal: $876,478,000<linebreak/>Non-Federal: $689,272,000<linebreak/>Total: $1,565,750,000</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idFD773E0CE0CC4760A98B737CAF6E0A19"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Hurricane and storm damage risk reduction</header> <table colsep="1" frame="all" line-rules="all-gen" rowsep="0" rule-weights="4.4.4.0.4.0" table-type=""><ttitle><?xm-replace_text {Table Header Entry}?></ttitle> <tgroup cols="4" rowsep="0" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12"><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col1" colwidth="117pts" min-data-value="18"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col2" colwidth="204pts" min-data-value="50"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col3" colwidth="208pts" min-data-value="35"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col4" colwidth="198pts" min-data-value="80"/><thead> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1" morerows="0" namest="col1"><bold>A. State</bold></entry><entry align="center" colname="col2" morerows="0" namest="col2"><bold>B. </bold><bold>Name</bold></entry><entry align="center" colname="col3" morerows="0" namest="col3"><bold>C. </bold><bold>Date of Report of Chief of Engineers</bold></entry><entry align="center" colname="col4" morerows="0" namest="col4"><bold>D. </bold><bold>Estimated Initial Costs and Estimated Renourishment Costs</bold></entry></row></thead> <tbody> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">1. SC</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Edisto Beach, Colleton County</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">September 5, 2014</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Initial Federal: $13,733,850<linebreak/>Initial Non-Federal: $7,395,150<linebreak/>Initial Total: $21,129,000<linebreak/>Renourishment Federal: $16,371,000<linebreak/>Renourishment Non-Federal: $16,371,000<linebreak/>Renourishment Total: $32,742,000</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">2. FL</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Flagler County</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">December 23, 2014</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Initial Federal: $9,218,300<linebreak/>Initial Non-Federal: $4,963,700<linebreak/>Initial Total: $14,182,000<linebreak/>Renourishment Federal: $15,390,000<linebreak/>Renourishment Non-Federal: $15,390,000<linebreak/>Renourishment Total: $30,780,000</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">3. NC</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Bogue Banks, Carteret County</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">December 23, 2014</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Initial Federal: $24,263,000<linebreak/> Initial Non-Federal: $13,064,000 <linebreak/>Initial Total: $37,327,000 <linebreak/>Renourishment Federal: $114,728,000<linebreak/> Renourishment Non-Federal: $114,728,000<linebreak/> Renourishment Total: $229,456,000 </entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">4. NJ</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Hereford Inlet to Cape May Inlet, New Jersey Shoreline Protection Project, Cape May County</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">January 23, 2015</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Initial Federal: $14,040,000<linebreak/> Initial Non-Federal: $7,560,000<linebreak/> Initial Total: $21,600,000 <linebreak/>Renourishment Federal: $41,215,000<linebreak/> Renourishment Non-Federal: $41,215,000 <linebreak/>Renourishment Total: $82,430,000 </entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">5. LA</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">West Shore Lake Pontchartrain</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">June 12, 2015</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Federal: $466,760,000<linebreak/> Non-Federal: $251,330,000<linebreak/> Total: $718,090,000 </entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">6. CA</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Encinitas-Solana Beach Coastal Storm Damage Reduction</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">March 29, 2016</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Initial Federal: $20,166,000<linebreak/> Initial Non-Federal: $10,858,000<linebreak/> Initial Total: $31,024,000 <linebreak/>Renourishment Federal: <added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>$68,215,000<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase><linebreak/> Renourishment Non-Federal: <added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase>$68,215,000<added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase><added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase><linebreak/>Renourishment Total: $136,430,000</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id8996976C041B4803925FBE7868AE6414"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Flood risk management and environmental restoration</header> <table colsep="1" frame="all" line-rules="all-gen" rowsep="0" rule-weights="4.4.4.0.4.0" table-type=""><ttitle><?xm-replace_text {Table Header Entry}?></ttitle> <tgroup cols="4" rowsep="0" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12"><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col1" colwidth="116.44pt" min-data-value="18"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col2" colwidth="216.75pt" min-data-value="50"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col3" colwidth="185.94pt" min-data-value="35"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col4" colwidth="186.82pt" min-data-value="80"/><thead> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1" morerows="0" namest="col1"><bold>A. State</bold></entry><entry align="center" colname="col2" morerows="0" namest="col2"><bold>B. </bold><bold>Name</bold></entry><entry align="center" colname="col3" morerows="0" namest="col3"><bold>C. </bold><bold>Date of Report of Chief of Engineers</bold></entry><entry align="center" colname="col4" morerows="0" namest="col4"><bold>D. </bold><bold>Estimated Costs</bold></entry></row></thead> <tbody> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">1. IL, WI</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Upper Des Plaines River and Tributaries</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">June 8, 2015</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Federal: $199,393,000<linebreak/>Non-Federal: $107,694,000<linebreak/>Total: $307,087,000</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">2. CA</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">South San Francisco Bay Shoreline</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">December 18, 2015</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Federal: $69,521,000<linebreak/>Non-Federal: $104,379,000<linebreak/>Total: $173,900,000</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id059D9D3188DF4073A9938631C61FAA71"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Environmental restoration</header> <table colsep="1" frame="all" line-rules="all-gen" rowsep="0" rule-weights="4.4.4.0.4.0" table-type=""><ttitle><?xm-replace_text {Table Header Entry}?></ttitle> <tgroup cols="4" rowsep="0" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12"><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col1" colwidth="87.75pt" min-data-value="18"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col2" colwidth="229.69pt" min-data-value="50"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col3" colwidth="188.19pt" min-data-value="35"/><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col4" colwidth="191.88pt" min-data-value="80"/><thead> <row><entry align="center" colname="col1" morerows="0" namest="col1"><bold>A. State</bold></entry><entry align="center" colname="col2" morerows="0" namest="col2"><bold>B. </bold><bold>Name</bold></entry><entry align="center" colname="col3" morerows="0" namest="col3"><bold>C. </bold><bold>Date of Report of Chief of Engineers</bold></entry><entry align="center" colname="col4" morerows="0" namest="col4"><bold>D. </bold><bold>Estimated Costs</bold></entry></row></thead> <tbody> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">1. FL</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Central Everglades Planning Project, Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, Central and Southern Florida Project</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">December 23, 2014</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Federal: $976,375,000<linebreak/>Non-Federal: $974,625,000<linebreak/>Total: $1,951,000,000</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">2. OR</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Lower Willamette River Environmental Dredging</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">December 14, 2015</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Federal: $19,143,000<linebreak/>Non-Federal: $10,631,000<linebreak/>Total: $29,774,000</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">3. WA</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Skokomish River</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">December 14, 2015</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Federal: $12,782,000<linebreak/>Non-Federal: $6,882,000<linebreak/>Total: $19,664,000</entry></row> <row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">4. CA</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">LA River Ecosystem Restoration</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">December 18, 2015</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Federal: $375,773,000 <linebreak/>Non-Federal: $980,835,000<linebreak/>Total: $1,356,608,000</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </paragraph></section> <section commented="no" id="id2224B5E3FCD9424CB9567CBF912B2DA3"><enum>6002.</enum><header>Authorization of project modifications recommended by the Secretary</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The following project modifications for water resources development and conservation and other purposes are authorized to be carried out by the Secretary substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Director of Civil Works, as specified in the reports referred to in this section:</text>
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<row><entry align="center" colname="col1" morerows="0" namest="col1"><bold>A. State</bold></entry><entry align="center" colname="col2" morerows="0" namest="col2"><bold>B. </bold><bold>Name</bold></entry><entry align="center" colname="col3" morerows="0" namest="col3"><bold>C. </bold><bold>Date of Director's Report</bold></entry><entry align="center" colname="col4" morerows="0" namest="col4"><bold>D. </bold><bold>Updated Authorization Project Costs</bold></entry></row></thead>
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<row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">1. KS, MO</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Turkey Creek Basin</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">November 4, 2015</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Estimated Federal: $96,880,750<linebreak/>Estimated Non-Federal: $52,954,250<linebreak/>Total: $149,835,000</entry></row>
<row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">2. MO</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Blue River Basin</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">November 6, 2015</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Estimated Federal: $34,537,000<linebreak/>Estimated Non-Federal: $11,512,000<linebreak/>Total: $46,049,000</entry></row>
<row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">3. FL</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Picayune Strand</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">March 9, 2016</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Estimated Federal: $311,269,000<linebreak/>Estimated Non-Federal: $311,269,000<linebreak/>Total: $622,538,000</entry></row>
<row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">4. KY</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Ohio River Shoreline</entry><entry colname="col3" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">March 11, 2016</entry><entry colname="col4" leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1">Estimated Federal: $20,309,900<linebreak/>Estimated Non-Federal: $10,936,100<linebreak/>Total: $31,246,000</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table> </section>
<section id="idACE811FB5328425C9BBD64EEE3ED6A1D"><enum>6003.</enum><header>Authorization of study and modification proposals submitted to Congress by the Secretary</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="idF19F5A5C8A1047FFBFEADDF4CAA137AF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Arctic deep draft port development partnerships</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2105 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2243">33 U.S.C. 2243</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="id5151633C8FC645ECB0BBAB62483305BA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450b">25 U.S.C. 450b</external-xref>))</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/250b">25 U.S.C. 250b</external-xref>)) and a Native village, Regional Corporation, or Village Corporation (as those terms are defined in section 3 of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1602">43 U.S.C. 1602</external-xref>)</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id8A6204BB58AF4A859ADEFEFA016F0CF2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D05D21390194FC38FCE24C9F4053AFA" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" id="idCA72FE1FA29544EEA4E93300999D71FB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Consideration of national security interests</header><text>In carrying out a study of the feasibility of an Arctic deep draft port, the Secretary—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idCB56BB2A06304BDE805EFA479B766231"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall consult with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of Defense to identify national security benefits associated with an Arctic deep draft port; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="id90AB5E39421D4E699CE422B6144D18BD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if appropriate, as determined by the Secretary, may determine a port described in paragraph (1) is feasible based on the benefits described in that paragraph.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="id514BB8B18EFE44B1973612624F9BD2A4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Ouachita-Black Rivers, Arkansas and Louisiana</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of modifying the project for navigation, Ouachita-Black Rivers, authorized by section 101 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/86/645">Public Law 86–645</external-xref>; 74 Stat. 481) to include bank stabilization and water supply as project purposes.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="idc44b6e89f0d941cba9bb9d5d83f5528c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cache creek basin, california</header> <paragraph id="idd182b75300274f66be764637df3e3574"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall prepare a general reevaluation report on the project for flood control, Cache Creek Basin, California, authorized by section 401(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/99/662">Public Law 99–662</external-xref>; 100 Stat. 4112).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ida84a1e87e7e8433bbc1aca7641f32f38"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In preparing the report under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall identify specific needed modifications to existing project authorities—</text> <subparagraph id="idc003cb9dcf394e41bc2ac577e2700f2c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to increase basin capacity;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idc516d26829f3472b91e103b028a8f03b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to decrease the long-term maintenance; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id2c854cc8c3b74375bf51985acec65f85"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to provide opportunities for ecosystem benefits for the Sacramento River flood control project.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="idFD67BC45783B44E1991E83BE8A324416"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Coyote Valley Dam, California</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of carrying out a project for flood damage reduction, environmental restoration, and water supply by modifying the Coyote Valley Dam, California.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="id8cacf141570445838d43dca3cf804961"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Del Rosa drainage area, California</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of carrying out projects for flood control and ecosystem restoration in the cities of San Bernardino and Highland, San Bernardino County, California.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id7493b9f1fef34b22a3b4ea7ec133b74a"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Merced county, california</header><text>The Secretary shall prepare a general reevaluation report on the project for flood control, Merced County streams project, California, authorized by section 10 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (58 Stat. 900; chapter 665), to investigate the flood risk management opportunities and improve levee performance along Black Rascal Creek and Bear Creek.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="idbed5dc9ee5714c5ebdeab9ad47d2c695"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Mission-Zanja drainage area, California</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of carrying out projects for flood control and ecosystem restoration in the cities of Redlands, Loma Linda, and San Bernardino, California, and unincorporated counties of San Bernardino County, California.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="idF7F41F6E60EB465D8D15E4F814A3DE28"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Santa Ana River Basin, California</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of modifying the project for flood damage reduction by modifying the San Jacinto and Bautista Creek Improvement Project, part of the Santa Ana River Basin Project in Riverside County, California.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="id685CD427B365435097D54439AA0322C7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Delaware Bay coastline, Delaware and New Jersey-Roosevelt Inlet-Lewes Beach, Delaware</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of modifying the project for shoreline protection and ecosystem restoration, Delaware Bay Coastline, Delaware and New Jersey-Roosevelt Inlet-Lewes Beach, Delaware, authorized by section 101(a)(13) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/53">Public Law 106–53</external-xref>; 113 Stat. 276), to extend the authorized project limit from the current eastward terminus to a distance of 8,000 feet east of the Roosevelt Inlet east jetty.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="id8A866A5056EF4E48AC4411F08CDFA146"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Mispillion Inlet, Conch Bar, Delaware</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of carrying out a project for navigation and shoreline protection at Mispillion Inlet and Conch Bar, Sussex County, Delaware.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="id76011ec51c3a4d0e85296002cece24c7"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Daytona Beach flood protection, Florida</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of carrying out projects for flood control in the city of Daytona Beach, Florida.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="id13D60E5E866E441796672CBA8118FCB2"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Brunswick Harbor, Georgia</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of modifying the project for navigation, Brunswick Harbor, Georgia, authorized by section 101(a)(19) of the Water Resources and Development Act of 1999 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/53">Public Law 106–53</external-xref>; 113 Stat. 277)—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="idA3E9F14D5C98464CABF53B59E4BF0B42"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to widen the existing bend in the Federal navigation channel at the intersection of Cedar Hammock and Brunswick Point Cut Ranges; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2F26F446373043E38DA75B3248A58F01"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to extend the northwest side of the existing South Brunswick River Turning Basin.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="idaecbce10f5364ca78e21413619998646"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Savannah River below Augusta, Georgia</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of modifying the project for navigation, Savannah River below Augusta, Georgia, authorized by the first section of the Act of July 3, 1930 (46 Stat. 924, chapter 847), to include aquatic ecosystem restoration, water supply, recreation, sediment management, and flood control as project purposes.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="idCB3732B98F9645EA896815DE17B0F5D8"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Dubuque, Iowa</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of modifying the project for flood protection, Dubuque, Iowa, authorized by section 208 of the Flood Control Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/89/298">Public Law 89–298</external-xref>; 79 Stat. 1086), to increase the level of flood protection and reduce flood damages.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="id3C805AEC77714C60BD1D4EA969E6C4F3"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Mississippi River ship channel, Gulf to Baton Rouge, Louisiana</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of modifying the project for navigation, Mississippi River Ship Channel, Gulf to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, authorized by section 201(a) of the Harbor Development and Navigation Improvement Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/99/662">Public Law 99–662</external-xref>; 100 Stat. 4090), to deepen the channel approaches and the associated area on the left descending bank of the Mississippi River between mile 98.3 and mile 100.6 Above Head of Passes (AHP) to a depth equal to the Channel.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id499adedc223f424a825cbc08c94164a0"><enum>(p)</enum><header>St. Tammany Parish Government Comprehensive Coastal Master Plan, Louisiana</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of carrying out projects described in the St. Tammany Parish Comprehensive Coastal Master Plan for flood control, shoreline protection, and ecosystem restoration in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="id5f73cf5611c547d6846f7b99c92812f7"><enum>(q)</enum><header>Cayuga Inlet, Ithaca, New York</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of modifying the project for flood protection, Great Lakes Basin, authorized by section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1960 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/86/645">Public Law 86–645</external-xref>; 74 Stat. 488) to include sediment management as a project purpose on the Cayuga Inlet, Ithaca, New York.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id775b463ca6534223980824fb5f3bd90e"><enum>(r)</enum><header>Chautauqua County, New York</header>
<paragraph id="id8d7dfe4ab039448d82da4fc74a9c1f11"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of carrying out projects for flood risk management, navigation, environmental dredging, and ecosystem restoration on the Cattaraugus, Silver Creek, and Chautauqua Lake tributaries in Chautauqua County, New York.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idfa97792e305a42bc98e16bf5c46cfc2a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Evaluation of potential solutions</header><text>In conducting the study under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall evaluate potential solutions to flooding from all sources, including flooding that results from ice jams.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="id2FB918D35EEF4B87A1FDAC862A9BACE9"><enum>(s)</enum><header>Cincinnati, Ohio</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id746ea638eb494624a937d2e091897978"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall review the ecosystem restoration and flood risk reduction components of the Central Riverfront Park Master Plan, dated December 1999, for the purpose of determining whether or not the study, and the process under which the study was developed, each comply with Federal law (including regulations) applicable to feasibility studies for water resources development projects.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="id8cdb349bfacd4796aca2d224bf8614d2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recommendation</header><text>Not later than 180 days after reviewing the Master Plan under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to Congress—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id5defc0270fba412680d196be1ab3c580"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the results of the review of the Master Plan, including a determination of whether any project identified in the plan is feasible;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="idc9ba589217b94de5a4027277ec2b64fd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any recommendations of the Secretary related to any modifications to section 5116 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/114">Public Law 110–114</external-xref>; 121 Stat. 1238) necessary to carry out any projects determined to be feasible.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="id19CD86293EA044B0A21BE70891F27516"><enum>(t)</enum><header>Tulsa and West Tulsa, Arkansas River, Oklahoma</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id289B33052E984CCA8B512F6DBFAE9469"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of modifying the projects for flood risk management, Tulsa and West Tulsa, Oklahoma, authorized by section 3 of the Act of August 18, 1941 (55 Stat. 645; chapter 377).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="id492735B686EC45A490780CAF30A33C7A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="idC18CCB310C384DB38A802C45A091D1CC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out the study under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall address project deficiencies, uncertainties, and significant data gaps, including material, construction, and subsurface, which render the project at risk of overtopping, breaching, or system failure.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idC03DADB876C5412BBCF55CAABD0A2D86"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Addressing deficiencies</header><text>In addressing deficiencies under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall incorporate current design standards and efficiency improvements, including the replacement of mechanical and electrical components at pumping stations, if the incorporation does not significantly change the scope, function, or purpose of the project.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="idAE0E386147A34838B5960D83E7B6AD5D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prioritization to address significant risks</header><text>In any case in which a levee or levee system (as defined in section 9002 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3301">33 U.S.C. 3301</external-xref>)) is classified as a Class I or II under the levee safety action classification tool developed by the Corps of Engineers, the Secretary shall expedite the project for budget consideration.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="id1244272254e34b76852011154383ab1a"><enum>(u)</enum><header>Johnstown, Pennsylvania</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of modifying the project for flood control, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, authorized by the Act of June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1570, chapter 688; 50 Stat. 880) (commonly known as the <quote>Flood Control Act of 1936</quote>), to include aquatic ecosystem restoration, recreation, sediment management, and increase the level of flood control.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="id82be055944d1416ebb6195a0b5cceee0"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Chacon Creek, Texas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including any resolution of a Committee of Congress), the study conducted by the Secretary described in the resolution adopted by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives on May 21, 2003, relating to flood damage reduction, environmental restoration and protection, water conservation and supply, water quality, and related purposes in the Rio Grande Watershed below Falcon Dam, shall include the area above Falcon Dam.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idf5024819341649039afedb9dbc717568"><enum>(w)</enum><header>Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Texas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of modifying the project for navigation and ecosystem restoration, Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Texas, authorized by section 1001(40) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/114">Public Law 110–114</external-xref>; 121 Stat. 1056), to develop and evaluate alternatives that address navigation problems directly affecting the Corpus Christi Ship Channel, La Quinta Channel, and La Quinta Channel Extension, including deepening the La Quinta Channel, 2 turning basins, and the wye at La Quinta Junction.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="id11601bcb5be14023a0c8ccd94b073c71"><enum>(x)</enum><header>Trinity River and Tributaries, Texas</header> <paragraph id="idba91360da71b415b9fbb0916ebb0489f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Review</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall review the economic analysis of the Center for Economic Development and Research of the University of North Texas entitled <quote>Estimated Economic Benefits of the Modified Central City Project (Trinity River Vision) in Fort Worth, Texas</quote> and dated November 2014.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id81ae51d4b4e84b1dbe13d9a3fa7cb6ce"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>The project for flood control and other purposes on the Trinity River and tributaries, Texas, authorized by the River and Harbor Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/89/298">Public Law 89–298</external-xref>; 79 Stat. 1091), as modified by section 116 the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/447">Public Law 108–447</external-xref>; 118 Stat. 2944), is further modified to authorize the Secretary to carry out projects described in the recommended plan of the economic analysis described in paragraph (1), if the Secretary determines, based on the review referred to in paragraph (1), that—</text> <subparagraph id="id954b53405d3d493bbba287279f810f8b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the economic analysis and the process by which the economic analysis was developed complies with Federal law (including regulations) applicable to economic analyses for water resources development projects; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id22521816CB594AC4A6F21AF379101EF1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>based on the economic analysis, the recommended plan in the supplement to the final environmental impact statement for the Central City Project, Upper Trinity River entitled <quote>Final Supplemental No. 1</quote> is economically justified.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id625553c5cff8453ca7accd9eb3917786"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of the recommended plan described in paragraph (2) shall not exceed $520,000,000, of which not more than $5,500,000 may be expended to carry out recreation features of the project.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id9878fad30d9b44e087f93622c426337a"><enum>(y)</enum><header>Chincoteague Island, Virginia</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of carrying out projects for ecosystem restoration and flood control, Chincoteague Island, Virginia, authorized by section 8 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/89/195">Public Law 89–195</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/459f-7">16 U.S.C. 459f–7</external-xref>) (commonly known as the <quote>Assateague Island National Seashore Act</quote>) for—</text> <paragraph id="idA0EB9BE8DC0A4C37BF4EE5B31A0CD933"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assessing the current and future function of the barrier island, inlet, and coastal bay system surrounding Chincoteague Island;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id64450E674C8C4AE084450183ACCD2FC9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing an array of options for resource management; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id2DAA2F7F070941298522F3BAC8975F63"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluating the feasibility and cost associated with sustainable protection and restoration areas.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="idf5411ca5ac5e4b7e96599740cd148c81"><enum>(z)</enum><header>Burley Creek Watershed, Washington</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the feasibility of carrying out projects for flood control and aquatic ecosystem restoration in the Burley Creek Watershed, Washington.</text> </subsection></section> <enum>VII</enum><header>Safe drinking water and clean water infrastructure </header> <section id="id967898FF2A3541F59C9E7F3A08DFE50C"><enum>7001.</enum><header>Definition of Administrator</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the term <term>Administrator</term> means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.</text> </section>
<section id="idFB8C78392BB9408A80E98B2780CB1096"><enum>7002.</enum><header>Sense of the Senate on appropriations levels and findings on economic impacts</header>
<subsection id="id7251464C023C46E8A726A73B1DED3624"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Sense of the Senate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of the Senate that Congress should provide robust funding for the State drinking water treatment revolving loan funds established under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12</external-xref>) and the State water pollution control revolving funds established under title VI of the <act-name parsable-cite="FWPCA">Federal Water Pollution Control Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1381">33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.</external-xref>).</text> </subsection> <subsection id="id88F812B4FEA9408DBF8711000BEDAAA7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds, based on an analysis sponsored by the Water Environment Federation and the WateReuse Association of the nationwide impact of State revolving loan fund spending using the IMPLAN economic model developed by the Federal Government, that, in addition to the public health and environmental benefits, the Federal investment in safe drinking water and clean water provides the following benefits:</text>
<paragraph id="id0B71324A491044CF8AC8087904839494"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Generation of significant Federal tax revenue, as evidenced by the following:</text> <subparagraph id="id4D1150C5987E4135B90D79DD08E59212"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Every dollar of a Federal capitalization grant returns $0.21 to the general fund of the Treasury in the form of Federal taxes and, when additional spending from the State revolving loan funds is considered to be the result of leveraging the Federal investment, every dollar of a Federal capitalization grant returns $0.93 in Federal tax revenue.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id993E5AED52134DFBAABF8BE312E35B45"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A combined $34,700,000,000 in capitalization grants for the clean water and state drinking water state revolving loan funds described in subsection (a) over a period of 5 years would generate $7,430,000,000 in Federal tax revenue and, when additional spending from the State revolving loan funds is considered to be the result of leveraging the Federal investment, the Federal investment will result in $32,300,000,000 in Federal tax revenue during that 5-year period.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id8BDB564B7DE74D4D9A7F6CCAE774DE0A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An increase in employment, as evidenced by the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="idC514D6A99A6F460FA976C84B598C1762"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Every $1,000,000 in State revolving loan fund spending generates 16 ½ jobs.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id3AA8D444668B419FB14C2C89757E4553"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$34,700,000,000 in Federal capitalization grants for State revolving loan funds over a period of 5 years would result in 506,000 jobs.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idD547BE405A874D91A80F8E3922AA3ED8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An increase in economic output:</text> <subparagraph id="id0A87A656C25641CCB61969A834333398"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Every $1,000,000 in State revolving loan fund spending results in $2,950,000 in output for the economy of the United States.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id05BF27F671C34816B10249E7AFF899D8"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$34,700,000,000 in Federal capitalization grants for State revolving loan funds over a period of 5 years will generate $102,700,000,000 in total economic output.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <subtitle id="id0078AE57E24843DEA6EB3D998A8D1DE1" style="OLC"><enum>A</enum><header>Drinking water</header> <section id="id55DFB0AF136C464EAD07F10A0F07C6F2"><enum>7101.</enum><header>Preconstruction work</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1452(a)(2) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28d3163b-5bdf-4565-a151-9153247fe78f"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by designating the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth sentences as subparagraphs (A), (B), (D), (E), and (F), respectively;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcaec604e-3078-4588-a617-5b9686e97178"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B) (as designated by paragraph (1))—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideb0c6aad-92f5-4571-8190-317b3af44775"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(not</quote> and inserting <quote>(including expenditures for planning, design, and associated preconstruction activities, including activities relating to the siting of the facility, but not</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5f95055a-7fa8-4dc2-8de2-43c7f4c7c03d"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>or to replace or rehabilitate aging treatment, storage, or distribution facilities of public water systems or provide for capital projects (excluding any expenditure for operations and maintenance) to upgrade the security of public water systems</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0910b28d-28aa-4cb1-a5cf-47bbe2d3a386"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subparagraph (B) (as designated by paragraph (1)) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9d3b4a78-80f9-4772-b31d-82872c8f056b" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id973f51ad-de96-4fad-aa32-1790a34b35aa"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sale of bonds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds may also be used by a public water system as a source of revenue (restricted solely to interest earnings of the applicable State loan fund) or security for payment of the principal and interest on revenue or general obligation bonds issued by the State to provide matching funds under subsection (e), if the proceeds of the sale of the bonds will be deposited in the State loan fund.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section>
<section id="id39BD253741914534A1489362DC9FB94B"><enum>7102.</enum><header>Priority system requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1452(b)(3) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12(b)(3)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf7b19137-d8ef-454c-a5d2-1cdb966bd217"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (D);</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2d232270-8afe-42d4-a85f-2321cad3e8c4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id509b9c53-a49e-4bd7-9781-2d3cd75535b5" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id255d8836-fe3b-446e-8a71-a7dcc9fe8eab"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of restructuring</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph, the term <term>restructuring</term> means changes in operations (including ownership, cooperative partnerships, asset management, consolidation, and alternative water supply).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id486e7c05-0afe-4993-884f-94479b7815e2"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Priority system</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An intended use plan shall provide, to the maximum extent practicable, that priority for the use of funds be given to projects that—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id377397eb-da96-4f16-a3a6-c1b79daec079"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">address the most serious risk to human health;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida513b1f9-f8ef-49a0-9183-3d09e60136b6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are necessary to ensure compliance with this title (including requirements for filtration);</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7cc78cbc-0c7f-4f1a-9355-c62871de9606"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assist systems most in need on a per-household basis according to State affordability criteria; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="id7a04609f-2ec9-4725-9d85-5c675060a393"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>improve the sustainability of systems.</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id897a4d77-97ed-4dd8-be8b-b996a6cf9f6b"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Weight given to applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">After determining project priorities under subparagraph (B), an intended use plan shall provide that the State shall give greater weight to an application for assistance by a community water system if the application includes such information as the State determines to be necessary and contains—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida81f09cc-312c-4a98-8e19-227213062694"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of utility management best practices undertaken by a treatment works applying for assistance, including—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7371D673967A4EE4BDAF49DC66B8F942"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an inventory of assets, including a description of the condition of the assets;</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8c1914aa-ac31-402e-b13b-3a4960baaf44"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a schedule for replacement of assets;</text> </subclause> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8ff56096-08fd-48fc-b0e9-77ec690ae76d"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a financing plan that factors in all lifecycle costs indicating sources of revenue from ratepayers, grants, bonds, other loans, and other sources to meet the costs; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3c5ffc6f-1421-4cc3-bc59-4c6f8d58e582"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a review of options for restructuring the public water system;</text> </subclause></clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70eb4ed6-ca15-4e4f-957d-466c4fdefbfb"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstration of consistency with State, regional, and municipal watershed plans;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id637e6f23-d314-4c32-ac7f-ad4ce7184997"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a water conservation plan consistent with guidelines developed for those plans by the Administrator under section 1455(a); and</text> </clause> <clause id="id784962a6-8fc4-4846-aa78-136133f5a2c7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>approaches to improve the sustainability of the system, including—</text>
<subclause id="id779419ee-c709-4fc7-88f2-322653febc37"><enum>(I)</enum><text>water efficiency or conservation, including the rehabilitation or replacement of existing leaking pipes;</text> </subclause> <subclause id="ide84d4a80-2250-4fb8-bac2-b26ad744046f"><enum>(II)</enum><text>use of reclaimed water;</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="idec813767-5dcb-4300-968a-1024d720a6f7"><enum>(III)</enum><text>actions to increase energy efficiency; and</text> </subclause> <subclause id="id349D0942401F4513BCFBB586AD4A5E3A"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>implementation of source water protection plans.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id029a9238-0c1e-41e5-a0f0-777fc8a980bb"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)), by striking <quote>periodically</quote> and inserting <quote>at least biennially</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section> <section id="idD15E1F38081E4CE8AE8654C9A29E585D"><enum>7103.</enum><header>Administration of State loan funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1452(g)(2) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12(g)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide25c3fc8-ca55-4f5d-9d16-a992930016e8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by striking <quote>up to 4 percent of the funds allotted to the State under this section</quote> and inserting <quote>, for each fiscal year, an amount that does not exceed the sum of the amount of any fees collected by the State for use in covering reasonable costs of administration of programs under this section, regardless of the source, and an amount equal to the greatest of $400,000, <fraction>1/5</fraction> percent of the current valuation of the fund, or 4 percent of all grant awards to the fund under this section for the fiscal year,</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf9dc542a-2703-4936-a3e4-35d190296342"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>1419,</quote> and all that follows through <quote>1993.</quote> and inserting <quote>1419.</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section id="id8A1F84FE70FE4727BED10D1BF488DACE"><enum>7104.</enum><header>Other authorized activities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1452(k)(2)(D) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12(k)(2)(D)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>(including implementation of source water protection plans)</quote>.</text> </section> <section id="id868B1076A2C445A5A4CCFF040CC2E124"><enum>7105.</enum><header>Negotiation of contracts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68f774d2-d1eb-4203-b97d-132e81bb6fbb"><enum>(s)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Negotiation of contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For communities with populations of more than 10,000 individuals, a contract to be carried out using funds directly made available by a capitalization grant under this section for program management, construction management, feasibility studies, preliminary engineering, design, engineering, surveying, mapping, or architectural or related services shall be negotiated in the same manner as—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb981ad33-1c37-4899-a6b2-e74512693016"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a contract for architectural and engineering services is negotiated under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/40/11">chapter 11</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code; or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb31e3479-69fc-45e2-953a-690cc0f7f065"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an equivalent State qualifications-based requirement (as determined by the Governor of the State).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section> <section id="id390A8275FB334BFEA19255ECEF89CD0A"><enum>7106.</enum><header>Assistance for small and disadvantaged communities</header> <subsection id="idAB11A681366D463FBC41A4BFDDA8023E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Part E of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j">42 U.S.C. 300j et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="idA84656E8240A4ACCBFD0A6A5FE51430D"><enum>1459A.</enum><header>Assistance for small and disadvantaged communities</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33316ec7-ac59-4f0f-bffd-fd36b228ae71"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definition of underserved community</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF32964363BA340988E8F9D110943D3FE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>underserved community</term> means a local political subdivision that, as determined by the Administrator, has an inadequate drinking water or wastewater system.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id853DA5803D0C406E8764FBE16914A6F5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The term <term>underserved community</term> includes a local political subdivision that, as determined by the Administrator—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCC7EB5626E4B40B8937453C9695BAB15"><enum>(A)</enum><text>does not have household drinking water or wastewater services; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD18873DDDD4A4D4DB4CA00F1FBD6F395"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has a drinking water system that fails to meet health-based standards under this Act, including—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF18ECB729B8640179E9B7A5EF902DBEA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a maximum contaminant level for a primary drinking water contaminant;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7033B793B0754D32AD33A46766DC7BF4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a treatment technique violation; and</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA0217EC52DF24AC08278C4E05359F163"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an action level exceedance.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D305B29519744CF9A484334341BE7DC"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4B9D730BE9764C4CB30BF6E87AE2E78A"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall establish a program under which grants are provided to eligible entities for use in carrying out projects and activities the primary purposes of which are to assist community water systems in meeting the requirements of this Act.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id383eefd5ec7744c4a21e04d0dc0a0804"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>Projects and activities under paragraph (1) include—</text>
<subparagraph id="idb4e3077429cf4a5991e02bac8876c2bf"><enum>(A)</enum><text>infrastructure investments necessary to comply with the requirements of this Act,</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id96d862e2a8544b8bac56cc039c17b8d6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assistance that directly and primarily benefits the disadvantaged community on a per-household basis, and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id3a177dfd7f2a4650b790583b21a5e161"><enum>(C)</enum><text>programs to provide water quality testing.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb400bbfb-b2f6-4eef-bc72-705f150cc522"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Eligible entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An entity eligible to receive a grant under this section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71ffcf9e-072e-4215-a597-95a223b3a693"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79135729E18840D59186DE5874E2CC18"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a community water system as defined in section 1401; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7f2c41b2-905a-4386-b912-35bc0911eef6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a system that is located in an area governed by an Indian Tribe (as defined in section 1401); and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80D15F83017E45939D7B960C013DC9CD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>serves a community that, under affordability criteria established by the State under section 1452(d)(3), is determined by the State—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF11BF1EEDFF4EFD8CA6FC4DFF56DF24"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to be a disadvantaged community;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF535D0E0E398491A8F8AC5ED80A3A6F2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to be a community that may become a disadvantaged community as a result of carrying out an eligible activity; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd2bef679-cd55-4fd8-a902-1955225dc3d4"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to serve a community with a population of less than 10,000 individuals that the Administrator determines does not have the capacity to incur debt sufficient to finance the project under subsection (b).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2CD3836AD542445A96797ED29D5DD3BA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In prioritizing projects for implementation under this section, the Administrator shall give priority to systems that serve underserved communities.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id342f1d79-da4d-4816-aef6-9ad68a74c812"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Local participation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In prioritizing projects for implementation under this section, the Administrator shall consult with, and consider the priorities of, affected States, Indian Tribes, and local governments.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideb668558-079b-449b-b72b-babf9aefbb20"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cost sharing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before carrying out any project under this section, the Administrator shall enter into a binding agreement with 1 or more non-Federal interests that shall require the non-Federal interests—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcccb4474-445d-455e-b2e1-c60e82200eb3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to pay not less than 45 percent of the total costs of the project, which may include services, materials, supplies, or other in-kind contributions;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idadc5cf2c-4131-47d5-8ee3-4b12b860b8cf"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide any land, easements, rights-of-way, and relocations necessary to carry out the project; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3cfcb291-eee4-41f3-b4b6-e9deb3e0afa8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to pay 100 percent of any operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabilitation costs associated with the project.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfe195f59-2e2b-4984-a324-e2754ac7ea7f"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator may waive the requirement to pay the non-Federal share of the cost of carrying out an eligible activity using funds from a grant provided under this section if the Administrator determines that an eligible entity is unable to pay, or would experience significant financial hardship if required to pay, the non-Federal share.</text> </subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA9B47B84B544B038CBD5C97A23EDCE6"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id765B3333C5C04461974CC435E5399352"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$230,000,000 for fiscal year 2017; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id881820717CEB4C618AFAE247A3A80C59"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2021.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection> <subsection id="id455271B8402A44C5A634E9338043ECAB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Administrator to provide grants to eligible entities under section 1459A of the Safe Drinking Water Act (as added by subsection (a)), $20,000,000, to remain available until expended.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id6E2F02D48E15429FAA25A7B23C5B08CB"><enum>7107.</enum><header>Reducing lead in drinking water</header>
<subsection id="idEAB3BBFAAD7A4E73AC1088047C4B6199"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Part E of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j">42 U.S.C. 300j et seq.</external-xref>) (as amended by section 7106) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24382363A99A4D179FB3B570DE82D565" style="OLC"> <section id="idED54FAE07E7B4F399B5C628C5C8D9001"><enum>1459B.</enum><header>Reducing lead in drinking water</header> <subsection id="id89da5ff6-7012-4165-8e81-e0376c483cbd"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="id18b567da-e8e6-4e84-9915-5f2e12405e97"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="idcb0039ea-5604-4ed5-b994-29f719561c24"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a community water system;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id604f684b-17ea-461d-9576-f9a1b078fa27"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a system located in an area governed by an Indian Tribe;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id9b65207b-ae11-465c-90c2-a94f856a7df3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a nontransient noncommunity water system;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id7e3c487d-edb5-440a-9273-3618b2e646a9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a qualified nonprofit organization, as determined by the Administrator; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id676493c3-df70-41c8-bc95-51350849cfe6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a municipality or State, interstate, or intermunicipal agency.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id397e7fa6-3bfb-4a5d-9bea-afa86ba588ec"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Lead reduction project</header>
<subparagraph id="idD75BB650110745EBAAF9B467DAFAF20D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>lead reduction project</term> means a project or activity the primary purpose of which is to reduce the level of lead in water for human consumption by—</text> <clause id="id7800dbc0-c71a-4d87-80b7-1c211cd67d5a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>replacement of publicly owned lead service lines;</text> </clause>
<clause id="ide90ece2a-1698-41ff-bc40-9d39097f5418"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>testing, planning, or other relevant activities, as determined by the Administrator, to identify and address conditions (including corrosion control) that contribute to increased lead levels in water for human consumption;</text> </clause> <clause id="id71381da5-ee45-407a-b879-05fb5c53e4b6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>assistance to low-income homeowners to replace privately owned service lines, pipes, fittings, or fixtures that contain lead; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="id61b0ac43-b7eb-42cb-ba18-4b229704d538"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>education of consumers regarding measures to reduce exposure to lead from drinking water or other sources.</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id19048D270DC642AB849BF929E9537C68"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The term <term>lead reduction project</term> does not include a partial lead service line replacement if, at the conclusion of the service line replacement, drinking water is delivered to a household through a publicly or privately owned portion of a lead service line.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id4314a11c-b0b6-4cba-a2c4-4db41846eed3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Low-income</header><text>The term <term>low-income</term>, with respect to an individual provided assistance under this section, has such meaning as may be given the term by the head of the municipality or State, interstate, or intermunicipal agency with jurisdiction over the area to which assistance is provided.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id073d6fbd-9257-476e-be29-311249df1cf5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Municipality</header><text>The term <term>municipality</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8e6d6209-ebe2-448b-af24-38805beda300"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a city, town, borough, county, parish, district, association, or other public entity established by, or pursuant to, applicable State law; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="ideb204c62-ec33-4ac5-a9a4-66713f9d7cfe"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an Indian tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450b">25 U.S.C. 450b</external-xref>)).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id2ae82657-588d-40d7-a40a-20ca781a03dc"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grant program</header>
<paragraph id="idfcecdbac-2764-47c8-b06f-a67a4faf9e72"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Administrator shall establish a grant program to provide assistance to eligible entities for lead reduction projects in the United States.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id6cc30a19-d109-4130-a729-31dbee5c23ec"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Precondition</header><text>As a condition of receipt of assistance under this section, before receiving the assistance the eligible entity shall take steps to identify—</text>
<subparagraph id="id2528e8c4-b548-4679-b3f9-ba0c18e6f871"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the source of lead in water for human consumption; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idb62c588b-1d3e-4526-be67-46813af7fefb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the means by which the proposed lead reduction project would reduce lead levels in the applicable water system.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idb22cb704-5b2f-4c51-9839-9c14bb1978d1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority application</header><text>In providing grants under this subsection, the Administrator shall give priority to an eligible entity that—</text> <subparagraph changed="deleted" id="idC88B74BAE9E847E39CBB5C8EBB437072" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>(A)</enum><text>demonstrates that the eligible entity is unable to fund the proposed lead reduction project through other sources of funding; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph changed="added" id="id789ACED6225D4B0A88D47D855ECADAA1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Administrator determines, based on affordability criteria established by the State under section 1452(d)(3), to be a disadvantaged community; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id58269A33DD7A424B85B91D9C51D645E6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>proposes to—</text>
<clause id="id9a61430d-03c8-4454-9a80-9a97d932b673"><enum>(i)</enum><text>carry out a lead reduction project at a public water system or nontransient noncommunity water system that has exceeded the lead action level established by the Administrator at any time during the 3-year period preceding the date of submission of the application of the eligible entity;</text> </clause> <clause id="idd580fb3f-9c8a-4687-b51d-dc38813fb046"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>address lead levels in water for human consumption at a school, daycare, or other facility that primarily serves children or another vulnerable human subpopulation; or</text> </clause>
<clause id="id52b8fd16-64f1-48b7-9de1-8ab255a9ca84"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>address such priority criteria as the Administrator may establish, consistent with the goal of reducing lead levels of concern.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id23513477-ad06-4179-8dda-aae6b02d5b22"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Cost sharing</header> <subparagraph id="id4d3285f2-2da8-40b8-95e1-1781ef58585b"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the non-Federal share of the total cost of a project funded by a grant under this subsection shall be not less than 20 percent.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id3f44248d-703c-4f2c-9421-ecf51298492a"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The Administrator may reduce or eliminate the non-Federal share under subparagraph (A) for reasons of affordability, as the Administrator determines to be appropriate.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id5405da35-45fe-4de0-9e3e-f97317b6d1bd"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Low-income assistance</header> <subparagraph id="idc8464624-154b-4a05-88c5-05cb7814b896"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), an eligible entity may use a grant provided under this subsection to provide assistance to low-income homeowners to carry out lead reduction projects.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id3441a991-43c9-4834-8261-7c92474dbf8c"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The amount of a grant provided to a low-income homeowner under this paragraph shall not exceed the cost of replacement of the privately owned portion of the service line.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id96ead8db-9fd8-443c-bb98-28d7a541f00d"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Special consideration for lead service line replacement</header><text>In carrying out lead service line replacement using a grant under this subsection, an eligible entity shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6d0f8331-b06c-475f-aaa3-29b964e46e3d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>notify customers of the replacement of any publicly owned portion of the lead service line;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id92213529-47d3-477d-a9cf-7427b55e5f2f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of a homeowner who is not low-income, offer to replace the privately owned portion of the lead service line at the cost of replacement;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id5EE17D9C17CD4737ACDBA56D0F5719FB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the case of a low-income homeowner, offer to replace the privately owned portion of the lead service line and any pipes, fitting, and fixtures that contain lead at a cost that is equal to the difference between—</text> <clause id="idBF9E6F87EB304DCEAA15FA8C891812FB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the cost of replacement; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="idFD558FAF863F412BBAFF6DAC7F238C0B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount of low-income assistance available to the homeowner under paragraph (5);</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="iddb65036e-9e6d-4b15-83b2-872b3af14a0b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>notify each customer that a planned replacement of any publicly owned portion of a lead service line that is funded by a grant made under this subsection will not be carried out unless the customer agrees to the simultaneous replacement of the privately owned portion of the lead service line; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idE21F4658DA304CA8AAE0332EA2F09664"><enum>(E)</enum><text>demonstrate that the eligible entity has considered multiple options for reducing lead in drinking water, including an evaluation of options for corrosion control.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3D7F3D59C6214351B51E40CDA12EA3B8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="idFA820D9A8DFF44A59122CBEE6D42E6F3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Administrator to provide grants to eligible entities under this section under section 1459B of the Safe Drinking Water Act (as added by subsection (a)), $20,000,000, to remain available until expended.</text> </subsection></section> <section id="id13D8D2BB2274413F91445033E04F203D"><enum>7108.</enum><header>Regional liaisons for minority, tribal, and low-income communities</header> <subsection id="idD602D0C1EF934FDF9BF6B17A6FD189CF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Administrator shall appoint not fewer than 1 employee in each regional office of the Environmental Protection Agency to serve as a liaison to minority, tribal, and low-income communities in the relevant region.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id9e823c77d2654d2b8761946c4c101b00"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public identification</header><text>The Administrator shall identify each regional liaison selected under subsection (a) on the website of—</text> <paragraph id="id5a7c04ae6c4c4991b1663b7e626071e4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the relevant regional office of the Environmental Protection Agency; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id165dfa40d1284f59b83a07b295012dbd"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Office of Environmental Justice of the Environmental Protection Agency.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="idf4f15295798a4e4c8d74b5a25640dc81"><enum>7109.</enum><header>Notice to persons served</header> <subsection id="id7588299d90904f068db8e32a88fa516d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Exceedance of lead action level</header><text>Section 1414(c) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300g-3">42 U.S.C. 300g–3(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id58b583d094b446e2bdf7ef0c82a22a4b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4f38687312d24aa8bcc7a49f9cf24569" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="idc89fd989db124bd4ab79678806f4ccba"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Notice of any exceedance of a lead action level or any other prescribed level of lead in a regulation issued under section 1412, including the concentrations of lead found in a monitoring activity.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idcd06751336384eb398061a4206c39e3d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph id="id6f2dbc7a3a964c8e988881f4efcbcce1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text>
<clause id="id7d44ed2e9d8e4727bb3213e8c5a55bbf"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (iii)—</text> <subclause id="id5349167499284517aaa4df3afe2fb7b4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Administrator or</quote> and inserting <quote>Administrator, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and, if applicable,</quote>; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="id80a7dda79a974782aaa9f83efb938ebe"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and the appropriate State and county health agencies</quote> after <quote>1413</quote>;</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id7f2025cf61cb4a04b7e7e4605574a6b2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as subparagraphs (E) and (F), respectively; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4b49d3c96a3142d0880ba7840a3c638e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id588154d9587244359eeec760dd983701" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="id4ab839e9c09947478b8670869dfb4a98"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Exceedance of lead action level</header><text>Regulations issued under subparagraph (A) shall specify notification procedures for an exceedance of a lead action level or any other prescribed level of lead in a regulation issued under section 1412.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id4c927992393146718e79cc7bf3bffe5f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id1edf4c07ff6246628557d46e3ebff020"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="id7ac7efbd2d324d7a8952a81eb915e142"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notification of the public relating to lead</header>
<subparagraph id="idcb2d5900fab24ceaa8f946976d276273"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Exceedance of lead action level</header><text>Not later than 15 days after the date of an exceedance of a lead action level or any other prescribed level of lead in a regulation issued under section 1412, the Administrator shall notify the public of the concentrations of lead found in the monitoring activity conducted by the public water system if the public water system or the State does not notify the public of the concentrations of lead found in a monitoring activity.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id15710096dc3b4f29ace0586b8a11ded6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Results of lead monitoring</header> <clause id="idcf1866886d8c4c14aa651e8ff6a43aff"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Administrator may provide notice of any result of lead monitoring conducted by a public water system to—</text>
<subclause id="id7436d6af99db47469d737edb37e2a6f0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any person that is served by the public water system; or</text> </subclause> <subclause id="id32949282571f4e8185a77011b4aa1544"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the local or State health department of a locality or State in which the public water system is located.</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause id="idfd4f6773aff64dedb15a36903f165eab"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Form of notice</header><text>The Administrator may provide the notice described in clause (i) by—</text> <subclause id="id915be957fdde42b1af836bab7022dd83"><enum>(I)</enum><text>press release; or</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="id551ce4053b3747c8a648b8a16c5ef1c8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>other form of communication, including local media.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id475bb7fb7a4d4748861581939624c3ee"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Privacy</header><text>Notice to the public shall protect the privacy of individual customer information.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id39bd36180d2047949b3c0b05244c5a6e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Section 1414(c) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300g-3">42 U.S.C. 300g–3(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="ida3aeab9bf4b44350b85ed669dbd6a285"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(C), by striking <quote>paragraph (2)(E)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (2)(F)</quote>;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id0bcaf289dcea447dbbb457edd5116d83"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B)(i)(II), by striking <quote>subparagraph (D)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraph (E)</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="ida0ee2b228cb247e0a77d3db16abb8a22"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(B), in the first sentence, by striking <quote>(D)</quote> and inserting <quote>(E)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id76AFACED3A6442828077F03D2BEBED74"><enum>7110.</enum><header>Electronic reporting of drinking water data</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1414 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300g-3">42 U.S.C. 300g–3</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA73BE7E8587E4B6DA73C80E0E46F299B" style="OLC"> <subsection id="id189C1AF15663401ABCEDFCA56BA54928"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Electronic reporting of compliance monitoring data</header> <paragraph id="idDE28BE09A88148CFBEBED697447B4B25"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As a condition on the receipt of funds under this Act, the Administrator shall require electronic submission of available compliance monitoring data, if practicable—</text>
<subparagraph id="id7AD0EE953D664B4E9181919728F48B97"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by public water systems—</text> <clause id="id7FD4716432DB4DF281F19D3071B93B0F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to the Administrator; or</text> </clause>
<clause id="id7B263ACDF8194DE7A22C573AAF2EC158"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with respect to a public water system in a State that has primary enforcement responsibility under section 1413, to that State; and</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id158CBA2C9DE245D3AADB07243BFC6D71"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by each State that has primary enforcement responsibility under section 1413 to the Administrator.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idD54CB5E2B8CA45C486699D15242D0CD9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In determining whether the condition referred to in paragraph (1) is practicable, the Administrator shall consider—</text> <subparagraph id="id84643FCB064D4241BBE4BB41B5C732AC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the ability of a public water system or State to meet the requirements of sections 3.1 through 3.2000 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations);</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id47F8F99D563544EF8245C9A4C03B3859"><enum>(B)</enum><text>information system compatibility;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idC0DB3780DA2247DF8CBA93017E1E6AC7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the size of the public water system; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id33DE482E6DA145039EDF15CBFC897E55"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the size of the community served by the public water system.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section> <section id="idA4A44314935D43468108E236838E438E"><enum>7111.</enum><header>Lead testing in school and child care drinking water</header> <subsection id="id3741187EAF6B470CBDFA088E1632C761"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 1464 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-24">42 U.S.C. 300j–24</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="idD349E67BED5846A49C8591B76D2A025B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Voluntary school and child care lead testing grant program</header>
<paragraph id="idB6EC1255E5AC40F4950D51B9894450EC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="id63DE7C89C29A426DB42B771C870AD832"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Child care program</header><text>The term <term>child care program</term> has the meaning given the term <term>early childhood education program</term> in section 103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1003">20 U.S.C. 1003</external-xref>).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id1DDF52C2B6DF4E2381F3F8E888B4AE43"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Local educational agency</header><text>The term <term>local educational agency</term> means—</text> <clause id="idCC533A16CACF4C8EB5E405326AD997A6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a local educational agency (as defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/7801">20 U.S.C. 7801</external-xref>));</text> </clause>
<clause id="id6958AF8533384A29A18D4E3CA5E2830C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a tribal education agency (as defined in section 3 of the National Environmental Education Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/5502">20 U.S.C. 5502</external-xref>)); and</text> </clause> <clause id="id2684F34A053B475B80ACE3CC37D24F55"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>an operator of a child care program facility.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id216D147E3B7941B7B31609EBC9C0A918"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Establishment</header>
<subparagraph id="id659019D72FA2468D813B39CB3E92175B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Water Resources Development Act of 2016</short-title>, the Administrator shall establish a voluntary school and child care lead testing grant program to make grants available to States to assist local educational agencies in voluntary testing for lead contamination in drinking water at schools and child care programs under the jurisdiction of the local educational agencies.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idD8DED9EDFB9541C982EC2578044281DC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Grants to local educational agencies</header><text>The Administrator may make grants directly available to local educational agencies for the voluntary testing described in subparagraph (A) in—</text>
<clause id="id170E0A2BD98147019A8588AE2C16D547"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any State that does not participate in the voluntary school and child care lead testing grant program established under that subparagraph; and</text> </clause> <clause id="id1D52001926774F9CB54D0AC3B76E02B4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any direct implementation area.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idF94465C6420941329A164290569CD4FD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application</header><text>To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, a State or local educational agency shall submit to the Administrator an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Administrator may require.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idA1B4D54C14754FA1ACF6429224163410"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Use of funds</header> <subparagraph id="idAA751444597D4A6386D9B03905CF4E33"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A State or local educational agency that receives a grant under this subsection may use grant funds for the voluntary testing described in paragraph (2)(A).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idB65A19578D9A44D4BEC50DA148408C2F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Not more than 4 percent of grant funds accepted under this subsection shall be used to pay the administrative costs of carrying out this subsection.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id031E553FE2C34E9E8A6CE20E642ADE7D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Guidance; public availability</header><text>As a condition of receiving a grant under this subsection, the State or local educational agency shall ensure that each local educational agency to which grant funds are distributed shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6F9366BF21914971A02B7E5A532DF791"><enum>(A)</enum><text>expend grant funds in accordance with—</text> <clause id="id7F3CA444E0F54B5E88E44B757B35A268"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the guidance of the Environmental Protection Agency entitled <quote>3Ts for Reducing Lead in Drinking Water in Schools: Revised Technical Guidance</quote> and dated October 2006 (or any successor guidance); or</text> </clause>
<clause id="idC8DDC744B6EF4BA3B7CA0002C14AA0FD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>applicable State regulations or guidance regarding reducing lead in drinking water in schools and child care programs that is not less stringent than the guidance referred to in clause (i); and</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id0671AB169F274AA1B76AC4494A3E8C21"><enum>(B)</enum> <clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id9B97843B1AC1426FA475BE68FB7EBD36"><enum>(i)</enum><text>make available in the administrative offices, and to the maximum extent practicable, on the Internet website, of the local educational agency for inspection by the public (including teachers, other school personnel, and parents) a copy of the results of any voluntary testing for lead contamination in school and child care program drinking water that is carried out with grant funds under this subsection; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="idC0890AA764284890A67150740B42B122" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>notify parent, teacher, and employee organizations of the availability of the results described in clause (i).</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id194FDEF9EF924C23A8C43C2B7668FDA8"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Maintenance of effort</header><text>If resources are available to a State or local educational agency from any other Federal agency, a State, or a private foundation for testing for lead contamination in drinking water, the State or local educational agency shall demonstrate that the funds provided under this subsection will not displace those resources.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id1BF4680B24004EE181AE4C28F6C1DDCE"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFAE6DE1D8E494C1E815887AC49A0466C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Section 1465 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-25">42 U.S.C. 300j–25</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="id02E4C9E25C1041ED958963EFD9F3C817"><enum>7112.</enum><header>WaterSense program</header>
<subsection id="idF88F60FF11E0489E865E6785F23FC64B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of WaterSense program</header>
<paragraph id="id0CE6E61E939C4E85A04802C006B011A3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is established within the Environmental Protection Agency a voluntary WaterSense program to identify and promote water-efficient products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services that, through voluntary labeling of, or other forms of communications regarding, products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services while meeting strict performance criteria, sensibly—</text> <subparagraph id="idd5c2821aadbe4f178f88c245f69e7a6f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reduce water use;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id5c01051e82524ec3a69225d2e08e8137"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reduce the strain on public and community water systems and wastewater and stormwater infrastructure;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id8f89ff755f114767af3ab0e2355d5dfc"><enum>(C)</enum><text>conserve energy used to pump, heat, transport, and treat water; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id8811ebb3814f434a835a3bfdebd7c0b2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>preserve water resources for future generations.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="idADE8F86F807549E7B25BB53D8231EF0E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The Administrator shall, consistent with this section, identify water-efficient products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services, including categories such as—</text>
<subparagraph id="id202332BBEA204224807359C8137B8AA0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>irrigation technologies and services;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idC4BF59C7873248699625D96945A187ED"><enum>(B)</enum><text>point-of-use water treatment devices;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id2FFF40B89EF94FC481F544872BE16268"><enum>(C)</enum><text>plumbing products;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id9861875234A342CC8B04ECD5B0A71534"><enum>(D)</enum><text>reuse and recycling technologies;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id40C9DDCA8D18491E9F2A9734D6298B2B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>landscaping and gardening products, including moisture control or water enhancing technologies;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id3C41C5F7E29446CC8328747505095789"><enum>(F)</enum><text>xeriscaping and other landscape conversions that reduce water use;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id18D34E9565024425AD007205EFD228FE"><enum>(G)</enum><text>whole house humidifiers; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idA9CF9DB3B704486998BD2A355BDE4C58"><enum>(H)</enum><text>water-efficient buildings or facilities.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id8718816af90f4430bf07034482c4c654"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Administrator, coordinating as appropriate with the Secretary, shall—</text> <paragraph id="id2132909076b84965a739838d1053ffed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establish—</text>
<subparagraph id="id54b58b5f86614b09833ca032a0e08a34"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a WaterSense label to be used for items meeting the certification criteria established in accordance with this section; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id70591ba5f73c4b1691cbb0ccfb6ca00b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the procedure, including the methods and means, and criteria by which an item may be certified to display the WaterSense label;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id1ce10b1a70794a43970abf5cc00388a9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>enhance public awareness regarding the WaterSense label through outreach, education, and other means;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="ide720127ab3944826885d8758873c101e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>preserve the integrity of the WaterSense label by—</text>
<subparagraph id="id52d2cc249ad14f3d83b6ed0adc3e6991"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establishing and maintaining feasible performance criteria so that products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services labeled with the WaterSense label perform as well or better than less water-efficient counterparts;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id47c7f3d5aa7841d8b9372f6b64330b9d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>overseeing WaterSense certifications made by third parties;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id9deb028ea6e948688a0454073a6656d5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>as determined appropriate by the Administrator, using testing protocols, from the appropriate, applicable, and relevant consensus standards, for the purpose of determining standards compliance; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="ide5e6812c3e6846b681b0c257cfe9278a"><enum>(D)</enum><text>auditing the use of the WaterSense label in the marketplace and preventing cases of misuse; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idcabce09d1a74459a9e31f15ae0e32562"><enum>(4)</enum><text>not more than 6 years after adoption or major revision of any WaterSense specification, review and, if appropriate, revise the specification to achieve additional water savings;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id24F10603FE8246229E5DC963643D505A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in revising a WaterSense specification—</text>
<subparagraph id="id858c7f1c965b47c3b0c520f10f7d413d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide reasonable notice to interested parties and the public of any changes, including effective dates, and an explanation of the changes;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idc67ce295e601490ab1a4d06bb1209e30"><enum>(B)</enum><text>solicit comments from interested parties and the public prior to any changes;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idc50e5f3b240448d3a8d646d712476f41"><enum>(C)</enum><text>as appropriate, respond to comments submitted by interested parties and the public; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idfdb8956c6c124b2ca1c1c99d6d2fe1a0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide an appropriate transition time prior to the applicable effective date of any changes, taking into account the timing necessary for the manufacture, marketing, training, and distribution of the specific water-efficient product, building, landscape, process, or service category being addressed; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idF3C9A0FFC3174D399E9CED9106CED5CC"><enum>(6)</enum><text>not later than December 31, 2018, consider for review and revision any WaterSense specification adopted before January 1, 2012.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id2955ff37346442a9958f5f65706d26ae"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Transparency</header><text>The Administrator shall, to the maximum extent practicable and not less than annually, regularly estimate and make available to the public the production and relative market shares and savings of water, energy, and capital costs of water, wastewater, and stormwater attributable to the use of WaterSense-labeled products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id7fa7173ccb0f445cb08a6ce6253be18c"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Distinction of authorities</header><text>In setting or maintaining specifications for Energy Star pursuant to section 324A, and WaterSense under this section, the Secretary and Administrator shall coordinate to prevent duplicative or conflicting requirements among the respective programs.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE78081C03CFA4954B6B370D20F604AC2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>No warranty</header><text>A WaterSense label shall not create an express or implied warranty.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="idECF74303D8D14A889535099B18C99376"><enum>7113.</enum><header>Water supply cost savings</header>
<subsection id="id5699f69175da4bb0a45ac06e8b1f5393"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds that—</text> <paragraph id="id2101ee14ff0344a4bacb4982db5d753c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the United States is facing a drinking water infrastructure funding crisis;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id691964d6573940d69a0510b87ab14f57"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Environmental Protection Agency projects a shortfall of approximately $384,000,000,000 in funding for drinking water infrastructure from 2015 to 2035 and this funding challenge is particularly acute in rural communities in the United States;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id4169923aecd04ac3a197a26f253f6e94"><enum>(3)</enum><text>there are approximately 52,000 community water systems in the United States, of which nearly 42,000 are small community water systems;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ide2c11a709a1d4f60a9bc3c9b846f0530"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the Drinking Water Needs Survey conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2011 placed the shortfall in drinking water infrastructure funding for small communities, which consist of 3,300 or fewer persons, at $64,500,000,000;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idd5f3ec41f14c4df78c77342450c7fcba"><enum>(5)</enum><text>small communities often cannot finance the construction and maintenance of drinking water systems because the cost per resident for the investment would be prohibitively expensive;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idcbb2170dd5a648a6876cedc9df63c1dd"><enum>(6)</enum><text>drought conditions have placed significant strains on existing surface water supplies;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id60d23d6b313045238bc50e188060736d"><enum>(7)</enum><text>many communities across the United States are considering the use of groundwater and community well systems to provide drinking water; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id3089a4d2d551409aac155159b56f1145"><enum>(8)</enum><text>approximately 42,000,000 people in the United States receive drinking water from individual wells and millions more rely on community well systems for drinking water.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id6ced1d9b9424404bb6e67a80fdbf8fa0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of the Senate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of the Senate that providing rural communities with the knowledge and resources necessary to fully use alternative drinking water systems, including wells and community well systems, can provide safe and affordable drinking water to millions of people in the United States.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id4c4fc8d591864547a03fb880be6175cd"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Drinking water technology clearinghouse</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator and the Secretary of Agriculture shall—</text> <paragraph id="id899f4aa0ffda47d2b9116f62c2876a0c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>update existing programs of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Agriculture designed to provide drinking water technical assistance to include information on cost-effective, innovative, and alternative drinking water delivery systems, including systems that are supported by wells; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id28e0425548174be79c276eadf80ffa87"><enum>(2)</enum><text>disseminate information on the cost effectiveness of alternative drinking water delivery systems, including wells and well systems, to communities and not-for-profit organizations seeking Federal funding for drinking water systems serving 500 or fewer persons.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="ide96f24c3f0ca403abee20b0e51986e42"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Water system assessment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any application for a grant or loan from the Federal Government or a State that is using Federal assistance for a drinking water system serving 500 or fewer persons, a unit of local government or not-for-profit organization shall self-certify that the unit of local government or organization has considered, as an alternative drinking water supply, drinking water delivery systems sourced by publicly owned—</text>
<paragraph id="idd1326abea7c94d5191d40216e4cca5e7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>individual wells;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idc55e5f6aefc64034a41323172fc1fd1a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shared wells; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id6b4ae3def34d4dcf9608ca36991528d6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>community wells.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id7a101e7a691948cfb17261aa6dd2c887"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report to congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator and the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a report that describes—</text>
<paragraph id="id1f1dfadf980d45b08a2f3fb6e96d6d94"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the use of innovative and alternative drinking water systems described in this section;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id33cbb94bacf94c8d9d8affd738d04357"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the range of cost savings for communities using innovative and alternative drinking water systems described in this section; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddef0390deea44158ab4a45dc33a96b63"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the use of drinking water technical assistance programs operated by the Administrator and the Secretary of Agriculture.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="idE57773E0320847A691B2F7D19BE50175" style="OLC"><enum>B</enum><header>Clean water</header> <section id="idEDDA17258A8A4799BC1A9B6793314A3F"><enum>7201.</enum><header>Sewer overflow control grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1301">33 U.S.C. 1301</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idc767924d06bb465fb7c3eefbd661a7f8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>subject to subsection (g), the Administrator may</quote> in paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42C518829929460BABC23E39126FCABE" style="OLC"> <subsection id="idCA45424C051045D5BB561FA94802CD81"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The Administrator may—</text>
<paragraph id="id36bbc112d6bc4a2da249107c46c49613"><enum>(1)</enum><text>make grants to States for the purpose of providing grants to a municipality or municipal entity for planning, designing, and constructing—</text> <subparagraph id="idB365AC03E18641D1A5418841513990D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>treatment works to intercept, transport, control, or treat municipal combined sewer overflows and sanitary sewer overflows; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id5aafbd1c2d9145d3b03ac394c5d2ffcf"><enum>(B)</enum><text>measures to manage, reduce, treat, or recapture stormwater or subsurface drainage water; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id9bebde6c864946c093a7d1048661d184"><enum>(2)</enum><text>subject to subsection (g),</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idbe75de979d0f4de687658c3ba869f14f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="id891D9F98F25F45CE9AB4561FA1CF19FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id02EE556DF2C147929FCC79E79B485293"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (2) and (3); and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idC3C4CF3B54FB4A0C9A4C7C1E343D9337"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (2);</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id6b26a80ef4484ab58c38faa168d2ea81"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsections (e) through (g) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9f3d0807f92e4635831eb73206f0bacb" style="OLC"> <subsection id="id1daca32840464ce2b8ee1ded53a2d285"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Administrative requirements</header> <paragraph id="id507e9e8388e840c2a7bfa0dfa3386238"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), a project that receives grant assistance under subsection (a) shall be carried out subject to the same requirements as a project that receives assistance from a State water pollution control revolving fund established pursuant to title VI.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id29bd75db4c2447a8a695a8d0ebffa21c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination of governor</header><text>The requirement described in paragraph (1) shall not apply to a project that receives grant assistance under subsection (a) to the extent that the Governor of the State in which the project is located determines that a requirement described in title VI is inconsistent with the purposes of this section.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="idd871913fdf8242edb27e232f7071687b"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section, to remain available until expended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idf27f828b1d7a408082c9464b06dbc9fa"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$250,000,000 for fiscal year 2017;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="idd21bb8ecd8f04f329ac26fdf4e56f70b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$300,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id893fdb05fedf41e9aaf74594964aa3ce"><enum>(3)</enum><text>$350,000,000 for fiscal year 2019;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="idd65341adf2ee45acaf1e30dad1a83e24"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$400,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id1342b152196245478a5e4290e516e0a5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$500,000,000 for fiscal year 2021.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="id4bd7b61e9cb14ce6a5b26249d1800e19"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Allocation of funds</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="idd3ac456f8b6544cfbc0ab08926f68efc"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2017 and 2018</header><text>For each of fiscal years 2017 and 2018, subject to subsection (h), the Administrator shall use the amounts made available to carry out this section to provide grants to municipalities and municipal entities under subsection (a)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id0655e67d8fa14cf091d42a40d7175476"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in accordance with the priority criteria described in subsection (b); and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id62a5df2f1bd4493e997a082f96a10aaf"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with additional priority given to proposed projects that involve the use of—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="idfaad4cd098944fa694da8a20adaffec6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>nonstructural, low-impact development;</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" id="id82a4cad67e35492eb7cbffe92126369a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>water conservation, efficiency, or reuse; or</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="id888a955f037743a495edb6bca322ae23"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>other decentralized stormwater or wastewater approaches to minimize flows into the sewer systems.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="idcf40b9c495634840a5514ba89176cd72"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2019 and thereafter</header><text>For fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter, subject to subsection (h), the Administrator shall use the amounts made available to carry out this section to provide grants to States under subsection (a)(1) in accordance with a formula that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="ideb24602c60c142bdb122664bfe63a198"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be established by the Administrator, after providing notice and an opportunity for public comment; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id8a866d3a33f7407d86f6d005ef10b0d4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>allocates to each State a proportional share of the amounts based on the total needs of the State for municipal combined sewer overflow controls and sanitary sewer overflow controls, as identified in the most recent survey—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="idcbab66d9b5544ff99b483cf7e3d4d6c9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>conducted under section 210; and</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" id="idda977a35fb5647dba114fd0aedadcec8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>included in a report required under section 516(b)(1)(B).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id2bff8fba346b4f03b7a378eca216ccf0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking subsection (i).</text> </paragraph></section> <section changed="deleted" id="id2245364703F4409480E7573AC9B650CF" reported-display-style="strikethrough"><enum>7202.</enum><header>Small treatment works</header> <subsection id="id5A120CD92D0D4B6DA5BD9C6FA20DBBCD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1281">33 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="idEF66B249C6AA49C4B29BC2B81B0839FF"><enum>222.</enum><header>Technical assistance for small treatment works</header>
<subsection id="id6210AC032EE14E5C85F0CB7465D9A923"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="id8ff94678825e4e5c8cacfb0f6536230d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Qualified nonprofit technical assistance provider</header><text>The term <term>qualified nonprofit technical assistance provider</term> means a nonprofit organization that, as determined by the Administrator—</text>
<subparagraph id="idA749C3B6C57C466EAD98A3D7EAACCF97"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is the most qualified and experienced in providing training and technical assistance to small treatment works; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id1B792B4F732F428F9BA99B613C89D390"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the small treatment works in the State finds to be the most beneficial and effective.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id9d421430d1634c17a5be5a7c51127a48"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Small treatment works</header><text>The term <term>small treatment works</term> means a publicly owned treatment works serving not more than 10,000 individuals.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idD8A3B0AE62FA4C7B9AB4984BA6B1C584"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>The Administrator may use amounts made available to carry out this section to provide grants or cooperative agreements to qualified nonprofit technical assistance providers to provide to owners and operators of small treatment works onsite technical assistance, circuit-rider technical assistance programs, multistate, regional technical assistance programs, and onsite and regional training, to assist the treatment works in achieving compliance with this Act or obtaining financing under this Act for eligible projects.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id32aa701a568f46d389189bc77b497d65"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection> <subsection id="id4C88D87050444729BD600B957688395D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Water pollution control revolving loan funds</header> <paragraph id="id0281546665314766BF2BA9AB0FFB9E78"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 603 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1383">33 U.S.C. 1383</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="idF88C00AB0939435D8A52836F6677B811"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text> <clause id="id2AF28B4934404F6995061EBCD3838C79"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>and as provided in subsection (e)</quote> after <quote>State law</quote>;</text> </clause>
<clause id="idE220A6AFEF974907B5DFF58373C35D60"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (e) through (i) as subsections (f) through (j), respectively; and</text> </clause> <clause id="id08E8D20BD4B84E22894017C186C1AF85"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (d) the following:</text>
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<subsection id="idA581261AE8A24FFCB106486AF0CFAF77"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Additional use of funds</header><text>A State may use an additional 2 percent of the funds annually allotted to the State under this section for qualified nonprofit technical assistance providers (as defined in section 222) to provide technical assistance to public water systems serving not more than 10,000 individuals in the State.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id73B39CD447C34008A98E5E1754021536"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 221(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1301">33 U.S.C. 1301(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>section 603(h)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 603(i)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section changed="added" id="id11783D73ABB7445D93763417DF231321" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>7202.</enum><header>Small and medium treatment works</header>
<subsection id="id5060BD0C53EB453FB09172AF7E9B20D5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1281">33 U.S.C. 1281 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id799E580634CC4865B1836763BDCBCA03" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <section id="id70A4C8DB7A13465CAE338EB6467772B3"><enum>222.</enum><header>Technical assistance for small and medium treatment works</header> <subsection id="idEC8ACF48AF8A441581C6CCA6369B581B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="idD8888DA9A31D480E90336AD35A53312D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Medium treatment works</header><text>The term <term>medium treatment works</term> means a publicly owned treatment works serving not fewer than 10,001 and not more than 100,000 individuals.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idF113241DFA704434BF8A3799372D39D5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualified nonprofit medium treatment works technical assistance provider</header><text>The term <term>qualified nonprofit medium treatment works technical assistance provider</term> means a qualified nonprofit technical assistance provider of water and wastewater services to medium-sized communities that provides technical assistance (including circuit rider technical assistance programs, multi-State, regional assistance programs, and training and preliminary engineering evaluations) to owners and operators of medium treatment works, which may include State agencies.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id4F18E5E4669F4516A5BA9C0645332F0E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Qualified nonprofit small treatment works technical assistance provider</header><text>The term <term>qualified nonprofit small treatment works technical assistance provider</term> means a nonprofit organization that, as determined by the Administrator—</text> <subparagraph id="id3F3C8C105341481E9F6B4B157AC17E77"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is the most qualified and experienced in providing training and technical assistance to small treatment works; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idB1DAFF8DCD44464F89A7C570F2EFDEEB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the small treatment works in the State finds to be the most beneficial and effective.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id439D825B4A544EDAAAFCBDD5FE4D75DB"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Small treatment works</header><text>The term <term>small treatment works</term> means a publicly owned treatment works serving not more than 10,000 individuals.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id2DD8D6F474A84918A1B82C231C93B46D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>The Administrator may use amounts made available to carry out this section to provide grants or cooperative agreements to qualified nonprofit small treatment works technical assistance providers and grants or cooperative agreements to qualified nonprofit medium treatment works technical assistance providers to provide to owners and operators of small and medium treatment works onsite technical assistance, circuit-rider technical assistance programs, multi-State, regional technical assistance programs, and onsite and regional training, to assist the treatment works in achieving compliance with this Act or obtaining financing under this Act for eligible projects.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="id7673592A86784763A473A253DF769ED9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—</text>
<paragraph id="id270B2492DD3349C0AEC65EA015793EE2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for grants for small treatment works technical assistance, $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id452766AF8DED41B4871FDD9259BED1CA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for grants for medium treatment works technical assistance, $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="id377488EF74894CC3831862BC77E9431F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Water pollution control revolving loan funds</header>
<paragraph id="id531E921B16F34D3AA23B8FFD617EDAB4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 603 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1383">33 U.S.C. 1383</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="id7D8DC909676242DB8E9D75AFF8F9BEEA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<clause id="idD168C7A4E33544A6A8B27745F41AB250"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>and as provided in subsection (e)</quote> after <quote>State law</quote>;</text> </clause> <clause id="id9BD8B82B5A864A0AA965EFB11E5778AC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (e) through (i) as subsections (f) through (j), respectively; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="idE33A0595C38C4D409412EB9DD32FAF6D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (d) the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89B48FD260FC4CD98A453E0A7569D3F1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection id="id82B0B7EDD3924404ABB2EBD5434B7FEA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Additional use of funds</header><text>A State may use an additional 2 percent of the funds annually allotted to the State under this section for qualified nonprofit small treatment works technical assistance providers and qualified nonprofit medium treatment works technical assistance providers (as those terms are defined in section 222) to provide technical assistance to small treatment works and medium treatment works in the State.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2FCDE2E063BE44ACA712C84C6070B78B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 221(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1301">33 U.S.C. 1301(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>section 603(h)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 603(i)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="idF510FD7AA2BA471DA4349EA88148EC4B"><enum>7203.</enum><header>Integrated plans</header> <subsection id="id7E2A113E4B15457EA961AD1CC854A6ED"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Integrated plans</header><text>Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1342">33 U.S.C. 1342</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="id68D421AAA8354632A294897359C7018E"><enum>(s)</enum><header>Integrated plan permits</header>
<paragraph id="id8ACF515D2B164241AC8FE2FD5FFCC5FD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="id52ECCD1C2DBE45C79D25E9968AC6AE5A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Green infrastructure</header><text>The term <term>green infrastructure</term> means the range of measures that use plant or soil systems, permeable pavement or other permeable surfaces or substrates, stormwater harvest and reuse, or landscaping to store, infiltrate, or evapotranspirate stormwater and reduce flows to sewer systems or to surface waters.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id1EEED760A125412E9B456784821DE933"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Integrated plan</header><text>The term <term>integrated plan</term> has the meaning given in Part III of the Integrated Municipal Stormwater and Wastewater Planning Approach Framework, issued by the Environmental Protection Agency and dated May 2012.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idECBD25AD9F6E40299268DE8F777D9F3F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Municipal discharge</header> <clause id="idDDF6867797694547BC234FA5C16C51D1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>municipal discharge</term> means a discharge from a treatment works (as defined in section 212) or a discharge from a municipal storm sewer under subsection(p).</text> </clause>
<clause id="idC4A53D8914D840839FF77544B45DE1AA"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>The term <term>municipal discharge</term> includes a discharge of wastewater or storm water collected from multiple municipalities if the discharge is covered by the same permit issued under this section.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="idA8C935A1077F4528AA80BC16A0AC8549"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Integrated plan</header> <subparagraph id="id053E05CBD7B0423687E75F944BAD9927"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Administrator (or a State, in the case of a permit program approved under subsection (b)) shall inform a municipal permittee or multiple municipal permittees of the opportunity to develop an integrated plan.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id233B5C9482714BBCAAF98EF314867B63"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Scope of permit incorporating integrated plan</header><text>A permit issued under this subsection that incorporates an integrated plan may integrate all requirements under this Act addressed in the integrated plan, including requirements relating to—</text> <clause id="idB89E41A0B9DA41EFA7F7AD3F2E83485B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a combined sewer overflow;</text> </clause>
<clause id="id015A8A3A262A4EECA0A00BDB1421F2E9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a capacity, management, operation, and maintenance program for sanitary sewer collection systems;</text> </clause> <clause id="id394692942AF04C6F80BA69D86691FDA7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a municipal stormwater discharge;</text> </clause>
<clause id="idBEAE10A09704481B960372C74710BB3B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a municipal wastewater discharge; and</text> </clause> <clause id="idA262CEFA073C487483CAFC8C351F3192"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a water quality-based effluent limitation to implement an applicable wasteload allocation in a total maximum daily load.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id7AAA2277664543F7AC39C5B3B7DD28EF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Compliance schedules</header>
<subparagraph id="id2FDF8937D406415F86C58B9A5A71A6DB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A permit for a municipal discharge by a municipality that incorporates an integrated plan may include a schedule of compliance, under which actions taken to meet any applicable water quality-based effluent limitation may be implemented over more than 1 permit term if the compliance schedules are authorized by State water quality standards.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id37570D1816714C3083C494CFF6758AF7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>Actions subject to a compliance schedule under subparagraph (A) may include green infrastructure if implemented as part of a water quality-based effluent limitation.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idE5B3759DA0C6441B95BA132118F92382"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Review</header><text>A schedule of compliance may be reviewed each time the permit is renewed.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id92D2FF375990486EA940B7B5E9B224F8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Existing authorities retained</header> <subparagraph id="idC3D9EC10254A4956B7B43FFFF2C1838D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Applicable standards</header><text>Nothing in this subsection modifies any obligation to comply with applicable technology and water quality-based effluent limitations under this Act.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idF90C2A4955BD4D48BA1E6FB5340FC63D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Flexibility</header><text>Nothing in this subsection reduces or eliminates any flexibility available under this Act, including the authority of a State to revise a water quality standard after a use attainability analysis under section 131.10(g) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this subsection), subject to the approval of the Administrator under section 303(c).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="idE68EEEFCE6F14AB19DF8ADF417FFE4E0"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Clarification of State authority</header> <subparagraph id="id8ddd6fb1a01045cb9e4042dd3cd4f5b6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Nothing in section 301(b)(1)(C) precludes a State from authorizing in the water quality standards of the State the issuance of a schedule of compliance to meet water quality-based effluent limitations in permits that incorporate provisions of an integrated plan.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id523dc014e8b9457b8099ee68eaa2aa04"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Transition rule</header><text>In any case in which a discharge is subject to a judicial order or consent decree as of the date of enactment of the <short-title>Water Resources Development Act of 2016</short-title> resolving an enforcement action under this Act, any schedule of compliance issued pursuant to an authorization in a State water quality standard shall not revise or otherwise affect a schedule of compliance in that order or decree unless the order or decree is modified by agreement of the parties and the court.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection> <subsection id="id154052E0333140959341DD8E3AB50ACE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Municipal ombudsman</header> <paragraph id="idF72487C29D7447C3B94BF4F3530843F3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There is established within the Office of the Administrator an Office of the Municipal Ombudsman.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id6567920630844ED1BFD7944ADCFC372B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>General duties</header><text>The municipal ombudsman shall—</text> <subparagraph id="id38B17CE9681645C68BEA3B4F4DBAB4F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>provide technical assistance to municipalities seeking to comply with the requirements of laws implemented by the Environmental Protection Agency; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id724F52C0E2A74FD2B166A6487B950445"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide information to the Administrator to help the Administrator ensure that agency policies are implemented by all offices of the Environmental Protection Agency, including regional offices.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id8F4C2E0202A14B94B11B4B59233EF306"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Actions required</header><text>The municipal ombudsman shall work with appropriate offices at the headquarters and regional offices of the Environmental Protection Agency to ensure that the municipality seeking assistance is provided information—</text>
<subparagraph id="id1373a354b4a7437eb6a892c3e46f331f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>about available Federal financial assistance for which the municipality is eligible;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="ida2c1941590454508b9c55eeedf182f65"><enum>(B)</enum><text>about flexibility available under the <act-name parsable-cite="FWPCA">Federal Water Pollution Control Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1251">33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.</external-xref>) and, if applicable, the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300f">42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.</external-xref>); and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id9A61C9691843498D8AEAF3B6F490DE3B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>regarding the opportunity to develop an integrated plan, as defined in section 402(s)(1)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (as added by subsection (a)).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="id4E606CE6C46943149706BAC0D2BB0AAC"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In carrying out paragraph (3), the municipal ombudsman shall give priority to any municipality that demonstrates affordability concerns relating to compliance with the <act-name parsable-cite="FWPCA">Federal Water Pollution Control Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1251">33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.</external-xref>) or the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300f">42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id28347F7A0EE5424DAF61D5F341FA0B75"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Municipal enforcement</header><text>Section 309 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1319">33 U.S.C. 1319</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDD64B7103FE74FE19A113AAA61F4C190" style="OLC"> <subsection id="id80C89158A07C483CADEAE3069D88E8B9"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Implementation of integrated plans through enforcement tools</header> <paragraph id="id8b7d1452b22d47eca7d32dd86b256aa9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In conjunction with an enforcement action under subsection (a) or (b) relating to municipal discharges, the Administrator shall inform a municipality of the opportunity to develop an integrated plan, as defined in section 402(s).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idca9ede64d4fd4d39bf02d6e21cec4446"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Modification</header><text>Any municipality under an administrative order under subsection (a) or settlement agreement under subsection (b) that has developed an integrated plan consistent with section 402(s) may request a modification of the administrative order or settlement agreement based on that integrated plan.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section> <section id="id51aab996143646b2870578bcf382750a"><enum>7204.</enum><header>Green infrastructure promotion</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title V of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1361">33 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id6A712544866845AD8357CB555B10200E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating section 519 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1251">33 U.S.C. 1251</external-xref> note) as section 520; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idEBF8CAE77CD04A2BA378D3A0D015F8FD"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after section 518 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1377">33 U.S.C. 1377</external-xref>) the following:</text>
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<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2249AA4AEFE54E3BAB5DA1C3D48D1113" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>519.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Environmental protection agency green infrastructure promotion</header>
<subsection id="idd307aba47b324132bba37cd492b695c7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Administrator shall ensure that the Office of Water, the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, the Office of Research and Development, and the Office of Policy of the Environmental Protection Agency promote the use of green infrastructure in and coordinate the integration of green infrastructure into, permitting programs, planning efforts, research, technical assistance, and funding guidance.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="id7e0eddf940b74767862553a87df74969"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Administrator shall ensure that the Office of Water—</text>
<paragraph id="id85b467b9e55348beaba22259d88d0caa"><enum>(1)</enum><text>promotes the use of green infrastructure in the programs of the Environmental Protection Agency; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idef9b171b9be0450cba8d25afab80e4b4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>coordinates efforts to increase the use of green infrastructure with—</text>
<subparagraph id="idc629861caf3146f5aaa3d7321a6d8c42"><enum>(A)</enum><text>other Federal departments and agencies;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id8ae4551b91324392b7a5466e19fb77ac"><enum>(B)</enum><text>State, tribal, and local governments; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ida1fbc627e7c240be811bdf8bc7f7e624"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the private sector.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id7a466bdda1fb40d49e2e4669d0031285"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regional green infrastructure promotion</header><text>The Administrator shall direct each regional office of the Environmental Protection Agency, as appropriate based on local factors, and consistent with the requirements of this Act, to promote and integrate the use of green infrastructure within the region that includes—</text>
<paragraph id="id6b712246dcac47f59552a737d0a4da8e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>outreach and training regarding green infrastructure implementation for State, tribal, and local governments, tribal communities, and the private sector; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id790732131d3e4a7da53a3fff11133ff1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the incorporation of green infrastructure into permitting and other regulatory programs, codes, and ordinance development, including the requirements under consent decrees and settlement agreements in enforcement actions.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ida22bd14ef225423fac1cc900c308b004"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Green infrastructure information-sharing</header><text>The Administrator shall promote green infrastructure information-sharing, including through an Internet website, to share information with, and provide technical assistance to, State, tribal, and local governments, tribal communities, the private sector, and the public regarding green infrastructure approaches for—</text> <paragraph id="id14a301b955054eaaaa1187c1d3aa87e8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>reducing water pollution;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ide767153155ba47a7be5795efc93f8aff"><enum>(2)</enum><text>protecting water resources;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idee5feb355dd0424a837cef7629097214"><enum>(3)</enum><text>complying with regulatory requirements; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id25f23efd916d46ba9498dcf4e5a41c03"><enum>(4)</enum><text>achieving other environmental, public health, and community goals.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section> <section id="ID2a7a46bd3a1a4cacbd0f0fd2165d3714"><enum>7205.</enum><header>Financial capability guidance</header> <subsection id="idE5C405C7FE3E4F76A360722DF72675EB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="id45d4cc2756c448c8a54202e76fde7437"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Affordability</header><text>The term <term>affordability</term> means, with respect to payment of a utility bill, a measure of whether an individual customer or household can pay the bill without undue hardship or unreasonable sacrifice in the essential lifestyle or spending patterns of the individual or household, as determined by the Administrator.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idd1c85c45677a4e88bf035e5d5c62182d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Financial capability</header><text>The term <term>financial capability</term> means the financial capability of a community to make investments necessary to make water quality or drinking water improvements.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id62D9E669F4094D32857A2577DC2FAC75"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>The term <term>guidance</term> means the guidance published by the Administrator entitled <quote>Combined Sewer Overflows—Guidance for Financial Capability Assessment and Schedule Development</quote> and dated February 1997, as applicable to the combined sewer overflows and sanitary sewer overflows guidance published by the Administrator entitled <quote>Financial Capability Assessment Framework</quote> and dated November 24, 2014.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="ID0f6da06b84ff453f9adb7c036e38ca47"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of median household income</header><text>The Administrator shall not use median household income as the sole indicator of affordability for a residential household.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="idded2f18ca4f8490a881b7ab87b9f3994"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Updating</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of completion of the National Academy of Public Administration study to establish a definition and framework for community affordability required by Senate Report 114–70, accompanying S. 1645 (114th Congress), the Administrator shall revise the guidance.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="id0c223cbd64184624bc20fd01b4a87653"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Consideration and consultation</header> <paragraph id="id022E8C8DAB0D4DABB4EB5EB19076382C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text>In revising the guidance, the Administrator shall consider—</text>
<subparagraph id="id17AF47AD188A4E74A75D0481150AC931"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the recommendations of the study referred to in subsection (c) and any other relevant study, as determined by the Administrator;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idaff5108173d34c4389120df0e8ec9c1a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>local economic conditions, including site-specific local conditions that should be taken into consideration in analyzing financial capability;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id7dc8737fa9d14f69801410a1fbd063e6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>other essential community investments;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id7e393c30513443d8a695e21aa0d673fd"><enum>(D)</enum><text>potential adverse impacts on distressed populations, including the percentage of low-income ratepayers within the service area of a utility and impacts in communities with disparate economic conditions throughout the entire service area of a utility;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ida8bfb181dde348aba334fb85967acfc7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the degree to which rates of low-income consumers would be affected by water infrastructure investments and the use of rate structures to address the rates of low-income consumers;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idf7ae1ba8ba8644ab8abef04dc52b62f6"><enum>(F)</enum><text>an evaluation of an array of factors, the relative importance of which may vary across regions and localities; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idb8e44687a6914601bf246b730131bb77"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the appropriate weight for economic, public health, and environmental benefits associated with improved water quality.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="idbfe3ba7d38724a69801e61503118ea18"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>Any guidance issued to replace the guidance shall be developed in consultation with interested parties.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3be9f5247f93468e9429ce66f8f5feb9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Publication and submission</header><text>On completion of the updating of guidance, the Administrator shall publish in the Federal Register and submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives the updated guidance.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="id8391022857864255958B0EE811F043C5" style="OLC"><enum>C</enum><header>Innovative financing and promotion of innovative technologies</header> <section id="idb07410f853cb4037b7a1ab79889a513b"><enum>7301.</enum><header>Water infrastructure public-private partnership pilot program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5014(c) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2201">33 U.S.C. 2201</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/121">Public Law 113–121</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Any activity undertaken under this section is authorized only to the extent</quote> and inserting <quote>Nothing in this section obligates the Secretary to expend funds unless</quote>.</text> </section>
<section id="idD12C3CEBCDFB4E88B28E2F041D280DF0"><enum>7302.</enum><header>Water infrastructure finance and innovation</header>
<subsection id="idD140A12FA6C6430AA478E4947F8F9A74"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority to provide assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5023(b)(2) of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3902">33 U.S.C. 3902(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>carry out</quote> and inserting <quote>provide financial assistance to carry out</quote>.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="id528805A0B0D64D18835B8D007EEA3177"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Projects eligible for assistance</header><text>Section 5026(6) of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3905">33 U.S.C. 3905(6)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idE39A662CFD654E1F8B2FE3C082407748"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>desalination project</quote> and inserting <quote>desalination project, including chloride control</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id2872A550C91140BCB3E3FFCE78B1342A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or a water recycling project</quote> and inserting <quote>a water recycling project, or a project to provide alternative water supplies to reduce aquifer depletion</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idC196E39552194BEFB4CEF7C89CFD40DC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Terms and conditions</header><text>Section 5029(b) of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3908">33 U.S.C. 3908(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id96BC9960ECB04B629ECBFC722D66B87E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (7)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id665C3E4037864ACA997C8BA478B9937E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92FB520326EC4479AE6477799B007177" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="idC47F2BB1EC3443C3A6EF1E1E4832175C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Secretary</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4DED46FCE64B43ACB6BA77345E0CCBBE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA0BE7F5D2BD94527AE27F8C8F553E9D1" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="idC96EF9A48CE54320852EE16A362CC582"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Financing fees</header><text>On request of a community with a population of not more than 10,000 individuals, the Secretary or the Administrator, as applicable, shall allow the fees under subparagraph (A) to be financed as part of the loan.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idA45D896110124044B4E57097634CA495"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB71BDF0B16E44780872BB597EFA26C43" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="id722F49F39A67480DB621C883474A389B"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Credit</header><text>Any eligible project costs incurred and the value of any integral in-kind contributions made before receipt of assistance under this subtitle shall be credited toward the 51 percent of project costs to be provided by sources of funding other than a secured loan under this subtitle (as described in paragraph (2)(A).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id323d2696f3274d19af88e71048d56609"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Removal of pilot designation</header>
<paragraph id="id6B9B7E8DA283483AAE359FE7BFBF324E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subtitle C of title V of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3901">33 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by striking the subtitle designation and heading and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64ea575def45458ea3b777a15f7484bf" style="OLC"> <subtitle id="idceba24f690e54b4f939c13123ab1d95e"><enum>C</enum><header>Innovative financing projects</header></subtitle><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id262070bb291347db913e329a835a7853"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 5023 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3092">33 U.S.C. 3092</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>pilot</quote> each place it appears.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idd7f35dccc23b404e9b04bd4d7ce0409a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 5034 of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3913">33 U.S.C. 3913</external-xref>) is amended by striking the section designation and heading and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd3b35fc4056d43a9b7faad992f71252b" style="OLC"> <section id="idad5f8fa0b6c14c8d95a860e6e90ea4d2"><enum>5034.</enum><header>Reports on program implementation</header></section><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id8a301e2d26304972a58228091c687746"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The table of contents for the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/121">Public Law 113–121</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="idf889e52919324a4b94988151aed9b5da"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the item relating to subtitle C of title V and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF5B2A08799824F22BFCC1ABB406DFDE6" style="OLC"> <toc> <toc-entry bold="off" level="subtitle">Subtitle C—Innovative Financing Projects</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id7a0f7bffd06d44a691b79b7a813a4ed4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the item relating to section 5034 and inserting the following:</text>
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<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">Sec. 5034. Reports on program implementation.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idB1DCF4C9529647C6976AEBBEE1BFA91E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Sense of the Senate</header><text>It is the sense of the Senate that—</text> <paragraph id="idE84EC411C18A41DA924C7230E392C87F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>appropriations made available to carry out the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3901">33 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.</external-xref>) should be in addition to robust funding for the State water pollution control revolving funds established under title VI of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1381">33 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.</external-xref>) and State drinking water treatment revolving loan funds established under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12</external-xref>); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id2A16F85C9FCD43D48E2316A0137B87F7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the appropriations made available for the funds referred to in paragraph (1) should not decrease for any fiscal year.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="id7064C52F94FD4981B3B3878D95D3605E"><enum>7303.</enum><header>Water Infrastructure Investment Trust Fund</header> <subsection id="H20F41D9B236A4CD199B9772D27241B8A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Creation of trust fund</header><text>There is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the <quote>Water Infrastructure Investment Trust Fund</quote>, consisting of such amounts as may be appropriated or credited to such fund as provided in this section.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H7150A00A765546B2979978E95BE08CF2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transfers to trust fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are hereby appropriated to the Water Infrastructure Investment Trust Fund amounts equivalent to the fees received in the Treasury before January 1, 2022, under subsection (f).</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H8C84ECD638F94E91A548C8AE53AE2612"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Expenditures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided by subsection (d), amounts in the Water Infrastructure Investment Trust Fund shall be available, without further appropriation, as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H9D02B548E8104768A77DF4268A50D738"><enum>(1)</enum><text><deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough">85</deleted-phrase> <added-phrase reported-display-style="italic">50</added-phrase> percent of the amounts shall be available to the Administrator for making capitalization grants under section 601 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1381">33 U.S.C. 1381</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H88932C814BCC4968A5DB66D1A86A81EE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><deleted-phrase reported-display-style="strikethrough">15</deleted-phrase> <added-phrase reported-display-style="italic">50</added-phrase> percent of the amounts shall be available to the Administrator for making capitalization grants under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ide386026b85c441049d2c3357ed9c298b"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Investment</header><text>Amounts in the Water Infrastructure Investment Trust Fund shall be invested in accordance with section 9702 of title 31, United States Code, and any interest on, and proceeds from, any such investment shall be available for expenditure in accordance with this Act and the amendments made by this Act.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="H5F0B072635684A7BBD13B5D9AB988F31"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitation on expenditures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts in the Water Infrastructure Investment Trust Fund may not be made available for a fiscal year unless the funds appropriated to the Clean Water State Revolving Fund through annual capitalization grants is not less than the average of the annual amounts provided in capitalization grants under section 601 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1381">33 U.S.C. 1381</external-xref>) for the 5-fiscal-year period immediately preceding such fiscal year.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H8F60D0BF46BF4471AABA16B6B8B044B4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Voluntary labeling system</header>
<paragraph id="HB29C7E65ABC945C3B5EFA4B13F3A6DBB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Administrator of the Food and Drug Administration, manufacturers, producers, and importers, shall develop and implement a program under which the Secretary provides a label designed in consultation with manufacturers, producers, and importers suitable for placement on products to inform consumers that the manufacturer, producer, or importer of the product, and other stakeholders, participates in the Water Infrastructure Investment Trust Fund and is contributing to the clean water of the United States.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HE229972C9A63490BAA651544B7627BA0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fee</header> <subparagraph id="idC134C391033C43C0A60A03D3AFD62CBA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall provide a label for a fee of 3 cents per unit.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id3814864D68764213874BCC9332A0D471"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Deposit</header><text>Amounts received by the Secretary under subparagraph (A) shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3FAE1A7E97AA4C4AADA6F619369D25AB"><enum>(g)</enum><header>EPA study on water pricing</header> <paragraph id="H422653BCC6E64DACAE7698331F7FE43B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator, with participation by the States, shall conduct a study to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB7E5B89ECF0D4133B8CD49429B3BF738"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assess the affordability gap faced by low-income populations located in urban and rural areas in obtaining services from clean water and drinking water systems; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H299A42DC7B5F4E659DD55E88EE467816"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">analyze options for programs to provide incentives for rate adjustments at the local level to achieve <quote>full cost </quote> or <quote>true value</quote> pricing for such services, while protecting low-income ratepayers from undue burden.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4189A3EA0A36434D88AE6B65EA3653AF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall transmit to the Committee on the Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report on the results of the study.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="id0FA1721195994FB0811837070C238A6E"><enum>7304.</enum><header>Innovative water technology grant program</header> <subsection id="id82dc8db07a6641699b695a210f2e14dd"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of eligible entity</header><text>In this section, the term <term>eligible entity</term> means—</text>
<paragraph id="id75edb5b3c583428bac04ffe130cd920f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a public utility, including publicly owned treatment works and clean water systems;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="ide2232f1f771348f68e67ceddb34be0d3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a unit of local government, including a municipality or a joint powers authority;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id77f6ddf1578b4cf18e7ec5bc26ebdd80"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a private entity, including a farmer or manufacturer;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idf6f73ef4b5f543f39ce141ca8b1daefe"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an institution of higher education;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="iddcb79072d6024a1ba8c99369b6beb1d7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a research institution or foundation;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id8f2466fee42044bd90b6ed18a177e089"><enum>(6)</enum><text>a State;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id97bde5d9df054bccbd160c440611fc6d"><enum>(7)</enum><text>a regional organization; or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id84ff50cd877d4b4f80e9ea12852b64df"><enum>(8)</enum><text>a nonprofit organization.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idd072f8af575e4a1ea1e64b3862ddb518"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grant program authorized</header><text>The Administrator shall carry out a grant program for purposes described in subsection (c) to accelerate the development of innovative water technologies that address pressing water challenges.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="id60123d29a5714ccfbbc779125b4f0e3e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grants</header><text>In carrying out the program under subsection (b), the Administrator shall make to eligible entities grants that—</text>
<paragraph id="id785f47d7d99a462fa567d3c18f5ed276"><enum>(1)</enum><text>finance projects to develop, deploy, test, and improve emerging water technologies;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="ida9a859bf8aa545c9b72a0ee8ce1fd4e2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>fund entities that provide technical assistance to deploy innovative water technologies more broadly, especially—</text>
<subparagraph id="id47ea26509d9842fa9034515c4d810004"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to increase adoption of innovative water technologies in—</text> <clause id="id181d6f0b7fae43b79705c0167932c0e9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>municipal drinking water and wastewater treatment systems;</text> </clause>
<clause id="id5b80d62b94874504a71a1b5c6b34383d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>areas served by private wells; or</text> </clause> <clause id="id8a72368cef8f439ab58ab91c50908fbe"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>water supply systems in arid areas that are experiencing, or have recently experienced, prolonged drought conditions; and</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id145302f15dca40ab965249a1949c0477"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in a manner that reduces ratepayer or community costs over time, including the cost of future capital investments; or</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id888432d8ede04a4fa041b1703852b230"><enum>(3)</enum><text>support technologies that, as determined by the Administrator—</text>
<subparagraph id="ide2bab62bc43a4a348f8cb7ca82595074"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improve water quality of a water source;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idcccc57171a2b4e6eb4fce69afd0d79bd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>improve the safety and security of a drinking water delivery system;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idac2016fb7d49424cb0b86b92661c47f4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>minimize contamination of drinking water and drinking water sources, including contamination by lead, bacteria, chlorides, and nitrates;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id28e2c34b5606442cb0eae6a4dbcb5da3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>improve the quality and timeliness and decrease the cost of drinking water quality tests, especially technologies that can be deployed within water systems and at individual faucets to provide accurate real-time tests of water quality, especially with respect to lead, bacteria, and nitrate content;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id03ba70390dbd44c086cd8363b0890ad4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>increase water supplies in arid areas that are experiencing, or have recently experienced, prolonged drought conditions;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="ide8d2e75b9a134fd39d9f1d490241ffcc"><enum>(F)</enum><text>treat edge-of-field runoff to improve water quality;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idb13d879fdb79439182390405a2d112dd"><enum>(G)</enum><text>treat agricultural, municipal, and industrial wastewater;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idda686a7e053141cdbf8ccec272f64b61"><enum>(H)</enum><text>recycle or reuse water;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id0ff6f8daddc74950b71493b4bdf83445"><enum>(I)</enum><text>manage urban storm water runoff;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id30b58f30f89f4cd9810f1906415436dd"><enum>(J)</enum><text>reduce sewer or stormwater overflows;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id80809e7affb647f5884d535d5a84a702"><enum>(K)</enum><text>conserve water;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id51efcd074f1e4237b60edac883f5a56a"><enum>(L)</enum><text>improve water quality by reducing salinity;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id78c29e68b48942f8b7aff3e1bd58715e"><enum>(M)</enum><text>mitigate air quality impacts associated with declining water resources; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id2ebbd44d52484e248215f42e13f6432d"><enum>(N)</enum><text>address urgent water quality and human health needs.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id1655267bb6b945f58a66a4b556ada964"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Priority funding</header><text>In making grants under this section, the Administrator shall give priority to projects that have the potential—</text> <paragraph id="id00ed733958334d31b7b53d71e142826a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to provide substantial cost savings across a sector;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id48189f60c14d483b8a5a6a93130a0f33"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to significantly improve human health or the environment; or</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id91628d5f1ec0416083e6af0a7bd3d7a5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to provide additional water supplies with minimal environmental impact.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id40c8945128144230b3c63bf4af68e38e"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Cost-sharing</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of activities carried out using a grant made under this section shall be not more than 65 percent.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="id9cec77ae3b704c2db9c02f2266180b11"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The maximum amount of a grant provided to a project under this section shall be $5,000,000.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="id85b17db34e7a4a8eb5c950b71d4b8508"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Each year, the Administrator shall submit to Congress and make publicly available on the website of the Administrator a report that describes any advancements during the previous year in development of innovative water technologies made as a result of funding provided under this section.</text> </subsection> <subsection commented="no" id="id70fc6714de254d759a1a470c48e19d8f"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each fiscal year.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="iddcd664a1601644f89bdc6fd4f79094ee"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Administrator to provide grants to eligible entities under this section $10,000,000, to remain available until expended.</text> </subsection></section> <section id="id999d79140aec47b5bfee62dbfeda231b"><enum>7305.</enum><header>Water Resources Research Act amendments</header> <subsection id="idf2d3e5b1a34a471f989b0f4693559529"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Congressional findings and declarations</header><text>Section 102 of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10301">42 U.S.C. 10301</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="ida98352ade0bb48ca8d63cadf798bfb3f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (9) as paragraphs (8) through (10), respectively;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id0aeaa84cd35e4165afcdb9eb7af5c6cb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (8) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id4a8dd899b6e44155be8139b42b7b8ef8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1bb0ec24e5af4b4682423d373992ab41" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="id06dde3a188e0471ea50b0c9f26836012"><enum>(7)</enum><text>additional research is required to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of new and existing treatment works through alternative approaches, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="ide0c4ae1249504f3cabddfa2fdff845fb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>nonstructural alternatives;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id16c1cde27f594041bbd9732a0c591f73"><enum>(B)</enum><text>decentralized approaches;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id2eab4ae209394a23a6250c2a8297297a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>water use efficiency and conservation; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idbf594ac8cdc94df8be8ef210c6c05825"><enum>(D)</enum><text>actions to reduce energy consumption or extract energy from wastewater;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id888e0db0b62247a598c59229df65c59b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Water resources research and technology institutes</header><text>Section 104 of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10303">42 U.S.C. 10303</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id74726ed7f2a94ebb9d75096d9217d189"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id61fb3860466b44dbb1b33a70648496e4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking <quote>water-related phenomena</quote> and inserting <quote>water resources</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idc09fa676f491445bad07c2841d6f3a75"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idce65d967365844ef9b9f58836c9ce0db"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="id73574018c236418cad42bf54ff7079ba"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>From the</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="idCCA06F3B997F43CFB87002EAE9998FEE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>From the</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idf46171018d424b90be459173ad987809"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="idd6af19a0ff724debb65c448267624c47"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than December 31 of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate, the Committee on the Budget of the Senate, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives a report regarding the compliance of each funding recipient with this subsection for the immediately preceding fiscal year.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="iddb5300b320304fd98bca012ec37802be"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="ide1b248018f7d49afb700f68b75e42b72"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Evaluation of water resources research program</header>
<paragraph id="idd8b3b49e4da34cb39ce7c87379ae17f7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a careful and detailed evaluation of each institute at least once every 3 years to determine—</text> <subparagraph id="id792fe34e335441ce8344265e8b8e2b0d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the quality and relevance of the water resources research of the institute;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ida2174fc55f7f4a50a4a37433ed2e37df"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the effectiveness of the institute at producing measured results and applied water supply research; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id76309c7c15d742d78d1a8b22cb8a5407"><enum>(C)</enum><text>whether the effectiveness of the institute as an institution for planning, conducting, and arranging for research warrants continued support under this section.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idab2692238ef7490792ccc5464baab2d6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibition on further support</header><text>If, as a result of an evaluation under paragraph (1), the Secretary determines that an institute does not qualify for further support under this section, no further grants to the institute may be provided until the qualifications of the institute are reestablished to the satisfaction of the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id4a555cf5a74f454f8560972580716412"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(1), by striking <quote>$12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011</quote> and inserting <quote>$7,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id13e480072fbd4ca0aea769b93c5c0314"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (g)(1), in the first sentence, by striking <quote>$6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="idf26458c906314951a514826a4ecc13e9"><enum>7306.</enum><header>Reauthorization of Water Desalination Act of 1996</header> <subsection id="ida49251f25fec494e89b5af67f765966f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of research and studies</header><text>Section 3 of the Water Desalination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10301">42 U.S.C. 10301</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/298">Public Law 104–298</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="id9ee0fca20be348cbafadaf92363d0ec4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Prioritization</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall prioritize funding for research—</text> <paragraph id="id7ad5331eb23d4cd8ba9bb631f129f129"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to reduce energy consumption and lower the cost of desalination, including chloride control;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id703aa60d98154a94b864d7ecca5cd97f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to reduce the environmental impacts of seawater desalination and develop technology and strategies to minimize those impacts;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id072794549958484baecc079c638a6a87"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to improve existing reverse osmosis and membrane technology;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idb8a6a48e51e744a6bbd9508250e5518d"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to carry out basic and applied research on next generation desalination technologies, including improved energy recovery systems and renewable energy-powered desalination systems that could significantly reduce desalination costs;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id1df64026765145eb9628b93e9e1ec578"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to develop portable or modular desalination units capable of providing temporary emergency water supplies for domestic or military deployment purposes; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id228d4fbae29b428bb4210448e6c43bb5"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to develop and promote innovative desalination technologies, including chloride control, identified by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection> <subsection id="id720365ab0efc4c4f830814e0dd677f88"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Desalination demonstration and development</header><text>Section 4 of the Water Desalination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10301">42 U.S.C. 10301</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/298">Public Law 104–298</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="id26cae41c2a584b289f5c62cced952bf2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prioritization</header><text>In carrying out demonstration and development activities under this section, the Secretary shall prioritize projects—</text> <paragraph id="id2291983f9b6c465b9e15013f7609ed99"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in drought-stricken States and communities;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id22eb4cd6d72b4ee28c67a022443a65f7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in States that have authorized funding for research and development of desalination technologies and projects;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id1eb18ee4fddf4bd2ac66231ac67b6338"><enum>(3)</enum><text>that can reduce reliance on imported water supplies that have an impact on species listed under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1531">16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id6ce93bd124d449ba84f3e753efd83ac5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>that demonstrably leverage the experience of international partners with considerable expertise in desalination, such as the State of Israel.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection> <subsection id="id43e7e1506f014e1ea46426691a408ddd"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 8 of the Water Desalination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10301">42 U.S.C. 10301</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/298">Public Law 104–298</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id7a4fd669efee446ab6c2632c6bd6a4b1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first sentence of subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="id06dca31db0ee441c91eb4a859fe2ac0e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$5,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$8,000,000</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id8f4c24b73cc34b1ea994eb0622dc0314"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2013</quote> and inserting <quote>2021</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="idff8889a5f833464ea55c6bbe97fac04b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2013</quote> and inserting <quote>for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id777d093fd14746a5af46f5bfea2ef7ff"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>Section 9 of the Water Desalination Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/10301">42 U.S.C. 10301</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/104/298">Public Law 104–298</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id570985bced00476e97dfe9e8f4fbbbd3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the section designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>In carrying out</quote> in the first sentence and inserting the following:</text>
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<section id="idcb6044c65a8748d08223c3a57caa9eea"><enum>9.</enum><header>Consultation and coordination</header>
<subsection id="idd34165b95cd24f7c9af90a7280e7780e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In carrying out</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idadedb94cb67740aeb2bc0db22c598f37"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>The authorization</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="idb3bb10381c6f402b9d3eb54de7d627e6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Other desalination programs</header><text>The authorization</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id530f492831f8470b934766e8f5b9a2ce"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (a) (as designated by paragraph (1)) the following:</text>
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<subsection id="id1db22cb8aed142d59200e932e925a20f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination of federal desalination research and development</header>
<paragraph id="idc491aaef12564abda2fb93bc8ac86ccb"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy shall develop a coordinated strategic plan that—</text> <subparagraph id="ided23baf37c0948f2b09238c3c7bc6611"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establishes priorities for future Federal investments in desalination;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idcf9d8fe8e82f4a9d9f7e195c5ff1cc49"><enum>(B)</enum><text>coordinates the activities of Federal agencies involved in desalination, including the Bureau of Reclamation, the Corps of Engineers, the United States Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, the National Science Foundation, the Office of Naval Research of the Department of Defense, the National Laboratories of the Department of Energy, the United States Geological Survey, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id8dc69de3e0874980ba4575e6b55d4eb6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>strengthens research and development cooperation with international partners, such as the State of Israel, in the area of desalination technology.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id386450FA4535493D96FC03835AD95479"><enum>7307.</enum><header>National drought resilience guidelines</header>
<subsection id="ideb2cbdd8253248219ecfdf2a979af653"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Administrator, in conjunction with the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and other appropriate Federal agency heads along with State and local governments, shall develop nonregulatory national drought resilience guidelines relating to drought preparedness planning and investments for communities, water utilities, and other water users and providers.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="id1CC6D827BD8B4F0E823D553F640A52B6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In developing the national drought resilience guidelines, the Administrator and other Federal agency heads referred to in subsection (a) shall consult with—</text>
<paragraph id="idA30A5C8FEE39477988DE6188BE88E9DC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>State and local governments;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idFCA68F210B8F448A9ABFA7BD90E6C2AA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>water utilities;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idBD2EAEB64D9F43B3A834148A26EBC290"><enum>(3)</enum><text>scientists;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id54B5BCE6ED174E9E95C1DD329FAE5308"><enum>(4)</enum><text>institutions of higher education;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id5E5B2AB2F9984AD395632C06201FD9CE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>relevant private entities; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idD49CD3E748AB4C7C8AEF18814A6EC180"><enum>(6)</enum><text>other stakeholders.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id2BFB75E7CE7A4D44803396FD6DA01636"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>The national drought resilience guidelines developed under this section shall, to the maximum extent practicable, provide recommendations for a period of 10 years that—</text> <paragraph id="idB3432AF5AEE547089B5025FC7F277E22"><enum>(1)</enum><text>address a broad range of potential actions, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="id8D5E1FF84D594BEEAD22510F390DF642"><enum>(A)</enum><text>analysis of the impacts of the changing frequency and duration of drought on the future effectiveness of water management tools;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idE08035A47962437C84418706D34B7640"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the identification of drought-related water management challenges in a broad range of fields, including—</text>
<clause id="idDB117D9E7F16435084394D55A045BA26"><enum>(i)</enum><text>public health and safety;</text> </clause> <clause id="id4AC9D10713CC4CE98D9E66B3AD782697"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>municipal and industrial water supply;</text> </clause>
<clause id="id502D2162F6D944AA83BD9080EECE95DD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>agricultural water supply;</text> </clause> <clause id="idBC9A926DD2D04714877B7C821D71B298"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>water quality;</text> </clause>
<clause id="id679A09BE49774BA58C24A3BF6FF0DAAA"><enum>(v)</enum><text>ecosystem health; and</text> </clause> <clause id="id94E30E70A8ED41B1A6BF40AAFC46D84A"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>water supply planning;</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id6C63C61DCFAA4F4DA7223DF441D918E7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>water management tools to reduce drought-related impacts, including—</text> <clause id="idAE7E42B6EF544D83A396E647E3912F0E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>water use efficiency through gallons per capita reduction goals, appliance efficiency standards, water pricing incentives, and other measures;</text> </clause>
<clause id="idDC728E6071F449E696A48401F3D5E403"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>water recycling;</text> </clause> <clause id="idE39F0491263845F392FEB61816805081"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>groundwater clean-up and storage;</text> </clause>
<clause id="id56A37833E7F04BAF88E169C235A25FBC"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>new technologies, such as behavioral water efficiency; and</text> </clause> <clause id="id15ACABD6BEB94BFA926A65CE90A34504"><enum>(v)</enum><text>stormwater capture and reuse;</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id48FDED154AB1440FA0516E1706709EFB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>water-related energy and greenhouse gas reduction strategies; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idA23FF304FDF34D5E814794E76A209968"><enum>(E)</enum><text>public education and engagement; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id4681CE8FDFF84FF8803115C153B20CB8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include recommendations relating to the processes that Federal, State, and local governments and water utilities should consider when developing drought resilience preparedness and plans, including—</text> <subparagraph id="idDFDA3DBA315B4FDAB87520CCAD6F1F90"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the establishment of planning goals;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id77F2E2505FC84001A1BEF2E29FF1FBB1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the evaluation of institutional capacity;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idF1B08EC99F3348A9BBDEC2F83FC65C0C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the assessment of drought-related risks and vulnerabilities, including the integration of climate-related impacts;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id414319A92478491A852A65BD083D798B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the establishment of a development process, including an evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of potential strategies;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id07DB801FF5D7454AA2918807C0BDFB5D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the inclusion of private entities, technical advisors, and other stakeholders in the development process;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id00182BC390ED4AE2A7B1389E3AC2B832"><enum>(F)</enum><text>implementation and financing issues; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB24666FA7CE54683971D409B1CCBE336"><enum>(G)</enum><text>evaluation of the plan, including any updates to the plan.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id1584a8a2fdfc4229a394ef819ea2b8f3"><enum>7308.</enum><header>Innovation in Clean Water State Revolving Funds</header>
<subsection id="ida74ac823a2604b50a7cd765ff863e8cd"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subsection (j)(1)(B) (as redesignated by section 7202(b)(1)(A)(ii)) of section 603 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1383">33 U.S.C. 1383</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id81bb726b078345ecadad70512793f565"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id407bd662fa9946bfac43a783e4a7a0c3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (iv), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idc2811584e96246058ece6315af8fb717"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<clause id="id2179773accbe473cbe84e417b1c46556"><enum>(v)</enum><text>to encourage the use of innovative water technologies related to any of the issues identified in clauses (i) through (iv) or, as determined by the State, any other eligible project and activity eligible for assistance under subsection (c)</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id8edd34990110471396f963226faf54bf"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Innovative water technologies</header><text>Section 603 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1383">33 U.S.C. 1383</external-xref>) (as amended by section 7202(b)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="id2b339045197646f3966286c1d26b08ea"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>The Administrator may provide technical assistance to facilitate and encourage the provision of financial assistance for innovative water technologies.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="id6f4c62055a1044fda65979f2a05c6b44"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Water Resources Development Act of 2016</short-title>, and not less frequently than every 5 years thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report that describes—</text>
<paragraph id="idfee0b1dc7bc2431581e0b6c273d73668"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the amount of financial assistance provided by State water pollution control revolving funds to deploy innovative water technologies;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id0eaad920075b465db285239327f2b4e3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the barriers impacting greater use of innovative water technologies; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2305d7e46bef44c49bf5ee598d609d8b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the cost-saving potential to cities and future infrastructure investments from emerging technologies.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section> <section id="id7F78743A40764A318F2694193E4CBF00"><enum>7309.</enum><header>Innovation in the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12</external-xref>) (as amended by section 7105) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id8EA156B7512F4C75B3EBCA6C539875A9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text> <subparagraph id="id7CF07A00225342F3B85D63FD4E30EF63"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Additional assistance.—</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id544FD1F0489B4EC5A4148DC5CF03EE6B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause id="idD6AC2592394F4613B7EFA685A606015B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Notwithstanding</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="id042C9F64D5B84C9AAB9FAD582E928437"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause> <clause id="idDCC8EE35EE474AFE9D49B2B14AC04CAF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="idEA7F408E00EE46AAA126D36C28A4699B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Innovative water technology</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, in the case of a State that makes a loan under subsection (a)(2) to carry out an eligible activity through the use of an innovative water technology (including technologies to improve water treatment to ensure compliance with this title and technologies to identify and mitigate sources of drinking water contamination, including lead contamination), the State may provide additional subsidization, including forgiveness of principal that is not more than 50 percent of the cost of the portion of the project associated with the innovative technology.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id284E2FB595E9442DA8A29084F16CAA73"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="id26F8B2BEC9D74CC88183D393EDD0EBE0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>For each fiscal year</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE07D1A97F4B64C7FBE89D131452FDB17" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="idE1243DA6E5054E7399BD2A8222523AE2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For each fiscal year</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause>
<clause id="idF32618F72D5E457DB3E06B8442288F3F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD3D9DE5F9513491F81586F0A6261F92D" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="id8782D6F3EC3F42CB89BA8EEB74B3DAE3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Innovative water technology</header><text>For each fiscal year, not more than 20 percent of the loan subsidies that may be made by a State under paragraph (1) may be used to provide additional subsidization under subparagraph (B) of that paragraph.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id579105895B004E6BB7D3BE18995DADF9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), in the first sentence, by inserting <quote>, or portion of a service area,</quote> after <quote>service area</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id32492CA402144A18B1A90F7CCC1E6156"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="idE5D2BA22705643788912754FD54C2BE6"><enum>(t)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>The Administrator may provide technical assistance to facilitate and encourage the provision of financial assistance for the deployment of innovative water technologies.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="idD1D622F0102C459BA164EAFDB718F49F"><enum>(u)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Water Resources Development Act of 2016</short-title>, and not less frequently than every 5 years thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report that describes—</text>
<paragraph id="idb7f50e9df194459a93f5dcef85ad2251"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the amount of financial assistance provided by State loan funds to deploy innovative water technologies;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id5de650b55278405491f76529d743e83b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the barriers impacting greater use of innovative water technologies; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id9ef6380749944a4c85cee42b23e4256e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the cost-saving potential to cities and future infrastructure investments from emerging technologies.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="idCDCCEA94487C468D945D1130EC0B447D" style="OLC"><enum>D</enum><header>Drinking water disaster relief and infrastructure investments</header> <section id="id0e63186bc86e4ebd82e2f1e108cb1922"><enum>7401.</enum><header>Drinking water infrastructure</header> <subsection id="id2d793657b26945ef98a8ac5439a07545"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="idD2C86F10E52240439A47D384171F3B6E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible State</header><text>The term <term>eligible State</term> means a State for which the President has declared an emergency under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5121">42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.</external-xref>) relating to the public health threats associated with the presence of lead or other contaminants in a public drinking water supply system.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id8c6b6cb5128a44f1bbcffc2bdb5cb265"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible system</header><text>The term <term>eligible system</term> means a public drinking water supply system that has been the subject of an emergency declaration referred to in paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id43cd20ba637e4a39b533fecfe729daf1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State revolving loan fund assistance</header>
<paragraph id="iddb51ad7b9bf843588e10e6a81d5e77f5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An eligible system shall be—</text> <subparagraph id="id84F1F5DE5DFD4C708B7170F4D3DA9208"><enum>(A)</enum><text>considered to be a disadvantaged community under section 1452(d) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12(d)</external-xref>); and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idA5476210346A492EB17B5F31855ABCA4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>eligible to receive loans with additional subsidization under that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300f">42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.</external-xref>), including forgiveness of principal under section 1452(d)(1) of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12(d)(1)</external-xref>).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id8cfe5681c3904a90afb7e45b55f2d7b7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization</header> <subparagraph id="idDF7785663AFD4935BE8A67FBBD9B9E9A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Using funds provided under subsection (e)(1)(A), an eligible State may provide assistance to an eligible system within the eligible State, for the purpose of addressing lead or other contaminants in drinking water, including repair and replacement of public and private drinking water infrastructure.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id8FD678E566214D6DA168140A7AA89843"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>Assistance provided under subparagraph (A) may include additional subsidization under the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300f">42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.</external-xref>), as described in paragraph (1)(B).</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id384790e118e74d61b63c5f3d652fc23b"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>Assistance provided under subparagraph (A) shall not include assistance for a project that is financed (directly or indirectly), in whole or in part, with proceeds of any obligation issued after the date of enactment of this Act—</text>
<clause id="id13a55586956b45688b62943daf8c2386"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the interest of which is exempt from the tax imposed under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/26/1">chapter 1</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or</text> </clause> <clause id="id8ace6d667d3148509bee1e5365a1d067"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with respect to which credit is allowable under subpart I or J of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idbdd4fbe916504d21a0575b1145dc0276"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Section 1452(d)(2) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12(d)(2)</external-xref>) shall not apply to—</text> <subparagraph id="idAD34B80D69BC4DE2B27728C6BFDCC966"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any funds provided under subsection (e)(1)(A); or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id55C857D51CD94D978DDDB5A082583C29"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any other loan provided to an eligible system.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id347d479eeb194009aaf44d81e7b8c4cf"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Water infrastructure financing</header> <paragraph id="id831dcacba81c46aabbf9953bb27c32c2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Secured loans</header> <subparagraph id="id91BD595DBE634391A8CC9FB170888FA1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Using funds provided under subsection (e)(2)(A), the Administrator may make a secured loan under the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3901">33 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.</external-xref>) to—</text>
<clause id="id830528AF591C43D090C76E2E587B871F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an eligible State to carry out a project eligible under paragraphs (2) through (9) of section 5026 of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3905">33 U.S.C. 3905</external-xref>) to address lead or other contaminants in drinking water in an eligible system, including repair and replacement of public and private drinking water infrastructure; and</text> </clause> <clause id="idD7E6F5C420924F8BB7D13C8A5DFBA01B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any eligible entity under section 5025 of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3904">33 U.S.C. 3904</external-xref>) for a project eligible under paragraphs (2) through (9) of section 5026 of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3905">33 U.S.C. 3905</external-xref>).</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idD6913E325A304870984735D893774B15"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>Notwithstanding section 5029(b)(2) of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3908">33 U.S.C. 3908(b)(2)</external-xref>), the amount of a secured loan provided under subparagraph (A)(i) may be equal to not more than 80 percent of the reasonably anticipated costs of the projects.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id593bae1c58eb4fa491cbe06d55d5c98f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal involvement</header><text>Notwithstanding section 5029(b)(9) of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3908">33 U.S.C. 3908(b)(9)</external-xref>), any costs for a project to address lead or other contaminants in drinking water in an eligible system that are not covered by a secured loan under paragraph (1) may be covered using amounts in the State revolving loan fund under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ideea7aeb50219436ca961cb32ab3c0a42"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Nonduplication of work</header><text>An activity carried out pursuant to this section shall not duplicate the work or activity of any other Federal or State department or agency.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="id57e41cbebdb54fd3975a76e024681617"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funding</header> <paragraph id="id02245488e68e4d0789ce240a2a4b735b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Additional Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants</header> <subparagraph id="idde3fde66262347deb2310d0f0802cf09"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall make available to the Administrator a total of $100,000,000 to provide additional grants to eligible States pursuant to section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12</external-xref>), to be available during the period of fiscal years 2016 and 2017 for the purposes described in subsection (b)(2).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id39f7a6d670504c61964dd0b82fe19083"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Supplemented intended use plans</header><text>From funds made available under subparagraph (A), the Administrator shall obligate to an eligible State such amounts as are necessary to meet the needs identified in a supplemented intended use plan by not later than 30 days after the date on which the eligible State submits to the Administrator a supplemented intended use plan under section 1452(b) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12(b)</external-xref>) that includes preapplication information regarding projects to be funded using the additional assistance, including, with respect to each such project—</text> <clause id="id616ee9ba5e3240a3a6a4d641626a1092"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a description of the project;</text> </clause>
<clause id="idef328369bf3c43c28478b66e0db54ed3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an explanation of the means by which the project will address a situation causing a declared emergency in the eligible State;</text> </clause> <clause id="id0c1b9af03ea142a0a7286e2c9c3edae8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the estimated cost of the project; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="idaeb07cdfd93d40d99220c5eb652e0c30"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the projected start date for construction of the project.</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id1ed875afafcf4ef1a29e8e1537f2e6a0"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Unobligated amounts</header><text>Any amounts made available to the Administrator under subparagraph (A) that are unobligated on the date that is 18 months after the date on which the amounts are made available shall be available to provide additional grants to States to capitalize State loan funds as provided under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12</external-xref>).</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4ed1bd7e61764159afeeadc3fd463dde"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>Section 1452(b)(1) of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12(b)(1)</external-xref>) shall not apply to a supplement to an intended use plan under subparagraph (B).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id9c27cfde36474330bee2d029f1ebc51b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>WIFIA funding</header> <subparagraph id="id93d5cc3a878844e093ee9f86b5a91353"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall make available to the Administrator $70,000,000 to provide credit subsidies, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, for secured loans under subsection (c)(1)(A) with a goal of providing secured loans totaling at least $700,000,000.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id2fc2a7198d33498787f3d817ce7b98f4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use</header><text>Secured loans provided pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be available to carry out activities described in subsection (c)(1)(A).</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idddcc5a2e1a8a47948cb50051e75cb7e7"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>Of the amounts made available under subparagraph (A), $20,000,000 shall not be used to provide assistance for a project that is financed (directly or indirectly), in whole or in part, with proceeds of any obligation issued after the date of enactment of this Act—</text>
<clause id="idfb3b2c856ae943e2ae59a6730290722f"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the interest of which is exempt from the tax imposed under <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/26/1">chapter 1</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or</text> </clause> <clause id="id09f9bbfa585049d09325e97e82cf083d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>with respect to which credit is allowable under subpart I or J of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idda298a21e66c42e1be2771e9ad6dcb75"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>Unless explicitly waived, all requirements under the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300f">42 U.S.C. 300f et seq.</external-xref>) and the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3901">33 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.</external-xref>) shall apply to funding provided under this subsection.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id1f8f85f8782a46ad93e5cdd03fd01c73"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Health effects evaluation</header> <paragraph id="id49C7530A2F70466BBDB4126FF0EB0095"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Pursuant to section 104(i)(1)(E) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9604">42 U.S.C. 9604(i)(1)(E)</external-xref>), and on receipt of a request of an appropriate State or local health official of an eligible State, the Director of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry of the National Center for Environmental Health shall in coordination with other agencies, as appropriate, conduct voluntary surveillance activities to evaluate any adverse health effects on individuals exposed to lead from drinking water in the affected communities.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id56e7ac1eca594edba1a0184278cb6fe1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Consultations</header><text>Pursuant to section 104(i)(4) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9604">42 U.S.C. 9604(i)(4)</external-xref>), and on receipt of a request of an appropriate State or local health official of an eligible State, the Director of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry of the National Center for Environmental Health shall provide consultations regarding health issues described in paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE3E252D8875473193FAA9ABC5E89A43" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7402.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Loan forgiveness</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The matter under the heading <quote><header-in-text level="appropriations-intermediate" style="appropriations">State and tribal assistance grants</header-in-text></quote> under the heading <quote><header-in-text level="appropriations-major" style="appropriations">Environmental Protection Agency</header-in-text></quote> in title II of division G of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/113">Public Law 114–113</external-xref>), is amended in paragraph (1), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting the following: <quote>or, if a Federal or State emergency declaration has been issued due to a threat to public health from heightened exposure to lead in a municipal drinking water supply, before the date of enactment of this Act: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That in a State in which such an emergency declaration has been issued, the State may use more than 20 percent of the funds made available under this title to the State for Drinking Water State Revolving Fund capitalization grants to provide additional subsidy to eligible recipients;</quote>.</text> </section>
<section id="id0EB0EACCCC864423AB0CC79BE6AFAF56"><enum>7403.</enum><header>Registry for lead exposure and advisory committee</header>
<subsection id="id0CE20BABBFE14E9A971B4E2FC85C7408"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="id0B1D9EA287174A3DACA7CADE5545C0FE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>City</header><text>The term <term>City</term> means a city exposed to lead contamination in the local drinking water system.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id44C7B88B57A2497493362274C32D3D70"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Committee</header><text>The term <term>Committee</term> means the Advisory Committee established under subsection (c).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id193D211972954569AB60B1B4A8FDD024"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="idC7F48B3375814C319D65EE81DC8C4A97"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Lead exposure registry</header><text>The Secretary shall establish within the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry or another relevant agency at the discretion of the Secretary, or establish through a grant award or contract, a lead exposure registry to collect data on the lead exposure of residents of a City on a voluntary basis.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="idAA1D1044274644F1830B2094C27B4D94"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Advisory Committee</header> <paragraph id="id720A894A43B44E4596D999C430A5A1A4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Membership</header> <subparagraph id="id304A6CE9BF3F49628450044340A67FF2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish an Advisory Committee in coordination with the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other relevant agencies as determined by the Secretary consisting of Federal members and non-Federal members, and which shall include—</text>
<clause id="id676b9d3763914442812c25400101a3ab"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an epidemiologist;</text> </clause> <clause id="id43621364bb7847748f804f3cf1499f15"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a toxicologist;</text> </clause>
<clause id="idbb2ccb05c663425f9e851bdd08e05b39"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a mental health professional;</text> </clause> <clause id="idc9d1991ecd45499db992b9b9faa568cb"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a pediatrician;</text> </clause>
<clause id="id80ab6934d981473eaa964ceab9071e41"><enum>(v)</enum><text>an early childhood education expert;</text> </clause> <clause id="id9628c0748714435c9646d24a541e1d96"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>a special education expert;</text> </clause>
<clause id="id321ec66930ea477facb075d7af1e6782"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>a dietician; and</text> </clause> <clause id="id4c821f34000e4c7db1afd025d3ab1964"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>an environmental health expert.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id7273B631DA444A3285D9710517FDCC52"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Membership in the Committee shall not exceed 15 members and not less than <fraction>1/2</fraction> of the members shall be Federal members.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id1cd9befea59644948d7e16d54ad58d01"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Chair</header><text>The Secretary shall designate a chair from among the Federal members appointed to the Committee.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id1d8256c6ffd54262a912f01632d72c22"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Terms</header><text>Members of the Committee shall serve for a term of not more than 3 years and the Secretary may reappoint members for consecutive terms.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id5FAF3D4549B740B18F5845E9DE85F7C9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Application of FACA</header><text>The Committee shall be subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id0CE17FCD7D6A49C991E7D9AA955F2EF6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>The Committee shall, at a minimum—</text> <subparagraph id="id9a8d4fc54f7b4493a994ec830652d762"><enum>(A)</enum><text>review the Federal programs and services available to individuals and communities exposed to lead;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id648332b2283640d995b80ed4e8a91376"><enum>(B)</enum><text>review current research on lead poisoning to identify additional research needs;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idd000addbaaf745cb83dcbe1b2bafbdd5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>review and identify best practices, or the need for best practices, regarding lead screening and the prevention of lead poisoning;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id8a368e72fc8c47539cedd745a0eedd7f"><enum>(D)</enum><text>identify effective services, including services relating to healthcare, education, and nutrition for individuals and communities affected by lead exposure and lead poisoning, including in consultation with, as appropriate, the lead exposure registry as established in subsection (b); and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="ida4b52038b0ae44a68269da8987b1895e"><enum>(E)</enum><text>undertake any other review or activities that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idf33b1f94ef5448e089642c127554a64a"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Annually for 5 years and thereafter as determined necessary by the Secretary or as required by Congress, the Committee shall submit to the Secretary, the Committees on Finance, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committees on Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and Agriculture of the House of Representatives a report that includes—</text> <subparagraph id="idfa046b1b3264462c8e53ac459fde9754"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Federal programs and services available to individuals and communities exposed to lead;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id500674c437f1485d9722d2d17c2a6261"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an evaluation of additional lead poisoning research needs;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id25af639c8acb45329ab6a1b683da0b87"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an assessment of any effective screening methods or best practices used or developed to prevent or screen for lead poisoning;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id5e3d25f9dd6d439da5ff0648f1962330"><enum>(D)</enum><text>input and recommendations for improved access to effective services relating to healthcare, education, or nutrition for individuals and communities impacted by lead exposure; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idd415f4b79188471f967c9ba269a211d9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any other recommendations for communities affected by lead exposure, as appropriate.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id7BDDF2C2539A44A69326BCE795B491C2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Mandatory funding</header>
<paragraph id="id310C1552990A4B8ABCEA7F3E70EAB658"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On the date of enactment of this Act, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary, to be available during the period of fiscal years 2016 through 2020—</text> <subparagraph id="idB4A89DA7E62C4846A76E1F8FD6D51162"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$17,500,000 to carry out subsection (b); and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id19A3F8CE4ACC4DE9B60C37E4B8CAED6E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$2,500,000 to carry out subsection (c).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id400F9371D37244E18B0C9730D7B7A155"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Receipt and acceptance</header><text>The Secretary shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use to carry out subsections (b) and (c) the funds transferred under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1), respectively, without further appropriation.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id747F478D987441D582D0456150CC2334"><enum>7404.</enum><header>Additional funding for certain childhood health programs</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="idCE7BEF1EB3FA4E198C79A444F86FDCF1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Childhood lead poisoning prevention program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idB6B5D767F5E244F0AE293E26A2ED28C1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On the date of enactment of this Act, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to be available during the period of fiscal years 2017 and 2018, $10,000,000 for the childhood lead poisoning prevention program authorized under section 317A of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/247b-1">42 U.S.C. 247b–1</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="id70FAC56B7142439F8DC629EFA41BFF6D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Receipt and acceptance</header><text>The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use to carry out the childhood lead poisoning prevention program authorized under section 317A of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/247b-1">42 U.S.C. 247b–1</external-xref>) the funds transferred under paragraph (1), without further appropriation.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id69B6A6A0CF9C4CD98332062C2B9DB4F5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Healthy homes program</header>
<paragraph id="id5D137683AA4E446295C3A9E59FBBE3DA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On the date of enactment of this Act, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, to be available during the period of fiscal years 2017 and 2018, $10,000,000 to carry out the Healthy Homes Initiative of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idA978F3ACB7C142CA822C14289DCEBBB0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Receipt and acceptance</header><text>The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use to carry out the Healthy Homes Initiative of the Department of Housing and Urban Development the funds transferred under paragraph (1), without further appropriation.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="id1FF41E3981ED4DBE8804D05D9F84901B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Healthy Start Program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id7D9AFE4577044021B09015D76DE97A5F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On the date of enactment of this Act, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to be available during the period of fiscal years 2017 and 2018, $10,000,000 to carry out the Healthy Start Initiative under section 330H of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/254c-8">42 U.S.C. 254c–8</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="idFCB11174E0E1475FB540865A837CE4B2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Receipt and acceptance</header><text>The Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use to carry out the Healthy Start Initiative under section 330H of the Public Health Service Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/254c-8">42 U.S.C. 254c–8</external-xref>) the funds transferred under paragraph (1), without further appropriation.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="idc7783b654fea41a7b8e5500fc9092758"><enum>7405.</enum><header>Review and report</header>
<subsection id="idfa5f627e40a643a49fbaed1bd2979c92"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General and the Inspector General of the Environmental Protection Agency shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations, Environment and Public Works, and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives a report on the status of any ongoing investigations into the Federal and State response to the contamination of the drinking water supply of the City of Flint, Michigan.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="id3fe3c34669044e48b7d71ce3efebe3fe"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Review</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the completion of the investigations described in subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United States shall commence a review of issues that are not addressed by the investigations and relating to—</text>
<paragraph id="idb3738e2aea924d1b9a037f833525caa5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the adequacy of the response by the State of Michigan and the City of Flint to the drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan, including the timeliness and transparency of the response, as well as the capacity of the State and City to manage the drinking water system; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id7ce6b103f3cf41fa9fcce69e78606c27"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the adequacy of the response by Region 5 of the Environmental Protection Agency to the drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan, including the timeliness and transparency of the response.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id7441a16ee97b486484ca761f32bfa236"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Contents of report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after commencing each review under subsection (b), the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to Congress a report that includes—</text> <paragraph id="id677855fc57ac4913a4daff795a87607c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a statement of the principal findings of the review; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id3de090d95e91431b80ccd7901d75e9fa"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recommendations for Congress and the President to take any actions to prevent a similar situation in the future and to protect public health.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="idB16BFD1C7EA344ACA9C3F71C9E37EFDB" style="OLC"><enum>E</enum><header>Report on groundwater contamination</header> <section commented="no" id="idDDA7427FBA744C36BBF2E31D786DA905"><enum>7501.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="idF957B4C89D00449E89299DADE3546592"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Comprehensive strategy</header><text>The term <term>comprehensive strategy</term> means a plan for—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id3BE66FB748364283871EAFE0B71B4337"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the remediation of the plume under the <act-name parsable-cite="CERCL">Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9601">42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="id7370CFC16E6E4B129D63587A60088255"><enum>(B)</enum><text>corrective action under the Solid Waste Disposal Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6901">42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.</external-xref>).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="id19CC2D5291604E63B5528D0FDF9A8504"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Groundwater</header><text>The term <term>groundwater</term> means water in a saturated zone or stratum beneath the surface of land or water.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id398DBB019EC54D2A8B7C3B09FCAEFA7A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Plume</header><text>The term <term>plume</term> means any hazardous waste (as defined in section 1004 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/6903">42 U.S.C. 6903</external-xref>)) or hazardous substance (as defined in section 101 of the <act-name parsable-cite="CERCL">Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/9601">42 U.S.C. 9601</external-xref>)) found in the groundwater supply.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="id37F00286C9624E7CB18C89D12EB4C02C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Site</header><text>The term <term>site</term> means the site located at 830 South Oyster Bay Road, Bethpage, New York, 11714 (Environmental Protection Agency identification number NYD002047967).</text> </paragraph></section>
<section id="id22353D436806468288771BAFD6C64EBA"><enum>7502.</enum><header>Report on groundwater contamination</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to Congress a report on the groundwater contamination from the site that includes—</text> <paragraph id="id441977017B5549209059465B9F022A31"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of the status of the groundwater contaminants that are leaving the site and migrating to a location within a 10-mile radius of the site, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="idAF6113BDE72F4C49BD14377F2DCA1864"><enum>(A)</enum><text>detailed mapping of the movement of the plume over time; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id3C3ED6AA7E53401E873E88457F9F0DE4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>projected migration rates of the plume;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idD223478A1AA340FF9BC0CF7BDC6C044C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an analysis of the current and future impact of the movement of the plume on drinking water facilities; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idCE5DC9E8FE9E4B3C89F0D6E69C44B00B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a comprehensive strategy to prevent the groundwater contaminants from the site from contaminating drinking water wells that, as of the date of the submission of the report, have not been affected by the migration of the plume.</text> </paragraph></section></subtitle>
<subtitle id="idC4E09B3BE36A444F8CFB5A166A28A8F0" style="OLC"><enum>F</enum><header>Restoration</header>
<part id="id54D9E3F330A64CAC8DC788BD32F94AD3" style="OLC"><enum>I</enum><header>Great Lakes Restoration Initiative</header>
<section id="idAA1FF367F94A46A3AD652B756B6D433D"><enum>7611.</enum><header>Great Lakes Restoration Initiative</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 118(c) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1268">33 U.S.C. 1268(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3a4035fa-184c-481f-a8e9-1d3fbd84af53" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee87d9fc-9f3b-4786-8714-0e3390721a0e"><enum>(7)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Great Lakes Restoration Initiative</header> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfef47671-37e6-4e0c-a277-e59adc8ffdcb"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established in the Agency a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (referred to in this paragraph as the <term>Initiative</term>) to carry out programs and projects for Great Lakes protection and restoration.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida70f90ff-5dbe-44c6-8b1c-0234e30a4f5a"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Focus areas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each fiscal year under a 5-year Initiative Action Plan, the Initiative shall prioritize programs and projects, carried out in coordination with non-Federal partners, that address priority areas, such as—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49ddda10-583d-4002-aecc-45faa29311ee"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the remediation of toxic substances and areas of concern;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id11e5695a-301f-40ae-b845-50cc9bf6d5d5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the prevention and control of invasive species and the impacts of invasive species;</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbcf857de-6f86-496e-8345-d03634db5975"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the protection and restoration of nearshore health and the prevention and mitigation of nonpoint source pollution;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0f64d20b-dd77-477b-a19c-6f2233e88fa1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">habitat and wildlife protection and restoration, including wetlands restoration and preservation; and</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4241e136-aa7d-43dd-848c-3f5ca27ea3d3"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accountability, monitoring, evaluation, communication, and partnership activities.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id725ad1fb-1be0-4ed2-b21e-2075a21843a0"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Under the Initiative, the Agency shall collaborate with Federal partners, including the Great Lakes Interagency Task Force, to select the best combination of programs and projects for Great Lakes protection and restoration using appropriate principles and criteria, including whether a program or project provides—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc422a79a-eab7-43e2-8101-a371347fa9c1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ability to achieve strategic and measurable environmental outcomes that implement the Great Lakes Action Plan and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement;</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida33730d8-bc91-47e1-b632-28bcd188508c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the feasibility of—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb19355bf-6175-465c-b318-0218c375b301"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prompt implementation;</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19775320-d7e1-43e4-9fe0-ca2366547831"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">timely achievement of results; and</text> </subclause> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideb19bfb0-b077-4d71-bcc5-331f1d58a061"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">resource leveraging; and</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29f19952-cd59-4b44-bc56-d99a4e77c6d1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the opportunity to improve interagency and inter-organizational coordination and collaboration to reduce duplication and streamline efforts.</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59fce5cd-1274-404f-ab58-9e185f881e32"><enum>(D)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation of projects</header> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb28003b9-3049-46af-accf-0e0d81bbd775"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (G)(ii), funds made available to carry out the Initiative shall be used to strategically implement—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89204852-7ccb-4380-9b15-34f7184bbc27"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal projects; and</text> </subclause> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1630a1a5-250b-485c-9478-9b72ba6cbaad"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">projects carried out in coordination with States, Indian tribes, municipalities, institutions of higher education, and other organizations.</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4e553287-9fc0-4acd-b3ba-997c15c73e8d"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transfer of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With amounts made available for the Initiative each fiscal year, the Administrator may—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7df25bca-2398-4076-a9ac-a607dada7ce4"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">transfer not more than $300,000,000 to the head of any Federal department or agency, with the concurrence of the department or agency head, to carry out activities to support the Initiative and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement;</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idda466b73-843f-4133-86f8-f145ed909ed3"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enter into an interagency agreement with the head of any Federal department or agency to carry out activities described in subclause (I); and</text> </subclause> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96827EF93EE0444AA6A5EAD434E8C204"><enum>(III)</enum><text>make grants to governmental entities, nonprofit organizations, institutions, and individuals for planning, research, monitoring, outreach, and implementation of projects in furtherance of the Initiative and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida01a3aaa-d517-4e87-a110-0ee42a1383cc"><enum>(E)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Scope</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4379267c-f507-4d4b-8543-10b625238b0a"><enum>(i)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Projects shall be carried out under the Initiative on multiple levels, including—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1083a88d-56d0-40d2-b3a4-a1d6291b3dd6"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Great Lakes-wide; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb2c734db-a818-4117-9e8b-854defe6fd4c"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Great Lakes basin-wide.</text> </subclause></clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id808fba6e-cdf1-40f0-ae71-4d0421637fd9"><enum>(ii)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funds made available to carry out the Initiative may be used for any water infrastructure activity (other than a green infrastructure project that improves habitat and other ecosystem functions in the Great Lakes) for which amounts are made available from—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6c788ea1-8d9e-47bf-87dc-92dab300bf00"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a State water pollution control revolving fund established under title VI; or</text> </subclause> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc24b2bef-6a73-40a5-8a74-5bce35eb925e"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a State drinking water revolving loan fund established under section 1452 of the Safe Drinking Water Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/300j-12">42 U.S.C. 300j–12</external-xref>).</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idea085ad2-573e-4895-9762-ef270286a855"><enum>(F)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities by other Federal agencies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each relevant Federal department or agency shall, to the maximum extent practicable—</text> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0DAC4ECF56BF4C419865289B7F82A361"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">maintain the base level of funding for the Great Lakes activities of that department or agency without regard to funding under the Initiative; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C56D9FA09614F83B2100409D153EDD5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>identify new activities and projects to support the environmental goals of the Initiative and the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0090e923-855c-4c72-aca6-e2dc7a7fc698"><enum>(G)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funding</header> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23C654996E794DD38298689B455D76BA"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this paragraph $300,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021.</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6F568C91B2074BA8B876BCE3BB0049A2"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Nothing in this paragraph creates, expands, or amends the authority of the Administrator to implement programs or projects under—</text> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id115AB728E222467DA2749EEEEC282107"><enum>(I)</enum><text>this section;</text> </subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD67E5B8975764B7CA71B4CC3CC9F2EC0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Initiative Action Plan; or</text> </subclause> <subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD2BC12A584CD45B387292B1251DBE206"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section></part>
<part id="id0434C6473CA94902859CEE9D3864BD7D" style="OLC"><enum>II</enum><header>Lake Tahoe Restoration </header>
<section id="id77C14A531F3C40D0BAC068EBCE678509"><enum>7621.</enum><header>Findings and purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Lake Tahoe Restoration Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/506">Public Law 106–506</external-xref>; 114 Stat. 2351) is amended by striking section 2 and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4ACE048E71464C839196EDEE32A30F4E" style="OLC"> <section id="IDb7279cc619424576b97e49a84cd5d8d7"><enum>2.</enum><header>Findings and purposes</header> <subsection id="ID453c57d7ab63451dabbfa45878a02d7c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds that—</text>
<paragraph id="IDd34f78d9c5244c858be303fec6904b9c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Lake Tahoe—</text> <subparagraph id="id9E0801F7F73E460D8207203D4355E0EA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is one of the largest, deepest, and clearest lakes in the world;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id81EB1EFFC97E40F9A740DD30E0A77F34"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has a cobalt blue color, a biologically diverse alpine setting, and remarkable water clarity; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id53F21AE4C97048B789392FC6EC789E7C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is recognized nationally and worldwide as a natural resource of special significance;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDe5750477af814257b675a8d7dc562850"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in addition to being a scenic and ecological treasure, the Lake Tahoe Basin is one of the outstanding recreational resources of the United States, which—</text> <subparagraph id="id05560306E6664DB29A3E9717A81FB8F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>offers skiing, water sports, biking, camping, and hiking to millions of visitors each year; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id4C4F8419FE7E4A76809001A4903BF4CD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>contributes significantly to the economies of California, Nevada, and the United States;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="ID06c957db7551456dae13f7bf5f655b8d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the economy in the Lake Tahoe Basin is dependent on the conservation and restoration of the natural beauty and recreation opportunities in the area;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDd42b137a2c594b5e868f6f9f0b5a4c57"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the ecological health of the Lake Tahoe Basin continues to be challenged by the impacts of land use and transportation patterns developed in the last century;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="ID8926e28bbb4b4c249b37cf860ed4253b"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the alteration of wetland, wet meadows, and stream zone habitat have compromised the capacity of the watershed to filter sediment, nutrients, and pollutants before reaching Lake Tahoe;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idD1BBF73D7F3544068925D579C8FF5019"><enum>(6)</enum><text>forests in the Lake Tahoe Basin suffer from over a century of fire damage and periodic drought, which have resulted in—</text> <subparagraph id="idE4162905B46B48B4BB9BB004D2A08BD2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>high tree density and mortality;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idC57594118B244B20A0E9F93FF0F198AD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the loss of biological diversity; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id4A9987A7DEE74FEF973D9AE21943FF86"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a large quantity of combustible forest fuels, which significantly increases the threat of catastrophic fire and insect infestation;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDed279e2073544fb69869fc2c8262c5db"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the establishment of several aquatic and terrestrial invasive species (including perennial pepperweed, milfoil, and Asian clam) threatens the ecosystem of the Lake Tahoe Basin;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id809F1F07C37841158BC4C75037EAE680"><enum>(8)</enum><text>there is an ongoing threat to the economy and ecosystem of the Lake Tahoe Basin of the introduction and establishment of other invasive species (such as yellow starthistle, New Zealand mud snail, Zebra mussel, and quagga mussel);</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDc891c589f9d049c8aac324934adb6d55"><enum>(9)</enum><text>78 percent of the land in the Lake Tahoe Basin is administered by the Federal Government, which makes it a Federal responsibility to restore ecological health to the Lake Tahoe Basin;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="ID65eda1c3e4e5413d93b9536f25141d2d"><enum>(10)</enum><text>the Federal Government has a long history of environmental stewardship at Lake Tahoe, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID2bdc2c6dcd9440e0af9d01da693a6bec"><enum>(A)</enum><text>congressional consent to the establishment of the Planning Agency with—</text> <clause id="id35A6DF2D46FE4C148694805B1B4083CA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the enactment in 1969 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/91/148">Public Law 91–148</external-xref> (83 Stat. 360); and</text> </clause>
<clause id="idA619579CE5A741468CAAC7870F011181"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the enactment in 1980 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/96/551">Public Law 96–551</external-xref> (94 Stat. 3233);</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="IDe28c32f7ead94ea385c4a28f7eab1662"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the establishment of the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit in 1973;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID7823f77a35194577902605992950fcce"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the enactment of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/96/586">Public Law 96–586</external-xref> (94 Stat. 3381) in 1980 to provide for the acquisition of environmentally sensitive land and erosion control grants in the Lake Tahoe Basin;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id55F60DF2B0E1465E92F4ED195678AA3F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the enactment of sections 341 and 342 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/108">Public Law 108–108</external-xref>; 117 Stat. 1317), which amended the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/263">Public Law 105–263</external-xref>; 112 Stat. 2346) to provide payments for the environmental restoration programs under this Act; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDa4aef200c72f4492b7249e6355bc4302"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the enactment of section 382 of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/432">Public Law 109–432</external-xref>; 120 Stat. 3045), which amended the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/263">Public Law 105–263</external-xref>; 112 Stat. 2346) to authorize development and implementation of a comprehensive 10-year hazardous fuels and fire prevention plan for the Lake Tahoe Basin;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="ID581da8ea1a214c378e27fdc68a088812"><enum>(11)</enum><text>the Assistant Secretary was an original signatory in 1997 to the Agreement of Federal Departments on Protection of the Environment and Economic Health of the Lake Tahoe Basin;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id38AF5C1171C84427A37A46538AB37A21"><enum>(12)</enum><text>the Chief of Engineers, under direction from the Assistant Secretary, has continued to be a significant contributor to Lake Tahoe Basin restoration, including—</text> <subparagraph id="idE5ACEFDDCC13452BBE0F40DF9F6877DC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>stream and wetland restoration; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id52A809E04DD44665B6702E623A756C79"><enum>(B)</enum><text>programmatic technical assistance;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="ID74aaa053c512413b983dfd106dccbdfa"><enum>(13)</enum><text>at the Lake Tahoe Presidential Forum in 1997, the President renewed the commitment of the Federal Government to Lake Tahoe by—</text>
<subparagraph id="idE9A29522AE4542EAB354A35CE9C3F493"><enum>(A)</enum><text>committing to increased Federal resources for ecological restoration at Lake Tahoe; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id195F3E597E944A2E9ABD6324F3098EA2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establishing the Federal Interagency Partnership and Federal Advisory Committee to consult on natural resources issues concerning the Lake Tahoe Basin;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="idCEB06A9A48EB4CC98302F42E78089586"><enum>(14)</enum><text>at the 2011 and 2012 Lake Tahoe Forums, Senator Reid, Senator Feinstein, Senator Heller, Senator Ensign, Governor Gibbons, Governor Sandoval, and Governor Brown—</text> <subparagraph id="id2AAE56EC6EDE4555BEDCBB4E34ADA00F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>renewed their commitment to Lake Tahoe; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id87129745645444BE933CEE756C40D620"><enum>(B)</enum><text>expressed their desire to fund the Federal and State shares of the Environmental Improvement Program through 2022;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="ID63b5d5660cfd42ff8934e8ecc7d1f3c7"><enum>(15)</enum><text>since 1997, the Federal Government, the States of California and Nevada, units of local government, and the private sector have contributed more than $1,740,000,000 to the Lake Tahoe Basin, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="idc0cff4d17afc42368c986da93fa9d6b0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$576,300,000 from the Federal Government;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id31dda50cbab74b49a52dab422c907a31"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$654,600,000 from the State of California;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idabd48a27a86f47c5b71a37de9a562f7f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$112,500,000 from the State of Nevada;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id6dca9e6af0a14693b8ee1b8170680bb4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$74,900,000 from units of local government; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idaaf59975018f4fe085f06fdbe76402db"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$323,700,000 from private interests;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="ID871d0fdad4af4d7783f520125180f251"><enum>(16)</enum><text>significant additional investment from Federal, State, local, and private sources is necessary—</text>
<subparagraph id="id006E2B8D309F4BC0A3E7027B3AF89EDE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to restore and sustain the ecological health of the Lake Tahoe Basin;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id3ACB00DBA959444E96C670164E3F478D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to adapt to the impacts of fluctuating water temperature and precipitation; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID7c2b808f94ce46cd945d75f106c1d8af"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to prevent the introduction and establishment of invasive species in the Lake Tahoe Basin; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="ID3ebfc53b2fcf47c4b78690a33c098fea"><enum>(17)</enum><text>the Secretary has indicated that the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit has the capacity for at least $10,000,000 annually for the Fire Risk Reduction and Forest Management Program.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID483fb71d02724a999664990617c037ee"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purposes of this Act are—</text> <paragraph id="IDff64b53160b0484fba2269d1f111954f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to enable the Chief of the Forest Service, the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Administrator, in cooperation with the Planning Agency and the States of California and Nevada, to fund, plan, and implement significant new environmental restoration activities and forest management activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID2bad2f23b21d4ea4a8de9db67e174a5b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to ensure that Federal, State, local, regional, tribal, and private entities continue to work together to manage land in the Lake Tahoe Basin;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="IDa081b4aaed96434fbe44c9796ecf531b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to support local governments in efforts related to environmental restoration, stormwater pollution control, fire risk reduction, and forest management activities; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID6798c9425b2a4d7394f7c37f747f9788"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to ensure that agency and science community representatives in the Lake Tahoe Basin work together—</text> <subparagraph id="id787707A7D41D491090D8EADE4C73E175"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to develop and implement a plan for integrated monitoring, assessment, and applied research to evaluate the effectiveness of the Environmental Improvement Program; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id98D1C70A643C42D49FFE704AEEBA7138"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to provide objective information as a basis for ongoing decisionmaking, with an emphasis on decisionmaking relating to resource management in the Lake Tahoe Basin.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section> <section id="id9A1E371683AC4AEF97528A32F59BEA27"><enum>7622.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Lake Tahoe Restoration Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/506">Public Law 106–506</external-xref>; 114 Stat. 2351) is amended by striking section 3 and inserting the following:</text>
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<section id="ID9c6845c50f894030958597ddde766dbe"><enum>3.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this Act:</text> <paragraph id="ID5e4f70ad31334cabbe84a7509146825f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Administrator</header><text>The term <term>Administrator</term> means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id0592478559734F6A9CE0ADB29EDE8C78"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Assistant secretary</header><text>The term <term>Assistant Secretary</term> means the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="IDc9c43243a2d84bb5b2af20f300c2c5c1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Chair</header><text>The term <term>Chair</term> means the Chair of the Federal Partnership.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id5B72DFB4023B4D0DB2607E3917562E2C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Compact</header><text>The term <term>Compact</term> means the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact included in the first section of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/96/551">Public Law 96–551</external-xref> (94 Stat. 3233).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id8FD10C89BD5D4533AECD0D929ED49D1F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Directors</header><text>The term <term>Directors</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="id01A0B2384A5A4CA6ABEDB90B9EC8E673"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id0A19F45E5A704EFD89FE7559C21018C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Director of the United States Geological Survey.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDf1df343bf38745758d0fb15f2aefb31d"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Environmental improvement program</header><text>The term <term>Environmental Improvement Program</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="id9D5F84FBA83A4E2396DBBAD6DE6F0258"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Environmental Improvement Program adopted by the Planning Agency; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idEE58896C6D624E8FB472B29025A01C51"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any amendments to the Program.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="IDa9dce28e768b4921b44aa7e315133fa9"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Environmental threshold carrying capacity</header><text>The term <term>environmental threshold carrying capacity</term> has the meaning given the term in Article II of the Compact.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID744dadb80475430aa9430840cacad71c"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Federal partnership</header><text>The term <term>Federal Partnership</term> means the Lake Tahoe Federal Interagency Partnership established by Executive Order 13057 (62 Fed. Reg. 41249) (or a successor Executive order).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id2C141D55B10B4179A3846044956834B3"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Forest management activity</header><text>The term <term>forest management activity</term> includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID3472c711e09045d68697f589220f08a1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>prescribed burning for ecosystem health and hazardous fuels reduction;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="IDe9ba1c54b5164c7f865264fbf90e52d8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>mechanical and minimum tool treatment;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID4d17b7fee8934d8180295c200f9d5209"><enum>(C)</enum><text>stream environment zone restoration and other watershed and wildlife habitat enhancements;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="IDc8adb37d252d4f6c8608cb92b9af6817"><enum>(D)</enum><text>nonnative invasive species management; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDdbfc6e03bbe64a908148f44030333674"><enum>(E)</enum><text>other activities consistent with Forest Service practices, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id4bbef8e1ab9848c694b83451b2e23fa7"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Maps</header><text>The term <term>Maps</term> means the maps—</text>
<subparagraph id="id180994BC45FD48778EAB03A5BCE39A44"><enum>(A)</enum><text>entitled—</text> <clause id="id82EDC34A6A3B482F8913D11E95DEDFF9"><enum>(i)</enum><text><quote>LTRA USFS-CA Land Exchange/North Shore</quote>;</text> </clause>
<clause id="idB16BDB4CD7C6407880E1062E3C9E9DE2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text><quote>USFS-CA Land Exchange/West Shore</quote>; and</text> </clause> <clause id="id7F8813C958AC4464B69BFD30E057DAE2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text><quote>USFS-CA Land Exchange/South Shore</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id540C8B4965134EF585F5B12830D10145"><enum>(B)</enum><text>dated April 12, 2013, and on file and available for public inspection in the appropriate offices of—</text> <clause id="id31c34fd65c2f46caa143d4c126032336"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Forest Service;</text> </clause>
<clause id="id28d473696ac740e995e8703d4a5d7c6e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the California Tahoe Conservancy; and</text> </clause> <clause id="iddba8b70af2d14c62a90d5883396b2370"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the California Department of Parks and Recreation.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDf0fe2860e4a84aea8f098aa9602141f4"><enum>(11)</enum><header>National wildland fire code</header><text>The term <term>national wildland fire code</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="IDb25db529fbf8483da6290aace9bfbb16"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the most recent publication of the National Fire Protection Association codes numbered 1141, 1142, 1143, and 1144;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDf85d8dbdfffb466c9cab414856e49d6c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the most recent publication of the International Wildland-Urban Interface Code of the International Code Council; or</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDaf5e73f7dc0b42ae9f7c9fe984edf5af"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other code that the Secretary determines provides the same, or better, standards for protection against wildland fire as a code described in subparagraph (A) or (B).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID9fac73d68c1d4f05ab0683617306cfd6"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Planning agency</header><text>The term <term>Planning Agency</term> means the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency established under <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/91/148">Public Law 91–148</external-xref> (83 Stat. 360) and <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/96/551">Public Law 96–551</external-xref> (94 Stat. 3233).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="IDc335f0b4df454272a5fa621a3590086a"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Priority list</header><text>The term <term>Priority List</term> means the environmental restoration priority list developed under section 5(b).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID725823f41f8345a38edfa215ac17e937"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="IDc57f5fe872f042e084280b6b203b35cb"><enum>(15)</enum><header>Stream Environment Zone</header><text>The term <term>Stream Environment Zone</term> means an area that generally owes the biological and physical characteristics of the area to the presence of surface water or groundwater.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDe874455acc03443793422bca15e45c43"><enum>(16)</enum><header>Total maximum daily load</header><text>The term <term>total maximum daily load</term> means the total maximum daily load allocations adopted under section 303(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1313">33 U.S.C. 1313(d)</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="ID4a2017feb2e848b7ab771a15d039b540"><enum>(17)</enum><header>Watercraft</header><text>The term <term>watercraft</term> means motorized and non-motorized watercraft, including boats, seaplanes, personal watercraft, kayaks, and canoes.</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="IDddbedb2dbe544cd1a37de1c03af9517e"><enum>7623.</enum><header>Improved administration of the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4 of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/506">Public Law 106–506</external-xref>; 114 Stat. 2353) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id02380345C46448B3BE2447DD4C7057E7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(3), by striking <quote>basin</quote> and inserting <quote>Basin</quote>; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id6B6F9ABDFF5B416D81C6D71502994F3B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14075E5E71334387B6224FD75F57E7F2" style="OLC"> <subsection id="ID923015f566334dbbb819a02982c3253e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Forest management activities</header> <paragraph id="idBB63E923296D4C198B6F213DD8CEB174"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Coordination</header> <subparagraph id="idDF726018754C40189B4B06035DAF4A5D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In conducting forest management activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, the Secretary shall, as appropriate, coordinate with the Administrator and State and local agencies and organizations, including local fire departments and volunteer groups.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id20559096551D40AFAB1B07C64A6B6551"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Goals</header><text>The coordination of activities under subparagraph (A) should aim to increase efficiencies and maximize the compatibility of management practices across public property boundaries.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="IDb0948465a7644776b6f4c38c95b8b9ea"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Multiple benefits</header> <subparagraph id="id5185A383E66F43CB9426B07416825D83"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In conducting forest management activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, the Secretary shall conduct the activities in a manner that—</text>
<clause id="id7A32D94805344B2A89E67EDA199BAD66"><enum>(i)</enum><text>except as provided in subparagraph (B), attains multiple ecosystem benefits, including—</text> <subclause id="id3A496D41D13E40A9A0147BBF69D21AD7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>reducing forest fuels;</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="id5457011B78684866A54052469D941185"><enum>(II)</enum><text>maintaining biological diversity;</text> </subclause> <subclause id="id1F06FEB37FC0425BA3B5592E4B8F6B77"><enum>(III)</enum><text>improving wetland and water quality, including in Stream Environment Zones; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="id73282DF8A84A4A92AB7FA64FBA2923EB"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>increasing resilience to changing water temperature and precipitation; and</text> </subclause></clause> <clause id="id02F2817D4444425EB487984D4A4AF9C6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>helps achieve and maintain the environmental threshold carrying capacities established by the Planning Agency.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idF369D4FC16E047068A5FFEE12C76A5CE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Notwithstanding subparagraph (A)(i), the attainment of multiple ecosystem benefits shall not be required if the Secretary determines that management for multiple ecosystem benefits would excessively increase the cost of a program in relation to the additional ecosystem benefits gained from the management activity.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="ID85b4d3d3435b4131a003ca347296bad6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Ground disturbance</header><text>Consistent with applicable Federal law and Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit land and resource management plan direction, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="idD0C4A6AA1D2D40F5AF44F06473E49A02"><enum>(A)</enum><text>establish post-program ground condition criteria for ground disturbance caused by forest management activities; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id753A5A4194354A05977441FC770ADA82"><enum>(B)</enum><text>provide for monitoring to ascertain the attainment of the post-program conditions.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID47db23c3ad91431cb262687f21b4a6a4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Withdrawal of Federal land</header>
<paragraph id="id7C66F7DC77BC42BDB04D475541E870F9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to valid existing rights and paragraph (2), the Federal land located in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is withdrawn from—</text> <subparagraph id="idDABE0EEB879A4E0282623040420BF33D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id86F50B6814674E6C950780780216383A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id155D928F381743B2BCEE1920CAF56CBC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID9880c7f51ae048deaa9e5ebbb120eb24"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>A conveyance of land shall be exempt from withdrawal under this subsection if carried out under—</text> <subparagraph id="ID62342b7b2efe40a09a75ccfe7ea5617f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>this Act; or</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDf143c185e7ec40308f74cd41f2d523cb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Public Law 96–586 (94 Stat. 3381) (commonly known as the <quote>Santini-Burton Act</quote>).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id308ED20A2518401A84387B7849A8491C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Environmental threshold carrying capacity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit shall support the attainment of the environmental threshold carrying capacities.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID9382feffc24f44e4b500356a4b64af51"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Cooperative authorities</header><text>During the 4 fiscal years following the date of enactment of the <short-title>Water Resources Development Act of 2016</short-title>, the Secretary, in conjunction with land adjustment programs, may enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with States, units of local government, and other public and private entities to provide for fuel reduction, erosion control, reforestation, Stream Environment Zone restoration, and similar management activities on Federal land and non-Federal land within the programs.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section> <section id="id3161FE99DB744483B002BC13446BC988"><enum>7624.</enum><header>Authorized programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Lake Tahoe Restoration Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/506">Public Law 106–506</external-xref>; 114 Stat. 2351) is amended by striking section 5 and inserting the following:</text>
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<section id="IDbfde8e89e07b4178854d841fefabea42"><enum>5.</enum><header>Authorized programs</header>
<subsection id="IDb5b77ecfab3f4af1b094c528dadedeb3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, the Assistant Secretary, the Directors, and the Administrator, in coordination with the Planning Agency and the States of California and Nevada, may carry out or provide financial assistance to any program that—</text> <paragraph id="id6F9B92DD4E9C45E39DCC12AF5F1300C6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is described in subsection (d);</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idEC7A7AA468D74435B50B187E8DE36DB1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is included in the Priority List under subsection (b); and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id3E15F910E63E44248B647B5F079DDE46"><enum>(3)</enum><text>furthers the purposes of the Environmental Improvement Program if the program has been subject to environmental review and approval, respectively, as required under Federal law, Article VII of the Compact, and State law, as applicable.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="id200B8C276C2B4BF4AF78BDFEDE747ACC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Priority list</header>
<paragraph id="ida47d4ba4022349bb8066a1ba2997f919"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>Not later than March 15 of the year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Water Resources Development Act of 2016</short-title>, the Chair, in consultation with the Secretary, the Administrator, the Directors, the Planning Agency, the States of California and Nevada, the Federal Partnership, the Washoe Tribe, the Lake Tahoe Federal Advisory Committee, and the Tahoe Science Consortium (or a successor organization) shall submit to Congress a prioritized Environmental Improvement Program list for the Lake Tahoe Basin for each program category described in subsection (d).</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="ID74e4449959ce4f1c8345be7f12320974"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>The ranking of the Priority List shall be based on the best available science and the following criteria:</text>
<subparagraph id="ID23b44aacab244b33981a352f8538ef78"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The 4-year threshold carrying capacity evaluation.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="ID805fe110fcc84b4292996665f481b2e1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The ability to measure progress or success of the program.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID02d5cf058f334c60bb1035513b4b911f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The potential to significantly contribute to the achievement and maintenance of the environmental threshold carrying capacities identified in Article II of the Compact.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="IDcd1347bdcb664ee4b9cb987de1c4bca1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The ability of a program to provide multiple benefits.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID75b217b791ea4ea39ed3b5e9c6ba2e6b"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The ability of a program to leverage non-Federal contributions.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="IDbde2b8b00b594d23bbed11d16458c828"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Stakeholder support for the program.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDecb787f298024ad09d0b5e7fe704b281"><enum>(G)</enum><text>The justification of Federal interest.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="IDe666076c8055419295fd08b56a224ec6"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Agency priority.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDfae36dea38af4583a51ab04ae8cb42f8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Agency capacity.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="ID0b9ac55694d74149962a7f86435f3eae"><enum>(J)</enum><text>Cost-effectiveness.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID1c570c23060c487593d21e9dcec70347"><enum>(K)</enum><text>Federal funding history.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="IDcc9a03ff337f4a5daca02523486c96c9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Revisions</header><text>The Priority List submitted under paragraph (1) shall be revised every 2 years.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id769B27D1A40842159AD8F876C5E4FA46"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>Of the amounts made available under section 10(a), $80,000,000 shall be made available to the Secretary to carry out projects listed on the Priority List.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idF5056A105B4D4AC7B19947E201D45A29"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Restriction</header><text>The Administrator shall use not more than 3 percent of the funds provided under subsection (a) for administering the programs described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (d).</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID9825d867ec6f4c0cb779a70fbc3ad377"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Description of activities</header>
<paragraph id="ID1c0a29aac8984924911457179a6c3e88"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Fire risk reduction and forest management</header>
<subparagraph id="id7caeb14747814481b65312b251cfeb5c"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Of the amounts made available under section 10(a), $150,000,000 shall be made available to the Secretary to carry out, including by making grants, the following programs:</text> <clause id="IDfe881a93906e455d8177c97dcb610a25"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Programs identified as part of the Lake Tahoe Basin Multi-Jurisdictional Fuel Reduction and Wildfire Prevention Strategy 10-Year Plan.</text> </clause>
<clause id="ID983adfa8095343c28cf1b1305570f0a1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Competitive grants for fuels work to be awarded by the Secretary to communities that have adopted national wildland fire codes to implement the applicable portion of the 10-year plan described in clause (i).</text> </clause> <clause id="ID126dacf0e33848b39aeefd87660533ad"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Biomass programs, including feasibility assessments.</text> </clause>
<clause id="ID1dea1d3e854d4b13a4853a2a9aabfafa"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Angora Fire Restoration under the jurisdiction of the Secretary.</text> </clause> <clause id="ID209d3deeb7bc4cfd9e17ea9597277609"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Washoe Tribe programs on tribal lands within the Lake Tahoe Basin.</text> </clause>
<clause id="idcd54a7b348a84e92b08b3e92c35bd092"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>Development of an updated Lake Tahoe Basin multijurisdictional fuel reduction and wildfire prevention strategy, consistent with section 4(c).</text> </clause> <clause id="idfcf21fe4f2994b5f92fd7c30b88746aa"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>Development of updated community wildfire protection plans by local fire districts.</text> </clause>
<clause id="id9423F091D6F140C9B9C11F9FAE84BD91"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>Municipal water infrastructure that significantly improves the firefighting capability of local government within the Lake Tahoe Basin.</text> </clause> <clause id="id1DD0D9E4FB4D41DA91DDCDC6DDC9C543"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>Stewardship end result contracting projects carried out under section 604 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591c">16 U.S.C. 6591c</external-xref>).</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idFCBCAD8C55AF4B9294A181842E28B231"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Minimum allocation</header><text>Of the amounts made available to the Secretary to carry out subparagraph (A), at least $100,000,000 shall be used by the Secretary for programs under subparagraph (A)(i).</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="IDd3f1a338068841f5a15db62ce873f5e5"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>Units of local government that have dedicated funding for inspections and enforcement of defensible space regulations shall be given priority for amounts provided under this paragraph.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDb9da2ac54bd94982bf8a2ce565d5f06d"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Cost-sharing requirements</header>
<clause id="id2156DA35D5724DC29CC7B8E55219D417"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As a condition on the receipt of funds, communities or local fire districts that receive funds under this paragraph shall provide a 25-percent match.</text> </clause> <clause id="id48117BF0DF0B47AE9AF7518435D50234"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Form of non-Federal share</header> <subclause id="idFF420CFA619841A5B46FEC80E11897D4"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The non-Federal share required under clause (i) may be in the form of cash contributions or in-kind contributions, including providing labor, equipment, supplies, space, and other operational needs.</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="idBD85FE0F94F04545A81018E030E2E452"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Credit for certain dedicated funding</header><text>There shall be credited toward the non-Federal share required under clause (i) any dedicated funding of the communities or local fire districts for a fuels reduction management program, defensible space inspections, or dooryard chipping.</text> </subclause> <subclause id="id9EEE9FC3182645A79A71FE64F299D60F"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Documentation</header><text>Communities and local fire districts shall—</text>
<item id="id47027F721BE7437496EF3571580B52B1"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>maintain a record of in-kind contributions that describes—</text> <subitem id="id02599E111B894662A48DE2601CBBA45A"><enum>(AA)</enum><text>the monetary value of the in-kind contributions; and</text> </subitem>
<subitem id="id766147D1C6C64ED1A7B07D04D308568D"><enum>(BB)</enum><text>the manner in which the in-kind contributions assist in accomplishing program goals and objectives; and</text> </subitem></item> <item id="id263D646F90994A549D54F858F883D3A0"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>document in all requests for Federal funding, and include in the total program budget, evidence of the commitment to provide the non-Federal share through in-kind contributions.</text> </item></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDccb5c54db2f84ece9bb9e6095abfa3fb"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Invasive species management</header>
<subparagraph id="id03D453EF8C704C8494434C588DDB992E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Of the amounts made available under section 10(a), $45,000,000 shall be made available to the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for the Aquatic Invasive Species Program and the watercraft inspections described in subparagraph (B).</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="idd68641401288492b8ed51104b3dca38d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Description of activities</header><text>The Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary, the Planning Agency, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the Nevada Department of Wildlife, shall deploy strategies consistent with the Lake Tahoe Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan to prevent the introduction or spread of aquatic invasive species in the Lake Tahoe region.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="IDbdebe24f9c2444768bc503056560f9e2"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Criteria</header><text>The strategies referred to in subparagraph (B) shall provide that—</text> <clause commented="no" id="idB324CE1B232C44E5AC464551C990E78A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>combined inspection and decontamination stations be established and operated at not less than 2 locations in the Lake Tahoe region; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="idd571e14d7dca439bab8e37bebed324df"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>watercraft not be allowed to launch in waters of the Lake Tahoe region if the watercraft has not been inspected in accordance with the Lake Tahoe Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan.</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="idF5929088C3FF4AC9A81C7C564CE15B96"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>The Planning Agency may certify State and local agencies to perform the decontamination activities described in subparagraph (C)(i) at locations outside the Lake Tahoe Basin if standards at the sites meet or exceed standards for similar sites in the Lake Tahoe Basin established under this paragraph.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="ID2e979c07d5414345b338445e98614ba5"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The strategies and criteria developed under this paragraph shall apply to all watercraft to be launched on water within the Lake Tahoe region.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="ID97a6c071b97147c980ff0083ce1e0316"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service may collect and spend fees for decontamination only at a level sufficient to cover the costs of operation of inspection and decontamination stations under this paragraph.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="ID0eb4809a93384cf98f17a6f5f863d3b9"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Civil penalties</header>
<clause commented="no" id="ID532bd2281f614b1d8938b10bcabe2359"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Any person that launches, attempts to launch, or facilitates launching of watercraft not in compliance with strategies deployed under this paragraph shall be liable for a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $1,000 per violation.</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" id="IDd9365b5846a549bdba254906de4babcc"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Other authorities</header><text>Any penalties assessed under this subparagraph shall be separate from penalties assessed under any other authority.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="ID875d32bb494444d192bae7db5ec8deb5"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The strategies and criteria under subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively, may be modified if the Secretary of the Interior, in a nondelegable capacity and in consultation with the Planning Agency and State governments, issues a determination that alternative measures will be no less effective at preventing introduction of aquatic invasive species into Lake Tahoe than the strategies and criteria developed under subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="idCFA8DFD6FCC4490EB528CD915D39D70D"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Supplemental authority</header><text>The authority under this paragraph is supplemental to all actions taken by non-Federal regulatory authorities.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="ID3e738479abf64dc7a7b5cd1d4b4ff970"><enum>(J)</enum><header>Savings clause</header><text>Nothing in this title restricts, affects, or amends any other law or the authority of any department, instrumentality, or agency of the United States, or any State or political subdivision thereof, respecting the control of invasive species.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id09abb5b9c6584e56af57de20936cb10e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Stormwater management, erosion control, and total watershed restoration</header><text>Of the amounts made available under section 10(a), $113,000,000 shall be made available—</text>
<subparagraph id="id493C1E065444471D8726683D2824F039"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to the Secretary, the Secretary of the Interior, the Assistant Secretary, or the Administrator for the Federal share of stormwater management and related programs consistent with the adopted Total Maximum Daily Load and near-shore water quality goals;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id0534023CCBDF44E9AE07EAA2C0EA9E30"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for grants by the Secretary and the Administrator to carry out the programs described in subparagraph (A);</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id843FB7719C1E41CA8E88F3FE1AC56B00"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to the Secretary or the Assistant Secretary for the Federal share of the Upper Truckee River restoration programs and other watershed restoration programs identified in the Priority List established under section 5(b); and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id4A27016C58684646855F8C7AEF95E11B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>for grants by the Administrator to carry out the programs described in subparagraph (C).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID435f3ec6830f42e8949ed4ac1f8173c7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Special status species management</header><text>Of the amounts made available under section 10(a), $20,000,000 shall be made available to the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for the Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Recovery Program.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section> <section id="id08B2354CD0F64489857014C6BA2C18DE"><enum>7625.</enum><header>Program performance and accountability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Lake Tahoe Restoration Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/506">Public Law 106–506</external-xref>; 114 Stat. 2351) is amended by striking section 6 and inserting the following:</text>
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<section id="id12F9EE8D48124DD4A726C0CA1F9EAB74"><enum>6.</enum><header>Program performance and accountability</header>
<subsection id="id75a8a6fbb7f74d36abee820aaecc26db"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program performance and accountability</header>
<paragraph id="id28985caca61d48568cce9f7974f618d1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Of the amounts made available under section 10(a), not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available to the Secretary to carry out this section.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idf9b7f3a1436846be8148f16025a58b26"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Planning agency</header><text>Of the amounts described in paragraph (1), not less than 50 percent shall be made available to the Planning Agency to carry out the program oversight and coordination activities established under subsection (d).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id74F44567780B415B91B81464B6FEF82C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In carrying out this Act, the Secretary, the Administrator, and the Directors shall, as appropriate and in a timely manner, consult with the heads of the Washoe Tribe, applicable Federal, State, regional, and local governmental agencies, and the Lake Tahoe Federal Advisory Committee.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="id7DDA437581364FB0B0A75CA5861C4142"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Corps of Engineers; interagency agreements</header> <paragraph id="IDc795a2356b764c80b540ab7ba2db5cf1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Assistant Secretary may enter into interagency agreements with non-Federal interests in the Lake Tahoe Basin to use Lake Tahoe Partnership-Miscellaneous General Investigations funds to provide programmatic technical assistance for the Environmental Improvement Program.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID75718b1f12e64bb6b976553a1eac9507"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Local cooperation agreements</header>
<subparagraph id="idA02464EEC97B478187A44C04EF5C96BC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Before providing technical assistance under this section, the Assistant Secretary shall enter into a local cooperation agreement with a non-Federal interest to provide for the technical assistance.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id87CE1A96517846CB813E542730AC9060"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Components</header><text>The agreement entered into under subparagraph (A) shall—</text>
<clause id="idBFA286391ED4452EA5261AA3DE6980AE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>describe the nature of the technical assistance;</text> </clause> <clause id="id66AD0C93A59142D1B874FC882689B472"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>describe any legal and institutional structures necessary to ensure the effective long-term viability of the end products by the non-Federal interest; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="idDD3571D386344CFA8AA1F677F979E715"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>include cost-sharing provisions in accordance with subparagraph (C).</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="ID1fbd48a179234660954d43efe80f2dc8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Federal share</header> <clause id="id99A635B8D205433DB498144F72AF929E"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Federal share of program costs under each local cooperation agreement under this paragraph shall be 65 percent.</text> </clause>
<clause id="id7188778875BD4D4A90890F6403A428BD"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The Federal share may be in the form of reimbursements of program costs.</text> </clause> <clause id="id77FA2BC0590147DD9B382C31AA283C6E"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Credit</header><text>The non-Federal interest may receive credit toward the non-Federal share for the reasonable costs of related technical activities completed by the non-Federal interest before entering into a local cooperation agreement with the Assistant Secretary under this paragraph.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id6A8180394F7542CCB2A8CAD56CE526A4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effectiveness evaluation and monitoring</header><text>In carrying out this Act, the Secretary, the Administrator, and the Directors, in coordination with the Planning Agency and the States of California and Nevada, shall—</text> <paragraph id="id6929694257CB4F12BC741CCAD5962183"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develop and implement a plan for integrated monitoring, assessment, and applied research to evaluate the effectiveness of the Environmental Improvement Program;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id99BD052CE1B344599CD0404F286E94B4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>include funds in each program funded under this section for monitoring and assessment of results at the program level; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id2ACC1839D8044AD38EF5AC503E7665B0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>use the integrated multiagency performance measures established under this section.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="IDee434d1c3dea417b9ff79a87a940d9ec"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reporting requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than March 15 of each year, the Secretary, in cooperation with the Chair, the Administrator, the Directors, the Planning Agency, and the States of California and Nevada, consistent with subsection (a), shall submit to Congress a report that describes—</text> <paragraph id="ID67996c98e7a84d2f8a113bca276b65d6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the status of all Federal, State, local, and private programs authorized under this Act, including to the maximum extent practicable, for programs that will receive Federal funds under this Act during the current or subsequent fiscal year—</text>
<subparagraph id="id6AD23BF0B33F467F87728634824F89F8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the program scope;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id376C71FCE1164661B168A0A78A2467F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the budget for the program; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idD977B6B5C3B34192A55EF89DAAA99F0F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the justification for the program, consistent with the criteria established in section 5(b)(2);</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="IDfec45b07d0a64ccd8a1003cb8b3e2b98"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Federal, State, local, and private expenditures in the preceding fiscal year to implement the Environmental Improvement Program;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDd0d4ea49330b4c1fb242d11bd0533035"><enum>(3)</enum><text>accomplishments in the preceding fiscal year in implementing this Act in accordance with the performance measures and other monitoring and assessment activities; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="ID240e0bd84e3644649ba1ec97bd24b9b4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>public education and outreach efforts undertaken to implement programs authorized under this Act.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="ID0cb340a6e956460196bf5fb1962a2ad5"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Annual budget plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the annual budget of the President, the President shall submit information regarding each Federal agency involved in the Environmental Improvement Program (including the Forest Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the United States Geological Survey, and the Corps of Engineers), including—</text> <paragraph id="ID0c835f87d5734192935b7d54d6ebd7d7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an interagency crosscut budget that displays the proposed budget for use by each Federal agency in carrying out restoration activities relating to the Environmental Improvement Program for the following fiscal year;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDb62c8d62371c4ff8b2abf588b66e1a1f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a detailed accounting of all amounts received and obligated by Federal agencies to achieve the goals of the Environmental Improvement Program during the preceding fiscal year; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="IDdab626ddf70f4fdaaba42dad8079b0f8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of the Federal role in the Environmental Improvement Program, including the specific role of each agency involved in the restoration of the Lake Tahoe Basin.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="IDf283fbcb32fb4a7080e55edda6074f28"><enum>7626.</enum><header>Conforming amendments; updates to related laws</header>
<subsection id="id717D6C0E5BC240F2A3F16985DA347A57"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Lake Tahoe Restoration Act</header><text>The Lake Tahoe Restoration Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/506">Public Law 106–506</external-xref>; 114 Stat. 2351) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id1913C0D06F874865AB74D7C318FC62CA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking sections 8 and 9;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idD78CBA4B647D4DADAD501D0A933AA5F1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating sections 10, 11, and 12 as sections 8, 9, and 10, respectively; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id64B115F312DF4D73ADAA57BE0BE043CB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 9 (as redesignated by paragraph (2)) by inserting <quote>, Director, or Administrator</quote> after <quote>Secretary</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id19E12F346C7B4CF688D6028CA2680849"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Tahoe Regional Planning Compact</header><text>Subsection (c) of Article V of the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/96/551">Public Law 96–551</external-xref>; 94 Stat. 3240) is amended in the third sentence by inserting <quote>and, in so doing, shall ensure that the regional plan reflects changing economic conditions and the economic effect of regulation on commerce</quote> after <quote>maintain the regional plan</quote>.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="idBDE78B1F3CE64973A31504A3FBBB5EF9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Treatment under title 49, United States Code</header><text>Section 5303(r)(2)(C) of title 49, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id6373C84923574C25A245A235CCF7522F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and 25 square miles of land area</quote> after <quote>145,000</quote>; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idFDEDB7E8E9F54410B07EE97C70F6D785"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and 12 square miles of land area</quote> after <quote>65,000</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="id9A57A6DEA14844DCADC8FCFBF3B86944"><enum>7627.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Lake Tahoe Restoration Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/506">Public Law 106–506</external-xref>; 114 Stat. 2351) is amended by striking section 10 (as redesignated by section 7626(a)(2)) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC8AFD95B985A448FA85D010729BA5065" style="OLC"> <section id="IDe1f7d4b5cc234d06b8537a6649c3e43a"><enum>10.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header> <subsection id="iddb80572f3ab14c9798b8a013b1592455"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act $415,000,000 for a period of 10 fiscal years beginning the first fiscal year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Water Resources Development Act of 2016</short-title>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="IDd5524460acb946f6b39d2d5c14d4f364"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effect on other funds</header><text>Amounts authorized under this section and any amendments made by this Act—</text> <paragraph id="ID3cc90fd1f1b3445c997cc43164feffc3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall be in addition to any other amounts made available to the Secretary, the Administrator, or the Directors for expenditure in the Lake Tahoe Basin; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDd282dc9d8f104509a0eb1d7dd793bf69"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall not reduce allocations for other Regions of the Forest Service, the Environmental Protection Agency, or the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="IDd2f05c7cb83a4669908530086233da54"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cost-Sharing requirement</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (d) and section 5(d)(1)(D), funds for activities carried out under section 5 shall be available for obligation on a 1-to-1 basis with funding of restoration activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin by the States of California and Nevada.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="ID52d819e858974b3689df90cd543d20ed"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Relocation costs</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (c), the Secretary shall provide to local utility districts <fraction>2/3</fraction> of the costs of relocating facilities in connection with—</text> <paragraph id="IDf4291a1d9f4d4c8096560d399db4c7a0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>environmental restoration programs under sections 5 and 6; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID019da4b3aa544e4d9c94158d07b4b2cc"><enum>(2)</enum><text>erosion control programs under section 2 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/96/586">Public Law 96–586</external-xref> (94 Stat. 3381).</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="IDf0721030622947c8817b1a6dab340574"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Signage</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, a program provided assistance under this Act shall include appropriate signage at the program site that—</text>
<paragraph id="ID126cab4a76e54becb4b6bb11dfe90759"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provides information to the public on—</text> <subparagraph id="ID37c54a86436b4fcc9e65f2ebd70271c3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the amount of Federal funds being provided to the program; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID43e70ba6ab8f40dbacfe322cf4c589b3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>this Act; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="IDa8954a0f13454aed8bcbb79ed398aff0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>displays the visual identity mark of the Environmental Improvement Program.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section>
<section id="id99CC8591DE794B15B2D0FC1FE52E9DD7"><enum>7628.</enum><header>Land transfers to improve management efficiencies of Federal and State land</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3(b) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/96/586">Public Law 96–586</external-xref> (94 Stat. 3384) (commonly known as the <quote>Santini-Burton Act</quote>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id2680F66C62254CF7B264FD3ED7FD943C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(b) Lands</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="id2D33B31459854B52BF6E6410539A0C87"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administration of acquired land</header>
<paragraph id="id4926372D9A2A4D1EAA5879FEE4E607F6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Land</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id4DC15D9F0123481DBFB6FB36474700A5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="idB4B9B694101C4F3AB77296031007DE78"><enum>(2)</enum><header>California conveyances</header>
<subparagraph id="idba7a6d2955224ebfb5ad5b4c5a6ac4f6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If the State of California (acting through the California Tahoe Conservancy and the California Department of Parks and Recreation) offers to donate to the United States acceptable title to the non-Federal land described in subparagraph (B)(i), the Secretary—</text> <clause id="idf77085d5c68b40d69670904e0970303d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>may accept the offer; and</text> </clause>
<clause commented="no" id="id311dd46412384ca38a8345fe49c4d3b8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not later than 180 days after the date on which the Secretary receives acceptable title to the non-Federal land described in subparagraph (B)(i), convey to the State of California, subject to valid existing rights and for no consideration, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the Federal land that is acceptable to the State of California.</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id74e4ee9ff896402bb08bdfbf922b0e02"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Description of land</header> <clause id="idde91b2ce23784fc0a4f1e6034f3d2c13"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Non-federal land</header><text>The non-Federal land referred to in subparagraph (A) includes—</text>
<subclause id="id593df4901d094cb2a38db056bea4ba89"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the approximately 1,981 acres of land administered by the California Tahoe Conservancy and identified on the Maps as <quote>Conservancy to the United States Forest Service</quote>; and</text> </subclause> <subclause id="id6880aaac745745ccb283c2cf8e2c9c1f"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the approximately 187 acres of land administered by California State Parks and identified on the Maps as <quote>State Parks to the U.S. Forest Service</quote>.</text> </subclause></clause>
<clause id="id40c5c3bd95c5418abee0a55ed0feebea"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Federal land</header><text>The Federal land referred to in subparagraph (A) includes the approximately 1,995 acres of Forest Service land identified on the Maps as <quote>U.S. Forest Service to Conservancy and State Parks</quote>.</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id8674556390474ba19e06c8737d63696a"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>Any land conveyed under this paragraph shall—</text>
<clause id="id48C6ADECF6CD4D0F800AA1F8640DD92A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be for the purpose of consolidating Federal and State ownerships and improving management efficiencies;</text> </clause> <clause id="id8857AE3D45834E9A8EFE71F2BB12824A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not result in any significant changes in the uses of the land; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="id580a9349c1974962908183ec5db90e2d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>be subject to the condition that the applicable deed include such terms, restrictions, covenants, conditions, and reservations as the Secretary determines necessary—</text> <subclause id="id72cf0d33049c4113aa9d6df21cbd7b66"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to ensure compliance with this Act; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="id6783b4a425e349d0a57fac712fa21724"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to ensure that the transfer of development rights associated with the conveyed parcels shall not be recognized or available for transfer under chapter 51 of the Code of Ordinances for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="idC465F1B979354807B120EEE984DA4FCD"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Nevada conveyances</header> <subparagraph id="idF629A2DF6DB848BEA7C48C332BD217A8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In accordance with this section and on request by the Governor of Nevada, the Secretary may transfer the land or interests in land described in subparagraph (B) to the State of Nevada without consideration, subject to appropriate deed restrictions to protect the environmental quality and public recreational use of the land transferred.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id1F5F88AA38D64C25A74763B9E2CD8120"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Description of land</header><text>The land referred to in subparagraph (A) includes—</text> <clause id="id221A567419AC49AC98297E04F222399C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the approximately 38.68 acres of Forest Service land identified on the map entitled <quote>State of Nevada Conveyances</quote> as <quote>Van Sickle Unit USFS Inholding</quote>; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="id9C031B6CC33C44F8B4F589FBFC9063AE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the approximately 92.28 acres of Forest Service land identified on the map entitled <quote>State of Nevada Conveyances</quote> as <quote>Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park USFS Inholding</quote>.</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id7C29F580F2324B0A9536EA6DACA65504"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>Any land conveyed under this paragraph shall—</text>
<clause id="idFEC0FFFC183847B8AB67DA7A27E0355C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>be for the purpose of consolidating Federal and State ownerships and improving management efficiencies;</text> </clause> <clause id="idBD070BAFD85648F19C165D9B2BA9B8F3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not result in any significant changes in the uses of the land; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="idE6C66C5E6E464A6A91A662CC13AE3799"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>be subject to the condition that the applicable deed include such terms, restrictions, covenants, conditions, and reservations as the Secretary determines necessary—</text> <subclause id="idC49EAC053F524E23A70BF99DD3408004"><enum>(I)</enum><text>to ensure compliance with this Act; and</text> </subclause>
<subclause id="idF4D6309694CD44CEB0815F3CED341DF5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>to ensure that the development rights associated with the conveyed parcels shall not be recognized or available for transfer under section 90.2 of the Code of Ordinances for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id8ED04819DF36475486DF3991D603A97C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reversion</header><text>If a parcel of land transferred under paragraph (2) or (3) is used in a manner that is inconsistent with the use described for the parcel of land in paragraph (2) or (3), respectively, the parcel of land, shall, at the discretion of the Secretary, revert to the United States.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="id54ddc37144bb4e1b8aaf57fcf7249223"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="idead4c28f0a7a4b1b937932c9f22ee6d5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Of the amounts made available under section 10(a) of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/506">Public Law 106–506</external-xref>; 114 Stat. 2351), $2,000,000 shall be made available to the Secretary to carry out the activities under paragraphs (2) and (3).</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="id77d5d608cbe24d3d8933e877eddb5276"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other funds</header><text>Of the amounts available to the Secretary under paragraph (1), not less than 50 percent shall be provided to the California Tahoe Conservancy to facilitate the conveyance of land described in paragraphs (2) and (3).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section></part>
<part id="id28F8737F946D4E679E6069BCACF4EB51" style="OLC"><enum>III</enum><header>Long Island Sound Restoration </header>
<section id="idCB4DB0FF78604A4D8566BA67CFEDCC97"><enum>7631.</enum><header>Restoration and stewardship programs</header>
<subsection id="id548563b4-1253-44c6-9eb5-a9cb9168a464"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Long Island Sound restoration program</header><text>Section 119 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1269">33 U.S.C. 1269</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="id453B7B3A4D0141319B4783D838A8EAFB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>The Office shall</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection id="id93F5005ADD524066BA9A853D1662459E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Office</header>
<paragraph id="id645C15DF6BCE4268B79DDD961715F0A0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Administrator shall—</text> <subparagraph id="id23739C39925A410DA8AAE55BF1D1095B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>continue to carry out the conference study; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idC101456A570C4AA98DCA95D1079EDFD0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establish an office, to be located on or near Long Island Sound.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="id65E88186BC974A47B078D2FEEE8DD480"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administration and staffing</header><text>The Office shall</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id8D0E4A965AF8455AB118431107EC52BE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="id3180E24E89FA44A6BCE7DA0C3C657E4F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Management Conference of the Long Island Sound Study</quote> and inserting <quote>conference study</quote>;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id9E839156BA8E4354ACE31705E3AEEF82"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="id356E9B23810F475AA590D253D395B30A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in each of subparagraphs (A) through (G), by striking the commas at the end of the subparagraphs and inserting semicolons;</text> </clause>
<clause id="id1D6D16708277405C977888B67BEACD16"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (H), by striking <quote>, and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text> </clause> <clause id="idA410982A4CA945C8BCC202642EE2482B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (I), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="idDD9BB046819A452AAC3C176F39CF102B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5F11C5B98BDF47C181398FDA89EF6704" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="idFC65EE9091094D3D8482783C277F8C44"><enum>(J)</enum><text>environmental impacts on the Long Island Sound watershed, including—</text>
<clause id="ID8140326c6a284c8b9550406448ee9ac8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the identification and assessment of vulnerabilities in the watershed;</text> </clause> <clause id="ID8d1fdca47fe143a7abc245c5d5972ea8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the development and implementation of adaptation strategies to reduce those vulnerabilities; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="IDa5c4dd0d14ea48e8bd8a17cc23eef38f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the identification and assessment of the impacts of sea level rise on water quality, habitat, and infrastructure; and</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id50861E15D16B4BFC96CD5D24065CF623"><enum>(K)</enum><text>planning initiatives for Long Island Sound that identify the areas that are most suitable for various types or classes of activities in order to reduce conflicts among uses, reduce adverse environmental impacts, facilitate compatible uses, or preserve critical ecosystem services to meet economic, environmental, security, or social objectives;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id1EABD6D76DAE4603AA6B69D3C93894DD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6516403220094EC4848B599C7586CA76" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="id7D9529A8F8FB4F6EBC0119A756A79CC5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>develop and implement strategies to increase public education and awareness with respect to the ecological health and water quality conditions of Long Island Sound;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id222EC07EF9224EF2A40C46123C17183A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by inserting <quote>study</quote> after <quote>conference</quote>;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="idAED9DC5F76774574B4A381333F328A67"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)—</text>
<clause id="idBA23EA3FB4D24729BB2955342834EACF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(including on the Internet)</quote> after <quote>the public</quote>; and</text> </clause> <clause id="idF484B0888D234309987AB0FEAD4629F7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>study</quote> after <quote>conference</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id569B7D8B71FD4A71A856E71C70728922"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (7) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2CA811509942435A94317B13964467C5" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="id90FE31A2FE524454817C2D7EABCFC37A"><enum>(7)</enum><text>monitor the progress made toward meeting the identified goals, actions, and schedules of the Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan, including through the implementation and support of a monitoring system for the ecological health and water quality conditions of Long Island Sound; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="id9CEA9882312344D38D7C5837DD1B7B11"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(3), in the second sentence, by striking <quote>50 per centum</quote> and inserting <quote>60 percent</quote>;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="id10C6AC8DE9764141A6F9FA869C605CF8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (i); and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="id09C897C6DF5B4783B64BAE24BE75341A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (e) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84848B867CDD457D97586976707E3FE6" style="OLC"> <subsection id="ID5bb4a8b40b264ab0b66e4568ab7a8202"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report</header> <paragraph id="ID342c50acb0f4498194aa8842ef6ee48c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Water Resources Development Act of 2016</short-title>, and biennially thereafter, the Director of the Office, in consultation with the Governor of each Long Island Sound State, shall submit to Congress a report that—</text>
<subparagraph id="ID47a201773ece4f8eb75f158e4e576da2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>summarizes and assesses the progress made by the Office and the Long Island Sound States in implementing the Long Island Sound Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan, including an assessment of the progress made toward meeting the performance goals and milestones contained in the Plan;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="ID2cc72212927d46eb8411d33fdc9c1abb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assesses the key ecological attributes that reflect the health of the ecosystem of the Long Island Sound watershed;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID8388ef85862d47a8801a515587a1fcbd"><enum>(C)</enum><text>describes any substantive modifications to the Long Island Sound Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan made during the 2-year period preceding the date of submission of the report;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="ID4b8a47eac0424242b1d8cc8f56b4590d"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provides specific recommendations to improve progress in restoring and protecting the Long Island Sound watershed, including, as appropriate, proposed modifications to the Long Island Sound Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="IDd1b92e1d13dd403cb605068fb04fb9ca"><enum>(E)</enum><text>identifies priority actions for implementation of the Long Island Sound Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for the 2-year period following the date of submission of the report; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="IDcbb34c146c244a9fac10f9779934fbe7"><enum>(F)</enum><text>describes the means by which Federal funding and actions will be coordinated with the actions of the Long Island Sound States and other entities.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID0e9638169efd44a4b77be2eb452e3f57"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text>The Administrator shall make the report described in paragraph (1) available to the public, including on the Internet.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="ID64528244bf4c4d5d9f4430560d6db552"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Annual budget plan</header><text>The President shall submit, together with the annual budget of the United States Government submitted under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, information regarding each Federal department and agency involved in the protection and restoration of the Long Island Sound watershed, including—</text>
<paragraph id="ID5b2cfdf0978d417ebdd945dbc7f1b168"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an interagency crosscut budget that displays for each department and agency—</text> <subparagraph id="ID71419955be6c4158820046d6f589d41a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the amount obligated during the preceding fiscal year for protection and restoration projects and studies relating to the watershed;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="ID4c77bdc3a1664ec08d5d0237ae1ce252"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the estimated budget for the current fiscal year for protection and restoration projects and studies relating to the watershed; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="ID6a5140ba926c4bf59b64852a759b69e4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the proposed budget for succeeding fiscal years for protection and restoration projects and studies relating to the watershed; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID126d3e8cd78d459b829602a037e4321e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a summary of any proposed modifications to the Long Island Sound Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan for the following fiscal year.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="idE545DE3BD8F848C38523569B2A50D4FC"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Federal entities</header> <paragraph id="ID6d79c722149c43ae8d7466627f9e304f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The Administrator shall coordinate the actions of all Federal departments and agencies that impact water quality in the Long Island Sound watershed in order to improve the water quality and living resources of the watershed.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="IDc7a90c96ba5a44b7bf3331f882487a70"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Methods</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Administrator, acting through the Director of the Office, may—</text> <subparagraph id="id36C59B15264842F88606C4A606E4ACE4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>enter into interagency agreements; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="idE804BF64C07F42A6A71FE6581FA89739"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make intergovernmental personnel appointments.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="IDadd9793597d54530a49ab8b8d404537b"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Federal participation in watershed planning</header><text>A Federal department or agency that owns or occupies real property, or carries out activities, within the Long Island Sound watershed shall participate in regional and subwatershed planning, protection, and restoration activities with respect to the watershed.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ID88e7df24dacd4d8ca3f50c39ac40cec4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Consistency with comprehensive conservation and management plan</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, the head of each Federal department and agency that owns or occupies real property, or carries out activities, within the Long Island Sound watershed shall ensure that the property and all activities carried out by the department or agency are consistent with the Long Island Sound Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (including any related subsequent agreements and plans).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="id09ea72b2-29a0-4152-9df0-e36be275a17a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Long Island Sound stewardship program</header> <paragraph id="id13efdcc6-aa27-4cab-bfb2-f75fe2c510a7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Long Island Sound Stewardship Advisory Committee</header><text>Section 8 of the Long Island Sound Stewardship Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1269">33 U.S.C. 1269</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/359">Public Law 109–359</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="idd5c445f6-5562-4a63-a831-e0c0b9b999ca"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (g), by striking <quote>2011</quote> and inserting <quote>2021</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id74cd1fb0-77f1-4273-91cc-28038cc04518"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="idc68938cf-6812-499f-8c66-b39c1032a646"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Nonapplicability of FACA</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to—</text> <paragraph id="idef23bc0d-02b0-49e9-b163-463dfccfbcfd"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Advisory Committee; or</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="idd9abb864-3d36-43a4-b480-8cc5ac2d8058"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any board, committee, or other group established under this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="idc56a86be-fa8a-4e28-9583-bb916a10bc3d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>Section 9(b)(1) of the Long Island Sound Stewardship Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1269">33 U.S.C. 1269</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/359">Public Law 109–359</external-xref>) is amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>2011</quote> and inserting <quote>2021</quote>.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="ide54ce951-a72c-4201-9e9b-4f2a8a0efff1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>Section 11 of the Long Island Sound Stewardship Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1269">33 U.S.C. 1269</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/359">Public Law 109–359</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="idb9331412-fa52-449c-9cd9-4b3941364ad4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking subsection (a);</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="id74d4482d-3fc9-4991-8efc-18a17d6225d5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (b) through (d) as subsections (a) through (c), respectively; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="id53cdbaf8-9fdc-4ff7-97c9-7b4ab7d9e3ab"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (a) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>under this section each</quote> and inserting <quote>to carry out this Act for a</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="iddd968feb-75dd-454f-9e4f-4386a6b14d12"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this subsection take effect on October 1, 2011.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="idc153fa50-25d9-4cd7-9a71-5bb237ea9096" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7632.</enum><header>Reauthorization</header> <subsection id="id75b71139-0f2b-4ee2-a063-99ce725d307c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021 for the implementation of—</text>
<paragraph id="idb03e8fdf-193d-4e53-a069-15a57997be04"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 119 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1269">33 U.S.C. 1269</external-xref>), other than subsection (d) of that section; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="idfb830899-51a1-46f2-acb7-fd3527205cb5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Long Island Sound Stewardship Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1269">33 U.S.C. 1269</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/359">Public Law 109–359</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="id89a9b423-13a6-4974-a245-c85ab6d6dc2e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Long Island Sound grants</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out section 119(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1269">33 U.S.C. 1269(d)</external-xref>) $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="idd4d86b6c-1980-4e2d-bf93-5db2f95f67a1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Long Island Sound stewardship grants</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator to carry out the Long Island Sound Stewardship Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1269">33 U.S.C. 1269</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/359">Public Law 109–359</external-xref>) $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021.</text> </subsection></section></part></subtitle>
<subtitle id="id3743AAEF63CF4A58AD80990F7786F686" style="OLC"><enum>G</enum><header>Offset</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6029BE63E0FB44D59F3F41A9561FF744" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7701.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Offset</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">None of the funds available to the Secretary of Energy to provide any credit subsidy under subsection (d) of section 136 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/17013">42 U.S.C. 17013</external-xref>) as of the date of enactment of this Act shall be obligated for new loan commitments under that subsection on or after October 1, 2020.</text></section></subtitle> June 20, 2016 Reported with amendments