110 S4136 RS: Water Resources Development Act of 2022
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1.Short title; table of contents(a)This Act may be cited as the Water Resources Development Act of 2022
.(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary.TITLE I—General provisionsSec. 101. Scope of feasibility studies.Sec. 102. Shoreline and riverbank protection and restoration mission.Sec. 103. Inland waterway projects.Sec. 104. Protection and restoration of other Federal land along rivers and coasts.Sec. 105. Policy and technical standards.Sec. 106. Planning assistance to States.Sec. 107. Floodplain management services.Sec. 108. Workforce planning.Sec. 109. Credit in lieu of reimbursement.Sec. 110. Coastal cost calculations.Sec. 111. Advance payment in lieu of reimbursement for certain Federal costs.Sec. 112. Use of emergency funds.Sec. 113. Research and development.Sec. 114. Tribal and Economically Disadvantaged Communities Advisory Committee.Sec. 115. Non-Federal Interest Advisory Committee.Sec. 116. Underserved community harbor projects.Sec. 117. Corps of Engineers Western Water Cooperative Committee.Sec. 118. Updates to certain water control manuals.Sec. 119. Retention of recreation fees.Sec. 120. Relocation assistance.Sec. 121. Reprogramming limits.Sec. 122. Lease durations.Sec. 123. Sense of Congress relating to post-disaster repairs.Sec. 124. Payment of pay and allowances of certain officers from appropriation for improvements.Sec. 125. Reforestation.Sec. 126. Use of other Federal funds.Sec. 127. National low-head dam inventory.Sec. 128. Transfer of excess credit.Sec. 129. National levee restoration.Sec. 130. Inland waterways regional dredge pilot program.Sec. 131. Funding to process permits.Sec. 132. Non-Federal project implementation pilot program.Sec. 133. Cost sharing for territories and Indian Tribes.Sec. 134. Water supply conservation.Sec. 135. Criteria for funding operation and maintenance of small, remote, and subsistence harbors.Sec. 136. Protection of lighthouses.Sec. 137. Expediting hydropower at Corps of Engineers facilities.Sec. 138. Materials, services, and funds for repair, restoration, or rehabilitation of certain public recreation facilities.Sec. 139. Dredged material management plans.Sec. 140. Lease deviations.Sec. 141. Columbia River Basin flood risk management.Sec. 142. Continuation of construction.TITLE II—Studies and reports Sec. 201. Authorization of feasibility studies.Sec. 202. Special rules.Sec. 203. Expedited completion of studies.Sec. 204. Studies for periodic nourishment.Sec. 205. NEPA reporting.Sec. 206. GAO audit of projects over budget or behind schedule.Sec. 207. GAO study on project distribution.Sec. 208. GAO audit of joint costs for operations and maintenance.Sec. 209. GAO review of Corps of Engineers mitigation practices.Sec. 210. Sabine–Neches Waterway Navigation Improvement project, Texas.Sec. 211. Great Lakes recreational boating.Sec. 212. Upper St. Johns River Basin, Central and Southern Florida.Sec. 213. Investments for recreation areas.Sec. 214. Western infrastructure study.Sec. 215. Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway System.Sec. 216. West Virginia hydropower.Sec. 217. Recreation and economic development at Corps facilities in Appalachia.Sec. 218. Automated fee machines.Sec. 219. Lake Champlain Canal, Vermont and New York.Sec. 220. Report on concessionaire practices.TITLE III—Deauthorizations, modifications, and related provisionsSec. 301. Additional assistance for critical projects.Sec. 302. Southern West Virginia.Sec. 303. Northern West Virginia.Sec. 304. Local cooperation agreements, northern West Virginia.Sec. 305. Special rule for certain beach nourishment projects.Sec. 306. Coastal community flood control and other purposes.Sec. 307. Modifications.Sec. 308. Port Fourchon, Louisiana, dredged material disposal plan.Sec. 309. Delaware shore protection and restoration.Sec. 310. Great Lakes advance measures assistance.Sec. 311. Rehabilitation of existing levees.Sec. 312. Pilot program for certain communities.Sec. 313. Rehabilitation of Corps of Engineers constructed pump stations.Sec. 314. Chesapeake Bay environmental restoration and protection program.Sec. 315. Evaluation of hydrologic changes in Souris River Basin.Sec. 316. Memorandum of understanding relating to Baldhill Dam, North Dakota.Sec. 317. Upper Mississippi River restoration program.Sec. 318. Harmful algal bloom demonstration program.Sec. 319. Colleton County, South Carolina.Sec. 320. Arkansas River corridor, Oklahoma.Sec. 321. Abandoned and inactive noncoal mine restoration.Sec. 322. Asian carp prevention and control pilot program.Sec. 323. Forms of assistance.Sec. 324. Debris removal, New York Harbor, New York.Sec. 325. Invasive species management.Sec. 326. Wolf River Harbor, Tennessee.Sec. 327. Missouri River mitigation, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska.Sec. 328. Invasive species management pilot program.Sec. 329. Nueces County, Texas, conveyances.Sec. 330. Mississippi Delta Headwaters, Mississippi.Sec. 331. Ecosystem restoration, Hudson–Raritan Estuary, New York and New Jersey.Sec. 332. Timely reimbursement.Sec. 333. New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam, Georgia and South Carolina.Sec. 334. Lake Tahoe Basin restoration, Nevada and California.Sec. 335. Additional assistance for Eastern Santa Clara Basin, California.Sec. 336. Tribal partnership program.Sec. 337. Surplus water contracts and water storage agreements.Sec. 338. Copan Lake, Oklahoma.Sec. 339. Enhanced development program.Sec. 340. Ecosystem restoration coordination.Sec. 341. Acequias irrigation systems.Sec. 342. Rogers County, Oklahoma.Sec. 343. Water supply storage repair, rehabilitation, and replacement costs.Sec. 344. Non-Federal payment flexibility.Sec. 345. North Padre Island, Corpus Christi Bay, Texas.Sec. 346. Waiver of non-Federal share of damages related to certain contract claims.Sec. 347. Algiers Canal Levees, Louisiana.Sec. 348. Israel River ice control project, Lancaster, New Hampshire.Sec. 349. City of El Dorado, Kansas.Sec. 350. Upper Mississippi River protection.Sec. 351. Regional Corps of Engineers Office, Corpus Christi, Texas.Sec. 352. Pilot program for good neighbor authority on Corps of Engineers land.Sec. 353. Southeast Des Moines, Southwest Pleasant Hill, Iowa.Sec. 354. Middle Rio Grande flood protection, Bernalillo to Belen, New Mexico.Sec. 355. Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, Florida.Sec. 356. Maintenance dredging permits.Sec. 357. Puget Sound nearshore ecosystem restoration, Washington.Sec. 358. Tribal assistance.Sec. 359. Recreational opportunities at certain projects.Sec. 360. Rehabilitation of Corps of Engineers constructed dams.Sec. 361. South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force.Sec. 362. New Madrid County Harbor, Missouri.Sec. 363. Trinity River and tributaries, Texas.Sec. 364. Rend Lake, Carlyle Lake, and Lake Shelbyville, Illinois.Sec. 365. Federal assistance.Sec. 366. Land transfer and trust land for Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.TITLE IV—Water resources infrastructure Sec. 401. Project authorizations.Sec. 402. Storm damage prevention and reduction, coastal erosion, and ice and glacial damage, Alaska.Sec. 403. Expedited completion of projects.Sec. 404. Special rules.Sec. 405. Chattahoochee River program.Sec. 406. Lower Mississippi River Basin demonstration program.Sec. 407. Forecast-informed reservoir operations.Sec. 408. Mississippi River mat sinking unit.Sec. 409. Sense of Congress relating to Okatibbee Lake.2.In this Act, the term Secretary means the Secretary of the Army. <enum>I</enum><header>General provisions</header><section id="id434627A609084E67B871EA8A06CD4F16"><enum>101.</enum><header>Scope of feasibility studies</header><subsection id="idea12fd1c4a804e3dae0ec82d34f016ce"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Flood and coastal storm risk management</header><text>In carrying out a feasibility study for a project for flood or coastal storm risk management, the Secretary, at the request of the non-Federal interest for the study, shall formulate alternatives to maximize net benefits from the reduction of the comprehensive flood risk that is identified through a holistic evaluation of the isolated and compound effects of—</text><paragraph id="id25F30D01660A4EA7BE950EA90C3D8E4F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a riverine discharge of any magnitude or frequency;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id88D10902DECE444DB67B5C07BE6A9650"><enum>(2)</enum><text>inundation, wave attack, and erosion coinciding with a hurricane or coastal storm;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8cab938f8b804c86a81c9f0240eaad12"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a tide of any magnitude or frequency;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0cdc13db81544792b493eff834ee532f"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a rainfall event of any magnitude or frequency;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ided89dd5346504915b9bf6ef75c74580d"><enum>(5)</enum><text>seasonal variation in water levels;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id880567310fa7452983bf54f102c16d5d"><enum>(6)</enum><text>groundwater emergence;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id68e130d1c2634b32bd79d867bc297386"><enum>(7)</enum><text>sea level rise;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbe6442d8e4684c88b24ea9022892fb45"><enum>(8)</enum><text>subsidence; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd2abfc8ecb02465d8955f534e515d4d7"><enum>(9)</enum><text>any other driver of flood risk affecting the study area. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id323eff8556d14754961f676891bea2ca"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Water supply, water supply conservation, and drought risk reduction</header><text>In carrying out a feasibility study for any purpose, the Secretary, at the request of the non-Federal interest for the study, shall formulate alternatives—</text><paragraph id="idedd1658a2b8c4389b772e21491033049"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to maximize combined net benefits for the primary purpose of the study and for water supply, water supply conservation, and drought risk reduction; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idff8d839c14ff48d59bee483b4fb8ac94"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to include 1 or more measures for the purpose of water supply, water supply conservation, or drought risk reduction.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9de2d3eaa23c4825b93552882fcded47"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cost sharing</header><text>All costs to carry out a feasibility study in accordance with this section shall be shared in accordance with the cost share requirements otherwise applicable to the study.</text></subsection></section><section id="id3E96F97E2ED640A0A02F62F08C2827E4"><enum>102.</enum><header>Shoreline and riverbank protection and restoration mission</header><subsection id="id493bb397be084887b3a313454f53fb5e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Declaration of policy</header><text>Congress declares that—</text><paragraph id="id9E4D95A9FAD34B55A2F062A1BD0B9E7F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consistent with the civil works mission of the Corps of Engineers, it is the policy of the United States to protect and restore the shorelines, riverbanks, and streambanks of the United States from the damaging impacts of extreme weather events and other factors contributing to the vulnerability of coastal and riverine communities and ecosystems;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8E8F979F49394001845C82C86D778627"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Chief of Engineers shall give priority consideration to the protection and restoration of shorelines, riverbanks, and streambanks from erosion and other damaging impacts of extreme weather events in carrying out the civil works mission of the Corps of Engineers;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF5A40FD7A22F434A8A12293068775520"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to the maximum extent practicable, projects and measures for the protection and restoration of shorelines, riverbanks, and streambanks shall be formulated to increase the resilience of such shores and banks from the damaging impacts of extreme weather events and other factors contributing to the vulnerability of coastal and riverine communities and ecosystems using measures described in section 1184(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2289a">33 U.S.C. 2289a(a)</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF22A8090F12A4FEF905EBF21C13E8933"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to the maximum extent practicable, periodic nourishment shall be provided, in accordance with subsection (c) of the first section of the Act of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1056, chapter 960; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/426e">33 U.S.C. 426e(c)</external-xref>), and subject to section 156 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1962d-5f">42 U.S.C. 1962d–5f</external-xref>), for projects and measures carried out for the purpose of restoring and increasing the resilience of ecosystems to the same extent as periodic nourishment is provided for projects and measures carried out for the purpose of coastal storm risk management. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5888574127254083908139E8F443443F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Shoreline and riverine protection and restoration</header><paragraph id="id771867A6E8DF4FA8A7463EEF6BCEB1FA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 212 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2332">33 U.S.C. 2332</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="idD2FB6A729DC74D58A7ED2E270ADAC396"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="section">Flood mitigation and riverine restoration program</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="section">Shoreline and riverine protection and restoration</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE3D3FC7310CA4C09B0509C7A9FC4D084"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4BE90C15D26D4238BCC5E1BF4D63EF2B"><subsection id="id3B3566005C8144B29911F57598A03A39"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may carry out projects—</text><paragraph id="id0EC30546742F43F0A76021C11893BA95"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to reduce flood and coastal storm hazards, including shoreline erosion and riverbank and streambank failures; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2F8F4843A309433D85EA95CAFE2CB84E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to restore the natural functions and values of rivers and shorelines throughout the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF486B6BFD5CB47DABCFF7CD207E72BD9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><clause id="id7141894F913B45A0964AFCCEA33E56B7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8852D19D242B434CB71F9643C287EFB8"><paragraph id="id8AD4F163532B4B979B12865FCE2885FC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><subparagraph id="id83504B9CF6A343BEBE739C293E77F8E3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Studies</header><text>The Secretary may carry out studies to identify appropriate measures for—</text><clause id="id075823DF7F2B4A5095BBE05FCD376D53"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the reduction of flood and coastal storm hazards, including shoreline erosion and riverbank and streambank failures; or</text></clause><clause id="id75EAB210735B423485F008C20CBB898E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the restoration of the natural functions and values of rivers and shorelines.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8D101CAA6879420A8B198B0D93563992"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Projects</header><text>Subject to subsection (f)(2), the Secretary may design and implement projects described in subsection (a).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="id8743D054AD3147F883003E34E75C7AD5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>flood damages</quote> and inserting <quote>flood and coastal storm damages, including the use of measures described in section 1184(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2289a">33 U.S.C. 2289a(a)</external-xref>)</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="idF68FDD5B226C4F9A88E8B94FC9A03C93"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text><subclause id="id3A3BE8AF17E04B1B98EC70502361BC9F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and coastal storm</quote> after <quote>flood</quote>;</text></subclause><subclause id="idC8C69CCB00EF459A8416EB0F701D5726"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, shoreline,</quote> after <quote>riverine</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id45B9548009704D5F9ED6BA60761F67AE"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and coastal barriers</quote> after <quote>floodplains</quote>;</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2A69352217DA4BF08EFB4D172ADC4CC5"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><clause id="idA955407015214E408859E17FF2E8B064"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC9595678DF654BAEA04346C5B5982994"><paragraph id="id47BCAC1EBE1341488B57EAF7992F5868"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Studies</header><subparagraph id="id1A7DE4937F8546F59AC91D18C231E862"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the non-Federal share of the cost of a study under this section shall be—</text><clause id="id02F4E6A7585A4DB38948322AB9FC62B6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>50 percent; and</text></clause><clause id="id32A0ABB4F5A240BFA9654180E5EDA0B2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>10 percent, in the case of a study benefitting an economically disadvantaged community (as defined pursuant to section 160 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (<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/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>)).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id47D4767338F9441BA5876B58674D2BEA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Federal interest determination</header><text>The first $100,000 of the costs of a study under this section shall be at full Federal expense.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="idAEF590EC662B4DB9AAF875B726F10023"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><subclause id="id9C3EB66F3F0F4E769EC84CF28D97BBA3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">flood control</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idA0C707FAAC69409ABA77170DE42FCB9A"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22C4A922773F42D48F6BCA2E299C5D01"><subparagraph id="id0164D8CBDB0046ED944086012D930AFC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Design and construction of a nonstructural measure or project, a measure or project described in section 1184(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2289a">33 U.S.C. 2289a(a)</external-xref>), or for a measure or project for environmental restoration, shall be subject to cost sharing 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>), except that the non-Federal share of the cost to design and construct a project benefitting an economically disadvantaged community (as defined pursuant to section 160 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (<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/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>)) shall be 10 percent.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subclause></clause><clause id="id9154E2C058124343A77A1635477A1A30"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text><subclause id="id8124BCFE69C24681B426AA0EF8492279"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">control</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">and coastal storm risk management</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subclause><subclause id="id25CD0F04117246788E455CDC3ACAB1D3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>control</quote> and inserting <quote>and coastal storm risk management</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id178F430BF93F4CEC80850143AA8598A1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 103(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2213">33 U.S.C. 2213(a)</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>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>), except that the non-Federal share of the cost to design and construct a project benefitting an economically disadvantaged community (as defined pursuant to section 160 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (<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/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>)) shall be 10 percent</quote>;</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id73279619E8EF4D578A9DB8BC90C9E4BD"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text><clause id="id025349C29BF54958A2B8750246879D3E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2);</text></clause><clause id="id1EEF4A1B7D954B7D88D4B797742EC86F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>Notwithstanding</quote> in paragraph (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id335BF674203E4906A279C1ABF7A55312"><subsection id="id7CE473099580425DBED0AE400FCD24A8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Project justification</header><text>Notwithstanding</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="idA3F0F2F9FFB54188B24F6F427E3845CE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (C) as paragraphs (1) through (3), respectively, and indenting appropriately; and</text></clause><clause id="id4781BF869E894068B6DE46AC36DA788E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) (as so redesignated)—</text><subclause id="idA044D27047BA4FAC867494A0A2C9E68A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or coastal storm</quote> after <quote>flood</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idFC8922CB5F01470E9D50F8C01D82C5B6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, including erosion or riverbank or streambank failures</quote> after <quote>damages</quote>;</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD3B510E5DF164A17AF1BB7C72FF4D538"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text><clause id="id94F8EECBC1834AAE9278B46BB4FFC3C3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (33) as subparagraphs (A) through (GG), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></clause><clause id="idD3A0920EB35A43FFBE044CCAFABD6CE8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>In carrying out</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA69E11E0F74B465BAEC780E183D8BCDD"><paragraph id="idDA40D0F12C9047C0B78562D69E7DD201"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="idEE5854E4AFF94A2A91B1F0FD4068E85A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89C4DD314CAF4D1EAF3645592DCEFD68"><paragraph id="id757ABDCF27CE49378BC68FCBB78E4464" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority projects</header><text>In carrying out this section after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Water Resources Development Act of 2022</short-title>, the Secretary shall prioritize projects for the following locations:</text><subparagraph id="id47F6C36B9B13482DAD9A4296916F08DF" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Delaware beaches and watersheds, Delaware.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id227B900BBBAB4233823E63770BC146D0" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Louisiana Coastal Area, Louisiana.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEE743C801A664D6C99DFCF706D6FC164" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Great Lakes Shores and Watersheds.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC36DECE10FDA4BA29E96B056738BAD78" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Oregon Coastal Area, Oregon.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD5D0355A5BA8459A8DC146B5B2F85A4E" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Upper Missouri River Basin.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id23C4C4F4DF154F98A0D5688114D1EF8F"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Ohio River Tributaries and their watersheds, West Virginia.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDDDBD7FC9704426ABE0C765CF20D0000" commented="no"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Chesapeake Bay watershed and Maryland beaches, Maryland.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD08C8DDFB8274436A3583D45EB725A42"><enum>(G)</enum><text>by striking subsections (f), (g), and (i);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id138BAD7C1493404EBC90D07B89786D20"><enum>(H)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (f); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7E600B9F6FEC43A4A38BA776F04A1766"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subsection (f) (as so redesignated), by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48EC0CD74219456EB53DF94D9B4C17BF"><paragraph id="id9D6C1065C90146CC95FE21C9EDE51C29"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Projects requiring specific authorization</header><text>The Secretary shall not carry out a project until Congress enacts a law authorizing the Secretary to carry out the project, if the Federal share of the cost to design and construct the project exceeds—</text><subparagraph id="idF926338229E34290992F214BCD697CE9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$26,000,000, in the case of a project benefitting an economically disadvantaged community (as defined pursuant to section 160 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (<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/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>));</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9032B06441444066AA409BD1E2891BBC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$23,000,000, in the case of a project other than a project benefitting an economically disadvantaged community (as so defined) that—</text><clause id="idD40DF693864C4B39AA0286804B139AFB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is for purposes of environmental restoration; or </text></clause><clause id="id7E27C9D8641D4655B0A0ADBCF54F3415"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>derives not less than 50 percent of the erosion, flood, or coastal storm risk reduction benefits from nonstructural measures or measures described in section 1184(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2289a">33 U.S.C. 2289a(a)</external-xref>); or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id13547E74A9AC473F9B14D6983673B4DC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$18,500,000, for a project other than a project described in subparagraph (A) or (B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id72F11E1FF2B841A69388387E9EC039E2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 269) is amended by striking the item relating to section 212 and inserting the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id955FD1150C214B4CBB8372A5701CF5A4"><toc><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">Sec. 212. Shoreline and riverine protection and restoration.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id60CC5CD0E9FD48BCA18965BD3C8560F1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Emergency streambank and shoreline protection</header><text>Section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 1946 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701r">33 U.S.C. 701r</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$5,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$10,000,000</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="idA8D1709B596F4DADB2CB7E47024E7ED9"><enum>103.</enum><header>Inland waterway projects</header><subsection id="id5EFB71496D484F7D9B915CCDFDDA6B3C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 102(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2212">33 U.S.C. 2212(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id50DB8C8EDA06403BA8C784B54FCEC93C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>One-half of the costs</quote> and inserting <quote>75 percent of the costs</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id986A89CB764C476DA007B69EA9901EA9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the undesignated matter following paragraph (3), in the second sentence, by striking <quote>One-half of such costs</quote> and inserting <quote>25 percent of such costs</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idE8440D9E876E4C38A35C42E9FC356BCA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to new and ongoing projects beginning on October 1, 2022. </text></subsection><subsection id="id1BEBE7B17FB04213A6533825AD8BE61A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 109 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2212">33 U.S.C. 2212</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>fiscal years 2021 through 2031</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2021 through 2022</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="idB777457DDF1342039641292C086AE1E4"><enum>104.</enum><header>Protection and restoration of other Federal land along rivers and coasts</header><subsection id="id1868de343c1d4af9bc3e5fec48c3398b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to use funds made available to the Secretary for water resources development purposes to construct, at full Federal expense, a measure benefitting Federal land under the administrative jurisdiction of another Federal agency, if the measure—</text><paragraph id="iddcd9c75a6a714a928a3cb19b0ae5c3d8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is included in a report of the Chief of Engineers or other decision document for a water resources development project that is specifically authorized by Congress;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8ab8bf429ea14eb68adfd346df120ca7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is included in a detailed project report (as defined in section 105(d) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2215">33 U.S.C. 2215(d)</external-xref>); or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id61F2DDF16EB5470986AEA45CEC617D9E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>utilizes dredged material from a water resources development project beneficially.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1924D2D185CC4437B0F529F6E015EF15"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>This section shall apply to a measure for which construction is initiated after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection><subsection id="id6EB777411F104AB6BA37D04A330B1B8B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>In this section, the term <term>Federal land</term> does not include a military installation.</text></subsection><subsection id="id4e41a51fb6b04016ad4716274e32e290"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Savings provisions</header><text>Nothing in this section precludes—</text><paragraph id="id330BA1A1266C43FA892DD346BEF69103"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a Federal agency with administrative jurisdiction over Federal land from contributing funds for any portion of the cost of a measure described in subsection (a) that benefits that land; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC1A68CDA9E454A3A9CB59023CFA057A4" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary, at the request of the non-Federal interest for a study for a project for flood or coastal storm risk management, from using funds made available to the Secretary for water resources development investigations to formulate measures to reduce risk to a military installation, if the non-Federal interest shares in the cost to formulate those measures to the same extent that the non-Federal interest is required to share in the cost of the study.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf534e1e97d15480eb4c2136a62db1d2c"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Repeal</header><paragraph id="idB8B7E6CAA7C343F5865C213BD7D111A4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 1025 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2226">33 U.S.C. 2226</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id70EA04A0D0204FE1A4D28B935840EF38"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 1193) is amended by striking the item relating to section 1025. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id26e7df151355406590d5b0d6b1921dd1"><enum>105.</enum><header>Policy and technical standards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Consistent with the 5-year administrative publication life cycle of the Department of the Army, the Secretary shall revise, rescind, or certify as current, as applicable, each publication for the civil works programs of the Corps of Engineers.</text></section><section id="id39db7989861943bc921f971833f18f57"><enum>106.</enum><header>Planning assistance to States</header><subsection id="id7c0798f63c714f62abfd7749b1358163"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 22 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</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idC579933E4E474221BA78595627ED481B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="id559A643D681847FE858EDC769F9AA0F5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>section 236 of title 10</quote> and inserting <quote>section 4141 of title 10</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3D6444838FD5414986B891A0ACC8ABB4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF45F600E1E9844EE8829BAE4B848B22B"><paragraph id="id0C508024A809437D9F317C311A76FCF1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Prioritization</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall prioritize the provision of assistance under this subsection to address both inland and coastal life safety risks.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id87dac895f7ea4a96b1bdd0c5797d80b6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (b) through (f) as subsections (c) through (g), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7d8527b0e90d4acabc65b1fbd5f95e26"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (a) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93ba884a7baf44bf8f2481e103296753"><subsection id="id272cc67c1e0a41ba9504eeb4b3386bd2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Outreach</header><paragraph id="id3D2D54AAFA594131B484DFCEC3F63DEC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to carry out activities, at full Federal expense—</text><subparagraph id="idbc79c0c4421f4feda7d8da8b73f7ab1d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to inform and educate States and other non-Federal interests about the missions, programs, policies, and procedures of the Corps of Engineers; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id44a052a207da43c0aec151c95739787e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to engage with States and other non-Federal interests to identify specific opportunities to partner with the Corps of Engineers to address water resources development needs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idE687C5370EB240E481032BD95193A1EA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Staff</header><text>The Secretary shall designate staff in each district office of the Corps of Engineers to provide assistance under this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id479c62dff1324b67931f76ce04db5c62"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d) (as so redesignated), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfdcf8469a23a4e5b85f835386593dec4"><paragraph id="id7dff4d5dfa534490b825d9d8263da7ec"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Outreach</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for each fiscal year to carry out subsection (b).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0c3b31990d1640d9923f876d4906b5c5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Prioritization</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall prioritize the provision of assistance under this section to economically disadvantaged communities (as defined pursuant to section 160 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (<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/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>)).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id96d8ed83c8ad41b98f8138e0de99e9a1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 3014(b)(3)(B) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4131">42 U.S.C. 4131(b)(3)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking section <quote>22(b) 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(b)</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 22(c) 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(c)</external-xref>)</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="id877BA4FA6F2A490AA953834F50AC03D4"><enum>107.</enum><header>Floodplain management services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 206 of the Flood Control Act of 1960 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/709a">33 U.S.C. 709a</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="ide7af7be079604c6682c06b5dc337638a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="id1d5e96ec5271410d8b08fb4de24acca5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>Surveys and guides</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED3ABF5B72074EB6AA648736B941F7C7"><paragraph id="idF13B5C4AEAAF473D8938E3DCF143ECF2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Surveys and guides</header><text>Surveys and guides</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDCA0412527A74EEC9CD8EFF3DEFF0B90"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the first sentence—</text><clause id="idEB5EAAA2C5B54B98BDB71A4E8CB72D81"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>identification of areas subject to floods due to accumulated snags and other debris,</quote> after <quote>inundation by floods of various magnitudes and frequencies,</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="idEB522C0F325F4EC08434DEC7E1AF3C61"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>In recognition</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2592796BADF2403EAC6F759417C4408B"><paragraph id="idC47922D340BE444184773B086F44C003"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In recognition</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3cd6a545ed094fb8bc8558d773dd30f4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd7d1f18fb8a84b90946b86d3e0559888"><paragraph id="idf1683143f9464316a54d32cdcc15621b"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Identification of assistance</header><subparagraph id="id56E5876300674B24A23006A707CBB0B7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, in providing assistance under this subsection, the Secretary shall identify and communicate to States and non-Federal interests specific opportunities to partner with the Corps of Engineers to address flood hazards.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddc25c6a3261b444592cc2a05f9786981"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The Secretary shall coordinate activities under this paragraph with activities described in subsection (b) of section 22 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</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idea723e7c2cec4039b1b25ae6318ea3b8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id022fc9aa9bcb4fc3a3d66871829da687"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (c) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id563972a119914f138af807e4a38e0bb9"><subsection id="id86ecc7ce0930499eace730837fa9d9a8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Institutions of higher education</header><text>Notwithstanding section 4141 of title 10, United States Code, in carrying out this section, the Secretary may work with an institution of higher education, as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="idCFE7733FD0FB4E61AC164A03E845FA14"><enum>108.</enum><header>Workforce planning</header><subsection id="idF02DB5653D38477394E5E146D4D92807" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of historically Black college or university</header><text>In this section, the term <term>historically Black college or university</term> has the meaning given the term <quote>part B institution</quote> in section 322 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1061">20 U.S.C. 1061</external-xref>).</text></subsection><subsection id="idB5AA6B233CAD47C5879C5BA4841D760A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to carry out activities, at full Federal expense—</text><paragraph id="id9D17613A49FA41349DB82F24A3694A64"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to foster, enhance, and support science, technology, engineering, and math education and awareness; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id95BEBE57837144B6A528390E0A735B55"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to recruit individuals for careers at the Corps of Engineers.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idFA708AF047984ED78F28DADB0BD125A8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Partnering entities</header><text>In carrying out activities under this section, the Secretary may enter into partnerships with—</text><paragraph id="id9406B01728C6482083C23A1F7B27855A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>public and nonprofit elementary and secondary schools;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC6D15F4AC6DE41D3861B37D937D3ECA8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>community colleges;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB2F4E2BD42564FC0AA31EFB47922C047"><enum>(3)</enum><text>technical schools;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id28DBB857A99440F0A5C9C9BFCB4C6C15"><enum>(4)</enum><text>colleges and universities, including historically Black colleges and universities; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id98F9E74210554EA2A6275AE5C98E34C7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>other institutions of learning.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id028A4351CE33484F885213005D85B724"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prioritization</header><text>The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, prioritize the recruitment of individuals under this section that are located in economically disadvantaged communities (as defined pursuant to section 160 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (<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/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>)).</text></subsection><subsection id="id491586FA2D7B492FB4AD27479EEE8123"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.</text></subsection></section><section id="id6f13e6482e3542918840ff9c2aa2b6e1"><enum>109.</enum><header>Credit in lieu of reimbursement</header><subsection id="id265E7730D90540C5AC0E31685A10E846"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1022 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2225">33 U.S.C. 2225</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id8ec7f66c56624092a6003a5366be39fd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="id22fb18ea48844bdca56a2f7e352da94f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> before <quote>an authorized coastal navigation project</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddb79cbcb4ebe455a9f352e72b7c1807a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or any other water resources development project for which the Secretary is authorized to reimburse the non-Federal interest for the Federal share of construction or operation and maintenance,</quote> before <quote>the Secretary</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9e963e7071d04747b35733a4aecb59b6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>of the project</quote> and inserting <quote>to construct, periodically nourish, or operate and maintain the project</quote>; </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4c3bdcf10f1f4e87b2d5106018ecde6f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in each of subsections (b) and (c), by striking <quote>flood damage reduction and coastal navigation</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>water resources development</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE67B28B7B2E844DBA49E58F00FCF0D73"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF7CB034C0BDF4D569AC55924ACA2BFFF"><subsection id="idEAAEA93037444592AF254F3EFEEFDCC0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>With respect to a project constructed under 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>), the Secretary shall exercise the authority under this section to apply credits and reimbursements related to the project in a manner consistent with the requirements of subsection (d) of that section.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idFFEE2966E74E4AE293E0F24881CAA5C5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of credit between projects</header><text>Section 7007(d) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1277; 128 Stat. 1226) is amended by inserting <quote>, or may be applied to reduce the amounts required to be paid by the non-Federal interest under the terms of the deferred payment agreements entered into between the Secretary and the non-Federal interest for the projects authorized by section 7012(a)(1)</quote> before the period at the end. </text></subsection></section><section id="id3CC8C081078B4CD89C7B17D84929A2F0"><enum>110.</enum><header>Coastal cost calculations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 152(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2213a">33 U.S.C. 2213a(a)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>or coastal storm risk management</quote> after <quote>flood risk management</quote>. </text></section><section id="id85EB5CD9B2034D49839CA1BBA2471E2A"><enum>111.</enum><header>Advance payment in lieu of reimbursement for certain Federal costs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to provide in advance to the non-Federal interest the Federal share of funds required for the acquisition of land, easements, and rights-of-way and the performance of relocations for a project or separable element—</text><paragraph id="id4773f709ccbc4d6389fc93110562098d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>authorized to be constructed at full Federal expense; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide66e7b04c1684d11858ff8f27f2ef1c0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>described in section 103(b)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2213">33 U.S.C. 2213(b)(2)</external-xref>). </text></paragraph></section><section id="idD9AE699773724D66A10B981D08FDBBA8"><enum>112.</enum><header>Use of emergency funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5(a) of the Act of August 18, 1941 (commonly known as the <quote>Flood Control Act of 1941</quote>) (55 Stat. 650, chapter 377; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701n">33 U.S.C. 701n(a)</external-xref>), is amended—</text><paragraph id="idFED73C27DF0E471BA5525D388D783E6A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), in the first sentence, by inserting <quote>, increase resilience, increase effectiveness in preventing damages from inundation, wave attack, or erosion,</quote> after <quote>address major deficiencies</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7B255AA245ED4CAD96C75FD0E97CC3A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72e53488060a4772a89d97aaf6a21185"><paragraph id="id083ddf0567b146359267ee000133b9e7"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Work carried out by a non-Federal sponsor</header><subparagraph id="idef857863805c4438b377616f95cdf39b"><enum>(A)</enum><header>General rule</header><text>The Secretary may authorize a non-Federal sponsor to plan, design, or construct repair or restoration work described in paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida114e2221b7f4740b4d648a04e9b4163"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><clause id="id43e0365ea51c4be7acd6d8f459cb38d8"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To be eligible for a payment under subparagraph (C) for the Federal share of a planning, design, or construction activity for repair or restoration work described in paragraph (1), the non-Federal sponsor shall enter into a written agreement with the Secretary before carrying out the activity.</text></clause><clause id="id45cb96d48d84499abd0fade08e523fc2"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Compliance with other laws</header><text>The non-Federal sponsor shall carry out all activities under this paragraph in compliance with all laws and regulations that would apply if the activities were carried out by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide32aae95c9484499b4ee146168637eee"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Payment</header><clause id="idbea5a3a53c3f46f49e230b8b6444ed8e"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to provide payment, in the form of an advance or a reimbursement, to the non-Federal sponsor for the Federal share of the cost of a planning design, or construction activity for the repair or restoration work described in paragraph (1).</text></clause><clause id="id2126db6e840a4f679cd56fa1be7793a9"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Additional amounts</header><text>If the Federal share of the cost of the activity under this paragraph exceeds the amount obligated by the Secretary under an agreement under subparagraph (B), the advance or reimbursement of such additional amounts shall be at the discretion of the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf202a0f1bbe746339327076732b9e9cf"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Annual limit on reimbursements not applicable</header><text>Section 102 of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2221">33 U.S.C. 2221</external-xref>), shall not apply to an agreement under subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="idB374FEB716AE43B3A04EA2252B4FCDC5"><enum>113.</enum><header>Research and development</header><subsection id="id6DE0A731EC2A48308245B8FB9EF4800E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 7 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2313">33 U.S.C. 2313</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idF79CA2DE2540460E95012F3CEB3FA862"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="section">Collaborative</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idBAF5D841745F47DFA3227672438D10A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB4CC45B22EB042008D2416124638D097"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsection (e);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8465018F67A04589844089C7E94DB1A7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (b), (c), (d), and (f) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id646D094550024128B381998361715149"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>of the Army Corps of Engineers, the Secretary is authorized to utilize Army</quote> and inserting the following: “of the Corps of Engineers, the Secretary is authorized to engage in basic research, applied research, advanced research, and development projects, including such projects that are—</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id00028CCBF3134AB89B1F2853D61452C2"><paragraph id="id62E9F86DFEAD4EA69740ED4BD756CFDE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>authorized by Congress; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id96E212C845684D20879EA43E2AC9DBBE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>included in an Act making appropriations for the Corps of Engineers.</text></paragraph><subsection id="id70C17976C1AF4023A274CA768E91EC08"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Collaborative research and development</header><paragraph id="id823EE797212140109DED4536972839AA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary is authorized to utilize</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idBC2262361F404E2FBFF309EB508CB05C"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (b) (as so redesignated)—</text><subparagraph id="idEF1AA13B60284C6C89716DE8C17740D2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>this section</quote> and inserting <quote>this subsection</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id92E3DA707A57418F856C3B3A79614DE7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), in the first sentence, by striking <quote>this section</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>this subsection</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF3A62B31A2964148B68216713B3645D5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>subsection (c)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (3)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0FA5A09B51174DC6811D588FF781E8FB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>this section</quote> and inserting <quote>this subsection;</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idDDDB5BDDF7AF4C0183789A9A4D6C767F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B7D95D78B834EC58BFFB63A12A834DC"><subsection id="id15cac8b6cf3841a2ac2b53f833d88ec4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Other transactions</header><paragraph id="id018ff2b27d61431f88c2c16192584349"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The Secretary may enter into transactions (other than contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants) in order to carry out this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb5838857f68a4583a98e1bc0b23a52e7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Education and training</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph id="id7a9b678a8b56468290f188a7e9e6fe4e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>ensure that management, technical, and contracting personnel of the Corps of Engineers involved in the award or administration of transactions under this section or other innovative forms of contracting are afforded opportunities for adequate education and training; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida5472db4431a4668a41aef0f8d646825"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establish minimum levels and requirements for continuous and experiential learning for such personnel, including levels and requirements for acquisition certification programs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idbf7955c1ca9142d6997277414472d5ad"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>The Secretary shall provide to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives notice of a transaction under this subsection not less than 30 days before entering into the transaction.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfc1ea3f0f7b24cb6bdd8c47ab97cbb84"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 3 years and not later than 7 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Water Resources Development Act of 2022</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 on the use of the authority under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="iddb274af10d844a43b261ff735716e5fe"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report</header><paragraph id="id589e410aaefa4cca8662c73436bc6422"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For fiscal year 2025, and annually thereafter, in conjunction with the annual budget submission of the President to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 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 projects carried out under subsection (a).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd3cbe02f38a14085928a1b48a1015440"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>A report under paragraph (1) shall include—</text><subparagraph id="id4bd4ea16fc964b05ae4fb30b31cafb66"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of each ongoing and new project, including—</text><clause id="id3ed663d870314c2b9678d3c10aa2aad2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the estimated total cost;</text></clause><clause id="id7eadd27d8cc841de8c42960faec5749b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount of Federal expenditures;</text></clause><clause id="idab78ad59abe844aba8b3953bb70fc1ae"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the amount of expenditures by a non-Federal entity as described in subsection (b)(1), if applicable;</text></clause><clause id="idb3152067733f4a6ca81791c88ecc3589"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the estimated timeline for completion;</text></clause><clause id="id9fe2d9614f094b6e82fa4248cecdce8a"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the requesting district of the Corps of Engineers, if applicable; and</text></clause><clause id="id0c2ddce5df1b45f283e6437145ce1afb"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>how the project is consistent with subsection (a); and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2744639f26ca4bb6a3681ba8424611bd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any additional information that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9942021cb16644b28698149cfaeb7f70"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Cost sharing</header><paragraph id="id6768aeb16e4047bdabe04a70bdc2d5f5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b)(3) and paragraph (2), a project carried out under this section shall be at full Federal expense.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd1fac029b8cd49989c5ec9397675c5f6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>Nothing in this subsection waives applicable cost-share requirements for a water resources development project or feasibility study (as defined in section 105(d) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2215">33 U.S.C. 2215(d)</external-xref>)).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb36400fdb69a49cc978fb11b3a6687f9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Savings clause</header><text>Nothing in this section limits the ability of the Secretary to carry out a project requested by a district of the Corps of Engineers in support of a water resources development project or feasibility study (as defined in section 105(d) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2215">33 U.S.C. 2215(d)</external-xref>)).</text></subsection><subsection id="id06a7bdf4c6294d93a5639791a838de2b"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Research and development account</header><paragraph id="id63358300efe746b997d1ec9aeddee055"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is established a Research and Development account of the Corps of Engineers for the purposes of carrying out this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id41a29134eaba416f963bebff6a6ed22f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Research and Development account established by paragraph (1) $85,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id883caea8faf543a58543de986c835d25"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Forecasting models for the Great Lakes</header><paragraph id="idcc1ad2e439d94378aaf7c6f7ed430e8e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $10,000,000 to complete and maintain a model suite to forecast water levels, account for water level variability, and account for the impacts of extreme weather events and other natural disasters in the Great Lakes.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id19b62ae354ca493cbde9e6e0b91180f4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>Nothing in this subsection precludes the Secretary from using funds made available under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative established by section 118(c)(7) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1268">33 U.S.C. 1268(c)(7)</external-xref>) for activities described in paragraph (1) for the Great Lakes, if funds are not appropriated for such activities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id83160CACB57A4237A6B755636BB2F212"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents contained in section 1(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1988 (102 Stat. 4012) is amended by striking the item relating to section 7 and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5C97103B1B0A4B14B8169D1EF599D3E4"><toc><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">Sec. 7. Research and development.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id604d5a33af754279a592db45dea9f3fc"><enum>114.</enum><header>Tribal and Economically Disadvantaged Communities Advisory Committee</header><subsection id="id1bc3a1b98fb24a72a6973760c10def07"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id6BB948487F23463999D0B133FCB08D73"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Committee</header><text>The term <term>Committee</term> means the Tribal and Economically Disadvantaged Communities Advisory Committee established under subsection (b). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id180CE829062C4C7B866DDC2B98CE6413"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Economically disadvantaged community</header><text>The term <term>economically disadvantaged community</term> has the meaning given the term pursuant to section 160 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (<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/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD77D7BFFC3EC44F3B6F0DAB13208CC4D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Indian Tribe</header><text>The term <term>Indian Tribe</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9E203AE4E61942B99EAD578BA7FA43D7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a committee, to be known as the <quote>Tribal and Economically Disadvantaged Communities Advisory Committee</quote>, to develop and make recommendations to the Secretary and the Chief of Engineers on activities and actions that should be undertaken by the Corps of Engineers to ensure more effective delivery of water resources development projects, programs, and other assistance to economically disadvantaged communities and Indian Tribes.</text></subsection><subsection id="idf254f9b71da748e19322ae7dd104994b"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Membership</header><text>The Committee shall be composed of members, appointed by the Secretary, who have the requisite experiential or technical knowledge needed to address issues related to the water resources needs and challenges of economically disadvantaged communities and Indian Tribes, including—</text><paragraph id="idfa98aa3859d940e7aef85bfac79f5d34"><enum>(1)</enum><text>5 individuals representing organizations with expertise in environmental policy, rural water resources, economically disadvantaged communities, Tribal rights, or civil rights; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddf324dd9be1a4a2ea8006a47b8478809"><enum>(2)</enum><text>5 individuals, each representing a non-Federal interest for a Corps of Engineers project.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id49d0f7d669904377abe41deb9a388673"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties</header><paragraph id="id0a8258ece0e3482e80c0e79b3566f676"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>The Committee shall provide advice and make recommendations to the Secretary and the Chief of Engineers to assist the Corps of Engineers in—</text><subparagraph id="idc1887fb7cbf9441ba5df47ebaf93683d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>efficiently and effectively delivering solutions to water resources development projects needs and challenges for economically disadvantaged communities and Indian Tribes;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5fff0d6a5fcc4db68731521bb597ea7d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>integrating consideration of economically disadvantaged communities and Indian Tribes, where applicable, in the development of water resources development projects and programs of the Corps of Engineers; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf5d2e54b303d49abbeed1eb712c173ac"><enum>(C)</enum><text>improving the capability and capacity of the workforce of the Corps of Engineers to assist economically disadvantaged communities and Indian Tribes.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7c93f2aa02154e1da6012793afd02593"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The Committee shall meet as appropriate to develop and make recommendations under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide2328cdb144145f4b821f975707147ec"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Recommendations provided under paragraph (1) shall be—</text><subparagraph id="idD587E252CBEB4F25AEFF8C4A08A1D294"><enum>(A)</enum><text>included in a report submitted to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEA4AC9A534BE46F2ADC3543596604DA0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be made publicly available, including on a publicly available website.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf6753c3fd4464478946028b85d5572db"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Independent judgment</header><text>Any recommendation made by the Committee to the Secretary and the Chief of Engineers under subsection (d)(1) shall reflect the independent judgment of the Committee.</text></subsection><subsection id="id4bd84f7b60bc42b1970248aca67f3e39"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Administration</header><paragraph id="id06b9255b1c134051b7717ee3a3882afe"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the members of the Committee shall serve without compensation.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8df50db4eae44655b1ccef7010ceb10a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Travel expenses</header><text>The members of the Committee shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/57">chapter 57</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the Committee.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbf0eb3d61a5249938f3082c6d1f1cd5f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>The members of the Committee shall not be considered to be Federal employees, and the meetings and reports of the Committee shall not be considered a major Federal action 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>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2D74DC23E7134D0BA8712CAA6B6334A0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Applicability of FACA</header><text>The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall apply to the Committee. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ida508e51d1d1540dc9f6e94b492b4b05d"><enum>115.</enum><header>Non-Federal Interest Advisory Committee</header><subsection id="id18dc274b441d46bcb53702b0fa151077"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a committee, to be known as the <quote>Non-Federal Interest Advisory Committee</quote> (referred to in this section as the <quote>Committee</quote>), to develop and make recommendations to the Secretary and the Chief of Engineers on activities and actions that should be undertaken by the Corps of Engineers to ensure more effective and efficient delivery of water resources development projects, programs, and other assistance.</text></subsection><subsection id="idcb073cb943b047fe80ce96ebc57c6d27"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header><paragraph id="idF55C34A5ECCF422D8E5E8A9B850EDE78"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Committee shall be composed of the members described in paragraph (2), who shall—</text><subparagraph id="idD7BE081542234B7FB3755C125F84815E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be appointed by the Secretary; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC054A0CACA36416B8BE074581CA1C438"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have the requisite experiential or technical knowledge needed to address issues related to water resources needs and challenges. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1C0CC8C28B4C4F19AE295CAE887BEAEA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Representatives</header><text>The members of the Committee shall include the following:</text><subparagraph id="id7aaeb922f44947a581f8c19ed25d5e9c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A representative of each of the following:</text><clause id="ide8352ca16901494aaed58c53a3856ba0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A non-Federal interest for a project for navigation for an inland harbor.</text></clause><clause id="id377601a4e00741f88da923f14c833f5f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A non-Federal interest for a project for navigation for a harbor.</text></clause><clause id="idfc2ea1a1541241589bfc2db53f815ea6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>A non-Federal interest for a project for flood risk management.</text></clause><clause id="id4e9e983be3a84381b7ade76e0f1ee18f"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>A non-Federal interest for a project for coastal storm risk management.</text></clause><clause id="id816cead6bab74ec3b29aff3ee00a6134"><enum>(v)</enum><text>A non-Federal interest for a project for aquatic ecosystem restoration.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3fd06e5c8220455eacb3025a780d52cf"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A representative of each of the following:</text><clause id="id276ebb681d064451a1c6e2cf705633b6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A non-Federal stakeholder with respect to inland waterborne transportation.</text></clause><clause id="id490bc88915d04a3397ce605297408e3e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>A non-Federal stakeholder with respect to water supply.</text></clause><clause id="id69b95e32e30341f58a00664090b4fe5b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>A non-Federal stakeholder with respect to recreation.</text></clause><clause id="id272f318951de4615b52d77b8de06cb74"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>A non-Federal stakeholder with respect to hydropower.</text></clause><clause id="id9329f81c33fc4fe89fcd869e0ce5e72e"><enum>(v)</enum><text>A non-Federal stakeholder with respect to emergency preparedness, including coastal protection.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id45613fa5e27342feaa641e186813c1dc"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A representative of each of the following:</text><clause id="id1acf562342de4cdea40b91faa2186c09"><enum>(i)</enum><text>An organization with expertise in conservation.</text></clause><clause id="id9be8bfdae93b43fb92b60b285f1b2b98"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>An organization with expertise in environmental policy.</text></clause><clause id="id367cd0914778476abcdb4f1c94a10907"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>An organization with expertise in rural water resources.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7379f66e87f648b280e4d55e7c02c87b"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duties</header><paragraph id="idab696523383e4a0bbe29d46da51ce452"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>The Committee shall provide advice and make recommendations to the Secretary and the Chief of Engineers to assist the Corps of Engineers in—</text><subparagraph id="id9afeac0ece524bb6a3a7c4d44edea2c7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>efficiently and effectively delivering water resources development projects;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd9c261670c4b4e829b266e3dfcefc7bb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>improving the capability and capacity of the workforce of the Corps of Engineers to deliver projects and other assistance;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf95f2085a72a4e359614922dc1551a63"><enum>(C)</enum><text>improving the capacity and effectiveness of Corps of Engineers consultation and liaison roles in communicating water resources needs and solutions, including regionally-specific recommendations; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8d7cf6281f3f44acb11c4b3d5d6a421e"><enum>(D)</enum><text>strengthening partnerships with non-Federal interests to advance water resources solutions.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb2effdcc785f4f4a95c5dd79df760829"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The Committee shall meet as appropriate to develop and make recommendations under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddf2995c7a86e427aade6b0b8dc4c6ccc"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Recommendations provided under paragraph (1) shall be—</text><subparagraph id="idA6730832E6D54E62914107FBBB1C8967"><enum>(A)</enum><text>included in a report submitted to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id43BC604E89EA43E5A861C7D4D62D661D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>made publicly available, including on a publicly available website.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3be6b9a4b75f4c19aaf0d5184de37b0f"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Independent judgment</header><text>Any recommendation made by the Committee to the Secretary and the Chief of Engineers under subsection (c)(1) shall reflect the independent judgment of the Committee.</text></subsection><subsection id="ide177e25a88f14f4ea63b7d5aabfe286b"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Administration</header><paragraph id="id148997cec5704fe3b691223888126739"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Committee shall be subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddc18b56dd2334428bf2a8bd9c5321465"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (3), the members of the Committee shall serve without compensation.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb25d2791fb8c4f159db0ed00c4ddd0d4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Travel expenses</header><text>The members of the Committee shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/57">chapter 57</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the Committee.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id034fe2c3964c40e5b91b504375a71a90"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>The members of the Committee shall not be considered to be Federal employees and the meetings and reports of the Committee shall not be considered a major Federal action 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>).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id600b05c190954fe8887a9af4e59b0c61"><enum>116.</enum><header>Underserved community harbor projects</header><subsection id="id6EC9E03A07E5419C8580A21C5D98F929"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id4265F3D2AD71489F980D120B82E4274B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Project</header><text>The term <term>project</term> means a single cycle of dredging of an underserved community harbor and the associated placement of dredged material at a beneficial use placement site or disposal site.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2D230E46C5A24B138358C685D139FB8A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Underserved community harbor</header><text>The term <term>underserved community harbor</term> means an emerging harbor (as defined in section 210(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2238">33 U.S.C. 2238(f)</external-xref>)) for which—</text><subparagraph id="idC2753D4DF72F4FA39DAFE60CA76B3E17" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>no Federal funds have been obligated for maintenance dredging in the current fiscal year or in any of the 4 preceding fiscal years; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF6A0AF092BB546A09AD88B5E9C557755" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>State and local investments in infrastructure have been made during the preceding 4 fiscal years.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="id150F8864CFCD4693A8E1D760660BCFD7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may carry out projects to dredge underserved community harbors for purposes of sustaining water-dependent commercial and recreational activities at such harbors.</text></subsection><subsection id="id0e494544f9914dfbbeff22b45e8b8738"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Justification</header><text>The Secretary may carry out a project under this section if the Secretary determines that the cost of the project is reasonable in relation to the sum of—</text><paragraph id="idb50b8fae2c4544e9a36f94a48e2c1701"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the local or regional economic benefits; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc55f9e4327a4478bade59aaf192b7e29"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idc2165c43082e4bc68ab3a6a867c848b0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the environmental benefits, including the benefits to the aquatic environment to be derived from the creation of wetland and control of shoreline erosion; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFA343D63831F460A9E4929EBD952631B" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>other social effects, including protection against loss of life and contributions to local or regional cultural heritage.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4d113c24cdc84838b6eea56b7c3676a6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Cost share</header><text>The non-Federal share of the cost of a project carried out under this section shall be determined in accordance with—</text><paragraph id="id3da7bcfde1b642efa461a94189c6ce73"><enum>(1)</enum><text>subsection (a), (b), (c), or (d), as applicable, of 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>), for any portion of the cost of the project allocated to flood or coastal storm risk management, ecosystem restoration, or recreation; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id940D1CDBF6C640969AD32DEFF4D6655D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>section 101(b)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2211">33 U.S.C. 2211(b)(1)</external-xref>), for the portion of the cost of the project other than a portion described in paragraph (1). </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfd4faa4f69ae4f449272961ab246f9ac"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Clarification</header><text>The Secretary shall not require the non-Federal interest for a project carried out under this section to perform additional operation and maintenance activities at the beneficial use placement site or the disposal site for such project.</text></subsection><subsection id="id946005dcd45046f6b6539e05f7134df3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Federal participation limit</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of a project under this section shall not exceed $10,000,000.</text></subsection><subsection id="id02158f44ba544650bc17348f707bac01"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><paragraph id="id86df01e6b63c4b11b18248aaddc6053b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2026.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id82dffa1cd3e247bfa6b8936cb8f01a04"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special rule</header><text>Not less than 35 percent of the amounts made available to carry out this section for each fiscal year shall be used for projects that include the beneficial use of dredged material.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd7eab9aeb9904b4097207804e17062d2"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>Carrying out a project under this section shall not affect the eligibility of an underserved community harbor for Federal operation and maintenance funding otherwise authorized for the underserved community harbor.</text></subsection></section><section id="id78cf28a9b64f425690917813030968b8"><enum>117.</enum><header>Corps of Engineers Western Water Cooperative Committee</header><subsection id="id2dbe497d7f504fe2b4688a3a450e0522"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds that—</text><paragraph id="id0f10536bf6e6446eb213089f720287c5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a bipartisan coalition of 19 Western Senators wrote to the Office of Management and Budget on September 17, 2019, in opposition to the proposed rulemaking entitled <quote>Use of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Reservoir Projects for Domestic, Municipal & Industrial Water Supply</quote> (81 Fed. Reg. 91556 (December 16, 2016)), describing the rule as counter to existing law and court precedent;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide6154632aba240af9900f08876e92eb4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>on January 21, 2020, the proposed rulemaking described in paragraph (1) was withdrawn; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd0a097d02f2a4f94b1629356b2045c33"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Corps of Engineers should consult with Western States to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that operation of flood control projects in prior appropriation States is consistent with the principles of the first section of the Act of December 22, 1944 (commonly known as the <quote>Flood Control Act of 1944</quote>) (58 Stat. 887, chapter 665; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701-1">33 U.S.C. 701–1</external-xref>) and 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>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id729f2839bd2e42ac8a3cc74896468456"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><paragraph id="id9c69748607064ad2b822bd19abec7ecf"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a Western Water Cooperative Committee (referred to in this section as the <quote>Cooperative Committee</quote>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id27bea78b58bd44c0ab5e5d3febdd3360"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of the Cooperative Committee is to ensure that Corps of Engineers flood control projects in Western States are operated consistent with congressional directives by identifying opportunities to avoid or minimize conflicts between operation of Corps of Engineers projects and State water rights and water laws.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0ec1224ccc4c467fbc0b8f45ecf56fd8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Membership</header><subparagraph id="iddd7358f114114d73a480aaf8d79b3eab"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Cooperative Committee shall be composed of—</text><clause id="id1ad124441e8c434e945055cbc8fb95fd"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works (or a designee);</text></clause><clause id="id5F4EE78574434DDFAF196E2EF94BF4EB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Chief of Engineers (or a designee);</text></clause><clause id="idfceb97a95ff642af98004cae7f38d8c7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>1 representative from each of the States of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming, who may serve on the Western States Water Council, to be appointed by the Governor of each State;</text></clause><clause id="ida89f74c843b84c5ebc31731d73746828"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>1 representative with legal experience from each of the States of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming, to be appointed by the Attorney General of each State; and</text></clause><clause id="idca04a32373d7402592cdc697d43fb030" commented="no"><enum>(v)</enum><text>1 employee from each of the impacted regional offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id813b554b9c3a4115b0cd63af75fd8bdd"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Meetings</header><subparagraph id="id4C03D7C3F87243919E3938A4BDD108FE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Cooperative Committee shall meet not less than once each year in a State represented on the Cooperative Committee.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0a753a44169a49b9b8d42dbac6fbd67e"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Available to public</header><text>Each meeting of the Cooperative Committee shall be open and accessible to the public. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF1B8448C1F9B44B28AFC6753A07A3CAF"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>The Cooperative Committee shall publish in the Federal Register adequate advance notice of a meeting of the Cooperative Committee. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6a235e3233f743d79aa66372ee69d2d3"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Cooperative Committee shall develop and make recommendations to avoid or minimize conflicts between the operation of Corps of Engineers projects and State water rights and water laws, which may include recommendations for legislation or the promulgation of policy or regulations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id64774c22dd984544bebb8ecae9809514"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Status updates</header><subparagraph id="ide3bcb1582dd54a3392ece737e970830a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On an annual basis, the Secretary shall provide to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a written report that includes—</text><clause id="idcf722446466a49bfaccc33bdcd1df1b7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a summary of the contents of meetings of the Cooperative Committee; and</text></clause><clause id="idb9783d85fcdf48cf9b480cc095f9a737"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a description of any recommendations made by the Cooperative Committee under paragraph (5), including actions taken by the Secretary in response to such recommendations.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfb4c008fcd2145b58a1a9b65fc2ae4f0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Comment</header><clause id="id7ef664792b024a49b5807dfa6684b78b"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 45 days following the conclusion of a meeting of the Cooperative Committee, the Secretary shall provide to members of the Cooperative Committee an opportunity to comment on the contents of the meeting and any recommendations.</text></clause><clause id="id414fdc98d5c4488fb3b2a8fbe89b541d"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>Comments provided under clause (i) shall be included in the report provided under subparagraph (A).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id048e89b719da449498d4b64a31163268"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Compensation</header><subparagraph id="idca35cf3cf5f546f0a746cb1e39580dd8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the members of the Cooperative Committee shall serve without compensation.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id58665e6ea9d44f7885d6d860c02f5642"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Travel expenses</header><text>The members of the Cooperative Committee shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/57">chapter 57</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the Cooperative Committee.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id19d3835a5b9142d9a46e2ab557f57ef1"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Maintenance of records</header><text>The Cooperative Committee shall maintain records pertaining to operating costs and records of the Cooperative Committee for a period of not less than 3 years.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id0E4435E0465B4C858819DE2668FA95E2"><enum>118.</enum><header>Updates to certain water control manuals</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">On request of the Governor of State in which the Governor declared a statewide drought disaster in 2021, the Secretary is authorized to update water control manuals for waters in the State, with priority given to those waters that accommodate a water supply project. </text></section><section id="id7cdfcb257fe24822a231a60d06596ff4"><enum>119.</enum><header>Retention of recreation fees</header><subsection id="idad01400824b2465482ae90fb19317c8c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 210(b) of the River and Harbor Act of 1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/460d-3">16 U.S.C. 460d–3(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id834492432ac848a98e20270fc084454c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10999f8c9781410f9b80b80bc9deb3a9"><paragraph id="id5e1103435e2442f89b1c767c5b8bf18d"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Deposit into Treasury account</header><text>All fees collected under this subsection shall—</text><subparagraph id="id60BAC50A47F1409F956FF3C47BC1E826"><enum>(A)</enum><text>be deposited in a special account in the Treasury; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5F72DE46F5E04EEE963248912886ABD1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be available for use, without further appropriation, for the operation and maintenance of recreation sites and facilities under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army, subject to the condition that not less than 80 percent of fees collected at a specific recreation site are utilized at that site.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id46ee166980314047b4eda5a853cb691e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB3DC79B5B3C24118B2531450AF8A39BE"><paragraph id="id882cfd48156049a793583a41016751f4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Supplement, not supplant</header><text>Fees collected under this subsection—</text><subparagraph id="id2F83BCFEAB544D7994CBCB4B264E3644"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be in addition to annual appropriated funding provided for the operation and maintenance of recreation sites and facilities under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5258FAA115A8438D876C846E54A26565"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall not be used as a basis for reducing annual appropriated funding for those purposes.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id89868201ef6b440a8cca8ee3bf52e41e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Special accounts</header><text>Amounts in the special account for the Corps of Engineers described in section 210(b)(4) of the River and Harbor Act of 1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/460d-3">16 U.S.C. 460d–3(b)(4)</external-xref>) (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act) that are unobligated on that date shall—</text><paragraph id="id4506D06016804FB688718BE3A4626C33"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be transferred to the special account established under section 210(b)(4) of the River and Harbor Act of 1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/460d-3">16 U.S.C. 460d–3(b)(4)</external-xref>) (as amended by subsection (a)(1)); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA4BB534887454810AE71C57E641E4BA7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>be available to the Secretary for operation and maintenance of any recreation sites and facilities under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, without further appropriation.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id6153039721234a1bb2c07015a0533984"><enum>120.</enum><header>Relocation assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In the case of a water resources development project using nonstructural measures for the elevation or modification of a dwelling that is the primary residence of an owner-occupant and that requires the owner-occupant to relocate temporarily from the dwelling during the period of construction, the Secretary may include in the value of the land, easements, and rights-of-way required for the project or measure the documented reasonable living expenses, excluding food and personal transportation, incurred by the owner-occupant during the period of relocation.</text></section><section id="idA3752EE42136451EAA24D1490F22C391"><enum>121.</enum><header>Reprogramming limits</header><subsection id="idCFB45540D5FF47BA8929140DE4DE653D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Operations and maintenance</header><text>In reprogramming funds made available to the Secretary for operations and maintenance—</text><paragraph id="id764C5418948F4F43A7F4E56A83ABD392"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary may not reprogram more than 25 percent of the base amount up to a limit of—</text><subparagraph id="id6220ABE2F4854931A5F5BE28EEBE531E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$8,500,000 for a project, study, or activity with a base level over $1,000,000; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF0D78227F76A465D8708D2DA891160C1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$250,000 for a project, study, or activity with a base level of $1,000,000 or less; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idEF0057DF70BF42B88B87790FAC650EF8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$250,000 may be reprogrammed for any continuing study or activity of the Secretary that did not receive an appropriation.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2AA82A69D2C14C92ADC40F6F614FAF59"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Investigations</header><text>In reprogramming funds made available to the Secretary for investigations—</text><paragraph id="id8E04E042BDFC4699B573153735DFD478"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary may not reprogram more than $150,000 for a project, study, or activity with a base level over $100,000; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF1F2E5E9190D433AAACC8835BADFF660"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$150,000 may be reprogrammed for any continuing study or activity of the Secretary that did not receive an appropriation for existing obligations and concomitant administrative expenses. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idB6602D3FCA714A3DA3DCA4A14D463D2A"><enum>122.</enum><header>Lease durations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall issue guidance on, in the case of a leasing decision pursuant to section 2667 of title 10, United States Code, or section 4 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (commonly known as the <quote>Flood Control Act of 1944</quote>) (58 Stat. 889, chapter 665; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/460d">16 U.S.C. 460d</external-xref>), instances in which a lease duration in excess of 25 years is appropriate. </text></section><section id="id17783AE021DB437D89E7E20B175C7C9F"><enum>123.</enum><header>Sense of Congress relating to post-disaster repairs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that in permitting and funding post-disaster repairs, the Secretary should, to the maximum extent practicable, repair assets—</text><paragraph id="idCE49FB34EB504ADBA2F8C1A910847DF4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to project design levels; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE9EC92B2BEA240F1B3F54FCAB05E8560"><enum>(2)</enum><text>if the original project design is outdated, to above project design levels.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idBC72885F095B40C3BBD83340974C52FF"><enum>124.</enum><header>Payment of pay and allowances of certain officers from appropriation for improvements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 36 of the Act of August 10, 1956 (70A Stat. 634, chapter 1041; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/583a">33 U.S.C. 583a</external-xref>), is amended—</text><paragraph id="id48E218E6B9FD49B5B9E3013B6385C23D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Regular officers of the Corps of Engineers of the Army, and reserve officers of the Army who are assigned to the Corps of Engineers,</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC0E73F1F0E9F44F6BD171F6DD63816A1"><subsection id="id876009441008493890431F93449AA0DA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The personnel described in subsection (b)</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id06D2617278184013B7EDE1501A8FBF5E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDB0514BEC3054AC99E6955758CCCB516"><subsection id="id450B0D55CEB348218C305D6636245076"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Personnel described</header><text>The personnel referred to in subsection (a) are the following:</text><paragraph id="ide17709a385c74b54939f559b4d4d51e7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Regular officers of the Corps of Engineers of the Army.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbfbeb491b2c543409fe7e1c3c43d7e3b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The following members of the Army who are assigned to the Corps of Engineers:</text><subparagraph id="idfb052d32ab57447296c7bac0adda0fab"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Reserve component officers.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id32dfdadefbf24500890555e4db9985b2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Warrant officers (whether regular or reserve component).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0e2a38fd02154aa59510090591f0a711"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Enlisted members (whether regular or reserve component).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id9ea08cb3503a480487f2387a7fd9b649"><enum>125.</enum><header>Reforestation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary is encouraged to consider measures to restore swamps and other wetland forests in studies for water resources development projects for ecosystem restoration and flood and coastal storm risk management.</text></section><section id="id84bb6295451d47f6b377e8a227d60c8e"><enum>126.</enum><header>Use of other Federal funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2007 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2222">33 U.S.C. 2222</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idc958336780df467fbfc4e9dda075992e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>water resources study or project</quote> and inserting <quote>water resources development study or project, including a study or project under a continuing authority program (as defined in section 7001(c)(1)(D) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2282d">33 U.S.C. 2282d(c)(1)(D)</external-xref>)),</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb5aa4712214140f8aeb9f69ede54aabe"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the Federal agency that provides the funds determines that the funds are authorized to be used to carry out the study or project</quote> and inserting <quote>the funds appropriated to the Federal agency are for a purpose that is similar or complementary to the purpose of the study or project</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id7FE8098775094685B31B2729ADF61538"><enum>127.</enum><header>National low-head dam inventory</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA039ECDA3BE64CE781BC4875B8C3532A"><section id="idF0455B6E39B74DD4979BF208FA9EC147"><enum>15.</enum><header>National low-head dam inventory</header><subsection id="id7830E8660E4A4451A8E365E4F4F0D047"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id9F9582EBC3C14360937CA9CF718F134F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Inventory</header><text>The term <term>inventory</term> means the national low-head dam inventory developed under subsection (b)(1). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA3596881CC504FB885BF5081174504AA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Low-head dam</header><text>The term <term>low-head dam</term> means a river-wide dam that generally spans a stream channel, blocking the waterway and creating a backup of water behind the dam, with a drop off over the wall of not less than 6 inches and not more than 25 feet.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA29378DD7A404B27B6A375C701E1820F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Army. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8B5A1AFAA2734D359F305CB268E0E806"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National low-head dam inventory</header><paragraph id="idE6ECC99188B5448BB538DE5D1ED61ABA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary, in consultation with the heads of appropriate Federal and State agencies, shall—</text><subparagraph id="id6133A767A08F4B4EBF95B49FD9DC6FFE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>develop an inventory of low-head dams in the United States that includes—</text><clause id="idDA901EA992464D319CA414E5AD2DD2E8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the location, ownership, description, current use, condition, height, and length of each low-head dam; </text></clause><clause id="id6C6DF89390734DBB935C8AD1AB2AFFFC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any information on public safety conditions at each low-head dam; </text></clause><clause id="idB35AE5CBCF2C4B8BA4E132DA227A7006"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>public safety information on the dangers of low-head dams; </text></clause><clause id="id0D3E0B0CA07346EB96EF9860AB8E05B1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a directory of financial and technical assistance resources available to reduce safety hazards and fish passage barriers at low-head dams; and </text></clause><clause id="id7B4E3633ABE444579963FC0489BB6F4C"><enum>(v)</enum><text>any other relevant information concerning low-head dams; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id977622D2F6744146B0DB0369E803123E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submit the inventory to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8AC7420B81CF49E5B5EE3CF2B52AB98A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Data</header><text>In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph id="id3D473A66DE7B4FABAC77E39E2838FCF4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>coordinate with Federal and State agencies and other relevant entities; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC45383CBF25B472F97A92585A3A52EAB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>use data provided to the Secretary by those agencies.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7349B510C7CC40F09084135E7BCA97EA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with appropriate Federal and State agencies, shall maintain and periodically publish updates to the inventory.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0ADF2FCF50264773BE80C9652834D362"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $30,000,000.</text></subsection><subsection id="id0FA01059495E448EA69ACEB37B138C77"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Clarification</header><text>Nothing in this section provides authority to the Secretary to carry out an activity, with respect to a low-head dam, that is not explicitly authorized under this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id2b5848f428894353b34959ebc7ab859c"><enum>128.</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="idfb2c898626ab46e7981e46feb940d33a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaf780eb3c3df4d6cac25b207289f11e9"><paragraph id="id7edb00275e4145fda8559357da52a365"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Studies and projects with multiple non-Federal interests</header><text>A credit described in paragraph (1) for a study or project with multiple non-Federal interests may be applied to the required non-Federal cost share for a study or project of any of those non-Federal interests, subject to the condition that each non-Federal interest for the study or project for which the credit described in paragraph (1) is provided concurs in writing.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idcdf4290a64bc4a4f80d6be9b3f3abd44"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id78d2bfb3c3cb496caed078c8aaace34d"><paragraph id="id36435fabc3ee40f597de1e69b576626b"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Conditional approval of excess credit</header><text>The Secretary may approve credit in excess of the non-Federal share for a study or project prior to the identification of each authorized study or project to which the excess credit will be applied, subject to the condition that the non-Federal interest agrees to submit for approval by the Secretary an amendment to the comprehensive plan prepared under paragraph (2) that identifies each authorized study or project in advance of execution of the feasibility cost sharing agreement or project partnership agreement for that authorized study or project.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idf8d9c7f59ab34774b05205db38e66d0a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsection (d); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5e4f714d68a2487f8d937be15aa5d0a5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d).</text></paragraph></section><section id="id089a4c85af9f4e828f202cac9b0ea747"><enum>129.</enum><header>National levee restoration</header><subsection id="idccee453da330493abd792b44451d0aa7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of rehabilitation</header><text>Section 9002(13) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3301">33 U.S.C. 3301(13)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id18345ac53aae40099b9aea1eec400b92"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, or improvement</quote> after <quote>removal</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4fede12a674843b8ab5fb029686cd524"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, increase resiliency to extreme weather events,</quote> after <quote>flood risk</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9aac36014f0a412eb0fb343114c52c4b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Levee rehabilitation assistance program</header><text>Section 9005(h) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3303a">33 U.S.C. 3303a(h)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idab4e52bc4ed84bbc8b799a697933123d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by striking <quote>$10,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$25,000,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7719562b3e024b4d8e14515e1a21beae"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id102f67c0c16d4caab3c49c279014511a"><paragraph id="id51ec3c054cdf4b47afa082bda39c8852"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Prioritization</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall prioritize the provision of assistance under this subsection to economically disadvantaged communities (as defined pursuant to section 160 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (<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/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>)).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idD9FCD845FE5645A9981267D5C9381E25"><enum>130.</enum><header>Inland waterways regional dredge pilot program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1111 of the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2326">33 U.S.C. 2326</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/270">Public Law 115–270</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id310C41881167485CB08887D3E968D671"><subsection id="idC69F20BAE7094D1DB2C1948E31631642"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Inland waterways regional dredge pilot program</header><paragraph id="id8A9AD9001D214ECABB189B3D76154E67"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to establish a pilot program (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>pilot program</quote>) to conduct a multiyear dredging demonstration program to award contracts with a duration of up to 5 years for projects on inland waterways. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id38992BDB73F64A529C604358D4AA5F99"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of the pilot program shall be—</text><subparagraph id="id6c41407c7c834c1e819a3897c31c11c5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to increase the reliability, availability, and efficiency of federally-owned and federally-operated inland waterways projects;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaa097be05c04434a9a9bc10cc4136a94"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to decrease operational risks across the inland waterways system; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf2824ee5886f4b0288b021851fafd96d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to provide cost-savings by combining work across multiple projects across different accounts of the Corps of Engineers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id880F70D136BD431884C4FB97B403EE53"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Demonstration</header><subparagraph id="idE202EEA2C6744EC39352AEABD21CF1CE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, award contracts for projects on inland waterways that combine work across the Construction and Operation and Maintenance accounts of the Corps of Engineers.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id05BA416C6AE04D2B91BD69DE15678646"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Projects</header><text> In awarding contracts under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall consider projects that—</text><clause id="idcf35064de34d4fcb94d03f1892898966"><enum>(i)</enum><text>improve navigation reliability on inland waterways that are accessible year-round;</text></clause><clause id="id60cbf9dbf5e54f809eb0685de137241c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>increase freight capacity on inland waterways; and</text></clause><clause id="idd7ad79c1a78e4e098bbda02b8d8bf676"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>have the potential to enhance the availability of containerized cargo on inland waterways.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idfe13c4ca44394771a428fe0c0a765ff4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Savings clause</header><text>Nothing in this subsection affects the responsibility of the Secretary with respect to the construction and operations and maintenance of projects on the inland waterways system.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4636CD236B684C478D2B7822C32DD280"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date on which the first contract is awarded pursuant to the pilot program, 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 evaluates, with respect to the pilot program and any contracts awarded under the pilot program—</text><subparagraph id="id430C5A46C56A441CBF8B0DC5E181DB9C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>cost effectiveness;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id734CBA881C114408A6141C902389004F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reliability and performance;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8E90F7E2CF0D40BABD5BB2647658CA21"><enum>(C)</enum><text>cost savings attributable to mobilization and demobilization of dredge equipment; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4D691556395947EC9B53489459FE28C3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>response times to address navigational impediments.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA59F6CC7F95F4838B17BC08F3215FB41"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Sunset</header><text>The authority of the Secretary to enter into contracts pursuant to the pilot program shall expire on the date that is 10 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id3d0290f6d5d94b6e9d9518ce9905e16a"><enum>131.</enum><header>Funding to process permits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 214(a)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2352">33 U.S.C. 2352(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id63a1b0840b1b4f22a1e0b37580ce9b1f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id782d65f1e43c43f0b6d9c5d508212465"><subparagraph id="id4cea604a71af48a192d66aa5f329b227"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idc5a926bcc1b542fbbce9cc6a14db93b9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87c791d2abdc4ee5913b1c9516b1f68c"><subparagraph id="id40c8f9dabc424221a575dc732c760847"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Multi-user mitigation bank instrument processing</header><clause id="id3bd4054a9b214c6d816e278402343a59"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An activity carried out by the Secretary to expedite evaluation of a permit described in subparagraph (A) may include the evaluation of an instrument for a mitigation bank if—</text><subclause id="id2a146b1c811c4170b3b3d46d9d1adc1a"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the non-Federal public entity, public-utility company, natural gas company, or railroad carrier applying for the permit described in that subparagraph is the sponsor of the mitigation bank; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id8f10c88ea3424e37a3f0ea81dd5ff8d0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>expediting evaluation of the instrument is necessary to expedite evaluation of the permit described in that subparagraph.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idb2c52c8d1d7c4d24b52fed98b49a49fb"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Use of credits</header><text>The use of credits generated by the mitigation bank established using expedited processing under clause (i) shall be limited to current and future projects and activities of the entity, company, or carrier described in subclause (I) of that clause for a public purpose, except that in the case of a non-Federal public entity, not more than 25 percent of the credits may be sold to other public and private entities.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id107f01484e7546f980a126d5ebc2f093"><enum>132.</enum><header>Non-Federal project implementation pilot program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1043(b) 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—</text><paragraph id="id064104db565a45988ae78d115dc5fc08"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>or discrete segment</quote> after <quote>separable element</quote> each place it appears; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8b7f3321625c470ea1381508d9aa84c2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0b00da458ae84ecf8eea313d0b4e3800"><paragraph id="idcf131b46836447f99f535868e9e525ad"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Definition of discrete segment</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>discrete segment</term> means a physical portion of a project or separable element that the non-Federal interest can operate and maintain, independently and without creating a hazard, in advance of final completion of the water resources development project, or separable element thereof.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id8D5223401E26471C8A38762DA1E14E5B"><enum>133.</enum><header>Cost sharing for territories and Indian Tribes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1156 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2310">33 U.S.C. 2310</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2092AA0D7B1742DDB39EF016153938AB"><subsection id="id13DC0951985642448399BBFEA1CA84BC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application to studies</header><paragraph id="id9F1ACBEEAF2141DB822278AC3E2B02E3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>study</term> includes watershed assessments. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id65F085C8B4C24648A3CB25D88C9F1762"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Application</header><text>The Secretary shall apply the waiver amount described in subsection (a) to reduce only the non-Federal share of study costs.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="ida9ab57e32cc04e5788e6f3bd41171aeb"><enum>134.</enum><header>Water supply conservation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1116 of the WIIN Act (130 Stat. 1639) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id4255441dc20b437ea54886158b35604b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>during the 1-year period ending on the date of enactment of this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>for at least 2 years during the 10-year period preceding a request from a non-Federal interest for assistance under this section</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idca3a2d1a9a2d4a4aa68f62238a5e28a6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(4), by inserting <quote>, including measures utilizing a natural feature or nature-based feature (as those terms are defined in section 1184(a)) to reduce drought risk</quote> after <quote>water supply</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idF8DC65D600E74602AD258C0A0871A37D"><enum>135.</enum><header>Criteria for funding operation and maintenance of small, remote, and subsistence harbors</header><subsection id="idAB7AB4E9CA174A228365634D5354386C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop specific criteria for the annual evaluation and ranking of maintenance dredging requirements for small, remote, and subsistence harbors, taking into account the criteria provided in the joint explanatory statement of managers accompanying division D of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>; 134 Stat. 1352). </text></subsection><subsection id="id26DA2092C46046CB8F5251D494CD682C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusion in guidance</header><text>The Secretary shall include the criteria developed under subsection (a) in the annual Civil Works Direct Program Development Policy Guidance of the Secretary. </text></subsection><subsection id="id7D5F2048AEC347C98AF05F1966B620C4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>For fiscal year 2024, and biennially thereafter, in conjunction with the annual budget submission of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 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 identifies the ranking of projects in accordance with the criteria developed under subsection (a). </text></subsection></section><section id="id08E0EE5B312A4D4F823ABB876B3B0131"><enum>136.</enum><header>Protection of lighthouses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 1946 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701r">33 U.S.C. 701r</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>lighthouses, including those lighthouses with historical value,</quote> after <quote>schools,</quote>.</text></section><section id="id2F0F223C56D1400AAF33F299F35AB28F"><enum>137.</enum><header>Expediting hydropower at Corps of Engineers facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1008 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2321b">33 U.S.C. 2321b</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id55fb498bff3f44158302981442aefb3c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), by inserting <quote>and to meet the requirements of subsection (b)</quote> after <quote>projects</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbce9fc34748c4fe3a6c19b429f0c494d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id35a8c5de9b9c496aa56fae502e2c1279"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (a) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id207b3f05cba641a5883eba76288da687"><subsection id="ide5fbe150eb6746cc872c57b98a161309"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Implementation of policy</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="id3c13f99a50f64bcea70d84c2dd9cc32d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensure that the policy described in subsection (a) is implemented nationwide in an efficient, consistent, and coordinated manner; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id348c96a39d4a43489b58398182dcc89d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>assess opportunities—</text><subparagraph id="id82640d446b214a84a46c2b7d1bac1559"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to increase the development of hydroelectric power at existing hydroelectric water resources development projects of the Corps of Engineers; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id27aa98a3ed4a4df0b25f634b4c03fec1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to develop new hydroelectric power at nonpowered water resources development projects of the Corps of Engineers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id1e72df0de17e442ba04be3f1b141e184"><enum>138.</enum><header>Materials, services, and funds for repair, restoration, or rehabilitation of certain public recreation facilities</header><subsection id="id107eb5a29d5e499f8b0573b775e20553"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of eligible public recreation facility</header><text>In this section, the term <term>eligible public recreation facility</term> means a facility at a reservoir operated by the Corps of Engineers that—</text><paragraph id="id69130ad353ae4eebbe868c69aed0f56e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>was constructed to enable public use of and access to the reservoir; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idacb69b95e929449381221d5ad63e6364"><enum>(2)</enum><text>requires repair, restoration, or rehabilitation to function.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2fa1d86df5fb4d5baa1de4907ca8cf55"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>During a period of low water at an eligible public recreation facility, the Secretary is authorized—</text><paragraph id="id17704e1237f848b8907260899742facc"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to accept and use materials, services, and funds from a non-Federal interest to repair, restore, or rehabilitate the facility; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2438d0fa09044c4fb7f45f54820889ba"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to reimburse the non-Federal interest for the Federal share of the materials, services, or funds.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4193a9d6101540cb9d4bed0bcd4ab25e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The Secretary may not reimburse a non-Federal interest for the use of materials or services accepted under this section unless the materials or services—</text><paragraph id="id7b91ae65dfc043338b9116132fcd8057"><enum>(1)</enum><text>meet the specifications of the Secretary; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id71e72419bf4a447ba48f350364b5ef66"><enum>(2)</enum><text>comply with all applicable laws and regulations that would apply if the materials and services were acquired by the Secretary, including subchapter IV of chapter 31 and <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/40/37">chapter 37</external-xref> of title 40, United States Code, section 8302 of title 41, United States Code, and 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></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id880da013619941d7916714bd3776c76a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Agreement</header><text>Before the acceptance of materials, services, or funds under this section, the Secretary and the non-Federal interest shall enter into an agreement that—</text><paragraph id="idcb4675820a764ad1847d27ea84922efb"><enum>(1)</enum><text>specifies that the non-Federal interest shall hold and save the United States free from any and all damages that arise from use of materials or services of the non-Federal interest, except for damages due to the fault or negligence of the United States or its contractors;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb2b20bddfd0446958e4131eddea1802f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>requires that the non-Federal interest shall certify that the materials or services comply with all applicable laws and regulations under subsection (c); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddbff3ca0f7114895b3d32728e2512452"><enum>(3)</enum><text>includes any other term or condition required by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id67e6486d94b34bc1b19168528ceb8768"><enum>139.</enum><header>Dredged material management plans</header><subsection id="id301657637f9a4c88a7ef0a068a92bd55"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall prioritize implementation of section 125(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2326h">33 U.S.C. 2326h</external-xref>) at federally authorized harbors in the State of Ohio.</text></subsection><subsection id="idd6967e81686142c0b961e5a8e7764619"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Each dredged material management plan prepared by the Secretary under section 125(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2326h">33 U.S.C. 2326h</external-xref>) for a federally authorized harbor in the State of Ohio shall—</text><paragraph id="id0910bd7e13f84f20a370910673b05ed0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>include, in the baseline conditions, an annual prohibition on use of funding for open-lake disposal of dredged material; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7fce0249d00b4af783839207d8ada4ea"><enum>(2)</enum><text>maximize beneficial use of dredged material under the base plan and under 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>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4067ada681424661a2631b0a1f5bcf37"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>This section does not—</text><paragraph id="id59bd40db08c94a5eb6ee2924815a84d2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>impose a prohibition on use of funding for open-lake disposal of dredged material; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id223924480496463bb590d3e88eabfa0b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>require the development or implementation of a dredged material management plan in accordance with subsection (b) if use of funding for open-lake disposal is not otherwise prohibited by law.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id850ce5fd21df4e1fa10348df3fd7bbad"><enum>140.</enum><header>Lease deviations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall fully implement the requirements of section 153 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2658).</text></section><section id="id87780d27a8fd420c96a517c9d33f049e"><enum>141.</enum><header>Columbia River Basin flood risk management</header><subsection id="id3e1d093edff04d4cb9716b50f68f7319"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary is encouraged to utilize all existing authorities of the Secretary to facilitate—</text><paragraph id="id0ac3905c416648248465dcc5a7a8d7e1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the renegotiation of the Treaty Relating to Cooperative Development of the Water Resources of the Columbia River Basin, signed at Washington January 17, 1961 (15 UST 1555; TIAS 5638); and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id79990e6fc38843efae27f3fb041cff82"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the execution of the obligations of the United States under the Treaty described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idef24d82bdc5c44eaba611cd19d100922"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Status updates</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the enactment of this Act and not less frequently than biannually thereafter, the Secretary shall update the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives on—</text><paragraph id="idb80742fa1a194951b268095596667efd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the status of activities carried out by the Secretary under subsection (a); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb56fd5f096a44a89bd79b9b255a25a96"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any recommendations for legislation to authorize the Secretary to carry out additional activities for the purposes described in subsection (a).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id29f5316dd8a64bf9bdf0c74b0de723a5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Expiration</header><text>The requirements of subsection (b) shall terminate on the date that is not later than 1 year after ratification of any successor treaty to the Treaty described in subsection (a)(1).</text></subsection></section><section id="id2728a9a4d39248f584353e057b0f8a49"><enum>142.</enum><header>Continuation of construction</header><subsection id="id37f1cb3987d34e0da809c75a7a5bdace"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall not include the amount of Federal obligations incurred and non-Federal contributions provided for an authorized water resources development project during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2025, for purposes of determining if the cost of the project exceeds the maximum cost of the project under section 902 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2280">33 U.S.C. 2280</external-xref>).</text></subsection><subsection id="ida2ea4ddd7a5a41b9a642b154d235e42d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Continuation of construction</header><paragraph id="id9A6499E1598347948E2D9BF45A60AF86"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall not, solely on the basis of section 902 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2280">33 U.S.C. 2280</external-xref>)—</text><subparagraph id="id80ac166a4e144fd1b0bf09534d7ab1d9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>defer the initiation or continuation of construction of a water resources development project during the period described in subsection (a); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1d5facb9c0df4f8f958961cad7662088"><enum>(B)</enum><text>terminate a contract for design or construction of a water resources development project entered into during the period described in subsection (a) after expiration of that period.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id15628EB2518840458FBC2F235EDB6B83"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Resumption of construction</header><text>The Secretary shall resume construction of any water resources development project for which construction was deferred on the basis of section 902 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2280">33 U.S.C. 2280</external-xref>) during the period beginning on October 1, 2021, and ending on the date of enactment of this Act. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id112a3b3f342c46d4b87faead15b70164"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Statutory construction</header><text>Nothing in this section waives the obligation of the Secretary to 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 post-authorization change report recommending an increase in the authorized cost of a project if the project otherwise would exceed the maximum cost of the project under section 902 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2280">33 U.S.C. 2280</external-xref>). </text></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Studies and reports </header><section id="idfb294bb5053046e591abd816861eb4a5"><enum>201.</enum><header>Authorization of feasibility studies</header><subsection id="idb9f45e2f727e4df9bb4b5c30452bf4ff"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to investigate the feasibility of the following projects:</text><paragraph id="id6373d97b89384b22974f2a7432ac636d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Mill Creek Levee and Walla Walla River, Oregon.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id82c75f09147e4c13a827bef835a70d57"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, Tittabawassee River, Chippewa River, Pine River, and Tobacco River, Michigan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idada0c43cdba74a11a8b4683de685f20a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Southeast Michigan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb575658bc30b464fbb96dedee1e407f3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, McMicken Dam, Arizona.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc5888dcc29134f389b44608e9ee677c1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Ellicott City and Howard County, Maryland.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf07f48f5462d42b79c24361ef3b66c0d"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Ten Mile River, North Attleboro, Massachusetts.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0F309B092E25438991BD4D2297A2921A"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management and water supply, Fox-Wolf Basin, Wisconsin. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7A5FD94FBEA346259128176DC859E594"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, Thatchbed Island, Essex, Connecticut. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2FD8D82173A34F8F928BC279F1F2D27B"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Project for flood and coastal storm risk management, Cape Fear River Basin, North Carolina. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5e9b9f22e8f440fea4fea6ebf4e06bea"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Lower Clear Creek and Dickinson Bayou, Texas.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id29b1c38237254ac2a2988ed9c82866d8"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, the Resacas, Hidalgo and Cameron Counties, Texas.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2a64c5b42d194a5c83176fad203a7ae9"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, including levee improvement, Papillion Creek, Nebraska.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfa15c5e16cc44884a71389e12fd35f44"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Offutt Ditch Pump Station, Nebraska.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9152de75993f4178875f573b1d9f47a9"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, navigation, and ecosystem restoration, Mohawk River Basin, New York. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3a02d722c26446b09ded55e7b4b4decc"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Project for coastal storm risk management, Waikiki Beach, Hawaii.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1c4242d47d124046b1dd71c9ac4142e0"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration and coastal storm risk management, Cumberland and Sea Islands, Georgia.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb874636ec67d4a9188124646287fe74c"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Wailupe Stream watershed, Hawaii.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd606dca0036b4e8ea9f13c335e592896"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Project for flood and coastal storm risk management, Hawaii County, Hawaii.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idffe89f5d267a4fe8b89f024d58d15c26"><enum>(19)</enum><text>Project for coastal storm risk management, Maui County, Hawaii. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8F5FCD3466A649E8AC38A85E6E2E3DD4"><enum>(20)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Sarpy County, Nebraska.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idFEF962DC335C4D9C8D37E082E8FFF127"><enum>(21)</enum><text>Project for aquatic ecosystem restoration, including habitat for endangered salmon, Columbia River Basin.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2693c3d1c38a438dbaa5be8e4bc016f8"><enum>(22)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, flood risk management, and recreation, Newport, Kentucky.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id45b6c885ebf24c209cd836f4515aa977"><enum>(23)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management and water supply, Jenkins, Kentucky.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6187421798154c3b933eab8d99aa13fc"><enum>(24)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, including riverbank stabilization, Columbus, Kentucky. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id325d1a7e61c848da98ceaf6cb047a344"><enum>(25)</enum><text>Project for flood and coastal storm risk management, navigation, and ecosystem restoration, South Shore, Long Island, New York.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6c8817bf096a45a6a8d9b0263c800fd4"><enum>(26)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, coastal storm risk management, navigation, ecosystem restoration, and water supply, Blind Brook, New York.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc7ee29c7b52141fbb477823d454d4227"><enum>(27)</enum><text>Project for navigation, Cumberland River, Kentucky. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id28b94753541a4a308b872f53bb6d1506"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Project modifications</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to investigate the feasibility of the following modifications to the following projects:</text><paragraph id="ide2ce0e5e3a8b413087518206c24f75ed"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Modifications to the project for navigation, South Haven Harbor, Michigan, for turning basin improvements.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id002CFDD737AD43D69DAE8309EFE44AB4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Modifications to the project for navigation, Rollinson Channel and channel from Hatteras Inlet to Hatteras, North Carolina, authorized by section 101 of the River and Harbor Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 1174), to incorporate the ocean bar. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id378fe8faeeea484586b46b886066108f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Modifications to the project for flood control, Saint Francis River Basin, Missouri and Arkansas, authorized by section 204 of the Flood Control Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 172, chapter 188), to provide flood risk management for the tributaries and drainage of Straight Slough, Craighead, Poinsett, and Cross Counties, Arkansas. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id166bff610c974bb1980400ae6073c962"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Modifications to the project for flood risk management, Cedar River, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, authorized by section 7002(2) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 1366), consistent with the City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Cedar River Flood Control System Master Plan. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4656F12DFF6B47DBB1950BC7774B949C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Modifications to the project for navigation, Norfolk Harbor and Channels, Virginia, for Anchorage F modifications. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id53fac0cddbc3411787b59479fc77bdf8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Modifications to the project for navigation, Savannah Harbor, Georgia, without evaluation of additional deepening. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idace370a8ff8c4ba9887948cd94f36f82"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Modifications to the project for navigation, Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii, for navigation improvements and coastal storm risk management. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA27D8133B1E64D2A98184F138973B7CE"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Modifications to the project for navigation, Port of Ogdensburg, New York, including deepening.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2B3F4C5B3F5B460CAA18BFF4B0AFE938"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Modifications to the Huntington Local Protection Project, Huntington, West Virginia.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id397f0850cf574ec9833f7dbe025c8940"><enum>202.</enum><header>Special rules</header><subsection id="idd7c08359d0dc4f32a548def56fc2c295"><enum>(a)</enum><text>The studies authorized by paragraphs (12) and (13) of section 201(a) shall be considered a continuation of the study that resulted in the Chief’s Report for the project for Papillion Creek and Tributaries Lakes, Nebraska, signed January 24, 2022. </text></subsection><subsection id="id0B64BC33375348D5B8385AA32A0DDC7C"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The study authorized by section 201(a)(17) shall be considered a resumption and a continuation of the general reevaluation initiated on December 30, 2003.</text></subsection><subsection id="idDE19196206D14533A15D9A5BF3F44B85"><enum>(c)</enum><text>In carrying out the study authorized by section 201(a)(25), the Secretary shall study the South Shore of Long Island, New York, as a whole system, including inlets that are Federal channels. </text></subsection><subsection id="id83bb8d8e3d6e4fbf87532d3a9fd56320"><enum>(d)</enum><text>The studies authorized by section 201(b) shall be considered new phase investigations afforded the same treatment as a general reevaluation.</text></subsection></section><section id="id7fe76f27bbb944c4a4bed271a4b68b62"><enum>203.</enum><header>Expedited completion of studies</header><subsection id="id80e97f7dc7204c908c8e919160922285"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Feasibility reports</header><text>The Secretary shall expedite the completion of a feasibility study for each of the following projects, and if the Secretary determines that the project is justified in a completed report, may proceed directly to preconstruction planning, engineering, and design of the project:</text><paragraph id="id6e92457f963443ca813c73e3975d0ac5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Modifications to the project for flood risk management, North Adams, Massachusetts, authorized by section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (commonly known as the <quote>Flood Control Act of 1936</quote>) (49 Stat. 1572, chapter 688; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701h">33 U.S.C. 701h</external-xref>), and section 3 of the Act of August 18, 1941 (commonly known as the <quote>Flood Control Act of 1941</quote>) (55 Stat. 639, chapter 377), for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2fbcd3173de1456abc8a45a513f5544c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Project for coastal storm risk management, Charleston Peninsula, South Carolina.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id683a1fe3dbd44dbfa833fe5fc6771d52"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Project for flood and coastal storm risk management and ecosystem restoration, Boston North Shore, Revere, Saugus, Lynn, Maiden, and Everett, Massachusetts.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id51bacbe1a4d64308b5bab3f9c2acfe55"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, De Soto County, Mississippi.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide42042865f6c433b97a849b78768d64c"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Project for coastal storm risk management, Chicago shoreline, Illinois.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id24785c3b26524546b38abdee472c1821"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Cave Buttes Dam, Arizona.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id76d443df14ae4d33a30e186cfe802bab"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Project for flood and coastal storm risk management, Chelsea, Massachusetts, authorized by a study resolution of the Committee on Public Works of the Senate dated September 12, 1969.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8cadcb7f453a46a789f8c90600c983e6"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Herring River Estuary, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, authorized by a study resolution of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives dated July 23, 1997.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb67af914fe1947e8a8fd001b84fb440f"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Project for coastal storm risk management, ecosystem restoration, and navigation, Nauset Barrier Beach and inlet system, Chatham, Massachusetts, authorized by a study resolution of the Committee on Public Works of the Senate dated September 12, 1969. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4939dabd0c5e47e583c4c60821d91890"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, East Hartford Levee System, Connecticut.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcb9c76e0178b4f8a8a795c6629b145b5"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Rahway, New Jersey, authorized by section 336 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2712).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id560ff0b8b335480681e057deb4f91265"><enum>(12)</enum><text>New York and New Jersey Harbor Channel Deepening Improvements, New York and New Jersey.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id27a70c349a7945d5b6b7683b5eabce98"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Project for coastal storm risk management, Sea Bright to Manasquan, New Jersey.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5799d5e26cf6484391c18251f6ee5fef"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Project for coastal storm risk management, Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook Bay, New Jersey. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf075bdf723e7471ab056a3ecb4fcd080"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Tacoma Harbor Navigation Improvement Project, Washington.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1c18eb8c6c614952a325d4320f8e87cf"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Project for coastal storm risk management, South Central Coastal Louisiana, Louisiana.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4e18d1094a744bb89e41a3f6cac52c30"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Project for coastal storm risk management, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide2fad74681c64b9ebd2984cbe0d666d5"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Fox River, Illinois, authorized by section 519 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2653).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb72cb272f7004d52812c8cdddeb6d8ab"><enum>(19)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Chicago River, Illinois. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id44c9bb6b52534118913b8c8035f3290f"><enum>(20)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Three Forks of Beargrass Creek, Kentucky.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8ef38d33ab174fcd933654db861cf012"><enum>(21)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Lake Okeechobee, Florida.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id563a117dca7d4ed298623962031db026"><enum>(22)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Western Everglades, Florida.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide5f4be59b72345e6a3c4242d7ec23dd3"><enum>(23)</enum><text>Modifications to the project for navigation, Hilo Harbor, Hawaii.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id85d6cca3cca648aa8711934bb02f3c6c"><enum>(24)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Kanawha River Basin, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA72182983AFC457285DBAB8A24DA5ABC"><enum>(25)</enum><text>Modifications to the project for navigation, Auke Bay, Alaska. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id96db107be245415aa90ca8f3f63deade"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Post-authorization change reports</header><text>The Secretary shall expedite completion of a post-authorization change report for the following projects:</text><paragraph id="ida77abf8d07f341898ebfd2905d4d84e2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Tres Rios, Arizona, authorized by section 101(b)(4) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2577). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3ffc5ddf8afa4b848b5de56eb41f6600"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Project for coastal storm risk management, Surf City and North Topsail Beach, North Carolina, authorized by section 7002(3) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 1367). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id50f8c88af76843de94078e8a59b9ad72"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Project for water supply and ecosystem restoration, Howard A. Hanson Dam, Washington, authorized by section 101(b)(15) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 281). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id94f71a22d3e14b2bb07fd79ea8362076"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Central and Southern Florida, Indian River Lagoon, Florida, authorized by section 1001(14) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1051). </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0d77461caa6445959f4449d91468c5f6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Watershed and river basin assessments</header><text>The Secretary shall expedite the completion of the following assessments under section 729 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2267a">33 U.S.C. 2267a</external-xref>):</text><paragraph id="idb9df3a79fdb5471fbfc2dcc7b2f1d10b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb07b8e685aa84f8ba223750b40999b60"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Ouachita-Black Rivers, Arkansas and Louisiana.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0482F9E2BCCF43E8B93836EC341818DC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Project for watershed assessment, Hawaii County, Hawaii. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id89B667F3F42F4906A2E47E20C223BB74"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Disposition study</header><text>The Secretary shall expedite the completion of the disposition study for the Los Angeles County Drainage Area under 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></subsection></section><section id="id9F374460D96247CE8E808BCC7ECE8716"><enum>204.</enum><header>Studies for periodic nourishment</header><subsection id="ida0684e03d1c44d94aecac79234a40b6a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 156 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1962d-5f">42 U.S.C. 1962d–5f</external-xref>)) is amended—</text><paragraph id="ide4970b899cec486bb7d2b6b8113e9c61"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="idac409681fe9e4573923ebf6093c1daa2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>15</quote> and inserting <quote>50</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4ff427bbe7064180996da1c99896e643"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>15</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id02c01bc7d7654f8c9eeb07ad9021d254"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text><subparagraph id="idf77e020551354e12aee304a711cd5281"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>10-year period</quote> and inserting <quote>16-year period</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfa49cccb098146b885449bc90226fcf8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>6 years</quote> and inserting <quote>12 years</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9c4ed7c570674ae485d14b04ce043f06"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1b99d617d3654328bb18378404dc3604"><subsection id="idb83b18ed7fe9424faa9198be60ed2b1c"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Treatment of studies</header><text>A study carried out under subsection (b) shall be considered a new phase investigation afforded the same treatment as a general reevaluation.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7356114ae9bd4ea5873edb521429d6a0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Indian River Inlet Sand Bypass Plant</header><text>For purposes of the project for coastal storm risk management, Delaware Coast Protection, Delaware (commonly known as the <quote>Indian River Inlet Sand Bypass Plant</quote>), authorized by section 869 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4182), a study carried out under section 156(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5f(b)) shall consider as an alternative for periodic nourishment continued reimbursement of the Federal share of the cost to the non-Federal interest for the project to operate and maintain a sand bypass plant.</text></subsection></section><section id="id5F2A971755C34328B9E1ED2C562DAF20"><enum>205.</enum><header>NEPA reporting</header><subsection id="idd800ee9af44c45058ef39cecd1ca968e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="idd2f985a94a4d40f186bd5d9922ed7732"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Categorical exclusion</header><text>The term <term>categorical exclusion</term> has the meaning given the term in section 1508.1 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id666403973c2842f48683fccd4b7eb257"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Environmental assessment</header><text>The term <term>environmental assessment</term> has the meaning given the term in section 1508.1 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb35bfbadb1fc40cca23e5e1581fe36d2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Environmental impact statement</header><text>The term <term>environmental impact statement</term> means a detailed written statement required under section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3DD2A5560FA743A4AC157260D25B7068"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Finding of no significant impact</header><text>The term <term>finding of no significant impact</term> has the meaning given the term in section 1508.1 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id81026a52bd804bb18655acab1c140973"><enum>(5)</enum><header>NEPA process</header><subparagraph id="id2a7f7e155c564b198642ffe06d1d366a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>NEPA process</term> has the meaning given the term in section 1508.1 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddb5daed6e7634ccea7524b4bc020097c"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Period</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), the NEPA process—</text><clause id="id921d4828c21e4f148e3dce24d62138b2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>begins on the date on which the Secretary initiates a project study; and</text></clause><clause id="id7e779ec16baa4d77a50b75257075f715"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ends on the date on which the Secretary issues, with respect to the project study—</text><subclause id="id8c4d4a1ff3fd437a880811ed628071fd"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a record of decision, including, if necessary, a revised record of decision;</text></subclause><subclause id="id5d2ed1f13ab14b329215eb1d72beea00"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a finding of no significant impact; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id7b7726dd3f82444fa7eaba455669a9c8"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a categorical exclusion under title I of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4331">42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id96db6ec4eb3c400c902036219b950d94"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Project study</header><text>The term <term>project study</term> means a feasibility study for a project carried out pursuant to section 905 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2282">33 U.S.C. 2282</external-xref>) for which a categorical exclusion, an environmental assessment, or an environmental impact statement is required pursuant to 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></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0029b7769f3b4fde85134638a5ebd4b9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reports</header><paragraph id="idae70b96a16d44fd795fdffff586f7dc4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>NEPA data</header><subparagraph id="ida4425ad60f8941a090f42ae7790c26c3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a process to track, and annually 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 containing, the information described in subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id10b0a2bd25b04f869371bd0b5c3143c3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Information described</header><text>The information referred to in subparagraph (A) is, with respect to the Corps of Engineers—</text><clause id="id54bc02f091934bdda13fd2c4cab3704c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of project studies for which a categorical exclusion was used during the reporting period;</text></clause><clause id="id5852aa750b6043beaeb04cea5ebb06a2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of project studies for which the decision to use a categorical exclusion, to prepare an environmental assessment, or to prepare an environmental impact statement is pending on the date on which the report is submitted;</text></clause><clause id="id88a83a49d1c74571bb61b89dd55d3812"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the number of project studies for which an environmental assessment was issued during the reporting period, broken down by whether a finding of no significant impact, if applicable, was based on mitigation;</text></clause><clause id="idc5122a86e48e44468f1425456907d6b1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the length of time the Corps of Engineers took to complete each environmental assessment described in clause (iii);</text></clause><clause id="id30637726ee3e48779a760a926f2dff4e"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the number of project studies pending on the date on which the report is submitted for which an environmental assessment is being drafted;</text></clause><clause id="id6c7de547423148dd84d4da60687e0ffc"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>the number of project studies for which an environmental impact statement was issued during the reporting period;</text></clause><clause id="idda65492a7f0544bbb7bacc2ffc4c052e"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>the length of time the Corps of Engineers took to complete each environmental impact statement described in clause (vi); and</text></clause><clause id="id018c6b1e976143028c6122cd5ce24374"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>the number of project studies pending on the date on which the report is submitted for which an environmental impact statement is being drafted.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7023aad48bd14199b40ab2d78c4f9fc7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public access to NEPA reports</header><text>The Secretary shall make publicly available each annual report required under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id3b4dc7bbb0284dac9261f7b34ebd1899"><enum>206.</enum><header>GAO audit of projects over budget or behind schedule</header><subsection id="id9f33d513faec4e3f98f2abe0f4e3c93b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a review of the factors and conditions for each ongoing water resources development project carried out by the Secretary for which—</text><paragraph id="id59ebb11d878a4727b704c8ef7e111e47"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the current estimated total project cost of the project exceeds the original estimated total project cost of the project by not less than $50,000,000; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfcc704c2fcec43bcb24695487808e849"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the current estimated completion date of the project exceeds the original estimated completion date of the project by not less than 5 years.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc25c85a1cb9e45dd839741fc57506a43"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States 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 findings of the review under subsection (a).</text></subsection></section><section id="id70027c1211f64983832659030a92b5aa"><enum>207.</enum><header>GAO study on project distribution</header><subsection id="ida111f252116f41d2af68323541a489cb"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an analysis of the geographic distribution of annual and supplemental funding for water resources development projects carried out by the Secretary over the previous 10 fiscal years and the factors that have led to that distribution.</text></subsection><subsection id="id3a457bee301148ffbd2ae064ecf43211"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States 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 findings of the analysis under subsection (a).</text></subsection></section><section id="idC883496FEF564410947D0EA7115E2173"><enum>208.</enum><header>GAO audit of joint costs for operations and maintenance</header><subsection id="id5DD26582EBA2492FA62B353492DD16B2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a review of the practices of the Corps of Engineers with respect to the determination of joint costs associated with operations and maintenance of reservoirs owned and operated by the Secretary. </text></subsection><subsection id="id616CDE78331343A5BCDCEE2D3C6BF211"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States 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 findings of the review under subsection (a) and any recommendations that result from the review. </text></subsection></section><section id="idfa0c3a4f26954681aca8dc8824e2733d"><enum>209.</enum><header>GAO review of Corps of Engineers mitigation practices</header><subsection id="id0003ca7e52df41f49a6b2d04019ea1a6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall carry out a review of the water resources development project mitigation practices of the Corps of Engineers.</text></subsection><subsection id="id5a6a41239a614e749aa6bb0614d29157"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The review under subsection (a) shall include an evaluation of—</text><paragraph id="id7558fc59c2064e5fa70246501f78c667"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the implementation by the Corps of Engineers of the final rule issued on April 10, 2008, entitled <quote>Compensatory Mitigation for Losses of Aquatic Resources</quote> (73 Fed. Reg. 19594), including, at a minimum—</text><subparagraph id="id87215fc8273940d287f27bdf75722f7a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the extent to which the final rule is consistently implemented by the districts of the Corps of Engineers; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id24cb68e856d541159fc68a9424102d6d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the performance of each of the mitigation mechanisms included in the final rule; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id83565024a5374f4c9dc74b07f9ce51dd"><enum>(2)</enum><text>opportunities to utilize alternative methods to satisfy mitigation requirements of water resources development projects, including, at a minimum, performance-based contracts.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1568378c356d4c2ca09d4c17e9ad64e0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States 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 findings of the review under subsection (a) and any recommendations that result from the review.</text></subsection><subsection id="id01f11ced78f142319c369d7399b607f6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definition of performance-based contract</header><text>In this section, the term <term>performance-based contract</term> means a procurement mechanism by which the Corps of Engineers contracts with a public or private non-Federal entity for a specific mitigation outcome requirement, with payment to the entity linked to delivery of verifiable and successful mitigation performance.</text></subsection></section><section id="id9EDFEDF2318042D6B5D97F3EC8482F73"><enum>210.</enum><header>Sabine–Neches Waterway Navigation Improvement project, Texas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall expedite the review and coordination of the feasibility study for the project for navigation, Sabine–Neches Waterway, Texas, under section 203(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2231">33 U.S.C. 2231(b)</external-xref>).</text></section><section id="idba097f1fa2eb419c89dd1df441f6fba1"><enum>211.</enum><header>Great Lakes recreational boating</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare, at full Federal expense, 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 a report updating the findings of the report on the economic benefits of recreational boating in the Great Lakes basin prepared under section 455(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1962d-21">42 U.S.C. 1962d–21(c)</external-xref>).</text></section><section id="id33BD150D1C3C4548AD347C8EA47108E7"><enum>212.</enum><header>Upper St. Johns River Basin, Central and Southern Florida</header><subsection id="id683CBF7407AC49C694EC0122DA04237F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On request and at the expense of the St. Johns River Water Management District, the Secretary shall evaluate the effects of deauthorizing the southernmost 3.5-mile reach of the L–73 levee, Section 2, Osceola County, Florida, on the functioning of the project for flood control and other purposes, Upper St. Johns River Basin, Central and Southern Florida, authorized by section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 1176).</text></subsection><subsection id="id222BA5AF9D774569AA0FB3B79BA8B9F2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>In carrying out the evaluation under subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="id5A9E9A651B5B45E0B5A8EFD21B3456F8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prepare a report that includes the results of the evaluation, including—</text><subparagraph id="idD2F3B245545B4596A393346EB15537CB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the advisability of deauthorizing the levee described in that subsection; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id21AC8F80BB6E477E9CD11332675CD08C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any recommendations for conditions that should be placed on a deauthorization to protect the interests of the United States and the public; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8DDD6E710C2742FA8E517CB76023ECCB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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 report under paragraph (1) as part of the annual report submitted to Congress pursuant to section 7001 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2282d">33 U.S.C. 2282d</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id38FFF141990642F4A212E70B4868E661"><enum>213.</enum><header>Investments for recreation areas</header><subsection id="id9cf5af20bb064d14aaffaa265ddda739"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text>Congress finds the following:</text><paragraph id="id20d811d4671942dfa03b31ec9c8ce223"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Corps of Engineers operates more recreation areas than any other Federal or State agency, apart from the Department of Interior.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6204d6b27f4a441b96a869ba9f4317f0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Nationally, visitors to nearly 600 dams and lakes, managed by the Corps of Engineers, spend an estimated $12,000,000,000 per year and support 500,000 jobs.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ideb755e3b3f5d44c992ebc857fcc656be"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Lakes managed by the Corps of Engineers are economic drivers that support rural communities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5eece036874a4da7af85da018ed9d728"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the Corps of Engineers should use all available authorities to promote and enhance development and recreational opportunities at lakes that are part of authorized civil works projects under the administrative jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers.</text></subsection><subsection id="idCDA26EE88DDC4EE58057EEE42229D0AB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 180 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 on investments needed to support recreational activities that are part of authorized water resources development projects under the administrative jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers.</text></subsection><subsection id="idA6CC7545280C4E2CB1758607EA3A1660"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The report under subsection (c) shall include—</text><paragraph id="ide80df01d99b44119a67b98b323fb43a9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a list of deferred maintenance projects, including maintenance projects relating to recreational facilities, sites, and associated access roads;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd99fb217355f48a8be3d0bc78a29fc17"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a plan to fund the projects described in paragraph (1) over the 5-year period following the date of enactment of this Act;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3c93a50c36734e6f90929ee090e099bd"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of efforts made by the Corps of Engineers to coordinate investments in recreational facilities, sites, and associated access roads with—</text><subparagraph id="id2B34BF85530D4681BB8DEC3E4B6ECB08"><enum>(A)</enum><text>State and local governments; or </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0613A6F76AA2410CB441AF37B4A5CBD2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>private entities; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide8049365804e406bb15aa786bba278b5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an assessment of whether the modification of Federal contracting requirements could accelerate the availability of funds for the projects described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idBE6C252318EE4FA2AEEFF6A2CDFB0C15"><enum>214.</enum><header>Western infrastructure study</header><subsection id="id94673a91b15e4757a0feeafc4fd328fc" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions of natural feature and nature-based feature</header><text>In this section, the terms <term>natural feature</term> and <term>nature-based feature</term> have the meanings given those terms in section 1184(a) of the WIIN Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2289a">33 U.S.C. 2289a(a)</external-xref>).</text></subsection><subsection id="idD71AD9A544D642E99988276B039B6327"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Comprehensive study</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a comprehensive study (referred to in this section as the <term>study</term>) to evaluate the effectiveness of carrying out additional measures, including measures that utilize natural features or nature-based features at or upstream of reservoirs for the purposes of—</text><paragraph id="id4A62729B887342E1AB7E14385FD5396A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>sustaining operations in response to changing hydrological and climatic conditions; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8B7AEBE1CD824910B6FF39A543BB5994"><enum>(2)</enum><text>mitigating the risk of drought or floods, including the loss of storage capacity due to sediment accumulation;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9AC29509BCD04CEFBF3A1EB22356A634"><enum>(3)</enum><text>increasing water supply; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id806A660A51354FE08701B092644AE947"><enum>(4)</enum><text>aquatic ecosystem restoration.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0a858cc8c85c4c168f5e6757b7755ad8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Study focus</header><text>In conducting the study, the Secretary shall include all reservoirs owned and operated by the Secretary and reservoirs for which the Secretary has flood control responsibilities under section 7 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (commonly known as the <quote>Flood Control Act of 1944</quote>) (58 Stat. 890, chapter 665; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/709">33 U.S.C. 709</external-xref>), in the South Pacific Division of the Corps of Engineers. </text></subsection><subsection id="id3f280b8c797c46a48b4b4cb573ca011f"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Consultation and use of existing data</header><paragraph id="idefccea2f9e7d4222bb8c209a66496dba"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In conducting the study, the Secretary shall consult with applicable—</text><subparagraph id="id1BDA6BCEA6A349BABC3497EE0BBF4737"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Federal, State, and local agencies; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id17A402D598EC4F3C9C4C4DEA013E4804"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Indian Tribes;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7C6FF32FB4D348909DC89A4347EBD399"><enum>(C)</enum><text>non-Federal interests; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF582C204CF124671BFB248BF9C7F68CE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>other stakeholders, as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idFEFDB80C62C347FE830CEE549AAACFD5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of existing data and prior studies</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable and where appropriate, the Secretary may—</text><subparagraph id="id7F4C429A24AB4A08B1CA7DBF017639B1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>use existing data provided to the Secretary by entities described in paragraph (1); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFB13837F470B4DE0B78A8724228AB327"><enum>(B)</enum><text>incorporate—</text><clause id="idA9AFA185699048E98FCA946CA84F9015"><enum>(i)</enum><text>relevant information from prior studies and projects carried out by the Secretary; and</text></clause><clause id="idE0874EB8F9CB4848B75A4512E3E58ACB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the latest technical data and scientific approaches with respect to changing hydrological and climatic conditions.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida877ce9e38264ee1bcf54d1598b40626"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 3 years 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 that describes—</text><paragraph id="idD4E8347F38A046568713FDF3FA48F39E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the results of the study; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id14F65E1E830145D082A63AA108768CC0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any recommendations on site-specific areas where additional study is recommended by the Secretary. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0BD141A0550245E392F17196877589B9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>Nothing in this section provides authority to the Secretary to change the authorized purposes at any of the reservoirs described in subsection (c). </text></subsection></section><section id="idf48ec54749fb405f822d41ab80cd7655"><enum>215.</enum><header>Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway System</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8004(g) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/652">33 U.S.C. 652</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/114">Public Law 110–114</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idbe0f5f285f4142b79d3ee90fb5da706a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbfb02ac519ff4108aed51a0f909e69d0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idded70b82f9f34beaa34830c26ff4f01e"><paragraph id="id80a0e07bbe82445591cb316313844660"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report on water level management</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Water Resources Development Act of 2022</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 an implementation report on opportunities to expand the use of water level management on the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway System for the purpose of ecosystem restoration.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id81D77FAAA7E34C90A535D119351253F9"><enum>216.</enum><header>West Virginia hydropower</header><subsection id="idA953047C6AE74DCBB629E4207678D0DC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For water resources development projects described in subsection (b), the Secretary is authorized—</text><paragraph id="id56D813E0896C452DB2BDA73F93401530"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to evaluate the feasibility of modifications to such projects for the purposes of adding Federal hydropower or energy storage development; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id59DD732E8B0541A485691699517C7D05"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to grant approval for the use of such projects for non-Federal hydropower or energy storage development in accordance with section 14 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (commonly known as the <quote>Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899</quote>) (30 Stat. 1152, chapter 425; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/408">33 U.S.C. 408</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idB1939E440D694CFAB5BC070D023BAC07"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Projects described</header><text>The projects referred to in subsection (a) are the following:</text><paragraph id="ida924653abfb042a7bf3872aedce8c26c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Sutton Dam, Braxton County, West Virginia, authorized by section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1586, chapter 688).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id961fb7566911427f8929b591d2ec9c27"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Hildebrand Lock and Dam, Monongahela County, West Virginia, authorized by section 101 of the River and Harbor Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 166, chapter 188).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id02a76fffddd34e27af1583b2e03e286b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Bluestone Lake, Summers County, West Virginia, authorized by section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1586, chapter 688).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id183483cc4dbd4384adc0510966f3e25b"><enum>(4)</enum><text>R.D. Bailey Dam, Wyoming County, West Virginia, authorized by section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 1188).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id65716786fedb438fb656f4d7be363064"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Stonewall Jackson Dam, Lewis County, West Virginia, authorized by section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 1421).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2c497944329042378ec7a9dc727bf2a9"><enum>(6)</enum><text>East Lynn Dam, Wayne County, West Virginia, authorized by section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1586, chapter 688).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id33c78427d4fb41028e1aecb748ad9a90"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Burnsville Lake, Braxton County, West Virginia, authorized by section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (49 Stat. 1586, chapter 688). </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idEADEBF84098942C3BBD965713A53711A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Demonstration projects</header><text>The authority for facility modifications under subsection (a) includes demonstration projects. </text></subsection></section><section id="id17a98e923afe4de29791e30fd42964dc"><enum>217.</enum><header>Recreation and economic development at Corps facilities in Appalachia</header><subsection id="idbaf7da04d31943f8ab7714ec66f084ad"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare 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 a plan to implement the recreational and economic development opportunities identified by the Secretary in the report prepared under section 206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2680) at Corps of Engineers facilities located within a distressed or at-risk county (as described in subsection (a)(1) of that section) in Appalachia.</text></subsection><subsection id="idac17dd0430414d88a782fcf678efbe88"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In preparing the plan under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider options for Federal funding, partnerships, and outgrants to Federal, State, and local governments, nonprofit organizations, and commercial businesses.</text></subsection></section><section id="id43FB801CB6354049BB36363BE38E7E50"><enum>218.</enum><header>Automated fee machines</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For the purpose of mitigating adverse impacts to public access to outdoor recreation, to the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall consider alternatives to the use of automated fee machines for the collection of fees for the use of developed recreation sites and facilities in West Virginia.</text></section><section id="idDDA73015C94A46D0A9EED8527AC4DAE0"><enum>219.</enum><header>Lake Champlain Canal, Vermont and New York</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5146 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1255) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9B2B22CB456B4791B1D42AC04F2A9B08"><subsection id="id03C56B7E347543E590E8F55EF32F024E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Clarifications</header><paragraph id="id419AC35A65B14EBABD4777801A0F9153"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>At the request of the non-Federal interest for the study of the Lake Champlain Canal Aquatic Invasive Species Barrier carried out under section 542 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2671; 121 Stat. 1150; 134 Stat. 2652), the Secretary shall scope the phase II portion of that study to satisfy the feasibility determination under subsection (a). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id290eafdb28604a3b9abb78cb11e09ba3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Dispersal barrier</header><text>A dispersal barrier constructed, maintained, or operated under this section may include—</text><subparagraph id="id2fcca8cb28dc41358a8d1c20ef309816"><enum>(A)</enum><text>physical hydrologic separation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6a8782d71f954d9b999273208c7f665b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>nonstructural measures;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc8edb90318584891aa0964a74458af33"><enum>(C)</enum><text>deployment of technologies;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide09f3a2e2ca1452084c6f22be0e6217d"><enum>(D)</enum><text>buffer zones; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id36132999c1b948cdadee1c1d368838ec"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any combination of the approaches described in subparagraphs (A) through (D).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id57732905521D4BF692EEA7E0BD3BC95A"><enum>220.</enum><header>Report on concessionaire practices</header><subsection id="id8B2C7ED5BA2D4101996F849F0C331910"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 concessionaire lease practices by the Corps of Engineers.</text></subsection><subsection id="id7A73538C5A064B9BABD9B3F8138295F9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The report under subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum—</text><paragraph id="id22769F5D32464BE5A2F1BB9E0507980A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an assessment of the reasonableness of the formula of the Corps of Engineers for calculating concessionaire rental rates, taking into account the operating margins for sales of food and fuel; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3B616A2ACD7C40BF8D6A6DB5FB49F78A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the process for assessing administrative fees to concessionaires across districts of the Corps of Engineers.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Deauthorizations, modifications, and related provisions</header><section id="idad527c2ec0114825b00926dec6bb19a1"><enum>301.</enum><header>Additional assistance for critical projects</header><subsection id="idceef655d27e94509ba2ccd73b120825f"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Atlanta, Georgia</header><text>Section 219(e)(5) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 110 Stat. 3757; 113 Stat. 334) is amended by striking <quote>$25,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$75,000,000</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id7F6E281D245F4046BEF1A07D6C3D1B62"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eastern Shore and Southwest Virginia</header><text>Section 219(f)(10)(A) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 335; 121 Stat. 1255) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id82a487696e0b429eaa36c7a2cbeba4f2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$20,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$52,000,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide939607254434492a64ff381902673ea"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Accomac</quote> and inserting <quote>Accomack</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8234043DE0024933AA4007647998C1B7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Lakes Marion and Moultrie, South Carolina</header><text>Section 219(f)(25) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 336; 130 Stat. 1677; 134 Stat. 2719) is amended by striking <quote>$110,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$151,500,000</quote>. </text></subsection><subsection id="ide18408f040d741a38e7e9262f56ae114"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Lake County, Illinois</header><text>Section 219(f)(54) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 114 Stat. 2763A–221) is amended—</text><paragraph id="ida12ee7d53c9443e7bd9577f924b44641"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Cook County</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Cook County and Lake County</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide9299acbfe9f4ceb861aba85f80b78e8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$35,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$100,000,000</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id20f95c80f3784d66b403b92d09057a5e"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Madison and St. Clair Counties, Illinois</header><text>Section 219(f)(55) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 114 Stat. 2763A–221; 134 Stat. 2718) is amended by striking <quote>$45,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$100,000,000</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="idc9a934c2a2bb4801925b0b170bae9b25"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Calaveras County, California</header><text>Section 219(f)(86) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1259) is amended by striking <quote>$3,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$13,280,000</quote>. </text></subsection><subsection id="id5E79B46B39A84504B75D2786EA015ED8"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Los Angeles County, California</header><text>Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1259) is amended by striking paragraph (93) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8A086979F55A4B29A013E76C417DAF7C"><paragraph id="idB5701E77707F44CEB90EE0BDD947DA87"><enum>(93)</enum><header>Los Angeles County, California</header><subparagraph id="idEE9EBE2F5DB94C4CB7F7749769B7BF36"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>$38,000,000 for wastewater and water related infrastructure, Los Angeles County, California.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4DE3FE5B03834321B1DDFF566DD71B4B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>The Water Replenishment District of Southern California may be eligible for assistance under this paragraph.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id79903E1054964D6ABECF3726F8279355"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Michigan</header><text>Section 219(f)(157) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1262) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id85E020C24A124775BAA0D4071B85C37C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$35,000,000 for</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3019EB9339F84108813EF15D36E23F1B"><subparagraph id="id0D2C91099B9A473CA952D065ADCEDEB8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>$85,000,000 for</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idB683EF46DE344620A91B351D34A9594A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C27B20F5824487A84602E15FBA2198B"><subparagraph id="id794EF4B5A72C4C7D9950A201BCFBD174"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional projects</header><text>Amounts made available under subparagraph (A) may be used for design and construction projects for water-related environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development projects in Michigan, including for projects for wastewater treatment and related facilities, water supply and related facilities, environmental restoration, and surface water resource protection and development.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id72bceaf415414e8ab2588ead2ed82c23"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Myrtle Beach and vicinity, South Carolina</header><text>Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1267) is amended by striking paragraph (250) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide3a203e34edc4d519b430745b680ceaa"><paragraph id="id160de64bf7384917bb7e9c51340d86e5"><enum>(250)</enum><header>Myrtle Beach and vicinity, South Carolina</header><text>$31,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including ocean outfalls, Myrtle Beach and vicinity, South Carolina.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id9d77660930624e1d9f85454d167d659c"><enum>(j)</enum><header>North Myrtle Beach and vicinity, South Carolina</header><text>Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1267) is amended by striking paragraph (251) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38537575a9c5455797c72833e3fce4f7"><paragraph id="idd7d1ec558155452eaa5a2709d441f4c9"><enum>(251)</enum><header>North Myrtle Beach and vicinity, South Carolina</header><text>$74,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including ocean outfalls, North Myrtle Beach and vicinity, South Carolina.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idd164b7a1111d4c88ba624bf61a4c8854"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Horry County, South Carolina</header><text>Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id042D11F4FF9E4737AB05F72E9CDFEAB8"><paragraph id="idb0af214daebc453c88008ab15c15cf6b"><enum>(274)</enum><header>Horry County, South Carolina</header><text>$19,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including ocean outfalls, Horry County, South Carolina.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id07122f071657428590717b11602f1208"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Lane County, Oregon</header><text>Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) (as amended by subsection (k)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B4FD795D58C446F8316DEF52C849E80"><paragraph id="ida4da1f6028454651b0e4b0285a5b6b0d"><enum>(275)</enum><header>Lane County, Oregon</header><text>$20,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, Lane County, Oregon.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idb54c2e731f4442c3bb322855cadaa37f"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Placer County, California</header><text>Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) (as amended by subsection (l)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2D1096FCE92D44588C5CED6C39B54D15"><paragraph id="id1b3b849322c8453f9c8da03473d2e393"><enum>(276)</enum><header>Placer County, California</header><text>$21,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, Placer County, California.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id392fd59db7324be18a99c0e73c43c4ed"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Alameda County, California</header><text>Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) (as amended by subsection (m)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBCF6A062715946FB96A8814A958CD6FF"><paragraph id="id342a41bf27aa459192c91b6d954a204d"><enum>(277)</enum><header>Alameda County, California</header><text>$20,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, Alameda County, California.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idd586bf9a81394db78d3c71bec3a0a81e"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Temecula City, California</header><text>Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) (as amended by subsection (n)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91DBD89847404365A9E605C121A86FAA"><paragraph id="id10e0fd523cdb4937a4ed1c6211abc836"><enum>(278)</enum><header>Temecula City, California</header><text>$18,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, Temecula City, California.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idd421578e087745ce8b156a9fb99ae80e"><enum>(p)</enum><header>Yolo County, California</header><text>Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) (as amended by subsection (o)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id789DC5136E794FAEACE83BEF4CDC82DC"><paragraph id="ida7f6ac8643884b528c41da3b7fbf99f9"><enum>(279)</enum><header>Yolo County, California</header><text>$6,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, Yolo County, California.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id71bd83351fc04c8a91a6234e1e28bb47"><enum>(q)</enum><header>Clinton, Mississippi</header><text>Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) (as amended by subsection (p)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAA7B877FEC6A46DC82949AEB7B060541"><paragraph id="id5d8a988567914e53ae4ec384f8e1ee23"><enum>(280)</enum><header>Clinton, Mississippi</header><text>$13,600,000 for environmental infrastructure, Clinton, Mississippi.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id6dc91c0abc03479da42c1ae00ccec435"><enum>(r)</enum><header>Oxford, Mississippi</header><text>Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) (as amended by subsection (q)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1667F9F3FB114E8FB82457B42FEAF631"><paragraph id="idfa5b736da5cf4972a70b7ae65ac33692"><enum>(281)</enum><header>Oxford, Mississippi</header><text>$10,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, Oxford, Mississippi.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="ide55f9e202eaa4c5c994a120ee86981ac"><enum>(s)</enum><header>Madison County, Mississippi</header><text>Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) (as amended by subsection (r)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id079D402B210348F88F7E57DB4613D30C"><paragraph id="id4ade90d4af494aef871dc993acee5d64"><enum>(282)</enum><header>Madison County, Mississippi</header><text>$10,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, Madison County, Mississippi.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id74e5eb08270844e0900f3c874a741b67"><enum>(t)</enum><header>Rankin County, Mississippi</header><text>Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) (as amended by subsection (s)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4B869074CD79417899850ABE6841849E"><paragraph id="ida479b26f9cbe4935be513b3495ca2da6"><enum>(283)</enum><header>Rankin County, Mississippi</header><text>$10,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, Rankin County, Mississippi.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id535513061dd440bab48d5cc1e49529ca"><enum>(u)</enum><header>Meridian, Mississippi</header><text>Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) (as amended by subsection (t)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF229C52933044EF8B1899834EADEE1C0"><paragraph id="id57ca84b8536b498d840cafef9008f304"><enum>(284)</enum><header>Meridian, Mississippi</header><text>$10,000,000 for wastewater infrastructure, Meridian, Mississippi.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id516AD7E8CC78418E88560A15A4205A0B"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Delaware</header><text>Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) (as amended by subsection (u)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBA11907E8965414981CBC36C9ABA7DF3"><paragraph id="idABE088D476C249378D1694F41E4260AD"><enum>(285)</enum><header>Delaware</header><text>$50,000,000 for sewer, stormwater system improvements, storage treatment, environmental restoration, and related water infrastructure, Delaware.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id68B84524CE054A21B934B52968AB2427"><enum>(w)</enum><header>Queens, New York</header><text>Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) (as amended by subsection (v)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80C75F8BA9E44CA2A0A2D9D3B13EBB59"><paragraph id="id0E315783F01E4103ABF2850407D9339C"><enum>(286)</enum><header>Queens, New York</header><text>$20,000,000 for the design and construction of stormwater management and improvements to combined sewer overflows to reduce the risk of flood impacts, Queens, New York.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idA2B1A8B0504044C5BAF08254F9360765"><enum>(x)</enum><header>Georgia</header><text>Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) (as amended by subsection (w)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id162598CBDD7E4ADDAD8B21C2C70C0D4B"><paragraph id="idF9E07AB3B6484F95A232193AD025B988"><enum>(287)</enum><header>Georgia</header><text>$75,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, Baldwin County, Bartow County, Floyd County, Haralson County, Jones County, Gilmer County, Towns County, Warren County, Lamar County, Lowndes County, Troup County, Madison County, Toombs County, Dade County, Bulloch County, Gordon County, Walker County, Dooly County, Butts County, Clarke County, Crisp County, Newton County, Bibb County, Baker County, Barrow County, Oglethorpe County, Peach County, Brooks County, Carroll County, Worth County, Jenkins County, Wheeler County, Calhoun County, Randolph County, Wilcox County, Stewart County, Telfair County, Clinch County, Hancock County, Ben Hill County, Jeff Davis County, Chattooga County, Lanier County, Brantley County, Charlton County, Tattnall County, Emanuel County, Mitchell County, Turner County, Bacon County, Terrell County, Macon County, Ware County, Bleckley County, Colquitt County, Washington County, Berrien County, Coffee County, Pulaski County, Cook County, Atkinson County, Candler County, Taliaferro County, Evans County, Johnson County, Irwin County, Dodge County, Jefferson County, Appling County, Taylor County, Wayne County, Clayton County, Decatur County, Schley County, Sumter County, Early County, Webster County, Clay County, Upson County, Long County, Twiggs County, Dougherty County, Quitman County, Meriwether County, Stephens County, Wilkinson County, Murray County, Wilkes County, Elbert County, McDuffie County, Heard County, Marion County, Talbot County, Laurens County, Montgomery County, Echols County, Pierce County, Richmond County, Chattahoochee County, Screven County, Habersham County, Lincoln County, Burke County, Liberty County, Tift County, Polk County, Glascock County, Grady County, Jasper County, Banks County, Franklin County, Whitfield County, Treutlen County, Crawford County, Hart County, Georgia.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id4A083FCA90BE4D5EB323A96808D53678"><enum>(y)</enum><header>Maryland</header><text>Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) (as amended by subsection (x)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idECA58E77C47C484680C562EE3F609E79"><paragraph id="idD134D6135084487AAD59F459DA576458"><enum>(288)</enum><header>Maryland</header><text>$100,000,000 for water, wastewater, and other environmental infrastructure, Maryland.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id1760BC573F164500BA50D7E0BB3A9580"><enum>(z)</enum><header>Milwaukee metropolitan area, Wisconsin</header><text>Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) (as amended by subsection (y)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28E9B7F1ED5A44AD87E8EB92E4019E82"><paragraph id="id484E3B5C95B742949F8FDD54ADF51346"><enum>(289)</enum><header>Milwaukee metropolitan area, Wisconsin</header><text>$4,500,000 for water-related infrastructure, resource protection and development, stormwater management, and reduction of combined sewer overflows, Milwaukee metropolitan area, Wisconsin.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id60C043C6D4334ABA920144520DA1A09F"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>Hawaii</header><text>Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) (as amended by subsection (z)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFAA9A00A8BBA4FD3AD135A1B6D2CFCB1"><paragraph id="id6BB20736ED984FB891F2F4BE8C39AD7B"><enum>(290)</enum><header>Hawaii</header><text>$75,000,000 for water-related infrastructure, resource protection and development, wastewater treatment, water supply, urban storm water conveyance, environmental restoration, and surface water protection and development, Hawaii.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idF17B0CA85B4143DEA017ED8CE6749BA7"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>Alabama</header><text>Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) (as amended by subsection (aa)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf2124b4995a2431b8880fc3b23b26056"><paragraph id="id1191efeaea9942a994e3e40b121ae3d0"><enum>(291)</enum><header>Alabama</header><text>$50,000,000 for water, wastewater, and other environmental infrastructure, Alabama.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id77552d6b1695407e937b90014492516a"><enum>(cc)</enum><header>Mississippi</header><text>Section 592(g) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 380; 123 Stat. 2851) is amended by striking <quote>$200,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$300,000,000</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="idfdb2a7587c7046e28edbff2807c3a847"><enum>(dd)</enum><header>Central New Mexico</header><text>Section 593(h) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 381; 119 Stat. 2255) is amended by striking <quote>$50,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$100,000,000</quote>. </text></subsection><subsection id="id016FA0F8A7C3444E8BE099FBBDF85CC5"><enum>(ee)</enum><header>North Dakota and Ohio</header><text>Section 594 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 381; 121 Stat. 1140; 121 Stat. 1944) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8f9fdb08bef44f24bfd5507a8a1bd46a"><subsection id="ida3064887b6d044de9d743504b6d7b7a0"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization of additional appropriations</header><text>In addition to amounts authorized under subsection (h), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $100,000,000, to be divided between the States referred to in subsection (a).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id182755208D2442419EE72E271EAF27AD"><enum>(ff)</enum><header>Western rural water</header><text>Section 595(i) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 383; 134 Stat. 2719) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idAA1C2409129448DB828EB80D69F517E0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>$435,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$490,000,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id032856CA051C460DA527187A8AAA21B0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>$150,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$200,000,000</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id84f91bc5aace4ababe0143483ec4b423"><enum>(gg)</enum><header>Lake Champlain Watershed, Vermont and New York</header><text>Section 542 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2671; 121 Stat. 1150) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id3f94c06a923c4a88ab18fed4fd08bcaf"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)(C), by striking <quote>planning</quote> and inserting <quote>clean water infrastructure planning, design, and construction</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id75ee1c0b79564cefb52d2d8afd9ade0e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (g), by striking <quote>$32,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$100,000,000</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide1923d5e60f54c7da3496b5a84756d8c"><enum>(hh)</enum><header>Texas</header><text>Section 5138 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1250) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idfd797b8aaf4d463b91e40680e355570f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>, as identified by the Texas Water Development Board</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idca5afc99f7e94f41a8ce06062af08eb4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(3), by inserting <quote>and construction</quote> after <quote>design work</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id291d1d14fd5847c7a0571329381495ff"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (i); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfa3b009b4cc644e2adb50694b25aac10"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (f) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id798f38d63e2d41dabf5cb97e4d40578d"><subsection id="id6889f7ad19da48acb2ccdea7cdb88c98"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Nonprofit entities</header><text>In accordance with section 221(b) of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b(b)), for any project carried out under this section, a non-Federal interest may include a nonprofit entity with the consent of the affected local government.</text></subsection><subsection id="idd01b52789c40490cbad56a5312b3265c"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Corps of Engineers expenses</header><text>Not more than 10 percent of the amounts made available to carry out this section may be used by the Corps of Engineers district offices to administer projects under this section at Federal expense.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idA8C9F898A48B45E1896628C2C7565D8C"><enum>302.</enum><header>Southern West Virginia</header><subsection id="id950BAA675682411FAD5C88DBA25005B7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 340 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4856) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id9e38f74cadcd4c5babdcba651974764d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="section">environmental restoration infrastructure and resource protection development pilot program</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida50f0cf3b3d3412c96b5b6264cf3db9a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (f) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida16e29bfcbb54a87a579498ecbcb3327"><subsection id="id6a047d1bdaab413ba7befe233b3da113"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definition of southern West Virginia</header><text>In this section, the term <term>southern West Virginia</term> means the counties of Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, Gilmer, Greenbrier, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Mason, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Monroe, Nicholas, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Putnam, Raleigh, Roane, Summers, Wayne, Webster, Wirt, and Wyoming, West Virginia.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idDE12491F1245438691B6E0C369106043"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents contained in section 1(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4799) is amended by striking the item relating to section 340 and inserting the following:</text><toc><toc-entry level="section" bold="off"><quote>Sec. 340. Southern West Virginia.</quote>.</toc-entry></toc></subsection></section><section id="idB5F79A878CB94ED697A48D928E6093BF"><enum>303.</enum><header>Northern West Virginia</header><subsection id="id7B64FC3DE6A746618EA45B0DE5D42C09"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 571 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 371; 121 Stat. 1257; 134 Stat. 2719) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id775BBBB861954BB5B159C1EC6F83816C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="section">Central</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="section">Northern</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id70EEED14A7C84E1D9550453D1B31C138"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E7B0BE923BE4F4795A942A1E03C9FD9"><subsection id="id66020C0BDAEE4F3193258254897E3EAC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of northern West Virginia</header><text>In this section, the term <term>northern West Virginia</term> means the counties of Barbour, Berkeley, Brooke, Doddridge, Grant, Hampshire, Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jefferson, Lewis, Marion, Marshall, Mineral, Morgan, Monongalia, Ohio, Pleasants, Preston, Randolph, Ritchie, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Wetzel, and Wood, West Virginia.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idDCBE7D11F7DE4ACD9B5A13C3304C64F4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>central</quote> and inserting <quote>northern</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE0C5239D519A4430B9ABD1D19EE1E164"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>central</quote> and inserting <quote>northern</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id90FCC8C49B36465FB77246F776711CD4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents in section 1(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 269) is amended by striking the item relating to section 571 and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF6A516152EB44BF91360BE3E34716EB"><toc><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">Sec. 571. Northern West Virginia.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id60BE2A73CBF94B21A324D300AF1A7656"><enum>304.</enum><header>Local cooperation agreements, northern West Virginia</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 219(f)(272) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id8944B6572852486982A786C045218273"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$20,000,000 for water and wastewater</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF09032C35D9445A991B5C0FE11C6DF08"><subparagraph id="idC2C59F9D2534414A8DA78212C9A4634D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>$20,000,000 for water and wastewater</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idD7147B26EA964748AB22701C48BCB7C6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5EFB67DA6D7F45E6A2BD47C54A12E4C6"><subparagraph id="id7D623297DBB84D7ABF8F8FBDD9E47F37"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Local cooperation agreements</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (a), at the request of a non-Federal interest for a project or a separable element of a project that receives assistance under this paragraph, the Secretary may adopt a model agreement developed in accordance with section 571(e) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 371).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id3abc084fe5ac49859b8a3ba9d08c3e35"><enum>305.</enum><header>Special rule for certain beach nourishment projects</header><subsection id="idc481bceacdbf4dde9b4f23788a338274"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of a water resources development project described in subsection (b), the Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="id06d0661f8baf4caeae41bfc531814a61"><enum>(1)</enum><text>fund, at full Federal expense, any incremental increase in cost to the project that results from a legal requirement to use a borrow source determined by the Secretary to be other than the least-cost option; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id28a54a39bab844bdaea0a46825a4c48e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>exclude the cost described in paragraph (1) from the cost-benefit analysis for the project.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide617b4eba30c45c7b3bc190d741bc6ae"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorized water resources development projects described</header><text>An authorized water resources development project referred to in subsection (a) is any of the following:</text><paragraph id="iddb475974232d4286abd8ca9c75c04103"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Townsends Inlet to Cape May Inlet, New Jersey, coastal storm risk management project, authorized by section 101(a)(26) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 278).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9f4d33aa125943fd8c1f95747eae1815"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Folly Beach, South Carolina, coastal storm risk management project, authorized by section 501(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4136) and modified by section 108 of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1992 (105 Stat. 520).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfee6e6e89f174082890c0bf85931bb52"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Carolina Beach and Vicinity, North Carolina, coastal storm risk management project, authorized by section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 1182) and modified by section 401(7) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2741).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id41c4902d874d413f9bc745b4e81e6afb"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, coastal storm risk management project, authorized by section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 1182) and modified by section 401(7) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2741).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd8991fb10a50480690d14c0bd1d2ac4c"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A project for coastal storm risk management for any shore included in a project described in this subsection that is specifically authorized by Congress on or after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idade2f0327ad64603be7c13fbea4c266b"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Emergency repair and restoration of any project described in this subsection under section 5 of the Act of August 18, 1941 (commonly known as the <quote>Flood Control Act of 1941</quote>) (55 Stat. 650, chapter 377; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701n">33 U.S.C. 701n</external-xref>). </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8FE43FE98E5B4198A18D0FD89186F568"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>Nothing in this section limits the eligibility for, or availability of, Federal expenditures or financial assistance for any water resources development project, including any beach nourishment or renourishment project, under any other provision of Federal law.</text></subsection></section><section id="id1E3F69C5D3DC459EAC8EE234508EC1DE"><enum>306.</enum><header>Coastal community flood control and other purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 103(k)(4) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2213">33 U.S.C. 2213(k)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idAA0E76FB475A4B3093C5D25DB8A6D4A6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id258A8425F8D84330BFA2676438E6BC6E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>Notwithstanding</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3EC50ABDC29C48BBABBE97E94FE16499"><subparagraph id="id1F3DE958BC4242B098155FA4C8632BD9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idEC3C49412BFE4E76B39473D180FB2794"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated)—</text><subparagraph id="idE96EFB8313A34E8FAD0E802C36DAFC6C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i) (as so redesignated)—</text><clause id="idCDFCDFB1EB434301A3ADD88FB3B415F6" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$200 million</quote> and inserting <quote>$200,000,000</quote>; and </text></clause><clause id="id733CD07D33714FA09EA52444FFF71261"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id53376936514549279DC2A65B657828FF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii) (as so redesignated)—</text><clause id="id106B33A1B8E14435B56F19AF0E93FEA2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>an amount equal to <fraction>2/3</fraction> of</quote> after <quote>repays</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id9DC51053BD9342B68DE6DE9A6391E37C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id635BB1702BD34F2BB736F344130F5AAE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07a5a947acc240b0ba75093dae3ea1d5"><clause id="id2350cc047a7f402aab641de4d56148e4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the non-Federal interest repays the balance of remaining principal by June 1, 2032.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5234b48bef3a46a4aaf36896975b9b49"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb4a787acf4cf448e87c42f6ff75d4c26"><subparagraph id="id3d6a6bf3a7064268915e0ed7accca616"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Repayment options</header><text>Repayment of a non-Federal contribution under subparagraph (A)(iii) may be satisfied through the provision by the non-Federal interest of fish and wildlife mitigation for one or more projects or separable elements, if the Secretary determines that—</text><clause id="idc56ca7647e564101a4e0dd37d2d9acc7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the non-Federal interest has incurred costs for the provision of mitigation that—</text><subclause id="idA746930DB5C54BA6BB3E931C15BD0056"><enum>(I)</enum><text>equal or exceed the amount of the required repayment; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id222188BB8CD84BBEB84846754662F2FD"><enum>(II)</enum><text>are in excess of any required non-Federal contribution for the project or separable element for which the mitigation is provided; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id62034ce7ecf140129d6c3ac26a1b5a68"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the mitigation is integral to the project for which it is provided.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="idC78C94862732462C91A89C46FA3FAC95"><enum>307.</enum><header>Modifications</header><subsection id="id6FB012FF277F4BCDB3B5B4AAF1EC45B3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The following modifications to studies and projects are authorized:</text><paragraph id="idE1A4E09ADE514D26B308E8E1D5CDF2B4" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, Louisiana</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of the project for ecosystem restoration, Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, Louisiana, authorized by section 7013(a)(4) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1281), shall be 90 percent.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id12869C4EF6C5470CA2E8E7F990025F01" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin project, Brandon Road, Will County, Illinois</header><text>Section 402(a)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2742) is amended by striking <quote>80 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>90 percent</quote>. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id32dc7417d8254f4ab297f2f3d0488ab9" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Lower Mississippi River comprehensive management study</header><text>Section 213 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2687) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb90dc8f449184971800d040a7b370c08"><subsection id="id97186612f0284415a5b92d30e4fa9c35" commented="no"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Cost-share</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of the comprehensive study described in subsection (a), and any feasibility study described in subsection (e), shall be 90 percent.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id52E2CE8F9D07496AB6FA0D625178B8B4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Port of Nome, Alaska</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id58F308143F534A7192AD0383EB377FE6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out the project for navigation, Port of Nome, Alaska, authorized by section 401(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2733).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id8442528CB94E4FE18567D4E9824CFB32"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Cost-share</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of the project described in subparagraph (A) shall be 90 percent. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idCA168266A74541968DD588812D3792B6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Chicago shoreline protection</header><text>The project for storm damage reduction and shore protection, Lake Michigan, Illinois, from Wilmette, Illinois, to the Illinois–Indiana State line, authorized by section 101(a)(12) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3664), is modified to authorize the Secretary to provide 65 percent of the cost of the locally preferred plan, as described in the Report of the Chief of Engineers dated April 14, 1994, for the construction of the following segments of the project:</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id2C507ECA0C4F4D3A9BECA91AD9B0AC9A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Shoreline revetment at Morgan Shoal. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id7C237C3B70724D64818F4BFA533122C1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Shoreline revetment at Promontory Point. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id42D2A1ACD5C343D8AEA5D674B8244291"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Lower Mud River, Milton, West Virginia</header><text>Notwithstanding section 3170 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1154), the Federal share of the cost of the project for flood control, Milton, West Virginia, authorized by section 580 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3790), and modified by section 340 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2612) and section 3170 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1154), shall be 90 percent. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idD0B6F7FCBA86490CA868F8405FEA1095"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Agreements</header><text>At the request of the applicable non-Federal interests for the project described in section 402(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2742) and for the studies described in subsection (j) of section 213 of that Act (134 Stat. 2687), the Secretary shall not require those non-Federal interests to be jointly and severally liable for all non-Federal obligations in the project partnership agreement for the project or in the feasibility cost share agreements for the studies. </text></subsection></section><section id="idEF8CFB42214C47538C62D4B2A7398444"><enum>308.</enum><header>Port Fourchon, Louisiana, dredged material disposal plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall determine that the dredged material disposal plan recommended in the document entitled <quote>Port Fourchon Belle Pass Channel Deepening Project Section 203 Feasibility Study (January 2019, revised January 2020)</quote> is the least cost, environmentally acceptable dredged material disposal plan for the project for navigation, Port Fourchon Belle Passe Channel, Louisiana, authorized by section 403(a)(4) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2743). </text></section><section id="id94c239e367c6458e8e8af05fbb020429"><enum>309.</enum><header>Delaware shore protection and restoration</header><subsection id="idb348d14e5cbc4a4cba3833c9635029a9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Delaware beneficial use of dredged material for the Delaware River, Delaware</header><paragraph id="id589B723B2E21432EA80EB30C396E5CD9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The project for coastal storm risk management, Delaware Beneficial Use of Dredged Material for the Delaware River, Delaware, authorized by section 401(3) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2736) (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>project</quote>), is modified—</text><subparagraph id="idFCE84CADADF64EF3AEB27B2D5570C04D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to direct the Secretary to implement the project using alternative borrow sources to the Delaware River, Philadelphia to the Sea, project, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, authorized by the Act of June 25, 1910 (chapter 382, 36 Stat. 637; 46 Stat. 921; 52 Stat. 803; 59 Stat. 14; 68 Stat. 1249; 72 Stat. 297); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF7929E0164E742BD927E9819FD0DD40D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>until the Secretary implements the modification under subparagraph (A), to authorize the Secretary, at the request of a non-Federal interest, to carry out initial construction or periodic nourishments at any site included in the project under—</text><clause id="id9BB9D0D4257D48A48E4E846086CAB380"><enum>(i)</enum><text>section 1122 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2326">33 U.S.C. 2326</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/322">Public Law 114–322</external-xref>); or</text></clause><clause id="id27240E89780E4963B3CF453341BC1D7A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>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>).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idBD03172969F5489FAC0E2C5CB908E971"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>If the Secretary determines that a study is required to carry out paragraph (1)(A), the study shall be considered to be a continuation of the study that formulated the project.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD4DC4BA0105F482AA33B0B27833A089C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cost-share</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of the project, including the cost of any modifications carried out under subsection (a)(1), shall be 90 percent. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC7E58BB2DC5E444EBB09CBBE1F44394E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Indian River Inlet Sand Bypass Plant, Delaware</header><paragraph id="id70597c85221e4a12b82baeacb42cfc75"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Indian River Inlet Sand Bypass Plant, Delaware, coastal storm risk management project (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>project</quote>), authorized by section 869 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4182), is modified to authorize the Secretary, at the request of a non-Federal interest, to provide periodic nourishment through dedicated dredging or other means to maintain or restore the functioning of the project when—</text><subparagraph id="id411c8b286c3b49768d3af57904e0c1df"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the sand bypass plant is inoperative; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbb7282bc6f2d46ffb803dc2b568f3596"><enum>(B)</enum><text>operation of the sand bypass plant is insufficient to maintain the functioning of the project.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id66c23ef5684541a88c64d35c2e2ad919"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>A cycle of periodic nourishment provided pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be subject to the following requirements:</text><subparagraph id="id7c33a265aa7b4530ac6bc0a8b29abd6e"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Cost-share</header><text>The non-Federal share of the cost of a cycle shall be the same percentage as the non-Federal share of the cost to operate the sand bypass plant.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3406cf74295a40a69b310f7799b6f92e"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Decision document</header><text>If the Secretary determines that a decision document is required to support a request for funding for the Federal share of a cycle, the decision document may be prepared using funds made available to the Secretary for construction or for investigations. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0095d3535a7d40f28f055905040e59d6"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Treatment</header><clause id="idAF0A75949A5A4D51BAF0E325BD014F2C"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Decision document</header><text>A decision document prepared under subparagraph (B) shall not be subject to a new investment determination.</text></clause><clause id="id734D664C1C8F4375B1B75E5CE936F5BB"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Cycles</header><text>A cycle shall be considered continuing construction. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idA9D7C45D43EF458ABBE6C055D1862742"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Delaware emergency shore restoration</header><paragraph id="ida0e7c807ebea47a297dd18bcc667d297"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to repair or restore any beach or any federally authorized hurricane or shore protective structure or project located in the State of Delaware pursuant to section 5(a) of the Act of August 18, 1941 (commonly known as the <quote>Flood Control Act of 1941</quote>) (55 Stat. 650, chapter 377; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701n">33 U.S.C. 701n(a)</external-xref>), if—</text><subparagraph id="id2DD8FAE421554752A1C8B0A8C8B84BAA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the structure, project, or beach is damaged by wind, wave, or water action associated with a storm of any magnitude; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id58AED1D7F3BE41908FCF7C204ABDC149"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the damage prevents the adequate functioning of the structure, project, or beach. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idfc606b8efc0147b4a316aae94daaf8ce"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Benefit-cost analysis</header><text>The Secretary shall determine that the benefits attributable to the objectives set forth in section 209 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1962-2">42 U.S.C. 1962–2</external-xref>) and section 904(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2281">33 U.S.C. 2281(a)</external-xref>) exceed the cost for work carried out under this subsection. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3797E122FA454111A2297C611885F720"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>The authority provided by this subsection shall be in addition to any authority provided by section 5(a) of the Act of August 18, 1941 (commonly known as the <quote>Flood Control Act of 1941</quote>) (55 Stat. 650, chapter 377; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701n">33 U.S.C. 701n(a)</external-xref>) to repair or restore a beach or federally authorized hurricane or shore protection structure or project located in the State of Delaware damaged or destroyed by wind, wave, or water action of other than an ordinary nature. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5f28d393fbc24d8b9970757e552317fc"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Indian River Inlet and Bay, Delaware</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out major maintenance of the project for navigation, Indian River Inlet and Bay, Delaware, authorized by the Act of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 846, chapter 832), and section 2 of the Act of March 2, 1945 (59 Stat. 14, chapter 19), the Secretary shall repair, restore, or relocate any non-Federal facility or other infrastructure, that has been damaged, in whole or in part, by the deterioration or failure of the project. </text></subsection><subsection id="id837991B8F7844A2C90D10F161D120C68"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reprogramming for coastal storm risk management project at Indian River Inlet</header><paragraph id="id2909720F33CB4B4EAA7666E0D7416166"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for each fiscal year, the Secretary may reprogram amounts made available for a coastal storm risk management project to use such amounts for the project for coastal storm risk management, Indian River Inlet Sand Bypass Plant, Delaware, authorized by section 869 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4182). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5D7ACB05E70E461FA0747B4C1F37CF8D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations</header><subparagraph id="id5DB27142344B4D8B8231344110581432"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may carry out not more than 2 reprogramming actions under paragraph (1) for each fiscal year. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB8AAFDA1D58F410083049F911E867EAE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each fiscal year, the Secretary may reprogram—</text><clause id="id2376DFD4C1AB43D8971CF84B95D96C73"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not more than $100,000 per reprogramming action; and</text></clause><clause id="id153E40EA246641BC88C8FCB62188757D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not more than $200,000 for each fiscal year. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id43B2F56C986C448487A1CA310E32C8E1"><enum>310.</enum><header>Great Lakes advance measures assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5(a) of the Act of August 18, 1941 (commonly known as the <quote>Flood Control Act of 1941</quote>) (55 Stat. 650, chapter 377; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701n">33 U.S.C. 701n(a)</external-xref>) (as amended by section 112(2)), is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3E79BC5A38814AA7A609D9BC5A3E8C02"><paragraph id="id57731DBF15224B3C809FC4B902C37A2E"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Special rule</header><subparagraph id="idAA05DB2801A24B97BCAB4D95D75EF373"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall not deny a request from the Governor of a State to provide advance measures assistance under this subsection to reduce the risk of damage from rising water levels in the Great Lakes solely on the basis that the damage is caused by erosion. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id98BA8200A4D34A859EDC1B35A21BBA2B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text>Assistance provided by the Secretary pursuant to a request under subparagraph (A) may be at full Federal expense if the assistance is to construct advanced measures to a temporary construction standard.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id4A49689C79B249A3BBE122436DED93F5"><enum>311.</enum><header>Rehabilitation of existing levees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3017(e) 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 id="idA8F1B1B6DDE44C78B6F83006B2BF1F4B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>this subsection</quote> and inserting <quote>this section</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8C5D6180D84D42A2961C22CB49CD265B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>10 years</quote> and inserting <quote>20 years</quote>. </text></paragraph></section><section id="id0123f0e5516b41478ffe56344d3a6f19"><enum>312.</enum><header>Pilot program for certain communities</header><subsection id="idc0c8ad8637bd45e9b491f9adea3532e2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Pilot programs on the formulation of corps of engineers projects in rural communities and economically disadvantaged communities</header><text>Section 118 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (<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/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idcb1d2268afed425aa43b6c0b983306d0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)(C), by striking <quote>10</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id05ccef482762434f92d3b64a112b3d7d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text><subparagraph id="idC653F209F6DD444F95E8377EC58C5C42"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>make a recommendation to Congress on up to 10 projects</quote> and inserting <quote>recommend projects to Congress</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3B11491CF2CD4348ADBFE948A2EC6E60"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDA77F6A903584FB88D094405EC3C961B"><paragraph id="id81342B8269A84047B7D0B55FD52A1215"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>In recommending projects under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall include such recommendations in the next annual report submitted to Congress under section 7001 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2282d">33 U.S.C. 2282d</external-xref>) after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Water Resources Development Act of 2022</short-title>.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id32a195bbc1184b7bb4348a07902de27d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Pilot program for caps in small or disadvantaged communities</header><text>Section 165(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (<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/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idfc4a2c8605f24fa5b0f35a2df9c92e1a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B), by striking <quote>a total of 10</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7d95376d17854d86bc031586a99c2d10"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6a5f201767ab4387b7e114058a83e285"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1857fd1971d14e1581db86b61b1aaf91"><paragraph id="id4d1a51feb46f43cbb470345e42516233"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Maximum Federal amount</header><text>For a project carried out under this subsection, the maximum Federal amount, if applicable, shall be increased by the commensurate amount of the non-Federal share that would otherwise be required for the project under the applicable continuing authority program.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ida41549f5d8674842a0a08b0c463f0458"><enum>313.</enum><header>Rehabilitation of Corps of Engineers constructed pump stations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 133 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2327a">33 U.S.C. 2327a</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id6ff70e74e17c4466ad10ac13abb14e14"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2376cc11a47d46ca9cd283b74dafa3a1"><paragraph id="idea49aad8d7264437b8c0275e44bb3aa7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible pump station</header><text>The term <term>eligible pump station</term> means a pump station that—</text><subparagraph id="iddbe471f9ba174a9ebdde099a7de0cec9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is a feature of a federally authorized flood or coastal storm risk management project; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3ef9042190e946f9900f04a9a36d5f02"><enum>(B)</enum><text>if inoperable, would impair drainage of water from areas interior to a federally authorized flood or coastal storm risk management project.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="ida2ed6f503bfb49548fd1ca503b05c756"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id18441de8a18c4e26959394f5b7f8b581"><subsection id="id0d0d766da2c64bbba5dc2b01675d45b2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>The Secretary may carry out rehabilitation of an eligible pump station, if the Secretary determines that—</text><paragraph id="id237f4db8dea149b381d951c1af8e43eb"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the pump station has a major deficiency; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id335574fb94a74e05ba14cf170e93391e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the rehabilitation is feasible.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id28d5ad424e604476928bfa1936abc0a0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsection (f) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideba6a741a1214485b1cab2e5b38fc161"><subsection id="id182dccf3d7ac491b860391243935bb90"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Prioritization</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall prioritize the provision of assistance under this section to economically disadvantaged communities.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id4c83ec4630a54429b3d16defea5e0f23"><enum>314.</enum><header>Chesapeake Bay environmental restoration and protection program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 510(a)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3759; 128 Stat. 1317) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id4a80329fe39942088dcfb0b90fd14417"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>and streambanks</quote> after <quote>shorelines</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddc048c41fd3b4e6d8f40a82f801bc14b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idef0370b4504a49f3a492f09e75eea312"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (H); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9E6D7F69735244D1AF1633F384045411"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id80d4d098ebb64f67ada5ab313d402cad"><subparagraph id="id5cfc4dc416b3495bb2e70e4021024d9a"><enum>(F)</enum><text>wastewater treatment and related facilities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcca4ec3a8784456ebab6949628e73733"><enum>(G)</enum><text>stormwater and drainage systems; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id0361248926004B19A791E0E5A56C7EAD"><enum>315.</enum><header>Evaluation of hydrologic changes in Souris River Basin</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to evaluate hydrologic changes affecting the agreement entitled <quote>Agreement Between the Government of Canada and the United States of America for Water Supply and Flood Control in The Souris River Basin</quote>, signed in 1989. </text></section><section id="idDE945B0452E84E6CA3714186D7148727"><enum>316.</enum><header>Memorandum of understanding relating to Baldhill Dam, North Dakota</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary may enter into a memorandum of understanding with the non-Federal interest for the Red River Valley Water Supply Project to accommodate flows for downstream users through Baldhill Dam, North Dakota. </text></section><section id="iddfd4f754c42f4ac2b765f17ab7285a05"><enum>317.</enum><header>Upper Mississippi River restoration program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1103(e)(3) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/652">33 U.S.C. 652(e)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$40,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$75,000,000</quote>.</text></section><section id="idD88B93649CA94660AC1A66F038EBFF75"><enum>318.</enum><header>Harmful algal bloom demonstration program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 128(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/610">33 U.S.C. 610</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>the Upper Mississippi River and its tributaries,</quote> after <quote>New York,</quote>.</text></section><section id="id0AEBE784A8B5453FAFAC28B14511E251"><enum>319.</enum><header>Colleton County, South Carolina</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 221(a)(4)(C)(i) of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b(a)(4)(C)(i)) shall not apply to construction carried out by the non-Federal interest before the date of enactment of this Act for the project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, Colleton County, South Carolina, authorized by section 1401(3) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 1711).</text></section><section id="idb68e0576418e49aa95b7835ec0d6e329"><enum>320.</enum><header>Arkansas River corridor, Oklahoma</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3132 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1141) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idebb5a9d06438416fa4eccca39f53f3d3"><subsection id="ideefb4b7ca29a46b6a3399cd3b6bf7f4c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorized cost</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to carry out construction of a project under this section at a total cost of $128,400,000, with the cost 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></subsection><subsection id="id3d90cf45d1b64114b033ed8baced81e6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional feasibility studies authorized</header><paragraph id="id7e1c82ff725d4fb68e81d37e0f59df9d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to carry out feasibility studies for purposes of recommending to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives additional projects under this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id298eb9c68baf443dabf908f4a5d9ef84"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>An additional feasibility study carried out under this subsection shall be considered a continuation of the feasibility study that formulated the project carried out under subsection (b).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id05F232EB3B0043D3872C8D1616FE7E80"><enum>321.</enum><header>Abandoned and inactive noncoal mine restoration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 560 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2336">33 U.S.C. 2336</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id78B0C9C8301840BC835DE2722371B8A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by inserting <quote>or on land taken into trust by the Secretary of the Interior on behalf of, and for the benefit of, an Indian Tribe</quote> after <quote>land owned by the United States</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3E488CD32E194435BB286A32AB083715"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (f), by striking <quote>$30,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$50,000,000</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idEF043282701047C7ABBE18272A44BAB2"><enum>322.</enum><header>Asian carp prevention and control pilot program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 509(a)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/610">33 U.S.C. 610</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id66E6988F88F54361A0E97AF7DE18E2A7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>or Tennessee River Watershed</quote> and inserting <quote>, Tennessee River Watershed, or Tombigbee River Watershed</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idF65F49995A164742AD311FF7B9A9C3FE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(i), by inserting <quote>, of which not less than 1 shall be carried out on the Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway</quote> before the period at the end. </text></paragraph></section><section id="id8CFD5A9797E147B98A526D188A26DF58"><enum>323.</enum><header>Forms of assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 592(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 379) is amended by striking <quote>and surface water resource protection and development</quote> and inserting <quote>surface water resource protection and development, stormwater management, drainage systems, and water quality enhancement</quote>.</text></section><section id="idB331820EF0BC4102A206060E0D0377B3"><enum>324.</enum><header>Debris removal, New York Harbor, New York</header><subsection id="idE6DF29C589914071AC70A40499D4796A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the project for New York Harbor collection and removal of drift, authorized by section 91 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 39), and deauthorized pursuant to section 6001 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/579b">33 U.S.C. 579b</external-xref>) (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the WIIN Act (130 Stat. 1628)), is authorized to be carried out by the Secretary.</text></subsection><subsection id="id59920D8DF1C24BA898DC09CBF4DE4EE5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Feasibility study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"> The Secretary shall carry out, 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 a report on the results of, a feasibility study for the project described in subsection (a). </text></subsection></section><section id="ida6b3075986e44d228a3bd714c0287f1d"><enum>325.</enum><header>Invasive species management</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 104 of the River and Harbor Act of 1958 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/610">33 U.S.C. 610</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id5e49bce41e50430cbb64c405a5b1749a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)(A)(ii)—</text><subparagraph id="ida52ab5fc12504da696390930fe782208"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$50,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$75,000,000</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id59fefd62f44542969431f934aed9f4ed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2024</quote> and inserting <quote>2028</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9ebba27377534ee4b653fdf61ddd15b2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (g)(2)—</text><subparagraph id="id7e4911aaadc04a528aab1c102aca71da"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text><clause id="id7c8afc8428234e1fa30b599dcc333ae1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>water quantity or water quality</quote> and inserting <quote>water quantity, water quality, or ecosystems</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id5fb98f60e20842fca8f9f2c6fd05b11e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>the Lake Erie Basin, the Ohio River Basin,</quote> after <quote>the Upper Snake River Basin,</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id98aa7cface8e4ed8ab7d991dc9e77048"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>, hydrilla (<italic>Hydrilla verticillata</italic>),</quote> after <quote><italic>angustifolia</italic>)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="idA22C6E8E5346425A94C8F65B493485F0"><enum>326.</enum><header>Wolf River Harbor, Tennessee</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the project for navigation, Wolf River Harbor, Tennessee, authorized by title II of the Act of June 16, 1933 (48 Stat. 200, chapter 90) (commonly known as the <quote>National Industrial Recovery Act</quote>), and modified by section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 308), is modified to reduce the authorized dimensions of the project, such that the remaining authorized dimensions are a 250-foot-wide, 9-foot-depth channel with a center line beginning at a point 35.139634, -90.062343 and extending approximately 8,500 feet to a point 35.160848, -90.050566.</text></section><section id="id1d74b89074554b5984403e0ce7697aeb"><enum>327.</enum><header>Missouri River mitigation, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The matter under the heading <quote><header-in-text style="appropriations" level="appropriations-small">Missouri River Mitigation, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska</header-in-text></quote> in section 601(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4143; 121 Stat. 1155), as modified by section 334 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 306), is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>When acquiring land to meet the requirements of fish and wildlife mitigation, the Secretary may consider incidental flood risk management benefits.</quote>.</text></section><section id="id83BC31D6406E425BAFD4909FA23F93E6"><enum>328.</enum><header>Invasive species management pilot program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 104(f)(4) of the River and Harbor Act of 1958 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/610">33 U.S.C. 610(f)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2024</quote> and inserting <quote>2026</quote>.</text></section><section id="id9e764c12bc6a4d66ab2405c603a5c876"><enum>329.</enum><header>Nueces County, Texas, conveyances</header><subsection id="id897a24d4736947ffaef4a4345a6766e8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On receipt of a written request of the Port of Corpus Christi, the Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="id505bd3fbba114f119bb4e7285382ee17"><enum>(1)</enum><text>review the land owned and easements held by the United States for purposes of navigation in Nueces County, Texas; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id49fb3d53df9d4a82b2c9a0bfe33ae018"><enum>(2)</enum><text>convey to the Port of Corpus Christi or, in the case of an easement, release to the owner of the fee title to the land subject to such easement, without consideration, all such land and easements described in paragraph (1) that the Secretary determines are no longer required for project purposes.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9e581dd6bf534fbc9bbd9eb73c6cfcaa"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conditions</header><paragraph id="idc856430bcf1f42e58e4e5f84fd4c46fb"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Quitclaim deed</header><text>Any conveyance of land under this section shall be by quitclaim deed.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5cb64be134c04d1996d9ca8e5fe74bf1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Terms and conditions</header><text>The Secretary may subject any conveyance or release of easement under this section to such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines necessary and advisable to protect the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc26e8a2f00094bea9d20bc68390ab713"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administrative costs</header><text>In accordance with section 2695 of title 10, United States Code, the Port of Corpus Christi shall be responsible for the costs incurred by the Secretary to convey land or release easements under this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="ide2ffeb901c9a46bf94d2644b5f218d7b"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Waiver of real property screening requirements</header><text>Section 2696 of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply to the conveyance of land or release of easements under this section.</text></subsection></section><section id="idA3D5083680534A03B5BFBD86BEAAECC8"><enum>330.</enum><header>Mississippi Delta Headwaters, Mississippi</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">As part of the authority of the Secretary to carry out the project for flood damage reduction, bank stabilization, and sediment and erosion control, Yazoo Basin, Mississippi Delta Headwaters, Mississippi, authorized by the matter under the heading <quote><header-in-text style="appropriations" level="appropriations-small">Enhancement of water resource benefits and for emergency disaster work</header-in-text></quote> in title I of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/98/8">Public Law 98–8</external-xref> (97 Stat. 22), the Secretary may carry out emergency maintenance activities, as the Secretary determines to be necessary, for features of the project completed before the date of enactment of this Act.</text></section><section id="id86735419FE214B27B525A8AA7EC53E4B"><enum>331.</enum><header>Ecosystem restoration, Hudson–Raritan Estuary, New York and New Jersey</header><subsection id="idFFA88509258844498C49C5C245A13D25"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may carry out additional feasibility studies for ecosystem restoration, Hudson–Raritan Estuary, New York and New Jersey, including an examination of measures and alternatives at Baisley Pond Park and the Richmond Terrace Wetlands.</text></subsection><subsection id="idF9D7CEF019BA47EA9C1A7D91BAA0F8D1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>A feasibility study carried out under subsection (a) shall be considered a continuation of the study that formulated the project for ecosystem restoration, Hudson–Raritan Estuary, New York and New Jersey, authorized by section 401(5) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2740).</text></subsection></section><section id="idFDCC6A063FF3412AA58BAE4A7ADB9C82"><enum>332.</enum><header>Timely reimbursement</header><subsection id="idE0D78991BC804101B467F4EA42035791"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of covered project</header><text>In this section, the term <term>covered project</term> means a project for navigation authorized by section 1401(1) of the WIIN Act (130 Stat. 1708). </text></subsection><subsection id="id6444D8A9D7724A199C95DC0B0CF54A09"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reimbursement required</header><text>In the case of a covered project for which the non-Federal interest has advanced funds for construction of the project, the Secretary shall reimburse the non-Federal interest for advanced funds that exceed the non-Federal share of the cost of construction of the project as soon as practicable after the completion of each individual contract for the project.</text></subsection></section><section id="idB3B221C06E6D431F967508EE418B42DA"><enum>333.</enum><header>New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam, Georgia and South Carolina</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1319(c) of the WIIN Act (130 Stat. 1704) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF80C7FCAA9CF417C9DF7AC9AA1F72741"><paragraph id="id079171A87C8B480AB0136CC062A98761"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cost-share</header><subparagraph id="id889CE9A4D12B405E920008DC1C3FB4D3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The costs of construction of a Project feature constructed pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be determined in accordance with section 101(a)(1)(B) 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)(B)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDA032C5FB0C841D897328E85A517C5AF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>Any increase in costs for the Project due to the construction of a Project feature described in subparagraph (A) shall not be included in the total project cost for purposes of section 902 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2280">33 U.S.C. 2280</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="ide1f54330fc614cb782e6eae77692ce82"><enum>334.</enum><header>Lake Tahoe Basin restoration, Nevada and California</header><subsection id="id4b54a5f3bb754d919bc4652d5a43bf49"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section, the term <term>Lake Tahoe Basin</term> means the entire watershed drainage of Lake Tahoe including that portion of the Truckee River 1,000 feet downstream from the United States Bureau of Reclamation dam in Tahoe City, California.</text></subsection><subsection id="id0ae5ed051b824fa49b8ec9b214679077"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of program</header><text>The Secretary may establish a program for providing environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in Lake Tahoe Basin.</text></subsection><subsection id="idb14a9a4e390044b280d92d6c81777030"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Form of assistance</header><text>Assistance under this section may be in the form of planning, design, and construction assistance for water-related environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development projects in Lake Tahoe Basin—</text><paragraph id="id4ea1f095f48c4c6f80d4f4017d97a215"><enum>(1)</enum><text>urban stormwater conveyance, treatment and related facilities;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide22692da9611415f9c389ad3ac3c6ef7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>watershed planning, science and research;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb45bd77af96a4fd4b69f181e40b027e4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>environmental restoration; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id901d3f1d7a9e4c2998b6688c5f6bf43c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>surface water resource protection and development.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id87baad47141a4fd38685a04ab0a0605e"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Public ownership requirement</header><text>The Secretary may provide assistance for a project under this section only if the project is publicly owned.</text></subsection><subsection id="id6be9aa30c99642e4b9852d93ec29912e"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Local cooperation agreement</header><paragraph id="id46a7a50b8a994d18900ef23fa94cdc3b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Before providing assistance under this section, the Secretary shall enter into a local cooperation agreement with a non-Federal interest to provide for design and construction of the project to be carried out with the assistance.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idec777ed22cca472e97a10d0448b72629"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Each local cooperation agreement entered into under this subsection shall provide for the following:</text><subparagraph id="id1ac4ca61df9940b8bc251602ccd04a8f"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Plan</header><text>Development by the Secretary, in consultation with appropriate Federal and State and Regional officials, of appropriate environmental documentation, engineering plans and specifications.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3dc33944aabd439dba8165f203f9bee2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Legal and institutional structures</header><text>Establishment of such legal and institutional structures as are necessary to ensure the effective long-term operation of the project by the non-Federal interest.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide21f0cedb9e343f1b2aaa2cc9a50cb77"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cost sharing</header><subparagraph id="idc46701a4165446a591f0d377fb7bd01a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Federal share of project costs under each local cooperation agreement entered into under this subsection shall be 75 percent. The Federal share may be in the form of grants or reimbursements of project costs.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6ec2af3924cd4e60825aed20c141911a"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Credit for design work</header><text>The non-Federal interest shall receive credit for the reasonable costs of planning and design work completed by the non-Federal interest before entering into a local cooperation agreement with the Secretary for a project.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2b549f3f7c574a8c926cd49b8c8b9d2c"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Land, easements, rights-of-way, and relocations</header><text>The non-Federal interest shall receive credit for land, easements, rights-of-way, and relocations provided by the non-Federal interest toward the non-Federal share of project costs (including all reasonable costs associated with obtaining permits necessary for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the project on publicly owned or controlled land), but not to exceed 25 percent of total project costs.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id97e874c2ab25437199995d9edaa16001"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Operation and maintenance</header><text>The non-Federal share of operation and maintenance costs for projects constructed with assistance provided under this section shall be 100 percent.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida5118f8539de44f9b25e3577f3716d0d"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Applicability of other Federal and State laws</header><text>Nothing in this section waives, limits, or otherwise affects the applicability of any provision of Federal or State law that would otherwise apply to a project to be carried out with assistance provided under this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="ida7c55d56162744148e9a6f5bf3ca7cbe"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section for the period beginning with fiscal year 2005, $50,000,000, to remain available until expended.</text></subsection><subsection id="id517b78cbd9df43b5a4c2fd01acde1df3"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Section 108 of division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (118 Stat. 2942), is repealed. </text></subsection><subsection id="id966eeaa569fe436fb24d25620f2a5f71"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>The program authorized by this section shall be considered a continuation of the program authorized by section 108 of division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (118 Stat. 2942) (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act). </text></subsection></section><section id="idE340B0B2163E499D8987BE823FBC9AD4"><enum>335.</enum><header>Additional assistance for Eastern Santa Clara Basin, California</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 111 of title I of division B of the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by section 1(a)(4) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001 (114 Stat. 2763; 114 Stat. 2763A–224; 121 Stat. 1209)), is amended—</text><paragraph id="id64B6444598334FEB83681F2B161EBD09"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>and volatile organic compounds</quote> after <quote>perchlorates</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1778B73953CC43BF920DC29FFDE56B5B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(3), by inserting <quote>and volatile organic compounds</quote> after <quote>perchlorates</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idB4212FEF94E349389302E4431D7FE0F3"><enum>336.</enum><header>Tribal partnership program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 203 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2269">33 U.S.C. 2269</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idA44C212E8F4343C194489A8B77AA57C3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450b">25 U.S.C. 450b</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>)</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB8B86102FCEE424E89ABBA5806566340"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="idC4D5048589534138927EB2FEB2E5114F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A)—</text><clause id="id9E1E2C21F2114DF0BFF36BE656B32EFE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or coastal storm</quote> after <quote>flood</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="idB380CB70A1D54F98A2A6D950E402DCC1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>including erosion control,</quote> after <quote>reduction,</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id19CC1C2A53AE46B2906DDC37A1FA06D4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD0F279D0930640379235CF28A32CD022"><subparagraph id="id0FCED6FCA2224E278D5A824F24F76315"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Federal interest determination</header><text>The first $100,000 of the costs of a study under this section shall be at full Federal expense.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id859B6BBECF1A4F31B9A6BADBE5BE80F5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text><clause id="id8B88FF926C0C4BF59EBCC52A3BDFB769"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>$18,500,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$26,000,000</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="idE9A13C6A87994DFFAE44300554EF8CB1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>$18,500,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$26,000,000</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4908CFDECD4246AC9DBB35737C7780EF"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF5A0665E3ED040AEBFFB339546EFF05A"><paragraph id="id89A4CA0956D645A0AF4FEB745224B71D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Project justification</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law or requirement for economic justification established under section 209 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1962-2">42 U.S.C. 1962–2</external-xref>) for a project (other than a project for ecosystem restoration), the Secretary may implement a project under this section if the Secretary determines that the project will—</text><subparagraph id="id31FFA65918C140109EAEF4B1F2F178EF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>significantly reduce potential flood or coastal storm damages, which may include or be limited to damages due to shoreline erosion or riverbank or streambank failures;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id464C710E4678436D96B0FD8E8CDA3E5E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>improve the quality of the environment;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD15BF455E11749A5B56F16B7EA533027"><enum>(C)</enum><text>reduce risks to life safety associated with the damages described in subparagraph (A); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id49D7D86901C64134A7C9231DF891B156"><enum>(D)</enum><text>improve the long-term viability of the community.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id134500A7F7B7478D8194D8DC1C8B3A16"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(5)(B)—</text><subparagraph id="id2F7F7F83A0A54C0A9BF2B9500CCF2AEF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>non-Federal</quote> and inserting <quote>Federal</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id244D50EE757248CB9FEF645F46A452B0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>50 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>100 percent</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idBD1A6781A14343A3827FC83C168F5BC6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by striking <quote>2024</quote> and inserting <quote>2033</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id464cf1e29eea4a45adf60ddb6be95f1a"><enum>337.</enum><header>Surplus water contracts and water storage agreements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1046(c) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 1254; 132 Stat. 3784; 134 Stat. 2715) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id4fcb24fb2048486f823589e020def7b4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id332f00501ef34308a9db67fbb789a334"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).</text></paragraph></section><section id="ida441880bf81b47acb5ad9fa1ebdbc3a3"><enum>338.</enum><header>Copan Lake, Oklahoma</header><subsection id="id75d80a048a5d4c45b2aaed8609be2bda"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall amend Contract DACW56-81-C-0114 between the United States and the Copan Public Works Authority (referred to in this section as the <quote>Authority</quote>), entered into on June 22, 1981, for the utilization by the Authority of storage space for water supply in Copan Lake, Oklahoma (referred to in this section as the <quote>project</quote>)—</text><paragraph id="id579ced56bf1547a38d9c97fa6bdd2f1b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to release to the United States all rights of the Authority to utilize 4,750 acre-feet of future use water storage space; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id76ed23b9995242268e496076b7fb1625"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to relieve the Authority from all financial obligations, to include the initial project investment costs and the accumulated interest on unpaid project investment costs, for the volume of water storage space described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb3c5f259baa842aab01c47b81af97a03"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>During the 2-year period beginning on the effective date of execution of the contract amendment under subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="id4F56AB9448A142ED8A3B03FC06A8164E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide the City of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, with the right of first refusal to contract for the utilization of storage space for water supply for any portion of the storage space that was released by the Authority under subsection (a); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id76EA2B18152F40EBB46431E091A18EE9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure that the City of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, shall not pay more than 110 percent of the initial project investment cost per acre-foot of storage for the acre-feet of storage space sought under an agreement under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="ide5b5f0a0b31a4141a9edd0a515d01973"><enum>339.</enum><header>Enhanced development program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall fully implement opportunities for enhanced development at Oklahoma Lakes under the authorities provided in section 3134 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1142; 130 Stat. 1671) and section 164 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2668).</text></section><section id="idA06605B3D6C74306BC8B624D1803B73D"><enum>340.</enum><header>Ecosystem restoration coordination</header><subsection id="id8214655FDE5E45E1BBD7FA392F2C99C8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the project for ecosystem restoration, South Fork of the South Branch of the Chicago River, Bubbly Creek, Illinois, authorized by section 401(5) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2740), the Secretary shall coordinate to the maximum extent practicable with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, State environmental agencies, and regional coordinating bodies responsible for the remediation of toxics. </text></subsection><subsection id="idEF5EA80E92FD4FF380FE547609901E40"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>Nothing in this section extends liability to the Secretary for any remediation of toxics present at the project site referred to in subsection (a) prior to the date of authorization of that project.</text></subsection></section><section id="idf5445e89934244d097a1563dda3ef414"><enum>341.</enum><header>Acequias irrigation systems</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1113 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4232) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id5f765eccfb284813a25d8dcb965a5e4a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph id="id068def6225454208abc935910f5b47c4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(b) Subject to section 903(a) of this Act, the Secretary is authorized and directed to undertake</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43dc43889384459994935c50c605ce59"><subsection id="id8150ca41276e425b83ac156ff18c36c0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>Subject to section 903(a), the Secretary shall carry out</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc87bdef0c7fd4bfda94636e236c61daa"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>canals</quote> and all that follows through <quote>25 percent.</quote> and inserting the following: “channels attendant to the operations of the community ditch and Acequia systems in New Mexico that—</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd47bb0981f8a4176a138b6326cdfe90c"><paragraph id="ida0ec72b7ee7d488bbfafcc29cd58372f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>are declared to be a political subdivision of the State; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id41aa9c2554d9469697cbcbc5bc3f2925"><enum>(2)</enum><text>belong to a federally recognized Indian Tribe.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9220f419d9f94f6f88f816be9c225e69"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (e);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id522041cc889641bb9124a90b3310d76b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7dbd18ad5d86476681cef0670f937eb6"><subsection id="id81c24cb301354451a913753305e9e6d1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The measures described in subsection (b) shall, to the maximum extent practicable—</text><paragraph id="idce0fe534a8f04e77bf028954151ded17"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensure greater resiliency of diversion structures, including to flow variations, prolonged drought conditions, invasive plant species, and threats from changing hydrological and climatic conditions; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb3240720203a456998f6c20349758f82"><enum>(2)</enum><text>support research, development, and training for innovative management solutions, including those for controlling invasive aquatic plants that affect Acequias.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1f91acebd3db4bff94c3e950b8f5b88d"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Costs</header><paragraph id="id947946132ca34c979ae4db359685c564"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Total cost</header><text>The measures described in subsection (b) shall be carried out at a total cost of $80,000,000.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5459021bcf2c4b71b7a793982433c02c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cost sharing</header><subparagraph id="id9b14c00e9f20415fbbf9a2a666700ea6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the non-Federal share of the cost of carrying out the measures described in subsection (b) shall be 25 percent.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id02d61629ba0c4450941e0cc448f36ef4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special rule</header><text>In the case of a project benefitting an economically disadvantaged community (as defined pursuant to section 160 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (<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/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>)), the Federal share of the cost of carrying out the measures described in subsection (b) shall be 90 percent.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="ide846d5f0479f48a2b4927f5b881fc18c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (e) (as so redesignated)—</text><subparagraph id="ide6af7660e6524d57bfab54e47dbe1756"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first sentence—</text><clause id="id2e7ebc794e3f4e7d8dc976cc1b4342e7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(e) The Secretary is further authorized and directed to</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1d599903ae3f466f9ef2615b41072402"><subsection id="ide6ce61d3558d4dc5aee40452ec851013"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Public entity status</header><paragraph id="idf6862724dd074d75a0150715a496294d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause><clause id="idb9c4ef8aae5c46e4821254b2b3129f8b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or belong to a federally recognized Indian Tribe within the State of New Mexico</quote> after <quote>that State</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id124531ef96674e3ca51023019010af44"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>This public entity status will allow the officials of these Acequia systems</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9dce3481dc644379b7efb19c5c4b93f7"><paragraph id="id434ce6e8381f40cd9e5fd003a185d338"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effect</header><text>The public entity status provided pursuant to paragraph (1) shall allow the officials of the Acequia systems described in that paragraph</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id9E2DAC2C5A5D4041A0085986D207AEEB"><enum>342.</enum><header>Rogers County, Oklahoma</header><subsection id="idBB21691E36194A16AE276B1C010104FA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conveyance</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to convey to the City of Tulsa–Rogers County Port Authority (referred to in this section as the <quote>Port Authority</quote>), for fair market value, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the Federal land described in subsection (b).</text></subsection><subsection id="id43DE5AD324E149A98117A3DE09C93311"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal land described</header><paragraph id="idC50A6E24E6034EC0BA15A1AB14ECB136"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Federal land to be conveyed under this section is the approximately 176 acres of Federal land located on the following 3 parcels in Rogers County, Oklahoma:</text><subparagraph id="id5965EF6241E2430BA37CDF03D1D2B307"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Parcel 1 includes U.S. tract 119 (partial), U.S. tract 123, U.S. tract 120, U.S. tract 125, and U.S. tract 118 (partial).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC895EB4B48F94E9D893162E698EC28BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Parcel 2 includes U.S. tract 124 (partial) and U.S. tract 128 (partial).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id41B2CAED8E8344699EFBDEC3BA4F6471"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Parcel 3 includes U.S. tract 128 (partial).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF14E4AC9168C432184606D949BF5AA55"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination required</header><subparagraph id="id53542A6101D74FE5A5F863229499C0FD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (1) and subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D), the Secretary shall determine the exact property description and acreage of the Federal land to be conveyed under this section.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1CA359E6F67344E384195BDBC63A6BF2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>In making the determination under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall reserve from conveyance such easements, rights-of-way, and other interests as the Secretary determines to be necessary and appropriate to ensure the continued operation of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River navigation project, including New Graham Lock and Dam 18 as a part of that project, as authorized under the comprehensive plan for the Arkansas River Basin by section 3 of the Act of June 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 1218, chapter 795), and section 10 of the Flood Control Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 647, chapter 596) and where applicable the provisions of the River and Harbor Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 634, chapter 595) and modified by section 108 of the Energy and Water Development Appropriation Act, 1988 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/100/202">Public Law 100–202</external-xref>; 101 Stat. 1329–112), and section 136 of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/137">Public Law 108–137</external-xref>; 117 Stat. 1842).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id957EE824338B43ED80198048A5841324"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Obstructions to navigable capacity</header><text>A conveyance under this section shall not affect the jurisdiction of the Secretary under section 10 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (commonly known as the <quote>Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899</quote>) (30 Stat. 1151, chapter 425; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/403">33 U.S.C. 403</external-xref>) with respect to the Federal land conveyed. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5F2A2115727F4C1CA4AC432944365C11"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Survey required</header><text>The exact acreage and the legal description of any Federal land conveyed under this section shall be determined by a survey that is satisfactory to the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id836E1ABC464040D0A108EE536F4C8EDC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>Section 2696 of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply to the conveyance under this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="id0CEFE0EA52A84DCF851B3D43FBCED073"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>The Port Authority shall be responsible for all reasonable and necessary costs, including real estate transaction and environmental documentation costs, associated with the conveyance.</text></subsection><subsection id="id76091618240C425ABA8F448889F54EB1"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Hold harmless</header><paragraph id="id4C1144BBF83849B88D950DBE545A07BC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Port Authority shall hold the United States harmless from any liability with respect to activities carried out on or after the date of the conveyance under this section on the Federal land conveyed.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB826608368A74A19A4CAB70750881472"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The United States shall remain responsible for any liability incurred with respect to activities carried out before the date of the conveyance under this section on the Federal land conveyed.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id658AA86A0DF24EBBAC505DA3D4AF44F1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Additional terms and conditions</header><text>The Secretary may require that the conveyance under this section be subject to such additional terms and conditions as the Secretary considers necessary and appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.</text></subsection></section><section id="id867a6a4ae2bc41638a412f3ba7007e64"><enum>343.</enum><header>Water supply storage repair, rehabilitation, and replacement costs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 301(b) of the Water Supply Act of 1958 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/390b">43 U.S.C. 390b(b)</external-xref>) is amended, in the fourth proviso, by striking the second sentence and inserting the following: <quote>For Corps of Engineers projects, all annual operation and maintenance costs for municipal and industrial water supply storage under this section shall be reimbursed from State or local interests on an annual basis, and all repair, rehabilitation, and replacement costs shall be reimbursed from State or local interests (1) without interest, during construction of the repair, rehabilitation, or replacement, (2) with interest, in lump sum on the completion of the repair, rehabilitation, or replacement, or (3) at the request of the State or local interest, with interest, over a period of not more than 25 years beginning on the date of completion of the repair, rehabilitation, or replacement, with repayment contracts providing for recalculation of the interest rate at 5-year intervals. At the request of the State or local interest, the Secretary of the Army shall amend a repayment contract entered into under this section on or before the date of enactment of this sentence for the purpose of incorporating the terms and conditions described in paragraph (3) of the preceding sentence.</quote>.</text></section><section id="id59dc8062d50a4372885e16dfd752b7d9"><enum>344.</enum><header>Non-Federal payment flexibility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 103(l) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2213">33 U.S.C. 2213(l)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id927bd9d0e5a247dbb62ac88a45577da0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>At the request of</quote> in the first sentence and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16252FE5805B4FECA1752EA8BE6E6D46"><subsection id="idAD1994316CD7470794451148230CC3AB"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Delay of payment</header><paragraph id="id93CEBF57D030482A9FE81F1C2D113B05"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Initial payment</header><text>At the request of</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id40ea2bc7ebf44d3b8fdca1d3f75a04b4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf11080b37b4c47c69f9935bb477277f5"><paragraph id="idb3492700f8ad4d6c8960c8c15843bb21"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Interest</header><subparagraph id="id73f603b5326547adaa456de8a707deb3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>At the request of any non-Federal interest, the Secretary may waive the accrual of interest on any non-Federal cash contribution under this section or section 101 for a project for a period of not more than 1 year if the Secretary determines that—</text><clause id="id2bd100ebc283466d9159412402071606"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the waiver will contribute to the ability of the non-Federal interest to make future contributions; and</text></clause><clause id="id3e38501a328148baaad61c63c7f61a23"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the non-Federal interest is in good standing under terms agreed to under subsection (k)(1).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1f820cb1c593432db5d6ca08ebd5aca4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>The Secretary may grant not more than 1 waiver under subparagraph (A) for the same project.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="idc1c25d9538cc491db03354396c4a95a4"><enum>345.</enum><header>North Padre Island, Corpus Christi Bay, Texas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The project for ecosystem restoration, North Padre Island, Corpus Christi Bay, Texas, constructed by the Secretary prior to the date of enactment of this Act under section 556 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 353), shall not be eligible for repair and restoration assistance under section 5(a) of the Act of August 18, 1941 (commonly known as the <quote>Flood Control Act of 1941</quote>) (55 Stat. 650, chapter 377; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701n">33 U.S.C. 701n(a)</external-xref>).</text></section><section id="id081a531679bb42dd85f06e10d4009c1b"><enum>346.</enum><header>Waiver of non-Federal share of damages related to certain contract claims</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In a case in which the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals or a court of competent jurisdiction rendered a decision on a date that was at least 20 years before the date of enactment of this Act awarding damages to a contractor relating to the adjudication of claims arising from the construction of general navigation features of a project carried out under section 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/577">33 U.S.C. 577</external-xref>), notwithstanding the terms of the Project Partnership Agreement, the Secretary shall waive payment of the share of the non-Federal interest of such damages, including attorney's fees, if the Secretary—</text><paragraph id="iddddc447be054483bb3deef56dbe9f09b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>terminated construction of the project prior to completion of all features; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida757995f73bf474b9f21c5121cbe8fd5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has not collected payment from the non-Federal interest before the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idADA7969C1A564757AFAACC9A017AF7DD"><enum>347.</enum><header>Algiers Canal Levees, Louisiana</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In accordance with section 328 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 304; 121 Stat. 1129), the Secretary shall resume operation, maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, and replacement of the Algiers Canal Levees, Louisiana, at full Federal expense. </text></section><section id="idce31f97731524e7f9a11cf3deca3ab9f"><enum>348.</enum><header>Israel River ice control project, Lancaster, New Hampshire</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the project for flood control, Israel River, Lancaster, New Hampshire, authorized by 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>) is no longer authorized.</text></section><section id="id2DE5BD0CD2F349348EECF02370FE5220"><enum>349.</enum><header>City of El Dorado, Kansas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall amend Contract DACW56–72–C–0220, between the United States and the City of El Dorado, Kansas, entered into on June 30, 1972, for the utilization by the City of storage space for water supply in El Dorado Lake, Kansas, to change the method of calculation of the interest charges that began accruing on June 30, 1991, on the investment costs for the 72,087 acre-feet of future use storage space, from compounding interest annually to charging simple interest annually on the principal amount, until—</text><paragraph id="idEB22F6BD1DF64925AEC20B1B5B299151"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the City desires to convert the future use storage space to present use; and </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE509C505DE3A4DDAA6E4EDB87D012E09"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the principal amount plus the accumulated interest becomes payable pursuant to the terms of the Contract.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id6c451bfc60644dbaad0084967c0c5c87"><enum>350.</enum><header>Upper Mississippi River protection</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2010 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 1270; 132 Stat. 3812) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaeec5dd1425c43fb801811c44cdfeed7"><subsection id="id6bf65725781441538e06e0f171f7bd60"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Secretary shall not recommend deauthorization of the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam unless the Secretary identifies a willing and capable non-Federal public entity to assume ownership of the lock and dam.</text></subsection><subsection id="id95bff7195cfd462180c48cb8b51d11e2"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Modification</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to investigate the feasibility of modifying the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam to add ecosystem restoration, including the prevention and control of invasive species, as an authorized purpose.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="idCAA6739F44C64A3082C21B2C00D99E28"><enum>351.</enum><header>Regional Corps of Engineers Office, Corpus Christi, Texas</header><subsection id="id89abee4c71734be089b7d0c1016695ab"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>At such time as new facilities are available to the Corps of Engineers, and subject to this section, the Secretary shall convey to the Port of Corpus Christi Authority, by deed and without warranty, all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the property described in subsection (c). </text></subsection><subsection id="id40C6F0DE5BB9470EAFDF83ED090B0E60"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text>Consideration for the conveyance under subsection (a) shall be determined by an appraisal, satisfactory to the Secretary, of the market value of the property conveyed.</text></subsection><subsection id="id4bd7b6bdae4444aa8e3546532f5ca24f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Description of property</header><text>The property referred to in subsection (a) is the land known as <quote>Tract 100</quote> and <quote>Tract 101</quote>, including improvements on that land, in Corpus Christi, Texas, and described as follows:</text><paragraph id="idac74f265127445d8b58af06fc0d8e975"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Tract 100</header><text> The 1.89 acres, more or less, as conveyed by the Nueces County Navigation District No. 1 of Nueces County, Texas, to the United States by instrument dated October 16, 1928, and recorded at Volume 193, pages 1 and 2, in the Deed Records of Nueces County, Texas.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id264384b07b694cd5851fbfcd46be61a2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Tract 101</header><text>The 0.53 acres as conveyed by the City of Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, to the United States by instrument dated September 24, 1971, and recorded at Volume 318, pages 523 and 524, in the Deed Records of Nueces County, Texas.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id395a2e8673924b38afbd7bb4fb2dbf37"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Improvements</header><subparagraph id="id8148A89ACD134EB481C1246E6C82F90B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Main Building (RPUID AO–C–3516), constructed January 9, 1974.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf36f7cf2240940cd9d19a1def6593813"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Garage, vehicle with 5 bays (RPUID AO–C–3517), constructed January 9, 1985. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc45d7525d50a40c08e87e4eb58255031"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Bulkhead, Upper (RPUID AO–C–2658), constructed January 1, 1941. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id54e64e0b4f1b43d7a16a527c76f87412"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Bulkhead, Lower (RPUID AO–C–3520), constructed January 1, 1933.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id083db0628a33437b9fdd49300ed0ad2c"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Bulkhead Fence (RPUID AO–C–3521), constructed January 9, 1985.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1982787c38724a158afc30140df57717"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Bulkhead Fence (RPUID AO–C–3522), constructed January 9, 1985.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id744938ca53ab44af95bb42f29395112c"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Terms and conditions</header><paragraph id="id6B95FF8C25AE42E58E15C0AA42A575B6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Before conveying the land described in subsection (c) to the Port of Corpus Christi Authority, the Secretary shall ensure that the conditions of buildings and facilities meet applicable requirements under Federal law, as determined by the Secretary. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9C67DEA75ABF4F309DC3BA6893C222D9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Improvements</header><text>Improvements to conditions of buildings and facilities on the land described in subsection (c), if any, shall be incorporated into the consideration required under subsection (b).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id04BDBE2154FF4378AD31FA0CC3A4A327"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Costs of conveyance</header><text>In addition to the fair market value for property rights conveyed, the Port of Corpus Christi Authority shall be responsible for all reasonable and necessary costs, including real estate transaction and environmental documentation costs, associated with the conveyance under subsection (a).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id2D45F798B1424D39A7A865BDF844C14C"><enum>352.</enum><header>Pilot program for good neighbor authority on Corps of Engineers land</header><subsection id="id6389cde34ccb4543bb48098b4cdd6845"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="idF811F3963D6F470A8F7011154742D787"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorized restoration services</header><text>The term <term>authorized restoration services</term> means similar and complementary forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration services carried out—</text><subparagraph id="idfacc26ea637a452187f1852393f56c0f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>on Federal land; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idab09e36a0bb1479b8580ba843b83f2ab"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by the Secretary or Governor pursuant to a good neighbor agreement.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6F58BA32552D49F5B6FFCFA4FA041475"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal land</header><subparagraph id="idF89334A6FC224766A5C439F2A689BB3D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>Federal land</term> means land within the State that is administered by the Corps of Engineers.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id40A822A88D5C4FA6B5261E3A8F649BFA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The term <term>Federal land</term> does not include—</text><clause id="id4c45002bc63f48978151de116f16e88e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System;</text></clause><clause id="ida4afc4f6e7484451a2209c4ffc9c7bdf"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Federal land on which the removal of vegetation is prohibited or restricted by an Act of Congress or a Presidential proclamation (including the applicable implementation plan); or</text></clause><clause id="idf2f5eb8e0b264ebeb007e3ef12731348"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a wilderness study area.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id677152CA3F874106B549D710977A98AC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Forest, rangeland, and watershed services</header><subparagraph id="id8B31897ABE8A480AAAADEAF8CCB93D34"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration services</term> means—</text><clause id="id2add3d10c7af48b4872c8f36b8874b3b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>activities to treat insect-infected and disease-infected trees;</text></clause><clause id="idfd8ee9a2949b4c3f994dca1e73a62b73"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>activities to reduce hazardous fuels; and</text></clause><clause id="id1786d6b1af77453eb07b5071858dccc8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any other activities to restore or improve forest, rangeland, and watershed health, including fish and wildlife habitat.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id31CA0DA936374243B4235E69A82ED928"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The term <term>forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration services</term> does not include—</text><clause id="idaf8841a634864b9a89d6781a7a98f135"><enum>(i)</enum><text>construction, reconstruction, repair, or restoration of paved or permanent roads or parking areas, other than the reconstruction, repair, or restoration of a road that is necessary to carry out authorized restoration services pursuant to a good neighbor agreement; and</text></clause><clause id="id6a9177d1c1214a50a8d9e0ebbe32719d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>construction, alteration, repair or replacement of public buildings or public works.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id158c96fd637c4d789cd2e346779adba0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Good neighbor agreement</header><text>The term <term>good neighbor agreement</term> means a cooperative agreement or contract (including a sole source contract) entered into between the Secretary and Governor under subsection (b)(1)(A) to carry out authorized restoration services under this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc8c495f3cf9648ee83043188019ed081"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Governor</header><text>The term <term>Governor</term> means the Governor or any other appropriate executive official of the State.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5e6d6567d984420cab0c219c05ccea4e"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Road</header><text>The term <term>road</term> has the meaning given the term in section 212.1 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on February 7, 2014).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB95C41EA4BC14DB5A51DD086BED8E9DC" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> means the State of Idaho.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0736515bb9b2433aab4540ad958ba34a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Good neighbor agreements</header><paragraph id="id6D31DA8D3E9345C6A3704332665CA7C2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Good neighbor agreements</header><subparagraph id="idC904A264B8D44C52A11E22850013EB25"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may carry out a pilot program to enter into good neighbor agreements with the Governor to carry out authorized restoration services in the State in accordance with this section.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida4efa679680141a3b1d887407de42490"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text>The Secretary shall make each good neighbor agreement available to the public.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEFF4BFF23B1540E68B8DC6E4C257BEBC"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Administrative costs</header><text>The Governor shall provide, and the Secretary may accept and expend, funds to cover the costs of the Secretary to enter into and administer a good neighbor agreement.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id20A165954B8F4733B08388C386916482"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The pilot program under subparagraph (A) shall terminate on October 1, 2028.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idE247C91302F844BCA886383F5B5D02A1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Timber sales</header><subparagraph id="id1dde5533fe674e50aa8aa3d30e0e2673"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Approval of silviculture prescriptions and marking guides</header><text>The Secretary shall provide or approve all silviculture prescriptions and marking guides to be applied on Federal land in all timber sale projects conducted under this section.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida7ac90c61a6e45dea46a252c6cbb4a21"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Treatment of revenue</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (C), funds received from the sale of timber by the Governor under a good neighbor agreement shall be retained and used by the Governor to carry out authorized restoration services under the good neighbor agreement.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFBF9F4394B7B4FB69712F155797330F6"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Excess revenue</header><clause id="idb430c07de4fa4dc489ebeb7cda3bc668"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Any funds remaining after carrying out subparagraph (B) that are in excess of the amount provided by the Governor to the Secretary under paragraph (1)(C) shall be returned to the Secretary. </text></clause><clause id="id7E60DFB88CF7473CBCC9C9BE7F0CFD80"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Applicability of certain provisions</header><text>Funds returned to the Secretary under clause (i) shall be subject to the first part of section 5 of the Act of June 13, 1902 (commonly known as the <quote>Rivers and Harbors Appropriations Act of 1902</quote>) (32 Stat. 373, chapter 1079; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/558">33 U.S.C. 558</external-xref>). </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4f45b62be4cf436ea73ce850ac25d71c"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Retention of NEPA responsibilities</header><text>Any decision required to be made 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>) with respect to any authorized restoration services to be provided under this section on Federal land shall not be delegated to the Governor.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idF67733032AB148EF971D7E5D01030003"><enum>353.</enum><header>Southeast Des Moines, Southwest Pleasant Hill, Iowa</header><subsection id="id9f543bfd2c5c4dbebd29c899bb8fa194"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Project modifications</header><text>The project for flood risk management and other purposes, Red Rock Dam and Lake, Des Moines River, Iowa (referred to in this section as the <quote>Red Rock Dam Project</quote>), authorized by section 10 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (commonly known as the <quote>Flood Control Act of 1944</quote>) (58 Stat. 896, chapter 665), and the project for flood risk management, Des Moines Local Flood Protection, Des Moines River, Iowa (referred to in this section as <quote>Flood Protection Project</quote>), authorized by section 10 of that Act (58 Stat. 896, chapter 665), shall be modified as follows, subject to a new or amended agreement between the Secretary and the non-Federal interest for the Flood Protection Project, the City of Des Moines, Iowa (referred to in this section as the <quote>City</quote>), in accordance with section 221 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1962d-5b">42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b</external-xref>):</text><paragraph id="ide16a7a4ac32a40058d96c7f20c8d716b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>That portion of the Red Rock Dam Project consisting of the segment of levee from Station 15+88.8W to Station 77+43.7W shall be transferred to the Flood Protection Project.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id03a005fbb3764defba090932290c2ce9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The relocated levee improvement constructed by the City, from Station 77+43.7W to approximately Station 20+00, shall be included in the Flood Protection Project.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5b410999c28a40faaec499ab3bb570c9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Federal easement conveyances</header><paragraph id="id2b6cc8df51a747e4a9296dc50f72db0d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary is authorized to convey the following easements, acquired by the Federal Government for the Red Rock Dam Project, to the City to become part of the Flood Protection Project in accordance with subsection (a):</text><subparagraph id="id2e5b1d1752ce4d4390e9ebf16f2c624e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Easements identified as Tracts 3215E-1 and 3235E.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf2830218c9a7400688a909719bf054a3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Easements identified as Partial Tracts 3216E-2, 3216E-3, 3217E-1, 3217E-2, and 3227E.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf2aeef4e404940b2ab07cc3c3e65fca8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>On counter-execution of the new or amended agreement pursuant to the Federal easement conveyances under paragraph (1), the Secretary is authorized to convey the following easements, by quitclaim deed, without consideration, acquired by the Federal Government for the Red Rock Dam project, to the City or to the Des Moines Metropolitan Wastewater Reclamation Authority and no longer required for the Red Rock Dam Project or for the Des Moines Local Flood Protection Project:</text><subparagraph id="id92f0eaf4a9c94f1ca285ddd8bf2324fe"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Easements identified as Tracts 3200E, 3202E-1, 3202E-2, 3202E-4, 3203E-2, 3215E-3, 3216E-1, and 3216E-5.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id566b3ed8dc2747d2ab5a33c37a14118c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Easements identified as Partial Tracts 3216E-2, 3216E-3, 3217E-1, and 3217E-2.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idad013cac7faf431382dcadc6f0de12c2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>All real property interests conveyed under this subsection shall be subject to the standard release of easement disposal process. All administrative fees associated with the transfer of the subject easements to the City or to the Des Moines Metropolitan Wastewater Reclamation Authority will be borne by the transferee. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id822b38d862a94aef8db37fae359b17c9"><enum>354.</enum><header>Middle Rio Grande flood protection, Bernalillo to Belen, New Mexico</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In the case of the project for flood risk management, Middle Rio Grande, Bernalillo to Belen, New Mexico, authorized by section 401(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2735), the non-Federal share of the cost of the project shall be the percentage described in section 103(a)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2213">33 U.S.C. 2213(a)(2)</external-xref>) (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3658)). </text></section><section id="id896EFCB88473456A8E1EE09FE8A63BDB"><enum>355.</enum><header>Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, Florida</header><subsection id="idE81C145A6AE24C3FA44147E24DAE5BC1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 601(e)(5) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2685; 132 Stat. 3786) is amended by striking subparagraph (E) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB81E7A4A165643AC98E833C773933002"><subparagraph id="id9C42B1516AD44B868CC8376719A2922F"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Periodic monitoring</header><clause id="idF75589861A944B7AA079F134A9F83BB9"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To ensure that the contributions of the non-Federal sponsor equal 50 percent proportionate share for projects in the Plan, during each period of 5 fiscal years, beginning on October 1, 2022, the Secretary shall, for each project—</text><subclause id="id548FAF3599694498895743E8CF80E6BD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>monitor the non-Federal provision of cash, in-kind services, and land; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id1C3E87FB378A4590B3071F75E50BD19D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>manage, to the maximum extent practicable, the requirement of the non-Federal sponsor to provide cash, in-kind services, and land. </text></subclause></clause><clause id="id24EE7AB430D549D4AE33429C224EEB9A"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Other monitoring</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct monitoring under clause (i) separately for the preconstruction engineering and design phase and the construction phase for each project in the Plan.</text></clause><clause id="id5E7D76AFDF1D4CDC8E162DC4FC2461C2"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Clarification</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall provide to the non-Federal sponsor a financial accounting of non-Federal contributions under clause (i)(I) for such fiscal year.</text></clause><clause id="idBAB552A412AD42C882821121E668622A"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>As applicable, the Secretary shall only require a cash contribution from the non-Federal sponsor to satisfy the cost share requirements of this subsection on the last day of each period of 5 fiscal years under clause (i).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idF4C8B77217DC413590B04CB7D8626C40"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Update</header><text>The Secretary and the South Florida Water Management District shall revise the Master Agreement for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, executed in 2009 pursuant to section 601 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2680), to reflect the amendment made by subsection (a). </text></subsection></section><section id="idfc459f401d504ca98dcbd145d8005a4d"><enum>356.</enum><header>Maintenance dredging permits</header><subsection id="idb7836295abac4b82a5665d05f90e0b33"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable and appropriate, prioritize the reissuance of any regional general permit for maintenance dredging that expired prior to May 1, 2021.</text></subsection><subsection id="id9505f863fcf546048e91e8f5653946f5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>Nothing in this section affects, preempts, or interferes with any obligation to comply with the provisions of any Federal or State environmental law, including—</text><paragraph id="id9154ebd6407741e1b47a4bfc1b27915e"><enum>(1)</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></paragraph><paragraph id="id7bc9d944384a4caab9dcb817e81e23b0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1251">33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide9ca32fc0aa649a684c98211767e171b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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>).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idecfc7247edac4bf9b54da3fa712486cc"><enum>357.</enum><header>Puget Sound nearshore ecosystem restoration, Washington</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In carrying out the project for ecosystem restoration, Puget Sound, Washington, authorized by section 1401(4) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 1713), the Secretary shall consider the removal and replacement of the Highway 101 causeway and bridges at the Duckabush River Estuary site to be a project feature the costs of which are shared as construction.</text></section><section id="idFC9B88D7897D48D88E34F37742169646"><enum>358.</enum><header>Tribal assistance</header><subsection id="id3357d1d16af047fe84b7f56b378f83f3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Clarification of existing authority</header><paragraph id="id4f9a217eea2043869fb7e189da05da52"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary, in consultation with the heads of relevant Federal agencies, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Nez Perce Tribe, and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, shall revise and carry out the village development plan for Dalles Dam, Columbia River, Washington and Oregon, as authorized by section 204 of the Flood Control Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 179, chapter 188) to address adverse impacts to Indian villages, housing sites, and related structures as a result of the construction of Bonneville Dam, McNary Dam, and John Day Dam, Washington and Oregon.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb771089b28c9464e8061b481705a253b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Examination</header><text>Before carrying out the requirements of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall conduct an examination and assessment of the extent to which Indian villages, housing sites, and related structures were displaced or destroyed by the construction of the following projects:</text><subparagraph id="idade412381d5f448090646690fe111cba"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Bonneville Dam, Oregon, as authorized by the first section of the Act of August 30, 1935 (49 Stat. 1038, chapter 831) and the first section and section 2(a) of the Act of August 20, 1937 (50 Stat. 731, chapter 720; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/832">16 U.S.C. 832</external-xref>, 832a(a)).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id557627628e17477893e0b87fdfb23adb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>McNary Dam, Washington and Oregon, as authorized by section 2 of the Act of March 2, 1945 (commonly known as the <quote>River and Harbor Act of 1945</quote>) (59 Stat. 22, chapter 19).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb872e0cc7b394bc88d2c57dddbec0c6e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>John Day Dam, Washington and Oregon, as authorized by section 204 of the Flood Control Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 179, chapter 188).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida407fcf19a914efd8bf77d0b3b0dd98b"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The village development plan under paragraph (1) shall include, at a minimum—</text><subparagraph id="id82af8623d7324586a4d275a9b3445e82"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an evaluation of sites on both sides of the Columbia River;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id219b248871c741b3aeca1150cec34127"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an assessment of suitable Federal land and land owned by the States of Washington and Oregon; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1b6f46ea0bfe43ceb34c976c4df7db3c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an estimated cost and tentative schedule for the construction of each housing development.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id106a657ee88d49cdbd6d11519f63ad52"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Location of assistance</header><text>The Secretary may provide housing and related assistance under this subsection at 1 or more sites in the States of Washington and Oregon.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id32e800ac395e4db5a1a2e007f7b5e704"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Provision of assistance on Federal land</header><text>The Secretary may construct housing or provide related assistance on land owned by the United States under the village development plan under subsection (a)(1).</text></subsection><subsection id="idfad8b02863044bde9a9013395cf526d0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Acquisition and disposal of land</header><paragraph id="id4c9ee0dc9f0f46009e71a606fad4292e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subsection (d), the Secretary may acquire land or interests in land for the purpose of providing housing and related assistance under the village development plan under subsection (a)(1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id16164e681c1a4d5fa2b18b13f38ba534"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Advance acquisition</header><text>Acquisition of land or interests in land under paragraph (1) may be carried out in advance of completion of all required documentation and clearances for the construction of housing or related improvements on the land or on the interests in land.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4e3c455aab484425bd52f7ab826434f9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Disposal of unsuitable land</header><text>If the Secretary determines that any land or interest in land acquired by the Secretary under this section in advance of completion of all required documentation for the construction of housing or related improvements is unsuitable for that housing or for those related improvements, the Secretary may—</text><subparagraph id="idA49EAF5C099740D796A7362FEE22023E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>dispose of the land or interest in land by sale; and </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id18BC5B38AC0B4F86B066224F5E39690F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>credit the proceeds to the appropriation, fund, or account used to purchase the land or interest in land.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id33c83d52d6e74ea7b09e644add658366"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Secretary shall only acquire land from willing landowners in carrying out this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="idbc64ba135b624278995819f2c5fbce47"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 1178(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 1675; 132 Stat. 3781) is repealed. </text></subsection></section><section id="id93FB91306B21484BA86C83F932363F41"><enum>359.</enum><header>Recreational opportunities at certain projects</header><subsection id="ida894ade389a441608d3a891ef6100974"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id56DEB36B12E148D29B4D95BDFF3A8351"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered project</header><text>The term <term>covered project</term> means any of the following projects of the Corps of Engineers:</text><subparagraph id="idA588ED94EAC944038747C4AC6337C0BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Ball Mountain Lake, Vermont.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF3B41F28973F41399D204B27AADCDE7F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Townshend Lake, Vermont. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idAB920BD5AD79455D8866095F4C1B9868"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recreation</header><text>The term <term>recreation</term> includes downstream whitewater recreation that is dependent on operations, recreational fishing, and boating at a covered project. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id480CA1DB3CC043FCBDA2386454BCB03A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary should—</text><paragraph id="id0DF8D1017B5141029551FDA2593F18C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ensure that, to the extent compatible with other project purposes, each covered project is operated in such a manner as to protect and enhance recreation associated with the covered project; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id95B1F05816344FE4A563A022BE236CE6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>manage land at each covered project to improve opportunities for recreation at the covered project.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idBD321D0F8C2845D4A9224B9AB3915BA4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Modification of water control plans</header><text>The Secretary may modify, or undertake temporary deviations from, the water control plan for a covered project in order to enhance recreation, if the Secretary determines the modifications or deviations—</text><paragraph id="id89AE43A5F14D40B1ACA0EAC358EAD55C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>will not adversely affect other authorized purposes of the covered project; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA4849D1F6E2F473088758F56BD6541FC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>will not result in significant adverse impacts to the environment.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id2e804f15e9394448b71f9afccbfca49b"><enum>360.</enum><header>Rehabilitation of Corps of Engineers constructed dams</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1177 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/467f-2">33 U.S.C. 467f–2</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/322">Public Law 114–322</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida130ca876cf048dabdded1fb88606450"><subsection id="idbe470343a0724828896391920b09e56d"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Special rule</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (c), the non-Federal share of the cost to rehabilitate Waterbury Dam, Washington County, Vermont, under this section, including the cost of any required study, shall be the same share assigned to the non-Federal interest for the cost of initial construction of Waterbury Dam.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="idEFF0F8D031E04EFFAD26EA2C5572F629"><enum>361.</enum><header>South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 528(f)(1)(J) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3771) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id91C4B16E7233462C87A8BF8AFDC2153C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2 representatives</quote> and inserting <quote>3 representatives</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idFE826D2268EC4CC7825A4D3C7CFF8579"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>at least 1 of which shall be a representative of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and at least 1 of which shall be a representative of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission,</quote> after <quote>Florida,</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id2DB14C4348564B2A9CC121706EA193B0"><enum>362.</enum><header>New Madrid County Harbor, Missouri</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 509(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3759; 113 Stat. 339; 114 Stat. 2679) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf090dc5ed3c149ceb0672e696e471e2a"><paragraph id="ida3ab6eb0234541daa6facaf8a9243d63"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Second harbor at New Madrid County Harbor, Missouri.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id8fc269b3e21f4e7d9f1ead059fe7433e"><enum>363.</enum><header>Trinity River and tributaries, Texas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1201(7) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2018 (132 Stat. 3802) is amended by inserting <quote>flood risk management, and ecosystem restoration,</quote> after <quote>navigation,</quote>.</text></section><section id="id0EEE4085C4E74172BBE4544F895BC41F"><enum>364.</enum><header>Rend Lake, Carlyle Lake, and Lake Shelbyville, Illinois</header><subsection id="idc706a51a149d4c179985168aadaa84b1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date on which the Secretary receives a request from the Governor of Illinois to terminate a contract described in subsection (c), the Secretary shall amend the contract to release to the United States all rights of the State of Illinois to utilize water storage space in the reservoir project to which the contract applies.</text></subsection><subsection id="id5fc67e4ef31c48da951c42ddcb587a55"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Relief of certain obligations</header><text>On execution of an amendment described in subsection (a), the State of Illinois shall be relieved of the obligation to pay the percentage of the annual operation and maintenance expense, the percentage of major replacement cost, and the percentage of major rehabilitation cost allocated to the water supply storage specified in the contract for the reservoir project to which the contract applies.</text></subsection><subsection id="id9837d09ff10842dfb677fbe7f9f790ad"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Contracts</header><text>Subsection (a) applies to the following contracts between the United States and the State of Illinois:</text><paragraph id="id4a9af0a70ff94a409008205a29545e1a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Contract DACW43–88–C–0088, entered into on September 23, 1988, for utilization of storage space for water supply in Rend Lake, Illinois.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide7b34651df9d4cc8b2ba732ecea4e0f7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Contract DA–23–065–CIVENG–65–493, entered into on April 28, 1965, for utilization of storage space for water supply in Rend Lake, Illinois.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id601b92ec586c4afca318199396220364"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Contract DACW43–83–C–0008, entered into on July 6, 1983, for utilization of storage space in Carlyle Lake, Illinois.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ideeaa6e9894e24d5ebdede8d2ba2fe8e2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Contract DACW43–83–C–0009, entered into on July 6, 1983, for utilization of storage space in Lake Shelbyville, Illinois.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idD3ACF0C9F5EC4791B52D70A7B9D6CCD8"><enum>365.</enum><header>Federal assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1328(c) of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (132 Stat. 3826) is amended by striking <quote>4 years</quote> and inserting <quote>8 years</quote>. </text></section><section id="id3cba015046264616a1914e70f072198e"><enum>366.</enum><header>Land transfer and trust land for Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma</header><subsection id="id911191f7746f49f28ecdffecacba3a22"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Transfer</header><paragraph id="id9075c09108054897adea7982a0bfd83b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2) and for the consideration described in subsection (c), the Secretary shall transfer to the Secretary of the Interior the land described in subsection (b) to be held in trust for the benefit of the Choctaw Nation.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf56634bced884ae9890279aafa3f8641"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>The land transfer under this subsection shall be subject to the following conditions:</text><subparagraph id="id40247162f600462fa3d024029504de0e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The transfer—</text><clause id="id24ff8d5c344943f9b90de640486009d9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall not interfere with the operation by the Corps of Engineers of the Sardis Lake Project or any other authorized civil works project; and</text></clause><clause id="idee71fea101584c789cf5b23ffd9f6a17"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall be subject to such other terms and conditions as the Secretary determines to be necessary and appropriate to ensure the continued operation of the Sardis Lake Project or any other authorized civil works project.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1225c7bd94454bc5895e9e2985d675cd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary shall retain the right to inundate with water the land transferred to the Choctaw Nation under this subsection as necessary to carry out an authorized purpose of the Sardis Lake Project or any other civil works project.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id87bf2c142eba42b5bb32a804b540005b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>No gaming activities may be conducted on the land transferred under this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id23ec7950223d4b9fac4e13919315a9ed"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Land description</header><paragraph id="id40b6b378a0de4dad9ad64601b430edaa"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The land to be transferred pursuant to subsection (a) is the approximately 247 acres of land located in Sections 18 and 19 of T2N R18E, and Sections 5 and 8 of T2N R19E, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, generally depicted as <quote>USACE</quote> on the map entitled <quote>Sardis Lake – Choctaw Nation Proposal</quote> and dated February 22, 2022.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id874a961adb1840eda70a3eef6784465b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Survey</header><text>The exact acreage and legal descriptions of the land to be transferred under subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8f530ce7baf64e4da7b2237e1a47735a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text>The Choctaw Nation shall pay—</text><paragraph id="id688d56d64b1340baa966f7ed0f153671"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to the Secretary an amount that is equal to the fair market value of the land transferred under subsection (a), as determined by the Secretary, which funds may be accepted and expended by the Secretary; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id99134625f6454b9287393452ccf66e22"><enum>(2)</enum><text>all costs and administrative expenses associated with the transfer of land under subsection (a), including the costs of—</text><subparagraph id="id862fbeeb31cc4a6fb7157193e72c7db3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the survey under subsection (b)(2);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf9bfc5567dcf4967b2892831515b4c2a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>compliance with 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></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id36ed89c2b4754d51bc3a59f8f40b59fa"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any coordination necessary with respect to requirements related to endangered species, cultural resources, clean water, and clean air. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Water resources infrastructure </header><section id="id82f9e9e2e6c64c62aeca288b8a9a3636"><enum>401.</enum><header>Project authorizations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The following projects for water resources development and conservation and other purposes, as identified in the reports titled <quote>Report to Congress on Future Water Resources Development</quote> submitted to Congress pursuant to section 7001 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2282d">33 U.S.C. 2282d</external-xref>) or otherwise reviewed by Congress, are authorized to be carried out by the Secretary substantially in accordance with the plans, and subject to the conditions, described in the respective reports or decision documents designated in this section: </text><paragraph id="idE272EA799F364A88855786DEE9C8F420"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Navigation</header><table table-type="" frame="all" colsep="1" rowsep="0" line-rules="all-gen" rule-weights="4.4.4.0.4.0"><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" min-data-value="18" colwidth="83pts"></colspec><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col2" min-data-value="50" colwidth="240pts"></colspec><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col3" min-data-value="35" colwidth="206pts"></colspec><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col4" min-data-value="80" colwidth="206pts"></colspec><thead><row><entry align="center" morerows="0" namest="col1" colname="col1"><bold>A. State</bold></entry><entry align="center" morerows="0" namest="col2" colname="col2"><bold>B. </bold><bold>Name</bold></entry><entry align="center" morerows="0" namest="col3" colname="col3"><bold>C. </bold><bold>Date of Report or Decision Document</bold></entry><entry align="center" morerows="0" namest="col4" colname="col4"><bold>D. </bold><bold>Estimated Costs</bold></entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="col1">1. AK</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">Elim Subsistence Harbor</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">March 12, 2021</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $74,905,000<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $1,896,000<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $76,801,000</entry></row><row><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="col1">2. CA</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">Port of Long Beach Deep Draft Navigation, Los Angeles</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">October 14, 2021</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $71,985,500<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $73,447,500<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $145,433,000</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></paragraph><paragraph id="id374f9d1abe4b4e269a5ae1e185a5b677"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Flood risk management</header><table table-type="" frame="all" colsep="1" rowsep="0" line-rules="all-gen" rule-weights="4.4.4.0.4.0"><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" min-data-value="18" colwidth="83pts"></colspec><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col2" min-data-value="50" colwidth="240pts"></colspec><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col3" min-data-value="35" colwidth="206pts"></colspec><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col4" min-data-value="80" colwidth="206pts"></colspec><thead><row><entry align="center" morerows="0" namest="col1" colname="col1"><bold>A. State</bold></entry><entry align="center" morerows="0" namest="col2" colname="col2"><bold>B. </bold><bold>Name</bold></entry><entry align="center" morerows="0" namest="col3" colname="col3"><bold>C. </bold><bold>Date of Report or Decision Document</bold></entry><entry align="center" morerows="0" namest="col4" colname="col4"><bold>D. </bold><bold>Estimated Costs</bold></entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="col1">1. AL</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">Selma</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">October 7, 2021</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $15,533,100<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $8,363,900<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $23,897,000</entry></row><row><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="col1">2. CA</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">Lower Cache Creek, Yolo County, Woodland, and Vicinity</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">June 21, 2021</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $215,152,000<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $115,851,000<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $331,003,000</entry></row><row><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="col1">3. OR</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">Portland Metro Levee System</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">August 20, 2021</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $77,111,100<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $41,521,300<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $118,632,400</entry></row><row><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="col1">4. NE</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">Papillion Creek and Tributaries Lakes</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">January 24, 2022</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $91,491,400<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $52,156,300<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $143,647,700</entry></row><row><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="col1">5. AL</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">Valley Creek, Bessemer and Birmingham</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">October 29, 2021</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $17,725,000<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $9,586,000<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $27,311,000</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></paragraph><paragraph id="idC4A795275FBB47FD8DDE2860EAB98EFA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Hurricane and storm damage risk reduction</header><table table-type="" frame="all" colsep="1" rowsep="0" line-rules="all-gen" rule-weights="4.4.4.0.4.0"><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" min-data-value="18" colwidth="83pts"></colspec><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col2" min-data-value="50" colwidth="240pts"></colspec><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col3" min-data-value="35" colwidth="206pts"></colspec><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col4" min-data-value="80" colwidth="206pts"></colspec><thead><row><entry align="center" morerows="0" namest="col1" colname="col1"><bold>A. State</bold></entry><entry align="center" morerows="0" namest="col2" colname="col2"><bold>B. </bold><bold>Name</bold></entry><entry align="center" morerows="0" namest="col3" colname="col3"><bold>C. </bold><bold>Date of Report or Decision Document</bold></entry><entry align="center" morerows="0" namest="col4" colname="col4"><bold>D. </bold><bold>Estimated Costs</bold></entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="col1">1. CT</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">Fairfield and New Haven Counties</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">January 19, 2021</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $92,937,000<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $50,043,000<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $142,980,000</entry></row><row><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="col1">2. PR</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">San Juan Metro</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">September 16, 2021</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $245,418,000<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $131,333,000<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $376,751,000</entry></row><row><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="col1">3. FL</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">Florida Keys, Monroe County</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">September 24, 2021</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $1,513,531,000<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $814,978,000<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $2,328,509,000</entry></row><row><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="col1">4. FL</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">Okaloosa County</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">October 7, 2021</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Initial Federal: $19,822,000<linebreak></linebreak>Initial Non-Federal: $11,535,000<linebreak></linebreak>Initial Total: $31,357,000<linebreak></linebreak>Renourishment Federal: $71,045,000<linebreak></linebreak>Renourishment Non-Federal: $73,787,000<linebreak></linebreak>Renourishment Total: $144,832,000</entry></row><row><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="col1">5. SC</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">Folly Beach</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">October 26, 2021</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Initial Federal: $45,490,000<linebreak></linebreak>Initial Non-Federal: $5,054,000<linebreak></linebreak>Initial Total: $50,544,000<linebreak></linebreak>Renourishment Federal: $164,424,000<linebreak></linebreak>Renourishment Non-Federal: $26,767,000<linebreak></linebreak>Renourishment Total: $191,191,000</entry></row><row><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="col1">6. FL</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">Pinellas County</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">October 29, 2021</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Initial Federal: $8,627,000<linebreak></linebreak>Initial Non-Federal: $5,332,000<linebreak></linebreak>Initial Total: $13,959,000<linebreak></linebreak>Renourishment Federal: $92,000,000<linebreak></linebreak>Renourishment Non-Federal: $101,690,000<linebreak></linebreak>Renourishment Total: $193,690,000</entry></row><row><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="col1">7. NY</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">South Shore of Staten Island, Fort Wadsworth to Oakwood Beach</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">October 27, 2016</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $371,310,000<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $199,940,000<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $571,250,000</entry></row><row><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="col1">8. LA</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">Upper Barataria Basin</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">January 28, 2022</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $1,005,001,000<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $541,155,000<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $1,546,156,000</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></paragraph><paragraph id="id18D2C9D57BDF4662822AB64A5EC2961D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Hurricane and storm damage reduction and ecosystem restoration</header><table table-type="" frame="all" colsep="1" rowsep="0" line-rules="all-gen" rule-weights="4.4.4.0.4.0"><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" min-data-value="18" colwidth="83pts"></colspec><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col2" min-data-value="50" colwidth="240pts"></colspec><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col3" min-data-value="35" colwidth="206pts"></colspec><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col4" min-data-value="80" colwidth="206pts"></colspec><thead><row><entry align="center" morerows="0" namest="col1" colname="col1"><bold>A. State</bold></entry><entry align="center" morerows="0" namest="col2" colname="col2"><bold>B. </bold><bold>Name</bold></entry><entry align="center" morerows="0" namest="col3" colname="col3"><bold>C. </bold><bold>Date of Report or Decision Document</bold></entry><entry align="center" morerows="0" namest="col4" colname="col4"><bold>D. </bold><bold>Estimated Costs</bold></entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="col1">1. TX</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Feasibility Study</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">September 16, 2021</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $19,237,894,000<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $11,668,393,000<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $30,906,287,000</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></paragraph><paragraph id="id903F450117B14CE881FAF3CCBAAA9DBA"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Ecosystem restoration</header><table table-type="" frame="all" colsep="1" rowsep="0" line-rules="all-gen" rule-weights="4.4.4.0.4.0"><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" min-data-value="18" colwidth="83pts"></colspec><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col2" min-data-value="50" colwidth="240pts"></colspec><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col3" min-data-value="35" colwidth="206pts"></colspec><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col4" min-data-value="80" colwidth="206pts"></colspec><thead><row><entry align="center" morerows="0" namest="col1" colname="col1"><bold>A. State</bold></entry><entry align="center" morerows="0" namest="col2" colname="col2"><bold>B. </bold><bold>Name</bold></entry><entry align="center" morerows="0" namest="col3" colname="col3"><bold>C. </bold><bold>Date of Report or Decision Document</bold></entry><entry align="center" morerows="0" namest="col4" colname="col4"><bold>D. </bold><bold>Estimated Costs</bold></entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="col1">1. CA</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">Prado Basin Ecosystem Restoration, San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange Counties</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">April 22, 2021</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $33,976,000<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $18,294,000<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $52,270,000</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></paragraph><paragraph id="idA64EAEFF8B6B4536990C9EC0F45ACDEA"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Modifications and other projects</header><table table-type="" frame="all" colsep="1" rowsep="0" line-rules="all-gen" rule-weights="4.4.4.0.4.0"><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" min-data-value="18" colwidth="83pts"></colspec><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col2" min-data-value="50" colwidth="240pts"></colspec><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col3" min-data-value="35" colwidth="206pts"></colspec><colspec coldef="txt-no-ldr" colname="col4" min-data-value="80" colwidth="206pts"></colspec><thead><row><entry align="center" morerows="0" namest="col1" colname="col1"><bold>A. State</bold></entry><entry align="center" morerows="0" namest="col2" colname="col2"><bold>B. </bold><bold>Name</bold></entry><entry align="center" morerows="0" namest="col3" colname="col3"><bold>C. </bold><bold>Date of Report or Decision Document</bold></entry><entry align="center" morerows="0" namest="col4" colname="col4"><bold>D. </bold><bold>Estimated Costs</bold></entry></row></thead><tbody><row><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="col1">1. LA</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">December 16, 2021</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $807,000,000<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $434,000,000<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $1,241,000,000</entry></row><row><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="col1">2. LA</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">West Bank and Vicinity</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">December 17, 2021</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $431,000,000<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $232,000,000<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $663,000,000</entry></row><row><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="col1">3. GA</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">Brunswick Harbor, Glynn County</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">March 11, 2022</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $10,774,500<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $3,594,500<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $14,369,000</entry></row><row><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="col1">4. DC</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">Washington, DC and Vicinity</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">July 22, 2021</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $17,740,000<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $0<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $17,740,000</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></paragraph></section><section id="id47c68af696fa4202a8ddedf336f0f5a0"><enum>402.</enum><header>Storm damage prevention and reduction, coastal erosion, and ice and glacial damage, Alaska</header><subsection id="id8483a7525813478183e81c24d37fd4ec"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a program to carry out structural and nonstructural projects for storm damage prevention and reduction, coastal erosion, and ice and glacial damage in the State of Alaska, including—</text><paragraph id="id62975ddd793e49708788125169a613ee"><enum>(1)</enum><text>relocation of affected communities; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id931f4296bf3b44d5b326e8c1f570e3d1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>construction of replacement facilities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id567cca6047ed4df39f33d5d23102341c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cost share</header><text>The non-Federal interest shall share in the cost to study, design, and construct a project carried out under this section in accordance with sections 103 and 105 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>, 2215), except that, in the case of a project benefitting an economically disadvantaged community (as defined pursuant to section 160 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (<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/116/260">Public Law 116–260</external-xref>)), the non-Federal share shall be 10 percent.</text></subsection><subsection id="id6f6511ef78004cfabf0e6cb411d1f959"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Section 116 of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 (123 Stat. 2851), is repealed.</text></subsection><subsection id="id8ef7b1b149c141f8a488c7387f0e2847"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>The program authorized by subsection (a) shall be considered a continuation of the program authorized by section 116 of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 (123 Stat. 2851) (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act). </text></subsection></section><section id="id1ddd41572d734ff8996199a6e7272375"><enum>403.</enum><header>Expedited completion of projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall expedite completion of the following projects:</text><paragraph id="id7ed13edc163d44d08f658b3102ae8025"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Cumberland, Maryland, restoration and rewatering of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, authorized by section 580 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 375).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id952d98ae98e84c48ada6a21413df394e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Tulsa and West–Tulsa Levee System, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, authorized by section 401(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2735).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id04bfe5c4fc59456c960fe6e04fe2e690"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Little Colorado River at Winslow, Navajo County, Arizona, authorized by section 401(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2735).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1225dd919c7d4428b85d3043da0be6a9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Rio De Flag, Flagstaff, Arizona, authorized by section 101(b)(3) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2576).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc3fa52c4f9414ec1ac532a4a640a37d4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Rose and Palm Garden Washes, Arizona, authorized by 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>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfe8ad8f3b604452eb1dcccb42e17f474"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, El Corazon, Arizona, authorized by section 206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2330">33 U.S.C. 2330</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id721bbb8da91d421986e790d7af67b734"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Projects for ecosystem restoration, Chesapeake Bay Comprehensive Water Resources and Restoration Plan, Chesapeake Bay Environmental Restoration and Protection Program, authorized by section 510 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3759).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id407d25240ce946a2b947a64c7232cb16"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Projects authorized under section 219 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 110 Stat. 3757; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1258).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9459c4b8344c4dbfb45442f4c18f1e6b"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Projects authorized under section 8004 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/652">33 U.S.C. 652</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/114">Public Law 110–114</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0d88e428256d4ed6b4f4cc73915f5a26"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Projects authorized under section 519 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2653).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ideac5529be377406db29812ec68fbbc61"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Lower Santa Cruz River, Arizona, authorized by 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>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc6f60fd1b7f54b36ba3785f33fc318bc"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, McCormick Wash, Arizona, authorized by 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>). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3cefb3a03ec445eca652d10ef0af95e5"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Project for navigation, including maintenance and channel deepening, McClellan–Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id36a5d5cfe4934369a5c124a95f0bda0f"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Project for dam safety modifications, Bluestone Dam, West Virginia.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3c55448c33d44fffa2f2db0670459d55"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Maintenance dredging and other authorized activities to address the impacts of shoaling affecting the project for navigation, Branford Harbor and Branford River, Branford, Connecticut, authorized by the first section of the Act of June 13, 1902 (32 Stat. 333, chapter 1079).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc1bf3fb8569f4a46a34ca21ba0ed3120"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Maintenance dredging and other authorized activities to address the impacts of shoaling affecting the project for navigation, Guilford Harbor and Sluice Channel, Connecticut.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5ac4a8b24e29433e828194712e11496c"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Maintenance dredging and other authorized activities to address the impacts of shoaling affecting the project for navigation, Milford Harbor, Connecticut. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id80C0AE9FFBA64C67A499A93077762EE3"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Assistance for ecosystem restoration, Lower Yellowstone Intake Diversion Dam, Montana, authorized by section 3109 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1135). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddf5d483340ee40e1871b136277003c82"><enum>(19)</enum><text>Project for mitigation of shore damage from navigation works, Camp Ellis Beach, Saco, Maine, pursuant to 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>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id71f66588d5904173a539407b006670a5"><enum>(20)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Lower Blackstone River, Rhode Island, pursuant to section 206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2330">33 U.S.C. 2330</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id08232751e0c644079cd32d70d516d617"><enum>(21)</enum><text>Project for navigation, Kentucky Lock Addition, Kentucky. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7d3e00d18b20488ca6cecff5b93f4048"><enum>(22)</enum><text>Maintenance dredging of the Federal channel for the project for navigation, Columbia, Snake, and Clearwater Rivers, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho, authorized by section 2 of the Act of March 2, 1945 (59 Stat. 21, chapter 19), at the Port of Clarkston, Washington, and the Port of Lewiston, Idaho. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id99ef3862c81b4859b3fa9560140106c2"><enum>(23)</enum><text>Maintenance dredging and other authorized activities to address the impacts of shoaling affecting the project for navigation, Portsmouth Back Channels and Sagamore Creek, Portsmouth, New Castle, and Rye, New Hampshire, authorized by section 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/577">33 U.S.C. 577</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7926844bc0794adb9940acf38cc0bd0e"><enum>(24)</enum><text>Maintenance dredging and other authorized activities to address the impacts of shoaling affecting the project for navigation, Portsmouth Harbor and Piscataqua River, Portsmouth, New Castle, and Newington, New Hampshire, and Kittery and Elliot, Maine, authorized by section 101 of the River and Harbor Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 1173). </text></paragraph></section><section id="id6de3f83af79f4be4b9d5b921b39b0f48"><enum>404.</enum><header>Special rules</header><subsection id="id495a468c107946e3b8f24901685ff691"><enum>(a)</enum><text>The following conditions apply to the project described in section 403(19):</text><paragraph id="id9da763ce28664c2ea8feef1c36f16826"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The project is authorized to be carried out under 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>) at a Federal cost of $45,000,000.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id460dde000e50469e8b5a24f4eab1ef48"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The project may include Federal participation in periodic nourishment.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id05f98ae80e70429f9360916c911a70ba"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For purposes of subsection (b) of 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>), the Secretary shall determine that the navigation works to which the shore damages are attributable were constructed at full Federal expense.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2fdcb7f8e92d43ba9da51795e533cdf7"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The following conditions apply to the project described in section 403(20):</text><paragraph id="idd4b56c8d78ab4e2d8dc570c23afbe756"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The project is authorized to be carried out under section 206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2330">33 U.S.C. 2330</external-xref>) at a Federal cost of $15,000,000.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2d056787149540608118052f8298552e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>If the Secretary includes in the project a measure on Federal land under the jurisdiction of another Federal agency, the Secretary may enter into an agreement with the Federal agency that provides for the Secretary—</text><subparagraph id="id6d734427c20842fdb0aac71e566a5ebe"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to construct the measure; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id06d0c346f91f4a24b62649f266795e33"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to operate and maintain the measure using funds provided to the Secretary by the non-Federal interest for the project.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9361ed6feed44cd6897bd0f814f1098f" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>If the Secretary includes in the project a measure for fish passage at a dam licensed for hydropower, the Secretary shall include in the project costs all costs for the measure, except that those costs that are in excess of the costs to provide fish passage at the dam if hydropower improvements were not in place shall be a 100 percent non-Federal expense. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id6562d5a6ac9843a3b029f4466f6c06a0"><enum>405.</enum><header>Chattahoochee River program</header><subsection id="id230fd6cb040c4af4ba4dc7289c990ad4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><paragraph id="ida605017669364fef918d86943304806f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a program to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in the Chattahoochee River Basin.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id37ed4f47ea7540ccb67e2a879b20954d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The assistance under paragraph (1) shall be in the form of design and construction assistance for water-related resource protection and restoration projects affecting the Chattahoochee River Basin, based on the comprehensive plan under subsection (b), including projects for—</text><subparagraph id="id0f6d93e300c5489296d31a0020e00648"><enum>(A)</enum><text>sediment and erosion control;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfd140c4f441e407e8bfee23f0424206b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>protection of eroding shorelines;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2dfccc06123a4ef793f548087def01b2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>ecosystem restoration, including restoration of submerged aquatic vegetation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf0ecedc62a554a209834845bc1840504"><enum>(D)</enum><text>protection of essential public works;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc2c7c76c64834e11a863d0cdefeb8200"><enum>(E)</enum><text>beneficial uses of dredged material; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2aed8b687a0c46a9bf7da4825ff2f142"><enum>(F)</enum><text>other related projects that may enhance the living resources of the Chattahoochee River Basin.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd1cb4ef06b394f5ca58e6d7bd7f731cd"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Comprehensive plan</header><paragraph id="id9db16178fe2341579f2df0ff2f6e7489"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in cooperation with State and local governmental officials and affected stakeholders, shall develop a comprehensive Chattahoochee River Basin restoration plan to guide the implementation of projects under subsection (a)(2).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6e5e36c5f994471fa53a7677218dd240"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The restoration plan described in paragraph (1) shall, to the maximum extent practicable, consider and avoid duplication of any ongoing or planned actions of other Federal, State, and local agencies and nongovernmental organizations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id963d2b0e88e84cc388a2905506bc59aa"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prioritization</header><text>The restoration plan described in paragraph (1) shall give priority to projects eligible under subsection (a)(2) that will also improve water quality or quantity or use natural hydrological features and systems.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id67c4a70210ab4feab6283bc725d96bb9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Agreement</header><paragraph id="iddc4ac5c4782a4269899e70b44bd56bd7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Before providing assistance under this section, the Secretary shall enter into an agreement with a non-Federal interest for the design and construction of a project carried out pursuant to the comprehensive Chattahoochee River Basin restoration plan described in subsection (b).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7a4609993eb542cc8f4afc9165fa1afc"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Each agreement entered into under this subsection shall provide for—</text><subparagraph id="ide4755881abe9433ea53315afb440e62c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the development by the Secretary, in consultation with appropriate Federal, State, and local officials, of a resource protection and restoration plan, including appropriate engineering plans and specifications and an estimate of expected resource benefits; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4b1096f7ec104ddfb3552c5f4d305f02"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the establishment of such legal and institutional structures as are necessary to ensure the effective long-term operation and maintenance of the project by the non-Federal interest.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8b205e7a65764aeaacae3b6c1630bb12"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Cost sharing</header><paragraph id="ide4000059509f4527b90a4c2243e9b4a5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2)(B), the Federal share of the total project costs of each agreement entered into under this section shall be 75 percent.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ideb1467f270a54e2ba1163a4b562d6103"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Non-Federal share</header><subparagraph id="id094d0ff4af51422baa0555a6f1e3701d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Value of land, easements, rights-of-way, and relocations</header><text>In determining the non-Federal contribution toward carrying out an agreement entered into under this section, the Secretary shall provide credit to a non-Federal interest for the value of land, easements, rights-of-way, and relocations provided by the non-Federal interest, except that the amount of credit provided for a project under this paragraph may not exceed 25 percent of the total project costs.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida465b8c88d034a40b4297100dffd8a96"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Operation and maintenance costs</header><text>The non-Federal share of the costs of operation and maintenance of activities carried out under an agreement under this section shall be 100 percent.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2a32cd85aa6f4dc1aa5587cfd6e478bf"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Cooperation</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall cooperate with—</text><paragraph id="id1cfe5a8890fe4050b96a08447e2d0bac"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the heads of appropriate Federal agencies, including—</text><subparagraph id="id9ed7dddfc9814cd198115b106009a563"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfb5c2b9f5c104396a643282b30490b32"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc9000dcb5379431e804fb901dbd5a819"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida12fe6d785724ac2bb319b1be67cf08b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the heads of such other Federal agencies as the Secretary determines to be appropriate; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id78932ea456d0438a80f643312e2f2f1a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>agencies of a State or political subdivision of a State.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1437009e8a01485fb054464a56b54f5b"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Protection of resources</header><text>A project established under this section shall be carried out using such measures as are necessary to protect environmental, historic, and cultural resources.</text></subsection><subsection id="ida241af1f719f470298909c93812aafb5"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Project cap</header><text>The total cost of a project carried out under this section may not exceed $15,000,000.</text></subsection><subsection id="idEDD3212580304E128221532870B2E2E1"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>Nothing in this section—</text><paragraph id="id9cb1d6efb3c449009b84e7baa50be5b7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establishes any express or implied reserved water right in the United States for any purpose;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id33339a588dc645a6a0f6c56f8d4c8dee"><enum>(2)</enum><text>affects any water right in existence on the date of enactment of this Act;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddf52ca9b42d4401c976cc75fe2985b65"><enum>(3)</enum><text>preempts or affects any State water law or interstate compact governing water; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfd88d170b1534175a05134cf8142dd2b"><enum>(4)</enum><text>affects any Federal or State law in existence on the date of enactment of this Act regarding water quality or water quantity. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide9f1ee8619f04a25b56beb5f0f46f616"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $90,000,000. </text></subsection></section><section id="id7b2d10ad4f28495ca6cbd0bf688282d0"><enum>406.</enum><header>Lower Mississippi River Basin demonstration program</header><subsection id="id7c8bc1819d824518b2f1118d42bce35a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this section, the term <term>Lower Mississippi River Basin</term> means the portion of the Mississippi River that begins at the confluence of the Ohio River and flows to the Gulf of Mexico, and its tributaries and distributaries.</text></subsection><subsection id="id9ea4a9b6134f4991a8ecc087621d8d73"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment</header><paragraph id="idbb72577ab2e34f91a937a3547c6b31c2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a program to provide assistance to non-Federal interests in the Lower Mississippi River Basin.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide7e31ff996a74cd793841294626af572"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Form</header><subparagraph id="id41eab32972044fefa470f1e38cd9e2e1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The assistance under paragraph (1) shall be in the form of design and construction assistance for flood or coastal storm risk management or aquatic ecosystem restoration projects in the Lower Mississippi River Basin, based on the comprehensive plan under subsection (c).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb67c41056f29472eb7c076c31507d416"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text>Projects under subparagraph (A) may include measures for—</text><clause id="id2ec4ee4be488460d93899e92ad3ed7f5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>sediment control;</text></clause><clause id="id6f8981ca32be4ed193eef36b47692b99"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>protection of eroding riverbanks and streambanks and shorelines;</text></clause><clause id="id205c773e953f40bc8773730b808fbf5a"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>channel modifications;</text></clause><clause id="id56e36d9a372f40d690454d38f28e183a"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>beneficial uses of dredged material; or</text></clause><clause id="idb3c6c9337e2043408fb98cdbb9bd8be3"><enum>(v)</enum><text>other related projects that may enhance the living resources of the Lower Mississippi River Basin.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7e45c113c6ff43c884d9a1dcadffb673"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Comprehensive plan</header><paragraph id="idf414992de8f440848d8d4ac00d09d7ab"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in cooperation with State and local governmental officials and affected stakeholders, shall develop a comprehensive Lower Mississippi River Basin plan to guide the implementation of projects under subsection (b)(2).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id966c4aaf0b32464f94cc50da773b3671"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The plan described in paragraph (1) shall, to the maximum extent practicable, consider and avoid duplication of any ongoing or planned actions of other Federal, State, and local agencies and nongovernmental organizations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida51ccdf549954fd8940e03f096f9ceeb"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prioritization</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, the plan described in paragraph (1) shall give priority to projects eligible under subsection (b)(2) that will also improve water quality, reduce hypoxia in the Lower Mississippi River or Gulf of Mexico, or use a combination of structural and nonstructural measures.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8b097e659ade4ab6b16cb7d33966cc88"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Agreement</header><paragraph id="ida473ca2890484304ae2727db38ff81f2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Before providing assistance under this section, the Secretary shall enter into an agreement with a non-Federal interest for the design and construction of a project carried out pursuant to the comprehensive Lower Mississippi River Basin plan described in subsection (c).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4afef26cc49a443cabafe1e9b242611e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Each agreement entered into under this subsection shall provide for the establishment of such legal and institutional structures as are necessary to ensure the effective long-term operation and maintenance of the project by the non-Federal interest.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idcc421c158c5f485ca8ce30d14a11139d"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Cost sharing</header><paragraph id="idbd5697fd5378410baf418b94c556cc0a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text>The Federal share of the cost to design and construct a project under each agreement entered into under this section shall be 75 percent.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd3a16d229ec3452483939cb5dae80aec"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Non-Federal share</header><subparagraph id="idf9a782acfb7b42b6b8c2ded2c2258ae2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Value of land, easements, rights-of-way, and relocations</header><text>In determining the non-Federal contribution toward carrying out an agreement entered into under this section, the Secretary shall provide credit to a non-Federal interest for the value of land, easements, rights-of-way, and relocations provided by the non-Federal interest, except that the amount of credit provided for a project under this paragraph may not exceed 25 percent of the cost to design and construct the project.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcce8b2627d3948989f5b9837596aaa4f"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Operation and maintenance costs</header><text>The non-Federal share of the costs of operation and maintenance of activities carried out under an agreement under this section shall be 100 percent.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf49f395059ae4513aa30bed167ec4bb6"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Cooperation</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall cooperate with—</text><paragraph id="id05a511914a9b4b299632224b29fe6b68"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the heads of appropriate Federal agencies, including—</text><subparagraph id="id467b1da262c047dc95e8673cb4f31227"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary of Agriculture;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id063a263752b140d2bb33cf37aa3fddb6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6d10eccca35f446b91708609d153e4ee"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the heads of such other Federal agencies as the Secretary determines to be appropriate; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6fb362f7e7a5412aa9180db4f0429e7e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>agencies of a State or political subdivision of a State.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb6a69fd67e3f4af68455a10b9374287b"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Project cap</header><text>The total cost of a project carried out under this section may not exceed $15,000,000.</text></subsection><subsection id="id6b562dd567f646798004376f7d934071"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 3 years 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 that describes the results of the program under this section, including a recommendation on whether the program should be reauthorized.</text></subsection><subsection id="id00d3a91deffd4e098e08a04157f8f1a6"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $90,000,000. </text></subsection></section><section id="id1ddb4ce1a17d4e74a88fb639b0e372af"><enum>407.</enum><header>Forecast-informed reservoir operations</header><subsection id="ide5e70b76a66c490091a119b30e660733"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to carry out a research study pilot program at 1 or more dams owned and operated by the Secretary in the North Atlantic Division of the Corps of Engineers to assess the viability of forecast-informed reservoir operations in the eastern United States.</text></subsection><subsection id="id03341cd565434c08828b225024e8df1c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after completion of the research study pilot program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report on the results of the study pilot program. </text></subsection></section><section id="idEC30ACBCDACF4CCF9A81841A4EDBB5C2"><enum>408.</enum><header>Mississippi River mat sinking unit</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall expedite the replacement of the Mississippi River mat sinking unit. </text></section><section id="idBEDC969D689B42D48DCFC6A5960A5C5F"><enum>409.</enum><header>Sense of Congress relating to Okatibbee Lake</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text><paragraph id="id832B73D0752042399BF514F579DE56A3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>there is significant shoreline sloughing and erosion at the Okatibbee Lake portion of the project for flood protection, Chunky Creek, Chickasawhay and Pascagoula Rivers, Mississippi, authorized by section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 1183), which has the potential to impact infrastructure, damage property, and put lives at risk; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8B7CB6BBFBC2488FA8B11D4AE9BB48B0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>addressing shoreline sloughing and erosion at a project of the Secretary, including at a location leased by non-Federal entities such as Okatibbee Lake, is an activity that is eligible to be carried out by the Secretary as part of the operation and maintenance of the project. </text></paragraph></section>May 4, 2022Read twice and placed on the calendar