116 S4367 RS: Water Resources Development Act of 2024
U.S. Senate
2024-05-22
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1.Short title; table of contents(a)This Act may be cited as the Water Resources Development Act of 2024
.(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary.Sec. 3. Effective date.TITLE I—General provisionsSec. 101. Notice to Congress regarding WRDA implementation.Sec. 102. Prior guidance.Sec. 103. Ability to pay.Sec. 104. Federal interest determinations.Sec. 105. Annual report to Congress.Sec. 106. Processing timelines.Sec. 107. Services of volunteers.Sec. 108. Support of Army civil works missions.Sec. 109. Inland waterway projects.Sec. 110. Leveraging Federal infrastructure for increased water supply.Sec. 111. Outreach and access.Sec. 112. Model development.Sec. 113. Planning assistance for States.Sec. 114. Corps of Engineers Levee Owners Advisory Board.Sec. 115. Silver Jackets program.Sec. 116. Tribal partnership program.Sec. 117. Tribal project implementation pilot program.Sec. 118. Eligibility for inter-Tribal consortiums.Sec. 119. Sense of Congress relating to the management of recreation facilities.TITLE II—Studies and reportsSec. 201. Authorization of proposed feasibility studies.Sec. 202. Vertical integration and acceleration of studies.Sec. 203. Expedited completion.Sec. 204. Expedited completion of other feasibility studies.Sec. 205. Alexandria to the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, feasibility study.Sec. 206. Craig Harbor, Alaska.Sec. 207. Sussex County, Delaware.Sec. 208. Forecast-informed reservoir operations in the Colorado River Basin.Sec. 209. Beaver Lake, Arkansas, reallocation study.Sec. 210. Gathright Dam, Virginia, study.Sec. 211. Delaware Inland Bays Watershed Study.Sec. 212. Upper Susquehanna River Basin comprehensive flood damage reduction feasibility study.Sec. 213. Kanawha River Basin.Sec. 214. Authorization of feasibility studies for projects from CAP authorities.Sec. 215. Port Fourchon Belle Pass channel, Louisiana.Sec. 216. Studies for modification of project purposes in the Colorado River Basin in Arizona.Sec. 217. Non-Federal interest preparation of water reallocation studies, North Dakota.Sec. 218. Technical correction, Walla Walla River.Sec. 219. Watershed and river basin assessments.Sec. 220. Independent peer review.Sec. 221. Ice jam prevention and mitigation.Sec. 222. Report on hurricane and storm damage risk reduction design guidelines.Sec. 223. Briefing on status of certain activities on the Missouri River.Sec. 224. Report on material contaminated by a hazardous substance and the civil works program.Sec. 225. Report on efforts to monitor, control, and eradicate invasive species.Sec. 226. J. Strom Thurmond Lake, Georgia.Sec. 227. Study on land valuation procedures for the Tribal Partnership Program.Sec. 228. Report to Congress on levee safety guidelines.Sec. 229. Public-private partnership user's guide.Sec. 230. Review of authorities and programs for alternative project delivery.Sec. 231. Report to Congress on emergency response expenditures.Sec. 232. Excess land report for certain projects in North Dakota.Sec. 233. GAO studies.Sec. 234. Prior reports.Sec. 235. Briefing on status of Cape Cod Canal Bridges, Massachusetts.TITLE III—Deauthorizations, modifications, and related provisionsSec. 301. Deauthorizations.Sec. 302. Environmental infrastructure.Sec. 303. Pennsylvania environmental infrastructure.Sec. 304. Acequias irrigation systems.Sec. 305. Oregon environmental infrastructure.Sec. 306. Kentucky and West Virginia environmental infrastructure.Sec. 307. Lake Champlain Watershed, Vermont and New York.Sec. 308. Ohio and North Dakota.Sec. 309. Southern West Virginia.Sec. 310. Northern West Virginia.Sec. 311. Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.Sec. 312. Western rural water.Sec. 313. Continuing authorities programs.Sec. 314. Small project assistance.Sec. 315. Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin project, Brandon Road, Will County, Illinois.Sec. 316. Mamaroneck-Sheldrake Rivers, New York.Sec. 317. Lowell Creek Tunnel, Alaska.Sec. 318. Selma flood risk management and bank stabilization.Sec. 319. Illinois River basin restoration.Sec. 320. Hawaii environmental restoration.Sec. 321. Connecticut River Basin invasive species partnerships.Sec. 322. Expenses for control of aquatic plant growths and invasive species.Sec. 323. Corps of Engineers Asian carp prevention pilot program.Sec. 324. Extension for certain invasive species programs.Sec. 325. Storm damage prevention and reduction, coastal erosion, riverine erosion, and ice and glacial damage, Alaska.Sec. 326. Rehabilitation of Corps of Engineers constructed dams.Sec. 327. Ediz Hook Beach Erosion Control Project, Port Angeles, Washington.Sec. 328. Sense of Congress relating to certain Louisiana hurricane and coastal storm damage risk reduction projects.Sec. 329. Chesapeake Bay Oyster Recovery Program.Sec. 330. Bosque wildlife restoration project.Sec. 331. Expansion of temporary relocation assistance pilot program.Sec. 332. Wilson Lock floating guide wall.Sec. 333. Delaware Inland Bays and Delaware Bay Coast Coastal Storm Risk Management Study.Sec. 334. Upper Mississippi River Plan.Sec. 335. Rehabilitation of pump stations.Sec. 336. Navigation along the Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway.Sec. 337. Garrison Dam, North Dakota.Sec. 338. Sense of Congress relating to Missouri River priorities.Sec. 339. Soil moisture and snowpack monitoring.Sec. 340. Contracts for water supply.Sec. 341. Rend Lake, Carlyle Lake, and Lake Shelbyville, Illinois.Sec. 342. Delaware Coastal System Program.Sec. 343. Maintenance of pile dike system.Sec. 344. Conveyances.Sec. 345. Emergency drought operations pilot program.Sec. 346. Rehabilitation of existing levees.Sec. 347. Non-Federal implementation pilot program.Sec. 348. Harmful algal bloom demonstration program.Sec. 349. Sense of Congress relating to Mobile Harbor, Alabama.Sec. 350. Sense of Congress relating to Port of Portland, Oregon.Sec. 351. Chattahoochee River Program.Sec. 352. Additional projects for underserved community harbors.Sec. 353. Winooski River tributary watershed.Sec. 354. Waco Lake, Texas.Sec. 355. Seminole Tribal claim extension.TITLE IV—Project authorizationsSec. 401. Project authorizations.2.In this Act, the term Secretary means the Secretary of the Army. 3.This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the day that is 1 day after the date of enactment of this Act. <enum>I</enum><header>General provisions</header><section id="id729203cedc1a413985aadf04a3334190"><enum>101.</enum><header>Notice to Congress regarding WRDA implementation</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idddb81d4496a747c4a9aaae04519f8488"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Plan of implementation</header><paragraph id="id7c673bf10c6746af9b6607c179a49588"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop a plan for implementing this Act and the amendments made by this Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id38834d8ec9e54800a2b8baa997cfaa5d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In developing the plan under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph id="id95e1eae97de04ebfbefd9e8a3a539959"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify each provision of this Act (or an amendment made by this Act) that will require—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7644aa5b590a440082bc081d0cf4f985"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the development and issuance of guidance, including whether that guidance will be significant guidance;</text></clause><clause id="ida4043374bc63489bbdd719087e88efe8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the development and issuance of a rule; or</text></clause><clause id="ide5f5868e0e1840859235e60873848b2b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>appropriations;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb1220498cad547a8890d368aa3ef354e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>develop timelines for the issuance of—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf6573669823244a8acd02952f7c454c4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any guidance described in subparagraph (A)(i); and</text></clause><clause id="id1420fefc2b774349bee53dab7742635b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>each rule described in subparagraph (A)(ii); and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id640ca405eab145479f4e359f7b44c34b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>establish a process to disseminate information about this Act and the amendments made by this Act to each District and Division Office of the Corps of Engineers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf18b5642bc314f2399104a26c33207ea"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Transmittal</header><text>On completion of the plan under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall transmit the plan to—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7dd22245c31d45998764e0e8644920ac"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide70d581e23414851999f50ab251e8081"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6d0d3f4f9d6a40f6b2128c0823f59ee4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Implementation of prior water resources development laws</header><paragraph id="idc967fbe771a4483c91dd9d827453d56e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of prior water resources development law</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>prior water resources development law</term> means each of the following (including the amendments made by any of the following):</text><subparagraph id="idac2002aa2f3a4eaeb91a4a418ec3eb11"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/541">Public Law 106–541</external-xref>; 114 Stat. 2572).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb1ef403b7ab44c04be87c708e7f33fbb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/114">Public Law 110–114</external-xref>; 121 Stat. 1041).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfdbbcdde2bfd493ba7e605587974f573"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/121">Public Law 113–121</external-xref>; 128 Stat. 1193).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbf35a3bb2beb48c59f6c03c929d7c348"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/322">Public Law 114–322</external-xref>; 130 Stat. 1628).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc3b1bd25ae3b4f54bf077e6853f00e47"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/270">Public Law 115–270</external-xref>; 132 Stat. 3765).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id865a99192fbd4cddb48f896e5360dda3"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Division AA 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. 2615).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4fd810e38c8f4fc8897684f70be0d6cb"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Title LXXXI of division H of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/263">Public Law 117–263</external-xref>; 136 Stat. 3691). </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf8ad5584f8814ca48585256a8bcc8bc4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notice</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb7c4ba8dcb644e858b8c72a415e84448"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>Not later than 60 days 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 written notice of the status of efforts by the Secretary to implement the prior water resources development laws.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id62cd4782ba114aa5a10bdaf435c908fc"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><clause id="id8b04f21b4bde47ad97d94648577acf35"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As part of the notice under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall include a list describing each provision of a prior water resources development law that has not been fully implemented as of the date of submission of the notice.</text></clause><clause id="ide6c5ca44b227494796c12bbfa3c98e8e"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Additional information</header><text>For each provision included on the list under clause (i), the Secretary shall—</text><subclause id="id89a2ef6dda1f4344879dafe4ee28d795"><enum>(I)</enum><text>establish a timeline for implementing the provision;</text></subclause><subclause id="idad93e9a7e3ea4afdb1c13a821866fc32"><enum>(II)</enum><text>provide a description of the status of the provision in the implementation process; and</text></subclause><subclause id="ide1764f6a502a4bca8d3e357c301b4c1d"><enum>(III)</enum><text>provide an explanation for the delay in implementing the provision.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8a1c54d39e6947469d095d46f163e333"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Briefings</header><subparagraph id="id00d0d056e8aa46fca402f561bc2a4a3c"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter until the Chairs of the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives determine that this Act, the amendments made by this Act, and prior water resources development laws are fully implemented, the Secretary shall provide to relevant congressional committees a briefing on the implementation of this Act, the amendments made by this Act, and prior water resources development laws.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5e3b5af8c68d4b24afba0a3696b0870c"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>A briefing under subparagraph (A) shall include—</text><clause id="id5691a18466cf4a1f9e4524d6fcae517a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>updates to the implementation plan under subsection (a); and</text></clause><clause id="id8cddd64bdc774c0da76fcbab300a8c90"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>updates to the written notice under paragraph (2).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60ed09bf799a4f8e9a39fba74eb5a10a"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional notice pending issuance</header><text>Not later than 30 days before issuing any guidance, rule, notice in the Federal Register, or other documentation required to implement this Act, an amendment made by this Act, or a prior water resources development law (as defined in subsection (b)(1)), 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 written notice regarding the pending issuance.</text></subsection><subsection id="ida080552213864c7893a53bd0db856bb3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Wrda implementation team</header><paragraph id="id86b2cc5d16b34c67af344174b9e11a98"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection: </text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbfffb57308aa47d1aafa4e87a139b21e"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Prior water resources development law</header><text>The term <term>prior water resources development law</term> has the meaning given the term in subsection (b)(1).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf26ddee429e542db9a5f91826febfead"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Team</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>team</term> means the Water Resources Development Act implementation team established under paragraph (2). </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98f55640e5d54c6e8e497611325f4040"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a Water Resources Development Act implementation team that shall consist of current employees of the Federal Government, including—</text><subparagraph id="idd488137f69944a44bb2d8d9661be8f68"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not fewer than 2 employees in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0b40204a9b1d4fb8998f21ce5d9e87b7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not fewer than 2 employees at the headquarters of the Corps of Engineers; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2e93e9a43b8b434b95701cd13654ede3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a representative of each district and division of the Corps of Engineers. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8ff080a184b54bd3abde5e00e7e8830d"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The team shall be responsible for assisting with the implementation of this Act, the amendments made by this Act, and prior water resources development laws, including—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7745192298a741ea95b77ed813e282d3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>performing ongoing outreach to—</text><clause id="id0d7c8b0c858743a78daae91ea3719de4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Congress; and</text></clause><clause id="id8206d022377f4cadb47b23945decf68d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>employees and servicemembers stationed in districts and divisions of the Corps of Engineers to ensure that all Corps of Engineers employees are aware of and implementing provisions of this Act, the amendments made by this Act, and prior water resources development laws, in a manner consistent with congressional intent; </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6e706d7031c94055af88eb93e9e7651d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identifying any issues with implementation of a provision of this Act, the amendments made by this Act, and prior water resources development laws at the district, division, or national level;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3535644d56724a6c815374f8d8b97974"><enum>(C)</enum><text>resolving the issues identified under subparagraph (B), in consultation with Corps of Engineers leadership and the Secretary; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9a38d6342e70423d9b19bb9a303f1383"><enum>(D)</enum><text>ensuring that any interpretation developed as a result of the process under subparagraph (C) is consistent with congressional intent for this Act, the amendments made by this Act, and prior water resources development laws. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idc1fddb33cb0e4dac95db769ec8e12814"><enum>102.</enum><header>Prior guidance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue the guidance required pursuant to each of the following provisions:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9c3f15b5e1d947c2a1afee000c320de7"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1043(b)(9) 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>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc432c5fa1044405da280bb22392b2450"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8136 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2667">10 U.S.C. 2667</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/263">Public Law 117–263</external-xref>). </text></paragraph></section><section id="idf36a7547bbed46e0a4a16880a71c8339"><enum>103.</enum><header>Ability to pay</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99705bd75c45434fbe2465d2f7eee722"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation</header><text>The Secretary shall expedite any guidance or rulemaking necessary to the implementation of section 103(m) of the Water Resources Development Act 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2213">33 U.S.C. 2213(m)</external-xref>) to address ability to pay. </text></subsection><subsection id="id215b906b5c424fda8a340196abdfd6a3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Ability to pay</header><text>Section 103(m) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2213">33 U.S.C. 2213(m)</external-xref>) is amended by adding the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6e55eb1429174e54886221490ea65f2a" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph id="idcf3e7cb867544ff2b84d66c7d7a56e26"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Congressional notification</header><subparagraph id="id1437edc231eb4b4f8f59e55207105548"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall 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 written notification of determinations made by the Secretary of the ability of non-Federal interests to pay under this subsection.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0fb72f16702a4be79ccc0f846e376e99"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>In preparing the written notification under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall include, for each determination made by the Secretary—</text><clause id="id2fa82ef429fd499cb3d671ea90b0b7e2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the name of the non-Federal interest that submitted to the Secretary a request for a determination under this subsection;</text></clause><clause id="id91f23849b331424388337c1f1d5fa4ef"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the name and location of the project; and</text></clause><clause id="id4da0bcaf9aff4d16954180f8ad947adc"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the determination made by the Secretary and the reasons for the determination, including the adjusted share of the costs of the project of the non-Federal interest, if applicable.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id91135a6c7d8142e198a87f7779eaba09"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Tribal partnership program</header><text>Section 203(d) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2269">33 U.S.C. 2269(d)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07b9ebcd6d0b4be087a14e16757f4441" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph id="id45e301ab8ad9498aa1ec067977635eba"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Congressional notification</header><subparagraph id="idd33b5933fadb4390972970124dea279d"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall 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 written notification of determinations made by the Secretary of the ability of non-Federal interests to pay under this subsection.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id24253b81df7e4efdb6f1ec0e8503e173"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>In preparing the written notification under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall include, for each determination made by the Secretary—</text><clause id="id5765df9cf5fa4ae7b4b67370a010fb05"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the name of the non-Federal interest that submitted to the Secretary a request for a determination under paragraph (1)(B)(ii);</text></clause><clause id="idcbed4937572144c7a3ae9c57274d4d9d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the name and location of the project; and</text></clause><clause id="id1fa71ecc158643b689dc2bab27dbf72d"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the determination made by the Secretary and the reasons for the determination, including the adjusted share of the costs of the project of the non-Federal interest, if applicable.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id8a84ccd032cc4c409bd4e0fbf6dec6e3"><enum>104.</enum><header>Federal interest determinations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 905(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2282">33 U.S.C. 2282(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id01504924bf88467abddedea1dc828170"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97d6b5154b1a45ebaa94ef25c8554323" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph id="id9c23043204414d8d8617e6af328bf27c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><subparagraph id="id22583d57e22343889fc09fd7e83311d4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Identification</header><text>As part of the submission of a work plan to Congress pursuant to the joint explanatory statement for an annual appropriations Act or as part of the submission of a spend plan to Congress for a supplemental appropriations Act under which the Corps of Engineers receives funding, the Secretary shall identify the studies in the plan—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3f67edf418e74f75bca36952c156c7b0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for which the Secretary plans to prepare a feasibility report under subsection (a) that will benefit—</text><subclause id="idb664d5301a994d7e953c650f509ba91c"><enum>(I)</enum><text>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>)); or </text></subclause><subclause id="id105d37c79ad2422baa44d1548ef0333f"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a community other than a community described in subclause (I); and</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id390d6d03fb42419b94ea1b09e6f14441"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that are designated as a new start under the work plan. </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id372548c0bc4443bfb57a65bbebff425d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Determination</header><clause id="id9a4177621378458f9a4aa646b3512c5f"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>After identifying the studies under subparagraph (A) and subject to subparagraph (C), the Secretary shall, with the consent of the applicable non-Federal interest for the study, first determine the Federal interest in carrying out the study and the projects that may be proposed in the study. </text></clause><clause id="ida829baf7a49c46908dfbe5b479be6850"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Feasibility cost share agreement</header><text>The Secretary may make a determination under clause (i) prior to the execution of a feasibility cost share agreement between the Secretary and the non-Federal interest.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaa441518b470462787b00dbd90bc53c2"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>For each fiscal year, the Secretary may not make a determination under subparagraph (B) for more than 20 studies identified under subparagraph (A)(i)(II). </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc7672dc473e84e62aa87926123a0d64f"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Application</header><clause id="id2ce2363192f04fc99da3c6ddc1db42ba"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to clause (ii) and with the consent of the non-Federal interest, the Secretary may use the authority provided under this subsection for a study in a work plan submitted to Congress prior to the date of enactment of the <short-title>Water Resources Development Act of 2024</short-title> if the study otherwise meets the requirements described in subparagraph (A).</text></clause><clause id="id99b7311fda004eccbcfa842a76187635" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Subparagraph (C) shall apply to the use of authority under clause (i).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id892ca0412ca3421db939298b1cd2cb1e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><subparagraph id="id77f392b8dfb641dbb907541b725a2a25"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6e087578b7174c30892f032303378783"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id87feaa4902244009a54d62f7a4e0688a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf3838d81008546418f95ea0efb39b616" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><subparagraph id="id22c7668f0da84fb282b4882cd2d71c1c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall be paid from the funding provided for the study in the applicable work plan described in that paragraph.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id20f684e22592413aa5b309a40de89d83"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCE51B49E5185462F88AFC119D4283A4E" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc70fa7a122a8406eb89bc1ad0e9f59c5"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Post-determination work</header><text>A study under this section shall continue after a determination under paragraph (1)(B)(i) without a new investment decision.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id749b0e94cdf14e82ae09f315507bb6c1"><enum>105.</enum><header>Annual report to Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="ide0fadc2ae3bf4bd888b9b7a65b75cecd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (i); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7d0a722cf5394d90bf623bed236a9279"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (f) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8692ad438e1b4e32a40bc55bc66c3e16" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection id="id8c12e217cdb746b5941a71f32e28236d"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Non-Federal interest notification</header><paragraph id="idbc88bdce0c944a12a001af12859205d2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>After the publication of the annual report under subsection (f), if the proposal of a non-Federal interest submitted under subsection (b) was included by the Secretary in the appendix under subsection (c)(4), the Secretary shall provide written notification to the non-Federal interest of such inclusion.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id17e70fc5e2c646f48d8c897c9de3bcb3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Debrief</header><subparagraph id="id7ae6aea8c2664c1c99c52a1593b04704"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date on which a non-Federal interest receives the written notification under paragraph (1), the non-Federal interest shall notify the Secretary that the non-Federal interest is requesting a debrief under this paragraph.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1af8cdfbae374a2eaa7899547813e396"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Response</header><text>If a non-Federal interest requests a debrief under this paragraph, the Secretary shall provide the debrief to the non-Federal interest by not later than 60 days after the date on which the Secretary receives the request for the debrief.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf34ed8b2a2ee42d0999c4dbcaacd4853"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The debrief provided by the Secretary under this paragraph shall include—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8301e93d7cd7415491fc06be4d04128f"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an explanation of the reasons that the proposal was included in the appendix under subsection (c)(4); and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9a39f8b695034b34a155c68ce3b03170"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of—</text><subclause id="ida0a22d4b761341f8942b8d826e556789"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any revisions to the proposal that may allow the proposal to be included in a subsequent annual report, to the maximum extent practicable;</text></subclause><subclause id="id206c670c556544038c7da8a4fd198799"><enum>(II)</enum><text>other existing authorities of the Secretary that may be used to address the need that prompted the proposal, if applicable; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id4d02e055011a41b3a15c4ab1b52cc78b"><enum>(III)</enum><text>any other information that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id341efc70d9f2478293fb9ab43fdec874"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Congressional notification</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the publication of the annual report under subsection (f), for each proposal included in that annual report or appendix, the Secretary shall notify each Member of Congress that represents the State in which that proposal will be located that the proposal was included the annual report or the appendix.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="idc7259ef8f455440ebdd60254d5751247"><enum>106.</enum><header>Processing timelines</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall ensure that the public website for the <quote>permit finder</quote> of the Corps of Engineers accurately reflects the current status of projects for which a permit was, or is being, processed using amounts accepted under section 214 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2352">33 U.S.C. 2352</external-xref>). </text></section><section id="id692eb09c355e4a24a627c05abe28b0fb"><enum>107.</enum><header>Services of volunteers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The seventeenth paragraph under the heading <quote><header-in-text style="appropriations" level="appropriations-small">general provisions</header-in-text></quote> under the heading <quote><header-in-text style="appropriations" level="appropriations-intermediate">Corps of Engineers—Civil</header-in-text></quote> under the heading <quote><header-in-text style="appropriations" level="appropriations-major">Department of the Army</header-in-text></quote> in chapter IV of title I of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1983 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/569c">33 U.S.C. 569c</external-xref>), is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idebd8d3ebe8e046d791b4d5c99777475e"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by striking <quote>The United States Army Chief of Engineers</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="appropriations" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4A2A1BB0B2D7466188191C7F3DEBA46E" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7408f8616d134879aef16fcac13b669c"><enum>141.</enum><header>Services of volunteers</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idb9ba29a4b46849acaa9a70c436e128a7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Chief of Engineers</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfa89b5b20766492789ba0f0089043da6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a) (as so designated), in the second sentence, by striking <quote>Such volunteers</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3F5BFFFC46094226966BF03C4E6C61F4" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide9e40f55e36d492c9c25756efcdf8995"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>Volunteers under subsection (a)</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idff6671a1f1fb437890e87422bcf4c0a1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb49beede3f1045cdab7902d5050084a7" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection id="id2e4efe6996fd4042bd61873e6417b31d"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Recognition</header><paragraph id="idb9cdf9f1764a4f60890c6942f8ace85d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Chief of Engineers may recognize through an award or other appropriate means the service of volunteers under subsection (a).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7500f3706ffb43ea8c0d88a99e6fd7ef"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Process</header><text>The Chief of Engineers shall establish a process to carry out paragraph (1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide64bc8fc65df4034aba53c38ec2ec21e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Chief of Engineers shall ensure that the recognition provided to a volunteer under paragraph (1) shall not be in the form of a cash award.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="IDa307002fcfe44626bcc892eb985dcf2d"><enum>108.</enum><header>Support of Army civil works missions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8159 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3740) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6676cca4232545b4bdbff0acb46a5a56"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida5718ab667bc45e4ba93516d06c11030"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2f15e956b0964d41858488b9972210e0" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph id="id709d2aff41d3482cb4a7e0e9ffc96130"><enum>(4)</enum><text>West Virginia University to conduct academic research on flood resilience planning and risk management, water resource-related emergency management, aquatic ecosystem restoration, water quality, siting and risk management for open- and closed-loop pumped hydropower energy storage, hydropower, and water resource-related recreation and management of resources for recreation in the State of West Virginia;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida86b21a446a24ddaa6031f7162924ce2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Delaware State University to conduct academic research on water resource ecology, water quality, aquatic ecosystem restoration, coastal restoration, and water resource-related emergency management in the State of Delaware, the Delaware River Basin, and the Chesapeake Bay watershed; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8328bb182cd94fc7ab5d1e9100d21249"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the University of Notre Dame to conduct academic research on hazard mitigation policies and practices in coastal communities, including through the incorporation of data analysis and the use of risk-based analytical frameworks for reviewing flood mitigation and hardening plans and for evaluating the design of new infrastructure.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="iddd44e686103841abb99da6e5c48ab339"><enum>109.</enum><header>Inland waterway projects</header><subsection id="id360436c900304f9882a7a59d4e639643"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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="idc31b298680b04179800b4d8ceabf2116"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>65 percent of the costs</quote> and inserting <quote>75 percent of the costs</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7510ac57871d45dd9248e7bdca6df911"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the undesignated matter following paragraph (3), in the second sentence, by striking <quote>35 percent of such costs</quote> and inserting <quote>25 percent of such costs</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida7d95027d3da4e14b2debe168ea18a29"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply beginning on October 1, 2024, to any construction of a project for navigation on the inland waterways that is new or ongoing on or after that date.</text></subsection><subsection id="id7608fe4e1fe14974ba85a63d6a5bb11a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>In the case of an inland waterways project that receives funds under the heading <quote><header-in-text style="appropriations" level="appropriations-small">construction</header-in-text></quote> under the heading <quote><header-in-text style="appropriations" level="appropriations-intermediate">Corps of Engineers—Civil</header-in-text></quote> under the heading <quote><header-in-text style="appropriations" level="appropriations-major">Department of the Army</header-in-text></quote> in title III of division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (135 Stat. 1359) that will not complete construction, replacement, rehabilitation, and expansion with such funds—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2a510c5c6e674ba790d93e434ff94e74"><enum>(1)</enum><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>) shall not apply; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06414ad004664af6af73e0bf6ff3f611"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any remaining costs shall be paid only from amounts appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id458a1c9bb79547ddbe90f3a81ea1ffaf"><enum>110.</enum><header>Leveraging Federal infrastructure for increased water supply</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1118(i) of Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/390b-2">43 U.S.C. 390b–2(i)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id943592CD52F24065A6DCDA5E73FF2C94" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph id="idfc28a8cc75574a9da617629e29cf91d5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contributed funds for other Federal reservoir projects</header><subparagraph id="idefce12ddd45a4ce5a73013827a9c4883"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to receive and expend funds from a non-Federal interest or a Federal agency that owns a Federal reservoir project described in subparagraph (B) to formulate, review, or revise operational documents pursuant to a proposal submitted in accordance with subsection (a).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1092314b170e4286994c8bc5e510e88e"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Federal reservoir projects described</header><text>A Federal reservoir project referred to in subparagraph (A) is a reservoir for which the Secretary is authorized to prescribe regulations for the use of storage allocated for flood control or navigation pursuant to 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>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="idf59cf65b5b1849ccaf2359245b1d9c17"><enum>111.</enum><header>Outreach and access</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3aaeac3a18f44cc89755a3dbcf8df0a1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8117(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2281b">33 U.S.C. 2281b(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id32c16bac7e8e413f9be6472cd7eaf587"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="id4070c0b6c7074fb080d6e21dc4c9566f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id506f3c97be1c4b06b85a5e16f02d353e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfe9e7843e6d7412881ff8ce12ae0d464"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida729d77fa3134cdca2112593c4635263" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><subparagraph id="idfb116a8f90d14fcf8704e40156839f0b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>ensuring that a potential non-Federal interest is aware of the roles, responsibilities, and financial commitments associated with a completed water resources development project prior to initiating a 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>)), including operations, maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabilitation responsibilities.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb228223fc00645c6bfb4f6da6cc812bd"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc87f98d6983d4781b83943a82b65a244"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id17ddd2c438224209a18df1d1a9953921"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4767d20654624946824aa2859ab79b6a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide0a12131a19c4e8a872bffc065176df1" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><subparagraph id="id4d585e17bb3645f8a9be1c996bfbb9db"><enum>(F)</enum><text>to the maximum extent practicable—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb83c49309c314313bfee96b98f442f1e"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop and continue to make publicly available, through a publicly available existing website, information on the projects and studies within the jurisdiction of each district of the Corps of Engineers; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcbb296fa8d9f4dcdb43fdb0062a5db6d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that the information described in clause (i) is consistent and made publicly available in the same manner across all districts of the Corps of Engineers.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id22fea7a3d2934311a39b5203f4a6d6db"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id983e6e1d40f149349eac948d733785d0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44ddb7f15ea64c7a9b5e6429fc0b97ea" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph id="id0f572102667448ac9937eb5b43577f7b"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>The Secretary shall develop and issue guidance to ensure that the points of contacts established under paragraph (2)(B) are adequately fulfilling their obligations under that paragraph.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8ed8fb53b74f4c17a642e5b1b628c6e7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Briefing</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 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 briefing on the status of the implementation of section 8117 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2281b">33 U.S.C. 2281b</external-xref>), including the amendments made to that section by subsection (a), including—</text><paragraph id="id9988ef3e820c4effab46f63e75b57f7a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a plan for implementing any requirements under that section; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idda050007c9184c708339ed473112f014"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any potential barriers to implementing that section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idfb2061825d364109b5cc49377bfd3c6c"><enum>112.</enum><header>Model development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8230 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3765) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB4704363E6A94B0A9DA9547AC5DBEC31" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection id="idc443e68dac2f48568dac19a53c5e484b"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Model development</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6208a07cc0c945b190e390e60de3db66"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may partner with other Federal agencies, National Laboratories, and institutions of higher education to develop, update, and maintain hydrologic and climate-related models for use in water resources planning, including models to assess compound flooding that arises when 2 or more flood drivers occur simultaneously or in close succession, or are impacting the same region over time. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07be55d582a943cf9ccef7d13b958d29"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may use models developed by the entities described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id1fc7075e5c9e46b686a5aa547c9e4672"><enum>113.</enum><header>Planning assistance for States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 22(a)(2)(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(a)(2)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>and title research for abandoned structures</quote> before the period at the end. </text></section><section id="ide24ecd1e894043f28f900589ad8ae6fa"><enum>114.</enum><header>Corps of Engineers Levee Owners Advisory Board</header><subsection id="id07163414606d4e0a9912491704a93476"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21935eb216bd4a74bcfd7630ccb78b34"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal levee system owner-operator</header><text>The term <term>Federal levee system owner-operator</term> means a non-Federal interest that owns and operates and maintains a levee system that was constructed by the Corps of Engineers.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03f8297caba74e40ba403a3decbae550"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Owners Board</header><text>The term <term>Owners Board</term> means the Levee Owners Advisory Board established under subsection (b). </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id870a199c6ca54fd1abf5ce4558a0b1e2"><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 Levee Owners Advisory Board.</text></subsection><subsection id="id4a1bca77dc9b418ebcf05002ecbecfc5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Membership</header><paragraph id="id7d181a5e9d8d4105abba1b88569c9604"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Owners Board—</text><subparagraph id="id537eacac542f46b58f29f2bfb82f1317"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be composed of—</text><clause id="id16c7b88db8e245cc8a0385b95620f5ef"><enum>(i)</enum><text>11 members, to be appointed by the Secretary, who shall—</text><subclause id="idcea84fe142444c429f3959b8320de3e9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>represent various regions of the country, including not less than 1 Federal levee system owner-operator from each of the civil works divisions of the Corps of Engineers; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idbcf3c53d079145cfb9845a13c65ffa09"><enum>(II)</enum><text>have the requisite experiential or technical knowledge to carry out the duties of the Owners Board described in subsection (d); and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idac4272e2b254479abbca3433cb1edc94"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a representative of the Corps of Engineers, to be designated by the Secretary, who shall serve as a nonvoting member; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id325e31225f184d1580d30c07f75e618b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may include a representative designated by the head of the Federal agency described in section 9002(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3301">33 U.S.C. 3301(1)</external-xref>), who shall serve as a nonvoting member. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2fb26e4447324d01ac6777847a18e499"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Terms of members</header><subparagraph id="idcbae1e40bb1e4821bdf62d4a36cf4a31"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), a member of the Owners Board shall be appointed for a term of 3 years.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id351b109f9ac54995aee61fa2fb2e2236"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reappointment</header><text>A member of the Owners Board may be reappointed to the Owners Board, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd779f045b11d423697ac2e06fde3c733"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Vacancies</header><text>A vacancy on the Owners Board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was made.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id69ac90baf596433192651a1ea1f04135"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Chairperson</header><text>The members of the Owners Board shall appoint a chairperson from among the members of the Owners Board.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb264641c731147f29d5a9a854aac002c"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties</header><paragraph id="id74ecbd7f19384829ae796099ab8fd5e1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>The Owners Board shall provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary and the Chief of Engineers on—</text><subparagraph id="id2ab2670cb5c5486a84eb93d3ae49f16f"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the activities and actions, consistent with applicable statutory authorities, that should be undertaken by the Corps of Engineers and Federal levee system owner-operators to improve flood risk management throughout the United States; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id146d0c89be1b4ae89c1740acf4f4ce17"><enum>(B)</enum><text>how to improve cooperation and communication between the Corps of Engineers and Federal levee system owner-operators.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id153140c923844372a7da01c36dc2530e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The Owners Board shall meet not less frequently than semiannually.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf31e27d564284a65b7d59d9cf5b46fac"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary, on behalf of the Owners Board, shall—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id066685245b1940ceb9fd2f80de6f87e8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 includes the recommendations provided under paragraph (1); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id703151702316486b851f7c38ddb38e70"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make those recommendations publicly available, including on a publicly available existing website.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfffaccdab3fa4a1da82235565e6135eb"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Independent judgment</header><text>Any advice or recommendation made by the Owners Board pursuant to subsection (d)(1) shall reflect the independent judgment of the Owners Board.</text></subsection><subsection id="id644da24e1dd24c4baa43284d9c7d442b"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Administration</header><paragraph id="id8547fcfe201d40a49f1820b0bac9bc06"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the members of the Owners Board shall serve without compensation.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id218a805bee4d45999919bf5da62a6cc9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Travel expenses</header><text>The members of the Owners Board shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with applicable provisions 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.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd5e8242a44f24fc38b8b9d9447314959"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>The members of the Owners Board shall not be considered to be Federal employees, and the meetings and reports of the Owners Board 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><subsection id="ida984c5508a934984abb6118242eb8d54"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Savings clause</header><text>The Owners Board shall not supplant the Committee on Levee Safety established by section 9003 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3302">33 U.S.C. 3302</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section><section id="id96e942ab528a40199bf9b78e77da293b"><enum>115.</enum><header>Silver Jackets program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall continue the Silver Jackets program established by the Secretary pursuant to 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>) and section 204 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5134">42 U.S.C. 5134</external-xref>). </text></section><section id="idff4c44d098c84397a34830439f3700af"><enum>116.</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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7028b0dbd9d04b2193bf485ac71b42c9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)—</text><subparagraph id="idf0f72deb73a34dacabcff7e3a9953047"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd18605fe28aa4a8796e902077296415d"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb2c097cc5f4344e0b8bb2e257dd61a78"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd9aa92f544554c85b9037e0e6e8ab853" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><subparagraph id="id9945c90dc9da4e78b4c73ba08ade7224"><enum>(D)</enum><text>projects that improve emergency response capabilities and provide increased access to infrastructure that may be utilized in the event of a severe weather event or other natural disaster; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5f602c90135848efa1fc15074b9aa2c1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBE3B44799AB045C79262A43DA217F935" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3e6eb07b6ee94f83a37d3c8aa6f472c3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Pilot program</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb9f227c8b044401fb765210927bd2335"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary shall carry out not more than 5 projects described in paragraph (2). </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd97025cac21c4db5af1b80a3cdddd552"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Projects described</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (b)(1)(B), a project referred to in paragraph (1) is a project—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idca5c3cece4854930aa1e2b933d5cf731"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that is otherwise eligible and meets the requirements under this section; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb03a45edb59b4c2580672194db81a37f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that is located—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb19b2bce7365439c8a2e3283d8af5ed5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">along the Mid-Columbia River, Washington, Taneum Creek, Washington, or Similk Bay, Washington; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7e052326b23e42de88801c54dbf31674"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>at Big Bend, Lake Oahe, Fort Randall, or Gavins Point Reservoirs, South Dakota.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcafdb25720f54c3bba6d530ad783b559"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a project described in paragraph (2) in accordance with this section. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32d1ef633b384126ac88e05e29136ea5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>Nothing in this subsection authorizes—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcf1853e7b85246558ce44c21ed232d34"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a project for the removal of a dam that otherwise is a project described in paragraph (2);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16de9b6214db496baabbb653671e0266"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the study of the removal of a dam; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91167038a41547dc8f9dc0c2c23b19f0"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the study of any Federal dam, including the study of power, flood control, or navigation replacement, or the implementation of any functional alteration to that dam, that is located along a body of water described in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (2)(B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="iddd3717528135428894133b0514d537e1"><enum>117.</enum><header>Tribal project implementation pilot program</header><subsection id="id630a18ec1fac410782e40c21994cd208"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8832477ee70540faa2085da03ca86df1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible project</header><text>The term <term>eligible project</term> means a project or activity eligible to be carried out under the Tribal partnership program under 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>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72b20b7d790441cc81bb2524c775a567"><enum>(2)</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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2e31d7da803e4439a2bd9ba6651f7f0c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish and implement a pilot program under which Indian Tribes may directly carry out eligible projects. </text></subsection><subsection id="idc7dad1ba57954c0eb182d036c9620877"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of the pilot program under this section are—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0d63446553ff43a5906b6c978d4a2775"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to authorize Tribal contracting to advance Tribal self-determination and provide economic opportunities for Indian Tribes; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf64f5a1923d1449b965e3a50e9429d28"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to evaluate the technical, financial, and organizational efficiencies of Indian Tribes carrying out the design, execution, management, and construction of 1 or more eligible projects.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide96d4731ac23424a9f3578070ecc9dd4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Administration</header><paragraph id="id0d9a2e3ce74141ae87fe343d01451370"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out the pilot program under this section, the Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph id="id2f284da3ac024ef7a2e5c00984f38c25"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify a total of not more than 5 eligible projects that have been authorized for construction;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id94bd796598594f958832d12c8e9596f5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>notify the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives on the identification of each eligible project under the pilot program under this section;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id42f002fc4560475eb84a36fb1037d2a6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in collaboration with the Indian Tribe, develop a detailed project management plan for each identified eligible project that outlines the scope, budget, design, and construction resource requirements necessary for the Indian Tribe to execute the project or a separable element of the eligible project;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7d64915d02fe4cb88eea285ca3b93164"><enum>(D)</enum><text>on the request of the Indian Tribe and in accordance with subsection (f)(2), enter into a project partnership agreement with the Indian Tribe for the Indian Tribe to provide full project management control for construction of the eligible project, or a separable element of the eligible project, in accordance with plans approved by the Secretary;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6e81b3118b6c49baaf43d441140debdc"><enum>(E)</enum><text>following execution of the project partnership agreement, transfer to the Indian Tribe to carry out construction of the eligible project, or a separable element of the eligible project—</text><clause id="id6d35cb98ef704709a5b0f8d41f250e77"><enum>(i)</enum><text>if applicable, the balance of the unobligated amounts appropriated for the eligible project, except that the Secretary shall retain sufficient amounts for the Corps of Engineers to carry out any responsibilities of the Corps of Engineers relating to the eligible project and the pilot program under this section; and</text></clause><clause id="id9ab0c6fc98024efd878fd13588e2bfbf"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>additional amounts, as determined by the Secretary, from amounts made available to carry out this section, except that the total amount transferred to the Indian Tribe shall not exceed the updated estimate of the Federal share of the cost of construction, including any required design; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8ba985a998c44cee8b24454b9737ae7a"><enum>(F)</enum><text>regularly monitor and audit each eligible project being constructed by an Indian Tribe under this section to ensure that the construction activities are carried out in compliance with the plans approved by the Secretary and that the construction costs are reasonable.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3b41f647610a41ec8c1bdb1a00afa6e2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Detailed project schedule</header><text>Not later than 180 days after entering into an agreement under paragraph (1)(D), each Indian Tribe, to the maximum extent practicable, shall submit to the Secretary a detailed project schedule, based on estimated funding levels, that lists all deadlines for each milestone in the construction of the eligible project.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id54f9be16bbe94a60b4004a01d5cb3a70"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>On the request of an Indian Tribe, the Secretary may provide technical assistance to the Indian Tribe, if the Indian Tribe contracts with and compensates the Secretary for the technical assistance relating to—</text><subparagraph id="id70d0f9a8242949c3ac7348318dbcf3fc"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any study, engineering activity, and design activity for construction carried out by the Indian Tribe under this section; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id579609be510a45439c04070989aba89a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>expeditiously obtaining any permits necessary for the eligible project.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id90a640c79008427d925abff89833f8f7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Cost share</header><text>Nothing in this section affects the cost-sharing requirement applicable on the day before the date of enactment of this Act to an eligible project carried out under this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="id3b6be3dcd4794f56aab1d51628d97e12"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Implementation guidance</header><paragraph id="id964090889cd449c5b75df82492bc7f14"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue guidance for the implementation of the pilot program under this section that, to the extent practicable, identifies—</text><subparagraph id="idf49e310b689c4b3c86e05bdd37678128"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the metrics for measuring the success of the pilot program;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd13622b8c73c4ea0a66035687f6c01eb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a process for identifying future eligible projects to participate in the pilot program;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb4da5e11680a4efaba0f1e9b1cda352b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>measures to address the risks of an Indian Tribe constructing eligible projects under the pilot program, including which entity bears the risk for eligible projects that fail to meet Corps of Engineers standards for design or quality;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6ca1db988728458a8a66ed0908a9aa2d"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the laws and regulations that an Indian Tribe must follow in carrying out an eligible project under the pilot program; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide726925424114170b534424aaa6e3ad3"><enum>(E)</enum><text>which entity bears the risk in the event that an eligible project carried out under the pilot program fails to be carried out in accordance with the project authorization or this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1f82b50a54c2417bae68f53f426635d5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>New project partnership agreements</header><text>The Secretary may not enter into a project partnership agreement under this section until the date on which the Secretary issues the guidance under paragraph (1). </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfde6044fc180494293e817b71a26bd34"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Report</header><paragraph id="id5107e8d6a7bc438ca701a4672f42544f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</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 and make publicly available a report detailing the results of the pilot program under this section, including—</text><subparagraph id="idb6629827c1cb4a338b12f3c4648dfd5a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of the progress of Indian Tribes in meeting milestones in detailed project schedules developed pursuant to subsection (d)(2); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id978ae26f498b4421b690b58bd67457fa"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any recommendations of the Secretary concerning whether the pilot program or any component of the pilot program should be implemented on a national basis.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ida1ff938e4e8f4aa881a2c5cc09a00c18"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Update</header><text>Not later than 5 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 an update to the report under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6b5b50c9138d45a7a9c85fae93acddc8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Failure to meet deadline</header><text>If the Secretary fails to submit a report by the required deadline under this subsection, 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 detailed explanation of why the deadline was missed and a projected date for submission of the report.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id16f452bb3bbb46e5a1b917f5f68e7fe9"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>All laws and regulations that would apply to the Secretary if the Secretary were carrying out the eligible project shall apply to an Indian Tribe carrying out an eligible project under this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="id2521eb1181db421baff04f31378ea8f5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Termination of authority</header><text>The authority to commence an eligible project under this section terminates on December 31, 2029.</text></subsection><subsection id="id1a02968a07494d8593912ce57e1aeb6e"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>In addition to any amounts appropriated for a specific eligible project, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section, including the costs of administration of the Secretary, $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2029. </text></subsection></section><section id="id96b0a999b2574c44abcb72fc47b6746a"><enum>118.</enum><header>Eligibility for inter-Tribal consortiums</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3398aafc53564f95aae1197d7b160fe9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 221(b)(1) of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b(b)(1)) is amended by inserting <quote>and an inter-tribal consortium (as defined in section 403 of the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3202">25 U.S.C. 3202</external-xref>)))</quote> after <quote>5304))</quote>. </text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8ca894255bdf4ed9bfb743ef4692bdef"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Tribal partnership program</header><text>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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7c06a142cac14cf5b153bf74bb1715d7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc5563a647e0a408882049c0b6f4544ab"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>the term</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63EF4341868649CE976D1BC7FE418381" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection id="id94d1fc8f2ee2432798f57b2ff66b1b70"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida59f84f633764a27b39dfa615a9f44a3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Indian tribe</header><text>The term</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3af4ce9cf92f407b8f4f2fc62da71d64"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id536C26F637EC4F74927787524C6C051E" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9e9e66071cf142d991a44a15e3648fc7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inter-tribal consortium</header><text>The term <term>inter-tribal consortium</term> has the meaning given the term in section 403 of the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3202">25 U.S.C. 3202</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf1ec41cbea394bc4aa97157cb030629c"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Tribal organization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Tribal organization</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><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddb66af4a187c417983893e28698a4a6e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34a081b8e8a747e399a13a68ad6d6329"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id372e0904245845638331ebe1086bb134"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, inter-tribal consortiums, Tribal organizations,</quote> after <quote>Indian tribes</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d046b7fbfe2400dacc9857024073155"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, inter-tribal consortiums, or Tribal organizations</quote> after <quote>Indian tribes</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb78dd820486b424f8577312273aa3144"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc17fd69edc99439583fea6b74f3a6cbc"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>flood hurricane</quote> and inserting <quote>flood or hurricane</quote>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbaa0970b75364ed695b6fa056da498a0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting <quote>, an inter-tribal consortium, or a Tribal organization</quote> after <quote>Indian tribe</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id08062341f5fc47fd81f0de16f990989a"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E) (as redesignated by section 116(1)(B)), by inserting <quote>, inter-tribal consortiums, Tribal organizations,</quote> after <quote>Indian tribes</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf7b043058d8148ca96ec260e59c8c402"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting <quote>, inter-tribal consortium, or Tribal organization</quote> after <quote>Indian tribe</quote> each place it appears. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id787d2acda3894259af044d39c31adb91"><enum>119.</enum><header>Sense of Congress relating to the management of recreation facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text><paragraph id="id578f6ec688db4298819b7904ec2b7965"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Corps of Engineers should have greater access to the revenue collected from the use of Corps of Engineers-managed facilities with recreational purposes;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb8ae51e0dd8f4711aa37aca5c8f0b900"><enum>(2)</enum><text>revenue collected from Corps of Engineers-managed facilities with recreational purposes should be available to the Corps of Engineers for necessary operation, maintenance, and improvement activities at the facility from which the revenue was derived;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf2c08f1b29754bd1b763aa501b6bbe20"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the districts of the Corps of Engineers should be provided with more authority to partner with non-Federal public entities and private nonprofit entities for the improvement and management of Corps of Engineers-managed facilities with recreational purposes; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide3f26d61cc52443193b4500b124b3949"><enum>(4)</enum><text>legislation to address the issues described in paragraphs (1) through (3) should be considered by Congress.</text></paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>Studies and reports</header><section id="id9e35671485194bb296de4dc74ac88d2f"><enum>201.</enum><header>Authorization of proposed feasibility studies</header><subsection id="id51e76e218aa24a3397e922b3937d75fe"><enum>(a)</enum><header>New projects</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to conduct a feasibility study for 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:</text><paragraph id="id75cf0187e4624d30a57deb4fc46ca2ab"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Yavapai County, Arizona</header><text>Project for flood risk management, Yavapai County, Arizona.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd8527e32838c4fb1a335bca431cda40a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eastman Lake, California</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration and water supply, including for conservation and recharge, Eastman Lake, Merced and Madera Counties, California. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide613677c7acc430aab5420cdf1a05201"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Pine Flat Dam, California</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Project for ecosystem restoration, water supply, and recreation, Pine Flat Dam, Fresno County, California.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1c5e8c48c62d4526962c68f690d7511c"><enum>(4)</enum><header>San Diego, California</header><text>Project for flood risk management, including sea level rise, San Diego, California.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbe65fbb0a34f4e9cbda267496292e0e1"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Sacramento, California</header><text>Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, including levee improvement, Sacramento River, Sacramento, California. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3cc0517c967645ecbda95acba54cfa92"><enum>(6)</enum><header>San Mateo, California</header><text>Project for flood risk management, City of San Mateo, California.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id26aaed0bc8d84e16a29effa63e635e14"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Sacramento County, California</header><text>Project for flood risk management, ecosystem restoration, and water supply, Lower Cosumnes River, Sacramento County, California. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcffffb9d14c94502a4e9edca71359fc5"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Colorado Springs, Colorado</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration and flood risk management, Fountain Creek, Monument Creek, and T–Gap Levee, Colorado Springs, Colorado.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2debd63909734a799920869f131b905f"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Plymouth, Connecticut</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Project for ecosystem restoration, Plymouth, Connecticut.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id346c171fbf824f50b4daedafb8d70d51"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Windham, Connecticut</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration and recreation, Windham, Connecticut.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id03aabc8753c24d6ea5a29e14d65bc8b8"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Enfield, Connecticut</header><text>Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, including restoring freshwater brook floodplain, Enfield, Connecticut.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcc522e92c8ec4a5f82712189f5941b3c"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Newington, Connecticut</header><text>Project for flood risk management, Newington, Connecticut.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75713b9336024dc9ad0c72dce0160f92"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Hartford, Connecticut</header><text>Project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, Hartford, Connecticut.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide17b3711116042b5a1c057eb77fe9e9e"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Fairfield, Connecticut</header><text>Project for flood risk management, Rooster River, Fairfield, Connecticut.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida0faf893fc77437ea22cbafb7f4f597e"><enum>(15)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Milton, Delaware</header><text>Project for flood risk management, Milton, Delaware.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida82a8710147d4e3280956130d5ff0f73"><enum>(16)</enum><header>Wilmington, Delaware</header><text>Project for coastal storm risk management, City of Wilmington, Delaware.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0f89212e58704695a2cabe199d0b7049"><enum>(17)</enum><header>Tybee Island, Georgia</header><text>Project for flood risk management and coastal storm risk management, including the potential for beneficial use of dredged material, Tybee Island, Georgia. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8601be4bfbc4464a9e8300f34aeb4a9d"><enum>(18)</enum><header>Hanapepe Levee, Hawaii</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, flood risk management, and hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, including Hanapepe Levee, Kauai County, Hawaii. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide9bccc57c6c1494db9f4a0f170de4435"><enum>(19)</enum><header>Kauai County, Hawaii</header><text>Project for flood risk management and coastal storm risk management, Kauai County, Hawaii.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8961de3a85bc4c44b442b10de58fea66"><enum>(20)</enum><header>Hawai‘i Kai, Hawaii</header><text>Project for flood risk management, Hawai‘i Kai, Hawaii.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0cea28bb8f3f4f809dd730798d9c7883"><enum>(21)</enum><header>Maui, Hawaii</header><text>Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, Maui County, Hawaii. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide2639ea63d9c47009337bcd9f066e10c"><enum>(22)</enum><header>Butterfield Creek, Illinois</header><text>Project for flood risk management, Butterfield Creek, Illinois, including the villages of Flossmoor, Matteson, Park Forest, and Richton Park. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc5f1a43dc7334778910e093be2801c79"><enum>(23)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rocky Ripple, Indiana</header><text>Project for flood risk management, Rocky Ripple, Indiana.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id34769428a1b04bc28dda320284088256"><enum>(24)</enum><header>Coffeyville, Kansas</header><text>Project for flood risk management, Coffeyville, Kansas.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8703779e8b034e6598dc8c94f2e101bb"><enum>(25)</enum><header>Fulton County, Kentucky</header><text>Project for flood risk management, including bank stabilization, Fulton County, Kentucky. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5de8d30a1369461d905e4cf2c7eb7af7"><enum>(26)</enum><header>Cumberland River, Crittenden County, Lyon County, and Livingston County, Kentucky</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, including bank stabilization, Cumberland River, Crittenden County, Lyon County, and Livingston County, Kentucky.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb45215b9d54d46f9b57d580b5b58e6e0"><enum>(27)</enum><header>Scott County, Kentucky</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, including water supply, Scott County, Kentucky.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd5f0ab5bc4074f17be8dd61aae400e30"><enum>(28)</enum><header>Bullskin Creek and Shelby County, Kentucky</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, including bank stabilization, Bullskin Creek and Shelby County, Kentucky. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbe6998a9715747a3b237dfb4116927bc"><enum>(29)</enum><header>Lake Pontchartrain Barrier, Louisiana</header><text>Project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, Orleans Parish, St. Tammany Parish, and St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="ided11b91349c64536b654b0ee5945f3a2"><enum>(30)</enum><header>Ocean City, Maryland</header><text>Project for flood risk management, Ocean City, Maryland.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6a423c148e384edd835ae74ce6ae022b"><enum>(31)</enum><header>Beaverdam Creek, Maryland</header><text>Project for flood risk management, Beaverdam Creek, Prince George's County, Maryland. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd1367986edf64435ad74f0fbef397e6a"><enum>(32)</enum><header>Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts</header><text>Project for flood risk management, coastal storm risk management, recreation, and ecosystem restoration, including shoreline stabilization along East Chop Drive, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id34392c6dc0884603a051a92a39384f88"><enum>(33)</enum><header>Tisbury, Massachusetts</header><text>Project for coastal storm risk management, including shoreline stabilization along Beach Road Causeway, Tisbury, Massachusetts.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id880b581a23a443cfafc96701b7d1742c"><enum>(34)</enum><header>Oak Bluffs Harbor, Massachusetts</header><text>Project for coastal storm risk management and navigation, Oak Bluffs Harbor north and south jetties, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc4a7f8be4a2540728aa10cb6ee524c59"><enum>(35)</enum><header>Connecticut River, Massachusetts</header><text>Project for flood risk management along the Connecticut River, Massachusetts. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcef3110da90948ccace6891bca193130"><enum>(36)</enum><header>Marysville, Michigan</header><text>Project for coastal storm risk management, including shoreline stabilization, City of Marysville, Michigan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8c07c14947224f78968d6037e8bc86ec"><enum>(37)</enum><header>Cheboygan, Michigan</header><text>Project for flood risk management, Little Black River, City of Cheboygan, Michigan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id183dc129155546f7a983259e18fac772"><enum>(38)</enum><header>Kalamazoo, Michigan</header><text>Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, Kalamazoo River Watershed and tributaries, City of Kalamazoo, Michigan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7a759d440f174bc6a3c898c0d82861a8"><enum>(39)</enum><header>Dearborn and Dearborn Heights, Michigan</header><text>Project for flood risk management, Dearborn and Dearborn Heights, Michigan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6f9de182dd7d426185c6b80d969f1cb6"><enum>(40)</enum><header>Grand Traverse Bay, Michigan</header><text>Project for navigation, Grand Traverse Bay, Michigan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida91317e134aa4678b1e7f8c25c2bcb32"><enum>(41)</enum><header>Grand Traverse County, Michigan</header><text>Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, Grand Traverse County, Michigan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4caac3ee488445e998418c5c01cdbd2d"><enum>(42)</enum><header>Brighton Mill Pond, Michigan</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Brighton Mill Pond, Michigan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3ba85f95f2004cb18c880b5b24669b71"><enum>(43)</enum><header>Ludington, Michigan</header><text>Project for coastal storm risk management, including feasibility of emergency shoreline protection, Ludington, Michigan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id441f0ce238b64fc29d8156e6ece761b4"><enum>(44)</enum><header>Pahrump, Nevada</header><text>Project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction and flood risk management, Pahrump, Nevada.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idda85f16ee2654333a62efad9f6b2713a"><enum>(45)</enum><header>Allegheny River, New York</header><text>Project for navigation and ecosystem restoration, Allegheny River, New York.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5392dbfbd15d421095d48078e560b728"><enum>(46)</enum><header>Turtle Cove, New York</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Turtle Cove, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx, New York. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1b5e592c670344058b08e68c2b3fa563"><enum>(47)</enum><header>Niles, Ohio</header><text>Project for flood risk management, ecosystem restoration, and recreation, City of Niles, Ohio. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id260ec3a14ce3482e829b59f753d421ae" commented="no"><enum>(48)</enum><header>Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio</header><text>Project for flood and coastal storm risk management, ecosystem restoration, recreation, and shoreline erosion protection, Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id23ef87c288a44289a64dfadc2e8eb64d"><enum>(49)</enum><header>Little Killbuck Creek, Ohio</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, including aquatic invasive species management, Little Killbuck Creek, Ohio.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id969a47e5825c46689f3e05283b831bce"><enum>(50)</enum><header>Defiance, Ohio</header><text>Project for flood risk management, ecosystem restoration, recreation, and bank stabilization, Maumee, Auglaize, and Tiffin Rivers, Defiance, Ohio.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0298393aedda4cb7a06ee2376d365753" commented="no"><enum>(51)</enum><header>Dillon Lake, Muskingum County, Ohio</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, recreation, and shoreline erosion protection, Dillon Lake, Muskingum and Licking Counties, Ohio. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id274e7d42bdf5454ca75b327c96a96902"><enum>(52)</enum><header>Jerusalem Township, Ohio</header><text>Project for flood and coastal storm risk management and shoreline erosion protection, Jerusalem Township, Ohio.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id346dfecbf633429f8fdfcbbb06f5c535"><enum>(53)</enum><header>Nine Mile Creek, Cleveland, Ohio</header><text>Project for flood risk management, Nine Mile Creek, Cleveland, Ohio.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id64651337884d428bbb225bc98bc06f24"><enum>(54)</enum><header>Cold Creek, Ohio</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Cold Creek, Erie County, Ohio.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9a4f31a462514b7d8cda99b0d1045aea"><enum>(55)</enum><header>Allegheny River, Pennsylvania</header><text>Project for navigation and ecosystem restoration, Allegheny River, Pennsylvania.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd325e198428f48b7868d9e030bf9c5a9"><enum>(56)</enum><header>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration and recreation, including shoreline stabilization, South Philadelphia Wetlands Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6524326427e0442a938e79f91283adfd"><enum>(57)</enum><header>Galveston Bay, Texas</header><text>Project for navigation, Galveston Bay, Texas. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1a831ad815464918a76fb76e599068ac"><enum>(58)</enum><header>Winooski, Vermont</header><text>Project for flood risk management, Winooski River and tributaries, Winooski, Vermont.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id726b1eeb651640739a44b02063ebb391"><enum>(59)</enum><header>Mt. St. Helens, Washington</header><text>Project for navigation, Mt. St. Helens, Washington.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7706fe2f604847f39e04221f8c8ad78d"><enum>(60)</enum><header>Grays Bay, Washington</header><text>Project for navigation, flood risk management, and ecosystem restoration, Grays Bay, Wahkiakum County, Washington.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7d7b68c382234b0ab749906b61a3e70b"><enum>(61)</enum><header>Wind, Klickitat, Hood, Deschutes, Rock Creek, and John Day tributaries, Washington</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Wind, Klickitat, Hood, Deschutes, Rock Creek, and John Day tributaries, Washington.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id84eb72dd77e642018829b8adbbbdfdf9"><enum>(62)</enum><header>La Crosse, Wisconsin</header><text>Project for flood risk management, City of La Crosse, Wisconsin. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9c1d6e6959d245b5884fd162b6121039"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Project modifications</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to conduct a feasibility study for the following project modifications:</text><paragraph id="id42425dd91100418298e0a003a2a37d0a" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Luxapalila Creek, Alabama</header><text>Modifications to the project for flood risk management, Luxapalila Creek, Alabama, authorized by section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 307).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide0a006ca78254278a79871afcb278e37"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Osceola Harbor, Arkansas</header><text>Modifications to the project for navigation, Osceola Harbor, Arkansas, authorized 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>), to evaluate the expansion of the harbor.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id603771bc42db455c9b268f9586477a47"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Savannah, Georgia</header><text>Modifications to the project for navigation, Savannah Harbor Expansion Project, Georgia, authorized by section 7002(1) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 1364) and modified by section 1401(6) of the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (132 Stat. 3839). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7ccbc51ddd6a4c04b9085987329efa56" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Hagaman Chute, Louisiana</header><text>Modifications to the project for navigation, including sediment management, Hagaman Chute, Louisiana.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb734371c903941a1bf380ce3a619690c"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Mississippi River and tributaries, Ouachita River, Louisiana</header><text>Modifications to the project for flood risk management, including bank stabilization, Ouachita River, Monroe to Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, authorized by the first section of the Act of May 15, 1928 (45 Stat. 534, chapter 569). </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb07a8db3223849e487ef8fcd98093e64"><enum>(6)</enum><header>St. Marys River, Michigan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Modifications to the project for navigation, St. Marys River and tributaries, Michigan, for channel improvements.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7c788a22490a4fc1882d46e9ad97c724" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Mosquito Creek Lake, Trumbull County, Ohio</header><text>Modifications to the project for flood risk management and water supply, Mosquito Creek Lake, Trumbull County, Ohio.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5f7104d7fe29417ead7bab5c971b946d" commented="no"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Little Conemaugh, Stonycreek, and Conemaugh Rivers, Pennsylvania</header><text>Modifications to the project for ecosystem restoration, recreation, and flood risk management, Little Conemaugh, Stonycreek, and Conemaugh rivers, Pennsylvania, authorized by section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (commonly known as the <quote>Flood Control Act of 1936</quote>) (49 Stat. 1586, chapter 688; 50 Stat. 879; chapter 877).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8ffd2ab84dd9453eb6ab3ec77e4594d1"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Charleston, South Carolina</header><text>Modifications to the project for navigation, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, authorized by section 1401(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 1709), including improvements to address potential or actual changed conditions on that portion of the project that serves the North Charleston Terminal.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4a9c735a0dea4fe9afab5076a5bac78d" commented="no"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Addicks and Barker Reservoirs, Texas</header><text>Modifications to the project for flood risk management, Addicks and Barker Reservoirs, Texas.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id53877a253fe4453da506fe114705b604"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Monongahela River, West Virginia</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Modifications to the project for recreation, Monongahela River, West Virginia.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8d91257dbb1344be9a652b42a4df2087"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Special rule, St. Marys River, Michigan</header><text>The cost of the study under subsection (b)(6) shall be shared in accordance with the cost share applicable to construction of the project for navigation, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, authorized by section 1149 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4254; 121 Stat. 1131).</text></subsection></section><section id="ida12fff84bf2b40bb953535f912d51320"><enum>202.</enum><header>Vertical integration and acceleration of studies</header><subsection id="id91d3a95a61504e119fcbdaa1975ec697"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 1001 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2282c">33 U.S.C. 2282c</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id7c27d76d527f48b4a1d0ba1c492524d0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id891a5783cd2d4a6eb19a8df94a9636e2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (c) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbdc16b937e394bc583d4949eccf21a13" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection id="idae9581401090466d89cc13fb889d4fbf"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Delegation</header><paragraph id="idab7499106b274312a5e296d327af1c7e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall delegate the determination to grant an extension under subsection (c) to the Commander of the relevant Division if—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2449ee128ef14da291804901a5f1e84a"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the final feasibility report for the study can be completed with an extension of not more than 1 year beyond the time period described in subsection (a)(1); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7565c3392343473e88e10e14cdd284d5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the feasibility study requires an additional cost of not more than $1,000,000 above the amount described in subsection (a)(2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id352ca38278a94f9ab0a08c945352600e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>If the Secretary determines that implementation guidance is necessary to implement this subsection, the Secretary shall issue such implementation guidance not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Water Resources Development Act of 2024</short-title>.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id82f7501db7dd4e119716bae0b0c687aa"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idde9dbed1e87245bd9509be34180c0e15" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection id="idb062a545db184327865a2d98c633d897"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Definition of Division</header><text>In this section, the term <term>Division</term> means each of the following Divisions of the Corps of Engineers:</text><paragraph id="idd94358d5eb984d5fa93295e7f029a16a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Great Lakes and Ohio River Division.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5af6ec378a8642f5b641f379f125fda5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Mississippi Valley Division.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb9c55a1997a04655a2852fa5c328a93c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The North Atlantic Division.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf8a4102baf974b2e94983b056d256b21"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Northwestern Division.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id03b9b769a2524e06bdb3b8778a613b76"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Pacific Ocean Division.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id95af4a2dafc04a09b317960044a4d3e3"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The South Atlantic Division.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id70f25b115e314aada18be97ae50e5db5"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The South Pacific Division.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id86397af74f944894814f792f714af40c"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The Southwestern Division.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide03fb0d78d6040ccb58c50bf680c4836"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deadline</header><paragraph id="id8d8a44b855b746e4bf88b11deb41c7e1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop and issue implementation guidance that improves the implementation of section 1001 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2282c">33 U.S.C. 2282c</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3c2d81849d0f4840aa6b6ff49be11333"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Standardized form</header><text>In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall develop and provide to each Division (as defined in subsection (h) of section 1001 of the Water Resources Reform and Development of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2282c">33 U.S.C. 2282c</external-xref>)) a standardized form to assist the Divisions in preparing a written request for an exception under subsection (c) of that section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb4133f68c7ff41d1a96bafb695d28009" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>The Secretary shall submit a written copy of the implementation guidance developed under paragraph (1) to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives not less than 30 days before the date on which the Secretary makes that guidance publicly available.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id2c5f4acc23b64853a5c0eb09e0d1ea06"><enum>203.</enum><header>Expedited completion</header><subsection id="idf96ac30419a64acaba573eb4154372ad"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Feasibility studies</header><text>The Secretary shall expedite the completion of a feasibility study or general reevaluation report (as applicable) 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="id462531098fc14c3c829a0b22260cdbf3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Project for food risk management, Upper Guyandotte River Basin, West Virginia.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id714a8f69a43d47a4b06bfc092b33a065"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Kanawha River Basin, West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbda830e59faa4a73bd01eb8002906ef6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Cave Buttes Dam, Phoenix, Arizona. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7303ab5971814fa1bbb6bc0c096a0b77"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, McMicken Dam, Maricopa County, Arizona.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idba1284051e314117a943c24f631b655b"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Rio Salado, Phoenix, Arizona. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id41fd5991c6bb44ada25cd0df3c042624"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Lower San Joaquin River, San Joaquin Valley, California.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id653cab0a7bd34127ab0a631bb0c0a687"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Stratford, Connecticut. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf9ae61e7a7874da4a70f202dcad19f46"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Waimea River, Kauai County, Hawaii. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9321b430e152406094daf26a75887bed"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Modifications to the project for flood risk management, Cedar River, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, authorized by section 8201(b)(6) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3750).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide3f6ccfe91604776a2942ffc60a6d90a"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Rahway River, Rahway, New Jersey. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb640d7cdd0b34e1ca6108ffda6c2f6eb"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Northeast Levee System portion of the project for flood control and other purposes, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, authorized by section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (commonly known as the <quote>Flood Control Act of 1936</quote>) (49 Stat. 1573, chapter 688).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2e91333ff4564610bfd677abea2f3989"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Project for navigation, Menominee River, Menominee, Wisconsin. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6c0c5fec2fca4f9e93eaa39a7eaac8f3"><enum>(13)</enum><text>General reevaluation report for the project for flood risk management and other purposes, East St. Louis and Vicinity, Illinois. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfd3f1b6b0c7a467fa372b5f7ae538757"><enum>(14)</enum><text>General reevaluation report for project for flood risk management, Green Brook, New Jersey. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd8937bc9d32a4370a8e22e47e656fbe3"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Imperial Streams Salton Sea, California. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc2906bfa30ed40be86d382df78e70b41"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Modification of the project for navigation, Honolulu Deep Draft Harbor, Hawaii. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id139052b098154e0480573dffa1da2659"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Project for shoreline damage mitigation, Burns Waterway Harbor, Indiana.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide57b9327121540fb91eb6e37549a9327"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Project for hurricane and coastal storm risk management, Dare County Beaches, North Carolina. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04e7901d7dbc4f9289e27ad6e295b458"><enum>(19)</enum><text>Modification of the project for flood protection and recreation, Surry Mountain Lake, New Hampshire, including for consideration of low flow augmentation. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98f00fc457c44c21a29e8a0b22cf8872"><enum>(20)</enum><text>Project for coastal storm risk management, Virginia Beach and vicinity, Virginia. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida64bebc3b1964c9d9ffa0694629c08ba"><enum>(21)</enum><text>Project for secondary water source identification, Washington Metropolitan Area, Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id07d37fa819d945129c84bf5cbccc18ab"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study reports</header><text>The Secretary shall expedite the completion of a Chief’s Report or Director’s Report (as applicable) for each of the following projects for the project to be considered for authorization:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf0dc8e8df13f41068ddfe8f8365d5df1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Modification of the project for navigation, Norfolk Harbors and Channels, Anchorage F segment, Norfolk, Virginia. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2692c8e77e934c508b15db125582e6d7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Project for aquatic ecosystem restoration, Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands, Florida.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id346cfb1980b44f0698f13d695eb80290"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Claiborne and Millers Ferry Locks and Dam Fish Passage, Lower Alabama River, Alabama.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id29c98b2fad1141dfb05b518381d39bff"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Project for flood and storm damage reduction, Surf City, North Carolina.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id64a07f8e1a2242e0bb724fd1ee859de0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Project for flood and storm damage reduction, Nassau County Back Bays, New York.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4111e5d014964703ba2dc7f0c0a70180"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Tar Pamlico, North Carolina.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id99888ba059de4010bb17cef435c864a2"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Central and South Florida Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Program, Western Everglades Restoration Project, Florida.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1235614ee0144d7e81d934178fe4fd45"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Project for flood and storm damage reduction, Ala Wai, Hawaii.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfa7dca0ba50e4d87b490aab6e030bf05"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Central and South Florida Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Program, Lake Okeechobee Watershed Restoration, Florida.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb114d91bbf3542a8af106e6f018d2875"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Project for flood and coastal storm damage reduction, Miami-Dade County Back Bay, Florida.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id42c82499682b4ea99c3a42b3718d5f4e"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Project for navigation, Tampa Harbor, Florida.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2fc8001d2fc44314bf5d72076430abd6"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Project for flood and storm damage reduction, Akutan Harbor Navigational Improvements, Alaska.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0367b1354f2942c6be2a5c52c3cdb38f"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Project for flood and storm damage reduction, Amite River and tributaries, Louisiana.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id77214c5be2f14e35a38abfe80f753588"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Project for flood and coastal storm risk management, Puerto Rico Coastal Study, Puerto Rico.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7e14f3889e124056b6c57f73bc588264"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Project for coastal storm risk management, Baltimore, Maryland.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide428ce13eb0947119752a882f56689d5"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Project for flood and storm damage reduction and ecosystem restoration, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id926e7020d77343c5a842cd93ab2a85d8"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Project for flood and storm damage reduction, Washington, DC.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id46d38fac2ef34334a4d6a644e86e680a"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Tres Rios, Arizona.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3f7b9110824140d8abcff6dfa57f2c3e"><enum>(19)</enum><text>Project for navigation, Oakland Harbor, Oakland, California. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id74a194734c714bef8e46e08d2e9ac032"><enum>(20)</enum><text>Project for water supply reallocation, Stockton Lake Reallocation Study, Missouri.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3ad4d5582a7249cfa0b8549e3f56bffd"><enum>(21)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Hatchie–Loosahatchie Mississippi River, Tennessee and Alabama.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4684ca9b19284fd8ba784401afb1d2f6"><enum>(22)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Biscayne Bay and Southern Everglades, Florida, authorized by section 601 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2680).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id54b2bd0afd5c4ec0b886e74ee8a528c4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Projects</header><text>The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, expedite completion of the following projects:</text><paragraph id="id40f2654994ca49a8af2afee5eb890403"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Project for flood control, Lower Mud River, 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).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd0e345c47449411ba26ac191be6a0a98"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Project for dam safety modifications, Bluestone Dam, West Virginia, authorized pursuant to section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (commonly known as the <quote>Flood Control Act of 1936</quote>) (49 Stat. 1586, chapter 688). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0cb9d714c86d447d92ce1abe51c176d1"><enum>(3)</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="id287629932fb84142a808d770252e06d5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Little Colorado River, Navajo County, Arizona. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide5acd68dc5f640368372e64ed96d26ad"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Rio de Flag, Flagstaff, Arizona. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6caa883dfa1b4054a9df9b2bf9f24a68"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Va Shly'AY Akimel, Maricopa Indian Reservation, Arizona.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id39d6315f3508493cbf4e14b601c26bad"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Project for aquatic ecosystem restoration, Quincy Bay, Illinois, Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc77a7dbe1b874ed7854d52e97a565c98"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Project for navigation, Matagorda Ship Channel Improvement Project, Port Lavaca, Texas, authorized by section 401(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2734). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9d788fe1197340a287ef772bea63fcf6"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Major maintenance on Laupahoehoe Harbor, Hawaii County, Hawaii. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4002b6eb54c24054bbc653d305a95fbd"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Green Brook, New Jersey. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idaf72067465a84446adfa8a54268cfe95"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Water control manual update for water supply and flood control, Theodore Roosevelt Dam, Globe, Arizona. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida1aa27a985c24317a2ed33f621b1eb0b"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Water control manual update for Oroville Dam, Butte County, California.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8e2af867fa504bd8a856359cb989a1fd"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Water control manual update for New Bullards Dam, Yuba County, California.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb13b69b5dbd14f72ad20a8c12bedc5df"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Morgan City, Louisiana.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id548ec7d4657f45bb9acf27cb127eb0b9"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Project for hurricane and storm risk reduction, Upper Barataria Basin, Louisiana.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id607c0614f0d242319a43e0811345a71c"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Mid-Chesapeake Bay, Maryland.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide954588a4f444ef7bc34683e31d653e6"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Project for navigation, Big Bay Harbor of Refuge, Michigan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd82d0586551d4a9a859da33ed38debd4"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Project for George W. Kuhn Headwaters Outfall, Michigan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4318d6a14e4f4a49bcb7da46ac87c69e"><enum>(19)</enum><text>The portion of the project for flood control and other purposes, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, authorized by section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (commonly known as the <quote>Flood Control Act of 1936</quote>) (49 Stat. 1573, chapter 688), to bring the Northwest Levee System into compliance with current flood mitigation standards.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id33c586a0b17547f0ac97c4550d19ceb7"><enum>(20)</enum><text>Project for navigation, Seattle Harbor, Washington, authorized by section 1401(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2018 (132 Stat. 3836), deepening the East Waterway at the Port of Seattle. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc1e1b217f6a94fd5bd607f3b5614f011"><enum>(21)</enum><text>Project for shoreline stabilization, Clarksville, Indiana.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd27442d414644a6c90673fc60a96cbb9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Continuing authorities programs</header><text>The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, expedite completion of the following projects and studies:</text><paragraph id="ida1e0472230ff414c977b7f4d5ad5086a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Projects for flood control under section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701s">33 U.S.C. 701s</external-xref>) for the following areas:</text><subparagraph id="id6781e19f795c43779da849032e5920da"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Ak Chin Levee, Pinal County, Arizona. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf6fafd0126c0452b8a705c11a29dc095"><enum>(B)</enum><text>McCormick Wash, Globe, Arizona. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9d7212f191ae4d9ebc71eb86ed6f241a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Rose and Palm Garden Washes, Douglas, Arizona. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc3c8ba3629454cacab2ea633cbd5a362"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Lower Santa Cruz River, Arizona. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4977ffa490944795ae94c4d3afdecb35"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Project for aquatic ecosystem restoration 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>), Corazon de los Tres Rios del Norte, Pima County, Arizona. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf8705ba7dde445deb106ee75ee3ee98a"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Project for hurricane and storm damage reduction under section 3 of the Act of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1056, chapter 960; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/426g">33 U.S.C. 426g</external-xref>), Stratford, Connecticut. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id80622cfb3b6244aea836c42cd4ba0d22"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Project modification for improvements to the environment, Surry Mountain Lake, New Hampshire, under section 1135 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2309a">33 U.S.C. 2309a</external-xref>). </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1482b40cece349d69ffafebbf15c6291"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Tribal partnership program</header><text>The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, expedite completion of the following projects and studies under the Tribal partnership program under 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>):</text><paragraph id="idc5a91142e3a54817880090c60d941a0d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8b2a1a54b4284f2bb93a978298fee621"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7ab431aa1c2b4dc0bc9c0aab37dde719"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Navajo Nation, Bird Springs, Arizona. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida99f0c2e18354e18a018c83c24fb8465"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Watershed assessments</header><text>The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, expedite completion of the watershed assessment for flood risk management, Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, authorized by section 1206 of Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 1686) and section 214 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2687). </text></subsection><subsection id="id437312b7e8a445e4bea4020f5e0ae74c"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Expedited prospectus</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall prioritize the completion of the prospectus for the United States Moorings Facility, Portland, Oregon, required for authorization of funding from the revolving fund established by the first section of the Civil Functions Appropriations Act, 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/576">33 U.S.C. 576</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section><section id="id7bb1360a7a964631b7612b0ae3e9d4f1"><enum>204.</enum><header>Expedited completion of other feasibility studies</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef1449adf0c4426889e148a31ebfdaaf"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cedar Port Navigation and Improvement District Channel Deepening Project, Baytown, texas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall expedite the review and coordination of the feasibility study for the project for navigation, Cedar Port Navigation and Improvement District Channel Deepening Project, Baytown, 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></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7f92a94d90ea48a686cce8033217a6cd"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Lake Okeechobee watershed restoration project, Florida</header><text>The Secretary shall expedite the review and coordination of the feasibility study for the project for ecosystem restoration, Lake Okeechobee Component A Reservoir, Everglades, Florida, 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></subsection><subsection id="id261fed34bdcb4947a58c28ac34e48e40"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sabine–Neches waterway navigation improvement project, Texas</header><text>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></subsection><subsection id="id9a6157b2ca834ca89420d082530881d6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>La Quinta expansion project, Texas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall expedite the review and coordination of the feasibility study for the project for navigation, La Quinta Ship Channel, Corpus Christi, 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></subsection></section><section id="id31a2b850a41c448bb63696178fdec35e"><enum>205.</enum><header>Alexandria to the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, feasibility study</header><subsection id="id191a430e56254d5e91c5cde27909277d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to conduct a feasibility study for the project for flood risk management, navigation and ecosystem restoration, Rapides, Avoyelles, Point Coupee, Allen, Evangeline, St. Landry, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Acadia, Lafayette, St. Martin, Iberville, Cameron, Vermilion, Iberia, and St. Mary Parishes, Louisiana.</text></subsection><subsection id="id74bb2a8225db480c90e7a7c3bb35060b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Special rule</header><text>The study authorized by subsection (a) shall be considered a continuation of the study authorized by the resolution of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives with respect to the study for flood risk management, Alexandria to the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, dated July 23, 1997.</text></subsection></section><section id="id60a44a4f0aad4f1eb1b7214f29ae6c15"><enum>206.</enum><header>Craig Harbor, Alaska</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The cost of completing a general reevaluation report for the project for navigation, Craig Harbor, Alaska, authorized by section 1401(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 1709) shall be at full Federal expense. </text></section><section id="id132cf8fbabb047829c3bca0534b28496"><enum>207.</enum><header>Sussex County, Delaware</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3c23ef9367c7477b91fbb0827b8212d9"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that consistent nourishments of Lewes Beach, Delaware, are important for the safety and economic prosperity of Sussex County, Delaware. </text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2d68d67b47c1476c83d7925c5b21ff05"><enum>(b)</enum><header>General reevaluation report</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8e0820e216874179beebaf7fb8bb47fc"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall carry out a general reevaluation report for the project for Delaware Bay Coastline, Roosevelt Inlet, and Lewes Beach, Delaware.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id205eb2ef5c60467d92861a36bbbf10ad"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The general reevaluation report under paragraph (1) shall include a determination of—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92add444099247179f54979bba249800"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the area that the project should include; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3d0fb12b2e9d4e6db6c143198a44f06a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>how 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>) should be applied with respect to the project.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id750bcddb07f34fb4920dbd145d64eb81"><enum>208.</enum><header>Forecast-informed reservoir operations in the Colorado River Basin</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1222 of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (132 Stat. 3811; 134 Stat. 2661) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB7D39F3CA88046A3BCC0BC48C99BCA32" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection id="idb73e188bb3af477bb4e3450c843e851b"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Forecast-informed reservoir operations in the Colorado River Basin</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7f69cfeb63fd4436b5548d19a9e47115"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, 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 that assesses the viability of forecast-informed reservoir operations at a reservoir in the Colorado River Basin.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id27fee1f1ab7946648406a644da10cc2b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>If the Secretary determines, and includes in the report under paragraph (1), that forecast-informed reservoir operations are viable at a reservoir in the Colorado River Basin, the Secretary is authorized to carry out forecast-informed reservoir operations at that reservoir, subject to the availability of appropriations.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="idd54e04efc78c4b24b06642be4b6a2166"><enum>209.</enum><header>Beaver Lake, Arkansas, reallocation study</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall expedite the completion of a study for the reallocation of water supply storage, carried out in accordance with 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>), for the Beaver Water District, Beaver Lake, Arkansas.</text></section><section id="id9f5fc5ffa3bf43d7978f17c1ace12dcb"><enum>210.</enum><header>Gathright Dam, Virginia, study</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a study on the feasibility of modifying the project for flood risk management, Gathright Dam, Virginia, authorized by section 10 of the Flood Control Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 645, chapter 596), to include downstream recreation as a project purpose.</text></section><section id="ide04472e8712e43c5ba4a62d0e69ecdcc"><enum>211.</enum><header>Delaware Inland Bays Watershed Study</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb36b2d819f4e445aab9d4e5c5dcb91f9"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a study to restore aquatic ecosystems in the Delaware Inland Bays Watershed.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3d44ff7213904f76bf8a55f988c626ec"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfbc73a72885e46ed96b3ad9985119bc9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7a02d474166643ad83e293a8e61d87c0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct a comprehensive analysis of ecosystem restoration needs in the Delaware Inland Bays Watershed, including—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0cef53f9be06402a88208fa5f4273ec1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">saltmarsh restoration;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83e84e59783443c2b899b57c967cf766"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shoreline stabilization;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07c08f9c64c2469a8f67c0bf909bb4bf"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>stormwater management; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id073f6208b0eb4ccb8b02c10293a0311d"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an identification of sources for the beneficial use of dredged materials; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4a32ab9eb374435aa58ccf260e8f482c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>recommend feasibility studies to address the needs identified under subparagraph (A). </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd53e3fed45e74d5899b2de7e5786393a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Natural or nature-based features</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, a feasibility study that is recommended under paragraph (1)(B) shall consider the use of natural features or nature-based features (as those terms are defined 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>)).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id979c65df3e2b4e7c9a05181f0b8c6a36"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation and use of existing data</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idddb58c51f0dd41d58a8a1338b68ae459"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation</header><text>In carrying out the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with applicable—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6ba4aa637cf24b97a74b1d42bdc213e7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal, State, and local agencies;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7b94d93abb5942a3acc0b855f6052923"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Indian Tribes;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73a6fb8089ed45958e76207f9e0bcd97"><enum>(C)</enum><text>non-Federal interests; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf12765023d854e0a96638352cf59e19a"><enum>(D)</enum><text>other stakeholders, as determined appropriate by the Secretary. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id494c62daf2e8477eaf9bc727eb5cf2b2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of existing data</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, in carrying out the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall use existing data provided to the Secretary by entities described in paragraph (1). </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id673efdb8715a428fb8b8b5cc309aa81c"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Feasibility studies</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0940b349e3f044918e9640ada1774396"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may carry out a feasibility study for a project recommended under subsection (b)(1)(B).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc8280ef9242a49638d9524d22f2a05f1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Congressional authorization</header><text>The Secretary may not begin construction for a project recommended by a feasibility study described in paragraph (1) unless the project has been authorized by Congress. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6244cb1ead7c4a4dbcfdcbad82977f53"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that includes—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1a777881ba404d818e2a33ac92ba37c5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the results of the study under subsection (a); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfb02d1946aec4482baa627f2099eec8a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of actions taken under this section, including any feasibility studies under subsection (b)(1)(B). </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id4f77ce05f3cc453384016ca995a443f4"><enum>212.</enum><header>Upper Susquehanna River Basin comprehensive flood damage reduction feasibility study</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id899b94d8f5324b2b8c7a1f7f15396078"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall, at the request of a non-Federal interest, complete a feasibility study for comprehensive flood damage reduction, Upper Susquehanna River Basin, New York.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ccb48c6713542d289841f22db1c478b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In carrying out the feasibility study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaaea32e6ee7540f4a68467c5f9a8ad00"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use, for purposes of meeting the requirements of a final feasibility study, information from the feasibility study completion report entitled <quote>Upper Susquehanna River Basin, New York, Comprehensive Flood Damage Reduction</quote> and dated January 2020; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id182ed70e1bad4f52baa98ff23403f20e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>re-evaluate project benefits, as determined using the framework described in the proposed rule of the Corps of Engineers entitled <quote>Corps of Engineers Agency Specific Procedures To Implement the Principles, Requirements, and Guidelines for Federal Investments in Water Resources</quote> (89 Fed. Reg. 12066 (February 15, 2024)), including a consideration of 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></subsection></section><section id="id5ffa2f628903469b80c5d110e130a4d9"><enum>213.</enum><header>Kanawha River Basin</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1207 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 1686) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id8a86338a6a5b4f78bafd211aaf0f85e4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary shall</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77037692f33b460e97d3d22f552dcf79" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection id="id5f743e5c92f0449e8c6185b9e318ec6a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id3d7bd5b1907c495184d1743cd354ee54"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id863a20a26a90485187ecb7370a75d0a9" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection id="idef99674bbb044b60a963248747a9a7c1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Projects and separable elements</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for an authorized project or a separable element of an authorized project that is recommended as a result of a study carried out by the Secretary under subsection (a) 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>)) in the State of West Virginia, the non-Federal share of the cost of the project or separable element of a project shall be 10 percent.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id8a5bc53d47e04511b542f6267d11c8d5"><enum>214.</enum><header>Authorization of feasibility studies for projects from CAP authorities</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16feecac530b495586dcb3a306e78216"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cedar Point Seawall, Scituate, Massachusetts</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id771bb1355a404666995e7f8738b78bd2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may conduct a feasibility study for the project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, Cedar Point Seawall, Scituate, Massachusetts. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id057f1b10b29140529ce7a5c1073040f2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use any relevant information from the project described in that paragraph that was carried out under section 3 of the Act of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1056, chapter 960; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/426g">33 U.S.C. 426g</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22bedc0cbc3c429bb4bb2e2e35968853"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Jones Levee, Pierce County, Washington</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id304145892FA2488A85B985E2A198817F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may conduct a feasibility study for the project for flood risk management, Jones Levee, Pierce County, Washington. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDBE66C6A5B4D410C9F9CE5356290173D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use any relevant information from the project described in that paragraph that was carried out under section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701s">33 U.S.C. 701s</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id61ce0eadbabd4ed2ba5888e5dc113d04"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Hatch, New Mexico</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14AF1BD5D2D44465A9D046E4D0342095"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may conduct a feasibility study for the project for flood risk management, Hatch, New Mexico. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0B380975118945A3A40EFA94B5F9D11C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use any relevant information from the project described in that paragraph that was carried out under section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701s">33 U.S.C. 701s</external-xref>). </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6439b5861a1f4c04a4b928caf00fe00c"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Fort George Inlet, Jacksonville, Florida</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb5c5d959ff294674bac40643ed4ca2c1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may conduct a feasibility study to modify the project for navigation, Fort George Inlet, Jacksonville, Florida, to include navigation improvements or shoreline erosion prevention or mitigation as a result of the project.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id525dfa57da704fa391997e2e0821e299"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use any relevant information from the project described in that paragraph that was 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>). </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id396ac9972626497abc93fdf450c10fd3"><enum>215.</enum><header>Port Fourchon Belle Pass channel, Louisiana</header><subsection id="id98d69633e9b5404392132f4816c20c93"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Feasibility study</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id044fcef21b2c4d9b84c1c25c08de6535"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>Notwithstanding section 203(a)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2231">33 U.S.C. 2231(a)(1)</external-xref>), the non-Federal interest for the project for navigation, Port Fourchon Belle Pass Channel, Louisiana, authorized by section 403(a)(4) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2743) may, on written notification to the Secretary, and at the cost of the non-Federal interest, carry out a feasibility study to modify the project for deepening in accordance with section 203 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2231">33 U.S.C. 2231</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc41d72648c68475d9e0dcbe5a660c70d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A modification recommended by a feasibility study under paragraph (1) shall be approved by the Secretary and authorized by Congress before construction.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd05fed148f0c4c509c06ce40573d0827"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prior written agreements</header><paragraph id="idc9975ec0c46b4c6f88893ba099d7c283"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prior written agreements for section 203</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall use the previous agreement between the Secretary and the non-Federal interest for the feasibility study carried about under section 203 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2231">33 U.S.C. 2231</external-xref>) that resulted in the project described in subsection (a)(1) in order to expedite the revised agreement between the Secretary and the non-Federal interest for the feasibility study described in that subsection.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id678dcdad8a96446f9962a4b5c7be66d1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prior written agreements for technical assistance</header><text>On the request of the non-Federal interest described in subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall use the previous agreement for technical assistance under section 203 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2231">33 U.S.C. 2231</external-xref>) between the Secretary and the non-Federal interest in order to provide technical assistance to the non-Federal interest for the feasibility study under subsection (a)(1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5126df0c36ce435c978d422767caf159"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Submission to Congress</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd2e3d1d7e6b94cfcbc4255347710888f"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review the feasibility study under subsection (a)(1); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1bff4f6dfa9a4de1866180e45fa29b32"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the Secretary determines that the proposed modifications are consistent with the authorized purposes of the project and the study meets the same legal and regulatory requirements of a Post Authorization Change Report that would be otherwise undertaken by the Secretary, submit to Congress the study for authorization of the modification.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id203fd3695fe5421d93b95eac9abb1937"><enum>216.</enum><header>Studies for modification of project purposes in the Colorado River Basin in Arizona</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9196363745e34c8d8ff9f88460150532"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a study of a project of the Corps of Engineers in the Colorado River Basin in the State of Arizona to determine whether to include water supply as a project purpose of that project if a request for such a study to modify the project purpose is made to the Secretary by—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida8cca7254082414db494436d30cf701a"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the non-Federal interest for the project; or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf8a5d6d22f234da686a7fb49d132030d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of a project for which there is no non-Federal interest, the Governor of the State of Arizona.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf79fb08c442f457e8631460ffb591935" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable, shall coordinate with relevant State and local authorities in carrying out this section.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id790674174d5f4378aadc07ad93b0cbab"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>If, after carrying out a study under subsection (a) with respect to a project described in that subsection, the Secretary determines that water supply should be included as a project purpose for that project, 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 recommendation for the modification of the project purpose of that project.</text></subsection></section><section id="id5f6c34cd6c8a4e4a9ddbeb370ae38017"><enum>217.</enum><header>Non-Federal interest preparation of water reallocation studies, North Dakota</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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>) is amended by adding at the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idba338f5b99094fb5a06b89b05db1b197" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection id="id0340aeb0de2d4bbd82a2cf606d56d60f"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Non-Federal interest preparation</header><paragraph id="idc40da065c1bb459c9d8b7e17a59cb223"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In accordance with this subsection, a non-Federal interest may carry out a water reallocation study at a reservoir project constructed by the Corps of Engineers and located in the State of North Dakota.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb8d15ad6f57e4980b415df99d4fdcb28"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>On completion of the study under paragraph (1), the non-Federal interest shall submit to the Secretary the results of the study.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfe29a270bb7047969ca71e063642e195"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Guidelines</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd8840efd46684f8ea042ccbc6c51a6d1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall issue guidelines for the formulation of a water reallocation study carried out by a non-Federal interest under this subsection.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id65571173d0dd42baba46e32458b7b8c8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The guidelines under subparagraph (A) shall contain provisions that—</text><clause id="idab88385af3ba49be93c2e4e4c6f476a8" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>ensure that any water reallocation study with respect to which the Secretary submits an assessment under paragraph (6) complies with all of the requirements that would apply to a water reallocation study undertaken by the Secretary; and</text></clause><clause id="id8cfe6deb9c16450fbf70ca7575ffc612" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide sufficient information for the formulation of the water reallocation studies, including processes and procedures related to reviews and assistance under paragraph (7).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id66c73c2bec70413f9af9bc070b70ab10" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Agreement</header><text>Before carrying out a water reallocation study under paragraph (1), the Secretary and the non-Federal interest shall enter into an agreement.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc79da406dd8a4834b0cf83a5b79093f3"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Review by Secretary</header><subparagraph id="id10df04a4c3654d6f94db3f0787ae14b3"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall review each water reallocation study received under paragraph (2) for the purpose of determining whether or not the study, and the process under which the study was developed, comply with Federal laws and regulations applicable to water reallocation studies.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd5bb3f7265c94c21b9563ac71eefb2bb"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>The Secretary may not submit to Congress an assessment of a water reallocation study under paragraph (1) until such time as the Secretary—</text><clause id="id6932c7c7ca814a84a6c86038aef0a5fd"><enum>(i)</enum><text>determines that the study complies with all of the requirements that would apply to a water reallocation study carried out by the Secretary; and</text></clause><clause id="id60b82fb832314244895d69ab88e0c4f2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>completes all of the Federal analyses, reviews, and compliance processes 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>), that would be required with respect to the proposed action if the Secretary had carried out the water reallocation study.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9b953bcf158941ff82627fe4f27c67d6"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Submission to Congress</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the completion of review of a water reallocation study under paragraph (5), 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 assessment that—</text><subparagraph id="id9246e5303b3d4a48ba018ee8f9bcee48"><enum>(A)</enum><text>describes—</text><clause id="id339aa6d71a704387b4fca70e94ca3903"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the results of that review;</text></clause><clause id="id085a4e55754d46debb5c656636ea0a1e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>based on the results of the water allocation study, any structural or operations changes at the reservoir project that would occur if the water reallocation is carried out; and</text></clause><clause id="idc7671437b75d4108ad8bc50563895f6b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>based on the results of the water reallocation study, any effects to the authorized purposes of the reservoir project that would occur if the water reallocation is carried out; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8e7e33f334f345229bd8364bc2bf07eb"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes a determination by the Secretary of whether the modifications recommended under the study are those described in subsection (e).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id30cdff3001574317bebcde626ed24132"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Review and technical assistance</header><subparagraph id="id82895793f6354f26a528c625bbdb7bda"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Review</header><text>The Secretary may accept and expend funds provided by non-Federal interests to carry out the reviews and other activities that are the responsibility of the Secretary in carrying out this subsection.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc923136a1fa740f3a9ac5258b9491141"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>At the request of the non-Federal interest, the Secretary shall provide to the non-Federal interest technical assistance relating to any aspect of a water reallocation study if the non-Federal interest contracts with the Secretary to pay all costs of providing that technical assistance.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8049fcc63ed1493d8fca76030048c9e2"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Impartial decisionmaking</header><text>In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall ensure that the use of funds accepted from a non-Federal interest will not affect the impartial decisionmaking of the Secretary, either substantively or procedurally.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8cfcadd13b6048588cf8a6639bd1b419"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>The provision of technical assistance by the Secretary under subparagraph (B)—</text><clause id="id737fa96ab21b47a590f35fd2d5622ae2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall not be considered to be an approval or endorsement of the water reallocation study; and</text></clause><clause id="id45a77ef4ef1f4992bb0fa1c80e552889"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall not affect the responsibilities of the Secretary under paragraphs (5) and (6).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id0605e0e32d84482ca9c85c58a0b6c2d9"><enum>218.</enum><header>Technical correction, Walla Walla River</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8201(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3744) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb5c28ee931f6488a81eba06b1a55999f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (76) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE93D6C924F0047D4AAD88A2ACCE8AAF4" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id04f9e439d1a84aff8766cc22fce6d132"><enum>(76)</enum><header>Nursery Reach, Walla Walla River, Oregon</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Nursery Reach, Walla Walla River, Oregon.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8eeaf56262174f21af3b051ddda229f8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (92) through (94) as paragraphs (93) through (95), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcf51f8cd8dc2469b97a3f85fd1db87d6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (91) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19E7885346C544DEB57D541D506F0DF1" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd2eae19cd26943529550832a50fa9559"><enum>(92)</enum><header>Mill Creek, Walla Walla River Basin, Washington</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Mill Creek and Mill Creek Flood Control Zone District Channel, Washington.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id4d2d83efd3b64ff1873348eb76c36e29"><enum>219.</enum><header>Watershed and river basin assessments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 729(d) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2267a">33 U.S.C. 2267a(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0820b4647d2a427ebcc539caac9117ce"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (12), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida0396071af7845deaffc2c2299351888"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (13), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id394e30f367034dd890ca2a28af83eb51"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0926a40d901f402f8eb548ef83b288e0" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph id="id524ec5831c78468f9d8c2fa419ee7750"><enum>(14)</enum><text>the Walla Walla River Basin; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id31309e9a42b04aa5a3306a28a6cc56ca"><enum>(15)</enum><text>the San Francisco Bay Basin.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id1d1951f8a24a4468b1b49744152e7dac"><enum>220.</enum><header>Independent peer review</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2034(h)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2343">33 U.S.C. 2343(h)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>17 years</quote> and inserting <quote>22 years</quote>.</text></section><section id="id551b14fa3ee247a8ad4474de72a95ba8"><enum>221.</enum><header>Ice jam prevention and mitigation</header><subsection id="idc85dc28df58a43dda50b5c723ac58fd4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on efforts by the Secretary to prevent and mitigate flood damages associated with ice jams.</text></subsection><subsection id="idc415b7f395d1401bb0c1e947dcabc8a8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>The Secretary shall include in the report under subsection (a)—</text><paragraph id="id5534c93011fe4b5195e145bc061b995b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an assessment of the projects carried out pursuant to section 1150 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701s">33 U.S.C. 701s</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/322">Public Law 114–322</external-xref>), if applicable; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida84a9642336f49e5b37e2f7c14ce2ba8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of—</text><subparagraph id="id34708ab5c47845c089ab5adf28c835fb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the challenges associated with preventing and mitigating ice jams; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide6c45a42e3c34b779a73542941b330c9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the potential measures that may prevent or mitigate ice jams, including the extent to which additional research and the development and deployment of technologies are necessary; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id246e5d547d2a469f9ba0651d4c342de8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>actions taken by the Secretary to provide non-Federal interests with technical assistance, guidance, or other information relating to ice jam events; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id386c34c7b02e4e42a6343f1c8d0f819a"><enum>(D)</enum><text>how the Secretary plans to conduct outreach and engagement with non-Federal interests and other relevant State and local agencies to facilitate an understanding of the circumstances in which ice jams could occur and the potential impacts to critical public infrastructure from ice jams. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id87cdf40336b7433a8f37ed9daa6f8ec5"><enum>222.</enum><header>Report on hurricane and storm damage risk reduction design guidelines</header><subsection id="id9d82e5b9f64043fea59e94427c186b11"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="idf39f1cc93ffd49929be4c10b85ec5c52"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Guidelines</header><text>The term <term>guidelines</term> means the Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction Design Guidelines of the Corps of Engineers.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id17375b9625e04a79b5c8f8d418c86bf0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Larose to Golden Meadow Hurricane Protection System</header><text>The term <term>Larose to Golden Meadow Hurricane Protection System</term> means the project for hurricane-flood protection, Grand Isle and Vicinity, Louisiana, authorized by section 204 of the Flood Control Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 1077).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida61bf4b44f634b0fa6e4ef786f7c5f3d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that compares—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8a81435613d5473fab269133f4e75c9c"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the guidelines; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd52affdc48534af698bb030ded7848f4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the construction methods used by the South Lafourche Levee District for the levees and flood control structures of the Larose to Golden Meadow Hurricane Protection System.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd5fa0ab841a5495ab4845707a85ecff6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The report under subsection (b) shall include—</text><paragraph id="id1ebf7857854c4e6f93eec5c08ea7cf4d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of—</text><subparagraph id="ide9eae69e8299439b80dfd65c475ede0d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the guidelines;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id378185bac3d845bcb9bc3506067b5783"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the construction methods used by the South Lafourche Levee District for levees and flood control structures of the Larose to Golden Meadow Hurricane Protection System; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id442ca3b893e24c5a8665a79350374c41"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any deviations identified between the guidelines and the construction methods described in subparagraph (B); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id72048d9c359b4f38aba62dcf3e76bc93"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an analysis by the Secretary of geotechnical and other relevant data from the land adjacent to the levees and flood control structures constructed by the South Lafourche Levee District to determine the effectiveness of those structures.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id3554ac657c68440085ce0b82a504c558"><enum>223.</enum><header>Briefing on status of certain activities on the Missouri River</header><subsection id="id852f08f6c42c441aa57cb158ff11796c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date on which the consultation under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1536">16 U.S.C. 1536</external-xref>) that was reinitiated by the Secretary for the operation of the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System, the operation and maintenance of the Bank Stabilization and Navigation Project, the operation of the Kansas River Reservoir System, and the implementation of the Missouri River Recovery Management Plan is completed, the Secretary shall brief the Committee on the Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives on the outcomes of that consultation.</text></subsection><subsection id="id5cd63c1924b649b28b3dae9b47a3c8cf"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The briefing under subsection (a) shall include a discussion of—</text><paragraph id="idc7edf59af6334aeeadf7538ff08b8b11"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any biological opinions that result from the consultation, including any actions that the Secretary is required to undertake pursuant to such biological opinions; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idde2fa05313f74122aa4f454f0130a842"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any forthcoming requests from the Secretary to Congress to provide funding in order carry out the actions described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id10a34e181eb543b3b0de4923d401b59b"><enum>224.</enum><header>Report on material contaminated by a hazardous substance and the civil works program</header><subsection id="iddedb4dae76964b819178f5b900964b7a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that describes the impact of material contaminated by a hazardous substance on the civil works program of the Corps of Engineers.</text></subsection><subsection id="id88fb113dd9b24ad7afa635a2337f6bd5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In developing the report under subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="id6af35a086fc64946bd8a47608ad7021b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describe—</text><subparagraph id="id924ef05821ad4ccdae0e4af321fa3fc4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to water resources development projects—</text><clause id="id512eb81bfc6642278b721545069648bc"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the applicable statutory authorities that require the removal of material contaminated by a hazardous substance; and</text></clause><clause id="idd15ed98fd19045fc8c56c158710bcfac"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the roles and responsibilities of the Secretary and non-Federal interests for removing material contaminated by a hazardous substance; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idca3a049467cc46b384536b177a1eaf21"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any regulatory actions or decisions made by another Federal agency that impact—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf71bbb89d11742feb44a6d9b13e2570d"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the removal of material contaminated by a hazardous substance; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc897dbe3ac17495aa2754858c3b3b5c3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ability of the Secretary to carry out the civil works program of the Corps of Engineers;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id23bbaa292bf14ddb9c1997b98f4302d8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>discuss the impact of material contaminated by a hazardous substance on—</text><subparagraph id="id5dffdb7720e74f1a9d3ae07aad3d5f09"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the timely completion of construction of water resources development projects; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3c09a942d6f24667b78de4aa65e948fe"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the operation and maintenance of water resources development projects, including dredging activities of the Corps of Engineers to maintain authorized Federal depths at ports and along the inland waterways; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8afe0de8b2784ba1b9290653ffe5ecd5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>costs associated with carrying out the civil works program of the Corps of Engineers;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8e866a5e49a74ce6a9563588541f31d0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>include any other information that the Secretary determines to be appropriate to facilitate an understanding of the impact of material contaminated by a hazardous substance on the civil works program of the Corps of Engineers; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf802d1a13f4d48e58dc229c671a6350d"><enum>(4)</enum><text>propose any legislative recommendations to address any issues identified in paragraphs (1) through (3).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id63270c5ffe1746d6bfe09a1b2563270d"><enum>225.</enum><header>Report on efforts to monitor, control, and eradicate invasive species</header><subsection id="idf0e0bb78f1bd40eca6bc761c7575b6d6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of invasive species</header><text>In this section, the term <term>invasive species</term> has the meaning given the term in section 1 of Executive Order 13112 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321</external-xref> note; relating to invasive species).</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id85de4d1010d644669211a048ec1af5a0"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assessment</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall conduct, 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, an assessment of the efforts by the Secretary to monitor, control, and eradicate invasive species at water resources development projects across the United States.</text></subsection><subsection id="id0d8b0c560d934740bb9302dc62df9872"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The report under subsection (b) shall include—</text><paragraph id="id5bd0d32e6a2448e5a336152904c9bc66"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of—</text><subparagraph id="id18161a2da77b444d80b358284235c357"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the statutory authorities and programs used by the Secretary to monitor, control, and eradicate invasive species; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3c37e0608114499cb4ecb53de85f15b4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a geographically diverse sample of successful projects and activities carried out by the Secretary to monitor, control, and eradicate invasive species;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idbd87580830a04970b08f427e2848f59d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a discussion of—</text><subparagraph id="id59cc64e9421b4160b68beff5b5a56237"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the impact of invasive species on the ability of the Secretary to carry out the civil works program of the Corps of Engineers, with a particular emphasis on impact of invasive species to the primary missions of the Corps of Engineers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida1629b91536a40e2a851bfa42b083606"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the research conducted and techniques and technologies used by the Secretary consistent with the applicable statutory authorities described in paragraph (1)(A) to monitor, control, and eradicate invasive species; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd432dfda9ce34549b7112dcca2aab6fd"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the extent to which the Secretary has partnered with States and units of local government to monitor, control, and eradicate invasive species within the boundaries of those States or units of local government;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id95c4ccedceb8483fae7fd144f603494f" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an update on the status of the plan developed by the Secretary pursuant to section 1108(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2263a">33 U.S.C. 2263a(c)</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0e80f61f4c384b0aa7b9555af556d081" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>recommendations, including legislative recommendations, to further the efforts of the Secretary to monitor, control, and eradicate invasive species.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id11c245b4c56b4f1c94f78cd2f3c6f5b7"><enum>226.</enum><header>J. Strom Thurmond Lake, Georgia</header><subsection id="id200285c4d8e74c19b592c664bfd63175"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Encroachment resolution plan</header><paragraph id="idaf4b4260f40a4ed298ca84227a393e33"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), 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, an encroachment resolution plan for a portion of the project for flood control, recreation, and fish and wildlife management, J. Strom Thurmond Lake, Georgia and South Carolina, authorized by section 10 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (commonly known as the <quote>Flood Control Act of 1944</quote>) (58 Stat. 894, chapter 665). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id733d7a6e557844ae8a2327ff131afeda"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The encroachment resolution plan under paragraph (1) shall only apply to the portion of the J. Strom Thurmond Lake that is located within the State of Georgia.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id71ca9d2e9a6f430a90a9bc03f40edd5c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Subject to subsection (c), the encroachment resolution plan under subsection (a) shall include—</text><paragraph id="idd59cebc274fb4d4484903d63abc358be"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of the nature and number of encroachments;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idabe0a52b478b4c78a1504fe0ca132f94"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of the circumstances that contributed to the development of the encroachments;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id67e3a31b56964bb9bc0d5ac9a9dab338"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an assessment of the impact of the encroachments on operation and maintenance of the project described in subsection (a) for its authorized purposes;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida66a72880c4b49279cd5bb560ab9973e"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an analysis of alternatives to the removal of encroachments to mitigate any impacts identified in the assessment under paragraph (3);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddd4d03d220c848158f53a9d125e4d176"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a description of any actions necessary or advisable to prevent further encroachments; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf30f3c2d0cf64ca4a6a5996c52c7cb44"><enum>(6)</enum><text>an estimate of the cost and timeline to carry out the plan, including actions described under paragraph (5).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id78f1fd6303bc441f910c761e960b651f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Restriction</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, the encroachment resolution plan under subsection (a) shall minimize adverse impacts to private landowners while maintaining the functioning of the project described in that subsection for its authorized purposes.</text></subsection><subsection id="id0415b71ed86541e9a4db1dfb924f451b"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Notice and public comment</header><paragraph id="idb5e5ce5bb9ce452db5b0d08571e2a984"><enum>(1)</enum><header>To owners</header><text>In preparing the encroachment resolution plan under subsection (a), not later than 30 days after the Secretary identifies an encroachment, the Secretary shall notify the owner of the encroachment.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2c611bc4824040e491328500044c28c2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>To public</header><text>The Secretary shall provide an opportunity for the public to comment on the encroachment resolution plan under subsection (a) before the completion of the plan.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id22985aa3e96846098768bf5630bb0931"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Moratorium</header><text>The Secretary shall not take action to compel removal of an encroachment covered by the encroachment resolution plan under subsection (a) unless Congress specifically authorizes such action.</text></subsection><subsection id="id8d1b110580f84ca9a805780d94465c7c"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>This section does not—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id891d9441c2ca49f9a230f4c53db53c41"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">grant any rights to the owner of an encroachment; or </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66fc4fa285d048b68029c8b0e6257b7a"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">impose any liability on the United States for operation and maintenance of the project described in subsection (a) for its authorized purposes.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idd69f8efed91d442fabf95e6669c86c5d"><enum>227.</enum><header>Study on land valuation procedures for the Tribal Partnership Program</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idce0fa709401e4f40834f596e12bb5bca"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of Tribal Partnership Program</header><text>In this section, the term <term>Tribal Partnership Program</term> means the Tribal Partnership Program established under 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>).</text></subsection><subsection id="idb0039ff2048f4c9aa69383cee6f2c200"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study required</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 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 describing the results of, a study on appropriate procedures for determining the value of real estate and cost-share contributions for projects under the Tribal Partnership Program.</text></subsection><subsection id="id91f0e8b88eb343f197bebe327abe0605"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The report required under subsection (b) shall include—</text><paragraph id="id54e2be754a744c18835cb359ba7fefae"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an evaluation of the procedures used for determining the valuation of real estate and contribution of real estate value to cost-share for projects under the Tribal Partnership Program, including consideration of cultural factors that are unique to the Tribal Partnership Program and land valuation;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8c66868ec1324bb1ad0ee637ccdae711"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of any existing Federal authorities that the Secretary intends to use to implement policy changes that result from the evaluation under paragraph (1); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf09bf24ff96e41879b0b62e72284645c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>recommendations for any legislation that may be needed to revise land valuation or cost-share procedures for the Tribal Partnership Program pursuant to the evaluation under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id48d0ebe3eaa94eec9ca65659123b28d9"><enum>228.</enum><header>Report to Congress on levee safety guidelines</header><subsection id="idc72403b43cab44c1bca4b540c1c60b29"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of levee safety guidelines</header><text>In this section, the term <term>levee safety guidelines</term> means the levee safety guidelines established under section 9005(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3303a">33 U.S.C. 3303a(c)</external-xref>). </text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idedb36a77895a46348b562c867cfb7876"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with other applicable Federal agencies, 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 levee safety guidelines.</text></subsection><subsection id="id4a37491c747a402d825186873afc71a1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The report under subsection (b) shall include—</text><paragraph id="id4998f2f32df8461181fa933180f909a6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of—</text><subparagraph id="id7e45b2db743b4dd0a0e00f8ea1251e15"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the levee safety guidelines;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf527b28a9b0b4b7bb10dab84b64eb296"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the process utilized to develop the levee safety guidelines; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc44e209f29b441599042bcd73242da6e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the extent to which the levee safety guidelines are being used by Federal, State, Tribal, and local agencies;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6695adecbc3d4acc86ef0a87319e3369"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an assessment of the requirement for the levee safety guidelines to be voluntary and a description of actions taken by the Secretary and other applicable Federal agencies to ensure that the guidelines are voluntary; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide88625bff1e84f2a84ec9848e06feb54"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any recommendations of the Secretary, including the extent to which the levee safety guidelines should be revised.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idbfd22f95bb4b4571a303caaf2fad8c7e"><enum>229.</enum><header>Public-private partnership user's guide</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id093c4567598c46df9f1d130d97243363"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop and make publicly available on an existing website of the Corps of Engineers a guide on the use of public-private partnerships for water resources development projects.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d741fa4b976476097b27843cbeb3b36"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>In developing the guide under subsection (a), the Secretary shall include—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12ffe5d786bd40609aea7ec245c3ffdd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id401ca7c788f14173bf069525f451e1ec"><enum>(A)</enum><text>applicable authorities and programs of the Secretary that allow for the use of public-private partnerships to carry out water resources development projects; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6654c2e8b6e84501b641001e8ad7ad34"><enum>(B)</enum><text>opportunities across the civil works program of the Corps of Engineers for the use of public-private partnerships, including at recreational facilities;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide77bab8be8a34cc4831543478126d869"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a summary of prior public-private partnerships for water resources development projects, including lessons learned and best practices from those partnerships and projects;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id980964c16de14802b3d185de3c01a432"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a discussion of—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide26560f76fd74426b61702ef1203af31"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the roles and responsibilities of the Corps of Engineers and non-Federal interests when using a public-private partnership for a water resources development project, including the opportunities for risk-sharing; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id23349dd4c7944c109166e968e8158253"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the potential benefits associated with using a public-private partnership for a water resources development project, including the opportunities to accelerate funding as compared to the annual appropriations process; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idcdfa1643e1464143a4275fafe704f8c5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a description of the process for executing a project partnership agreement for a water resources development project, including any unique considerations when using a public-private partnership.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7d5bb8bf8b6945d786afd98c9808a824"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Flexibility</header><text>The Secretary may satisfy the requirements of this section by modifying an existing partnership handbook in accordance with this section.</text></subsection></section><section id="id818d33e9c56c47b28dcf2430aa879596"><enum>230.</enum><header>Review of authorities and programs for alternative project delivery</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id374b55e433ed4c0085307141916479b3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act and subject to subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary shall carry out a study of the authorities and programs of the Corps of Engineers that facilitate the use of alternative project delivery methods for water resources development projects, including public-private partnerships.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf739ac7415f643c893b72245e306ce76"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorities and programs included</header><text>In carrying out the study under subsection (a), the authorities and programs that are studied shall include any programs and authorities under—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5d2225d390c4410cade53b33cfe6adb1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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>);</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd1b047a404944c21b5d9ae46a9e12e10"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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>); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12bf350013e8455eb922cc838ace41ae"><enum>(3)</enum><text>section 5014 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>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4b196032a17d4900aea980e6b5c4180a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc292f8e8f4ad4c4c8c711e711e6ccdb8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describes the findings of the study under subsection (a); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id680131942a044e7faf7abf57951124b3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>includes—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19815327fec04fb592159db1089b5a11"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an assessment of how each authority and program included in the study under subsection (a) has been used by the Secretary;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idce0619371a8541fda6369d46a10cbcc6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a list of the water resources development projects that have been carried out pursuant to the authorities and programs included in the study under subsection (a);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf45958d2c6474d789ff4c5d66ff93a74"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a discussion of the implementation challenges, if any, associated with the authorities and programs included in the study under subsection (a);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id172dd2ecc6d948e0827fb3dc3796719f"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a description of lessons learned and best practices identified by the Secretary from carrying out the authorities and programs included in the study under subsection (a); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0cf278530a954277aa1e7b9cb188ebff"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any recommendations, including legislative recommendations, that result from the study under subsection (a).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id5e969c052eab4df79b3fc8a49792c5ef"><enum>231.</enum><header>Report to Congress on emergency response expenditures</header><subsection id="idb1a602ea11cc4832ad02d476d7365456"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a review of emergency response expenditures from the emergency fund authorized 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>) (referred to in this section as the <quote>Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies Account</quote>) and from post-disaster supplemental appropriations Acts during the period of fiscal years 2013 through 2023.</text></subsection><subsection id="id5621a49446dc4c26abd0ef869aa9b795"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that includes the results of the review under subsection (a), including—</text><paragraph id="id0c2ba11dc5304a63a9ac3f909372af69"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2023, a summary of—</text><subparagraph id="idf0261955afaf41448ad957b1c7481b40"><enum>(A)</enum><text>annual expenditures from the Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies Account;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id98616b0a28d3452890f72fef6a6b45ab"><enum>(B)</enum><text>annual budget requests for that account; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf9ba35fe08a14d02bdc3f383ec3fd49f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any activities, including any reprogramming, that may have been required to cover any annual shortfall in that account;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5820a80ab05946219ed9955662c53952"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of the contributing factors that resulted in any annual variability in the amounts described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) and activities described in subparagraph (C) of that paragraph;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9b0f7b1b13ab48c981d2c8b71dd63ef5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an assessment and a description of future budget needs of the Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies Account based on trends observed and anticipated by the Secretary; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idaa44c90ea7794b378cad050e73af3d8c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an assessment and a description of the use and impact of funds from post-disaster supplemental appropriations on emergency response activities.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idea4bd1e4c6ad4d2db5e16a8f4ac82c58" commented="no"><enum>232.</enum><header>Excess land report for certain projects in North Dakota</header><subsection id="idb93378a5a5864313af4faec10b936394"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and subject to subsection (b), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that identifies any real property associated with the project of the Corps of Engineers at Lake Oahe, North Dakota, that the Secretary determines—</text><paragraph id="id594c11c788d44618b6196f51360ca380"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is not needed to carry out the authorized purposes of the project; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4f325fe5e4b444eeb9f9f1c123b5e197"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may be transferred to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to support recreation opportunities for the Tribe, including, at a minimum—</text><subparagraph id="id826f09aa970e4dfda88ad5802aa56f15"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Walker Bottom Marina, Lake Oahe;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida2d6f7c246d345698cef42d8d9455b0a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Fort Yates Boat Ramp, Lake Oahe;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc48ffe3992154b54948a8020653abeec"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Cannonball District, Lake Oahe; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7758a81b605043c5b863bcfd2dc9b074"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any other recreation opportunities identified by the Tribe.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida92c91a9ebf34088b22c68862fa9cc32"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>If the Secretary determines that there is not any real property that may be transferred to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe as described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall include in the report required under that subsection—</text><paragraph id="id4976f7bfb30e497fa55cfdb1b832038a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a list of the real property considered by the Secretary;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id30075ad5b6fd4cc5b21a246cca0857fa"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an explanation of why the real property identified under paragraph (1) is needed to carry out the authorized purposes of the project described in subsection (a); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id83168f0b8d2a40f59db344143bb40798"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of how the Secretary has recently utilized the real property identified under paragraph (1) to carry out the authorized purpose of the project described in subsection (a). </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id409e5583d8464917960d4908f8dc041a"><enum>233.</enum><header>GAO studies</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide9a1bf8098cb4836ab606afe889bbf0f"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review of the accuracy of project cost estimates</header><paragraph id="id65f04aecbb6e44b286c34668a22b5d40"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Review</header><subparagraph id="id8f8caabbf86b40eeb2cfb8dcb21aaae9"><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 (referred to in this section as the <quote>Comptroller General</quote>) shall initiate a review of the accuracy of the project cost estimates developed by the Corps of Engineers for completed and ongoing water resources development projects carried out by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id59e0ff5f41c64213a0d405e52e78cb8c"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In carrying out subparagraph (A), the Comptroller General shall determine the factors, if any, that impact the accuracy of the estimates described in that subparagraph, including—</text><clause id="id07f3f9d8ffaf43a2ba0649a5f5042935"><enum>(i)</enum><text>applicable statutory requirements, including—</text><subclause id="id50035a463be7453791faf3a6ec57ba50" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>section 1001 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2282c">33 U.S.C. 2282c</external-xref>); and</text></subclause><subclause id="id21d3198d8e81423fb880ab92d24f5134" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>section 905(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2282">33 U.S.C. 2282(b)</external-xref>)]; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id8077271c5ea44b2faac7b5585c3d1452"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>applicable guidance, regulations, and policies of the Corps of Engineers.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaf9a4c22dd74431d952411b82f534024"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Incorporation of previous report</header><text>In carrying out subparagraph (A), the Comptroller General may incorporate applicable information from the report carried out by the Comptroller General under section 8236(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3769).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idad632247921349ea89464d64411dc8ee"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>On completion of the review conducted under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General 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 and any recommendations that result from the review.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idcd2151d8f3184a3f8060e18f3231c18d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report on project lifespan and indemnification clause in project partnership agreements</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1a80a2986b0543b7a8de657db71b7f48"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67a623e7500843f3baaabaf23b5b57e0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Indemnification clause</header><text>The term <term>indemnification clause</term> means the indemnification clause required in project partnership agreements for water resources development projects under sections 101(e)(2) and 103(j)(1)(A) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2211">33 U.S.C. 2211(e)(2)</external-xref>, 2213(j)(1)(A)).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaa0586a5be7044789af5937d87d96cc3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>OMRR&R</header><text>The term <term>OMRR&R</term>, with respect to a water resources development project, means operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabilitation. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48ae6e68c6854d2d9f619a272237a113"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text><subparagraph id="id3C6757503A584D66B6CC1592C0997AE9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>there are significant concerns about whether—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaeaf563a0d474885b8b37d803a1a71f2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the indemnification clause, which was first applied in 1910 to flood control projects, should still be included in project partnership agreements prepared by the Corps of Engineers for water resources development projects; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8adffd0947094d7fa4d19697a859cbad"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>non-Federal interests for water resources development projects should be required to assume full responsibility for OMRR&R of water resources development projects in perpetuity;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA8DD9C6B51F1435FB2B29B5CF3C609C2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>non-Federal interests have reported that the indemnification clause and OMRR&R requirements are a barrier to entering into project partnership agreements with the Corps of Engineers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id136D62AE392C416AAE78430A26A4F028"><enum>(C)</enum><text>critical water resources development projects are being delayed by years, or not pursued at all, due to the barriers described in subparagraph (B); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id27D02F249046463CA85E7B1CF9EA50B2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>legal structures have changed since the indemnification clause was first applied and there may be more suitable tools available to address risk and liability issues.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7d34052f3da242e68b34ca91468b15c3"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Analysis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall conduct an analysis of the implications of—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31b02d94db5d4f3d89dd6fd0bf61325c"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the indemnification clause; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd1233ed7522d447087a22354eb98dcf0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the assumption of OMRR&R responsibilities by non-Federal interests in perpetuity for water resources development projects.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90ea5cbe8a334d93817340bdd565b1f2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis under paragraph (3) shall include—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02f1b323bd7f473480ab52ecca3c3b5d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a review of risk for the Federal Government and non-Federal interests with respect to removing requirements for the indemnification clause;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id48d4ea7dcf994af68f35b0faddd4b005"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an assessment of whether the indemnification clause is still necessary given the changes in engineering, legal structures, and water resources development projects since 1910, with a focus on the quantity and types of claims and takings over time;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4b7c6ffeaca9458ca24c5422b41c39da"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an identification of States with State laws that prohibit those States from entering into agreements that include an indemnification clause;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id01fc2aca4fae47f38774a41a759d5336"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a comparison to other Federal agencies with respect to how those agencies approach indemnification and OMRR&R requirements in projects, if applicable;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3273e6dbd244436aa69a583e9cf15898"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a review of indemnification and OMRR&R requirements for projects that States require with respect to agreements with cities and localities, if applicable;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id42a033dc5afc45f39ab3e229f805ded7"><enum>(F)</enum><text>an analysis of the useful lifespan of water resources development projects, including any variations in that lifespan for different types of water resources development projects and how changing weather patterns and increased extreme weather events impact that lifespan;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4a4dff6f053d4861920021a0a89fd7fe"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a review of situations in which non-Federal interests have been unable to meet OMRR&R requirements; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57c50c0e5e8d4f7da460299105bfe856"><enum>(H)</enum><text>a review of policy alternatives to OMRR&R requirements, such as allowing extension, reevaluation, or deauthorization of water resources development projects.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7106b0a3904a47eaa2ab056a47fd93c6"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Report</header><text>On completion of the analysis under paragraph (3), the Comptroller General 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 includes—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94a68493476641bd9c7c1fbf7836198b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the results of the analysis; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40c383a13b064390b91b977ce09fc2dd"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any recommendations for changes needed to existing law or policy of the Corps of Engineers to address those results. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0808e62940cc4095b005737a5bdbdbdf"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Review of certain permits</header><paragraph id="ida5cd506d4f47474d9ed27f0203669dd8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of section 408 program</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>section 408 program</term> means the program administered by the Secretary pursuant to 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><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1ff523c7d3e04b4ea52847db89ba784f"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall initiate a review of the section 408 program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9b024789f9aa49ba81844befdc887c58"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The review by the Comptroller General under paragraph (2) shall include, at a minimum—</text><subparagraph id="id60bef652a3e643bfa7874f9a0bd34b10"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an identification of trends related to the number and types of permits applied for each year under the section 408 program;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id897f1f65d3ce4706b35282c346c439a4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an evaluation of—</text><clause id="idf39dfe831313488587460410c48e360a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the materials developed by the Secretary to educate potential applicants about—</text><subclause id="ida5759437851b4a37a7eb5b486c3a268c"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the section 408 program; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id50b2e2c2e3324449b70b04cad9e8272f"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the process for applying for a permit under the section 408 program;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id28dd30b12ed64ef59f8b9f737ed1209c"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the public website of the Corps of Engineers that tracks the status of permits issued under the section 408 program, including whether the information provided by the website is updated in a timely manner;</text></clause><clause id="idef24c47cb787432a926d600002f3de2f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the ability of the districts and divisions of the Corps of Engineers to consistently administer the section 408 program; and</text></clause><clause id="idca3739d681354f3181c6721e108987fc"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the extent to which the Secretary carries out the process for issuing a permit under the section 408 program concurrently with the review required 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>), if applicable;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5adfc0adecde41f2997b1918067b2142"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a determination of the factors, if any, that impact the ability of the Secretary to adhere to the timelines required for reviewing and making a decision on an application for a permit under the section 408 program; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8af38fd02b09478e8a75d7ae12ce7dd9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>ways to expedite the review of applications for permits under the section 408 program, including the use of categorical permissions.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1149d0feb3834e8184c2237812991205"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report</header><text>On completion of the review under paragraph (2), the Comptroller General 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 and any recommendations that result from the review.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1fe1ffabaf6748ee957a12dbacca5cad"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Corps of Engineers modernization study</header><paragraph id="iddcc56eaf77dc4c18ae2eb2628bb877ac"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall initiate an analysis of opportunities for the Corps of Engineers to modernize the civil works program through the use of technology, where appropriate, and the best available engineering practices.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3215be64f594418ab8831fc947e91dae"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>In conducting the analysis under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General of the United States shall include an assessment of the extent to which—</text><subparagraph id="id5cc2a7b5c64749d3ac8423628f3135a4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>existing engineering practices and technologies could be better utilized by the Corps of Engineers—</text><clause id="idc16d1f35a0bb42d790b286aca8d0b407"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to improve study, planning, and design efforts of the Corps of Engineers to further the benefits of water resources development projects of the Corps of Engineers;</text></clause><clause id="id465fc309e2ca451087526b0ba22e9ff1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to reduce delays of water resources development projects, including through the improvement of environmental review and permitting processes;</text></clause><clause id="id2c3e128aa90640be9519fdac7c40599f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to provide cost savings over the lifecycle of a project, including through improved design processes or a reduction of operation and maintenance costs; and</text></clause><clause id="idc1f447498a0b496c9773d75d68234d37"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to improve data collection and data sharing capabilities; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id26a8e1da850d43d199da10373ed02c62"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Corps of Engineers—</text><clause id="idbedf8a3ee36e42ada277219d6a74d09a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>currently utilizes the engineering practices and technologies identified under subparagraph (A), including any challenges associated with acquisition and application; </text></clause><clause id="id6fb73ee0595646eeb5e156feb3e2fd54"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has effective processes to share best practices associated with the engineering practices and technologies identified under subparagraph (A) among the districts, divisions, and headquarters of the Corps of Engineers; and</text></clause><clause id="idd9dbf37e04dd443896e8af179734058e"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>partners with National Laboratories, academic institutions, and other Federal agencies.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1e8c443247c34f02bad9035a1f1ad220"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>On completion of the analysis under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General 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 and any recommendations that result from the analysis.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd76616ace4f64fb29356c59c0a918f43"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Study on easements related to water resources development projects</header><paragraph id="idd192c0aadf4e4dde8d2d0894010b263b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of covered easement</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>covered easement</term> has the meaning given the term in section 8235(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3768). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida650133a8fc747d496fc407cff6b6c92"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Study on easements related to water resources development projects</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall initiate an analysis of the use of covered easements that may be provided to the Secretary by non-Federal interests in relation to the construction, operation, or maintenance of a project for flood risk management, hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, or ecosystem restoration.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id67dbc72338ca4627a7f9e473b8ad4df5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Scope</header><text>In carrying out the analysis under paragraph (2), the Comptroller General of the United States shall—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64ae3033a30e4762ab763a8bc7ab4e8b"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8cdeb69a0f144778becfa5031d656f8f"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the report submitted by the Secretary under section 8235(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3768); and</text></clause><clause id="id6718e02fba2a49c9b85f374b538bb394"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the existing statutory, regulatory, and policy requirements and procedures relating to the use of covered easements; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12150b1f643043259dee7fd01073c3af"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess—</text><clause id="id1000f17224c74a95bebe64f16267ee66"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the minimum rights in property that are necessary to construct, operate, or maintain projects for flood risk management, hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, or ecosystem restoration;</text></clause><clause id="id31a40ee989104733881fa8af25c9d9d5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>whether increased use of covered easements in relation to projects described in clause (i) could promote greater participation from cooperating landowners in addressing local flooding or ecosystem restoration challenges; </text></clause><clause id="id865fed62cfc04ebe849b2f9822788b1b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>whether such increased use could result in cost savings in the implementation of the projects described in clause (i), without any reduction in project benefits; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbb9db512e4594136b560b1118c79dd04"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the extent to which the Secretary should expand what is considered by the Secretary to be part of a series of estates deemed standard for construction, operation, or maintenance of a project for flood risk management, hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, or ecosystem restoration.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id17647ea72d994a77854df6158052f753"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report</header><text>On completion of the analysis under paragraph (2), 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, including any recommendations, including legislative recommendations, as a result of the analysis. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id083c890f04d44c8f8b5c332fc6a3e2b4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Modernization of environmental reviews</header><paragraph id="id686074eb7b1441b299e25ddaf94c6029"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of project study</header><text>In this subsection, 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>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5668d1d6a5354416b11af8fe1267c655"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 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 efforts of the Secretary to facilitate improved environmental review processes for project studies, including through the consideration of expanded use of categorical exclusions, environmental assessments, or programmatic environmental impact statements.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id33363359765e4e14b3b6e675fd74307f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In completing the report under paragraph (2), the Comptroller General of the United States shall—</text><subparagraph id="idcf31fe0bf0e2443cb37092a79c5e3765"><enum>(A)</enum><text>describe the actions the Secretary is taking or plans to take to implement the amendments 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>) made by section 321 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/118/5">Public Law 118–5</external-xref>; 137 Stat. 38);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcca070b5b6bd44a1a2ba7fe5c3c653bf"><enum>(B)</enum><text>describe the existing categorical exclusions most frequently used by the Secretary to streamline the environmental review of project studies;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id36c2adaf54e147a98dd4026efcd4bba7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>consider—</text><clause id="idb0b1d6d983b14e24aabc411cf5e95f6e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>whether the adoption of additional categorical exclusions, including those used by other Federal agencies, would facilitate the environmental review of project studies;</text></clause><clause id="id9c2eb47d17b34beeb76d1889fed234a1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>whether the adoption of new programmatic environmental impact statements would facilitate the environmental review of project studies; and</text></clause><clause id="idf3aad90f494b4561a4175bda05b98668"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>whether agreements with other Federal agencies would facilitate a more efficient process for the environmental review of project studies; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf6922d3ce32a41ee90668e4b1e7d2772"><enum>(D)</enum><text>identify—</text><clause id="ida2509c8751dd43c8adf00cf85cd5f047"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any discrepancies or conflicts, as applicable, between the amendments 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>) made by section 321 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/118/5">Public Law 118–5</external-xref>; 137 Stat. 38) and—</text><subclause id="idf5d4b62d606640989956d1e6c6c8ba95"><enum>(I)</enum><text>section 2045 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2348">33 U.S.C. 2348</external-xref>); and</text></subclause><subclause id="id142b7ca5062749d1b3b5bea88e1092e4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>section 1001 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2282c">33 U.S.C. 2282c</external-xref>); and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id9f88b9e115ca41b39e17ddecf69a1a41"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>other issues, as applicable, relating to section 2045 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2348">33 U.S.C. 2348</external-xref>) that are impeding the implementation of that section consistent with congressional intent.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide0a0784bb67f449ea3ed3cd6946ec894"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Study on dredged material disposal site construction</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc8965714cc9646598771e3a0f646f86a"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General shall conduct a study that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2534aee33d514d6cb549062703ed6584"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assesses the costs and limitations of the construction of various types of dredged material disposal sites, with a particular focus on aquatic confined placement structures in the Lower Columbia River; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id44f20c3d060b47f58f4e1f8f56c9a8a1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes a comparison of—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59b3568424e44c4d99e181773151de9d"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the operation and maintenance needs and costs associated with the availability of aquatic confined placement structures; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd3c5164b922140ae85e3a271701d69c0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the operation and maintenance needs and costs associated with the lack of availability of aquatic confined placement structures.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3ad1731ec4834b29985a1756fed9e597"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>On completion of the study under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General 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 study, and any recommendations that result from that study.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id061ca6e0700044a3b909c1263e9d99b5"><enum>(h)</enum><header>GAO study on distribution of funding from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0cc108dd419648bd8105d79c7d61a7f2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund</term> means the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund established by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9505">section 9505(a)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7f3aa0b32ea14cce92ad577fcd81500a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Analysis</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall initiate an analysis of the distribution of funding from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf4c5b117b1ce4fae968c8a5d9738af6c"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In conducting the analysis under paragraph (2), the Comptroller General shall assess—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02c88b39611645bb80ab751d094361f8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the implementation of provisions related to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund in the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2615) and the amendments made by that Act by the Corps of Engineers, including—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67ef0dfebddf4c84a83834af7504eb3c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>changes to the budgetary treatment of funding from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8c2858356eda46a6b9f7d0f23d88fbf8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>amendments to the definitions of the terms <quote>donor ports</quote>, <quote>medium-sized donor parts</quote>, and <quote>energy transfer ports</quote> under section 2106(a) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2238c">33 U.S.C. 2238c(a)</external-xref>), including—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6e407b9cf36c4305b120aceb24df53df"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the reliability of metrics, data for those metrics, and sources for that data used by the Corps of Engineers to determine if a port satisfies the requirements of 1 or more of those definitions; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74ad416b40344e409f3ff0cf00f1cb2a"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the extent of the impact of cyclical dredging cycles for operations and maintenance activities and deep draft navigation construction projects on the ability of ports to meet the requirements of 1 or more of those definitions; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida3d51dc9d5594cd0bf5d50c4ebf6264f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amount of Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund funding in the annual appropriations Acts enacted after the date of enactment of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2615), including an analysis of—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13f0cf03d71f41eaac06945d0e929db9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the allocation of funding to donor ports and energy transfer ports (as those terms are defined in section 2106(a) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2238c">33 U.S.C. 2238c(a)</external-xref>)) and the use of that funding by those ports; </text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddc0e1dd066614655806197e42f7ba899"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>activities funded pursuant to section 210 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2238">33 U.S.C. 2238</external-xref>); and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6b1b68ab868f4b96a234c33c296b410c"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>challenges associated with expending the remaining balance of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb1b9ef543c05451a969f3501a554bbe1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report</header><text>On completion of the analysis under paragraph (2), the Comptroller General 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 describing the findings of the analysis and any recommendations that result from that analysis.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idd79bdbd8c0644ad8960e7191301955ad"><enum>234.</enum><header>Prior reports</header><subsection id="id6d743d5b5baf4f79af057d456aa35985"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>The Secretary shall prioritize the completion of the reports required pursuant to the following provisions:</text><paragraph id="id5e21c536f24b4d9cba390f14689d464d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 2036(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2283a">33 U.S.C. 2283a</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4b54e13e37874c4cb6a1b79b54166868"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 1008(c) 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(c)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id27ec30b3f2ad498bbe058d6481e8049e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 164(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2668).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idff97f3c8b21e4e70a7a2b803ea2554bd"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 226(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2697).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id94231a334e074702923990c4f11849bd"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 503(d) 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>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idde15e851f3be42559f25569eee558265"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 509(a)(7) 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>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6ade487ddac14285bb7a97f995b4ca4b"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Section 8205(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3754).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id442072c2ecc14f92bd6e5728ebade294"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Section 8206(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3756).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddd284f1080854cc78eddd48fad7a5bfb"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Section 8218 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3761).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8150e39034c74074a6111003494a9eb7"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Section 8227(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3764).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id442175210a9d4e4c885e995a25926f8b"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Section 8232(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3766).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6ee876d4d20343eab15e73955cb692ef"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notice</header><paragraph id="id40944f5330424e1da2d337e83f22c419"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 60 days 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 written notification of the status of each report described in subsection (a).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8a98b115f2634771a99c1fe77a6167fc"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>As part of the notification under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include for each report described in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="idee80a27efc224acea5ca245a171ad96b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of the status of the report; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id642050b6ac524092936567ce0868d636"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if not completed, a timeline for the completion of the report.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89db54f6a49a472aaacebea6851345cd"><enum>235.</enum><header>Briefing on status of Cape Cod Canal Bridges, Massachusetts</header><subsection id="id2cdec4fa5a774e8fb7f38c3b8619f5cf"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall brief the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives on the status of the project for the replacement of the Bourne and Sagamore Highway Bridges that cross the Cape Cod Canal Federal Navigation Project.</text></subsection><subsection id="ide7605d6502164fe4b47f2e482e68fd97"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The briefing under subsection (a) shall include discussion of—</text><paragraph id="idaa21d3b4d97843639959e36452e3456b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the current status of environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>) and expected timelines for completion;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7fd1cb1d429f4d96a0e117ac0c650534"><enum>(2)</enum><text>project timelines and relevant paths to move the project described in that subsection toward completion; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id04520fe14ad346648737e116a9eb17ce"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any issues that are impacting the delivery of the project described in that subsection. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Deauthorizations, modifications, and related provisions</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99546af2d6f54119ad72d1051274e89c"><enum>301.</enum><header>Deauthorizations</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9784f8e0af214494ba7ee2652c22c366"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Truckee Meadows, Nevada</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The project for flood control, Truckee Meadows, Nevada, authorized by section 3(a)(10) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1988 (102 Stat. 4014) and section 7002(2) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 1366) is no longer authorized beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. </text></subsection><subsection id="id01ffbadd3bf2453483744e27cf1ce335"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Seattle Harbor, Washington</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9501218ecf7b46e29498f19e0d0d6f40"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the portion of the project for navigation, Seattle Harbor, Washington, described in paragraph (2) is no longer authorized. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc0a6151cf4d443f79f7bf0ec278ad28f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Portion described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The portion of the project referred to in paragraph (1) is the approximately 74,490 square foot area of the Federal channel within the East Waterway—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56b63a99d2164a4ab30cf031627da461"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">starting at a point on the United States pierhead line in the southwest corner of block 386 of plat of Seattle Tidelands, T. 24 N., R. 4. E, sec.18, Willamette Meridian;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4791a2d750b94d30829818ee1015842f"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">thence running N90°00’00”W along the projection of the south line of block 386, 206.58 feet to the centerline of the East Waterway;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6cf3abee614d4c16bebde2ba116ed402"><enum>(C)</enum><text>thence running N14°30’00”E along the centerline and parallel with the northwesterly line of block 386, 64.83 feet;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id272eee50507948bcbc0dd08fc52604ff"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">thence running N33°32’59”E, 235.85 feet;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1663303e680d440898bd1c2185e6542b"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">thence running N39°55’22”E, 128.70 feet;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8c8110734ffa4d33b332018007a57da5"><enum>(F)</enum><text>thence running N14°30’00”E, parallel with the northwesterly line of block 386, 280.45 feet;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8972de011b05469bb0c49280899c7d72"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">thence running N90°00’00”E, 70.00 feet to the pierhead line and the northwesterly line of block 386; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd9d2bce352a74115ba9fe1bacbb05126"><enum>(H)</enum><text>thence running S14°30’00”W, 650.25 feet along the pierhead line and northwesterly line of block 386 to the point of beginning. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4fe883d613a549c9b6c7a02c34d79fa5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cherryfield Dam, Maine</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The project for flood control, Narraguagus River, Cherryfield Dam, Maine, authorized by, and constructed pursuant to, 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 beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. </text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36f6483a6e574eeba91b6100e01ec122"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2010 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 1270; 136 Stat. 3796) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0FB38A294E404E83A5F030B1D0261B7B" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27471a4e366c41fcb168df738232620d"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Navigation</header><text>Beginning on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Water Resources Development Act of 2024</short-title>, the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam is no longer authorized for navigation purposes.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47ac6f7df9d84fa1b59388876bf32f78"><enum>(e)</enum><header>East San Pedro Bay, California</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The study for the project for ecosystem restoration, East San Pedro Bay, California, authorized by the resolution of the Committee on Public Works of the Senate, dated June 25, 1969, relating to the report of the Chief of Engineers for Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers, Ballona Creek, is no longer authorized beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. </text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc2b6006f19ff44b19bd220ff71af55a8"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Souris River Basin, North Dakota</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Talbott's Nursery portion, consisting of approximately 2,600 linear feet of levee, of stage 4 of the project for flood control, Souris River Basin, North Dakota, authorized by section 1124 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4243; 101 Stat. 1329–111), is no longer authorized beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. </text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d92370662cd47c4aed57bd6e8a0533b"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Masaryktown Canal, Florida</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id27e8c8c955eb421ab7002021fcee9bca"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The portion of the project for the Four River Basins, Florida, authorized by section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 1183) described in paragraph (2) is no longer authorized beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc08f7eff220a4475810623d7f2f5a357"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Portion described</header><text>The portion of the project referred to in paragraph (1) is the Masaryktown Canal C–534, which spans approximately 5.5 miles from Hernando County, between Ayers Road and County Line Road east of United States Route 41, and continues south to Pasco County, discharging into Crews Lake.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id08638a7730e9405ba7b133a292f134a5"><enum>302.</enum><header>Environmental infrastructure</header><subsection id="id6e04151e2fb24ddbbb703cf0f96244bc"><enum>(a)</enum><header>New projects</header><text>Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 136 Stat. 3808) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF9B9F4E301834FDDAC4B8106C5B119F8" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph id="ideec6804fa5644a23aa819e0ab26a129a" commented="no"><enum>(406)</enum><header>Glendale, Arizona</header><text>$5,200,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including stormwater management), drainage systems, and water quality enhancement, Glendale, Arizona.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idca440e2f443e41f49eadfa4c63ea7bf5" commented="no"><enum>(407)</enum><header>Tohono O’odham Nation, Arizona</header><text>$10,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including facilities for withdrawal, treatment, and distribution), Tohono O’odham Nation, Arizona.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id29756b8e692347018055e8df9ee58d92" commented="no"><enum>(408)</enum><header>Flagstaff, Arizona</header><text>$4,800,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including facilities for withdrawal, treatment, and distribution), Flagstaff, Arizona.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id60125c7ef8504e3fada6cb3328677505" commented="no"><enum>(409)</enum><header>Tucson, Arizona</header><text>$30,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including recycled water systems), Tucson, Arizona.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idddff3ec90eff45a6bbff1f6f410ec816" commented="no"><enum>(410)</enum><header>Bay-delta, California</header><text>$20,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including stormwater management), drainage systems, and water quality enhancement, San Francisco Bay–Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, California.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id865e18521a6f44afb68a1007557b573a" commented="no"><enum>(411)</enum><header>Indian Wells Valley, California</header><text>$5,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure, Indian Wells Valley, Kern County, California.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id754b8666f1254e788d134ded0c08b04e" commented="no"><enum>(412)</enum><header>Oakland–Alameda Estuary, California</header><text>$5,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including stormwater management), drainage systems, and water quality enhancement, Oakland–Alameda Estuary, Oakland and Alameda Counties, California.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4b9ee9f528fc44769c7f5e309c939c56" commented="no"><enum>(413)</enum><header>Tijuana River Valley Watershed, California</header><text>$10,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure, Tijuana River Valley Watershed, San Diego County, California.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id05aadd867fba4a509355d5359e0948be" commented="no"><enum>(414)</enum><header>El Paso County, Colorado</header><text>$20,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure and stormwater management, El Paso County, Colorado. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8c5d6a94594d459bb882474558451796" commented="no"><enum>(415)</enum><header>Rehoboth Beach, Lewes, Dewey, Bethany, South Bethany, Fenwick Island, Delaware</header><text>$25,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure, Rehoboth Beach, Lewes, Dewey, Bethany, South Bethany, and Fenwick Island, Delaware.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf143cf7bfa9b40daa625f0506d350109" commented="no"><enum>(416)</enum><header>Wilmington, Delaware</header><text>$25,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure, Wilmington, Delaware.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc685beed278241e9babf91267e84f2d9" commented="no"><enum>(417)</enum><header>Pickering Beach, Kitts Hummock, Bowers Beach, South Bowers Beach, Slaughter Beach, Prime Hook Beach, Milton, Milford, Delaware</header><text>$25,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure, Pickering Beach, Kitts Hummock, Bowers Beach, South Bowers Beach, Slaughter Beach, Prime Hook Beach, Milton, and Milford, Delaware. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2dacd0d508b244189933096a63a43038" commented="no"><enum>(418)</enum><header>Coastal Georgia</header><text>$5,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including stormwater management), Glynn County, Chatham County, Bryan County, Effingham County, McIntosh County, and Camden County, Georgia.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id408d08e41ffb46ca8ec16df8a8ce6d61" commented="no"><enum>(419)</enum><header>Columbus, Henry, and Clayton Counties, Georgia</header><text>$10,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including stormwater management), Columbus, Henry, and Clayton Counties, Georgia.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id470e87b791524bada7bf82b592f00ec0" commented="no"><enum>(420)</enum><header>Cobb County, Georgia</header><text>$5,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure, Cobb County, Georgia.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40bed551dee241a0a94da3b76d184b6a"><enum>(421)</enum><header>Calumet City, Illinois</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure, Calumet City, Illinois.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd3a356ac515b40dd810cd641fed5affa" commented="no"><enum>(422)</enum><header>Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas</header><text>$35,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure, including stormwater management (including combined sewer overflows), Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide426da0309994f5b836fc47a73773956" commented="no"><enum>(423)</enum><header>Easthampton, Massachusetts</header><text>$10,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including wastewater treatment plant outfalls), Easthampton, Massachusetts. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2b8da1b000a040cdaa085c4833ff96da" commented="no"><enum>(424)</enum><header>Byram, Mississippi</header><text>$7,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including stormwater management), drainage systems, and water quality enhancement, Byram, Mississippi.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2c8bc9f999704b53bf86a25834d6ebb4" commented="no"><enum>(425)</enum><header>Diamondhead, Mississippi</header><text>$7,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure and drainage systems, Diamondhead, Mississippi.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8d5bcee8d6004a7a86649f2066b65253" commented="no"><enum>(426)</enum><header>Hancock County, Mississippi</header><text>$7,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including stormwater management), drainage systems, and water quality enhancement, Hancock County, Mississippi.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idebbc6fd5815e4823820b0d73c49a2335" commented="no"><enum>(427)</enum><header>Madison, Mississippi</header><text>$7,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including stormwater management), drainage systems, and water quality enhancement, Madison, Mississippi.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfda41fd4d1754251a4984c48fce95779" commented="no"><enum>(428)</enum><header>Pearl, Mississippi</header><text>$7,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including stormwater management), drainage systems, and water quality enhancement, Pearl, Mississippi.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfe2d041c8a5c408e8ba8ac0bb8ff93e4" commented="no"><enum>(429)</enum><header>New Hampshire</header><text>$20,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure, New Hampshire.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc3765805aef144d1a08f795c16567dc1" commented="no"><enum>(430)</enum><header>Cape May County, New Jersey</header><text>$10,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including facilities for withdrawal, treatment, and distribution), Cape May County, New Jersey.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idde8f92e2786d40a0957b3b2fed2966b6" commented="no"><enum>(431)</enum><header>Nye County, Nevada</header><text>$10,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including water wellfield and pipeline in the Pahrump Valley), Nye County, Nevada.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id76fb0a627558441ba433a809d34e4aed" commented="no"><enum>(432)</enum><header>Storey County, Nevada</header><text>$10,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including facilities for withdrawal, treatment, and distribution), Storey County, Nevada.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida4af631af6ba4ec689d8844769cc3cb1" commented="no"><enum>(433)</enum><header>New Rochelle, New York</header><text>$20,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including stormwater management), New Rochelle, New York.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9b1dc346f92542eea8df3a5007085cd4" commented="no"><enum>(434)</enum><header>Cuyahoga County, Ohio</header><text>$5,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including combined sewer overflows), Cuyahoga County, Ohio.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id822a84bad7f34ec6bcdbb8e34da14af3" commented="no"><enum>(435)</enum><header>Bloomingburg, Ohio</header><text>$6,500,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including facilities for withdrawal, treatment, and distribution), Bloomingburg, Ohio.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id02441682c09e4c9e94e20da852f38047" commented="no"><enum>(436)</enum><header>City of Akron, Ohio</header><text>$5,500,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including drainage systems), City of Akron, Ohio.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id739e23c172054f298ded3f4ea2bc4ff0" commented="no"><enum>(437)</enum><header>East Cleveland, Ohio</header><text>$13,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including stormwater management), East Cleveland, Ohio.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida3e3fb44bbbc4bd198b9973431872efe" commented="no"><enum>(438)</enum><header>Ashtabula County, Ohio</header><text>$1,500,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including water supply and water quality enhancement), Ashtabula County, Ohio.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id400032dc8f394db2a39697eeca9b35b5" commented="no"><enum>(439)</enum><header>Struthers, Ohio</header><text>$500,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including wastewater infrastructure, stormwater management, and sewer improvements), Struthers, Ohio.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8ef07a9b34ff4cd2adc62d5eb1e41725" commented="no"><enum>(440)</enum><header>Stillwater, Oklahoma</header><text>$30,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure and water supply infrastructure (including facilities for withdrawal, treatment, and distribution), Stillwater, Oklahoma. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idebe09eafc7a347ac84d3ada359f0d5b4" commented="no"><enum>(441)</enum><header>Pennsylvania</header><text>$38,600,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure, Pennsylvania. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0855885687c14181928933c8dfc1c96d" commented="no"><enum>(442)</enum><header>Chesterfield County, South Carolina</header><text>$3,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure and other environmental infrastructure (including stormwater management), Chesterfield County, South Carolina.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5552697bf8f24af5b785ad8cae74e7d5" commented="no"><enum>(443)</enum><header>Tipton County, Tennessee</header><text>$35,000,000 for wastewater infrastructure and water supply infrastructure, including facilities for withdrawal, treatment, and distribution, Tipton County, Tennessee. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1ebb76308f874dc99b1529e883e7b245" commented="no"><enum>(444)</enum><header>Othello, Washington</header><text>$14,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water supply and storage treatment, Othello, Washington.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idef8190b886384975ab4a9ad465055f94" commented="no"><enum>(445)</enum><header>College Place, Washington</header><text>$5,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure, College Place, Washington.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id73a0f37245374c748e9909422ef05446"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Project modifications</header><paragraph id="idf19bc51902d04ce0af9e56a47a5a34b1" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Consistency with reports</header><text>Congress finds that the project modifications described in this subsection are in accordance with the reports submitted to Congress by the Secretary 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>), titled <quote>Report to Congress on Future Water Resources Development</quote>, or have otherwise been reviewed by Congress. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id249e7f2987174b378c63fd08086c52f3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Modifications</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6f7496d77f2d480caf0937e47de941bf"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Alabama</header><text>Section 219(f)(274) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 136 Stat. 3808) is amended by striking <quote>$50,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$85,000,000</quote>. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcf299faef8764619b4e50584c9d69d88" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Los Angeles County, California</header><text>Section 219(f)(93) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1259; 136 Stat. 3816) is amended by striking <quote>Santa Clarity Valley</quote> and inserting <quote>Santa Clarita Valley</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6601b0772f7b4dd29aa1acb85f1430b6" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Kent, Delaware</header><text>Section 219(f)(313) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 136 Stat. 3810) is amended by striking <quote>$35,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$40,000,000</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc8dc7a00b13a4bc486b0c2a6b5491769" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><header>New Castle, Delaware</header><text>Section 219(f)(314) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 136 Stat. 3810) is amended by striking <quote>$35,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$40,000,000</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id214d7228bba74096a70e95142f4eeb4f" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Sussex, Delaware</header><text>Section 219(f)(315) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 136 Stat. 3810) is amended by striking <quote>$35,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$40,000,000</quote>. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbc3d87f65af2445093203ca9c87bd20f" commented="no"><enum>(F)</enum><header>East Point, Georgia</header><text>Section 219(f)(136) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1261; 136 Stat. 3817) is amended by striking <quote>$15,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$20,000,000</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id811bc3f7836b4921a8670a8a8454a8eb" commented="no"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Madison County and St. Clair County, 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; 136 Stat. 3817) is amended—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5d8886034ef640369be84af190b60a80"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$100,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$110,000,000</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id420dd47f45a14d48b845f6ce31a289f1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(including stormwater management)</quote> after <quote>wastewater assistance</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcc7190c23074441fab5dba1fbf2d1b87" commented="no"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Montgomery County and Christian County, Illinois</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 219(f)(333) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 136 Stat. 3812) is amended—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3d4f3347f30440edb5f149776331abf5"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Montgomery and Christian Counties</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Montgomery, Christian, Fayette, Shelby, Jasper, Richland, Crawford, and Lawrence Counties</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51f4287e934f4a4790f614ed8984907d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Montgomery County and Christian County</quote> and inserting <quote>Montgomery County, Christian County, Fayette County, Shelby County, Jasper County, Richland County, Crawford County, and Lawrence County</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id95879e87a0f74501bd324fb2a6f17788"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Will County, Illinois</header><text>Section 219(f)(334) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 136 Stat. 3812) is amended—</text><clause id="id5eb92198e5354f8fa617c0345afa6035" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Will County</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Will and Grundy Counties</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="idee4d02065bd746dc8009c27737729fa8" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Will County</quote> and inserting <quote>Will County and Grundy County</quote>. </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id62f2ef1645c841ccb2364468783dff8c" commented="no"><enum>(J)</enum><header>Lowell, Massachusetts</header><text>Section 219(f)(339) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 136 Stat. 3812) is amended by striking <quote>$20,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$30,000,000</quote>. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd415d54d8e3c455a874b88457e0458ce" commented="no"><enum>(K)</enum><header>Michigan</header><text>Sec 219(f)(157) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1262) is amended, in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">combined sewer overflows</header-in-text></quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddf50f8cbb94d446e818c302d447ca550" commented="no"><enum>(L)</enum><header>Desoto County, Mississippi</header><text>Section 219(f)(30) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 336; 134 Stat. 2718) is amended by striking <quote>$130,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$144,000,000</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id592443c7f72641719b9d058897a71f82" commented="no"><enum>(M)</enum><header>Jackson, Mississippi</header><text>Section 219(f)(167) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1263; 136 Stat. 3818) is amended by striking <quote>$125,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$139,000,000</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd9b46b2dc62e4bfb8b2227ab2df30036" commented="no"><enum>(N)</enum><header>Madison County, Mississippi</header><text>Section 219(f)(351) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 136 Stat. 3813) is amended by striking <quote>$10,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$24,000,000</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4032fa5e08cf43388bddedc7860a7f35" commented="no"><enum>(O)</enum><header>Meridian, Mississippi</header><text>Section 219(f)(352) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 136 Stat. 3813) is amended by striking <quote>$10,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$24,000,000</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idadaec4e7b822439f8a748044030fc901" commented="no"><enum>(P)</enum><header>Rankin County, Mississippi</header><text>Section 219(f)(354) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 136 Stat. 3813) is amended by striking <quote>$10,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$24,000,000</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddcab592d312547c19db947b9e11b47fc" commented="no"><enum>(Q)</enum><header>Cincinnati, Ohio</header><text>Sec 219(f)(206) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1265) is amended by striking <quote>$1,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$9,000,000</quote>. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id99eba36393d046b9a02d3ba359a059ff" commented="no"><enum>(R)</enum><header>Midwest City, Oklahoma</header><text>Section 219(f)(231) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1266; 134 Stat. 2719) is amended by striking <quote>$5,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$10,000,000</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id83e6fbe2fce84bf39112aeeeb77c4040" commented="no"><enum>(S)</enum><header>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</header><text>Section 219(f)(243) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1266) is amended—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddff0d601d10947d1acfeb4daac0f0e80"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$1,600,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$3,000,000</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide249d0c5403b4e21a716011dc50adf98"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>water supply and</quote> before <quote>wastewater</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id529514aba2e14e6a9c4e0757abbb6b3e" commented="no"><enum>(T)</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; 136 Stat. 3818) is amended by striking <quote>$165,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$232,000,000</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id918c0b717c1947a5a7ec244945f44020" commented="no"><enum>(U)</enum><header>Milwaukee, Wisconsin</header><text>Section 219(f)(405) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 136 Stat. 3816) is amended by striking <quote>$4,500,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$10,500,000</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id82c8968f282f408991f1fa3571107a3e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Non-Federal share</header><text>Section 219 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida7656e8464834a8bb1b39cc37e54b3ac" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection id="idd854b0fcbcd44dcd98799b9a44cf8a76"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Non-Federal share</header><paragraph id="id5a6ec1f43d4849b8b80a779f3ed2b97e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the non-Federal share of the cost of a project for which assistance is provided under this section shall be not less than 25 percent. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="ideb1dd96c6aac478989acc673cb1f0606"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Economically disadvantaged communities</header><text>The non-Federal share of the cost of a project for which assistance is provided under this section 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></paragraph><paragraph id="id482656e99a0d4f9b940382b634e287c7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Ability to pay</header><subparagraph id="id2ee6cb76bd944ab2861d40121ea99ada"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The non-Federal share of the cost of a project for which assistance is provided under this section shall be subject to the ability of the non-Federal interest to pay.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id477486a059b242edb1a6fe1d93652656"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The ability of a non-Federal interest to pay shall be determined by the Secretary in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc2e2110a40d14accaf291b506b2e55c1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Water Resources Development Act of 2024</short-title>, the Secretary shall issue guidance on the procedures described in subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0924cb5917c94e43af264a81904afe99"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Congressional notification</header><subparagraph id="iddbd767fcf2534e9aac14efdbe5f29d8a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall 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 written notification of determinations made by the Secretary of the ability of non-Federal interests to pay under this section.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0951ad44a7c044f4b60d0aad03d177da"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>In preparing the written notification under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall include, for each determination made by the Secretary—</text><clause id="id1d4915be84b7468c80103669708bdd51"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the name of the non-Federal interest that submitted to the Secretary a request for a determination under paragraph (3)(B);</text></clause><clause id="id4657956168424ffc8b3b1ac80401431e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the name and location of the project; and</text></clause><clause id="id3f952f4c850c4e199743737dcae5bd96"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the determination made by the Secretary and the reasons for the determination, including the adjusted share of the costs of the project of the non-Federal interest, if applicable.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id7d7c716532994177858d872702cab2de"><enum>303.</enum><header>Pennsylvania environmental infrastructure</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 313 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4845; 109 Stat. 407; 110 Stat. 3723; 113 Stat. 310; 117 Stat. 142; 121 Stat. 1146; 134 Stat. 2719; 136 Stat. 3821) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id069188f34bd6461c838d26bb3b59ac46"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="section">south central</header-in-text></quote>; </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf1ef593b95dd4f88a3c04f26fb025cd5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>south central</quote> each place it appears;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbb4d615d1b6947a9a8efa67c00cc2716"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsections (c) and (h); </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide75be1b6f6524114a7d7d6d03828c26b"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) as subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id098278bd8f9f4ecb925ec933316b8a21"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A) of subsection (c) (as redesignated), by striking <quote>the SARCD Council and other</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idcb71e7f9068048a0a564828f5a3b672f"><enum>304.</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; 110 Stat. 3719; 136 Stat. 3782) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idab4cd7e6b5104f6fb38193f6582364ed"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idad171a5f23d94f3e82583634cb8f121d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>costs,</quote> and all that follows through <quote>except that</quote> and inserting <quote>costs, shall be as described in the second sentence of subsection (b) (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3691)), except that</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10267de224374270a1eacece633b4c90"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>measure benefitting</quote> and inserting <quote>measure (other than a reconnaissance study) benefitting</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31483fb5e52d4c64952acd4a0a92a5f8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by striking <quote>$80,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$100,000,000</quote>. </text></paragraph></section><section id="id834268587f654389a1753f4209846d21"><enum>305.</enum><header>Oregon environmental infrastructure</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5d5c087334ad402d922eb698679337ec"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8359 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3802) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd0e0e4adf0814d02bde6457df884df6e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="section">Southwestern</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4e5e992c54d148a58920658e933048b6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in each of subsections (a) and (b), by striking <quote>southwestern</quote> each place it appears; </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id043c70a1dd7e4bf5a7a5a060b5000f8a"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)(1), by striking <quote>$50,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$90,000,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9136e45a77884fd7bb30955d3d48be63"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking subsection (f). </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83de35f972fa4350a7437758a87b7819"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendments</header><paragraph id="id381ea374ef2b4deda1b3b90906f5970f"><enum>(1)</enum><header>NDAA</header><text>The table of contents in section 2(b) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (136 Stat. 2430) is amended by striking the item relating to section 8359 and inserting the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC8BBF47BBD6642908A95FE29F18E43F1" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><toc changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">Sec. 8359. Oregon.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5a13ad7fb51f484994de17ffcd9dd8e0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>WRDA</header><text>The table of contents in section 8001(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3694) is amended by striking the item relating to section 8359 and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1E244DB054FD448FA7A1BA31275B96FF" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><toc changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">Sec. 8359. Oregon.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id522f1e155b4c41b9a2da6e543bf53020"><enum>306.</enum><header>Kentucky and West Virginia environmental infrastructure</header><subsection id="id277190f8db22470d963060e6a3845d9f" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of program</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a program to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in Kentucky and West Virginia.</text></subsection><subsection id="id8975e58c37b4451cb861ff6a0f59d114" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Form of assistance</header><text>Assistance provided under this section may be in the form of design and construction assistance for water-related environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development projects in Kentucky and West Virginia, including projects for wastewater treatment and related facilities, water supply and related facilities, environmental restoration, and surface water resource protection and development.</text></subsection><subsection id="id8d0f9272947841f29e9c4bdcfc80c458" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>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="id260d58b166414f2b89f6b9e46028b2c4" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Local cooperation agreements</header><paragraph id="id0074d15e9ba343ab9f65140cb6e6189f" commented="no"><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 such assistance.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc9ffa03fface46b6a4c41be252a7e6c9" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Each local cooperation agreement entered into under this subsection shall provide for the following:</text><subparagraph id="id7f6c2a1d349f4e6cb3fd534189369f78" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Development by the Secretary, in consultation with appropriate Federal and State officials, of a facilities or resource protection and development plan, including appropriate engineering plans and specifications.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida5f84896772c40dd94adeadd75a5eaf2" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><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="id5f25ad1390be41ce863d7d2cc57c0d8f"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cost sharing</header><subparagraph id="id58801e79ae484bc493672d2adc35ba96"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of a project carried out under this section—</text><clause id="idd4e7d46a455e4adcbe676225bc705188"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall be 75 percent; and</text></clause><clause id="id0fbb507e652c4522a08b907d3a6a9f4d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may be provided in the form of grants or reimbursements of project costs.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idff26aa4745d84a8ba982c5aba7c93778"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Credit for interest</header><text>In case of a delay in the funding of the Federal share of a project that is the subject of a local cooperation agreement under this section, the non-Federal interest shall receive credit for reasonable interest incurred in providing the non-Federal share of the project cost.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8250b292afb34ec488c04471a8a1ad2d"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Land, easements, and rights-of-way credit</header><text>The non-Federal interest shall receive credit for land, easements, rights-of-way, and relocations 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 such credit may not exceed 25 percent of total project costs. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id97fe35495320481183f8df268a7d06cf"><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="id5afafc5dac7d499e928c3a4ee70d8438"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><paragraph id="id0d918bd4d3e2430eb2d08940b8b78d8e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated $75,000,000 to carry out this section, to be divided between the States described in subsection (a). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id253326bf44a8400ba064195c46803046" commented="no"><enum>(2)</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 to administer projects under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDcc1dd0d38d674fc7b3246875ad47f82a"><enum>307.</enum><header>Lake Champlain Watershed, Vermont and New York</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 542(e)(1)(A) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2672) is amended by inserting <quote>, or in the case of a critical restoration project benefitting an economically disadvantaged community (as defined pursuant to section 160 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (<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>)), 10 percent of the total costs of the project</quote> after <quote>project</quote>.</text></section><section id="idf94411d48f474e899b5a78ce3cbdee08"><enum>308.</enum><header>Ohio and North Dakota</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 594(d)(3)(A) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 382) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcfcc3207ea714a1fbbbc92550240d089"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>The Federal share may</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF4928AF669649F1ABBABD07C505013E" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0d3c349e9e9d40aebc719183aaf31dd7"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The Federal share may</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6b084f4fd25b43368e1e3799715ca76a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the subparagraph designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>The Federal share of</quote> in the first sentence and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDE1F8D6CD2FF441F89D03286180599E4" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><subparagraph id="idc3bdfa8dc823483faee17f552908fd87"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Project costs</header><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id778902bb6d6f47129e0e0394a1af2940"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), the Federal share of</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id152c3c9868284684a533424f7db70e34"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (i) (as so designated) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD6C3FB4E65E4F57928B50222DED44A1" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><clause id="id133ac251965345cc8a36a80e09b4c1b7"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The non-Federal share of the cost of a project under this section 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></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id7ca8227b3966465197ad0d78b8a31a81"><enum>309.</enum><header>Southern West Virginia</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 340 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4856; 136 Stat. 3807) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id3f868d880fe94f8c86e64ad5e4f312f7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(3)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida337415b8d1d43af9bfe7f6ba3198106"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by striking <quote>Total project costs</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE2DB4311DED7452E90C05A883E5C48E4" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida397c55c3f9e4d22ab01b9d44ce0ea1e"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraph (B), total project costs</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idec2f746fc859465c88044d2f60722f82"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6D7D181FE0C542C0B5070BEAA9F5A1E8" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><subparagraph id="ida68f09f3afa04ef1a4a1278014887d6c"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</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 total project costs under the applicable local cooperation agreement entered into under this subsection shall be 90 percent. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d57124f127d42a184a84c130fe0b680"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of the total project costs under this paragraph may be provided in the same form as described in section 571(e)(3)(A) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 371).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id22ad94780b0140a88c34be71b9cec689" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (e);</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddf565f86ef204df08dbc74d15db07972"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i) as subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2db0acb2a95e4c19b32c1e4a8b53dca5" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (f) (as so redesignated), in the first sentence, by striking <quote>$140,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$170,000,000</quote>. </text></paragraph></section><section id="ide3d80b9de902460f8964798d8f037c79"><enum>310.</enum><header>Northern West Virginia</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 571 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 371; 121 Stat. 1257; 136 Stat. 3807) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idf7a71316675e45c7b92f939804231f0b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(3)—</text><subparagraph id="iddb7f63f12f5d440a8b0d19dc68ba8272" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), in the first sentence, by striking <quote>The Federal share</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Federal share</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21f07a06bf1e4ca98d14b2f68383d954"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), and (E) as subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), and (F), respectively; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6eda61ecc62e496daf6f3bf6e7aefe27"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id204715d6ce214d318623b7bd21df1d4a" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><subparagraph id="id47ac025b88ef47989a3fc4f84e70d36e"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</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 project costs under the applicable local cooperation agreement entered into under this subsection shall be 90 percent.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb437fd41009b42f09cde73bc1662317c" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (g);</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8bd015f293b2453da6f0af7873582a59"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (h), (i), and (j) as sections (g), (h), and (i), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0dcabc1ad68d489e82e48cfa686616d5" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (g) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>$120,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$150,000,000</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id0211c75ecf624e788f407aeb3fe7be27"><enum>311.</enum><header>Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia</header><subsection id="id8d11ddd6dc194dbfa15b8d9ba84ac6bd"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc276c61b348e411ead138a91ffdcf35d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Impaired water</header><subparagraph id="id7006aee33c8142c9a8e592bc04ca4f29"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>impaired <added-phrase>water</added-phrase></term> means a stream of a watershed that is not, as of the date of an application under this section, achieving the designated use of the stream.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0f7b650e6cdc45688f3154ccfcff5e0e"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>The term <term>impaired <added-phrase>water</added-phrase></term> includes any stream identified by a State under section 303(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1313">33 U.S.C. 1313(d)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id15270aa35d4a44afa6e464288dc1932c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Restoration</header><subparagraph id="id759fcbb977444017827cc04f1c770e9b"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>restoration</term>, with respect to impaired water, means the restoration of the impaired water to such an extent that the stream could achieve its designated use over the greatest practical number of stream-miles, as determined using, if available, State-designated or Tribal-designated criteria.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id77f592cf80434fe69fda1b5b3fac8542"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>The term <term>restoration</term> includes the removal of covered pollutants.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5cd3ea49bb54466887fe2c05767be5df"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment of program</header><text>The Secretary may establish a pilot program to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal interests for the restoration of impaired water impacted by acid mine drainage in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.</text></subsection><subsection id="id5d88a910602c4d108487690b88c9ed2b"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Form of assistance</header><text>Assistance under this section may be in the form of technical assistance and design and construction assistance for water-related environmental infrastructure to address acid mine drainage, including projects for centralized water treatment and related facilities.</text></subsection><subsection id="id7d885db3b9a74912b59aadf9a07e7b1c"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prioritization</header><text>The Secretary shall prioritize assistance under this section to a project that—</text><paragraph id="id7e2580702a3349d7a7d031306a1b15a8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>addresses acid mine drainage from multiple sources impacting impaired waters; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf135fb4cf42a4d4c86079d2553674ee2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>includes a centralized water treatment system to reduce the acid mine drainage load in impaired waters.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd61ea60396834a3d82b5591572f56340"><enum>(e)</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="idd3a5c77b870147efae9d933d55ed0817"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, work with States, units of local government, and other relevant Federal agencies to secure any permits, variances, or approvals necessary to facilitate the completion of projects receiving assistance under this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="id43e1bf3f42a94a4692f5433d948a236f"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Cost-share</header><text>The non-Federal share of the cost of a project carried out under this section shall be 25 percent, including provision of all land, easements, rights-of-way, and necessary relocations.</text></subsection><subsection id="ida794e19da1b640ffbbed20ae44844620"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Agreements</header><text>Construction of a project under this section shall be initiated only after the non-Federal interest has entered into a binding agreement with the Secretary to pay—</text><paragraph id="id89f03485c84f4ff1919b13df2c10b877"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the non-Federal share of the costs of construction of a project carried out under this section; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida97e279ee90246daa4e00cccb94dbea1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>100 percent of any operation, maintenance, and replacement and rehabilitation costs of a project carried out under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf84a611b257f477fb32fedf2366bcfde"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Contributed funds</header><text>The Secretary, with the consent of the non-Federal interest for a project carried out under this section, may receive or expend funds contributed by a nonprofit entity for the project.</text></subsection><subsection id="id5BA059599D1D413C990FA9EA3DECC8BC"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000, to remain available until expended. </text></subsection></section><section id="id2fbe8ce920074393b272b071b35570ea"><enum>312.</enum><header>Western rural water</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 595(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 383; 117 Stat. 1836) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb3f2f5aa84e245f6986d979a4ea97a7b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id585c27ce814b46bb8bbbe705c06a1331"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id674D24BBBA5F4278BBADB5BB3A5EF30D" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2833d4093681400582fc830418a6e437"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Non-Federal interest</header><text>The term <term>non-Federal interest</term> includes an entity declared to be a political subdivision of the State of New Mexico.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id1935445ed30e455ab28d29c75ca5fffc"><enum>313.</enum><header>Continuing authorities programs</header><subsection id="idd51734cce4ea408490e76393e055f7f3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Removal of obstructions; clearing channels</header><text>Section 2 of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 877, chapter 877; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701g">33 U.S.C. 701g</external-xref>), is amended—</text><paragraph id="id807a39c5d7984d7abb6b0f6e3bc7edc1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$7,500,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$15,000,000</quote>; </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef167427ae8c47ce83dbe2e139277ba2"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>for preventing and mitigating flood damages associated with ice jams,</quote> after <quote>other debris,</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id66e7fb865ad0405c80cf3fa2edcf3341"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$500,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,000,000</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd9818b753c58430e93f6c14dcc5f4e20"><enum>(b)</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—</text><paragraph id="idf6a7b8639c1a4b97bcfb68b434b310fd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$25,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$40,000,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbe21bcf85c734afa90e782452ee80f58" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$10,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$15,000,000</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id34d9be42cefe4f59a18c046c1b1629dc"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Storm and hurricane restoration and impact minimization program</header><text>Section 3(c) of the Act of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1056, chapter 960; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/426g">33 U.S.C. 426g(c)</external-xref>), is amended—</text><paragraph id="idd2f3511ab81e46c2bb574804a9b4ba5c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>$37,500,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$45,000,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf4cfa80e137741329f4a45f110d16ab4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B), by striking <quote>$10,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$15,000,000</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id591718e815894549b4d03236a4023de6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Small flood control projects</header><text>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 amended—</text><paragraph id="id07f29f2592ff41d98e867b6cb9269816"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by striking <quote>$68,750,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$85,000,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id36068543f4ed418f938d4b1398f542e0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the third sentence, by striking <quote>$10,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$15,000,000</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id0574865d468c4e969f7b49394ee91b05"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Aquatic ecosystem restoration</header><text>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>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id782f1684511b47fe81ae5decc82c6cda"><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="id561FB772DC304B48921C6AB906906478" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddbdb1cdb428d44cfae8a23aeeb4591a9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Drought resilience</header><text>A project under this section may include measures that enhance drought resilience through the restoration of wetlands or the removal of invasive species.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id730fd60f7eb34a90939bf5a9f3e8a6fa"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d), by striking <quote>$10,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$15,000,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id11600f12bc604a2c8a0e518a38b0a239"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (f), by striking <quote>$62,500,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$75,000,000</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc144c1ac76c9457c8688e051bbca2aae"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Project modifications for improvement of environment</header><text>Section 1135 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2309a">33 U.S.C. 2309a</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id33065a49cd4f4b3f9c33eabe8b621609"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (d), in the third sentence, by striking <quote>$10,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$15,000,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9ffbe1c975f54895b169a149076ed70a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (h), by striking <quote>$50,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$60,000,000</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8baac4e75e3a42aa9077da31d36cad07"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Shore damage prevention or mitigation</header><text>Section 111(c) of the River and Harbor Act of 1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/426i">33 U.S.C. 426i(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$12,500,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$15,000,000</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6fea824b335844958402ede049c0c9c9"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Small river and harbor improvement projects</header><text>Section 107(b) of the River and Harbor Act of 1960 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/577">33 U.S.C. 577(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$10,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$15,000,000</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1c0cc46a051944c9ae6578635d935d2f"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Regional sediment management</header><text>Section 204(c)(1)(C) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2326">33 U.S.C. 2326(c)(1)(C)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$10,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$15,000,000</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="id8d12465ed4e44cc7b9eafd802b3df75b"><enum>314.</enum><header>Small project assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 165(b) 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 by striking <quote>2024</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2029</quote>.</text></section><section id="id8bbf749c47ef4b1ea90f9262ce1edb53"><enum>315.</enum><header>Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin project, Brandon Road, Will County, Illinois</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">After completion of construction of the project for ecosystem restoration, Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin project, Brandon Road, Will County, Illinois, authorized by section 401(5) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2740) and modified by section 402(a) of that Act (134 Stat. 2742) and section 8337 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3793), the Federal share of operation and maintenance costs of the project shall be 90 percent.</text></section><section id="ida578232db75d45d5972185faa154b144"><enum>316.</enum><header>Mamaroneck-Sheldrake Rivers, New York</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The non-Federal share of the cost of features of the project for flood risk management, Mamaroneck-Sheldrake Rivers, New York, authorized by section 1401(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2018 (132 Stat. 3837), 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></section><section id="ID355d7b7f1cb54eca8a5dfe0dde4e4e13"><enum>317.</enum><header>Lowell Creek Tunnel, Alaska</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5032(a)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1205; 134 Stat. 2719) is amended by striking <quote>20</quote> and inserting <quote>25</quote>.</text></section><section id="idf6ea22ffc7bb41e6baa867b317b5a287"><enum>318.</enum><header>Selma flood risk management and bank stabilization</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9f716644d245491486a119b2380b5a15"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expedited review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall expedite the review of, and give due consideration to, the request from the City of Selma, Alabama, that the Secretary apply section 103(k) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2213">33 U.S.C. 2213(k)</external-xref>) to the project for flood risk management, Selma Flood Risk Management and Bank Stabilization, Alabama, authorized by section 8401(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3839). </text></subsection><subsection id="idcdebe2fd2092498c9766d9301db6aa0b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cost-share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The non-Federal share of the cost of the project for flood risk management, Selma Flood Risk Management and Bank Stabilization, Alabama, authorized by section 8401(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3839), shall be 10 percent. </text></subsection></section><section id="id47f32f039c6340f8972a6c2e02326f21"><enum>319.</enum><header>Illinois River basin restoration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 519(c)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2654; 121 Stat. 1221) is amended by striking <quote>2010</quote> and inserting <quote>2029</quote>.</text></section><section id="id62d2cad8af814d19987329c0ee795174"><enum>320.</enum><header>Hawaii environmental restoration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 444 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3747; 113 Stat. 286) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16795fbc78944c228f02b0c59e185445"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and environmental restoration</quote> and inserting <quote>environmental restoration, and coastal storm risk management</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15943a0938b142b6949e1bb4ab53ba67"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>Hawaii,</quote> after <quote>Guam,</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id5742bec3033a454783e2aeebe71d7c7e"><enum>321.</enum><header>Connecticut River Basin invasive species partnerships</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 104(g)(2)(A) of the River and Harbor Act of 1958 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/610">33 U.S.C. 610(g)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>the Connecticut River Basin,</quote> after <quote>the Ohio River Basin,</quote>.</text></section><section id="idef197551da664117881acc08a5f5d16a"><enum>322.</enum><header>Expenses for control of aquatic plant growths and invasive species</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 104(d)(2)(A) of the River and Harbor Act of 1958 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/610">33 U.S.C. 610(d)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>50 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>35 percent</quote>.</text></section><section id="id0a84f9a95e3043818b57c7f05c7fa8ea"><enum>323.</enum><header>Corps of Engineers Asian carp prevention pilot program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 509(a)(2)(C)(ii) 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 striking <quote>2024</quote> and inserting <quote>2029</quote>.</text></section><section id="ida65de0c1ef8d46e1ac4cc5c36d699cdc"><enum>324.</enum><header>Extension for certain invasive species programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 104(b)(2)(A) of the River and Harbor Act of 1958 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/610">33 U.S.C. 610(b)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id398baf1e956f45489bdff69dc907a45c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>each of fiscal years 2021 through 2024</quote> and inserting <quote>each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida645aea512c94061970b822af525d8f1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>2028</quote> and inserting <quote>2029</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="ID440d8fd7f9774752b91cba853c1325c0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>325.</enum><header>Storm damage prevention and reduction, coastal erosion, riverine erosion, and ice and glacial damage, Alaska</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id578c7e44adbf41ecab367a6d73e5fe7c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8315 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3783) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07c209865b264a8f8929f87f0364e302"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="section">riverine erosion,</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="section">coastal erosion,</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idda4d67d699b74496abc10291f4f7bf00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>riverine erosion,</quote> after <quote>coastal erosion,</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9a8e62ad69684d8280008dc4f6d86708"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendments</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcec2372ce96f4c57a329e240f3820d5a"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The table of contents in section 2(b) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (136 Stat. 2429) is amended by striking the item relating to section 8315 and inserting the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEB5287C01CFD459C9A1E67CC56051789" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><toc changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">Sec. 8315. Storm damage prevention and reduction, coastal erosion, riverine erosion, and ice and glacial damage, Alaska.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idea1e7219848c48a8bdb282a3538f52f8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents in section 8001(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3693) is amended by striking the item relating to section 8315 and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA4A79D228AFE4DD7B8D2513786441DF9" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><toc changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">Sec. 8315. Storm damage prevention and reduction, coastal erosion, riverine erosion, and ice and glacial damage, Alaska.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" id="iddbc77a333a6649b0918cd40ca24d3f44"><enum>326.</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—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id222258a1bcc147d6a1a69968db2a3979"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block id="idBF3014C419B4499E913B4993CA6798EB" style="OLC" act-name="" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection id="id93BEFA13EB294EEEACCEE50B6CDF2ACC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cost sharing</header><text>The non-Federal share of the cost of a project for rehabilitation of a dam 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 that dam, including provision of all land, easements, rights-of-way, and necessary relocations.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1fc89c11212c45d9ab239cc1b75f3313"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id435fd1c899494d4a85b8683d89eb74fb"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39865F9F5DB74049A3A39273B41FE72A" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection id="id8d1fd213871541a085f2dc498645647c"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Cost limitation</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4faacda495e14cf796df4cb8550fd874"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id956f330a380f412c85d4cff897670695"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC803A8F788254AB29B433DA308EADCB0" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id203786b06b8a4b65889ad4f58f435724"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certain dams</header><text>The Secretary shall not expend more than $100,000,000 under this section for the Waterbury Dam Spillway Project, Vermont.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id922f982a84c147fe99303346246c04f8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f), by striking <quote>fiscal years 2017 through 2026</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2025 through 2029</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id110090e1e0c94e77a3b55d79d56daddf"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking subsection (g).</text></paragraph></section><section id="id5c391b6ae36e4f6cbe6a4217f166882a"><enum>327.</enum><header>Ediz Hook Beach Erosion Control Project, Port Angeles, Washington</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The cost-share for operation and maintenance costs for the project for beach erosion control, Ediz Hook, Port Angeles, Washington, authorized by section 4 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 15), shall be in accordance with the cost-share described in 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>). </text></section><section id="idd7d809f4f63a44feb8fefa8830b678b8"><enum>328.</enum><header>Sense of Congress relating to certain Louisiana hurricane and coastal storm damage risk reduction projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that all efforts should be made to extend the scope of the project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, Morganza to the Gulf, Louisiana, authorized by section 7002(3) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 1368), and the project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, Upper Barataria Basin, Louisiana, authorized by section 8401(3) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3841), in order to connect the two projects and realize the benefits of continuous hurricane and coastal storm damage risk reduction from west of Houma in Gibson, Louisiana, to the connection with the Hurricane Storm Damage Risk Reduction System around New Orleans, Louisiana. </text></section><section id="id96bc7ad7f3d0449fb3a3bf2e298a2096"><enum>329.</enum><header>Chesapeake Bay Oyster Recovery Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 704(b)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2263">33 U.S.C. 2263</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/99/662">Public Law 99–662</external-xref>) is amended, in the second sentence, by striking <quote>$100,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$120,000,000</quote>. </text></section><section id="id54d0e2eb2e43406e97a9f9b289e17fdc"><enum>330.</enum><header>Bosque wildlife restoration project</header><subsection id="idb62822bd227f472aa825a2b815e0456c"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a program to carry out appropriate planning, design, and construction measures for wildfire prevention and restoration in the Middle Rio Grande Bosque, including the removal of jetty jacks.</text></subsection><subsection id="idebdc0149dffd47358dd77e012bea6d9d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cost share</header><paragraph id="idd2a89e5ad10b4aa7872c1d67046affb0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the non-Federal share of the cost of a project carried out under this section shall be 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).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idaa2fa25a4a0846a593f3a18e58ce38fb"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The non-Federal share of the cost of a project carried out under this section 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></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf7f6eb0651884b3a99c09d23f70b84e0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Section 116 of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2004 (117 Stat. 1836), is repealed.</text></subsection><subsection id="id0aa4129b71794b8681d8d716f5dfd0cb"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>The program authorized under subsection (a) shall be considered a continuation of the program authorized by section 116 of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2004 (117 Stat. 1836) (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act).</text></subsection></section><section id="id27b4147e913043fe815d218a2b3abd73"><enum>331.</enum><header>Expansion of temporary relocation assistance pilot program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8154(g)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3735) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="id37D9C4C9EAE54FAF80A44AC124D754FA" style="OLC" act-name="" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><subparagraph id="id836F97F85C3A445CAE6DDDE79DDA3902"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, Norfolk, Virginia, authorized by section 401(3) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2738).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="ID81fbb7db6fe246f5beba72d5acb70dea"><enum>332.</enum><header>Wilson Lock floating guide wall</header><subsection id="idcbf01cc10100416dab61603f4f827100"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On the request of the relevant Federal entity, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, use all relevant authorities to expeditiously provide technical assistance, including engineering and design assistance, and cost estimation assistance to the relevant Federal entity in order to address the impacts to navigation along the Tennessee River at the Wilson Lock and Dam, Alabama.</text></subsection><subsection id="id627fe0467d0147f7bb591097060966f1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Savings clause</header><text>Nothing in this section authorizes the Secretary to expend funding on the repair, replacement, or removal of a capital asset owned by the relevant Federal entity, including the Wilson Lock and Dam. </text></subsection></section><section id="id08ebb2d27e8a45568b535f2bc68eb081"><enum>333.</enum><header>Delaware Inland Bays and Delaware Bay Coast Coastal Storm Risk Management Study</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4e29371883b54f6fa1247b1dd8fd4dcf"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id621a993eaa4f4c8b86a39d2e6017b4cf"><enum>(1)</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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc3b87198f87c4dce80669cc239fd02e8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The term <term>study</term> means the Delaware Inland Bays and Delaware Bay Coast Coastal Storm Risk Management Study, authorized by the resolution of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives dated October 1, 1986, and the resolution of the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate dated June 23, 1988. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id174aa500ee17411db6568b55f404d615"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study, projects, and separable elements</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the Secretary determines that the study will benefit 1 or more economically disadvantaged communities, the non-Federal share of the costs of carrying out the study, or project construction or a separable element of a project authorized based on the study, shall be 10 percent.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idae4e6cecc2dc45c99f2f3f3d2a9511ef"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cost sharing agreement</header><text>The Secretary shall seek to expedite any amendments to any existing cost-share agreement for the study in accordance with this section.</text></subsection></section><section id="id93c9b76cc488470b9303c9baefdee4ea"><enum>334.</enum><header>Upper Mississippi River Plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1103(e)(4) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/652">33 U.S.C. 652(e)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$15,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$25,000,000</quote>. </text></section><section id="idc9bb173c824f410391873ba81d54d958"><enum>335.</enum><header>Rehabilitation of pump stations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding the requirements of 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>), for purposes of that section, each of the following shall be considered to be an eligible pump station (as defined in subsection (a) of that section) that meets the requirements described in subsection (b) of that section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideed626fcf0fb48978d8aac2a8221e6fd"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The flood control pump station, Hockanum Road, Northampton, Massachusetts.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idad6706ca167746c89a5043e2900e7ed7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pointe Celeste Pump Station, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idc42eef2480a449cbbc6dbd726500ba20"><enum>336.</enum><header>Navigation along the Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall, consistent with applicable statutory authorities—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd4c21026ae4946fc93e4061f508f491e"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate with the relevant stakeholders and communities in the State of Alabama and the State of Mississippi to address the dredging needs of the Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway in those States; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8df776b6f7f94d3a9f3660c8560be468"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure continued navigation at the locks and dams owned and operated by the Corps of Engineers located along the Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway.</text></paragraph></section><section id="IDe01e6e7b92aa4a0db8b0d20daab0972d"><enum>337.</enum><header>Garrison Dam, North Dakota</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall expedite the review of, and give due consideration to, the request from the relevant Federal power marketing administration that the Secretary apply section 1203 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/467n">33 U.S.C. 467n</external-xref>) to the project for dam safety at Garrison Dam, North Dakota.</text></section><section id="ide7ae9933cf564771a77fee9edc7d8fde"><enum>338.</enum><header>Sense of Congress relating to Missouri River priorities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary should make publicly available, where appropriate, any data used and any decisions made by the Corps of Engineers relating to the operations of civil works projects within the Missouri River Basin in order to ensure transparency for the communities in that Basin.</text></section><section id="id71425cc8f3224fb9bb964347d6a34216"><enum>339.</enum><header>Soil moisture and snowpack monitoring</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 511(a)(3) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2753) is amended by striking <quote>2025</quote> and inserting <quote>2029</quote>. </text></section><section id="id480b64a3b99b4466b44eeb935ae9df31"><enum>340.</enum><header>Contracts for water supply</header><subsection id="idc548f17d907d420f809ca7a44ab17b7b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Copan Lake, Oklahoma</header><text>Section 8358(b)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3802) is amended by striking <quote>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)</quote> and inserting <quote>, for the acre-feet of storage space being sought under an agreement under paragraph (1), more than 110 percent of the contractual rate per acre-foot of storage in the most recent agreement of the City for water supply storage space at the project</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id3f592e31b76e4b978d664e072fddb829"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State of Kansas</header><paragraph id="id1eb554257df1487e95aa51ee72436651"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall amend the contracts described in paragraph (2) between the United States and the State of Kansas, relating to storage space for water supply, to change the method of calculation of the interest charges that began accruing on February 1, 1977, on the investment costs for the 198,350 acre-feet of future use storage space and on April 1, 1979, on 125,000 acre-feet of future use storage from compounding interest annually to charging simple interest annually on the principal amount, until—</text><subparagraph id="idbb385f2d63df46c7a2bbf7c8afe782f4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the State of Kansas informs the Secretary of the desire to convert the future use storage space to present use; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id48fb86b159e242ba8698b0932b4d024f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the principal amount plus the accumulated interest becomes payable pursuant to the terms of the contracts.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id109c8944b26b46ff82b9177980287025"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contracts described</header><text>The contracts referred to in paragraph (1) are the following contracts between the United States and the State of Kansas:</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2e395727656144e1b57fbcfbd68c0099"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contract DACW41–74–C–0081, entered into on March 8, 1974, for the use by the State of Kansas of storage space for water supply in Milford Lake, Kansas.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33498708216c472b92e1c4c86d6f4c8b"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contract DACW41–77–C–0003, entered into on December 10, 1976, for the use by the State of Kansas for water supply in Perry Lake, Kansas.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id0EEE4085C4E74172BBE4544F895BC41F"><enum>341.</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="id8b182475438b4fe6b3d3f1cf8c1833ac"><enum>342.</enum><header>Delaware Coastal System Program</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8b0c914ccc4c4550ad489879dbdc1412"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section is to provide for the collective planning and implementation of coastal storm risk management and hurricane and storm risk reduction projects in Delaware to provide greater efficiency and a more comprehensive approach to life safety and economic growth. </text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc027e6890617442da9ce9003ab5d6374"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designation</header><text>The following projects for coastal storm risk management and hurricane and storm risk reduction shall be known and designated as the <quote>Delaware Coastal System Program</quote> (referred to in this section as the <quote>Program</quote>):</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id566fd6527d1a414a82aaa8b0346d0089"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Delaware Bay Coastline, Roosevelt Inlet and Lewes Beach, Delaware, authorized by section 101(a)(13) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 276).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd5d1e95f4b414be59a0262e607dce06a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Delaware Coast, Bethany Beach and South Bethany, Delaware, authorized by section 101(a)(15) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 276).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idad08859200c246ad8294f90ab287eb91"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Delaware Coast from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island, Delaware, authorized by section 101(b)(11) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2577).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98b152024e684cb28bcd8a444c65240e"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach, Delaware, authorized by section 101(b)(6) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3667).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id069be88b8769428da87942261462b8e0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Indian River Inlet, Delaware. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id247beafa25f54b81b5b0bf32a2acc7de"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, 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) and modified by section 8327(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3788) and subsection (e).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcd29839c33a840cf800d7d7803eefb05"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Management</header><text>The Secretary shall manage the projects described in subsection (b) as components of a single, comprehensive system, recognizing the interdependence of the projects.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9a51bdeded784f1cbc36c9668a3f8ea6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Cost-share</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Federal share of the cost of each of the projects described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (b) shall be 80 percent. </text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd62fe59a08c44f0bb320ab77a3584c4a"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Broadkill Beach, Delaware</header><text>The project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, 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) and modified by section 8327(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3788), is modified to include the project for hurricane and storm damage reduction, Delaware Bay coastline, Delaware and New Jersey–Broadkill Beach, Delaware, authorized by section 101(a)(11) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 275). </text></subsection></section><section id="id8b549186e0a94e9dac9551e56cbfc255"><enum>343.</enum><header>Maintenance of pile dike system</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall continue to maintain the pile dike system constructed by the Corps of Engineers for the purpose of navigation along the Lower Columbia River and Willamette River, Washington, at Federal expense.</text></section><section id="id5e965ee8e1bb475a8385d6e242c4bb47"><enum>344.</enum><header>Conveyances</header><subsection id="idb4ff6478e2d84921a99ee9f79b3f495d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Generally applicable provisions</header><paragraph id="idbf447dc17fbf42d8946a1f6e59f953e1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Survey to obtain legal description</header><text>The exact acreage and the legal description of any real property to be conveyed under this section shall be determined by a survey that is satisfactory to the Secretary.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idde1c2ef6dae24c1092c84344f858a78f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicability of property screening provisions</header><text>Section 2696 of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply to any conveyance under this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida432147d547b4b0781189f47d3f7e867"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Costs of conveyance</header><text>An entity to which a conveyance is made under this section shall be responsible for all reasonable and necessary costs, including real estate transaction and environmental documentation costs, associated with the conveyance.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6b42b1fea9fe43cc82c8175ee72d6809"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Liability</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcef55850b4524068a3a906ebcd9e2ecf"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Hold harmless</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An entity to which a conveyance is made under this section shall hold the United States harmless from any liability with respect to activities carried out, on or after the date of the conveyance, on the real property conveyed. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id312b789baea54fab94216495b0e7f248"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Federal responsibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States shall remain responsible for any liability with respect to activities carried out before the date of conveyance on the real property conveyed.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6f54a223323a408aacc2fde883dce011"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Additional terms and conditions</header><text>The Secretary may require that any 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></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id569a0291e5a14244915833748ccf8ec5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Dillard Road, Indiana</header><paragraph id="id1ce0c02a170b40bb95827693597028e1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Conveyance authorized</header><text>The Secretary shall convey to the State of Indiana all right, title, and interest of the United States, together with any improvements on the land, in and to the property described in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id92cf1f53906b4b939338d76e522c18b1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Property</header><text>The property to be conveyed under this subsection is the approximately 11.85 acres of land and road easements associated with Dillard Road, including improvements on that land, located in Patoka Township, Crawford County, Indiana. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida1af9896de4c42588df1834fec61633e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deed</header><text>The Secretary shall convey the property under this subsection by quitclaim deed under such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc9a2c4926b2a47f7b882d4b95f89a8b7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reversion</header><text>If the Secretary determines that the property conveyed under this subsection is not used for a public purpose, all right, title, and interest in and to the property shall revert, at the discretion of the Secretary, to the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7dfb75b1da9349a9a2d39cab999f55fb"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Port of Skamania, Washington</header><paragraph id="idbb1e3985e8984529b9b63da033d78038"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Conveyance authorized</header><text>The Secretary shall convey to the Port of Skamania, Washington, all right, title, and interest of the United States, together with any improvements on the land, in and to the property described in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcc0b26937cfe4cb6bb0f045b0d682b87"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Property</header><text>The property to be conveyed under this subsection is the approximately 1.6 acres of land designated as <quote>Lot I-2</quote>, including any improvements on the land, located in North Bonneville, Washington, T. 2 N., R. 7 E., sec. 19, Willamette Meridian. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id04b79bec30204fbea722e0c70bbd56da"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text>The Port of Skamania, Washington, shall pay to the Secretary an amount that is not less than the fair market value of the property conveyed under this subsection, as determined by the Secretary. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id450d4768df5140e59161314ec06e5ac4"><enum>345.</enum><header>Emergency drought operations pilot program</header><subsection id="idcfc15131b8e94f728ab4d51b9125f954"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of covered project</header><text>In this section, the term <term>covered project</term> means a project—</text><paragraph id="id8a830586b0274fe9a7a63848133c85f0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>that is located in the State of California or the State of Arizona; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd70dce1e747348dabecaa1da3fa35aaf"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id084bfcdc42dd4979b92e5ec6f5bb45a6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>of the Corps of Engineers for which water supply is an authorized purpose; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7f49e74b547e4eba9111c5561e2d7751" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for which the Secretary develops a water control manual 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>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3ed0323b363c4fbda939c849904e6c9e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Emergency operation during drought</header><text>Consistent with other authorized project purposes and in coordination with the non-Federal interest, in operating a covered project during a drought emergency in the project area, the Secretary may carry out a pilot program to operate the covered project with water supply as the primary project purpose.</text></subsection><subsection id="id32c402007f3e4632a9d52566e5d5f3a3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Secretary may update the water control manual for a covered project to include drought operations and contingency plans.</text></subsection><subsection id="idc334a50ca0b2450ca2552b7add69aba9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In carrying out subsection (b), the Secretary shall ensure that—</text><paragraph id="id356ab3ecf6ea4d62aa1db0d67244e87d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>operations described in that subsection—</text><subparagraph id="id1d5db4f92b1241ec8996347e52596cd1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are consistent with water management deviations and drought contingency plans in the water control manual for the covered project;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb4d8d022bd7146c6a4fba4520844f7f1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>impact only the flood pool managed by the Secretary; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2d8ad4892aea46fea1a2c8e7e3767e7e"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall not be carried out in the event of a forecast or anticipated flood or weather event that would require flood risk management to take precedence;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id278ab8e7be414c73bc1df22b6e5835c7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary uses forecast-informed reservoir operations; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id44bb21704ea0418b9a6fa65634dbeea6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the covered project returns to the operations that were in place prior to the use of the authority provided under that subsection at a time determined by the Secretary, in coordination with the non-Federal interest.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id373566ecc81849d7bf58ecb75e56c2b0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Contributed funds</header><text>The Secretary may receive and expend funds contributed by a non-Federal interest to carry out activities under this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="idc6a53a4e25dc482e91ef85e6866eacce"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report</header><paragraph id="id447c092b32514a51a722c71012444dfb"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 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 on the pilot program carried out under this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1b76345151494877811d8674e393d92b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The Secretary shall include in the report under paragraph (1) a description of the activities of the Secretary that were carried out for each covered project and any lessons learned from carrying out those activities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id509777648a8a4bdfbe263041da5fffcb"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>Nothing in this section—</text><paragraph id="ida97e0b7d48664d439d8e592b6e357a29"><enum>(1)</enum><text>affects, modifies, or changes the authorized purposes of a covered project;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7f9b7908dff343bf87abfdb75e1b3a94"><enum>(2)</enum><text>affects existing Corps of Engineers authorities, including authorities with respect to navigation, flood damage reduction, and environmental protection and restoration;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id61e58a935ae44b41b596db45dbdd7f5e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>affects the ability of the Corps of Engineers to provide for temporary deviations;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id783782d5e05c4643a9dc530ed967b800"><enum>(4)</enum><text>affects the application of a cost-share requirement under section 101, 102, or 103 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2211">33 U.S.C. 2211</external-xref>, 2212, 2213);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide93f1538c8434b98bf1aee5640399a1b"><enum>(5)</enum><text>supersedes or modifies any written agreement between the Federal Government and a non-Federal interest that is in effect on the date of enactment of this Act;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id314a8059a2b94ade9886d5210ba22ecc"><enum>(6)</enum><text>supersedes or modifies any amendment to an existing multistate water control plan for the Colorado River Basin, if applicable;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4a55c574e7f34c5286c560f6fab3ad06"><enum>(7)</enum><text>affects any water right in existence on the date of enactment of this Act; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id52b0d4d248db4e589479a93d950945ca"><enum>(8)</enum><text>preempts or affects any State water law or interstate compact governing water; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfc695836d8b94193bce8bcf0403ca9f6"><enum>(9)</enum><text>affects existing water supply agreements between the Secretary and the non-Federal interest; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9af8778d6c094868bc8ccf228a2a91da"><enum>(10)</enum><text>affects any obligation to comply with the provisions of any Federal or State environmental law, including—</text><subparagraph id="ida72c9691737c4f159ca80a044694632b"><enum>(A)</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></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id299da06dad9d4d67aacff2ca839c131a"><enum>(B)</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></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id73ca35e4f92c4dfa8b1deb8e8308b45c"><enum>(C)</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></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="IDe51b8b1892cd43f7859f8175a940ddbf"><enum>346.</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 by striking <quote>2028</quote> and inserting <quote>2029</quote>.</text></section><section id="id41651789e7f945c1ba9399c01bf43662"><enum>347.</enum><header>Non-Federal implementation pilot program</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29acc322f8fe4340bd18030ef7281ac0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-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="id150e675ceea34425b4e86bc5381ffff0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(A)(i)—</text><subparagraph id="id24e4fde482594a0bb88a6bd53866abe2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking <quote>20</quote> and inserting <quote>30</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id651d09fb73e6426da3e8434f446b5227"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subclause (III), by striking <quote>5</quote> and inserting <quote>15</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id251b62ff73e14bf68996626082600f55"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), by striking <quote>each of fiscal years 2019 through 2026</quote> and inserting <quote>each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id869cd8d66e0a45498cd0284a596241fb"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Louisiana coastal area restoration projects</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ea1f58c853d44e6b576967ff59b98ef"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>In carrying out the pilot program under 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>), the Secretary may include in the pilot program a project authorized to be implemented under, or in accordance with, title VII of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1270). </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbe966f3da90946d6a2dfbdc5a5f4af98"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>In the case of a project described in paragraph (1) for which the non-Federal interest has initiated construction in accordance with authorities governing the provision of in-kind contributions for the project, the Secretary shall take into account the value of any in-kind contributions provided by the non-Federal interest for the project prior to the date of execution of the project partnership agreement under 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>) for purposes of determining the non-Federal share of the costs to complete construction of the project.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id9bd43f776bec481c9f615e4bcb3c4622"><enum>348.</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—</text><paragraph id="id17efd49815c8426c9092a9e67741d21f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (13), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id728b81b54cf246cfac5215aa06bfe9aa"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (14), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id36d6cb5ead3b4c12b90083e1d2bd8278"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE2991684DF94465CBFC57043C9935AC2" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc8534234b29c4aeca2fdf88f1f6da6ce"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Lake Elsinore, California; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd43d98781b9c466696f50e99fe392dae"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Willamette River, Oregon.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="ide842be3a13734c20b51660d8c7179058"><enum>349.</enum><header>Sense of Congress relating to Mobile Harbor, Alabama</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is sense of Congress that the Secretary should, consistent with applicable statutory authorities, coordinate with relevant stakeholders in the State of Alabama to address the dredging and dredging material placement needs associated with the project for navigation, Mobile Harbor, Alabama, authorized by section 201 of the Flood Control Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1962d-5">42 U.S.C. 1962d–5</external-xref>) and modified by section 309 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2704).</text></section><section id="ID888d439b5fd24788a3e4a2f5d6f4819c" commented="no"><enum>350.</enum><header>Sense of Congress relating to Port of Portland, Oregon</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is sense of Congress that—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3eca773f986d461ab40977a1bed47d75"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Port of Portland, Oregon, is the sole dredging operator of the federally authorized navigation channel in the Columbia River, which was authorized by section 101 of the River and Harbors Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 1177);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5928f3e926d04ab49eb6c574229561cb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Corps of Engineers should continue to provide operation and maintenance support for the Port of Portland, Oregon, including for dredging equipment; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida2ad17d3155d420f9f1e6ff23a4ee43c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the pipeline dredge of the Port of Portland, known as the <quote>Dredge Oregon</quote>, was built in 1965, 58 years ago, while the average age of a dredging vessel in the United States is 25 years; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaf319d6713b74a75bfacb7daadf05c9b"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Congress commits to ensuring continued dredging for the Port of Portland.</text></paragraph></section><section id="iddb0406afff554e81bb021d3adf0d60d7"><enum>351.</enum><header>Chattahoochee River Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8144 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3724) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0a2cd5c24db04591bf9a57014968dc49"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), by striking <quote>2 years</quote> and inserting <quote>4 years</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5074ffa265724be18bde38014cbea0a6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (j), by striking <quote>3 years</quote> and inserting <quote>5 years</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idc73b7823ea644e1da2fa158a1b88d7c8"><enum>352.</enum><header>Additional projects for underserved community harbors</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8132 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2238e">33 U.S.C. 2238e</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3699bc95f5844a2caae8d654150b8873"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>and for purposes of contributing to ecosystem restoration</quote> before the period at the end; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3311b386a33b44c5abbe2ee163664fc1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (h)(1), by striking <quote>2026</quote> and inserting <quote>2029</quote>.</text><pagebreak></pagebreak></paragraph></section><section id="id38e0a18fc0384e908d181449b6cfc302"><enum>353.</enum><header>Winooski River tributary watershed</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 212(e)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2332">33 U.S.C. 2332(e)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE7E8233A895D43CFA209EED515753E4E" changed="deleted" reported-display-style="strikethrough" committee-id="SSEV00"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2f543f7c3c4342719556ea300bd73c88"><enum>(L)</enum><text>Winooski River tributary watershed, Vermont.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id62ab6239c1e948fda71a0109475d1343"><enum>354.</enum><header>Waco Lake, Texas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, expedite the review of, and give due consideration to, the request from the City of Waco, Texas, that the Secretary apply section 147 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701q-1">33 U.S.C. 701q–1</external-xref>) to the embankment adjacent to Waco Lake in Waco, Texas. </text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" id="id014aec698e9448bdb8b5d84e9e45821c"><enum>355.</enum><header>Seminole Tribal claim extension</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 349 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2716) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>2022</quote> and inserting <quote>2027</quote>.</text></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Project authorizations</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="idf2e276f50b97434388c688cbd15d740f"><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 of Chief of Engineers</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. MD</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">Baltimore Harbor Anchorages and Channels, Sea Girt Loop</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">June 22, 2023</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $47,956,500<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $15,985,500<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $63,942,000</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></paragraph><paragraph id="id374f9d1abe4b4e269a5ae1e185a5b677" commented="no"><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 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. KS</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">Manhattan Levees</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">May 6, 2024</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $29,455,000<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $15,860,000<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $45,315,000 </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 of Chief of Engineers</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. RI</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">Rhode Island Coastline Storm Risk Management</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">September 28, 2023</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $188,353,750<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $101,421,250<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $289,775,000</entry></row><row><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="col1">2. FL</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">St. Johns County, Ponte Vedra Beach, Coastal Storm Risk Management</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">April 18, 2024</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $49,223,000<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $89,097,000<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $138,320,000</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></paragraph><paragraph id="id903F450117B14CE881FAF3CCBAAA9DBA" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Navigation and 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 of Chief of Engineers</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">Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Brazoria and Matagorda Counties</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">June 2, 2023</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $204,244,000<linebreak></linebreak>Inland Waterways Trust Fund: $109,977,000<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $314,221,000</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></paragraph><paragraph id="idA64EAEFF8B6B4536990C9EC0F45ACDEA" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Flood risk management and aquatic 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 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. MS</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">Memphis Metropolitan Stormwater–North DeSoto County</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">December 18, 2023</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $17,289,000<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $9,310,000<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $26,599,000</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></paragraph><paragraph id="idB2A80AD619774E62BC77191018BB53B6"><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. NY</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">South Shore Staten Island, Fort Wadsworth to Oakwood Beach Coastal Storm Risk Management</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">February 6, 2024</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $1,730,973,900<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $363,228,100<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $2,094,202,000</entry></row><row><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="col1">2. MO</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">University City Branch, River Des Peres</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">February 9, 2024</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $9,094,000<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $4,897,000<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $13,990,000</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></paragraph></section>1.Short title; table of contents(a)This Act may be cited as the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024
.(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. Notice to Congress regarding WRDA implementation.Sec. 102. Prior guidance.Sec. 103. Ability to pay.Sec. 104. Federal interest determinations.Sec. 105. Annual report to Congress.Sec. 106. Processing timelines.Sec. 107. Services of volunteers.Sec. 108. Support of Army civil works missions.Sec. 109. Inland waterway projects.Sec. 110. Leveraging Federal infrastructure for increased water supply.Sec. 111. Outreach and access.Sec. 112. Model development.Sec. 113. Planning assistance for States.Sec. 114. Corps of Engineers Levee Owners Advisory Board.Sec. 115. Silver Jackets program.Sec. 116. Tribal partnership program.Sec. 117. Tribal project implementation pilot program.Sec. 118. Eligibility for inter-Tribal consortiums.Sec. 119. Sense of Congress relating to the management of recreation facilities.TITLE II—Studies and reportsSec. 201. Authorization of proposed feasibility studies.Sec. 202. Vertical integration and acceleration of studies.Sec. 203. Expedited completion.Sec. 204. Expedited completion of other feasibility studies.Sec. 205. Alexandria to the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, feasibility study.Sec. 206. Craig Harbor, Alaska.Sec. 207. Sussex County, Delaware.Sec. 208. Forecast-informed reservoir operations in the Colorado River Basin.Sec. 209. Beaver Lake, Arkansas, reallocation study.Sec. 210. Gathright Dam, Virginia, study.Sec. 211. Delaware Inland Bays Watershed Study.Sec. 212. Upper Susquehanna River Basin comprehensive flood damage reduction feasibility study.Sec. 213. Kanawha River Basin.Sec. 214. Authorization of feasibility studies for projects from CAP authorities.Sec. 215. Port Fourchon Belle Pass channel, Louisiana.Sec. 216. Studies for modification of project purposes in the Colorado River Basin in Arizona.Sec. 217. Non-Federal interest preparation of water reallocation studies, North Dakota.Sec. 218. Technical correction, Walla Walla River.Sec. 219. Watershed and river basin assessments.Sec. 220. Independent peer review.Sec. 221. Ice jam prevention and mitigation.Sec. 222. Report on hurricane and storm damage risk reduction design guidelines.Sec. 223. Briefing on status of certain activities on the Missouri River.Sec. 224. Report on material contaminated by a hazardous substance and the civil works program.Sec. 225. Report on efforts to monitor, control, and eradicate invasive species.Sec. 226. J. Strom Thurmond Lake, Georgia.Sec. 227. Study on land valuation procedures for the Tribal Partnership Program.Sec. 228. Report to Congress on levee safety guidelines.Sec. 229. Public-private partnership user's guide.Sec. 230. Review of authorities and programs for alternative project delivery.Sec. 231. Report to Congress on emergency response expenditures.Sec. 232. Excess land report for certain projects in North Dakota.Sec. 233. GAO studies.Sec. 234. Prior reports.Sec. 235. Briefing on status of Cape Cod Canal Bridges, Massachusetts.TITLE III—Deauthorizations, modifications, and related provisionsSec. 301. Deauthorizations.Sec. 302. Environmental infrastructure.Sec. 303. Pennsylvania environmental infrastructure.Sec. 304. Acequias irrigation systems.Sec. 305. Oregon environmental infrastructure.Sec. 306. Kentucky and West Virginia environmental infrastructure.Sec. 307. Lake Champlain Watershed, Vermont and New York.Sec. 308. Ohio and North Dakota.Sec. 309. Southern West Virginia.Sec. 310. Northern West Virginia.Sec. 311. Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.Sec. 312. Western rural water.Sec. 313. Continuing authorities programs.Sec. 314. Small project assistance.Sec. 315. Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin project, Brandon Road, Will County, Illinois.Sec. 316. Mamaroneck-Sheldrake Rivers, New York.Sec. 317. Lowell Creek Tunnel, Alaska.Sec. 318. Selma flood risk management and bank stabilization.Sec. 319. Illinois River basin restoration.Sec. 320. Hawaii environmental restoration.Sec. 321. Connecticut River Basin invasive species partnerships.Sec. 322. Expenses for control of aquatic plant growths and invasive species.Sec. 323. Corps of Engineers Asian carp prevention pilot program.Sec. 324. Extension for certain invasive species programs.Sec. 325. Storm damage prevention and reduction, coastal erosion, riverine erosion, and ice and glacial damage, Alaska.Sec. 326. Rehabilitation of Corps of Engineers constructed dams.Sec. 327. Ediz Hook Beach Erosion Control Project, Port Angeles, Washington.Sec. 328. Sense of Congress relating to certain Louisiana hurricane and coastal storm damage risk reduction projects.Sec. 329. Chesapeake Bay Oyster Recovery Program.Sec. 330. Bosque wildlife restoration project.Sec. 331. Expansion of temporary relocation assistance pilot program.Sec. 332. Wilson Lock floating guide wall.Sec. 333. Delaware Inland Bays and Delaware Bay Coast Coastal Storm Risk Management Study.Sec. 334. Upper Mississippi River Plan.Sec. 335. Rehabilitation of pump stations.Sec. 336. Navigation along the Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway.Sec. 337. Garrison Dam, North Dakota.Sec. 338. Sense of Congress relating to Missouri River priorities.Sec. 339. Soil moisture and snowpack monitoring.Sec. 340. Contracts for water supply.Sec. 341. Rend Lake, Carlyle Lake, and Lake Shelbyville, Illinois.Sec. 342. Delaware Coastal System Program.Sec. 343. Maintenance of pile dike system.Sec. 344. Conveyances.Sec. 345. Emergency drought operations pilot program.Sec. 346. Rehabilitation of existing levees.Sec. 347. Non-Federal implementation pilot program.Sec. 348. Harmful algal bloom demonstration program.Sec. 349. Sense of Congress relating to Mobile Harbor, Alabama.Sec. 350. Sense of Congress relating to Port of Portland, Oregon.Sec. 351. Chattahoochee River Program.Sec. 352. Additional projects for underserved community harbors.Sec. 353. Winooski River tributary watershed.Sec. 354. Waco Lake, Texas.Sec. 355. Seminole Tribal claim extension.Sec. 356. Coastal erosion project, Barrow, Alaska.Sec. 357. Colebrook River Reservoir, Connecticut.Sec. 358. Sense of Congress relating to shallow draft dredging in the Chesapeake Bay.TITLE IV—Project authorizationsSec. 401. Project authorizations.2.In this Act, the term Secretary means the Secretary of the Army. <enum>I</enum><header>General provisions</header><section id="id002aac83-604a-4b3a-8b6c-60784e5864e9"><enum>101.</enum><header>Notice to Congress regarding WRDA implementation</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4a8c5dc6-b3f2-4e6f-a0a1-ec01bade0848"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Plan of implementation</header><paragraph id="idde104587-4c80-4514-8731-32e6a99349f7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop a plan for implementing this Act and the amendments made by this Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9ad70dc3-f855-4cce-88dc-286716e886ff"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In developing the plan under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph id="ide3557ab3-725b-4219-9e5d-078ddb414907"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify each provision of this Act (or an amendment made by this Act) that will require—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34fbd036-4537-4871-8931-e3006ae77285"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the development and issuance of guidance, including whether that guidance will be significant guidance;</text></clause><clause id="id58181fc2-c945-4683-ac86-99fe8d0dd423"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the development and issuance of a rule; or</text></clause><clause id="id96ff4e8f-bb0e-4528-bed2-0f254be70de6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>appropriations;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id024b50a4-a4ef-4291-b8c0-af2e0618b094"><enum>(B)</enum><text>develop timelines for the issuance of—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2583531b-e2ab-4926-8f81-28eb5be7dbb7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any guidance described in subparagraph (A)(i); and</text></clause><clause id="ide57006e4-4a78-463f-94db-4203c451d14a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>each rule described in subparagraph (A)(ii); and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id65ba0759-0cc0-4a32-8c9b-53d90b5d1b63"><enum>(C)</enum><text>establish a process to disseminate information about this Act and the amendments made by this Act to each District and Division Office of the Corps of Engineers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="iddca4e1ff-4b0c-4be7-b2eb-e434fb9c7f1e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Transmittal</header><text>On completion of the plan under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall transmit the plan to—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2a45c75d-ee2f-42a8-9edf-28c9687fb9ef"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id84f1d920-60a0-4462-94ce-6b268bda9b41"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id57a55dde-3185-463c-97b7-f746c4008acc"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Implementation of prior water resources development laws</header><paragraph id="ide69738d8-47dd-4488-8ee6-095744f4d1eb"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of prior water resources development law</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>prior water resources development law</term> means each of the following (including the amendments made by any of the following):</text><subparagraph id="id5bdb9352-6050-44fa-b125-0ee51b5b8179"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/541">Public Law 106–541</external-xref>; 114 Stat. 2572).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4eace184-8e7f-4860-9b02-0729653d2483"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/114">Public Law 110–114</external-xref>; 121 Stat. 1041).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaa5afa79-0823-43f6-83af-cb3ef7346364"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/121">Public Law 113–121</external-xref>; 128 Stat. 1193).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id92994268-924c-452e-8809-67d95ff9a95d"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/322">Public Law 114–322</external-xref>; 130 Stat. 1628).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5205a23a-2316-450e-8f06-bfa942e1f372"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/270">Public Law 115–270</external-xref>; 132 Stat. 3765).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id111c9de8-b4c5-408e-aa1c-25132e25ca8b"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Division AA 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. 2615).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id857b367d-1fca-43d4-9fdc-6754bdd56259"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Title LXXXI of division H of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/263">Public Law 117–263</external-xref>; 136 Stat. 3691). </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8c914c5b-6374-4534-bca6-0d2fb183b228"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notice</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0cf6550e-a5a0-4d8d-8a78-05295886e21b"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>Not later than 60 days 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 written notice of the status of efforts by the Secretary to implement the prior water resources development laws.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id78318f7d-df67-4456-b012-2a02d3c609f0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><clause id="id1a74fa81-828d-4f66-afec-41e4e4c92519"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>As part of the notice under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall include a list describing each provision of a prior water resources development law that has not been fully implemented as of the date of submission of the notice.</text></clause><clause id="idf5c13f10-0615-4d15-ab79-51a05d0f708b"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Additional information</header><text>For each provision included on the list under clause (i), the Secretary shall—</text><subclause id="idb030a90d-481d-4f2a-b559-415e6cdacf91"><enum>(I)</enum><text>establish a timeline for implementing the provision;</text></subclause><subclause id="idcd479d0d-196a-46a9-b81d-292bd39ab03c"><enum>(II)</enum><text>provide a description of the status of the provision in the implementation process; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id05b9241e-9e1e-4efd-a4a0-19b1b37badcb"><enum>(III)</enum><text>provide an explanation for the delay in implementing the provision.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id333f80a1-8abc-405c-9cbf-3e214140051b"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Briefings</header><subparagraph id="id9a5175b9-cf95-46d2-8cff-a76f39fec0ad"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter until the Chairs of the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives determine that this Act, the amendments made by this Act, and prior water resources development laws are fully implemented, the Secretary shall provide to relevant congressional committees a briefing on the implementation of this Act, the amendments made by this Act, and prior water resources development laws.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4b4ee793-7f0c-4752-b3ed-cf27950b3234"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>A briefing under subparagraph (A) shall include—</text><clause id="id84ef5a05-1eca-4843-9deb-682ae837e2a6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>updates to the implementation plan under subsection (a); and</text></clause><clause id="idaa39b1ec-7904-4f4d-b3c3-93a269092aef"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>updates to the written notice under paragraph (2).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4a4e5730-fd0c-4d4d-87dd-fb6ee7ad47d9"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional notice pending issuance</header><text>Not later than 30 days before issuing any guidance, rule, notice in the Federal Register, or other documentation required to implement this Act, an amendment made by this Act, or a prior water resources development law (as defined in subsection (b)(1)), 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 written notice regarding the pending issuance.</text></subsection><subsection id="idd778c00e-5de4-46e1-8a75-e0470ac6cd8b"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Wrda implementation team</header><paragraph id="id5aaaff21-2a20-4130-8e99-516cd726c9b7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection: </text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfd18e1f5-27ee-454d-9e5e-21fc6a3ecada"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Prior water resources development law</header><text>The term <term>prior water resources development law</term> has the meaning given the term in subsection (b)(1).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf1cf2ba4-40fa-4f32-bd42-14242a9b8fcc"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Team</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>team</term> means the Water Resources Development Act implementation team established under paragraph (2). </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97e2ebc5-79d9-471d-9937-e1fd6cdf6065"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a Water Resources Development Act implementation team that shall consist of current employees of the Federal Government, including—</text><subparagraph id="id29de60ed-a145-4a60-b6b2-5781e6064221"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not fewer than 2 employees in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida5469ca7-bedc-4377-b5f0-8454e255a76f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not fewer than 2 employees at the headquarters of the Corps of Engineers; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62666e87-c8d8-4ffe-8363-d4f753e1fbb9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a representative of each district and division of the Corps of Engineers. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7adfc525-5c73-4def-a156-4f01aefa2355"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The team shall be responsible for assisting with the implementation of this Act, the amendments made by this Act, and prior water resources development laws, including—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19c66765-5659-43a0-8dce-f80522ebdcff"><enum>(A)</enum><text>performing ongoing outreach to—</text><clause id="id9a27bc26-e310-4a17-8f9e-836bc3e71e7d"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Congress; and</text></clause><clause id="id9c8b220d-6009-4c77-b433-16eb8f12e53b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>employees and servicemembers stationed in districts and divisions of the Corps of Engineers to ensure that all Corps of Engineers employees are aware of and implementing provisions of this Act, the amendments made by this Act, and prior water resources development laws, in a manner consistent with congressional intent; </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5d3157ee-f97e-48cc-a327-8dd51910fd3b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identifying any issues with implementation of a provision of this Act, the amendments made by this Act, and prior water resources development laws at the district, division, or national level;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddb3cc21d-63b2-4f92-a90b-ee4c9bc7e114"><enum>(C)</enum><text>resolving the issues identified under subparagraph (B), in consultation with Corps of Engineers leadership and the Secretary; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbc3f3b48-588a-4baf-b849-5789471697f6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>ensuring that any interpretation developed as a result of the process under subparagraph (C) is consistent with congressional intent for this Act, the amendments made by this Act, and prior water resources development laws. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id13bcf789-db6d-42fb-87dc-ad938393fcf6"><enum>102.</enum><header>Prior guidance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue the guidance required pursuant to each of the following provisions:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4a2a3ccf-8021-43b4-b93f-9ab12143ff7a"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1043(b)(9) 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>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id94e9224a-aec3-4d44-acdc-dc36dd54010e"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8136 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/10/2667">10 U.S.C. 2667</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/117/263">Public Law 117–263</external-xref>). </text></paragraph></section><section id="id52bd7763-3330-496d-83e3-ddbff8f780e2"><enum>103.</enum><header>Ability to pay</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd1dc3eb5-65a9-420e-a8d9-37c2bc9e1b31"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation</header><text>The Secretary shall expedite any guidance or rulemaking necessary to the implementation of section 103(m) of the Water Resources Development Act 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2213">33 U.S.C. 2213(m)</external-xref>) to address ability to pay. </text></subsection><subsection id="id77d7ddd5-5884-4874-8171-ef97ad02316b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Ability to pay</header><text>Section 103(m) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2213">33 U.S.C. 2213(m)</external-xref>) is amended by adding the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2a343c3d-f39d-49bb-9269-0e5ee9b63d8e" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph id="id66c0a6b2-9eee-4592-95f3-87b8011affcc"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Congressional notification</header><subparagraph id="id1a0d29e6-bd63-451d-9a00-dc07889973fd"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall 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 written notification of determinations made by the Secretary of the ability of non-Federal interests to pay under this subsection.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf18b43cf-f765-462d-9076-c45ada1106f7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>In preparing the written notification under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall include, for each determination made by the Secretary—</text><clause id="id946f00e3-1fda-4131-b2d4-708c6617be37"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the name of the non-Federal interest that submitted to the Secretary a request for a determination under this subsection;</text></clause><clause id="id805b9e92-aa5b-466d-a5b9-3e0c357f4f23"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the name and location of the project; and</text></clause><clause id="id82637bc2-716e-4373-b775-8380bfda55a7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the determination made by the Secretary and the reasons for the determination, including the adjusted share of the costs of the project of the non-Federal interest, if applicable.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idd0c8fbe7-314f-45cc-84fb-432f59b86938"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Tribal partnership program</header><text>Section 203(d) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2269">33 U.S.C. 2269(d)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6c205cbb-836d-451f-b3fe-d34623a69b6c" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph id="id429caa66-e7a2-4a36-ba4b-807058cba726"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Congressional notification</header><subparagraph id="id9e9ac952-41ed-469b-8c0c-a0b70066ff2a"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall 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 written notification of determinations made by the Secretary of the ability of non-Federal interests to pay under this subsection.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0c86ca24-f701-4375-90a8-6904697c0b62"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>In preparing the written notification under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall include, for each determination made by the Secretary—</text><clause id="id25937ee0-5f04-42f7-89e2-355ecb4db90e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the name of the non-Federal interest that submitted to the Secretary a request for a determination under paragraph (1)(B)(ii);</text></clause><clause id="idb4854d61-f6a9-4761-8925-80b93786e492"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the name and location of the project; and</text></clause><clause id="id87c791ba-f0cc-43a2-8927-2c21512743af"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the determination made by the Secretary and the reasons for the determination, including the adjusted share of the costs of the project of the non-Federal interest, if applicable.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id2a2bc8b9-4ec1-4022-9c8f-e63d1e2932ff"><enum>104.</enum><header>Federal interest determinations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 905(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2282">33 U.S.C. 2282(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="ida75cdc11-553f-432e-9c2f-bf599df22fdb"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcb52fc50-2c89-4f19-affc-a0442dc64c2b" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph id="ided575162-d836-48ac-bf69-90bd239e8418"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><subparagraph id="id24b72b3b-ee9b-4ee5-91aa-d663ac987235"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Identification</header><text>As part of the submission of a work plan to Congress pursuant to the joint explanatory statement for an annual appropriations Act or as part of the submission of a spend plan to Congress for a supplemental appropriations Act under which the Corps of Engineers receives funding, the Secretary shall identify the studies in the plan—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide3420fc0-3577-41f2-8505-d8c2a2d9fc9c"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for which the Secretary plans to prepare a feasibility report under subsection (a) that will benefit—</text><subclause id="idba20203d-7d98-4f51-8c47-62b379cdc2fb"><enum>(I)</enum><text>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>)); or </text></subclause><subclause id="id2affc52d-56dc-426b-be67-22123980b32d"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a community other than a community described in subclause (I); and</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9598497c-f19c-4f95-a637-fb4a0bb775e2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that are designated as a new start under the work plan. </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3b9de0ff-a7ee-4481-b02a-e694da9835ea"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Determination</header><clause id="idaa2ab6b8-0fb0-46a1-93de-ef2117947206"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>After identifying the studies under subparagraph (A) and subject to subparagraph (C), the Secretary shall, with the consent of the applicable non-Federal interest for the study, first determine the Federal interest in carrying out the study and the projects that may be proposed in the study. </text></clause><clause id="idef3cc30c-f475-4ed6-bdc1-5eb168b4acda"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Feasibility cost share agreement</header><text>The Secretary may make a determination under clause (i) prior to the execution of a feasibility cost share agreement between the Secretary and the non-Federal interest.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7e4f624f-6328-4d89-a2ca-914e0085f37b"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>For each fiscal year, the Secretary may not make a determination under subparagraph (B) for more than 20 studies identified under subparagraph (A)(i)(II). </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id65f2c66c-4124-4f8d-bf21-01ca9e82efb1"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Application</header><clause id="id7f33e274-8954-4aa5-aa99-ecadfac988cb"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to clause (ii) and with the consent of the non-Federal interest, the Secretary may use the authority provided under this subsection for a study in a work plan submitted to Congress prior to the date of enactment of the <short-title>Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024</short-title> if the study otherwise meets the requirements described in subparagraph (A).</text></clause><clause id="idba779875-5295-4692-8b36-431cdf4be59b" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Subparagraph (C) shall apply to the use of authority under clause (i).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idcd1d1519-8bd9-42f9-b97e-ae60ac25b023"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><subparagraph id="id8a909af4-33a2-49c7-bd55-bd29719bbe8d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3b3f8b17-669d-4d62-956d-98c6e3cc573c"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb969e0bf-e93d-47b3-8e8e-64fae17052f8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0d25aca6-ea5d-4967-b2e5-fcee539174ec" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><subparagraph id="id34334353-3653-46fc-8903-013702c9d239"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall be paid from the funding provided for the study in the applicable work plan described in that paragraph.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf345a144-6405-4f49-ae0a-966eed708c5f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id736c0f58-d486-401d-b087-18140d6a34fe" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide5d42629-4e5a-48d5-9254-c8d5b498889c"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Post-determination work</header><text>A study under this section shall continue after a determination under paragraph (1)(B)(i) without a new investment decision.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id8ce284e5-215d-4b86-9cef-83de7ec859a1"><enum>105.</enum><header>Annual report to Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idec4622b6-dc77-46e7-abe3-ebe35b778101"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (i); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd4d35472-bdd1-4014-8fe0-c1e5789c032f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (f) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4b6becb4-3583-4050-ab3d-c24aae39f2d5" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection id="id8e242509-7fd4-4e89-9f60-ac24a056972c"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Non-Federal interest notification</header><paragraph id="id0a0f83ac-395c-4a40-b711-6e4e09c281d8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>After the publication of the annual report under subsection (f), if the proposal of a non-Federal interest submitted under subsection (b) was included by the Secretary in the appendix under subsection (c)(4), the Secretary shall provide written notification to the non-Federal interest of such inclusion.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id56a8143e-c813-4a28-a266-b0446bade866"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Debrief</header><subparagraph id="id4d606f51-e1f9-4c30-a4fc-2b0ad716197e"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date on which a non-Federal interest receives the written notification under paragraph (1), the non-Federal interest shall notify the Secretary that the non-Federal interest is requesting a debrief under this paragraph.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7d4d158c-a920-426d-9691-de3148f484ea"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Response</header><text>If a non-Federal interest requests a debrief under this paragraph, the Secretary shall provide the debrief to the non-Federal interest by not later than 60 days after the date on which the Secretary receives the request for the debrief.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd14b29a6-7649-44c8-9e4a-d4b95b0584cc"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The debrief provided by the Secretary under this paragraph shall include—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida517e630-fff5-4a74-accb-7158d66b1651"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an explanation of the reasons that the proposal was included in the appendix under subsection (c)(4); and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id810161cb-b863-4019-a5be-1ea5229481ec"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of—</text><subclause id="id41dea158-bd24-4607-b619-0e33d8b77f76"><enum>(I)</enum><text>any revisions to the proposal that may allow the proposal to be included in a subsequent annual report, to the maximum extent practicable;</text></subclause><subclause id="idb524bbb3-4e53-45e5-bf63-ea6487850fc8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>other existing authorities of the Secretary that may be used to address the need that prompted the proposal, if applicable; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idadd10623-0c01-4734-9e2c-626b05965cf0"><enum>(III)</enum><text>any other information that the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9d9c2da2-eb8c-4b4a-9fc9-8f8123fc3e7c"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Congressional notification</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the publication of the annual report under subsection (f), for each proposal included in that annual report or appendix, the Secretary shall notify each Member of Congress that represents the State in which that proposal will be located that the proposal was included the annual report or the appendix.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="idb168b666-a995-42b1-895d-b2c7579530b0"><enum>106.</enum><header>Processing timelines</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall ensure that the public website for the <quote>permit finder</quote> of the Corps of Engineers accurately reflects the current status of projects for which a permit was, or is being, processed using amounts accepted under section 214 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2352">33 U.S.C. 2352</external-xref>). </text></section><section id="id3e68b05f-d9b3-4f76-8972-eff5dcd17733"><enum>107.</enum><header>Services of volunteers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The seventeenth paragraph under the heading <quote><header-in-text style="appropriations" level="appropriations-small">general provisions</header-in-text></quote> under the heading <quote><header-in-text style="appropriations" level="appropriations-intermediate">Corps of Engineers—Civil</header-in-text></quote> under the heading <quote><header-in-text style="appropriations" level="appropriations-major">Department of the Army</header-in-text></quote> in chapter IV of title I of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1983 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/569c">33 U.S.C. 569c</external-xref>), is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6560b035-6b71-46a7-80e3-8620305edae9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by striking <quote>The United States Army Chief of Engineers</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="appropriations" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9eeac3bb-c8da-471f-a156-3e75c73c983f" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55d20afd-1ff9-4ab6-84fe-01e8cf7a08e9"><enum>141.</enum><header>Services of volunteers</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idac19e333-8f75-4d3c-9c40-8001fb5c5598"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Chief of Engineers</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idafdda8fe-9904-45c8-90d2-3262adf7bc0f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a) (as so designated), in the second sentence, by striking <quote>Such volunteers</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id218b3417-f764-47b4-b8c9-bfbce106da33" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idebcbb369-4087-4bc0-815f-f936ee0fba8c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>Volunteers under subsection (a)</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39fbe448-d21f-46a9-9216-81aae3e9b324"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1bb5ce0b-c5d7-454b-bf32-395ce488cc83" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection id="id58be4c47-c125-41d7-93f6-b0f3eaf8771a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Recognition</header><paragraph id="id08004944-f194-4c60-a960-2bfaa157dac7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Chief of Engineers may recognize through an award or other appropriate means the service of volunteers under subsection (a).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5cce9a75-0d2f-49d0-80ad-ecdca78f06f0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Process</header><text>The Chief of Engineers shall establish a process to carry out paragraph (1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id215c7c36-7f89-460a-bbb0-a6f5cb2c7839"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Chief of Engineers shall ensure that the recognition provided to a volunteer under paragraph (1) shall not be in the form of a cash award.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id86cb2eef-3662-42c2-9f32-67c9f76e3ae0"><enum>108.</enum><header>Support of Army civil works missions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8159 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3740) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6190e304-1514-44c4-829d-5294ab5a9cfc"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id030a2fe8-604c-4f85-9501-856a74ddfc68"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87865232-ee7d-46a4-8d87-607462c4b36a" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph id="id4a227395-65f0-4852-8f20-08d34457c86d"><enum>(4)</enum><text>West Virginia University to conduct academic research on flood resilience planning and risk management, water resource-related emergency management, aquatic ecosystem restoration, water quality, siting and risk management for open- and closed-loop pumped hydropower energy storage, hydropower, and water resource-related recreation and management of resources for recreation in the State of West Virginia;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf3350e1f-ed95-4498-9c16-40d00b7e6473"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Delaware State University to conduct academic research on water resource ecology, water quality, aquatic ecosystem restoration, coastal restoration, and water resource-related emergency management in the State of Delaware, the Delaware River Basin, and the Chesapeake Bay watershed;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4b856683-3927-4635-b7cc-f237a3a672f3"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the University of Notre Dame to conduct academic research on hazard mitigation policies and practices in coastal communities, including through the incorporation of data analysis and the use of risk-based analytical frameworks for reviewing flood mitigation and hardening plans and for evaluating the design of new infrastructure; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29d2e551e14348c08fe76f2c115b6177"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mississippi State University to conduct academic research on technology to be used in water resources development infrastructure, analyses of the environment before and after a natural disaster, and geospatial data collection.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="idc31e8512-c321-48ef-87c0-267a15397b74"><enum>109.</enum><header>Inland waterway projects</header><subsection id="id13d73d55-09dc-44da-9fe3-6e343456080d"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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="id442b23f0-c71e-44a0-b304-6dcc2fa846e1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>65 percent of the costs</quote> and inserting <quote>75 percent of the costs</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id802b965d-4a0e-42df-93d3-ef0de698484d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the undesignated matter following paragraph (3), in the second sentence, by striking <quote>35 percent of such costs</quote> and inserting <quote>25 percent of such costs</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id63e9bed5-e0d7-4a22-8695-35aa9e8e46fa"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply beginning on October 1, 2024, to any construction of a project for navigation on the inland waterways that is new or ongoing on or after that date.</text></subsection><subsection id="id2d18b854-837e-4f73-adbb-4df9a8effead"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>In the case of an inland waterways project that receives funds under the heading <quote><header-in-text style="appropriations" level="appropriations-small">construction</header-in-text></quote> under the heading <quote><header-in-text style="appropriations" level="appropriations-intermediate">Corps of Engineers—Civil</header-in-text></quote> under the heading <quote><header-in-text style="appropriations" level="appropriations-major">Department of the Army</header-in-text></quote> in title III of division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (135 Stat. 1359) that will not complete construction, replacement, rehabilitation, and expansion with such funds—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id14813392-3c99-427f-baf1-552c45662471"><enum>(1)</enum><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>) shall not apply; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6df3d7bc-8fd5-42e8-963e-72553d8daa8f"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any remaining costs shall be paid only from amounts appropriated from the general fund of the Treasury.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id437fd3b7-dd4f-40cc-9c81-369c38068091"><enum>110.</enum><header>Leveraging Federal infrastructure for increased water supply</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1118(i) of Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/390b-2">43 U.S.C. 390b–2(i)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb7ea649a-6fdb-4dec-9a2a-dce835192c0b" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph id="id00476b8d-dea2-46d4-9a79-2efc13a1d295"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contributed funds for other Federal reservoir projects</header><subparagraph id="id48ed2d60-3a20-4568-a21c-9179cced7e2b"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to receive and expend funds from a non-Federal interest or a Federal agency that owns a Federal reservoir project described in subparagraph (B) to formulate, review, or revise operational documents pursuant to a proposal submitted in accordance with subsection (a).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaf813999-ff00-41c8-8a26-550208d16b74"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Federal reservoir projects described</header><text>A Federal reservoir project referred to in subparagraph (A) is a reservoir for which the Secretary is authorized to prescribe regulations for the use of storage allocated for flood control or navigation pursuant to 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>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id40df520e-11f4-4b4c-9f00-00bc68c5dc61"><enum>111.</enum><header>Outreach and access</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2367d4d4-fc1a-4ef1-ae6d-bb3d737049fc"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8117(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2281b">33 U.S.C. 2281b(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id5733030d-9217-4f24-9916-3bb39957f918"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><subparagraph id="ida67bc84f-f25f-4133-9ba1-b85256686d96"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfb193c89-7288-47a4-a93a-4ae86c5dd7ed"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idae561f58-07a5-481e-8870-5fde27f0fd69"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40c76650-6dc3-4525-a3c5-326048536e03" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><subparagraph id="id34463769-9355-4ace-804d-82e7898af2d8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>ensuring that a potential non-Federal interest is aware of the roles, responsibilities, and financial commitments associated with a completed water resources development project prior to initiating a 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>)), including operations, maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabilitation responsibilities.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb2708c6f-c92f-47c2-bbbc-fe05861896da"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id561ab131-6b48-47d5-b382-373b222cfbbf"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id02b3458a-ab1f-4b16-bb87-0449d928bca0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef56d515-c118-4ce2-ae72-5e9e16cd5b78"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaae37e5f-6a45-4083-905a-12fd0b7e8019" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><subparagraph id="idc1fa03a1-1f6e-4aa0-84e0-acee32c47704"><enum>(F)</enum><text>to the maximum extent practicable—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7acc8f6c-2719-4d60-ae4b-13f9c034b656"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop and continue to make publicly available, through a publicly available existing website, information on the projects and studies within the jurisdiction of each district of the Corps of Engineers; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd34d6583-a9dc-4191-8b19-784ba5665d3e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that the information described in clause (i) is consistent and made publicly available in the same manner across all districts of the Corps of Engineers.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8d2caa33-8aad-4690-8d12-33091d007b2c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id27441c9b-5eee-4d62-88cc-efc54b72a57e"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbcc23c65-06c3-4ac1-9081-632cca6c8d15" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph id="id9970c6be-0a98-47e6-9609-3ab957b76561"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>The Secretary shall develop and issue guidance to ensure that the points of contacts established under paragraph (2)(B) are adequately fulfilling their obligations under that paragraph.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida33da268-e4a9-45e0-949c-c0436c488ad3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Briefing</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 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 briefing on the status of the implementation of section 8117 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2281b">33 U.S.C. 2281b</external-xref>), including the amendments made to that section by subsection (a), including—</text><paragraph id="id5f757163-b0cf-46a5-80dc-49164b12ee30"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a plan for implementing any requirements under that section; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7660d781-44b3-42a7-b2d4-271fbef8ac17"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any potential barriers to implementing that section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id88558213-d928-4cd0-b936-5a8d1fa92e36"><enum>112.</enum><header>Model development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8230 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3765) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf2c9688a-adcc-45b1-8ae6-2efb0b354e9b" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection id="ida2dbddf6-7a9c-4346-89e2-45df0ae25dd1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Model development</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0aa3599e-069e-458c-8130-f495cd1de25b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may partner with other Federal agencies, National Laboratories, and institutions of higher education to develop, update, and maintain hydrologic and climate-related models for use in water resources planning, including models to assess compound flooding that arises when 2 or more flood drivers occur simultaneously or in close succession, or are impacting the same region over time. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd3c87ef3-10cd-4b1e-8941-5d29cd796667"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may use models developed by the entities described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id3f106ad2-4c02-49ca-b8b0-2d66f952fb55"><enum>113.</enum><header>Planning assistance for States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 22(a)(2)(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(a)(2)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>and title research for abandoned structures</quote> before the period at the end. </text></section><section id="ided07c51c-2c82-485f-8fd7-1f4c27f43b91"><enum>114.</enum><header>Corps of Engineers Levee Owners Advisory Board</header><subsection id="id39897d2d-153c-459e-be3f-990b81a4c335"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida4cf5274-fc2d-4394-b4c9-4d6ad010e2fb"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal levee system owner-operator</header><text>The term <term>Federal levee system owner-operator</term> means a non-Federal interest that owns and operates and maintains a levee system that was constructed by the Corps of Engineers.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide1e65499-3f14-43c0-a744-dd81fabe4000"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Owners Board</header><text>The term <term>Owners Board</term> means the Levee Owners Advisory Board established under subsection (b). </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73949f10-c182-41bb-9696-f1c68182ee0e"><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 Levee Owners Advisory Board.</text></subsection><subsection id="idabcca84c-5fd3-49e1-bbed-5fea92d9437f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Membership</header><paragraph id="id6fdee8b0-0dca-48e1-87f8-5d8d2e1fb849"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Owners Board—</text><subparagraph id="id2a2b00eb-cbe3-43f8-83fe-20baf030ed22"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be composed of—</text><clause id="id887d4d51-0e44-4781-b215-bc2726b3a9f8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>11 members, to be appointed by the Secretary, who shall—</text><subclause id="id35bfe9be-802f-4111-bf4e-99ed8cd44dc5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>represent various regions of the country, including not less than 1 Federal levee system owner-operator from each of the civil works divisions of the Corps of Engineers; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id1f9d8b81-c526-4a4b-9cbb-3e473a26300f"><enum>(II)</enum><text>have the requisite experiential or technical knowledge to carry out the duties of the Owners Board described in subsection (d); and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id58677ae7-f13b-460b-9232-e806f68ce367"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a representative of the Corps of Engineers, to be designated by the Secretary, who shall serve as a nonvoting member; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1d708600-bfcc-4d2e-8e1d-37b65fce7714"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may include a representative designated by the head of the Federal agency described in section 9002(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3301">33 U.S.C. 3301(1)</external-xref>), who shall serve as a nonvoting member. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4f28d89c-993f-4a42-af5d-75f17e68310b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Terms of members</header><subparagraph id="id295699d0-5e69-4115-9f5a-157c076541bf"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), a member of the Owners Board shall be appointed for a term of 3 years.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcd989fd9-2514-45a5-821a-9501ad40080a"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reappointment</header><text>A member of the Owners Board may be reappointed to the Owners Board, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id44f6bb40-4a14-4484-a7f5-3bb80852b2ed"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Vacancies</header><text>A vacancy on the Owners Board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was made.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idb24cf873-75e7-47f8-a35c-acc4e430b425"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Chairperson</header><text>The members of the Owners Board shall appoint a chairperson from among the members of the Owners Board.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id25402096-b266-4f5c-8f36-b53bbc643054"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties</header><paragraph id="id1e31d5fb-7614-477c-97c0-826deba17360"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>The Owners Board shall provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary and the Chief of Engineers on—</text><subparagraph id="ida9cd16b0-6704-4aaa-8a18-6e090b267fa2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the activities and actions, consistent with applicable statutory authorities, that should be undertaken by the Corps of Engineers and Federal levee system owner-operators to improve flood risk management throughout the United States; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7e8070b5-6433-4ea4-9117-65a46794853f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>how to improve cooperation and communication between the Corps of Engineers and Federal levee system owner-operators.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2ffe5e87-d988-4e93-8b87-23322f552e75"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The Owners Board shall meet not less frequently than semiannually.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfb6b752f-d8e0-4148-aa28-ce7d8d501127"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary, on behalf of the Owners Board, shall—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida8c0570a-828a-457f-99a9-9660ee04ae07"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 includes the recommendations provided under paragraph (1); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id118777b7-dcae-4587-b825-856481238ca8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>make those recommendations publicly available, including on a publicly available existing website.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9c71032f-c212-428b-baf7-3ea5bd53e766"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Independent judgment</header><text>Any advice or recommendation made by the Owners Board pursuant to subsection (d)(1) shall reflect the independent judgment of the Owners Board.</text></subsection><subsection id="idda901ee2-e9dd-43cc-8ef7-ef81736b1fd6"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Administration</header><paragraph id="ida199bbbb-6ec1-47cc-b0be-37bbc5678e76"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the members of the Owners Board shall serve without compensation.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd1c26738-f387-4e62-a242-317d2c8dd6cc"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Travel expenses</header><text>The members of the Owners Board shall receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with applicable provisions 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.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1f3082b6-ddaf-427a-b34e-a9ce5d847c48"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>The members of the Owners Board shall not be considered to be Federal employees, and the meetings and reports of the Owners Board 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><subsection id="id7c7169c3-e955-47ad-9b3c-5ec382418db5"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Savings clause</header><text>The Owners Board shall not supplant the Committee on Levee Safety established by section 9003 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3302">33 U.S.C. 3302</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section><section id="id47b0accc-470d-49e7-9f9a-010654085cca"><enum>115.</enum><header>Silver Jackets program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall continue the Silver Jackets program established by the Secretary pursuant to 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>) and section 204 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5134">42 U.S.C. 5134</external-xref>). </text></section><section id="idb12b59f5-6ea2-41a8-8f8a-5c182285de0a"><enum>116.</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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3a2cf694-4ade-4802-9e87-85c09d66bc70"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)—</text><subparagraph id="ida8271f7f-eab2-41b7-bd50-30a9fd7f270c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(ii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcca3301b-d576-4ccc-a54a-b2d37c2a9dc2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id75604c25-5954-4c33-a645-3d69f091c424"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide92407b2-95ef-4d4e-9aa1-cd7098610fe1" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><subparagraph id="ida8543be8-843c-4292-92d4-042dbb84a700"><enum>(D)</enum><text>projects that improve emergency response capabilities and provide increased access to infrastructure that may be utilized in the event of a severe weather event or other natural disaster; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93bd5946-b1d8-4353-bbb5-19a0f7adbb99"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide689df67-9e0e-4987-bf9d-ec56c42f4df0" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id892fd739-807c-457d-b8e5-302804fabdb6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Pilot program</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6792905b-9e44-4141-b8ff-84713c4cf7a8"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a pilot program under which the Secretary shall carry out not more than 5 projects described in paragraph (2). </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8ee4ada9-a01b-4bf1-8279-1f91136bee08"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Projects described</header><text>Notwithstanding subsection (b)(1)(B), a project referred to in paragraph (1) is a project—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idede68703-9fa1-4a31-81f2-ad1bbc8cc0f9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that is otherwise eligible and meets the requirements under this section; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddbcf9505-7501-4c34-b79f-3e65993a42a7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that is located—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29c535a3-7d75-4114-a459-af065caeb6f3"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">along the Mid-Columbia River, Washington, Taneum Creek, Washington, or Similk Bay, Washington; or</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9f950c16-604e-4f98-9e4c-c63b8a9c9318"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>at Big Bend, Lake Oahe, Fort Randall, or Gavins Point Reservoirs, South Dakota.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7892a77e-44c1-4698-ba66-05196a1c27c0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a project described in paragraph (2) in accordance with this section. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19444cf0-e7f6-4daa-ac49-ea3faebb56a4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>Nothing in this subsection authorizes—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id625a95b6-74c1-4838-9b2d-787d286b942b"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a project for the removal of a dam that otherwise is a project described in paragraph (2);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc2e1f9e0-054c-46db-99ff-4b9e11205e5b"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the study of the removal of a dam; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id255deeb8-8717-4e17-b1fa-9746c8f8514e"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the study of any Federal dam, including the study of power, flood control, or navigation replacement, or the implementation of any functional alteration to that dam, that is located along a body of water described in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (2)(B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="idbf5fda91-38a6-4db2-9bcc-5cf61b76df00"><enum>117.</enum><header>Tribal project implementation pilot program</header><subsection id="id063d6d49-a0bc-4246-9935-a5ddfe585a44"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28d10dc3-8516-43d1-83ac-bd0fa3f30699"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible project</header><text>The term <term>eligible project</term> means a project or activity eligible to be carried out under the Tribal partnership program under 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>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd82f924c-8a3c-4726-9321-586614fcc83f"><enum>(2)</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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida9747432-d2b2-4560-8901-46f3b93b7bf8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish and implement a pilot program under which Indian Tribes may directly carry out eligible projects. </text></subsection><subsection id="id0f7b4c15-90e7-4935-918c-bdb740cd7052"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Purposes</header><text>The purposes of the pilot program under this section are—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide5b60931-0077-4600-8453-887ccccf05f4"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to authorize Tribal contracting to advance Tribal self-determination and provide economic opportunities for Indian Tribes; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7d73e71c-e408-4e1a-8469-13308047936c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to evaluate the technical, financial, and organizational efficiencies of Indian Tribes carrying out the design, execution, management, and construction of 1 or more eligible projects.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id61cb46f8-291c-4dc6-b9d2-4a26d055911c"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Administration</header><paragraph id="id7ed210ed-7410-4a97-b059-81b8e4882eb4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In carrying out the pilot program under this section, the Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph id="idf92ccd59-de3d-404b-b752-002a35f7a018"><enum>(A)</enum><text>identify a total of not more than 5 eligible projects that have been authorized for construction;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5e4332da-c4e1-475d-938f-20df7d608003"><enum>(B)</enum><text>notify the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives on the identification of each eligible project under the pilot program under this section;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id86d5fdea-abb8-413d-8956-bcd35d3ef952"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in collaboration with the Indian Tribe, develop a detailed project management plan for each identified eligible project that outlines the scope, budget, design, and construction resource requirements necessary for the Indian Tribe to execute the project or a separable element of the eligible project;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id03125c31-fb66-47f0-9ee8-c05c0562b57c"><enum>(D)</enum><text>on the request of the Indian Tribe and in accordance with subsection (f)(2), enter into a project partnership agreement with the Indian Tribe for the Indian Tribe to provide full project management control for construction of the eligible project, or a separable element of the eligible project, in accordance with plans approved by the Secretary;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id04983a02-1293-42ac-8671-1cc152c3dbdc"><enum>(E)</enum><text>following execution of the project partnership agreement, transfer to the Indian Tribe to carry out construction of the eligible project, or a separable element of the eligible project—</text><clause id="idb6aeea81-e0e3-49f4-a486-df0a50962e3a"><enum>(i)</enum><text>if applicable, the balance of the unobligated amounts appropriated for the eligible project, except that the Secretary shall retain sufficient amounts for the Corps of Engineers to carry out any responsibilities of the Corps of Engineers relating to the eligible project and the pilot program under this section; and</text></clause><clause id="id609c1661-c34a-4169-af6a-34020d5f0584"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>additional amounts, as determined by the Secretary, from amounts made available to carry out this section, except that the total amount transferred to the Indian Tribe shall not exceed the updated estimate of the Federal share of the cost of construction, including any required design; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idacec2bdb-c3b3-469d-aa48-a7beaf12def8"><enum>(F)</enum><text>regularly monitor and audit each eligible project being constructed by an Indian Tribe under this section to ensure that the construction activities are carried out in compliance with the plans approved by the Secretary and that the construction costs are reasonable.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide6636962-04d9-4d70-8ba7-f4b52f12c888"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Detailed project schedule</header><text>Not later than 180 days after entering into an agreement under paragraph (1)(D), each Indian Tribe, to the maximum extent practicable, shall submit to the Secretary a detailed project schedule, based on estimated funding levels, that lists all deadlines for each milestone in the construction of the eligible project.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida87bc9ef-beb6-40db-9677-580905aba5c6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>On the request of an Indian Tribe, the Secretary may provide technical assistance to the Indian Tribe, if the Indian Tribe contracts with and compensates the Secretary for the technical assistance relating to—</text><subparagraph id="ida534b388-1fda-4008-8d12-70588aa1876e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any study, engineering activity, and design activity for construction carried out by the Indian Tribe under this section; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7d5c2e7d-e4c4-4e24-aa46-bec1b57cad1b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>expeditiously obtaining any permits necessary for the eligible project.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4a35a721-1fbd-46a5-bbcf-bbdaaa383691"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Cost share</header><text>Nothing in this section affects the cost-sharing requirement applicable on the day before the date of enactment of this Act to an eligible project carried out under this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="id7100a50e-d115-4d6e-a197-37d7ef488544"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Implementation guidance</header><paragraph id="id48ef4501-8c2b-4f15-a73e-351173d3c704"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue guidance for the implementation of the pilot program under this section that, to the extent practicable, identifies—</text><subparagraph id="iddba72eb8-3329-4ff7-8e82-6076c3d60ea5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the metrics for measuring the success of the pilot program;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide2f932f0-3818-415b-ab62-59f73d719d66"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a process for identifying future eligible projects to participate in the pilot program;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6095e8e1-5722-4049-b93c-49d6895e77e2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>measures to address the risks of an Indian Tribe constructing eligible projects under the pilot program, including which entity bears the risk for eligible projects that fail to meet Corps of Engineers standards for design or quality;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9c2cadd7-6280-4068-810f-5df64299cc97"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the laws and regulations that an Indian Tribe must follow in carrying out an eligible project under the pilot program; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc39110e8-1cd4-4eb7-afe3-a61ed8c87f58"><enum>(E)</enum><text>which entity bears the risk in the event that an eligible project carried out under the pilot program fails to be carried out in accordance with the project authorization or this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3a30e138-d67e-4f20-8838-2cd22c56f756"><enum>(2)</enum><header>New project partnership agreements</header><text>The Secretary may not enter into a project partnership agreement under this section until the date on which the Secretary issues the guidance under paragraph (1). </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4cbaaf48-b470-480f-8a48-c991ff35d652"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Report</header><paragraph id="id2616ee01-9138-431d-a991-556fba11d6f7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</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 and make publicly available a report detailing the results of the pilot program under this section, including—</text><subparagraph id="ide24541d3-9d4a-4ffe-9ae0-d70e080605bb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of the progress of Indian Tribes in meeting milestones in detailed project schedules developed pursuant to subsection (d)(2); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idef9eb296-6ee1-4529-a548-33a5e87e1c94"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any recommendations of the Secretary concerning whether the pilot program or any component of the pilot program should be implemented on a national basis.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idcc47e889-5eaa-40e5-91b4-94bdbb043ed5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Update</header><text>Not later than 5 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 an update to the report under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide47f94c4-daa4-41b1-8abf-f3cfc267dc67"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Failure to meet deadline</header><text>If the Secretary fails to submit a report by the required deadline under this subsection, 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 detailed explanation of why the deadline was missed and a projected date for submission of the report.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id23bf3a00-1b80-4aaa-ad38-95e95ca8ac5b"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>All laws and regulations that would apply to the Secretary if the Secretary were carrying out the eligible project shall apply to an Indian Tribe carrying out an eligible project under this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="idc1260da6-d511-4036-9e21-8c42db45b30d"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Termination of authority</header><text>The authority to commence an eligible project under this section terminates on December 31, 2029.</text></subsection><subsection id="id53bd2c33-b6cd-45a1-9873-081a3247c004"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>In addition to any amounts appropriated for a specific eligible project, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section, including the costs of administration of the Secretary, $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 through 2029. </text></subsection></section><section id="id64f6761b-d420-4200-86e2-908dd58f5f2e"><enum>118.</enum><header>Eligibility for inter-Tribal consortiums</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7ffccdda-f72f-4d8e-9323-a1a1fb23641a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 221(b)(1) of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b(b)(1)) is amended by inserting <quote>and an inter-tribal consortium (as defined in section 403 of the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3202">25 U.S.C. 3202</external-xref>)))</quote> after <quote>5304))</quote>. </text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d740598-78de-4ad1-84ec-92070745ebf6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Tribal partnership program</header><text>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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc4d79630-646a-4a0f-bebc-441b74f2e111"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32f8e595-39f4-4c97-896c-feb1a61d659e"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>the term</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc3d1d63e-83e8-4b9f-8191-4abec0971477" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection id="id8f724503-105b-4bd3-a220-e308567b8cba"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb87af63a-03fa-4c2e-ba99-f8ae6c90ada1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Indian tribe</header><text>The term</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4384882d-cbd4-4b58-abec-33bc363258cc"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ea6e6ef-d241-4a00-980a-2068aec76de7" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2a9d3cdf-8e20-428b-8259-95ce0bb4cc79"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inter-tribal consortium</header><text>The term <term>inter-tribal consortium</term> has the meaning given the term in section 403 of the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3202">25 U.S.C. 3202</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1c0fa110-f9dd-421f-8a3e-bacd680941ed"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Tribal organization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Tribal organization</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><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4e1fbd72-b4eb-4ced-9ce0-c9de548f6941"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd831d4d8-fcc9-4296-8a9a-ed1b345d9ec5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide280a62f-16c5-4527-8a79-0c47024503df"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, inter-tribal consortiums, Tribal organizations,</quote> after <quote>Indian tribes</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfdbd8ed7-8f04-47f3-a9c0-d60621ce567d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>, inter-tribal consortiums, or Tribal organizations</quote> after <quote>Indian tribes</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id30937c0d-1c51-47e1-8046-68abe115ac3e"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id432ae15a-9ab9-41ef-8c52-9681a60f8dd9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>flood hurricane</quote> and inserting <quote>flood or hurricane</quote>;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddf30de9e-a518-49fd-89b7-46984341ae45"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting <quote>, an inter-tribal consortium, or a Tribal organization</quote> after <quote>Indian tribe</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide29deb28-12f5-49b5-bd68-5d48d3d8c954"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E) (as redesignated by section 116(1)(B)), by inserting <quote>, inter-tribal consortiums, Tribal organizations,</quote> after <quote>Indian tribes</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5f4ac6c3-58c7-49af-ac6b-323f3d3ae1fe"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting <quote>, inter-tribal consortium, or Tribal organization</quote> after <quote>Indian tribe</quote> each place it appears. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id65216673-2a7c-4b79-85aa-60cc3dfa821d"><enum>119.</enum><header>Sense of Congress relating to the management of recreation facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text><paragraph id="id320125de-8f29-4286-a4aa-caef8f6d79d6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Corps of Engineers should have greater access to the revenue collected from the use of Corps of Engineers-managed facilities with recreational purposes;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id49e23553-a01c-47f0-878c-c98d4e6b9e94"><enum>(2)</enum><text>revenue collected from Corps of Engineers-managed facilities with recreational purposes should be available to the Corps of Engineers for necessary operation, maintenance, and improvement activities at the facility from which the revenue was derived;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2877eb18-c449-4129-802d-03c298b980f7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the districts of the Corps of Engineers should be provided with more authority to partner with non-Federal public entities and private nonprofit entities for the improvement and management of Corps of Engineers-managed facilities with recreational purposes; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd03f17e0-d494-4b78-a66c-6c0406b324cb"><enum>(4)</enum><text>legislation to address the issues described in paragraphs (1) through (3) should be considered by Congress.</text></paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>Studies and reports</header><section id="iddf3f8987-bfdf-4853-a842-600301cc532e"><enum>201.</enum><header>Authorization of proposed feasibility studies</header><subsection id="idbec253ab-26e3-44aa-92c3-9d2716672dc7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>New projects</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to conduct a feasibility study for 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:</text><paragraph id="idad019765-e768-4005-9134-5a8c4addea72"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Yavapai County, Arizona</header><text>Project for flood risk management, Yavapai County, Arizona.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida4cbcdde-c175-4df2-bbe7-d7c718a08b5a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eastman Lake, California</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration and water supply, including for conservation and recharge, Eastman Lake, Merced and Madera Counties, California. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc6b1de5c-2b7d-4ecc-b984-32a64120782a"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Pine Flat Dam, California</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Project for ecosystem restoration, water supply, and recreation, Pine Flat Dam, Fresno County, California.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8bb64dd7-7714-4d29-a4ea-e96a89b348c6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>San Diego, California</header><text>Project for flood risk management, including sea level rise, San Diego, California.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaf111946-7109-4cda-acdd-477dbc369b9f"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Sacramento, California</header><text>Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, including levee improvement, Sacramento River, Sacramento, California. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc04d823f-3780-437c-86e5-c162f0bd75b7"><enum>(6)</enum><header>San Mateo, California</header><text>Project for flood risk management, City of San Mateo, California.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5ef1f2de-33ee-4301-b004-7156d5dbd2cf"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Sacramento County, California</header><text>Project for flood risk management, ecosystem restoration, and water supply, Lower Cosumnes River, Sacramento County, California. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9a9c6f5d-4238-47ba-b4fd-a2ff4db6c05c"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Colorado Springs, Colorado</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration and flood risk management, Fountain Creek, Monument Creek, and T–Gap Levee, Colorado Springs, Colorado.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2ba7db87-fcf5-4030-a048-37e125021667"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Plymouth, Connecticut</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Project for ecosystem restoration, Plymouth, Connecticut.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf4ccd3df-3203-4458-ad2e-ae607c4db876"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Windham, Connecticut</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration and recreation, Windham, Connecticut.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1cd61371-5eac-4343-a7bb-82937fe1a172"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Enfield, Connecticut</header><text>Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, including restoring freshwater brook floodplain, Enfield, Connecticut.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5f492136-0ef0-4a62-a6e8-946b5f8571dc"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Newington, Connecticut</header><text>Project for flood risk management, Newington, Connecticut.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide3c6b635-c86f-4a01-bbe2-7aee1a4a8248"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Hartford, Connecticut</header><text>Project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, Hartford, Connecticut.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddd94eb0f-2478-4035-9c2c-8c3074f58774"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Fairfield, Connecticut</header><text>Project for flood risk management, Rooster River, Fairfield, Connecticut.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida31b5164-c5b4-4eb4-8009-98c9e1c9163d"><enum>(15)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Milton, Delaware</header><text>Project for flood risk management, Milton, Delaware.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0c16bacb-b286-4e97-950b-93ebf7b080e3"><enum>(16)</enum><header>Wilmington, Delaware</header><text>Project for coastal storm risk management, City of Wilmington, Delaware.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf97df592-29a7-4f79-a494-d1d33a25b6db"><enum>(17)</enum><header>Tybee Island, Georgia</header><text>Project for flood risk management and coastal storm risk management, including the potential for beneficial use of dredged material, Tybee Island, Georgia. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide2a3b987-db4b-4446-a74d-05ce58dac464"><enum>(18)</enum><header>Hanapepe Levee, Hawaii</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, flood risk management, and hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, including Hanapepe Levee, Kauai County, Hawaii. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id86268c52-72ec-4d16-876b-363ee4c4f944"><enum>(19)</enum><header>Kauai County, Hawaii</header><text>Project for flood risk management and coastal storm risk management, Kauai County, Hawaii.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1ea596e9-285b-415a-bc23-54355668b1e0"><enum>(20)</enum><header>Hawai‘i Kai, Hawaii</header><text>Project for flood risk management, Hawai‘i Kai, Hawaii.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id44297d5c-895d-4f9c-ac81-531344d07b0c"><enum>(21)</enum><header>Maui, Hawaii</header><text>Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, Maui County, Hawaii. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2ba19528-f1ba-47d6-942c-352572464e94"><enum>(22)</enum><header>Butterfield Creek, Illinois</header><text>Project for flood risk management, Butterfield Creek, Illinois, including the villages of Flossmoor, Matteson, Park Forest, and Richton Park. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38e1d255-638a-4fec-8344-0ad749705b8a"><enum>(23)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rocky Ripple, Indiana</header><text>Project for flood risk management, Rocky Ripple, Indiana.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide23de731-f357-4d76-9281-6e24d3e0590b"><enum>(24)</enum><header>Coffeyville, Kansas</header><text>Project for flood risk management, Coffeyville, Kansas.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf989eb0b-da5a-4b55-850f-6d18cc9c9d5b"><enum>(25)</enum><header>Fulton County, Kentucky</header><text>Project for flood risk management, including bank stabilization, Fulton County, Kentucky. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6223d24d-6471-4542-95c1-b9e8b4410430"><enum>(26)</enum><header>Cumberland River, Crittenden County, Lyon County, and Livingston County, Kentucky</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, including bank stabilization, Cumberland River, Crittenden County, Lyon County, and Livingston County, Kentucky.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcb0e81b7-5d80-4ce3-9aad-21e0e0e793a7"><enum>(27)</enum><header>Scott County, Kentucky</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, including water supply, Scott County, Kentucky.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida7084616-7b12-42a4-b412-c1927687f58c"><enum>(28)</enum><header>Bullskin Creek and Shelby County, Kentucky</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, including bank stabilization, Bullskin Creek and Shelby County, Kentucky. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id686c7859-d772-492b-90dd-cd46e2aa3016"><enum>(29)</enum><header>Lake Pontchartrain Barrier, Louisiana</header><text>Project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, Orleans Parish, St. Tammany Parish, and St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf74bb7b4-1e67-41e4-a0b4-70d018d2230a"><enum>(30)</enum><header>Ocean City, Maryland</header><text>Project for flood risk management, Ocean City, Maryland.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id67e6f9df-e5e2-461d-8f6d-cb6091e71802"><enum>(31)</enum><header>Beaverdam Creek, Maryland</header><text>Project for flood risk management, Beaverdam Creek, Prince George's County, Maryland. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id33e56ae2-5fe5-4b3e-b733-2badde925994"><enum>(32)</enum><header>Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts</header><text>Project for flood risk management, coastal storm risk management, recreation, and ecosystem restoration, including shoreline stabilization along East Chop Drive, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2ce169a8-f786-4c63-9ee1-9e7e11d13419"><enum>(33)</enum><header>Tisbury, Massachusetts</header><text>Project for coastal storm risk management, including shoreline stabilization along Beach Road Causeway, Tisbury, Massachusetts.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5b993873-2efb-40e0-9d87-7afd8eac8a14"><enum>(34)</enum><header>Oak Bluffs Harbor, Massachusetts</header><text>Project for coastal storm risk management and navigation, Oak Bluffs Harbor north and south jetties, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5fe64372-6eda-4fe2-80d2-5a356c5256ba"><enum>(35)</enum><header>Connecticut River, Massachusetts</header><text>Project for flood risk management along the Connecticut River, Massachusetts. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idffc0ada0-e0a3-4eba-9ecd-feb1cda14cab"><enum>(36)</enum><header>Marysville, Michigan</header><text>Project for coastal storm risk management, including shoreline stabilization, City of Marysville, Michigan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id01326fcb-74eb-4322-9e78-dc02e27d81fb"><enum>(37)</enum><header>Cheboygan, Michigan</header><text>Project for flood risk management, Little Black River, City of Cheboygan, Michigan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbd8be4cc-a690-406b-ad85-6b2fbf3a4f29"><enum>(38)</enum><header>Kalamazoo, Michigan</header><text>Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, Kalamazoo River Watershed and tributaries, City of Kalamazoo, Michigan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9d32e799-4118-4605-bcb7-a495a1b8ec7a"><enum>(39)</enum><header>Dearborn and Dearborn Heights, Michigan</header><text>Project for flood risk management, Dearborn and Dearborn Heights, Michigan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id56b751ae-f08d-4aba-b105-a26ef807bc61"><enum>(40)</enum><header>Grand Traverse Bay, Michigan</header><text>Project for navigation, Grand Traverse Bay, Michigan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id23a542ee-e7e7-469f-944d-bacc6c1e2346"><enum>(41)</enum><header>Grand Traverse County, Michigan</header><text>Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, Grand Traverse County, Michigan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb5cf2677-f843-4fb1-afbe-ea357e586bb7"><enum>(42)</enum><header>Brighton Mill Pond, Michigan</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Brighton Mill Pond, Michigan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3dc0df41-d320-4c01-8a8c-c75feeb7d0e9"><enum>(43)</enum><header>Ludington, Michigan</header><text>Project for coastal storm risk management, including feasibility of emergency shoreline protection, Ludington, Michigan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idce7447a3-240d-4665-8f68-03a9c4667ecb"><enum>(44)</enum><header>Pahrump, Nevada</header><text>Project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction and flood risk management, Pahrump, Nevada.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id57c86870-38f2-4450-b6b6-4622ecaf83c5"><enum>(45)</enum><header>Allegheny River, New York</header><text>Project for navigation and ecosystem restoration, Allegheny River, New York.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id50fc1a3c-7f21-437e-99e5-3428403226b7"><enum>(46)</enum><header>Turtle Cove, New York</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Turtle Cove, Pelham Bay Park, Bronx, New York. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idde8ec111-5370-4cdd-a57a-799eceefff02"><enum>(47)</enum><header>Niles, Ohio</header><text>Project for flood risk management, ecosystem restoration, and recreation, City of Niles, Ohio. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id607189c8-e596-43aa-8480-be6b5a202054" commented="no"><enum>(48)</enum><header>Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio</header><text>Project for flood and coastal storm risk management, ecosystem restoration, recreation, and shoreline erosion protection, Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id70bad0cd-ee75-41dc-b09c-63432458367a"><enum>(49)</enum><header>Little Killbuck Creek, Ohio</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, including aquatic invasive species management, Little Killbuck Creek, Ohio.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3a80f993-cdfd-45a3-80fb-eab73ba87b76"><enum>(50)</enum><header>Defiance, Ohio</header><text>Project for flood risk management, ecosystem restoration, recreation, and bank stabilization, Maumee, Auglaize, and Tiffin Rivers, Defiance, Ohio.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7b4754ad-2809-41d2-8be7-90b3cfbccccc" commented="no"><enum>(51)</enum><header>Dillon Lake, Muskingum County, Ohio</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, recreation, and shoreline erosion protection, Dillon Lake, Muskingum and Licking Counties, Ohio. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id63705e26-c810-4782-b5aa-5923768f07fe"><enum>(52)</enum><header>Jerusalem Township, Ohio</header><text>Project for flood and coastal storm risk management and shoreline erosion protection, Jerusalem Township, Ohio.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id37208489-d01f-468a-9d59-b97ff90c4850"><enum>(53)</enum><header>Nine Mile Creek, Cleveland, Ohio</header><text>Project for flood risk management, Nine Mile Creek, Cleveland, Ohio.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id447b8614-019e-4f49-8bf2-92100dd483ef"><enum>(54)</enum><header>Cold Creek, Ohio</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Cold Creek, Erie County, Ohio.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb41ad2b2-0647-420e-8a53-87d578133779"><enum>(55)</enum><header>Allegheny River, Pennsylvania</header><text>Project for navigation and ecosystem restoration, Allegheny River, Pennsylvania.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idca151f3c-67d9-44b7-bef7-17796d7d5a2d"><enum>(56)</enum><header>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration and recreation, including shoreline stabilization, South Philadelphia Wetlands Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbc04415e-f5e6-4bbf-acd9-76273413deb5"><enum>(57)</enum><header>Galveston Bay, Texas</header><text>Project for navigation, Galveston Bay, Texas. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4aacd2a2-d1a3-4c55-9daa-9976c49d3e04"><enum>(58)</enum><header>Winooski, Vermont</header><text>Project for flood risk management, Winooski River and tributaries, Winooski, Vermont.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idadbf6340-5c7f-4b37-aef1-2aa21362f0d4"><enum>(59)</enum><header>Mt. St. Helens, Washington</header><text>Project for navigation, Mt. St. Helens, Washington.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbcf24d87-516e-43dd-b7b6-a0f897f074ed"><enum>(60)</enum><header>Grays Bay, Washington</header><text>Project for navigation, flood risk management, and ecosystem restoration, Grays Bay, Wahkiakum County, Washington.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb435e2e4-5ae7-47bd-8b38-cac24bebaaa6"><enum>(61)</enum><header>Wind, Klickitat, Hood, Deschutes, Rock Creek, and John Day tributaries, Washington</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Wind, Klickitat, Hood, Deschutes, Rock Creek, and John Day tributaries, Washington.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idee21792f-711f-4c9e-b5fd-b5961b024283"><enum>(62)</enum><header>La Crosse, Wisconsin</header><text>Project for flood risk management, City of La Crosse, Wisconsin. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd809c1fe-bdf7-4bf2-b4c0-71e9be4ace23"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Project modifications</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to conduct a feasibility study for the following project modifications:</text><paragraph id="ide42d7e90-f6b8-4d35-887e-de02227d251e" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Luxapalila Creek, Alabama</header><text>Modifications to the project for flood risk management, Luxapalila Creek, Alabama, authorized by section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 307).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7e48279c-9e57-4c3e-b1c9-99515b9b71b0"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Osceola Harbor, Arkansas</header><text>Modifications to the project for navigation, Osceola Harbor, Arkansas, authorized 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>), to evaluate the expansion of the harbor.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id89b93485-8345-4317-b6b2-8e77f980872d"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Savannah, Georgia</header><text>Modifications to the project for navigation, Savannah Harbor Expansion Project, Georgia, authorized by section 7002(1) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 1364) and modified by section 1401(6) of the America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (132 Stat. 3839). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idaeff715a-ee72-4d6d-9cef-42312eef6890" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Hagaman Chute, Louisiana</header><text>Modifications to the project for navigation, including sediment management, Hagaman Chute, Louisiana.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddd6f1fe7-cf7f-4fdf-b68e-e31828efba0c"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Mississippi River and tributaries, Ouachita River, Louisiana</header><text>Modifications to the project for flood risk management, including bank stabilization, Ouachita River, Monroe to Caldwell Parish, Louisiana, authorized by the first section of the Act of May 15, 1928 (45 Stat. 534, chapter 569). </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id424fa6dc-62aa-400c-a56a-92f6172a1205"><enum>(6)</enum><header>St. Marys River, Michigan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Modifications to the project for navigation, St. Marys River and tributaries, Michigan, for channel improvements.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idaa1e3c0b-2fb3-4a98-8bf9-76b85c94d33e" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Mosquito Creek Lake, Trumbull County, Ohio</header><text>Modifications to the project for flood risk management and water supply, Mosquito Creek Lake, Trumbull County, Ohio.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idace19e08-c50a-4fe8-a2db-4588420cd077" commented="no"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Little Conemaugh, Stonycreek, and Conemaugh Rivers, Pennsylvania</header><text>Modifications to the project for ecosystem restoration, recreation, and flood risk management, Little Conemaugh, Stonycreek, and Conemaugh rivers, Pennsylvania, authorized by section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (commonly known as the <quote>Flood Control Act of 1936</quote>) (49 Stat. 1586, chapter 688; 50 Stat. 879; chapter 877).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id788b4f7d-44e1-4408-918e-296cdb673a98"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Charleston, South Carolina</header><text>Modifications to the project for navigation, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, authorized by section 1401(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 1709), including improvements to address potential or actual changed conditions on that portion of the project that serves the North Charleston Terminal.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4dec3d25-c87d-4d81-aa9f-9b683d1b7a89" commented="no"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Addicks and Barker Reservoirs, Texas</header><text>Modifications to the project for flood risk management, Addicks and Barker Reservoirs, Texas.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc0fcac8c-a7ca-4450-ab09-56896af98cbb"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Monongahela River, West Virginia</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Modifications to the project for recreation, Monongahela River, West Virginia.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1f21a083-2715-4164-b56f-398219cfc04f"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Special rule, St. Marys River, Michigan</header><text>The cost of the study under subsection (b)(6) shall be shared in accordance with the cost share applicable to construction of the project for navigation, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, authorized by section 1149 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4254; 121 Stat. 1131).</text></subsection></section><section id="id35fbde49-c8c2-464c-a67a-8b17dadb8167"><enum>202.</enum><header>Vertical integration and acceleration of studies</header><subsection id="id2ef688d6-5f8e-42c8-933e-f330726e196a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 1001 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2282c">33 U.S.C. 2282c</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id1b59b0e2-7fdb-4934-815e-a4389567873e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcfceb808-5920-4f2b-a399-bd09524cebea"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (c) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idab319ad9-b0da-4dd4-8f24-3b03406bf588" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection id="id2b607ae3-e140-48e4-8faf-7af15dec9683"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Delegation</header><paragraph id="idbb539519-b312-4180-adb5-0470f597ecbf"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall delegate the determination to grant an extension under subsection (c) to the Commander of the relevant Division if—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21330f7e-044e-4a4c-b6fe-7c9b4908bab3"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the final feasibility report for the study can be completed with an extension of not more than 1 year beyond the time period described in subsection (a)(1); or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id159a0a60-8fdd-47d9-bd90-afdae0bdefa5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the feasibility study requires an additional cost of not more than $1,000,000 above the amount described in subsection (a)(2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id83b6a514-bd3d-4f55-80aa-e3ed91f8d2ee"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>If the Secretary determines that implementation guidance is necessary to implement this subsection, the Secretary shall issue such implementation guidance not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024</short-title>.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idff5bb456-4787-4145-bd43-479c867d6ef5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77f8f50a-31b4-441e-ab9b-dd4adcbc4e4a" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection id="id6f6a97a4-9f59-4e3e-ac62-caf16d08a61e"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Definition of Division</header><text>In this section, the term <term>Division</term> means each of the following Divisions of the Corps of Engineers:</text><paragraph id="id20a511cb-06da-4593-8aa5-ca52fad2fbf5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Great Lakes and Ohio River Division.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb40ffa17-0d98-459e-839e-d62323d45f40"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Mississippi Valley Division.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7b19c43d-35d6-4e22-adef-e152990a4bd1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The North Atlantic Division.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idee1cd8b2-1c75-4a9f-8ce3-046ae4a9703a"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Northwestern Division.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id56dd5c06-7827-492c-b5a6-08939201a2dc"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Pacific Ocean Division.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id35adf602-319f-4e13-a2e7-122a85fcc41a"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The South Atlantic Division.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id18c6ae90-60bc-4086-b1ee-8353fdb25c6b"><enum>(7)</enum><text>The South Pacific Division.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id60ceed8c-2702-4efc-8612-64d1d434ef46"><enum>(8)</enum><text>The Southwestern Division.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2d1deb3b-c57f-48a7-84f3-bf1be5dd8469"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deadline</header><paragraph id="id85a620e4-9185-4bf9-93ab-34c2f036fb3b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop and issue implementation guidance that improves the implementation of section 1001 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2282c">33 U.S.C. 2282c</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idba112f04-8829-417c-b88e-b9aa7d946162"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Standardized form</header><text>In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall develop and provide to each Division (as defined in subsection (h) of section 1001 of the Water Resources Reform and Development of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2282c">33 U.S.C. 2282c</external-xref>)) a standardized form to assist the Divisions in preparing a written request for an exception under subsection (c) of that section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0688d6c6-527b-4138-b3e8-8aff8377c3a7" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>The Secretary shall submit a written copy of the implementation guidance developed under paragraph (1) to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives not less than 30 days before the date on which the Secretary makes that guidance publicly available.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idbc879e3a-8678-423c-ab6a-13c1291c669f"><enum>203.</enum><header>Expedited completion</header><subsection id="iddcc5ba27-505c-429a-93df-937f3212370b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Feasibility studies</header><text>The Secretary shall expedite the completion of a feasibility study or general reevaluation report (as applicable) 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="idf8f803c5-f884-4f9b-beb4-755ad672913f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Project for food risk management, Upper Guyandotte River Basin, West Virginia.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8e876ebe-75e3-4530-823a-2a603b01c1d4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Kanawha River Basin, West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb47e7ba5-2912-42d9-beae-7b97c0040f1e"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Cave Buttes Dam, Phoenix, Arizona. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb396b62f-a807-4a9e-82bc-d3367d87e9ed"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, McMicken Dam, Maricopa County, Arizona.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id484d00fc-88a8-4125-94bc-a347bc416d4b"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Rio Salado, Phoenix, Arizona. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb6061dd9-1360-4acd-81dd-e8b0f0ab5b76"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Lower San Joaquin River, San Joaquin Valley, California.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id56731621-36e8-4198-8f65-9eb3ad1f2f0f"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Stratford, Connecticut. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8638331a-5f7f-4bf9-b586-220f638b44b6"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Waimea River, Kauai County, Hawaii. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide970b78c-fc15-45de-b6ec-e59eff1c7127"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Modifications to the project for flood risk management, Cedar River, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, authorized by section 8201(b)(6) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3750).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id403f0f70-4de0-44e3-8e63-31c4390259b4"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Rahway River, Rahway, New Jersey. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd323f998-41a5-40b1-bce6-817474ba2420"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Northeast Levee System portion of the project for flood control and other purposes, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, authorized by section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (commonly known as the <quote>Flood Control Act of 1936</quote>) (49 Stat. 1573, chapter 688).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5a893927-78e7-496b-bbd7-3a77d7827f4b"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Project for navigation, Menominee River, Menominee, Wisconsin. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2fcaa8c6-698a-472e-9a78-3e5aabfa97ea"><enum>(13)</enum><text>General reevaluation report for the project for flood risk management and other purposes, East St. Louis and Vicinity, Illinois. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id48ba11d3-c72d-42a8-9628-d260017d8891"><enum>(14)</enum><text>General reevaluation report for project for flood risk management, Green Brook, New Jersey. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida53ab423-0cfb-4d2b-b64a-e43182d2008d"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Imperial Streams Salton Sea, California. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5ec9babf-32cf-4de1-b27d-db6cf8bea61e"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Modification of the project for navigation, Honolulu Deep Draft Harbor, Hawaii. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72d7cb05-52d1-492d-81da-adb825125ac0"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Project for shoreline damage mitigation, Burns Waterway Harbor, Indiana.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idabd3a097-5736-4c23-bbf7-c15b756ad319"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Project for hurricane and coastal storm risk management, Dare County Beaches, North Carolina. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58627fdf-c11b-4049-b539-30e25ee74cf6"><enum>(19)</enum><text>Modification of the project for flood protection and recreation, Surry Mountain Lake, New Hampshire, including for consideration of low flow augmentation. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9b61a451-1501-4b81-85e1-45500a32d340"><enum>(20)</enum><text>Project for coastal storm risk management, Virginia Beach and vicinity, Virginia. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7266b954-6874-4a84-b6ce-c74d6f1e45aa"><enum>(21)</enum><text>Project for secondary water source identification, Washington Metropolitan Area, Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8619a8ea-5899-4d36-94b2-a76cc91e8ba2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study reports</header><text>The Secretary shall expedite the completion of a Chief’s Report or Director’s Report (as applicable) for each of the following projects for the project to be considered for authorization:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id509b4811-19d9-464f-8217-0e0aae2c87a0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Modification of the project for navigation, Norfolk Harbors and Channels, Anchorage F segment, Norfolk, Virginia. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id428b4e13-0ab5-494d-8911-c25d6306620f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Project for aquatic ecosystem restoration, Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands, Florida.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9613bb98-78e8-4ea0-9a95-fc396242eb3f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Claiborne and Millers Ferry Locks and Dam Fish Passage, Lower Alabama River, Alabama.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id59bbac2e-a6e3-4aa0-9fb3-3893451ceacb"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Project for flood and storm damage reduction, Surf City, North Carolina.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id825c8624-50ab-4fb5-9957-7e1b54d0b1bd"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Project for flood and storm damage reduction, Nassau County Back Bays, New York.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6f0f7025-7257-45a3-97ff-aeade98dceee"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Tar Pamlico, North Carolina.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8cf94e34-95fa-498f-a9fe-7ee2530a7713"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Central and South Florida Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Program, Western Everglades Restoration Project, Florida.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf536f259-ac39-4acb-a7a4-526029e3f8dd"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Project for flood and storm damage reduction, Ala Wai, Hawaii.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id48018bd5-468c-4781-8ac6-813289075dae"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Central and South Florida Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Program, Lake Okeechobee Watershed Restoration, Florida.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf7804c29-fc42-4492-a2f2-99f867ad95c2"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Project for flood and coastal storm damage reduction, Miami-Dade County Back Bay, Florida.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9d0cf877-2dd6-4a68-8c2b-7b41fe0e4de2"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Project for navigation, Tampa Harbor, Florida.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1f7818da-b77a-48c4-a806-d73deb1fd9fd"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Project for flood and storm damage reduction, Akutan Harbor Navigational Improvements, Alaska.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfe82c2d0-e67b-496f-b785-0b8be0ed2031"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Project for flood and storm damage reduction, Amite River and tributaries, Louisiana.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id72dbe3ec-4a12-47a0-926c-82d634e92655"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Project for flood and coastal storm risk management, Puerto Rico Coastal Study, Puerto Rico.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idebefdfd5-3cd1-40d3-8aec-7ead55d6a46e"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Project for coastal storm risk management, Baltimore, Maryland.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd6283178-1187-4831-8860-495f13138d8d"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Project for flood and storm damage reduction and ecosystem restoration, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd14579e4-d682-4045-b1e1-67d62304355a"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Project for flood and storm damage reduction, Washington, DC.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id35eb8b11-184f-4d34-ba7c-685e3916f1ce"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Tres Rios, Arizona.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id54ebfc63-b4e1-41cc-bc50-20d9f59fb97c"><enum>(19)</enum><text>Project for navigation, Oakland Harbor, Oakland, California. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id29dd69e5-9314-48e6-a264-d6e72c9df73f"><enum>(20)</enum><text>Project for water supply reallocation, Stockton Lake Reallocation Study, Missouri.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id74de6776-ad0d-4e40-a13f-2eff05fe75a9"><enum>(21)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Hatchie–Loosahatchie Mississippi River, Tennessee and Arkansas.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id349eb632-5bfd-47d7-898e-0c65c648c65a"><enum>(22)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Biscayne Bay and Southern Everglades, Florida, authorized by section 601 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2680).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3fa9c0bd-be91-4767-b810-7bf21107da8c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Projects</header><text>The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, expedite completion of the following projects:</text><paragraph id="id35e8c7dc-efd2-4a37-998a-ea29048cc2df"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Project for flood control, Lower Mud River, 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).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id14424d87-c959-41a4-9717-68ef27bd44b7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Project for dam safety modifications, Bluestone Dam, West Virginia, authorized pursuant to section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (commonly known as the <quote>Flood Control Act of 1936</quote>) (49 Stat. 1586, chapter 688). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb8661e73-28fb-4c8d-bee5-4f950c80147f"><enum>(3)</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="idd0cb8dcc-8960-49c9-bae1-332e03826a33"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Little Colorado River, Navajo County, Arizona. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7374687d-3bf1-4738-83e7-0c2d9fd9d18b"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Rio de Flag, Flagstaff, Arizona. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0993441e-6e9f-4cc4-a598-f1cced045447"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Va Shly'AY Akimel, Maricopa Indian Reservation, Arizona.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id073851fc-412a-4e43-a6ee-2919c855b270"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Project for aquatic ecosystem restoration, Quincy Bay, Illinois, Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id27d93ed2-3b1c-4e2f-b775-703327f9c62a"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Project for navigation, Matagorda Ship Channel Improvement Project, Port Lavaca, Texas, authorized by section 401(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2734). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc0dfbda8-7435-47a3-814e-0820ab8d2b55"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Major maintenance on Laupahoehoe Harbor, Hawaii County, Hawaii. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id45537c0f-a747-4b76-bc25-0103ece80fca"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Green Brook, New Jersey. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf4766a48-64e3-4c13-97fe-9f1558452329"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Water control manual update for water supply and flood control, Theodore Roosevelt Dam, Globe, Arizona. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idccd4127e-c4b8-4033-a6cb-47354a9db96e"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Water control manual update for Oroville Dam, Butte County, California.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7e951b35-a6c0-4951-ab39-c66fd5e93197"><enum>(13)</enum><text>Water control manual update for New Bullards Dam, Yuba County, California.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5b1f6ca6-fee8-4237-87b3-a0093821812b"><enum>(14)</enum><text>Project for flood risk management, Morgan City, Louisiana.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida4095dc3-5813-4109-8700-b94421977f46"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Project for hurricane and storm risk reduction, Upper Barataria Basin, Louisiana.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id697fb708-f675-4101-9519-e71f6eaf3cf1"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Mid-Chesapeake Bay, Maryland.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc407f946-9677-463d-af29-2af70b38a890"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Project for navigation, Big Bay Harbor of Refuge, Michigan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id64293303-94f6-4563-b670-4e296d76a982"><enum>(18)</enum><text>Project for George W. Kuhn Headwaters Outfall, Michigan.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id868ddd5c-2386-466a-bfa0-6b62dd9b970d"><enum>(19)</enum><text>The portion of the project for flood control and other purposes, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, authorized by section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (commonly known as the <quote>Flood Control Act of 1936</quote>) (49 Stat. 1573, chapter 688), to bring the Northwest Levee System into compliance with current flood mitigation standards.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id06e9b19b-0be9-4e8f-9d15-1d4d4dcc1da7"><enum>(20)</enum><text>Project for navigation, Seattle Harbor, Washington, authorized by section 1401(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2018 (132 Stat. 3836), deepening the East Waterway at the Port of Seattle. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48e1cda6-318b-42e5-a521-2bf641c928f8"><enum>(21)</enum><text>Project for shoreline stabilization, Clarksville, Indiana.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3a87d8b4-5f0b-4c9b-9664-1ac21a3ae59e"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Continuing authorities programs</header><text>The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, expedite completion of the following projects and studies:</text><paragraph id="id7d98d4bd-d8ee-4c4f-b123-71dd1ed85687"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Projects for flood control under section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701s">33 U.S.C. 701s</external-xref>) for the following areas:</text><subparagraph id="id6e88ffe6-c6ad-4c04-ab36-82d90d2caa0b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Ak Chin Levee, Pinal County, Arizona. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcf4cd02f-896a-4008-afe9-2532ca468e38"><enum>(B)</enum><text>McCormick Wash, Globe, Arizona. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id17166ee5-8dcc-49d0-851d-0d0ac54cc588"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Rose and Palm Garden Washes, Douglas, Arizona. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51290ac4-9c1c-4960-aaf6-ed063162622c"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Lower Santa Cruz River, Arizona. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4587e900-a5d7-4b08-8905-0e09fcc0c73c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Project for aquatic ecosystem restoration 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>), Corazon de los Tres Rios del Norte, Pima County, Arizona. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide9b0f690-fbc0-4a24-892e-04f84f92094d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Project for hurricane and storm damage reduction under section 3 of the Act of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1056, chapter 960; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/426g">33 U.S.C. 426g</external-xref>), Stratford, Connecticut. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id55acb65f-0f0e-4365-baca-041a92984133"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Project modification for improvements to the environment, Surry Mountain Lake, New Hampshire, under section 1135 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2309a">33 U.S.C. 2309a</external-xref>). </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idbddac557-a026-4189-9e21-ecb390081031"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Tribal partnership program</header><text>The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, expedite completion of the following projects and studies under the Tribal partnership program under 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>):</text><paragraph id="id5cd046fd-3bd3-4d43-b024-fc99a0b9f8a5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfff84032-5cf7-4210-9276-a6d15155381d"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id81e66bc1-026f-4b7b-89c5-1d7578708a86"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Navajo Nation, Bird Springs, Arizona. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf92bdd83-3227-4848-a1c1-0227c43c5d71"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Watershed assessments</header><text>The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, expedite completion of the watershed assessment for flood risk management, Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, authorized by section 1206 of Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 1686) and section 214 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2687). </text></subsection><subsection id="ide1606011-fb15-4740-b23f-a92f194386a1"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Expedited prospectus</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall prioritize the completion of the prospectus for the United States Moorings Facility, Portland, Oregon, required for authorization of funding from the revolving fund established by the first section of the Civil Functions Appropriations Act, 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/576">33 U.S.C. 576</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section><section id="ida5578bdf-aec1-4723-a854-f84bc0dfc9f8"><enum>204.</enum><header>Expedited completion of other feasibility studies</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd1340e43-0ea4-47c6-9f59-ec02139366f0"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cedar Port Navigation and Improvement District Channel Deepening Project, Baytown, texas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall expedite the review and coordination of the feasibility study for the project for navigation, Cedar Port Navigation and Improvement District Channel Deepening Project, Baytown, 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></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4daa6bc2-5148-4214-a121-99134194409f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Lake Okeechobee watershed restoration project, Florida</header><text>The Secretary shall expedite the review and coordination of the feasibility study for the project for ecosystem restoration, Lake Okeechobee Component A Reservoir, Everglades, Florida, 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></subsection><subsection id="id25b3cec4-070d-432f-aab6-9a3ae1fd7b86"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sabine–Neches waterway navigation improvement project, Texas</header><text>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></subsection><subsection id="id5b3f83b6-cf2f-40f3-bbf0-fc36bbe919e6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>La Quinta expansion project, Texas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall expedite the review and coordination of the feasibility study for the project for navigation, La Quinta Ship Channel, Corpus Christi, 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></subsection></section><section id="id0fb16ae0-f9f3-4255-9d58-ac43177db6df"><enum>205.</enum><header>Alexandria to the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, feasibility study</header><subsection id="idcc3bc6f9-1f76-41fc-8b7d-4eec38ea2cb6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary is authorized to conduct a feasibility study for the project for flood risk management, navigation and ecosystem restoration, Rapides, Avoyelles, Point Coupee, Allen, Evangeline, St. Landry, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Acadia, Lafayette, St. Martin, Iberville, Cameron, Vermilion, Iberia, and St. Mary Parishes, Louisiana.</text></subsection><subsection id="idef3edefc-c1b9-47b2-8a86-7896e3fbeafa"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Special rule</header><text>The study authorized by subsection (a) shall be considered a continuation of the study authorized by the resolution of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives with respect to the study for flood risk management, Alexandria to the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, dated July 23, 1997.</text></subsection></section><section id="id342f5014-3ace-448d-8efa-16a9d431913a"><enum>206.</enum><header>Craig Harbor, Alaska</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The cost of completing a general reevaluation report for the project for navigation, Craig Harbor, Alaska, authorized by section 1401(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 1709) shall be at full Federal expense. </text></section><section id="id6520cd76-fd3c-44be-baa5-2b48554932f5"><enum>207.</enum><header>Sussex County, Delaware</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7efa55c1-c739-4943-9ac3-76c71cb3ebfe"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that consistent nourishments of Lewes Beach, Delaware, are important for the safety and economic prosperity of Sussex County, Delaware. </text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide63ac641-8a00-4907-9661-56ced5d3e2aa"><enum>(b)</enum><header>General reevaluation report</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf8d332bc-22cd-42e3-a352-9121929a9666"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall carry out a general reevaluation report for the project for Delaware Bay Coastline, Roosevelt Inlet, and Lewes Beach, Delaware.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1da111f9-c013-4d8e-85bb-c98bd298221f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The general reevaluation report under paragraph (1) shall include a determination of—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf85acf44-408d-4495-9da0-98a8ef9c4bf9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the area that the project should include; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5380dfa0-8d22-4de6-91c2-99fff6aaa6ad"><enum>(B)</enum><text>how 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>) should be applied with respect to the project.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id0814d8f3-da88-4b12-81bd-7e27db4056a8"><enum>208.</enum><header>Forecast-informed reservoir operations in the Colorado River Basin</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1222 of the America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 (132 Stat. 3811; 134 Stat. 2661) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51f6c9c6-1fcf-404b-964f-17f62c569435" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection id="id65cfd622-01c2-4986-845a-dd98a91b1605"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Forecast-informed reservoir operations in the Colorado River Basin</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id752f5e98-371c-41f2-805b-603012103762"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, 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 that assesses the viability of forecast-informed reservoir operations at a reservoir in the Colorado River Basin.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf49381d6-a9f6-480c-8dc9-cd42f492ae34"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>If the Secretary determines, and includes in the report under paragraph (1), that forecast-informed reservoir operations are viable at a reservoir in the Colorado River Basin, the Secretary is authorized to carry out forecast-informed reservoir operations at that reservoir, subject to the availability of appropriations.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id1b8f3efb-7171-4305-9db2-9dbd4e45b605"><enum>209.</enum><header>Beaver Lake, Arkansas, reallocation study</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall expedite the completion of a study for the reallocation of water supply storage, carried out in accordance with 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>), for the Beaver Water District, Beaver Lake, Arkansas.</text></section><section id="id38df57a4-51a1-41a8-98fb-5d852d8d66c6"><enum>210.</enum><header>Gathright Dam, Virginia, study</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct a study on the feasibility of modifying the project for flood risk management, Gathright Dam, Virginia, authorized by section 10 of the Flood Control Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 645, chapter 596), to include downstream recreation as a project purpose.</text></section><section id="id31633206-5f99-43ad-b34c-c32f7b846a8e"><enum>211.</enum><header>Delaware Inland Bays Watershed Study</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1784846e-6eac-4319-b1ee-d60b6b43cce1"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a study to restore aquatic ecosystems in the Delaware Inland Bays Watershed.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id76df71c0-1cf1-42d9-afac-fed648a84085"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id63829ef1-d9c6-4559-a7e5-142d9c37f953"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id402b1f94-2bd1-4ce1-b6b0-4401532c2a3a"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct a comprehensive analysis of ecosystem restoration needs in the Delaware Inland Bays Watershed, including—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id88c5c27e-dc6c-4802-8132-ac64ff8040d2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">saltmarsh restoration;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51cd7f38-e44f-48f4-8c4f-1d9f0cdf4558"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shoreline stabilization;</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf8b0b752-db69-465a-b051-f431eca9f2d8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>stormwater management; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id49603ccc-f428-4a9f-bb0c-2e2b7758f29d"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an identification of sources for the beneficial use of dredged materials; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida6457e77-0887-4a88-b486-4b1e0202cc8b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>recommend feasibility studies to address the needs identified under subparagraph (A). </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb4f30c98-7cfe-42cf-9714-5af0c5070d1d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Natural or nature-based features</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, a feasibility study that is recommended under paragraph (1)(B) shall consider the use of natural features or nature-based features (as those terms are defined 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>)).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8de1a520-8817-49ab-8323-ab1df7e94abb"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Consultation and use of existing data</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id46174594-0d57-4ad1-afca-9e394b2ccc1d"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consultation</header><text>In carrying out the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with applicable—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3dcc9e1d-cb8e-4a80-93f3-d5d3c0e7c1db"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal, State, and local agencies;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf4826f9c-e83f-4da4-a095-e1ac5bb69995"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Indian Tribes;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8ee3c3ab-7b9d-409f-b356-bfc0e14c70e8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>non-Federal interests; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id075146a9-4a53-43ad-9d51-8ac379b7e609"><enum>(D)</enum><text>other stakeholders, as determined appropriate by the Secretary. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id39088f4c-a928-4898-80ce-662e8fc9a28c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of existing data</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, in carrying out the study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall use existing data provided to the Secretary by entities described in paragraph (1). </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idea43284b-17ec-4927-a6c3-a23c42986970"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Feasibility studies</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id12411b4a-66a3-474e-bd45-c12300a17eea"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may carry out a feasibility study for a project recommended under subsection (b)(1)(B).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96bfd5e1-419c-4634-8c76-9a5e0dda1f93"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Congressional authorization</header><text>The Secretary may not begin construction for a project recommended by a feasibility study described in paragraph (1) unless the project has been authorized by Congress. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2a23bafa-9db7-4977-9c69-23a778cd241b"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report that includes—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id466a278c-9af8-4467-98e0-ecc427c96d64"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the results of the study under subsection (a); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58f1be7b-63f9-4ceb-807c-235ab8b39f6f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of actions taken under this section, including any feasibility studies under subsection (b)(1)(B). </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idf4477f6f-dd4a-4b3f-a826-00b6e5bbf42d"><enum>212.</enum><header>Upper Susquehanna River Basin comprehensive flood damage reduction feasibility study</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9597dd78-cedf-45cb-a9f9-cabc5b9a0679"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall, at the request of a non-Federal interest, complete a feasibility study for comprehensive flood damage reduction, Upper Susquehanna River Basin, New York.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id26e89b73-dc81-4493-a395-5b9a48ffc1b8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In carrying out the feasibility study under subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1ace9919-3e1d-402a-96a5-b50d32363454"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use, for purposes of meeting the requirements of a final feasibility study, information from the feasibility study completion report entitled <quote>Upper Susquehanna River Basin, New York, Comprehensive Flood Damage Reduction</quote> and dated January 2020; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9b7a2d3c-86d2-4385-8119-d60320c09d1e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>re-evaluate project benefits, as determined using the framework described in the proposed rule of the Corps of Engineers entitled <quote>Corps of Engineers Agency Specific Procedures To Implement the Principles, Requirements, and Guidelines for Federal Investments in Water Resources</quote> (89 Fed. Reg. 12066 (February 15, 2024)), including a consideration of 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></subsection></section><section id="id038fe157-4d69-4f83-b9e4-8d267e34bf94"><enum>213.</enum><header>Kanawha River Basin</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1207 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 1686) is amended—</text><paragraph id="ide67362b4-6e9e-4c92-b66d-a0c8d823bcc1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary shall</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc8e64d12-ab84-46f9-9559-f2b24d68e36b" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection id="id5c0e5883-c602-46cd-adfe-64576e51dc42"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idab1761a4-7608-4c97-a8f2-52eac579fe1a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16da9a3e-fc9e-43a3-8679-f55f633eb6b4" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection id="id76517824-1ff6-4f32-a616-7d96874bd6e2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Projects and separable elements</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for an authorized project or a separable element of an authorized project that is recommended as a result of a study carried out by the Secretary under subsection (a) 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>)) in the State of West Virginia, the non-Federal share of the cost of the project or separable element of a project shall be 10 percent.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="ideeabd779-90ef-4bc6-869d-d4d2ae30b6cf"><enum>214.</enum><header>Authorization of feasibility studies for projects from CAP authorities</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id305d77d9-07e6-40e0-afbc-a7acf40c90d2"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cedar Point Seawall, Scituate, Massachusetts</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6da14bec-0f86-4c8b-a33d-ba8c1dc4fd9b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may conduct a feasibility study for the project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, Cedar Point Seawall, Scituate, Massachusetts. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4d786447-f33e-4c6a-9b06-5d8c8c192396"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use any relevant information from the project described in that paragraph that was carried out under section 3 of the Act of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1056, chapter 960; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/426g">33 U.S.C. 426g</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1104115a-bddf-4550-884c-b19b2a9f58ec"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Jones Levee, Pierce County, Washington</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51fcb757-5ea0-42c2-9b43-2090403b6c4e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may conduct a feasibility study for the project for flood risk management, Jones Levee, Pierce County, Washington. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf17ab877-f9c4-4fce-a87b-0765cf3f120d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use any relevant information from the project described in that paragraph that was carried out under section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701s">33 U.S.C. 701s</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8ef6dc08-dcb2-4eb7-b0e7-67310d0a33fe"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Hatch, New Mexico</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfcc9e0fb-7160-483a-b9c2-fca54fc1a113"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may conduct a feasibility study for the project for flood risk management, Hatch, New Mexico. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide4145587-3f9b-45d4-a95c-a3e03370685f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use any relevant information from the project described in that paragraph that was carried out under section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701s">33 U.S.C. 701s</external-xref>). </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb94c14d0-78d3-4535-9667-bed1d0023781"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Fort George Inlet, Jacksonville, Florida</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7baef40d-7f65-43c2-a211-6ae8f6e87735"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may conduct a feasibility study to modify the project for navigation, Fort George Inlet, Jacksonville, Florida, to include navigation improvements or shoreline erosion prevention or mitigation as a result of the project.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ideca5c6b8-c622-489a-b375-127bfe350c53"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use any relevant information from the project described in that paragraph that was 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>). </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id66c3e515-f763-4cbc-8e05-b12e468522e5"><enum>215.</enum><header>Port Fourchon Belle Pass channel, Louisiana</header><subsection id="id4e2cd674-59c0-4f72-b411-62197b21ba86"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Feasibility study</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida31b8dd5-6949-4321-b1c9-ea614496a33c"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>Notwithstanding section 203(a)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2231">33 U.S.C. 2231(a)(1)</external-xref>), the non-Federal interest for the project for navigation, Port Fourchon Belle Pass Channel, Louisiana, authorized by section 403(a)(4) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2743) may, on written notification to the Secretary, and at the cost of the non-Federal interest, carry out a feasibility study to modify the project for deepening in accordance with section 203 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2231">33 U.S.C. 2231</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd76a7369-7ac3-4a39-985a-d6ebf52bc389"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A modification recommended by a feasibility study under paragraph (1) shall be approved by the Secretary and authorized by Congress before construction.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6160142c-a43c-4cc8-81a1-c9e2cf6454a2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prior written agreements</header><paragraph id="idea35e8aa-c195-45b8-b2b3-ec803cafdf88"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prior written agreements for section 203</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall use the previous agreement between the Secretary and the non-Federal interest for the feasibility study carried about under section 203 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2231">33 U.S.C. 2231</external-xref>) that resulted in the project described in subsection (a)(1) in order to expedite the revised agreement between the Secretary and the non-Federal interest for the feasibility study described in that subsection.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida9015ef1-6504-4716-8814-591c8ecbf5b4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prior written agreements for technical assistance</header><text>On the request of the non-Federal interest described in subsection (a)(1), the Secretary shall use the previous agreement for technical assistance under section 203 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2231">33 U.S.C. 2231</external-xref>) between the Secretary and the non-Federal interest in order to provide technical assistance to the non-Federal interest for the feasibility study under subsection (a)(1).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idca2b8bdc-8e95-41f8-b4b4-6bfc2428767e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Submission to Congress</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9da37ef7-5eb9-4e7c-a178-0c6e851a2256"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review the feasibility study under subsection (a)(1); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idaca58f42-1015-41a5-b8de-1d487413def0"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the Secretary determines that the proposed modifications are consistent with the authorized purposes of the project and the study meets the same legal and regulatory requirements of a Post Authorization Change Report that would be otherwise undertaken by the Secretary, submit to Congress the study for authorization of the modification.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4acd0d19-2a2b-42a0-af88-dc194a644bf6"><enum>216.</enum><header>Studies for modification of project purposes in the Colorado River Basin in Arizona</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0a440410-15c8-495b-a850-44deecfa09d9"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out a study of a project of the Corps of Engineers in the Colorado River Basin in the State of Arizona to determine whether to include water supply as a project purpose of that project if a request for such a study to modify the project purpose is made to the Secretary by—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc1417748-571d-4a79-b136-76d64b6b5725"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the non-Federal interest for the project; or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6222fe60-a285-47d8-ac92-42c69f6f35ad"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of a project for which there is no non-Federal interest, the Governor of the State of Arizona.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9566dc49-d6ac-49ee-a95f-d6b4d9806219" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable, shall coordinate with relevant State and local authorities in carrying out this section.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3c63dac4-ffc9-4d21-aed8-24c9d2e81f82"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Recommendations</header><text>If, after carrying out a study under subsection (a) with respect to a project described in that subsection, the Secretary determines that water supply should be included as a project purpose for that project, 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 recommendation for the modification of the project purpose of that project.</text></subsection></section><section id="ida032996d-861a-4f4f-aa05-1277d9f52291"><enum>217.</enum><header>Non-Federal interest preparation of water reallocation studies, North Dakota</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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>) is amended by adding at the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4712b823-7548-42c7-a18d-662a4be418e3" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection id="id01d73105-cb74-4f29-bffb-adb5a11f8938"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Non-Federal interest preparation</header><paragraph id="id7e69d2a6-e425-47bc-8b39-bb0066c67183"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In accordance with this subsection, a non-Federal interest may carry out a water reallocation study at a reservoir project constructed by the Corps of Engineers and located in the State of North Dakota.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1f3101bd-8433-4c17-a6f6-d28890d1136e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>On completion of the study under paragraph (1), the non-Federal interest shall submit to the Secretary the results of the study.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4a714021-a33c-4b56-b88d-ed541b59aa62"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Guidelines</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideba54956-698e-493d-a447-391a035be511"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall issue guidelines for the formulation of a water reallocation study carried out by a non-Federal interest under this subsection.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7e96ed82-f430-4754-929d-915f23e91bbe"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The guidelines under subparagraph (A) shall contain provisions that—</text><clause id="idc8543827-bf0d-41ef-beeb-947843f1d192" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>ensure that any water reallocation study with respect to which the Secretary submits an assessment under paragraph (6) complies with all of the requirements that would apply to a water reallocation study undertaken by the Secretary; and</text></clause><clause id="ide430e4f3-01be-4d4e-8ca7-813be746dffa" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide sufficient information for the formulation of the water reallocation studies, including processes and procedures related to reviews and assistance under paragraph (7).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id6c20ba58-380a-44ad-a5d1-69712e0ef82c" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Agreement</header><text>Before carrying out a water reallocation study under paragraph (1), the Secretary and the non-Federal interest shall enter into an agreement.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id65c59764-4ffd-4c1e-ab5e-7f90f4d9cd0e"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Review by Secretary</header><subparagraph id="id09e0310f-8e2b-4f7c-9901-2f8c572618d9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall review each water reallocation study received under paragraph (2) for the purpose of determining whether or not the study, and the process under which the study was developed, comply with Federal laws and regulations applicable to water reallocation studies.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0a137b19-16f7-4432-a209-02e3ce24f89d"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>The Secretary may not submit to Congress an assessment of a water reallocation study under paragraph (1) until such time as the Secretary—</text><clause id="idb3e7e1a8-2b39-4962-b44b-ca8804052b33"><enum>(i)</enum><text>determines that the study complies with all of the requirements that would apply to a water reallocation study carried out by the Secretary; and</text></clause><clause id="id876f2a0b-a403-4448-a3f4-09be5f814d90"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>completes all of the Federal analyses, reviews, and compliance processes 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>), that would be required with respect to the proposed action if the Secretary had carried out the water reallocation study.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc63f8152-4bf5-4b68-83e9-d61089cbdf93"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Submission to Congress</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the completion of review of a water reallocation study under paragraph (5), 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 assessment that—</text><subparagraph id="id5c84968a-ec04-4760-a20b-beaed22bf6f4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>describes—</text><clause id="idd94f6129-23a4-46c8-a16c-319d7ec91bd6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the results of that review;</text></clause><clause id="id9ab716e0-84be-4dce-ab61-fb2345c1a67f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>based on the results of the water allocation study, any structural or operations changes at the reservoir project that would occur if the water reallocation is carried out; and</text></clause><clause id="id8da6f6f0-450e-4a67-9c14-b43b2cb0670e"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>based on the results of the water reallocation study, any effects to the authorized purposes of the reservoir project that would occur if the water reallocation is carried out; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id808d468b-59b1-4155-89e5-8e3c3cd79073"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes a determination by the Secretary of whether the modifications recommended under the study are those described in subsection (e).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9fa61be5-62a8-4926-b9c7-7a24d1b281c5"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Review and technical assistance</header><subparagraph id="id66adc13a-5383-4e70-8cef-40735c549cd8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Review</header><text>The Secretary may accept and expend funds provided by non-Federal interests to carry out the reviews and other activities that are the responsibility of the Secretary in carrying out this subsection.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide2e5c2a4-493b-456b-bb14-5500993cf3d2"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text>At the request of the non-Federal interest, the Secretary shall provide to the non-Federal interest technical assistance relating to any aspect of a water reallocation study if the non-Federal interest contracts with the Secretary to pay all costs of providing that technical assistance.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id701a0818-44c8-4f03-8e13-aa00409846e8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Impartial decisionmaking</header><text>In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall ensure that the use of funds accepted from a non-Federal interest will not affect the impartial decisionmaking of the Secretary, either substantively or procedurally.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id450f9bea-e70c-4b2d-8c34-757ffb0e63d6"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>The provision of technical assistance by the Secretary under subparagraph (B)—</text><clause id="id415c60aa-d10c-4aed-929b-c1373ce0952b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall not be considered to be an approval or endorsement of the water reallocation study; and</text></clause><clause id="id6b7bfbe8-82ca-4204-a738-77382da15bc8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall not affect the responsibilities of the Secretary under paragraphs (5) and (6).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id85a7de2d-9a59-4376-8f54-926430a353a8"><enum>218.</enum><header>Technical correction, Walla Walla River</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8201(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3744) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3f13a951-2b5f-47a6-965f-a94c8750064b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (76) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1e05b7e4-e474-454f-9b08-f5e4f7c30de1" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42e79f90-a253-4fde-aea0-8a31c28154a0"><enum>(76)</enum><header>Nursery Reach, Walla Walla River, Oregon</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Nursery Reach, Walla Walla River, Oregon.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2c614fad-71a5-49ff-91b1-6ccb0514dda3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (92) through (94) as paragraphs (93) through (95), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide8db89f6-cbb2-4d4c-8de6-339a76f3b613"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (91) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33d644c2-ba12-491d-8694-9e3338a8afd7" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id37f6b909-ae77-427a-a03c-6dd52c68ac10"><enum>(92)</enum><header>Mill Creek, Walla Walla River Basin, Washington</header><text>Project for ecosystem restoration, Mill Creek and Mill Creek Flood Control Zone District Channel, Washington.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id29a5f6a1-4cce-45b5-be99-1f5dfcbb75d9"><enum>219.</enum><header>Watershed and river basin assessments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 729(d) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2267a">33 U.S.C. 2267a(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc1bdaac5-363a-4ebf-8014-8917a37ee799"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (12), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbee113fb-f83f-419a-aed6-677f2a99f884"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (13), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4fc88517-e2aa-479b-80a2-6dc00d0b67de"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3416a315-2bb5-4f80-8c68-bbd9c3e1e197" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph id="id898e5fd7-193d-4bcd-8d6e-6d62490722e8"><enum>(14)</enum><text>the Walla Walla River Basin; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idee2ceee4-6774-4a04-ac7d-d1f3f455420f"><enum>(15)</enum><text>the San Francisco Bay Basin.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id4b2567e1-3118-4255-aa7b-ab66e287cd69"><enum>220.</enum><header>Independent peer review</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2034(h)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2343">33 U.S.C. 2343(h)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>17 years</quote> and inserting <quote>22 years</quote>.</text></section><section id="id51f186e9-05a4-4cfa-b325-836baaf4a0f8"><enum>221.</enum><header>Ice jam prevention and mitigation</header><subsection id="idb209d3fd-fc39-4366-875e-9b397729ed5b"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report on efforts by the Secretary to prevent and mitigate flood damages associated with ice jams.</text></subsection><subsection id="idda8f0e95-08d6-4f6d-9653-c7c050d1bc0d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>The Secretary shall include in the report under subsection (a)—</text><paragraph id="idecb360f3-aa12-4af5-93b0-c2a12ec85e96"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an assessment of the projects carried out pursuant to section 1150 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701s">33 U.S.C. 701s</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/114/322">Public Law 114–322</external-xref>), if applicable; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1b34dcc0-57e1-4023-8245-00c11dfdcbd6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of—</text><subparagraph id="id366a7e2b-a35f-40a9-bab4-18a69a31a8c0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the challenges associated with preventing and mitigating ice jams; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc81af19d-1083-4994-9274-903623f44b77"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the potential measures that may prevent or mitigate ice jams, including the extent to which additional research and the development and deployment of technologies are necessary; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1452fbee-9fcd-4781-b553-8791310080ce"><enum>(C)</enum><text>actions taken by the Secretary to provide non-Federal interests with technical assistance, guidance, or other information relating to ice jam events; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idef33e918-fec5-4ac9-8e4d-039f4ca2f333"><enum>(D)</enum><text>how the Secretary plans to conduct outreach and engagement with non-Federal interests and other relevant State and local agencies to facilitate an understanding of the circumstances in which ice jams could occur and the potential impacts to critical public infrastructure from ice jams. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idb3067a2a-69a7-4d1f-bbbd-e8f6f277a4ba"><enum>222.</enum><header>Report on hurricane and storm damage risk reduction design guidelines</header><subsection id="id197576dd-0ba1-481d-8424-c4245f560cd4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph id="id120bb671-3b20-45d5-8989-22521c554a2e"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Guidelines</header><text>The term <term>guidelines</term> means the Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction Design Guidelines of the Corps of Engineers.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id20cb96d0-932e-4fdf-9d75-6f4bd3cab2a3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Larose to Golden Meadow Hurricane Protection System</header><text>The term <term>Larose to Golden Meadow Hurricane Protection System</term> means the project for hurricane-flood protection, Grand Isle and Vicinity, Louisiana, authorized by section 204 of the Flood Control Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 1077).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idbaaf9a00-9699-4f3c-91ea-a377ac8ff544"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that compares—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc2ba46a6-66f0-4a51-96b0-3b286993a291"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the guidelines; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3fdaa7cc-c873-4569-a26b-dbd691301f12"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the construction methods used by the South Lafourche Levee District for the levees and flood control structures of the Larose to Golden Meadow Hurricane Protection System.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1891565b-0703-4573-b475-8e6d821918a6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The report under subsection (b) shall include—</text><paragraph id="iddc7dd9bb-7712-4649-8f7f-ec907545e4c0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of—</text><subparagraph id="id349aaadb-287e-4260-a791-239e600b12b2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the guidelines;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf44c3c36-e2da-4837-9ff2-0ccf43d0d883"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the construction methods used by the South Lafourche Levee District for levees and flood control structures of the Larose to Golden Meadow Hurricane Protection System; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id54488a3f-3697-47a3-a8ea-a7ebfd871dee"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any deviations identified between the guidelines and the construction methods described in subparagraph (B); and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0d332e69-197f-4820-8197-ea89d81180ff"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an analysis by the Secretary of geotechnical and other relevant data from the land adjacent to the levees and flood control structures constructed by the South Lafourche Levee District to determine the effectiveness of those structures.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idb2fc567e-c460-4f36-84bb-df9879d7a1ea"><enum>223.</enum><header>Briefing on status of certain activities on the Missouri River</header><subsection id="id96a1cf68-029f-44e6-a6a8-2f0390901b0a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date on which the consultation under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1536">16 U.S.C. 1536</external-xref>) that was reinitiated by the Secretary for the operation of the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System, the operation and maintenance of the Bank Stabilization and Navigation Project, the operation of the Kansas River Reservoir System, and the implementation of the Missouri River Recovery Management Plan is completed, the Secretary shall brief the Committee on the Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives on the outcomes of that consultation.</text></subsection><subsection id="idacd3bf6b-f5a4-49b4-a213-52a902e09aa1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The briefing under subsection (a) shall include a discussion of—</text><paragraph id="idd12a5222-aa62-44d2-8bbd-535ad76141ab"><enum>(1)</enum><text>any biological opinions that result from the consultation, including any actions that the Secretary is required to undertake pursuant to such biological opinions; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id26a158fc-1f7d-4812-b3cc-3371f10f775e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>any forthcoming requests from the Secretary to Congress to provide funding in order carry out the actions described in paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id14702534-5a83-410b-ba86-589aa9d38ff6"><enum>224.</enum><header>Report on material contaminated by a hazardous substance and the civil works program</header><subsection id="id2726bacc-a970-404d-8572-f6b93c1c9557"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that describes the impact of material contaminated by a hazardous substance on the civil works program of the Corps of Engineers.</text></subsection><subsection id="id78b89a17-069a-4763-951e-2e852bd3c394"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In developing the report under subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text><paragraph id="id1d2a38a8-b303-471b-bae8-a80bea2a49b6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describe—</text><subparagraph id="ide30e7260-5917-45e6-b4f9-4d91eb3e2113"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to water resources development projects—</text><clause id="id0f2730a7-3624-461b-adc3-3faef4037fa8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the applicable statutory authorities that require the removal of material contaminated by a hazardous substance; and</text></clause><clause id="idf904e9d2-e3b0-48de-97a0-f7141a1ca1a8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the roles and responsibilities of the Secretary and non-Federal interests for removing material contaminated by a hazardous substance; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc2dc8054-1ccf-4954-8cc2-13430117d292"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any regulatory actions or decisions made by another Federal agency that impact—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ideb5f0c21-a044-4595-82b5-f741a861d804"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the removal of material contaminated by a hazardous substance; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1a59397a-a0ec-42a7-bd5e-143d9db9615f"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the ability of the Secretary to carry out the civil works program of the Corps of Engineers;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5da014fe-ef44-4f9a-869d-015b880133d3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>discuss the impact of material contaminated by a hazardous substance on—</text><subparagraph id="idb485e025-5cfd-4b87-8144-b2b835c03c05"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the timely completion of construction of water resources development projects; </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5b47042d-da42-4b81-a874-31d6d0aa8aca"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the operation and maintenance of water resources development projects, including dredging activities of the Corps of Engineers to maintain authorized Federal depths at ports and along the inland waterways; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id65740e73-96df-4584-816f-2a41cf3e7a73"><enum>(C)</enum><text>costs associated with carrying out the civil works program of the Corps of Engineers;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id9598df48-34d8-475c-8125-886e05006279"><enum>(3)</enum><text>include any other information that the Secretary determines to be appropriate to facilitate an understanding of the impact of material contaminated by a hazardous substance on the civil works program of the Corps of Engineers; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide5bf8c01-6b9e-49d0-9693-6c6d5ff14119"><enum>(4)</enum><text>propose any legislative recommendations to address any issues identified in paragraphs (1) through (3).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id21455940-509d-4ca3-8a92-68ca5a6f5e57"><enum>225.</enum><header>Report on efforts to monitor, control, and eradicate invasive species</header><subsection id="id9400d379-6508-4871-b64a-fd9f57d9b14a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of invasive species</header><text>In this section, the term <term>invasive species</term> has the meaning given the term in section 1 of Executive Order 13112 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321</external-xref> note; relating to invasive species).</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48ad1ac0-a4eb-4fc0-bfc3-1c7553540897"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assessment</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall conduct, 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, an assessment of the efforts by the Secretary to monitor, control, and eradicate invasive species at water resources development projects across the United States.</text></subsection><subsection id="idab38301f-02e7-4ca5-96cb-7d244ce2ca60"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The report under subsection (b) shall include—</text><paragraph id="id477efe90-ebb8-45ba-80d6-bda8e2fc9759"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of—</text><subparagraph id="id63257443-f689-43fa-baae-0aef2ebe881d"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the statutory authorities and programs used by the Secretary to monitor, control, and eradicate invasive species; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id689db202-5ac0-4f30-be33-ef138b9e0b79"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a geographically diverse sample of successful projects and activities carried out by the Secretary to monitor, control, and eradicate invasive species;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3b363d8d-02d1-41ef-8854-8334212768a8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a discussion of—</text><subparagraph id="id0e575b33-80ac-48fc-b699-220c588110f4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the impact of invasive species on the ability of the Secretary to carry out the civil works program of the Corps of Engineers, with a particular emphasis on impact of invasive species to the primary missions of the Corps of Engineers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb5d63a17-f46f-4c5a-8e11-a5d3dd1d03a6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the research conducted and techniques and technologies used by the Secretary consistent with the applicable statutory authorities described in paragraph (1)(A) to monitor, control, and eradicate invasive species; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2185550e-95ad-4b30-baee-6e950aa32f3d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the extent to which the Secretary has partnered with States and units of local government to monitor, control, and eradicate invasive species within the boundaries of those States or units of local government;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf99e3e95-09b8-4429-8aa2-a6bd91c89066" commented="no"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an update on the status of the plan developed by the Secretary pursuant to section 1108(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2018 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2263a">33 U.S.C. 2263a(c)</external-xref>); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id156b5146-f83c-4bf1-84ad-22e7e316eac8" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>recommendations, including legislative recommendations, to further the efforts of the Secretary to monitor, control, and eradicate invasive species.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id7b5c39f7-dbfe-48ab-85f3-a8a8429ed681"><enum>226.</enum><header>J. Strom Thurmond Lake, Georgia</header><subsection id="idb866a3fe-a232-4108-8d1c-efcc48ee41ed"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Encroachment resolution plan</header><paragraph id="id41ef975e-6db6-4595-8729-3e8566bc54a5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), 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, an encroachment resolution plan for a portion of the project for flood control, recreation, and fish and wildlife management, J. Strom Thurmond Lake, Georgia and South Carolina, authorized by section 10 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (commonly known as the <quote>Flood Control Act of 1944</quote>) (58 Stat. 894, chapter 665). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8d7081d8-2411-49f6-8891-41c91147a7d6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The encroachment resolution plan under paragraph (1) shall only apply to the portion of the J. Strom Thurmond Lake that is located within the State of Georgia.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idc9b1d74c-3289-4ebf-9640-184be5b3fb22"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>Subject to subsection (c), the encroachment resolution plan under subsection (a) shall include—</text><paragraph id="id033f50ac-a6d1-405e-9f2e-58b53338388f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of the nature and number of encroachments;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide55a8de6-661f-44ae-b5dc-02dfa13b9070"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of the circumstances that contributed to the development of the encroachments;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id24a5adfd-d35e-400d-9c63-6e27338fb43f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an assessment of the impact of the encroachments on operation and maintenance of the project described in subsection (a) for its authorized purposes;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3c37d60b-6d64-4051-b8ce-ac6aa6a22248"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an analysis of alternatives to the removal of encroachments to mitigate any impacts identified in the assessment under paragraph (3);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0472bdd0-9604-4ffc-9109-75c934a346d5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>a description of any actions necessary or advisable to prevent further encroachments; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id896011dc-58c4-431f-9219-26cfc82f342d"><enum>(6)</enum><text>an estimate of the cost and timeline to carry out the plan, including actions described under paragraph (5).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="iddadf53bf-f22f-4166-a972-b6c7d5a5b500"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Restriction</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, the encroachment resolution plan under subsection (a) shall minimize adverse impacts to private landowners while maintaining the functioning of the project described in that subsection for its authorized purposes.</text></subsection><subsection id="ida2e76d60-7c84-48e2-9a15-2c65f65f9e4d"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Notice and public comment</header><paragraph id="id3ce77aef-15a3-4232-9c58-9139ef89ac87"><enum>(1)</enum><header>To owners</header><text>In preparing the encroachment resolution plan under subsection (a), not later than 30 days after the Secretary identifies an encroachment, the Secretary shall notify the owner of the encroachment.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9384a7af-06fe-407c-8e3a-87ca032012b9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>To public</header><text>The Secretary shall provide an opportunity for the public to comment on the encroachment resolution plan under subsection (a) before the completion of the plan.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id695dfec4-d5e1-42c1-9e18-d32e6858862d"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Moratorium</header><text>The Secretary shall not take action to compel removal of an encroachment covered by the encroachment resolution plan under subsection (a) unless Congress specifically authorizes such action.</text></subsection><subsection id="id2b1f978f-5388-4387-a0c8-f0a262960476"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Savings provision</header><text>This section does not—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id407974ac-dc46-4271-8f23-cae10c7c9304"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">grant any rights to the owner of an encroachment; or </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7b9c8c12-f9a0-4566-a22c-1ee533207de9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">impose any liability on the United States for operation and maintenance of the project described in subsection (a) for its authorized purposes.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id9c1aae16-4a47-4265-99ee-fd7c27f12cbc"><enum>227.</enum><header>Study on land valuation procedures for the Tribal Partnership Program</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee287921-ea9c-4a3f-a57b-8b69c1bc8f28"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of Tribal Partnership Program</header><text>In this section, the term <term>Tribal Partnership Program</term> means the Tribal Partnership Program established under 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>).</text></subsection><subsection id="idbf11d271-d083-400d-bfd1-eeca7eaf9ff0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study required</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 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 describing the results of, a study on appropriate procedures for determining the value of real estate and cost-share contributions for projects under the Tribal Partnership Program.</text></subsection><subsection id="id1276c9d1-fda8-4b61-b13d-bc932e733f18"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The report required under subsection (b) shall include—</text><paragraph id="idfcedf56a-7a82-43b3-b356-a962757735a7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an evaluation of the procedures used for determining the valuation of real estate and contribution of real estate value to cost-share for projects under the Tribal Partnership Program, including consideration of cultural factors that are unique to the Tribal Partnership Program and land valuation;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6c95c877-fafc-4f3c-8b1d-d35d9c426f31"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of any existing Federal authorities that the Secretary intends to use to implement policy changes that result from the evaluation under paragraph (1); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee15c49a-cf12-4dc1-9c19-564dc49ac9dd"><enum>(3)</enum><text>recommendations for any legislation that may be needed to revise land valuation or cost-share procedures for the Tribal Partnership Program pursuant to the evaluation under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id04ffb10a-15f7-44cc-a749-f6bed89b79b0"><enum>228.</enum><header>Report to Congress on levee safety guidelines</header><subsection id="id382428ef-650f-4ee7-a7ba-136f98ea2221"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of levee safety guidelines</header><text>In this section, the term <term>levee safety guidelines</term> means the levee safety guidelines established under section 9005(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/3303a">33 U.S.C. 3303a(c)</external-xref>). </text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id15ae4c1f-089c-435e-b887-5029af18a111"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with other applicable Federal agencies, 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 levee safety guidelines.</text></subsection><subsection id="ide8460466-7754-490c-a30d-e1a645095d6e"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The report under subsection (b) shall include—</text><paragraph id="idd619aeaa-2009-4f64-a7f2-6d64db0ff735"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of—</text><subparagraph id="id89bda6d6-339b-4b14-9d62-235a1217cf9e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the levee safety guidelines;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id0e15392f-4b75-4167-941b-de753f376de7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the process utilized to develop the levee safety guidelines; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide2c4717a-3fd7-4281-840e-b71da03d8d50"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the extent to which the levee safety guidelines are being used by Federal, State, Tribal, and local agencies;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id598341ca-09f8-484e-af70-1c52e1d0f162"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an assessment of the requirement for the levee safety guidelines to be voluntary and a description of actions taken by the Secretary and other applicable Federal agencies to ensure that the guidelines are voluntary; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida70ff664-7455-4437-9642-b9880ab67058"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any recommendations of the Secretary, including the extent to which the levee safety guidelines should be revised.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id30685cac-de09-4338-a5f6-2c1061049574"><enum>229.</enum><header>Public-private partnership user's guide</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4b88d289-9e0d-4124-822d-7a4772cb2cef"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop and make publicly available on an existing website of the Corps of Engineers a guide on the use of public-private partnerships for water resources development projects.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id47a0bd4a-6494-4195-84e1-8d911ff24c3f"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>In developing the guide under subsection (a), the Secretary shall include—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3e4897b0-217f-4430-a413-6c26d2a65ad7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc014deac-4121-4e46-a64f-00f741c80bd9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>applicable authorities and programs of the Secretary that allow for the use of public-private partnerships to carry out water resources development projects; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8e0f63d7-c640-43af-ba2d-d3ca28ab8544"><enum>(B)</enum><text>opportunities across the civil works program of the Corps of Engineers for the use of public-private partnerships, including at recreational facilities;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id387c7220-2423-46ce-a4f2-fb808e573c5f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a summary of prior public-private partnerships for water resources development projects, including lessons learned and best practices from those partnerships and projects;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0cc0a10b-2906-4152-9eea-0bdc02f6fcc5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a discussion of—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd72a6c3d-9d04-4a59-8488-78685733f586"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the roles and responsibilities of the Corps of Engineers and non-Federal interests when using a public-private partnership for a water resources development project, including the opportunities for risk-sharing; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5a575121-25dc-4db5-a285-9899f3c271ba"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the potential benefits associated with using a public-private partnership for a water resources development project, including the opportunities to accelerate funding as compared to the annual appropriations process; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idd1f1e545-991c-4825-b744-7c28520ff97c"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a description of the process for executing a project partnership agreement for a water resources development project, including any unique considerations when using a public-private partnership.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7430dd18-b1e2-4ec7-9685-85967a0f969c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Flexibility</header><text>The Secretary may satisfy the requirements of this section by modifying an existing partnership handbook in accordance with this section.</text></subsection></section><section id="id28ac57f2-9f92-417b-a9c2-bab0bff6b89a"><enum>230.</enum><header>Review of authorities and programs for alternative project delivery</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf7437889-461f-49a4-a823-33a496dd10a0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act and subject to subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary shall carry out a study of the authorities and programs of the Corps of Engineers that facilitate the use of alternative project delivery methods for water resources development projects, including public-private partnerships.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16b92320-112b-4e48-a3ec-89b8ffc6afe2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorities and programs included</header><text>In carrying out the study under subsection (a), the authorities and programs that are studied shall include any programs and authorities under—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3410aff2-f870-406e-84f0-be3fc38d6ad4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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>);</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idecbed19b-8aa9-4829-a253-9655ae71e7bd"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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>); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7d0fb489-613c-43c5-b5bd-49c8380a4ccf"><enum>(3)</enum><text>section 5014 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>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id6602a09a-b17a-4eae-ace5-dcc692e28bca"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7a18328c-0ac8-4e79-a8f3-2daabf67281a"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describes the findings of the study under subsection (a); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf94e409f-fc95-4b32-b47a-9b9a215b3155"><enum>(2)</enum><text>includes—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73a301e2-caac-4fee-87d2-aa385aae3e14"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an assessment of how each authority and program included in the study under subsection (a) has been used by the Secretary;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8a41d540-0869-4cd2-a17f-a10d49830e4b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a list of the water resources development projects that have been carried out pursuant to the authorities and programs included in the study under subsection (a);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id22e373d6-c363-4f4e-b407-d3c5b9dac3a6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a discussion of the implementation challenges, if any, associated with the authorities and programs included in the study under subsection (a);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0201411a-03ec-4973-9f46-6feccf97a74c"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a description of lessons learned and best practices identified by the Secretary from carrying out the authorities and programs included in the study under subsection (a); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id73e3b93d-c258-46e4-b4f8-f9330acb14a6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any recommendations, including legislative recommendations, that result from the study under subsection (a).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id510d0852-ea65-4b4a-9bbf-dbf363290bac"><enum>231.</enum><header>Report to Congress on emergency response expenditures</header><subsection id="id87f74327-e18f-4002-bbbf-fe3b24af8f5e"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct a review of emergency response expenditures from the emergency fund authorized 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>) (referred to in this section as the <quote>Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies Account</quote>) and from post-disaster supplemental appropriations Acts during the period of fiscal years 2013 through 2023.</text></subsection><subsection id="idd5679b3b-e36b-4ed6-a04a-96a7350ddc26"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that includes the results of the review under subsection (a), including—</text><paragraph id="idfab8116e-c8ae-4f37-ba71-f0212b83dac3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2023, a summary of—</text><subparagraph id="ide09deb98-1937-4e65-849c-ac6d06793fc9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>annual expenditures from the Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies Account;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddc79dbdd-12ac-4f3c-af17-000ff0c52d26"><enum>(B)</enum><text>annual budget requests for that account; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9bf80d02-ae42-4ff4-a9b3-4daf545e31be"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any activities, including any reprogramming, that may have been required to cover any annual shortfall in that account;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide8dfe8ca-8c0c-41fa-bc9b-61b6ed580019"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of the contributing factors that resulted in any annual variability in the amounts described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) and activities described in subparagraph (C) of that paragraph;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida14284ed-5ecd-4bcf-bb33-35b86c1159cf"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an assessment and a description of future budget needs of the Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies Account based on trends observed and anticipated by the Secretary; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id74275b5d-e0a9-479f-99ac-1a1c3ca04cea"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an assessment and a description of the use and impact of funds from post-disaster supplemental appropriations on emergency response activities.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id50659141-7e08-4890-9d07-934d4ba0eace" commented="no"><enum>232.</enum><header>Excess land report for certain projects in North Dakota</header><subsection id="id1ae453b6-c07d-4d58-91ec-011efd1b98bd"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and subject to subsection (b), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that identifies any real property associated with the project of the Corps of Engineers at Lake Oahe, North Dakota, that the Secretary determines—</text><paragraph id="id2a38f917-5985-445d-b0c8-0134de4c82a7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is not needed to carry out the authorized purposes of the project; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf7355a9f-6a92-4e41-92b1-ce862bc829bd"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may be transferred to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to support recreation opportunities for the Tribe, including, at a minimum—</text><subparagraph id="id97b6a6f3-0b11-4282-9842-06a5dba99da8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Walker Bottom Marina, Lake Oahe;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id095a86f9-ed5a-43f1-88c7-45aa8eada050"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Fort Yates Boat Ramp, Lake Oahe;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1f981785-8ec1-44e9-b58a-02d60d93685f"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Cannonball District, Lake Oahe; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5a02aa11-1b2f-4c5d-ba1b-2c365dcf16cb"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any other recreation opportunities identified by the Tribe.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7a83a7f4-ff0f-497d-9878-9a8a1ed68e97"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>If the Secretary determines that there is not any real property that may be transferred to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe as described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall include in the report required under that subsection—</text><paragraph id="id60369a87-182d-4e7d-987b-4cfcdd295e32"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a list of the real property considered by the Secretary;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id11036135-1a8e-49ab-ad0f-fd5675f880cb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an explanation of why the real property identified under paragraph (1) is needed to carry out the authorized purposes of the project described in subsection (a); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb8b2658d-6285-4d4d-a865-bd43913035b2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a description of how the Secretary has recently utilized the real property identified under paragraph (1) to carry out the authorized purpose of the project described in subsection (a). </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id0427e44c-8098-440a-b8e6-2428c64d1d65"><enum>233.</enum><header>GAO studies</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbb1343df-d631-49a9-bd76-2f6a7846ffc4"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review of the accuracy of project cost estimates</header><paragraph id="idb46356b4-1170-4b0d-a381-a6b4feb670e7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Review</header><subparagraph id="ida1a53246-56e3-46d7-a7a1-83bb0bf3f445"><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 (referred to in this section as the <quote>Comptroller General</quote>) shall initiate a review of the accuracy of the project cost estimates developed by the Corps of Engineers for completed and ongoing water resources development projects carried out by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id506a25a4-1c91-4919-b230-73b62f2d59e8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In carrying out subparagraph (A), the Comptroller General shall determine the factors, if any, that impact the accuracy of the estimates described in that subparagraph, including—</text><clause id="id06c22744-89cb-47a0-8e08-657fd0a10c3c"><enum>(i)</enum><text>applicable statutory requirements, including—</text><subclause id="idb446effa-25cb-40ea-8075-26944dd3860b" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>section 1001 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2282c">33 U.S.C. 2282c</external-xref>); and</text></subclause><subclause id="id96befbd8-8326-418e-aa7d-9442426b5735" commented="no"><enum>(II)</enum><text>section 905(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2282">33 U.S.C. 2282(b)</external-xref>)]; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idcc71a7ef-6fc4-4b44-8e8c-4ecc23fbc052"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>applicable guidance, regulations, and policies of the Corps of Engineers.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc4935330-718c-4dea-a9bf-3ba193d8e6f6"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Incorporation of previous report</header><text>In carrying out subparagraph (A), the Comptroller General may incorporate applicable information from the report carried out by the Comptroller General under section 8236(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3769).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idf12d38ad-e19b-4993-a1aa-ec5fbb9441b8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>On completion of the review conducted under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General 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 and any recommendations that result from the review.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id04ce8676-1060-4589-a3ac-0dd3e1bdec35"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report on project lifespan and indemnification clause in project partnership agreements</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34e38cbe-37de-4acf-91f7-4ff812122d95"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5e618f3e-51cd-40f3-adcb-06f686c6b249"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Indemnification clause</header><text>The term <term>indemnification clause</term> means the indemnification clause required in project partnership agreements for water resources development projects under sections 101(e)(2) and 103(j)(1)(A) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2211">33 U.S.C. 2211(e)(2)</external-xref>, 2213(j)(1)(A)).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id678e4afe-92a5-4e31-9231-c4f68b67596f"><enum>(B)</enum><header>OMRR&R</header><text>The term <term>OMRR&R</term>, with respect to a water resources development project, means operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabilitation. </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfc2ccdaa-b35f-4a8f-a2d8-75f06e6d0116"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of Congress</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text><subparagraph id="id46c0fe8b-4fb5-4427-a6fd-774cd4ccb90b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>there are significant concerns about whether—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfa4c067a-1db4-460e-91bc-8178db5d8a79"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the indemnification clause, which was first applied in 1910 to flood control projects, should still be included in project partnership agreements prepared by the Corps of Engineers for water resources development projects; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id24450fcb-882c-4d70-9beb-82eb6d964908"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>non-Federal interests for water resources development projects should be required to assume full responsibility for OMRR&R of water resources development projects in perpetuity;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1e1424be-0b4c-4753-baa7-d6f2e4b7b558"><enum>(B)</enum><text>non-Federal interests have reported that the indemnification clause and OMRR&R requirements are a barrier to entering into project partnership agreements with the Corps of Engineers;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9c43856b-229b-4442-a1e4-5e2c8de9af41"><enum>(C)</enum><text>critical water resources development projects are being delayed by years, or not pursued at all, due to the barriers described in subparagraph (B); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idaff38ea7-90b4-419e-b67e-c36eea4aabb1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>legal structures have changed since the indemnification clause was first applied and there may be more suitable tools available to address risk and liability issues.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1ff1f7b0-8c05-48dc-8611-a610149b38be"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Analysis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall conduct an analysis of the implications of—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0763d9f5-e38e-4f42-a2fe-226d4d2c80d0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the indemnification clause; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id903a0f9e-1356-4973-9a5e-ee740e514ead"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the assumption of OMRR&R responsibilities by non-Federal interests in perpetuity for water resources development projects.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4960fbeb-879b-45df-91f3-6752512fd9f4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The analysis under paragraph (3) shall include—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0dafb9af-e33d-4ce7-b6c5-bcf20a522fdf"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a review of risk for the Federal Government and non-Federal interests with respect to removing requirements for the indemnification clause;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9bf2faa6-9ce5-48c9-8ca5-4602932ab699"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an assessment of whether the indemnification clause is still necessary given the changes in engineering, legal structures, and water resources development projects since 1910, with a focus on the quantity and types of claims and takings over time;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1c4b4304-bdbb-4f29-9d0a-445567ae2a2b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>an identification of States with State laws that prohibit those States from entering into agreements that include an indemnification clause;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc031c2de-ab1c-4289-8435-49db72f2f800"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a comparison to other Federal agencies with respect to how those agencies approach indemnification and OMRR&R requirements in projects, if applicable;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd135368c-1b87-40d0-b778-838f393d4bd8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a review of indemnification and OMRR&R requirements for projects that States require with respect to agreements with cities and localities, if applicable;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc63bec02-6c53-4083-af01-93dd224d735e"><enum>(F)</enum><text>an analysis of the useful lifespan of water resources development projects, including any variations in that lifespan for different types of water resources development projects and how changing weather patterns and increased extreme weather events impact that lifespan;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddcdf6256-908b-4a6e-85d5-5df307a9b1b5"><enum>(G)</enum><text>a review of situations in which non-Federal interests have been unable to meet OMRR&R requirements; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idacceb89c-6d8f-4e10-890b-868e85d41a5c"><enum>(H)</enum><text>a review of policy alternatives to OMRR&R requirements, such as allowing extension, reevaluation, or deauthorization of water resources development projects.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6eb96e29-3840-4c05-9a4c-b7f7708e0cb9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Report</header><text>On completion of the analysis under paragraph (3), the Comptroller General 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 includes—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62e4c450-63e0-4ece-b8be-0bfb13946301"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the results of the analysis; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id174f231d-076a-4c76-8ed3-8ad217729d10"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any recommendations for changes needed to existing law or policy of the Corps of Engineers to address those results. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id766fc89c-ee1c-4370-a95e-d7b38827b6a2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Review of certain permits</header><paragraph id="ide7d3afd9-1e7c-4ee2-bcf8-1e5b990ec8f0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of section 408 program</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>section 408 program</term> means the program administered by the Secretary pursuant to 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><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida435b2dc-5433-406f-8615-958204b071ea"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Review</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall initiate a review of the section 408 program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id97fcabc3-f6c2-47f2-97fe-6c29e0eb2677"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The review by the Comptroller General under paragraph (2) shall include, at a minimum—</text><subparagraph id="idf5329b42-9837-4748-961b-5a9a2cb335f6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an identification of trends related to the number and types of permits applied for each year under the section 408 program;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7ec86cc5-5774-4ba7-89bc-24a8d2a83a3f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an evaluation of—</text><clause id="idc2a908b9-f6f7-4313-957e-f706f8bbced5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the materials developed by the Secretary to educate potential applicants about—</text><subclause id="id898a9597-05bf-4102-bbf0-1ce1198f7217"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the section 408 program; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idc0707bab-8055-4616-a1c5-52f0f6d33bbe"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the process for applying for a permit under the section 408 program;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id350383e6-36fa-48ea-9afe-97f44e7f81fe"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the public website of the Corps of Engineers that tracks the status of permits issued under the section 408 program, including whether the information provided by the website is updated in a timely manner;</text></clause><clause id="id36b27a6d-100c-4656-8195-6aee74e63b06"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the ability of the districts and divisions of the Corps of Engineers to consistently administer the section 408 program; and</text></clause><clause id="id6d22b19f-3962-48c0-a706-e71847528b02"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the extent to which the Secretary carries out the process for issuing a permit under the section 408 program concurrently with the review required 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>), if applicable;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcf76301d-9eee-4794-8ff7-b8adb970cb4b"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a determination of the factors, if any, that impact the ability of the Secretary to adhere to the timelines required for reviewing and making a decision on an application for a permit under the section 408 program; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1c1f589b-0dac-409f-b550-5a8c87974ab4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>ways to expedite the review of applications for permits under the section 408 program, including the use of categorical permissions.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idea95cccd-c413-46f9-9fc5-bf784fbb4e75"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report</header><text>On completion of the review under paragraph (2), the Comptroller General 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 and any recommendations that result from the review.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida03091e2-0383-4e24-b657-dae1b3b72d65"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Corps of Engineers modernization study</header><paragraph id="id2e8bd4ed-8350-44dd-b19c-bdb038a537b4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall initiate an analysis of opportunities for the Corps of Engineers to modernize the civil works program through the use of technology, where appropriate, and the best available engineering practices.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id24b829a2-1239-4565-8c0c-d15446b8110c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>In conducting the analysis under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General of the United States shall include an assessment of the extent to which—</text><subparagraph id="idf3bc4c98-05a8-47a2-9870-a7482dcca69e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>existing engineering practices and technologies could be better utilized by the Corps of Engineers—</text><clause id="ida38b394b-3606-47cd-b72b-5314ee2cce4b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to improve study, planning, and design efforts of the Corps of Engineers to further the benefits of water resources development projects of the Corps of Engineers;</text></clause><clause id="idbd160c4e-ece6-4c32-883f-777b461378a8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to reduce delays of water resources development projects, including through the improvement of environmental review and permitting processes;</text></clause><clause id="id7bcd2a0d-098a-4193-b217-d767c789d258"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to provide cost savings over the lifecycle of a project, including through improved design processes or a reduction of operation and maintenance costs; and</text></clause><clause id="id74673f8e-06bc-4949-9e8d-80a6bc03226c"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to improve data collection and data sharing capabilities; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9720ef35-a06c-4005-badc-0a48dcaf681f"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Corps of Engineers—</text><clause id="id9397c44c-3fc6-49b2-b2c5-538c382c20b3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>currently utilizes the engineering practices and technologies identified under subparagraph (A), including any challenges associated with acquisition and application; </text></clause><clause id="ida2cce965-3818-46be-b8dd-4861960e979b"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>has effective processes to share best practices associated with the engineering practices and technologies identified under subparagraph (A) among the districts, divisions, and headquarters of the Corps of Engineers; and</text></clause><clause id="idf0df379b-d0c5-4041-b4a9-38061894d0c5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>partners with National Laboratories, academic institutions, and other Federal agencies.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id993eb706-343a-4026-a4ed-18709cabb1a8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Report</header><text>On completion of the analysis under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General 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 and any recommendations that result from the analysis.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide5f40ec9-0ff3-4938-934a-ca4ce1101644"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Study on easements related to water resources development projects</header><paragraph id="idc5187bea-306b-48ec-adc7-fca519cff3b2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of covered easement</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>covered easement</term> has the meaning given the term in section 8235(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3768). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id33d5399e-d60f-4e12-9ea5-7355d6011053"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Study on easements related to water resources development projects</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall initiate an analysis of the use of covered easements that may be provided to the Secretary by non-Federal interests in relation to the construction, operation, or maintenance of a project for flood risk management, hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, or ecosystem restoration.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id64dec1aa-d8f3-49d7-a663-dbdde3b135fa"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Scope</header><text>In carrying out the analysis under paragraph (2), the Comptroller General of the United States shall—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6380e9f7-5661-4aa3-8479-5c5411e15d0f"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64ec53eb-1307-4c0c-b048-d977e8d69fd6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the report submitted by the Secretary under section 8235(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3768); and</text></clause><clause id="ida6aa5ab8-683d-471a-b9d7-5b270c2995d7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the existing statutory, regulatory, and policy requirements and procedures relating to the use of covered easements; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id67e5b24a-4219-4c25-b3e1-334ef7452a23"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess—</text><clause id="idd3d1338f-a0c2-4cce-a82a-e604776f21b2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the minimum rights in property that are necessary to construct, operate, or maintain projects for flood risk management, hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, or ecosystem restoration;</text></clause><clause id="id45561a47-95fc-48b5-b8da-d0e964fe038a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>whether increased use of covered easements in relation to projects described in clause (i) could promote greater participation from cooperating landowners in addressing local flooding or ecosystem restoration challenges; </text></clause><clause id="idcd27150b-f656-452b-9037-950d874b1425"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>whether such increased use could result in cost savings in the implementation of the projects described in clause (i), without any reduction in project benefits; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6213d6af-9817-4ff0-b755-f7e3543352cd"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the extent to which the Secretary should expand what is considered by the Secretary to be part of a series of estates deemed standard for construction, operation, or maintenance of a project for flood risk management, hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, or ecosystem restoration.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id20b0301d-d08f-4848-a2bd-0eb1d0c65389"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report</header><text>On completion of the analysis under paragraph (2), 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, including any recommendations, including legislative recommendations, as a result of the analysis. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2d264a44-6969-4b4b-b498-def65fc6fb38"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Modernization of environmental reviews</header><paragraph id="ida4fa685e-b72a-4d3a-8186-eaf107c14b2b"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of project study</header><text>In this subsection, 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>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48a31c37-b4c0-4cfb-80c5-e18a686fe7ec"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 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 efforts of the Secretary to facilitate improved environmental review processes for project studies, including through the consideration of expanded use of categorical exclusions, environmental assessments, or programmatic environmental impact statements.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd13bcfe1-b4d5-475d-a796-ac8f3ee3a617"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In completing the report under paragraph (2), the Comptroller General of the United States shall—</text><subparagraph id="idbcc614bf-b621-4bb3-8e31-502c23a9d817"><enum>(A)</enum><text>describe the actions the Secretary is taking or plans to take to implement the amendments 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>) made by section 321 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/118/5">Public Law 118–5</external-xref>; 137 Stat. 38);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idebc9c210-2105-4c9f-b452-21e7f0b7dc32"><enum>(B)</enum><text>describe the existing categorical exclusions most frequently used by the Secretary to streamline the environmental review of project studies;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7960e1ca-e3d4-4cd9-bb18-5e16a163cafc"><enum>(C)</enum><text>consider—</text><clause id="ide9591f28-a832-4039-bb78-53f5a766b9e8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>whether the adoption of additional categorical exclusions, including those used by other Federal agencies, would facilitate the environmental review of project studies;</text></clause><clause id="id09bf7177-92ae-44c1-a3a6-2bad3938b3f7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>whether the adoption of new programmatic environmental impact statements would facilitate the environmental review of project studies; and</text></clause><clause id="iddb8479b8-5f60-47a7-a4e2-b2347245c071"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>whether agreements with other Federal agencies would facilitate a more efficient process for the environmental review of project studies; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id05deaa53-5ec2-4150-b29b-2321f182b3d3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>identify—</text><clause id="idc16af067-767e-4067-af0c-dcfcc94cb083"><enum>(i)</enum><text>any discrepancies or conflicts, as applicable, between the amendments 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>) made by section 321 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/118/5">Public Law 118–5</external-xref>; 137 Stat. 38) and—</text><subclause id="id8c07af72-43a3-470f-b553-6d38267d6e40"><enum>(I)</enum><text>section 2045 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2348">33 U.S.C. 2348</external-xref>); and</text></subclause><subclause id="ida1c3ac8a-7f6c-4361-b8d8-55bdcd0be3c4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>section 1001 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2282c">33 U.S.C. 2282c</external-xref>); and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id85f05e12-7b15-45da-8106-3369405d6742"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>other issues, as applicable, relating to section 2045 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2348">33 U.S.C. 2348</external-xref>) that are impeding the implementation of that section consistent with congressional intent.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide420aac8-3b75-4d19-9905-111e5e844f3b"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Study on dredged material disposal site construction</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2ba9aede-75ea-494a-b57f-3defa4e300e0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General shall conduct a study that—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfdaf3abe-69d0-4b25-968b-4995e5f96198"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assesses the costs and limitations of the construction of various types of dredged material disposal sites, with a particular focus on aquatic confined placement structures in the Lower Columbia River; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4f1cf557-3dd3-400d-97ab-aacfc00509f0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>includes a comparison of—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40fa8a49-29bd-415c-bbf1-a8a3d0c05944"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the operation and maintenance needs and costs associated with the availability of aquatic confined placement structures; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id90183ccd-9592-4098-8e44-fbcd473240b8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the operation and maintenance needs and costs associated with the lack of availability of aquatic confined placement structures.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id825bb48f-e0e9-4d8a-90cd-80f28651f95a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>On completion of the study under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General 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 study, and any recommendations that result from that study.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2290ae07-78a7-4de7-b747-1d64888a2f2e"><enum>(h)</enum><header>GAO study on distribution of funding from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idea3ed730-2860-4247-979e-a9f961ff5516"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund</term> means the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund established by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/9505">section 9505(a)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7bff4e7c-5ebd-4ec1-8ae8-1f5cab238fc4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Analysis</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall initiate an analysis of the distribution of funding from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="iddaf8b016-ebec-462c-9285-7c6b189d045d"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In conducting the analysis under paragraph (2), the Comptroller General shall assess—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7f332b18-3a2e-4f0d-9ba5-b208550cb085"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the implementation of provisions related to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund in the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2615) and the amendments made by that Act by the Corps of Engineers, including—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd8b51e32-0c77-4bf3-a90f-f2aedb376b8b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>changes to the budgetary treatment of funding from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idce36c7a5-1c4b-4afe-af32-e8047797b9b5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>amendments to the definitions of the terms <quote>donor ports</quote>, <quote>medium-sized donor parts</quote>, and <quote>energy transfer ports</quote> under section 2106(a) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2238c">33 U.S.C. 2238c(a)</external-xref>), including—</text><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id840b544c-a6d0-4b89-9f9f-e5732d3cd5d9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the reliability of metrics, data for those metrics, and sources for that data used by the Corps of Engineers to determine if a port satisfies the requirements of 1 or more of those definitions; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcc0b23f3-0380-464e-ac10-819af34c7070"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the extent of the impact of cyclical dredging cycles for operations and maintenance activities and deep draft navigation construction projects on the ability of ports to meet the requirements of 1 or more of those definitions; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd3603d70-da8d-4ca2-bc42-1c4d533e1962"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the amount of Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund funding in the annual appropriations Acts enacted after the date of enactment of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2615), including an analysis of—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6be6a5f2-ada4-4262-a482-8d1b9d7b4a88"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the allocation of funding to donor ports and energy transfer ports (as those terms are defined in section 2106(a) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2238c">33 U.S.C. 2238c(a)</external-xref>)) and the use of that funding by those ports; </text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19c7c348-2509-4593-a4c2-dae8f9843c83"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>activities funded pursuant to section 210 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2238">33 U.S.C. 2238</external-xref>); and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9fa3a5d3-1ba4-429e-b179-6ad5d048c1a9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>challenges associated with expending the remaining balance of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2dd14949-9c7c-47e2-9a45-e5725a085671"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Report</header><text>On completion of the analysis under paragraph (2), the Comptroller General 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 describing the findings of the analysis and any recommendations that result from that analysis.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idd58cbe44-1cb9-4a6c-a893-8582286c1709"><enum>234.</enum><header>Prior reports</header><subsection id="idcf8329de-733f-41d1-8021-730a559e5018"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reports</header><text>The Secretary shall prioritize the completion of the reports required pursuant to the following provisions:</text><paragraph id="id779de0be-082f-4abc-91ee-b65da3141ac5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 2036(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2283a">33 U.S.C. 2283a</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3b7ba31d-3fd4-4e07-a362-8bb442ff98a8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 1008(c) 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(c)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf28e0466-39b3-426a-b0ca-7251c391ca95"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 164(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2668).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1d4117f4-6c85-47b0-951d-9dde7e810294"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 226(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2697).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfdcf5a9e-1bf7-4a98-8f9e-a752642f21a7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 503(d) 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>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb06eeb3e-8c55-40ff-8ec0-7a65b8170d57"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 509(a)(7) 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>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf8ed0b3c-ed14-4b31-8139-7961eec102cf"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Section 8205(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3754).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idc4263a46-4506-4464-9922-d4f37d1a2e7e"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Section 8206(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3756).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide34d1169-1bba-4cf9-ac7d-59a8ecf30999"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Section 8218 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3761).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0cd7f7cb-d95c-44d0-9bbe-7b9d2ddeabc2"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Section 8227(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3764).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8f6fe139-a944-4514-9e98-c0a6168ecf77"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Section 8232(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3766).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfbe104b4-2f70-4ce8-bd60-d8fd13e5d95c"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notice</header><paragraph id="idd539d01b-5503-4ede-9ba6-93b9c5584bc5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 60 days 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 written notification of the status of each report described in subsection (a).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5129bf87-e728-4fb1-85dd-9427b248c720"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>As part of the notification under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include for each report described in subsection (a)—</text><subparagraph id="idde307545-046c-4476-a34a-29803fe35ab5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a description of the status of the report; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33484a73-141d-4d69-b9b8-aeb04763e8d9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if not completed, a timeline for the completion of the report.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id40118eed-e099-40e0-9a21-8dbce623f2c0"><enum>235.</enum><header>Briefing on status of Cape Cod Canal Bridges, Massachusetts</header><subsection id="id5225ef09-f838-43b0-9ead-f37471b491ef"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall brief the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives on the status of the project for the replacement of the Bourne and Sagamore Highway Bridges that cross the Cape Cod Canal Federal Navigation Project.</text></subsection><subsection id="ida2fa3922-b054-43cb-a077-76a87c267d2d"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The briefing under subsection (a) shall include discussion of—</text><paragraph id="id002d69ed-eaa4-4024-ba1b-3b5c09a84230"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the current status of environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4321">42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.</external-xref>) and expected timelines for completion;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4e68b2b9-e1b1-441e-8c13-ce5e9c7470b8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>project timelines and relevant paths to move the project described in that subsection toward completion; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5d7a7f69-e7cd-4295-82fb-b40bc30fa977"><enum>(3)</enum><text>any issues that are impacting the delivery of the project described in that subsection. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Deauthorizations, modifications, and related provisions</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id07f13423-5c3d-42c8-bb85-a4ed4fb3624e"><enum>301.</enum><header>Deauthorizations</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8933c2c3-37e9-4094-915c-8c755111253f"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Truckee Meadows, Nevada</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The project for flood control, Truckee Meadows, Nevada, authorized by section 3(a)(10) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1988 (102 Stat. 4014) and section 7002(2) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 1366) is no longer authorized beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. </text></subsection><subsection id="id0f051e19-7e38-475e-8d63-e799bca48a88"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Seattle Harbor, Washington</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4817e211-dd5e-4cf8-8309-626539e40736"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the portion of the project for navigation, Seattle Harbor, Washington, described in paragraph (2) is no longer authorized. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb36098cd-dba5-4ede-ae20-c3966ca7c21e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Portion described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The portion of the project referred to in paragraph (1) is the approximately 74,490 square foot area of the Federal channel within the East Waterway—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id21b21f00-7365-4160-b1ef-815ef4acf010"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">starting at a point on the United States pierhead line in the southwest corner of block 386 of plat of Seattle Tidelands, T. 24 N., R. 4. E, sec.18, Willamette Meridian;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd48c2ff3-065f-4505-940d-9540500b400d"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">thence running N90°00’00”W along the projection of the south line of block 386, 206.58 feet to the centerline of the East Waterway;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56dd0e10-3b5a-4dcf-bf82-6d430569cd3d"><enum>(C)</enum><text>thence running N14°30’00”E along the centerline and parallel with the northwesterly line of block 386, 64.83 feet;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62bc8799-e58e-4dd6-a955-b9c5165094d8"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">thence running N33°32’59”E, 235.85 feet;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide239001a-ef3c-4295-bb51-fa54f7237413"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">thence running N39°55’22”E, 128.70 feet;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8cc81c14-8750-4042-9cb0-c9ae915699d5"><enum>(F)</enum><text>thence running N14°30’00”E, parallel with the northwesterly line of block 386, 280.45 feet;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6da71c6a-7ab0-4886-a837-a7d8985ae6a7"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">thence running N90°00’00”E, 70.00 feet to the pierhead line and the northwesterly line of block 386; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id807cdbe6-4937-474b-a7ba-e6c26083e8db"><enum>(H)</enum><text>thence running S14°30’00”W, 650.25 feet along the pierhead line and northwesterly line of block 386 to the point of beginning. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9537574a-7f8c-46c4-ba3b-98d70546ba94"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cherryfield Dam, Maine</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The project for flood control, Narraguagus River, Cherryfield Dam, Maine, authorized by, and constructed pursuant to, 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 beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. </text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida62538e2-292a-4499-87e0-824a7c0a6669"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2010 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 1270; 136 Stat. 3796) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idda928126-f395-4ec9-8e5d-0bf0e2cd26ad" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida02187cd-355a-4f78-90e2-56f30202e71f"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Navigation</header><text>Beginning on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024</short-title>, the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam is no longer authorized for navigation purposes.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2649215f-f550-48f5-afc0-6dda9fa63ea5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>East San Pedro Bay, California</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The study for the project for ecosystem restoration, East San Pedro Bay, California, authorized by the resolution of the Committee on Public Works of the Senate, dated June 25, 1969, relating to the report of the Chief of Engineers for Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers, Ballona Creek, is no longer authorized beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. </text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd49a00dc-8d2d-4f58-b787-7602a138ded1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Souris River Basin, North Dakota</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Talbott's Nursery portion, consisting of approximately 2,600 linear feet of levee, of stage 4 of the project for flood control, Souris River Basin, North Dakota, authorized by section 1124 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4243; 101 Stat. 1329–111), is no longer authorized beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. </text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd56dc510-f405-48c9-8ba1-71cb3540b582"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Masaryktown Canal, Florida</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1cb227ed-4aba-4098-b438-e1b3b74c8452"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The portion of the project for the Four River Basins, Florida, authorized by section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 1183) described in paragraph (2) is no longer authorized beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf1555682-3417-45a9-936e-ef80f8eb2850"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Portion described</header><text>The portion of the project referred to in paragraph (1) is the Masaryktown Canal C–534, which spans approximately 5.5 miles from Hernando County, between Ayers Road and County Line Road east of United States Route 41, and continues south to Pasco County, discharging into Crews Lake.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id1decc50f-e721-4766-a150-b82e5551ac39"><enum>302.</enum><header>Environmental infrastructure</header><subsection id="id9d2b11bd-2897-43aa-9718-3173a3733e24"><enum>(a)</enum><header>New projects</header><text>Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 136 Stat. 3808) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc3ba357d-eb2e-460f-8843-76e614ad8cb0" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph id="idf171f49b-7cff-4a46-9ce3-7ea08dd921e6" commented="no"><enum>(406)</enum><header>Glendale, Arizona</header><text>$5,200,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including stormwater management), drainage systems, and water quality enhancement, Glendale, Arizona.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2e078579-1898-4ed3-a391-f92c67c03f1a" commented="no"><enum>(407)</enum><header>Tohono O’odham Nation, Arizona</header><text>$10,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including facilities for withdrawal, treatment, and distribution), Tohono O’odham Nation, Arizona.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfdda0a54-7254-4db1-a7ef-45a6d95a2c16" commented="no"><enum>(408)</enum><header>Flagstaff, Arizona</header><text>$4,800,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including facilities for withdrawal, treatment, and distribution), Flagstaff, Arizona.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfe1d3f0c-4deb-4170-a9ad-137301d324d0" commented="no"><enum>(409)</enum><header>Tucson, Arizona</header><text>$30,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including recycled water systems), Tucson, Arizona.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd66c404e-1703-415c-b796-d4d7a36744f2" commented="no"><enum>(410)</enum><header>Bay-delta, California</header><text>$20,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including stormwater management), drainage systems, and water quality enhancement, San Francisco Bay–Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, California.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id210cb43d-a708-4ca0-98de-bc6a0ea35ff6" commented="no"><enum>(411)</enum><header>Indian Wells Valley, California</header><text>$5,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure, Indian Wells Valley, Kern County, California.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idba264d02-c5fd-4359-b3c6-d3c1ce8bb508" commented="no"><enum>(412)</enum><header>Oakland–Alameda Estuary, California</header><text>$5,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including stormwater management), drainage systems, and water quality enhancement, Oakland–Alameda Estuary, Oakland and Alameda Counties, California.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id86b41799-16cc-459e-b692-09fec3126d26" commented="no"><enum>(413)</enum><header>Tijuana River Valley Watershed, California</header><text>$10,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure, Tijuana River Valley Watershed, San Diego County, California.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6adbfed7-a868-4362-9653-604c2ce49b6e" commented="no"><enum>(414)</enum><header>El Paso County, Colorado</header><text>$20,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure and stormwater management, El Paso County, Colorado. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2222f1ed-6cd0-45c4-af9e-6bdaec031b04" commented="no"><enum>(415)</enum><header>Rehoboth Beach, Lewes, Dewey, Bethany, South Bethany, Fenwick Island, Delaware</header><text>$25,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure, Rehoboth Beach, Lewes, Dewey, Bethany, South Bethany, and Fenwick Island, Delaware.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5ffec7f7-0204-44d0-b030-38f6a68254ab" commented="no"><enum>(416)</enum><header>Wilmington, Delaware</header><text>$25,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure, Wilmington, Delaware.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd7ec1105-7c1e-4133-ae64-ed2b5cc4be3e" commented="no"><enum>(417)</enum><header>Pickering Beach, Kitts Hummock, Bowers Beach, South Bowers Beach, Slaughter Beach, Prime Hook Beach, Milton, Milford, Delaware</header><text>$25,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure, Pickering Beach, Kitts Hummock, Bowers Beach, South Bowers Beach, Slaughter Beach, Prime Hook Beach, Milton, and Milford, Delaware. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id42421f1e-d917-480b-80be-845edfe94c04" commented="no"><enum>(418)</enum><header>Coastal Georgia</header><text>$5,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including stormwater management), Glynn County, Chatham County, Bryan County, Effingham County, McIntosh County, and Camden County, Georgia.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id35e12bb2-a75c-465c-92fa-ebca834a780e" commented="no"><enum>(419)</enum><header>Columbus, Henry, and Clayton Counties, Georgia</header><text>$10,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including stormwater management), Columbus, Henry, and Clayton Counties, Georgia.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7175c502-2344-4920-9867-3a678533a4d5" commented="no"><enum>(420)</enum><header>Cobb County, Georgia</header><text>$5,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure, Cobb County, Georgia.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf82f7f64-cc0f-4e05-a06c-1de3cc6c2df5"><enum>(421)</enum><header>Calumet City, Illinois</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure, Calumet City, Illinois.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="iddd75e2a2-f749-4fa1-aac2-6f9d25785731" commented="no"><enum>(422)</enum><header>Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas</header><text>$35,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure, including stormwater management (including combined sewer overflows), Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide7bc20ae-8a43-4c4b-a2d2-e74a994276bd" commented="no"><enum>(423)</enum><header>Easthampton, Massachusetts</header><text>$10,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including wastewater treatment plant outfalls), Easthampton, Massachusetts. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id252a8e3a-8441-438d-a6f5-60f3b12afd16" commented="no"><enum>(424)</enum><header>Byram, Mississippi</header><text>$7,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including stormwater management), drainage systems, and water quality enhancement, Byram, Mississippi.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb77e7af5-8239-4873-a85b-d3d6c53536eb" commented="no"><enum>(425)</enum><header>Diamondhead, Mississippi</header><text>$7,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure and drainage systems, Diamondhead, Mississippi.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id434df212-4433-4a23-85db-0cccb870e891" commented="no"><enum>(426)</enum><header>Hancock County, Mississippi</header><text>$7,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including stormwater management), drainage systems, and water quality enhancement, Hancock County, Mississippi.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb772764e-2bad-4cb5-b920-a01a2d070550" commented="no"><enum>(427)</enum><header>Madison, Mississippi</header><text>$7,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including stormwater management), drainage systems, and water quality enhancement, Madison, Mississippi.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1d504ef8-d9a7-422d-9698-e0ab0c0bb28a" commented="no"><enum>(428)</enum><header>Pearl, Mississippi</header><text>$7,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including stormwater management), drainage systems, and water quality enhancement, Pearl, Mississippi.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id32883184-0c41-4452-8fa6-6322e02e2490" commented="no"><enum>(429)</enum><header>New Hampshire</header><text>$20,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure, New Hampshire.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id227c020f-5bac-4468-a9c9-b046b509986c" commented="no"><enum>(430)</enum><header>Cape May County, New Jersey</header><text>$10,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including facilities for withdrawal, treatment, and distribution), Cape May County, New Jersey.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd03fa410-5073-45f7-9de7-4586dd258829" commented="no"><enum>(431)</enum><header>Nye County, Nevada</header><text>$10,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including water wellfield and pipeline in the Pahrump Valley), Nye County, Nevada.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfbdbc05c-4efd-424f-9e52-78126b717c83" commented="no"><enum>(432)</enum><header>Storey County, Nevada</header><text>$10,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including facilities for withdrawal, treatment, and distribution), Storey County, Nevada.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcb326aac-ae3a-4692-8396-24ca2224f0e3" commented="no"><enum>(433)</enum><header>New Rochelle, New York</header><text>$20,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including stormwater management), New Rochelle, New York.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd7145245-2647-4871-a179-8a5b10afb583" commented="no"><enum>(434)</enum><header>Cuyahoga County, Ohio</header><text>$5,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including combined sewer overflows), Cuyahoga County, Ohio.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idbd3fb830-a9d0-4e03-8799-4b0780ef70df" commented="no"><enum>(435)</enum><header>Bloomingburg, Ohio</header><text>$6,500,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including facilities for withdrawal, treatment, and distribution), Bloomingburg, Ohio.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3a54a85d-236a-447f-9466-e34208799140" commented="no"><enum>(436)</enum><header>City of Akron, Ohio</header><text>$5,500,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including drainage systems), City of Akron, Ohio.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id69b19a2f-c674-426f-8c51-28b3f62a9a5a" commented="no"><enum>(437)</enum><header>East Cleveland, Ohio</header><text>$13,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including stormwater management), East Cleveland, Ohio.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idee053c69-aee5-4f2d-bdc8-d20718a29923" commented="no"><enum>(438)</enum><header>Ashtabula County, Ohio</header><text>$1,500,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including water supply and water quality enhancement), Ashtabula County, Ohio.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd5bda46e-1c44-47a5-aa31-e920b31da39e" commented="no"><enum>(439)</enum><header>Struthers, Ohio</header><text>$500,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure (including wastewater infrastructure, stormwater management, and sewer improvements), Struthers, Ohio.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1f53bb69-3715-4b50-8c4e-01f7658f3b57" commented="no"><enum>(440)</enum><header>Stillwater, Oklahoma</header><text>$30,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure and water supply infrastructure (including facilities for withdrawal, treatment, and distribution), Stillwater, Oklahoma. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id307551d2-b887-4751-a9a0-7f3cb1e07d41" commented="no"><enum>(441)</enum><header>Pennsylvania</header><text>$38,600,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure, Pennsylvania. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id82242813-0663-4ded-9fea-10a2589ebca6" commented="no"><enum>(442)</enum><header>Chesterfield County, South Carolina</header><text>$3,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure and other environmental infrastructure (including stormwater management), Chesterfield County, South Carolina.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id539d6fbe-dc2e-4835-8a78-3e5abb5df8fd" commented="no"><enum>(443)</enum><header>Tipton County, Tennessee</header><text>$35,000,000 for wastewater infrastructure and water supply infrastructure, including facilities for withdrawal, treatment, and distribution, Tipton County, Tennessee. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3aa97e7a-4bea-49e0-8189-9c8f51e96bb8" commented="no"><enum>(444)</enum><header>Othello, Washington</header><text>$14,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water supply and storage treatment, Othello, Washington.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf3dc41a2-cb98-4f60-9c9a-111d2212330c" commented="no"><enum>(445)</enum><header>College Place, Washington</header><text>$5,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, including water and wastewater infrastructure, College Place, Washington.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id41d4304c-205c-47ae-af07-52a7bf5a5e3a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Project modifications</header><paragraph id="id6fa068c0-eac2-45da-a808-d4043ba01a32" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Consistency with reports</header><text>Congress finds that the project modifications described in this subsection are in accordance with the reports submitted to Congress by the Secretary 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>), titled <quote>Report to Congress on Future Water Resources Development</quote>, or have otherwise been reviewed by Congress. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6bf465eb-ebf0-499a-b275-339e8089d776"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Modifications</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ce0708f-cd17-4d77-8132-47191c5faa6f"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Alabama</header><text>Section 219(f)(274) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 136 Stat. 3808) is amended by striking <quote>$50,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$85,000,000</quote>. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7dc3947d-b40b-463e-97fa-735cb8269cf3" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Los Angeles County, California</header><text>Section 219(f)(93) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1259; 136 Stat. 3816) is amended by striking <quote>Santa Clarity Valley</quote> and inserting <quote>Santa Clarita Valley</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2a4fc5c2-cdb7-4f31-b0ed-bd8a26e19de3" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Kent, Delaware</header><text>Section 219(f)(313) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 136 Stat. 3810) is amended by striking <quote>$35,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$40,000,000</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5d6ed299-ba65-49c4-a866-fe2f19f032d2" commented="no"><enum>(D)</enum><header>New Castle, Delaware</header><text>Section 219(f)(314) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 136 Stat. 3810) is amended by striking <quote>$35,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$40,000,000</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idea6fe65c-ca19-42d6-89ce-bb373283896a" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Sussex, Delaware</header><text>Section 219(f)(315) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 136 Stat. 3810) is amended by striking <quote>$35,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$40,000,000</quote>. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4c6ca274-045c-408e-a613-c68af7aed50c" commented="no"><enum>(F)</enum><header>East Point, Georgia</header><text>Section 219(f)(136) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1261; 136 Stat. 3817) is amended by striking <quote>$15,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$20,000,000</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id416bb9a7-15c6-414f-916f-8a033d43051a" commented="no"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Madison County and St. Clair County, 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; 136 Stat. 3817) is amended—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd4f643b7-6eab-4a53-99bd-99fa45d3bc63"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$100,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$110,000,000</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd52f1534-8e7e-47f7-b135-7d088ad72424"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(including stormwater management)</quote> after <quote>wastewater assistance</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id486c9042-ad54-4250-a79f-866dd5ecdab8" commented="no"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Montgomery County and Christian County, Illinois</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 219(f)(333) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 136 Stat. 3812) is amended—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1e860d7a-3221-4b18-8361-873914bed2e7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Montgomery and Christian Counties</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Montgomery, Christian, Fayette, Shelby, Jasper, Richland, Crawford, and Lawrence Counties</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5c61b384-ca71-444e-9cf6-b92a859839b7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Montgomery County and Christian County</quote> and inserting <quote>Montgomery County, Christian County, Fayette County, Shelby County, Jasper County, Richland County, Crawford County, and Lawrence County</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9512fa2d-1123-4fa6-9f12-7d0735fe6ee4"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Will County, Illinois</header><text>Section 219(f)(334) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 136 Stat. 3812) is amended—</text><clause id="id72be71fb-afcc-47b5-aa35-5520e8c9780c" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Will County</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">Will and Grundy Counties</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id77c51e03-485a-4740-b10b-119aa272d593" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Will County</quote> and inserting <quote>Will County and Grundy County</quote>. </text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc3d54eac-5b27-4e70-bcf4-ee8efe0e31fc" commented="no"><enum>(J)</enum><header>Lowell, Massachusetts</header><text>Section 219(f)(339) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 136 Stat. 3812) is amended by striking <quote>$20,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$30,000,000</quote>. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id208b4c5d-4c76-4223-9d3f-c2fa91b53a8e" commented="no"><enum>(K)</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, in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="paragraph">combined sewer overflows</header-in-text></quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id809f768f-cffa-45fd-bb65-47d1d56b2b82" commented="no"><enum>(L)</enum><header>Desoto County, Mississippi</header><text>Section 219(f)(30) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 336; 134 Stat. 2718) is amended by striking <quote>$130,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$144,000,000</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id516c5675-7aee-4f80-b135-2a4984006a64" commented="no"><enum>(M)</enum><header>Jackson, Mississippi</header><text>Section 219(f)(167) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1263; 136 Stat. 3818) is amended by striking <quote>$125,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$139,000,000</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8ffeee2d-639c-4dce-919b-3f462f1b2f18" commented="no"><enum>(N)</enum><header>Madison County, Mississippi</header><text>Section 219(f)(351) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 136 Stat. 3813) is amended by striking <quote>$10,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$24,000,000</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9f7988ed-158a-4d10-881a-6867b31c2901" commented="no"><enum>(O)</enum><header>Meridian, Mississippi</header><text>Section 219(f)(352) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 136 Stat. 3813) is amended by striking <quote>$10,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$24,000,000</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbfb41e5d-1dcc-4d05-b1c4-fdcc8e954714" commented="no"><enum>(P)</enum><header>Rankin County, Mississippi</header><text>Section 219(f)(354) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 136 Stat. 3813) is amended by striking <quote>$10,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$24,000,000</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfa0cc8ca-ba48-4cab-9a86-a74d24046bf9" commented="no"><enum>(Q)</enum><header>Cincinnati, Ohio</header><text>Section 219(f)(206) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1265) is amended by striking <quote>$1,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$9,000,000</quote>. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb8858b2a-2b0d-4379-b9c3-fef950a81a5e" commented="no"><enum>(R)</enum><header>Midwest City, Oklahoma</header><text>Section 219(f)(231) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1266; 134 Stat. 2719) is amended by striking <quote>$5,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$10,000,000</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9d39ff8e-8bef-4409-be05-5845b4710bff" commented="no"><enum>(S)</enum><header>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</header><text>Section 219(f)(243) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1266) is amended—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id370a6a0e-7d7c-4d63-8754-c1f58b58d4e6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$1,600,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$3,000,000</quote>; and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8c0903db-46e3-4d1a-b7da-481685ab5fb4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>water supply and</quote> before <quote>wastewater</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idde11e098-b9f2-429e-a36f-d6a3a72f1d7f" commented="no"><enum>(T)</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; 136 Stat. 3818) is amended by striking <quote>$165,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$232,000,000</quote>.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7249fa8a-9779-43ce-908b-907898aac363" commented="no"><enum>(U)</enum><header>Milwaukee, Wisconsin</header><text>Section 219(f)(405) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 136 Stat. 3816) is amended by striking <quote>$4,500,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$10,500,000</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4d5fc1df-f346-43e8-b30b-b72dd4c661f4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Non-Federal share</header><text>Section 219 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835) is amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3f3ff007-c27c-4cd1-9b45-3cf3eaf61a36" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection id="ide13ffbfa-58d2-4b14-8fb4-34cd2d980214"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Non-Federal share</header><paragraph id="id92a52562-b1b0-4e79-a388-74bfa778ffde"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the non-Federal share of the cost of a project for which assistance is provided under this section shall be not less than 25 percent. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id13fccf45-a8d3-4283-9af3-92dfe2bb78d4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Economically disadvantaged communities</header><text>The non-Federal share of the cost of a project for which assistance is provided under this section 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></paragraph><paragraph id="iddd0f11e8-38de-4ece-9e12-f349a95b08d9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Ability to pay</header><subparagraph id="id8ea7c2f7-6f8c-4d1f-ad3d-515454ae7520"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The non-Federal share of the cost of a project for which assistance is provided under this section shall be subject to the ability of the non-Federal interest to pay.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide7ba2145-a61e-44be-8f5c-5b98fbeeedd8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Determination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The ability of a non-Federal interest to pay shall be determined by the Secretary in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd9b5e400-d74c-45c0-ae95-688888f6afe7"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024</short-title>, the Secretary shall issue guidance on the procedures described in subparagraph (B).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idbefee0b0-f1f4-4890-b071-b730d89777c1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Congressional notification</header><subparagraph id="id58a67d01-7eb9-4be3-999b-10115658e154"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall 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 written notification of determinations made by the Secretary of the ability of non-Federal interests to pay under this section.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc8c6ca3b-0ac7-4fc7-a739-235a62d0a358"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Contents</header><text>In preparing the written notification under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall include, for each determination made by the Secretary—</text><clause id="id02a3e232-0cdc-4764-8d63-039ac6ecab14"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the name of the non-Federal interest that submitted to the Secretary a request for a determination under paragraph (3)(B);</text></clause><clause id="id9a9c1aa8-e885-439c-87a5-c25a18b931e8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the name and location of the project; and</text></clause><clause id="idd3f080f3-2df2-464e-b951-959d5f6dcf75"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the determination made by the Secretary and the reasons for the determination, including the adjusted share of the costs of the project of the non-Federal interest, if applicable.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="id27cd41c0-7744-4d78-b79a-df49c2fbc273"><enum>303.</enum><header>Pennsylvania environmental infrastructure</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 313 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4845; 109 Stat. 407; 110 Stat. 3723; 113 Stat. 310; 117 Stat. 142; 121 Stat. 1146; 134 Stat. 2719; 136 Stat. 3821) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54077647-ae98-466f-b367-6e96d2df8f08"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="section">south central</header-in-text></quote>; </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50bdacd9-2120-4a0d-99d6-3aac58dcd18f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>south central</quote> each place it appears;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide0c3ba6b-28be-4c5f-9b85-6b5866eb1ae7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsections (c) and (h); </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0e71362a-28be-4e99-82e3-c70bb65843d2"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) as subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7e8db785-bd34-4f53-b2b8-e1bf39e394db"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A) of subsection (c) (as redesignated), by striking <quote>the SARCD Council and other</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="idaa19bb59-0b2f-42c0-b40c-bf30081080fd"><enum>304.</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; 110 Stat. 3719; 136 Stat. 3782) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13a94297-66c2-46d4-8d67-b532527e9517"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida1b9c993-9e70-43be-8924-67a7b194289f"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>costs,</quote> and all that follows through <quote>except that</quote> and inserting <quote>costs, shall be as described in the second sentence of subsection (b) (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3691)), except that</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91f24a0c-6eeb-45fe-a1a1-67f158b274f3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>measure benefitting</quote> and inserting <quote>measure (other than a reconnaissance study) benefitting</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10d8068c-1e7d-46c7-8b11-d39d3b6a509f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by striking <quote>$80,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$100,000,000</quote>. </text></paragraph></section><section id="idcd314976-5860-4f3b-a915-d79e7e37f7fe"><enum>305.</enum><header>Oregon environmental infrastructure</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf47f6001-4ad5-48f5-a6b1-2f82d3e0c385"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8359 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3802) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id930bf3f9-6631-4b46-a815-4d9d1393220f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="section">Southwestern</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id69727e43-9b11-45ae-b19e-179d1cd3bfe2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in each of subsections (a) and (b), by striking <quote>southwestern</quote> each place it appears; </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id30fe8b53-f712-419d-bf0a-17ded2a9bbf8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)(1), by striking <quote>$50,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$90,000,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71cbb56e-dd43-45a8-a8b3-0c243f9abd4f"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking subsection (f). </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3bc2620e-91f7-40f6-808a-9f604ec2b5ec"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendments</header><paragraph id="idc4cb4912-2689-4691-ad40-aa49b30b181c"><enum>(1)</enum><header>NDAA</header><text>The table of contents in section 2(b) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (136 Stat. 2430) is amended by striking the item relating to section 8359 and inserting the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd32d7014-b18e-45d8-a978-2ea7f119b0b1" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><toc changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">Sec. 8359. Oregon.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfecc91db-d2e3-4e86-80e2-0884b86fdd63"><enum>(2)</enum><header>WRDA</header><text>The table of contents in section 8001(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3694) is amended by striking the item relating to section 8359 and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4d023a97-b065-411e-854c-2c181e18ad1e" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><toc changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">Sec. 8359. Oregon.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idfb8f7332-7b50-4cfe-935e-1b791261e8cc"><enum>306.</enum><header>Kentucky and West Virginia environmental infrastructure</header><subsection id="id1ebdf79f-ef4a-4948-ac78-e292b2e67586" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment of program</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a program to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in Kentucky and West Virginia.</text></subsection><subsection id="id720912ff-2aa5-498d-a732-e63103619322" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Form of assistance</header><text>Assistance provided under this section may be in the form of design and construction assistance for water-related environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development projects in Kentucky and West Virginia, including projects for wastewater treatment and related facilities, water supply and related facilities, environmental restoration, and surface water resource protection and development.</text></subsection><subsection id="id51b1da26-e459-43de-b8a8-2d3d08c01059" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>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="id0bb8898e-6bd0-436f-92b9-0d6140122eee" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Local cooperation agreements</header><paragraph id="id29ffd80b-af26-419d-b702-330a39231ad0" commented="no"><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 such assistance.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id85f0c870-364c-4ee7-906c-c5b5352723db" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Each local cooperation agreement entered into under this subsection shall provide for the following:</text><subparagraph id="id6e2ea4ff-cbdc-428d-8b60-d1b2e73c15f3" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Development by the Secretary, in consultation with appropriate Federal and State officials, of a facilities or resource protection and development plan, including appropriate engineering plans and specifications.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idde985c9e-a7ef-4bd7-84d2-8fc6fab9493f" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><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="id7ecf387e-d852-44fe-88a2-38cbfad5332e"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cost sharing</header><subparagraph id="ide8247f96-fca6-42b5-a604-f0153ecd543c"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Federal share of the cost of a project carried out under this section—</text><clause id="ide9291522-7496-4a0d-94aa-4b9056f357cf"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall be 75 percent; and</text></clause><clause id="id67ee6786-0ab7-43c0-9005-93bfab4b5c1a"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>may be provided in the form of grants or reimbursements of project costs.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id075102e4-54c7-4492-b826-a55bc5d62490"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Credit for interest</header><text>In case of a delay in the funding of the Federal share of a project that is the subject of a local cooperation agreement under this section, the non-Federal interest shall receive credit for reasonable interest incurred in providing the non-Federal share of the project cost.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1317b182-b88d-44f4-afb0-6e343a40c775"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Land, easements, and rights-of-way credit</header><text>The non-Federal interest shall receive credit for land, easements, rights-of-way, and relocations 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 such credit may not exceed 25 percent of total project costs. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2d226543-0a90-4a0f-aeb8-9b64204cd9ee"><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="iddfb37eb4-64ba-4d10-b4f6-5b76d3afa483"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><paragraph id="id04c7e419-b6a0-45eb-a564-de002b6c4bcb"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated $75,000,000 to carry out this section, to be divided between the States described in subsection (a). </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0f397c3a-260c-4f26-8890-020e39df885a" commented="no"><enum>(2)</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 to administer projects under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id52a67dde-231d-49a4-aabc-6943ca69e089"><enum>307.</enum><header>Lake Champlain Watershed, Vermont and New York</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 542(e)(1)(A) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2672) is amended by inserting <quote>, or in the case of a critical restoration project benefitting an economically disadvantaged community (as defined pursuant to section 160 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (<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>)), 10 percent of the total costs of the project</quote> after <quote>project</quote>.</text></section><section id="id2a2d7a88-4525-4638-8166-70e82e04b7e9"><enum>308.</enum><header>Ohio and North Dakota</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 594(d)(3)(A) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 382) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09e64227-bca7-48ca-9da2-7f3061cc0292"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>The Federal share may</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id630772fd-dbbf-4962-aff0-cf600e736ca0" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1fbc6e23-7050-4aa3-98cf-bbeb6e7afad6"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The Federal share may</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44d88a48-ec63-419a-9bbf-96368a183135"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the subparagraph designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>The Federal share of</quote> in the first sentence and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3fc9d44a-7f3f-4538-9d98-5befd5d52fea" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><subparagraph id="idcadbc081-c442-417d-9f01-75eb61720612"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Project costs</header><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id999ab33b-30db-4784-9143-de1decb8b64d"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in clause (ii), the Federal share of</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idad609fd0-1f44-4bd8-ae23-cecfc623b6fd"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (i) (as so designated) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbccaba0f-086f-4564-b41f-029befdea726" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><clause id="ida469d8f6-56d3-412c-a9cd-dbf6c6ff8954"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The non-Federal share of the cost of a project under this section 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></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id565b6d22-7a03-4d9a-8319-88e9c7a8a787"><enum>309.</enum><header>Southern West Virginia</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 340 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4856; 136 Stat. 3807) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id179ab449-897a-44f1-9683-3a0706ca049e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(3)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida6194236-a1f3-4e7c-9502-248b0c3af67d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by striking <quote>Total project costs</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf3ca5b84-ede7-4b76-829d-4270e377be7b" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id029a2ed4-5e4e-426e-840a-b81df9b03822"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraph (B), total project costs</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id857b98a7-ebb4-48bd-9194-e215963ed464"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id447989b3-5dc4-4dcc-8ab1-8f37a184a01a" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><subparagraph id="id6534df5f-2fae-4bdf-bb9e-82a4b35c4a8a"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</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 total project costs under the applicable local cooperation agreement entered into under this subsection shall be 90 percent. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2c8b3e65-edde-48e7-8f16-4a2ab08cf47b"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal share of the total project costs under this paragraph may be provided in the same form as described in section 571(e)(3)(A) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 371).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id8dee2582-c083-493f-8eb4-4c0eaf4ee054" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (e);</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc9ebbd2f-8df4-487b-bd25-84a9e65f2a14"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i) as subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2c182b81-a199-4679-a567-1b2cb557494c" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (f) (as so redesignated), in the first sentence, by striking <quote>$140,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$170,000,000</quote>. </text></paragraph></section><section id="id38851958-0068-4064-bd3e-8711b56ad571"><enum>310.</enum><header>Northern West Virginia</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 571 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 371; 121 Stat. 1257; 136 Stat. 3807) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idb3035bb5-099e-4f1b-832d-df4d1622d3fb"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(3)—</text><subparagraph id="id7bf269fd-ca4b-4ed5-83df-293e48e8de7d" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), in the first sentence, by striking <quote>The Federal share</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Federal share</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide6575180-8250-4e82-82b2-e878cdfcf4e9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), and (E) as subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), and (F), respectively; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8425eb4d-416b-49cd-87a9-3b5e32be68da"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id537050b2-43df-4df3-bc35-ba808f79b02a" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><subparagraph id="idf330e07b-5122-4142-98f2-faaee472368f"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</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 project costs under the applicable local cooperation agreement entered into under this subsection shall be 90 percent.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4093c844-8886-4f97-8b5d-45cf0bc679b8" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (g);</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id455a7a02-a5eb-4980-9727-52d55cacbd45"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (h), (i), and (j) as sections (g), (h), and (i), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id248e1a2e-febe-49e7-916f-6c8922961eba" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (g) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>$120,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$150,000,000</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id3642dc36-f18e-4294-87e6-4cfc3f290eae"><enum>311.</enum><header>Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia</header><subsection id="id1dcffdd7-8436-48b1-be78-6795ccc195d1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idd245ab06-1d6a-46c8-a5c4-e7dcd56fe9b9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Impaired water</header><subparagraph id="id49765cbf-cac6-4a7a-bde4-1f28b42c165f"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>impaired <added-phrase>water</added-phrase></term> means a stream of a watershed that is not, as of the date of an application under this section, achieving the designated use of the stream.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id46469bae-0330-4172-8da8-797f6cc45a80"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>The term <term>impaired <added-phrase>water</added-phrase></term> includes any stream identified by a State under section 303(d) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1313">33 U.S.C. 1313(d)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc77d5eda-e6f8-433f-9d86-1685d12858ea"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Restoration</header><subparagraph id="id9665ee9c-9209-4765-ac77-b7a8d3331124"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>restoration</term>, with respect to impaired water, means the restoration of the impaired water to such an extent that the stream could achieve its designated use over the greatest practical number of stream-miles, as determined using, if available, State-designated or Tribal-designated criteria.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idf93eed69-41db-4945-9089-f72dd8526383"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text>The term <term>restoration</term> includes the removal of covered pollutants.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id469699f8-4916-403c-aaa6-5d16d57d1c37"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Establishment of program</header><text>The Secretary may establish a pilot program to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal interests for the restoration of impaired water impacted by acid mine drainage in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.</text></subsection><subsection id="id3016a002-00b7-46ef-a974-f25ae3126c44"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Form of assistance</header><text>Assistance under this section may be in the form of technical assistance and design and construction assistance for water-related environmental infrastructure to address acid mine drainage, including projects for centralized water treatment and related facilities.</text></subsection><subsection id="id978b442b-0847-4f62-820a-b155659b3051"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prioritization</header><text>The Secretary shall prioritize assistance under this section to a project that—</text><paragraph id="id37ccaa22-c97c-4939-84fd-0d7855988aeb"><enum>(1)</enum><text>addresses acid mine drainage from multiple sources impacting impaired waters; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id610ae9ed-26a3-4024-b165-ff84f312c30f"><enum>(2)</enum><text>includes a centralized water treatment system to reduce the acid mine drainage load in impaired waters.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id01c19b3b-c3b6-44b1-98dc-d0e78476f89b"><enum>(e)</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="ide9f27676-aa48-417a-938e-f0d326d4f5a7"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, work with States, units of local government, and other relevant Federal agencies to secure any permits, variances, or approvals necessary to facilitate the completion of projects receiving assistance under this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="id5032b475-9ab4-4be4-8700-87b7f09c29f8"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Cost-share</header><text>The non-Federal share of the cost of a project carried out under this section shall be 25 percent, including provision of all land, easements, rights-of-way, and necessary relocations.</text></subsection><subsection id="id48c6f1b8-f7bd-49ac-9511-536e5111bfc9"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Agreements</header><text>Construction of a project under this section shall be initiated only after the non-Federal interest has entered into a binding agreement with the Secretary to pay—</text><paragraph id="id29c79a9d-a063-4e08-9583-9314a2b34e4c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the non-Federal share of the costs of construction of a project carried out under this section; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id703d8960-8f4d-4b14-a08a-84e209f6adea"><enum>(2)</enum><text>100 percent of any operation, maintenance, and replacement and rehabilitation costs of a project carried out under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide2c839ed-fd45-4a18-bfdb-9cecaf493f5b"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Contributed funds</header><text>The Secretary, with the consent of the non-Federal interest for a project carried out under this section, may receive or expend funds contributed by a nonprofit entity for the project.</text></subsection><subsection id="id00d7ddf7-41ff-4707-9b82-8805fb639d98"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000, to remain available until expended. </text></subsection></section><section id="idf1ab85d7-8818-4373-a316-b66c2c7a2e84"><enum>312.</enum><header>Western rural water</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 595(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 383; 117 Stat. 1836) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3c3e8e47-c444-4f01-9b97-668825ef735d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4c9fbae4-3c43-4a59-9e06-05d349095212"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0ea8f675-b939-48aa-b4fd-f2bccc65d316" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id68a0793c-2038-4ec6-98a6-6dd0849f2138"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Non-Federal interest</header><text>The term <term>non-Federal interest</term> includes an entity declared to be a political subdivision of the State of New Mexico.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id17ec2b1c-d51c-4187-a94b-28dc9cc35d22"><enum>313.</enum><header>Continuing authorities programs</header><subsection id="id95573138-344b-4135-9626-4c895cd55c02"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Removal of obstructions; clearing channels</header><text>Section 2 of the Act of August 28, 1937 (50 Stat. 877, chapter 877; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701g">33 U.S.C. 701g</external-xref>), is amended—</text><paragraph id="id7831f1fe-6c6e-4898-8f23-7c72cca795a6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$7,500,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$15,000,000</quote>; </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbd4b6cea-a533-419d-a2e2-f67c7c9c2f15"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>for preventing and mitigating flood damages associated with ice jams,</quote> after <quote>other debris,</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8938e42a-3989-412b-b3dd-5324fff022e0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$500,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,000,000</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida150c510-f54a-48ea-83f9-e98a7febf9a8"><enum>(b)</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—</text><paragraph id="id463dc6c5-aa20-41f2-beef-05c360a38d27"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$25,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$40,000,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ideaa23d15-c574-49dc-a08f-cf63bd30d54c" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$10,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$15,000,000</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ided655ae3-a030-4a98-8db5-3b2fe154b110"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Storm and hurricane restoration and impact minimization program</header><text>Section 3(c) of the Act of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1056, chapter 960; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/426g">33 U.S.C. 426g(c)</external-xref>), is amended—</text><paragraph id="id0e27f196-75de-4c78-988c-7dbf4efdb58b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>$37,500,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$45,000,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idb85a702e-1477-4f7f-9e37-d20737ec68a9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B), by striking <quote>$10,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$15,000,000</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id089c8541-5c7d-4a34-a1df-b6fa749d6772"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Small flood control projects</header><text>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 amended—</text><paragraph id="id922184fa-f38b-4059-87ce-896fe2131b23"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by striking <quote>$68,750,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$85,000,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida0b6c554-1b7e-495c-9355-3f2a8dbf4382"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the third sentence, by striking <quote>$10,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$15,000,000</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id43e0f8de-8cba-41a1-b524-b22a799472bc"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Aquatic ecosystem restoration</header><text>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>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idc155296b-3684-46ca-b851-de31d95a7798"><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="ide03c6055-6ef0-4621-b083-837276908d78" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idff673c14-76d3-45e4-b2a9-faf2b23e5a2e"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Drought resilience</header><text>A project under this section may include measures that enhance drought resilience through the restoration of wetlands or the removal of invasive species.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1b1615bf-9bca-4549-a576-25dc250168ce"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d), by striking <quote>$10,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$15,000,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ideb575467-9836-41c2-bc88-ed4bd0d03367"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (f), by striking <quote>$62,500,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$75,000,000</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idda768ed0-ef2b-4f7d-bf21-231552ab422c"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Project modifications for improvement of environment</header><text>Section 1135 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2309a">33 U.S.C. 2309a</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id2123ed6b-eac3-4cf5-8f2c-c6c69edfa61e"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (d), in the third sentence, by striking <quote>$10,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$15,000,000</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id393d804e-6128-446c-a56c-33aa9b26f028"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (h), by striking <quote>$50,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$60,000,000</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25fe8c42-bb7e-479f-8d33-47e3bc763350"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Shore damage prevention or mitigation</header><text>Section 111(c) of the River and Harbor Act of 1968 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/426i">33 U.S.C. 426i(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$12,500,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$15,000,000</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id143d47d2-2eb7-4fda-a69e-f22f420a85d5"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Small river and harbor improvement projects</header><text>Section 107(b) of the River and Harbor Act of 1960 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/577">33 U.S.C. 577(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$10,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$15,000,000</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id944e4d65-cb28-4a7b-8103-13824a8d3096"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Regional sediment management</header><text>Section 204(c)(1)(C) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2326">33 U.S.C. 2326(c)(1)(C)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$10,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$15,000,000</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="idf4ab0475-5da5-4f00-bdb6-01b5602918cd"><enum>314.</enum><header>Small project assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 165(b) 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 by striking <quote>2024</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2029</quote>.</text></section><section id="id8effddcb-3db5-4465-8542-43ea1c258d38"><enum>315.</enum><header>Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin project, Brandon Road, Will County, Illinois</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">After completion of construction of the project for ecosystem restoration, Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin project, Brandon Road, Will County, Illinois, authorized by section 401(5) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2740) and modified by section 402(a) of that Act (134 Stat. 2742) and section 8337 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3793), the Federal share of operation and maintenance costs of the project shall be 90 percent.</text></section><section id="id87c03088-81ea-41f8-a894-ffbd05437c1f"><enum>316.</enum><header>Mamaroneck-Sheldrake Rivers, New York</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The non-Federal share of the cost of features of the project for flood risk management, Mamaroneck-Sheldrake Rivers, New York, authorized by section 1401(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2018 (132 Stat. 3837), 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></section><section id="id4f7b0cf8-2f52-4e97-b2a6-85ec7e88f054"><enum>317.</enum><header>Lowell Creek Tunnel, Alaska</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5032(a)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1205; 134 Stat. 2719) is amended by striking <quote>20</quote> and inserting <quote>25</quote>.</text></section><section id="id53bc03a2-7520-46df-bc0e-93bb39a3ebb6"><enum>318.</enum><header>Selma flood risk management and bank stabilization</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id98b4d9b7-43ae-44c0-b61e-d65c59e71099"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expedited review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall expedite the review of, and give due consideration to, the request from the City of Selma, Alabama, that the Secretary apply section 103(k) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2213">33 U.S.C. 2213(k)</external-xref>) to the project for flood risk management, Selma Flood Risk Management and Bank Stabilization, Alabama, authorized by section 8401(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3839). </text></subsection><subsection id="id1ff14c6e-d3f7-41c4-8ae3-0200e69b7fe4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cost-share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The non-Federal share of the cost of the project for flood risk management, Selma Flood Risk Management and Bank Stabilization, Alabama, authorized by section 8401(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3839), shall be 10 percent. </text></subsection></section><section id="id72a4e43e-4f27-423d-b6ad-6ae3ffa5b173"><enum>319.</enum><header>Illinois River basin restoration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 519(c)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2654; 121 Stat. 1221) is amended by striking <quote>2010</quote> and inserting <quote>2029</quote>.</text></section><section id="id53984198-bd44-4ff4-8a55-67ac791eadae"><enum>320.</enum><header>Hawaii environmental restoration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 444 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3747; 113 Stat. 286) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6d41df16-10f9-4108-8fd6-0c9df2964a71"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and environmental restoration</quote> and inserting <quote>environmental restoration, and coastal storm risk management</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc2b21c25-9533-4aca-90c1-a0a7395e0276"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>Hawaii,</quote> after <quote>Guam,</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id3df17add-1d22-4f81-a3aa-ff38fd8c4ccf"><enum>321.</enum><header>Connecticut River Basin invasive species partnerships</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 104(g)(2)(A) of the River and Harbor Act of 1958 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/610">33 U.S.C. 610(g)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>the Connecticut River Basin,</quote> after <quote>the Ohio River Basin,</quote>.</text></section><section id="id710043ef-749d-40d1-9131-9b9a4947a373"><enum>322.</enum><header>Expenses for control of aquatic plant growths and invasive species</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 104(d)(2)(A) of the River and Harbor Act of 1958 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/610">33 U.S.C. 610(d)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>50 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>35 percent</quote>.</text></section><section id="id372e5570-9321-4727-a745-556586c5a14f"><enum>323.</enum><header>Corps of Engineers Asian carp prevention pilot program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 509(a)(2)(C)(ii) 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 striking <quote>2024</quote> and inserting <quote>2029</quote>.</text></section><section id="id27638875-3f49-46cc-9c46-6ae8a2dd7167"><enum>324.</enum><header>Extension for certain invasive species programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 104(b)(2)(A) of the River and Harbor Act of 1958 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/610">33 U.S.C. 610(b)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idfc091e7b-2ac7-42d5-9dc1-d309692da5c0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>each of fiscal years 2021 through 2024</quote> and inserting <quote>each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide46b3acf-d85d-404f-b03c-35fce4fb6774"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>2028</quote> and inserting <quote>2029</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id3c331cb4-a5c7-4969-91b9-2389b67059c4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>325.</enum><header>Storm damage prevention and reduction, coastal erosion, riverine erosion, and ice and glacial damage, Alaska</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ee63a38-7865-4b79-be72-9579b1fa3391"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8315 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3783) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id41fb1257-c3f3-4876-ac4f-d3ca78e0db86"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="section">riverine erosion,</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text style="OLC" level="section">coastal erosion,</header-in-text></quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idaf4f25e1-244d-4cfb-bbc9-550dd03abe1b"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>riverine erosion,</quote> after <quote>coastal erosion,</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcdcacd32-02dc-4c49-bc1f-9d4079741f23"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendments</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16e0e9ab-e8cc-464e-8be5-72fcc2c0448d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The table of contents in section 2(b) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 (136 Stat. 2429) is amended by striking the item relating to section 8315 and inserting the following: </text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7f6d0c92-0c38-48d6-9e92-ad4bb1ca8bf4" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><toc changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">Sec. 8315. Storm damage prevention and reduction, coastal erosion, riverine erosion, and ice and glacial damage, Alaska.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idebceb2f9-ff2b-4618-b37a-4961d7d0fa07"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents in section 8001(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3693) is amended by striking the item relating to section 8315 and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38dfd4dc-0c84-4414-9776-dddaa196b1d4" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><toc changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><toc-entry level="section" bold="off">Sec. 8315. Storm damage prevention and reduction, coastal erosion, riverine erosion, and ice and glacial damage, Alaska.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" id="id4893495a-6ddf-470f-9e31-39e29719b563"><enum>326.</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—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida4bbdc70-9639-48bc-9abf-c33fde8bd036"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block id="id786ae315-eb70-4303-a36f-06c87793b296" style="OLC" act-name="" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection id="idb0a71378-770b-448c-bf5e-49e8f05408c3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cost sharing</header><text>The non-Federal share of the cost of a project for rehabilitation of a dam 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 that dam, including provision of all land, easements, rights-of-way, and necessary relocations.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id83414c75-6bc0-40e1-ac1b-2c8663d2c39c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idee7c0866-23da-4097-883e-3186cb38effa"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the subsection designation and heading and all that follows through <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id59f22ff7-444c-44e9-9ada-895daf0ce771" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><subsection id="ida5ce2408-2d22-4639-bb62-eaf25bcf844a"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Cost limitation</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9dbc87a7-ddd0-4dc8-aeac-2350c35d6039"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddde85742-bc32-4dc2-b804-fe05ec7e483b"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0b561489-87e8-468d-ab13-8380f9b692d7" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3b54e37e-ed57-47dc-95df-5ce9a441bfd5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certain dams</header><text>The Secretary shall not expend more than $100,000,000 under this section for the Waterbury Dam Spillway Project, Vermont.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idcbe4a7dd-cbd1-4cf4-bea4-74930e4f9535"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f), by striking <quote>fiscal years 2017 through 2026</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2025 through 2029</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id383fd461-c372-4e7d-ba1e-35240ebcee49"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking subsection (g).</text></paragraph></section><section id="idc43a6775-a824-425f-9ed6-33a481de1390"><enum>327.</enum><header>Ediz Hook Beach Erosion Control Project, Port Angeles, Washington</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The cost-share for operation and maintenance costs for the project for beach erosion control, Ediz Hook, Port Angeles, Washington, authorized by section 4 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 15), shall be in accordance with the cost-share described in 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>). </text></section><section id="id18b7ef62-fa70-4e68-bb2f-165f504aa4a8"><enum>328.</enum><header>Sense of Congress relating to certain Louisiana hurricane and coastal storm damage risk reduction projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that all efforts should be made to extend the scope of the project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, Morganza to the Gulf, Louisiana, authorized by section 7002(3) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 1368), and the project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, Upper Barataria Basin, Louisiana, authorized by section 8401(3) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3841), in order to connect the two projects and realize the benefits of continuous hurricane and coastal storm damage risk reduction from west of Houma in Gibson, Louisiana, to the connection with the Hurricane Storm Damage Risk Reduction System around New Orleans, Louisiana. </text></section><section id="idfa7c55a4-fc6a-4f89-9ac3-a27aa693b7d7"><enum>329.</enum><header>Chesapeake Bay Oyster Recovery Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 704(b)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2263">33 U.S.C. 2263</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/99/662">Public Law 99–662</external-xref>) is amended, in the second sentence, by striking <quote>$100,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$120,000,000</quote>. </text></section><section id="id132d8fe2-9b72-4b23-a564-d044fe55b295"><enum>330.</enum><header>Bosque wildlife restoration project</header><subsection id="idb36d0aa9-6fab-46e9-bfb3-1e75d58aa8d6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a program to carry out appropriate planning, design, and construction measures for wildfire prevention and restoration in the Middle Rio Grande Bosque, including the removal of jetty jacks.</text></subsection><subsection id="id39794edf-3144-4ea0-9362-67a2fc92e56b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cost share</header><paragraph id="idd880e378-cea2-40ce-926d-9e662cf715b2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the non-Federal share of the cost of a project carried out under this section shall be 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).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide6603d59-e96f-47ca-a5f4-ba0c505dbc14"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The non-Federal share of the cost of a project carried out under this section 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></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idebe3b616-190c-4de5-9a7f-78a0b7639400"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Section 116 of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2004 (117 Stat. 1836), is repealed.</text></subsection><subsection id="id753f01a7-2ab3-46a0-82d9-6e28095b0cbb"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Treatment</header><text>The program authorized under subsection (a) shall be considered a continuation of the program authorized by section 116 of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2004 (117 Stat. 1836) (as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act).</text></subsection></section><section id="id96902a9d-5209-430b-b25a-67dbe56cc5ea"><enum>331.</enum><header>Expansion of temporary relocation assistance pilot program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8154(g)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3735) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block id="id443a8ff7-db55-4962-a091-7330aea04d9c" style="OLC" act-name="" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><subparagraph id="idbc6d7a33-8011-484b-9191-41526a722a1c"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, Norfolk, Virginia, authorized by section 401(3) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2738).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id7e2b9b1f-74da-445b-9f96-3a0be45efcfc"><enum>332.</enum><header>Wilson Lock floating guide wall</header><subsection id="ida9143bfe-9bce-491f-908a-c1b0fcdfc2be"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On the request of the relevant Federal entity, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, use all relevant authorities to expeditiously provide technical assistance, including engineering and design assistance, and cost estimation assistance to the relevant Federal entity in order to address the impacts to navigation along the Tennessee River at the Wilson Lock and Dam, Alabama.</text></subsection><subsection id="id33c49c64-d420-4047-8b4f-e2ddf68ab8cf"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Savings clause</header><text>Nothing in this section authorizes the Secretary to expend funding on the repair, replacement, or removal of a capital asset owned by the relevant Federal entity, including the Wilson Lock and Dam. </text></subsection></section><section id="id8f3f4037-369e-4a61-b16a-396cf77e718d"><enum>333.</enum><header>Delaware Inland Bays and Delaware Bay Coast Coastal Storm Risk Management Study</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id043d4579-b83f-49a2-91eb-cf71d17493d4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf806570f-84ae-4827-bf4f-fff503533ca6"><enum>(1)</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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida9a9b55d-dbca-4ed2-af57-e5285529b4cd"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The term <term>study</term> means the Delaware Inland Bays and Delaware Bay Coast Coastal Storm Risk Management Study, authorized by the resolution of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representatives dated October 1, 1986, and the resolution of the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate dated June 23, 1988. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc0611ea0-89db-43b3-a26a-49baf8c61220"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Study, projects, and separable elements</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the Secretary determines that the study will benefit 1 or more economically disadvantaged communities, the non-Federal share of the costs of carrying out the study, or project construction or a separable element of a project authorized based on the study, shall be 10 percent.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8a6b3f4a-2d30-4aa3-85a6-3ad383eb2a78"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cost sharing agreement</header><text>The Secretary shall seek to expedite any amendments to any existing cost-share agreement for the study in accordance with this section.</text></subsection></section><section id="idbf46316b-7647-4b80-b7e8-7f05273066a9"><enum>334.</enum><header>Upper Mississippi River Plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1103(e)(4) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/652">33 U.S.C. 652(e)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$15,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$25,000,000</quote>. </text></section><section id="id45caf1ba-c069-44cc-a54e-991eaaa741dc"><enum>335.</enum><header>Rehabilitation of pump stations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding the requirements of 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>), for purposes of that section, each of the following shall be considered to be an eligible pump station (as defined in subsection (a) of that section) that meets the requirements described in subsection (b) of that section:</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida270b374-85bf-4eed-99fd-26abe48e7a29"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The flood control pump station, Hockanum Road, Northampton, Massachusetts.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3659f43a-e2cc-4a64-82e2-99da1921c2af"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pointe Celeste Pump Station, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id0dbf7b78-c0c5-4c55-8476-4c29d4d06016"><enum>336.</enum><header>Navigation along the Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall, consistent with applicable statutory authorities—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id81afae56-dd24-4076-a910-9c3ebd409356"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate with the relevant stakeholders and communities in the State of Alabama and the State of Mississippi to address the dredging needs of the Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway in those States; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id33a4073a-49a6-4266-a094-7c70ecf7db01"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure continued navigation at the locks and dams owned and operated by the Corps of Engineers located along the Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id70d44a7e-40e7-44fb-971e-55f048ad51cf"><enum>337.</enum><header>Garrison Dam, North Dakota</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall expedite the review of, and give due consideration to, the request from the relevant Federal power marketing administration that the Secretary apply section 1203 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/467n">33 U.S.C. 467n</external-xref>) to the project for dam safety at Garrison Dam, North Dakota.</text></section><section id="id0f85f82e-3947-4b56-8b32-cead0a5a8b1c"><enum>338.</enum><header>Sense of Congress relating to Missouri River priorities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary should make publicly available, where appropriate, any data used and any decisions made by the Corps of Engineers relating to the operations of civil works projects within the Missouri River Basin in order to ensure transparency for the communities in that Basin.</text></section><section id="idae2fa598-e0a1-41e0-b262-ce665ec4a14f"><enum>339.</enum><header>Soil moisture and snowpack monitoring</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 511(a)(3) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2753) is amended by striking <quote>2025</quote> and inserting <quote>2029</quote>. </text></section><section id="id5097af53-5c6b-4e06-a70a-b624700f4f4a"><enum>340.</enum><header>Contracts for water supply</header><subsection id="idc343544a-8ebb-43d3-bced-122ba7371c19"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Copan Lake, Oklahoma</header><text>Section 8358(b)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3802) is amended by striking <quote>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)</quote> and inserting <quote>, for the acre-feet of storage space being sought under an agreement under paragraph (1), more than 110 percent of the contractual rate per acre-foot of storage in the most recent agreement of the City for water supply storage space at the project</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id3973e60f-28f5-49f3-9b25-955251bba96e"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State of Kansas</header><paragraph id="id24326faa-5405-4bd1-8e8f-4c371f132888"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall amend the contracts described in paragraph (2) between the United States and the State of Kansas, relating to storage space for water supply, to change the method of calculation of the interest charges that began accruing on February 1, 1977, on the investment costs for the 198,350 acre-feet of future use storage space and on April 1, 1979, on 125,000 acre-feet of future use storage from compounding interest annually to charging simple interest annually on the principal amount, until—</text><subparagraph id="id242ec93a-c852-4407-8892-45b529139509"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the State of Kansas informs the Secretary of the desire to convert the future use storage space to present use; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcefea846-1834-40ff-bb02-6f48024cd718"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the principal amount plus the accumulated interest becomes payable pursuant to the terms of the contracts.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id50570aa3-0292-4f14-b91d-0f5bf29da752"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contracts described</header><text>The contracts referred to in paragraph (1) are the following contracts between the United States and the State of Kansas:</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5c38dde4-2f46-4ce2-87c1-58b525fc94c7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contract DACW41–74–C–0081, entered into on March 8, 1974, for the use by the State of Kansas of storage space for water supply in Milford Lake, Kansas.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id691d6853-8ccd-4f22-8358-efaf121f56aa"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contract DACW41–77–C–0003, entered into on December 10, 1976, for the use by the State of Kansas for water supply in Perry Lake, Kansas.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id9d8de175-20b4-4e27-8025-bac258a39e33"><enum>341.</enum><header>Rend Lake, Carlyle Lake, and Lake Shelbyville, Illinois</header><subsection id="idf39094fd-058b-4ff7-ae08-aa94d742540d"><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="id14ea7c94-3e1c-4a59-8db9-6be005c2dde1"><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="id4b8196c0-9ac6-483c-a58b-62db3e379dc6"><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="ida691d7fc-9831-4aa5-b511-2eb9ffeb00f7"><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="idd2453d26-bb22-4404-9951-b7aff79e9f00"><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="id997d91d0-b032-4358-9070-2bb965983622"><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="idde88ed8e-f3f1-4ac2-a6d0-8e911c1e59d8"><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="id54b0dbed-6204-4901-b7e8-c03c7913ed0b"><enum>342.</enum><header>Delaware Coastal System Program</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id77eae88a-4dc5-4a27-901b-c024c65a136a"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section is to provide for the collective planning and implementation of coastal storm risk management and hurricane and storm risk reduction projects in Delaware to provide greater efficiency and a more comprehensive approach to life safety and economic growth. </text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6b256119-caa7-451c-b817-968b379d893b"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designation</header><text>The following projects for coastal storm risk management and hurricane and storm risk reduction shall be known and designated as the <quote>Delaware Coastal System Program</quote> (referred to in this section as the <quote>Program</quote>):</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22128028-15f8-403c-bdae-470f3b5f7ca1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Delaware Bay Coastline, Roosevelt Inlet and Lewes Beach, Delaware, authorized by section 101(a)(13) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 276).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idba71e478-cc77-4d20-b8d8-ff3b21f9380c"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Delaware Coast, Bethany Beach and South Bethany, Delaware, authorized by section 101(a)(15) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 276).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64009bce-8bb5-4ec7-8139-973dd73ffdd0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Delaware Coast from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island, Delaware, authorized by section 101(b)(11) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2577).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida6996437-2ebe-43bd-81d7-54fd02511b99"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach, Delaware, authorized by section 101(b)(6) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3667).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4c558f92-6095-4cb4-8715-d690049f54b6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Indian River Inlet, Delaware. </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5c8c514a-7285-4866-9b0e-0337ac4649f1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>The project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, 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) and modified by section 8327(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3788) and subsection (e).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0e90ee4f-9bcf-4caf-bbe9-5140ffb76b50"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Management</header><text>The Secretary shall manage the projects described in subsection (b) as components of a single, comprehensive system, recognizing the interdependence of the projects.</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2d5e2c43-a5bc-4369-bc99-f872f153f132"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Cost-share</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Federal share of the cost of each of the projects described in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (b) shall be 80 percent. </text></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id541db206-0a5b-4b1a-9ae4-3a341d77b6ee"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Broadkill Beach, Delaware</header><text>The project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, 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) and modified by section 8327(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3788), is modified to include the project for hurricane and storm damage reduction, Delaware Bay coastline, Delaware and New Jersey–Broadkill Beach, Delaware, authorized by section 101(a)(11) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 275). </text></subsection></section><section id="id4b80e0bb-c936-47ab-859f-1e1802b929c4"><enum>343.</enum><header>Maintenance of pile dike system</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall continue to maintain the pile dike system constructed by the Corps of Engineers for the purpose of navigation along the Lower Columbia River and Willamette River, Washington, at Federal expense.</text></section><section id="idc59fa4ae-a0e6-47f6-8ad8-5c2bb66647a6"><enum>344.</enum><header>Conveyances</header><subsection id="id76655162-51eb-4e40-b9ad-8e595ee38f08"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Generally applicable provisions</header><paragraph id="id5f6f6784-eee1-4c27-ae9c-ad3ee2bef7b6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Survey to obtain legal description</header><text>The exact acreage and the legal description of any real property to be conveyed under this section shall be determined by a survey that is satisfactory to the Secretary.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id90af7ba3-7393-43b2-9032-db3223512c66"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicability of property screening provisions</header><text>Section 2696 of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply to any conveyance under this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfb833230-380f-41a0-ace2-aa1079034eb7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Costs of conveyance</header><text>An entity to which a conveyance is made under this section shall be responsible for all reasonable and necessary costs, including real estate transaction and environmental documentation costs, associated with the conveyance.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0b69c263-23a6-4bd5-b297-18fe8744effe"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Liability</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb8cfb002-d103-4edf-a867-140505280c45"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Hold harmless</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An entity to which a conveyance is made under this section shall hold the United States harmless from any liability with respect to activities carried out, on or after the date of the conveyance, on the real property conveyed. </text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id51279845-3f12-48c6-802f-81cdef52ce22"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Federal responsibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States shall remain responsible for any liability with respect to activities carried out before the date of conveyance on the real property conveyed.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id37c30061-f9e0-48f1-8b6e-379fb88aecfb"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Additional terms and conditions</header><text>The Secretary may require that any 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></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id30946dda-3f17-485f-932f-ad78471f537a"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Dillard Road, Indiana</header><paragraph id="idb81e7832-8523-4147-9439-5ee2b931d125"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Conveyance authorized</header><text>The Secretary shall convey to the State of Indiana all right, title, and interest of the United States, together with any improvements on the land, in and to the property described in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id480a22ce-2d04-4860-9054-e93077825b4a"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Property</header><text>The property to be conveyed under this subsection is the approximately 11.85 acres of land and road easements associated with Dillard Road, including improvements on that land, located in Patoka Township, Crawford County, Indiana. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4b072fe8-5a76-4c0d-9794-1d083dc5fbdf"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Deed</header><text>The Secretary shall convey the property under this subsection by quitclaim deed under such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id867ab95e-f345-4a55-b594-a126d617f0cd"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reversion</header><text>If the Secretary determines that the property conveyed under this subsection is not used for a public purpose, all right, title, and interest in and to the property shall revert, at the discretion of the Secretary, to the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id04cd9389-7795-4272-9de8-90cc6cf6d1f5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Port of Skamania, Washington</header><paragraph id="id1dc6c321-0a61-43a7-84cd-27897851c2ae"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Conveyance authorized</header><text>The Secretary shall convey to the Port of Skamania, Washington, all right, title, and interest of the United States, together with any improvements on the land, in and to the property described in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idd678397a-aaa2-4ccb-84a3-7c1360fdaad1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Property</header><text>The property to be conveyed under this subsection is the approximately 1.6 acres of land designated as <quote>Lot I-2</quote>, including any improvements on the land, located in North Bonneville, Washington, T. 2 N., R. 7 E., sec. 19, Willamette Meridian. </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id67794deb-2ee9-4aae-ae57-e1435b044f7b"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text>The Port of Skamania, Washington, shall pay to the Secretary an amount that is not less than the fair market value of the property conveyed under this subsection, as determined by the Secretary. </text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id728b8079-d9b8-4c8a-bf4a-e502ce93ec04"><enum>345.</enum><header>Emergency drought operations pilot program</header><subsection id="idb161b276-4ae0-4122-922d-4b12487c3fd1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of covered project</header><text>In this section, the term <term>covered project</term> means a project—</text><paragraph id="idfe602cf8-2f2b-43b0-83c3-0c130f8f1922"><enum>(1)</enum><text>that is located in the State of California or the State of Arizona; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id89ead9ea-c987-48bb-9366-145fbd298b05"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id14f7c735-29d6-4738-a3a6-cbe82a67f355"><enum>(A)</enum><text>of the Corps of Engineers for which water supply is an authorized purpose; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc2576815-7e77-4bd0-b8aa-97f77b613dc4" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for which the Secretary develops a water control manual 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>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idf8964aa9-14e9-4216-8e8a-8ae151812e41"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Emergency operation during drought</header><text>Consistent with other authorized project purposes and in coordination with the non-Federal interest, in operating a covered project during a drought emergency in the project area, the Secretary may carry out a pilot program to operate the covered project with water supply as the primary project purpose.</text></subsection><subsection id="idcf8ef610-9a08-4a9a-b6b0-94e20f0a092a"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Secretary may update the water control manual for a covered project to include drought operations and contingency plans.</text></subsection><subsection id="id0d8593f4-4b52-4c59-9e8a-85209abbae0a"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In carrying out subsection (b), the Secretary shall ensure that—</text><paragraph id="ide86dd54b-e764-4a0c-883f-d4ff7448d40f"><enum>(1)</enum><text>operations described in that subsection—</text><subparagraph id="id8c8c3b3c-5764-4a04-81e8-2488a0d860fe"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are consistent with water management deviations and drought contingency plans in the water control manual for the covered project;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="iddaee2075-0fac-4ce8-a223-3b5b29324206"><enum>(B)</enum><text>impact only the flood pool managed by the Secretary; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide70fdb2c-6e4c-4541-8020-ff805551765a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>shall not be carried out in the event of a forecast or anticipated flood or weather event that would require flood risk management to take precedence;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1241a855-07d5-4f51-ac07-1c70efd32bfa"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary uses forecast-informed reservoir operations; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida25a4fea-374d-47e6-8149-7048116aa4df"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the covered project returns to the operations that were in place prior to the use of the authority provided under that subsection at a time determined by the Secretary, in coordination with the non-Federal interest.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id33d5af19-be0c-46a9-bcd7-4e31e5fb9bfc"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Contributed funds</header><text>The Secretary may receive and expend funds contributed by a non-Federal interest to carry out activities under this section.</text></subsection><subsection id="id0197f402-6dae-494f-9bb0-ff1de0a4bb6f"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report</header><paragraph id="id0142a3c8-ec41-4eed-9502-c2e5d5f817bf"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 2 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 on the pilot program carried out under this section.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id41800f0e-95ba-4223-bc67-9d9452f7f25f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The Secretary shall include in the report under paragraph (1) a description of the activities of the Secretary that were carried out for each covered project and any lessons learned from carrying out those activities.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id60d1da42-f40f-445e-9787-ed90a31639e8"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>Nothing in this section—</text><paragraph id="idee679a7e-6908-4aec-8488-7d175864a8b4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>affects, modifies, or changes the authorized purposes of a covered project;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id08ea0214-6616-4e44-b52d-7df47bb60b07"><enum>(2)</enum><text>affects existing Corps of Engineers authorities, including authorities with respect to navigation, flood damage reduction, and environmental protection and restoration;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idef8f97f1-1d24-48e2-8b26-20cf33d8f97c"><enum>(3)</enum><text>affects the ability of the Corps of Engineers to provide for temporary deviations;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id736885d7-bd1a-46b9-b565-c254561a2ed3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>affects the application of a cost-share requirement under section 101, 102, or 103 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2211">33 U.S.C. 2211</external-xref>, 2212, 2213);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idabff0652-3d2a-456a-9149-5eb5ad120d0d"><enum>(5)</enum><text>supersedes or modifies any written agreement between the Federal Government and a non-Federal interest that is in effect on the date of enactment of this Act;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3c55e3f6-fbe7-4e96-986b-974ce9cbe87e"><enum>(6)</enum><text>supersedes or modifies any amendment to an existing multistate water control plan for the Colorado River Basin, if applicable;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id897b7e5b-4128-43a9-b139-f0190950a2df"><enum>(7)</enum><text>affects any water right in existence on the date of enactment of this Act; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id787e89ca-1025-49c1-a34f-68e0d6279bb2"><enum>(8)</enum><text>preempts or affects any State water law or interstate compact governing water; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf01b9b1f-e532-495c-a94e-9910603763c6"><enum>(9)</enum><text>affects existing water supply agreements between the Secretary and the non-Federal interest; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idec1872b7-68d2-42c8-aefb-193b866b0f7d"><enum>(10)</enum><text>affects any obligation to comply with the provisions of any Federal or State environmental law, including—</text><subparagraph id="id09848431-1cb4-4017-833e-d6a2aa9ce654"><enum>(A)</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></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8988cb01-a53e-43e6-8f7a-40e329f961e0"><enum>(B)</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></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id04d9916b-229b-4c1f-b791-4c39ceba2b8f"><enum>(C)</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></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idb1864f4d-a6a2-4dca-9a07-b158829ee51a"><enum>346.</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 by striking <quote>2028</quote> and inserting <quote>2029</quote>.</text></section><section id="idcdc3b033-9d1c-46c8-84c0-46d3d399fb97"><enum>347.</enum><header>Non-Federal implementation pilot program</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ide0dcf997-1699-40c1-888b-8528648a17ab"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-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="idf773cd7c-7867-4811-8c6e-95e8b22726aa"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(A)(i)—</text><subparagraph id="ida52a78db-57ff-4ea3-96dc-0aaeece7bc44"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking <quote>20</quote> and inserting <quote>30</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id979925fc-b920-4751-8a21-903f5793aa59"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subclause (III), by striking <quote>5</quote> and inserting <quote>15</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id78d86747-0582-44db-b9c5-2fc58ec18a97"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), by striking <quote>each of fiscal years 2019 through 2026</quote> and inserting <quote>each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029</quote>. </text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1b02fcb9-acc9-437f-85db-853b31d6f892"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Louisiana coastal area restoration projects</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idef96855c-fd88-4ec1-ad8c-973a818cd2db"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>In carrying out the pilot program under 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>), the Secretary may include in the pilot program a project authorized to be implemented under, or in accordance with, title VII of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1270). </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idf7baa64c-ba28-4d1b-804e-253c01ea616f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>In the case of a project described in paragraph (1) for which the non-Federal interest has initiated construction in accordance with authorities governing the provision of in-kind contributions for the project, the Secretary shall take into account the value of any in-kind contributions provided by the non-Federal interest for the project prior to the date of execution of the project partnership agreement under 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>) for purposes of determining the non-Federal share of the costs to complete construction of the project.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id99e3f03c-74f2-4b8f-ad92-9526fc70db27"><enum>348.</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—</text><paragraph id="id3308b247-4394-46de-bc02-04d091c24d91"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (13), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; </text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc5320fdd-89f9-47b5-b2b6-b0d3aa735595"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (14), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idbef3aa26-6f22-4b36-b082-71c3018b863f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7a368364-2aef-4e2f-a018-700ea7ca91c9" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3a352ba8-81ed-4417-88fa-d74bbbaf54e6"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Lake Elsinore, California; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7ba5bde9-d604-43ab-a281-e9862e014d2a"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Willamette River, Oregon.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="idd7cc6d82-6606-4843-bac9-3259e48668e7"><enum>349.</enum><header>Sense of Congress relating to Mobile Harbor, Alabama</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is sense of Congress that the Secretary should, consistent with applicable statutory authorities, coordinate with relevant stakeholders in the State of Alabama to address the dredging and dredging material placement needs associated with the project for navigation, Mobile Harbor, Alabama, authorized by section 201 of the Flood Control Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1962d-5">42 U.S.C. 1962d–5</external-xref>) and modified by section 309 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2704).</text></section><section id="ida280b2a8-0898-4118-b552-c3590c4f1eee" commented="no"><enum>350.</enum><header>Sense of Congress relating to Port of Portland, Oregon</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is sense of Congress that—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id639e632a-ad7a-4d47-93d6-7255337f368a"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Port of Portland, Oregon, is the sole dredging operator of the federally authorized navigation channel in the Columbia River, which was authorized by section 101 of the River and Harbors Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 1177);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0beb85fe-ee99-4e0f-9110-851d4c2fa9a6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Corps of Engineers should continue to provide operation and maintenance support for the Port of Portland, Oregon, including for dredging equipment; </text></paragraph><paragraph id="id3444107b-d871-411e-9fc6-0c3102ca707f"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the pipeline dredge of the Port of Portland, known as the <quote>Dredge Oregon</quote>, was built in 1965, 58 years ago, while the average age of a dredging vessel in the United States is 25 years; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7bfcfba2-9166-454b-b541-84c5e8c1a252"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Congress commits to ensuring continued dredging for the Port of Portland.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id9a40fff8-0f2f-4a1b-9c52-5fc495de67dd"><enum>351.</enum><header>Chattahoochee River Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8144 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3724) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93a237ce-ebad-4fbe-acb0-b64ecf8cbdb0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), by striking <quote>2 years</quote> and inserting <quote>4 years</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38951a27-3ddf-4ba2-9baf-392c1aa2c65b"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (j), by striking <quote>3 years</quote> and inserting <quote>5 years</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id6f9451e1-1f6c-4468-9032-a39d2aad86ed"><enum>352.</enum><header>Additional projects for underserved community harbors</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8132 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2238e">33 U.S.C. 2238e</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id042f45c1-c837-4058-b89d-ed2b25a172eb"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>and for purposes of contributing to ecosystem restoration</quote> before the period at the end; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5361fdf5-b15e-4439-9249-4e7830aa4fbe"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (h)(1), by striking <quote>2026</quote> and inserting <quote>2029</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="id676f48e3-3678-4bfb-82a0-71ba1c4e185d"><enum>353.</enum><header>Winooski River tributary watershed</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 212(e)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/2332">33 U.S.C. 2332(e)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id54debb2a-d5c7-49cb-9411-fecf92e4b056" changed="added" reported-display-style="italic" committee-id="SSEV00"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc69e51f4-8e90-4d20-acc6-33e693218e77"><enum>(L)</enum><text>Winooski River tributary watershed, Vermont.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id34611793-b300-413f-99d9-f5354b94ad37"><enum>354.</enum><header>Waco Lake, Texas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, expedite the review of, and give due consideration to, the request from the City of Waco, Texas, that the Secretary apply section 147 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701q-1">33 U.S.C. 701q–1</external-xref>) to the embankment adjacent to Waco Lake in Waco, Texas. </text></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section" id="id6adaef16-73c2-434f-a97d-d585fb60585b"><enum>355.</enum><header>Seminole Tribal claim extension</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 349 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2716) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>2022</quote> and inserting <quote>2027</quote>.</text></section><section id="id6684d42784c0451992b5a9fd3a20f705" commented="no"><enum>356.</enum><header>Coastal erosion project, Barrow, Alaska</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For purposes of implementing the coastal erosion project, Barrow, Alaska, the Secretary may consider the North Slope Borough to be in compliance with section 402(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/701b-12">33 U.S.C. 701b–12(a)</external-xref>) on adoption by the North Slope Borough Assembly of a floodplain management plan to reduce the impacts of future flood events in the immediate floodplain area of the project if that plan—</text><paragraph id="idc3274cc2b4e8423281c57123c427908b" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is approved by the relevant Federal agency; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id42e6338e0b0a4e0c99be84ad67172e8e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>was developed in consultation with the relevant Federal agency and the Secretary. </text></paragraph></section><section id="idfc1797bf40aa4605bbd0b5a1ccee42b4" commented="no"><enum>357.</enum><header>Colebrook River Reservoir, Connecticut</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida7fad2443e9e413e9bf05f6181f6cb01"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Contract termination request</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idc9cdfd4fb8804eee9132d7c58e3f27d9"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date on which the Secretary receives a request from the Metropolitan District of Hartford County, Connecticut, to terminate the contract described in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall offer to amend the contract to release to the United States all rights of the Metropolitan District of Hartford, Connecticut, to utilize water storage space in the reservoir project to which the contract applies.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ida446823e3f794d3f8bc623dce19b9764"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contract described</header><text>The contract referred to in paragraph (1) and subsection (b) is the contract between the United States and the Metropolitan District of Hartford County, Connecticut, numbered DA-19-016-CIVENG-65-203, with respect to the Colebrook River Reservoir in Connecticut.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id535407d9a0ce45d38334a2bbfed5911b"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Relief of certain obligations</header><text>On execution of the amendment described in subsection (a)(1), the Metropolitan District of Hartford County, Connecticut, 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 described in subsection (a)(2) for the reservoir project to which the contract applies.</text></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6ee9ce5a983e4c3e8d33f95899ee841b"><enum>358.</enum><header>Sense of Congress relating to shallow draft dredging in the Chesapeake Bay</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idb89121a7675f4f7cb24f7abbc2f73ce6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shallow draft dredging in the Chesapeake Bay is critical for tourism, recreation, and the fishing industry and that additional dredging is needed; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34a89b50bb614dd9b3fafd672ee4f6a5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary should, to the maximum extent practicable, use existing statutory authorities to address the dredging needs at small harbors and channels in the Chesapeake Bay. </text></paragraph></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Project authorizations</header><section id="id2cfe1728-4893-4e6c-a2db-5b94bec424ff"><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="idab837f60-e600-4286-8706-dfd9ca6d3860"><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 of Chief of Engineers</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. MD</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">Baltimore Harbor Anchorages and Channels, Sea Girt Loop</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">June 22, 2023</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $47,956,500<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $15,985,500<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $63,942,000</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></paragraph><paragraph id="idbec09fd5-83b4-4a74-922c-b8fe5d92176a" commented="no"><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 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. KS</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">Manhattan Levees</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">May 6, 2024</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $29,455,000<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $15,860,000<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $45,315,000 </entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></paragraph><paragraph id="idbceb46f7-f4b6-4f37-a948-bf6a37e5f243"><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 of Chief of Engineers</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. RI</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">Rhode Island Coastline Storm Risk Management</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">September 28, 2023</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $188,353,750<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $101,421,250<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $289,775,000</entry></row><row><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="col1">2. FL</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">St. Johns County, Ponte Vedra Beach, Coastal Storm Risk Management</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">April 18, 2024</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $49,223,000<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $89,097,000<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $138,320,000</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></paragraph><paragraph id="id52dcc184-699a-44e4-a0ca-dd99649a8229" commented="no"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Navigation and 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 of Chief of Engineers</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">Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Brazoria and Matagorda Counties</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">June 2, 2023</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $204,244,000<linebreak></linebreak>Inland Waterways Trust Fund: $109,977,000<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $314,221,000</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></paragraph><paragraph id="idf9a6d75e-0e6f-4105-bd1c-170e1098b97e" commented="no"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Flood risk management and aquatic 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 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. MS</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">Memphis Metropolitan Stormwater–North DeSoto County</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">December 18, 2023</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $44,295,000<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $23,851,000<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $68,146,000</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></paragraph><paragraph id="id4672b659-bbf8-4a94-b3d6-294b25f132dc"><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. NY</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">South Shore Staten Island, Fort Wadsworth to Oakwood Beach Coastal Storm Risk Management</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">February 6, 2024</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $1,730,973,900<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $363,228,100<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $2,094,202,000</entry></row><row><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" colname="col1">2. MO</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col2">University City Branch, River Des Peres</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col3">February 9, 2024</entry><entry leader-modify="clr-ldr" rowsep="1" colname="col4">Federal: $9,094,000<linebreak></linebreak>Non-Federal: $4,897,000<linebreak></linebreak>Total: $13,990,000</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></paragraph></section>May 22, 2024Reported with an amendment