[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1307 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1307

To authorize improvements to flood damage reduction facilities adjacent 
to the American and Sacramento Rivers near Sacramento, California, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 4, 2009

  Ms. Matsui introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize improvements to flood damage reduction facilities adjacent 
to the American and Sacramento Rivers near Sacramento, California, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Natomas Basin Flood Protection 
Improvements Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. PROJECT MODIFICATION, AMERICAN AND SACRAMENTO RIVERS, 
              CALIFORNIA.

    The project for flood damage reduction, American and Sacramento 
Rivers, California, authorized by section 101(a)(1) of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-303; 110 Stat. 3662), 
and modified by section 366 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1999 (Public Law 106-53; 113 Stat. 319), is further modified to 
authorize work to be carried out by Federal or non-Federal interests to 
construct improvements to flood damage reduction facilities adjacent to 
the American and Sacramento Rivers in the vicinity of Sacramento, 
California, substantially in accordance with the report entitled ``Plan 
Formulation Report, Natomas Levee Improvement Program, Early 
Implementation Project, February, 2009'', prepared by the Sacramento 
Area Flood Control Agency in coordination with the State of California, 
at an estimated total cost of $618,000,000, with an estimated Federal 
cost of $463,500,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of $154,500,000.

SEC. 3. CREDIT OR REIMBURSEMENT FOR NON-FEDERAL WORK.

    (a) In General.--The non-Federal interests shall receive credit 
toward the non-Federal share of project costs for expenses incurred, or 
in-kind contributions provided, by the non-Federal interest in 
planning, engineering, design, construction, and acquisition of lands, 
easements, rights-of-way, relocations, and dredged material disposal 
areas for any of the work authorized by section 2 determined by the 
Secretary of the Army to be compatible with Corps of Engineers design 
and construction practices.
    (b) Amount in Excess of Non-Federal Share.--For expenses and in-
kind contributions that the non-Federal interests incur for planning, 
engineering, design, construction, and acquisition of lands, easements, 
rights-of-way, relocations, and dredged material disposal areas for 
work authorized by section 2 which exceed the non-Federal share of such 
work, the non-Federal interests shall receive--
            (1) credit toward the non-Federal share of other projects, 
        or separable elements of other projects, for which the non-
        Federal interests contribute funds, with the Secretary of the 
        Army allocating credit to projects or separable project 
        elements as requested by the non-Federal interests; or
            (2) reimbursement to the non-Federal interests, subject to 
        the appropriation of funds.
    (c) Limitations.--
            (1) Cost and audit.--Amounts credited or reimbursed under 
        this Act may not exceed the actual cost of such work 
        accomplished by the non-Federal interests prior to or 
        subsequent to completion of the report referred to in section 2 
        and shall be subject to audit by the Secretary of the Army.
            (2) Exception.--Amounts credited or reimbursed under this 
        Act shall not be subject to the limitations set forth in 
        section 102 of Public Law 109-103 (119 Stat. 2253).

SEC. 4. COST SHARING.

    The non-Federal share of the cost of work carried out pursuant to 
section 2 shall be the same as the non-Federal share of the cost of the 
project referred to in section 2.
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