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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8812 

To provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, 

to provide for the conservation and development of water and related 

resources, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 25, 2024 

Mr. GRAVES of Missouri (for himself, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. 

ROUZER, and Mrs. NAPOLITANO) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

A BILL 

To provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of 

the United States, to provide for the conservation and 

development of water and related resources, and for 

other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Water Resources Development Act of 2024’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 


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Sec. 2. Secretary defined. 

TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Sec. 101. Continuing authority programs. 

Sec. 102. Community project advisor. 

Sec. 103. Minimum real estate interest. 

Sec. 104. Study of water resources development projects by non-Federal interests. 

Sec. 105. Construction of water resources development projects by non-Federal 

interests. 

Sec. 106. Review process. 

Sec. 107. Electronic submission and tracking of permit applications. 

Sec. 108. Vertical integration and acceleration of studies. 

Sec. 109. Systemwide improvement framework and encroachments. 

Sec. 110. Fish and wildlife mitigation. 

Sec. 111. Harbor deepening. 

Sec. 112. Emerging harbors. 

Sec. 113. Remote and subsistence harbors. 

Sec. 114. Additional projects for underserved community harbors. 

Sec. 115. Inland waterways regional dredge pilot program. 

Sec. 116. Dredged material disposal facility partnerships. 

Sec. 117. Maximization of beneficial use. 

Sec. 118. Economic, hydraulic, and hydrologic modeling. 

Sec. 119. Forecast-informed reservoir operations. 

Sec. 120. Updates to certain water control manuals. 

Sec. 121. Water supply mission. 

Sec. 122. Real estate administrative fees. 

Sec. 123. Challenge cost-sharing program for management of recreation facilities. 

Sec. 124. Retention of recreation fees. 

Sec. 125. Databases of Corps recreational sites. 

Sec. 126. Services of volunteers. 

Sec. 127. Non-recreation outgrant policy. 

Sec. 128. National inventory of dams and low-head dams. 

Sec. 129. Rehabilitation of Corps of Engineers constructed dams. 

Sec. 130. Treatment of projects in covered communities. 

Sec. 131. Ability to pay. 

Sec. 132. Tribal partnership program. 

Sec. 133. Funding to process permits. 

Sec. 134. Project studies subject to independent external peer review. 

Sec. 135. Control of aquatic plant growths and invasive species. 

Sec. 136. Remote operations at Corps dams. 

Sec. 137. Harmful algal bloom demonstration program. 

Sec. 138. Support of Army civil works missions. 

Sec. 139. National coastal mapping program. 

Sec. 140. Watershed and river basin assessments. 

Sec. 141. Removal of abandoned vessels. 

Sec. 142. Corrosion prevention. 

Sec. 143. Missouri River existing features protection. 

Sec. 144. Federal breakwaters and jetties. 

Sec. 145. Temporary relocation assistance pilot program. 

Sec. 146. Easements for hurricane and storm damage reduction projects. 

Sec. 147. Shoreline and riverine protection and restoration. 

Sec. 148. Sense of Congress related to water data. 


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Sec. 149. Sense of Congress relating to comprehensive benefits. 

Sec. 150. Reporting and oversight. 

TITLE II—STUDIES AND REPORTS 

Sec. 201. Authorization of proposed feasibility studies. 

Sec. 202. Expedited completion. 

Sec. 203. Expedited modification of existing feasibility studies. 

Sec. 204. Corps of Engineers reports. 

Sec. 205. GAO studies. 

Sec. 206. Annual report on harbor maintenance needs and trust fund expenditures. 

Sec. 207. Examination of reduction of microplastics. 

Sec. 208. Post-disaster watershed assessment for impacted areas. 

Sec. 209. Upper Barataria Basin and Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico Connection, Louisiana. 

Sec. 210. Upper Mississippi River System Flood Risk and Resiliency Study. 

Sec. 211. New Jersey hot spot erosion mitigation. 

Sec. 212. Oceanside, California. 

Sec. 213. Coastal Washington. 

Sec. 214. Cherryfield Dam, Narraguagus River, Maine. 

Sec. 215. Poor Farm Pond Dam, Worcester, Massachusetts. 

Sec. 216. National Academy of Sciences study on Upper Rio Grande Basin. 

Sec. 217. Chambers, Galveston, and Harris Counties, Texas. 

Sec. 218. Sea sparrow accounting. 

TITLE III—DEAUTHORIZATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS 

Sec. 301. Deauthorization of inactive projects. 

Sec. 302. General reauthorizations. 

Sec. 303. Conveyances. 

Sec. 304. Lakes program. 

Sec. 305. Maintenance of navigation channels. 

Sec. 306. Asset divestiture. 

Sec. 307. Upper Mississippi River restoration program. 

Sec. 308. Coastal community flood control and other purposes. 

Sec. 309. Shore protection and restoration. 

Sec. 310. Hopper dredge McFarland replacement. 

Sec. 311. Acequias irrigation systems. 

Sec. 312. Pacific region. 

Sec. 313. Selma, Alabama. 

Sec. 314. Barrow, Alaska. 

Sec. 315. San Francisco Bay, California. 

Sec. 316. Santa Ana River Mainstem, California. 

Sec. 317. Faulkner Island, Connecticut. 

Sec. 318. Broadkill Beach, Delaware. 

Sec. 319. Federal Triangle Area, Washington, District of Columbia. 

Sec. 320. Washington Aqueduct. 

Sec. 321. Washington Metropolitan Area, Washington, District of Columbia, 

Maryland, and Virginia. 

Sec. 322. Northern estuaries ecosystem restoration, Florida. 

Sec. 323. Chicago shoreline protection, Illinois. 

Sec. 324. Dillard Road, Patoka Lake, Indiana. 

Sec. 325. Port Fourchon Belle Pass Channel, Louisiana. 

Sec. 326. Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam, Minnesota. 

Sec. 327. Missouri River levee system, Missouri. 


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Sec. 328. Table Rock Lake, Missouri and Arkansas. 

Sec. 329. Missouri River mitigation, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska. 

Sec. 330. New York and New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries, New York and 

New Jersey. 

Sec. 331. Western Lake Erie basin, Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan. 

Sec. 332. Willamette Valley, Oregon. 

Sec. 333. Columbia River Channel, Oregon and Washington. 

Sec. 334. Buffalo Bayou Tributaries and Resiliency study, Texas. 

Sec. 335. Matagorda Ship Channel Jetty Deficiency, Port Lavaca, Texas. 

Sec. 336. San Antonio Channel, San Antonio, Texas. 

Sec. 337. Western Washington State, Washington. 

Sec. 338. Environmental infrastructure. 

Sec. 339. Specific deauthorizations. 

TITLE IV—WATER RESOURCES INFRASTRUCTURE 

Sec. 401. Project authorizations. 

Sec. 402. Facility investment. 

1 SEC. 2. SECRETARY DEFINED. 

2 In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec3 retary of the Army. 

4 TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

5 SEC. 101. CONTINUING AUTHORITY PROGRAMS. 

6 (a) PILOT PROGRAM FOR ALTERNATIVE PROJECT

7 DELIVERY FOR CONTINUING AUTHORITY PROGRAM

8 PROJECTS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

10 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec11 retary shall implement a pilot program, in accord12 ance with this subsection, allowing a non-Federal in13 terest or the Secretary to carry out a project under 

14 a continuing authority program through the use of 

15 an alternative delivery method. 

16 (2) CONSISTENCY.—The Secretary shall imple17 ment the pilot program under this subsection 


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1 through a single office, which shall be headed by a 

2 Director. 

3 (3) PARTICIPATION IN PILOT PROGRAM.—In 

4 carrying out paragraph (1), the Director shall— 

5 (A) solicit project proposals from non-Fed6 eral interests by posting program information 

7 on a public-facing website and reaching out to 

8 non-Federal interests that have previously sub9 mitted project requests to the Secretary; 

10 (B) review such proposals and select 

11 projects, taking into consideration geographic 

12 diversity among the selected projects and the 

13 alternative delivery methods used for the se14 lected projects; and 

15 (C) notify the Committee on Transpor16 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep17 resentatives and the Committee on Environ18 ment and Public Works of the Senate of each 

19 project selected under subparagraph (B), in20 cluding— 

21 (i) identification of the project name, 

22 type, and location, and the associated non23 Federal interest; 


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1 (ii) a description of the type of alter2 native delivery method being used to carry 

3 out the project; and 

4 (iii) a description of how the project 

5 meets the authorized purposes and require6 ments of the applicable continuing author7 ity program. 

8 (4) COST SHARE.—The Federal and non-Fed9 eral shares of the cost of a project carried out pur10 suant to this subsection shall be consistent with the 

11 cost share requirements of the applicable continuing 

12 authority program. 

13 (5) MODIFICATIONS TO PROCESSES.—With re14 spect to a project selected under paragraph (3), the 

15 Secretary shall— 

16 (A) allow the non-Federal interest to con17 tribute more than the non-Federal share of the 

18 project required under the applicable continuing 

19 authority program; 

20 (B) allow the use of return on Federal in21 vestment as an alternative to benefit-cost anal22 ysis; 

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1 oversight, and review processes and procedures; 

2 and 

3 (D) notwithstanding any otherwise applica4 ble requirement of a continuing authority pro5 gram, allow the use of a single contract with 

6 the non-Federal interest that incorporates the 

7 feasibility and construction phases, and may 

8 also include the operations and maintenance of 

9 the project. 

10 (6) CREDIT OR REIMBURSEMENT.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—A project selected 

12 under paragraph (3) that is carried out by a 

13 non-Federal interest pursuant to this subsection 

14 shall be eligible for credit or reimbursement for 

15 the Federal share of the cost of the project if, 

16 before initiation of construction of the project— 

17 (i) the non-Federal interest enters 

18 into a written agreement with the Sec19 retary under section 221 of the Flood Con20 trol Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b), in21 cluding an agreement to pay the non-Fed22 eral share of the cost of operation and 

23 maintenance of the project, consistent with 

24 the applicable continuing authority pro25 gram; and 


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1 (ii) the Director— 

2 (I) reviews the plans for con3 struction of the project developed by 

4 the non-Federal interest; 

5 (II) determines that the project 

6 meets the requirements of the applica7 ble continuing authority program; 

8 (III) determines that the project 

9 outputs are consistent with the project 

10 scope; 

11 (IV) determines that the plans 

12 comply with applicable Federal laws 

13 and regulations; and 

14 (V) verifies that the construction 

15 documents, including supporting in16 formation, have been signed by an 

17 Engineer of Record. 

18 (B) APPLICATION OF CREDIT.—With re19 spect to a project selected under paragraph (3), 

20 the Secretary may only apply credit under sub21 paragraph (A) toward the non-Federal share of 

22 that project. 

23 (C) APPLICATION OF REIMBURSEMENT.— 

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1 under subparagraph (A) if the Director certifies 

2 that— 

3 (i) the non-Federal interest has obli4 gated funds for the cost of the project se5 lected under paragraph (3) and has re6 quested reimbursement of the Federal 

7 share of the cost of the project; and 

8 (ii) the project has been constructed 

9 in accordance with— 

10 (I) all applicable permits or ap11 provals; and 

12 (II) the requirements of this sub13 section. 

14 (D) MONITORING.—The Director shall reg15 ularly monitor and audit any project con16 structed by a non-Federal interest pursuant to 

17 this subsection to ensure that— 

18 (i) the construction is carried out in 

19 compliance with the requirements of this 

20 subsection; and 

21 (ii) the costs of construction are rea22 sonable. 

23 (7) EVALUATIONS AND REPORTING.—The Di24 rector shall annually submit to the Committee on 

25 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 


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1 Representatives and the Committee on Environment 

2 and Public Works of the Senate a report on the 

3 progress and outcomes of projects carried out pursu4 ant to this subsection, including— 

5 (A) an assessment of whether the use of 

6 alternative delivery methods has resulted in cost 

7 savings or time efficiencies; and 

8 (B) identification of changes to laws or 

9 policies needed in order to implement more 

10 projects using alternative delivery methods. 

11 (8) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

12 (A) ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY METHOD.— 

13 The term ‘‘alternative delivery method’’ means 

14 a project delivery method that is not the tradi15 tional design-bid-build method, including pro16 gressive design-build, public-private partner17 ships, and construction manager at risk. 

18 (B) CONTINUING AUTHORITY PROGRAM.— 

19 The term ‘‘continuing authority program’’ has 

20 the meaning given that term in the section 

21 7001(c)(1)(D) of Water Resources Reform and 

22 Development Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2282d). 

23 (C) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ 

24 means the Director of the office through which 


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1 the Secretary is implementing the pilot program 

2 under this subsection. 

3 (D) RETURN ON FEDERAL INVESTMENT.— 

4 The term ‘‘return on Federal investment’’ 

5 means, with respect to Federal investment in a 

6 water resources development project, the eco7 nomic return on the investment for the Federal 

8 government, taking into consideration quali9 tative returns for any anticipated life safety, 

10 risk reduction, economic growth, environmental, 

11 and social benefits accruing as a result of the 

12 investment. 

13 (9) SUNSET.—The authority to commence pur14 suant to this subsection a project selected under 

15 paragraph (3) shall terminate on the date that is 10 

16 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 

17 (10) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

18 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

19 this subsection $50,000,000 for each fiscal year. 

20 (b) MODIFICATIONS TO CONTINUING AUTHORITY

21 PROGRAMS.— 

22 (1) DELEGATION OF DECISION-MAKING AU23 THORITY.— 

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except with respect to 

25 a project carried out pursuant to subsection (a), 


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1 the Secretary shall delegate decision-making au2 thority and review of projects under a con3 tinuing authority program to the District Com4 mander of the district of the Corps of Engi5 neers in which the project is located. 

6 (B) SCOPE OF AUTHORITY.—Authority 

7 delegated under subparagraph (A) shall include 

8 authority related to the approval of project ini9 tiation, allocation of funds within statutory lim10 its, and oversight of project implementation. 

11 (2) PROCEDURE FOR EXTENDING COST LIM12 ITS.— 

13 (A) INITIAL DETERMINATION.—If, during 

14 the pre-construction phase of a project under a 

15 continuing authority program, the total Federal 

16 costs of the project are projected to exceed the 

17 established Federal per-project limit, the Dis18 trict Commander to whom authority has been 

19 delegated under paragraph (1) with respect to 

20 the project shall conduct an assessment to de21 termine whether the project can continue to be 

22 carried out with a revised scope. 

23 (B) TRANSITION TO NEW FEASIBILITY

24 STUDY CASE 1.—If the District Commander de25 termines under subparagraph (A) that a project 


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1 cannot continue to be carried out with a revised 

2 scope within the existing authority for the 

3 project, and the cost of completing the project 

4 is not projected to exceed twice the applicable 

5 established per-project limit— 

6 (i) the project may be considered a 

7 new feasibility study and shall be 

8 prioritized for investigation funds from the 

9 Secretary to minimize starts and stops on 

10 project implementation; and 

11 (ii) such transition to a new feasibility 

12 study shall require approval from the Sec13 retary and shall include a notification to 

14 Congress. 

15 (C) TRANSITION TO NEW FEASIBILITY

16 STUDY CASE 2.—If the District Commander de17 termines under subparagraph (A) that a project 

18 cannot continue to be carried out with a revised 

19 scope within the existing authority for the 

20 project, and the cost of completing the project 

21 is projected to exceed twice the applicable es22 tablished per-project limit, the project may only 

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1 sources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 

2 2215). 

3 (D) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—A project carried 

4 out pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall not 

5 count towards the annual program funding au6 thorization limits for the applicable continuing 

7 authority program. 

8 (3) CONTINUING AUTHORITY PROGRAM DE9 FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘continuing 

10 authority program’’ has the meaning given that term 

11 in the section 7001(c)(1)(D) of Water Resources Re12 form and Development Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 

13 2282d). 

14 (c) EMERGENCY STREAMBANK AND SHORELINE

15 PROTECTION.—Section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 

16 1946 (33 U.S.C. 701r) is amended by striking 

17 ‘‘$25,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000’’. 

18 (d) STORM AND HURRICANE RESTORATION AND IM19 PACT MINIMIZATION PROGRAM.—Section 3(c) of the Act 

20 of August 13, 1946 (33 U.S.C. 426g(c)) is amended— 

21 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking 

22 ‘‘$37,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$62,500,000’’; and 

23 (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking 

24 ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$12,500,000’’. 


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1 (e) SMALL RIVER AND HARBOR IMPROVEMENT

2 PROJECTS.—Section 107(b) of the River and Harbor Act 

3 of 1960 (33 U.S.C. 577(b)) is amended by striking 

4 ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$12,500,000’’. 

5 (f) AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION.—Section 

6 206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (33 

7 U.S.C. 2330) is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 

9 following: 

10 ‘‘(3) ANADROMOUS FISH.—Notwithstanding 

11 paragraph (1), for projects carried out under sub12 section (a)(3), the non-Federal interest shall provide 

13 15 percent of the cost of construction, including pro14 vision of all lands, easements, rights-of-way, and 

15 necessary relocations.’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (d), by striking 

17 ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$15,000,000’’. 

18 (g) REMOVAL OF OBSTRUCTIONS; CLEARING CHAN19 NELS.—Section 2 of the Act of August 28, 1937 (33 

20 U.S.C. 701g) is amended by striking ‘‘$500,000’’ and in21 serting ‘‘$1,000,000’’. 

22 (h) PROJECT MODIFICATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF

23 ENVIRONMENT OR DROUGHT RESILIENCY.—Section 1135 

24 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 

25 U.S.C. 2309a) is amended— 


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1 (1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘OR

2 DROUGHT RESILIENCY’’ after ‘‘ENVIRONMENT’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (a)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘for the purpose of improv5 ing’’ and inserting ‘‘for the purpose of— 

6 ‘‘(1) improving’’; 

7 (B) by striking the period at the end and 

8 inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

9 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(2) providing drought resiliency.’’; 

11 (3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘(2) will im12 prove’’ and inserting ‘‘(2) will provide for drought 

13 resilience or will improve’’; 

14 (4) in subsection (d), by striking 

15 ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$12,500,000’’; 

16 (5) in subsection (h), by striking 

17 ‘‘$50,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$62,000,000’’; and 

18 (6) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(j) DROUGHT RESILIENCE.—Drought resilience 

20 measures carried out under this section may include— 

21 ‘‘(1) water conservation measures to mitigate 

22 and address drought conditions; 

23 ‘‘(2) removal of sediment captured behind a 

24 dam for the purpose of restoring or increasing the 

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1 ‘‘(3) the planting of native plant species that 

2 will reduce the risk of drought and the incidence of 

3 non-native species; and 

4 ‘‘(4) other actions that increase drought resil5 ience, water conservation, or water availability.’’. 

6 (i) SMALL FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 205 of the Flood 

8 Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s) is amended 

9 to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘SEC. 205. SMALL FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS. 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 

12 program for the implementation, in partnership with non13 Federal interests, of small structural or nonstructural 

14 projects for flood risk management, stormwater manage15 ment, and related purposes not specifically authorized by 

16 Congress when in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers 

17 such work is advisable. 

18 ‘‘(b) COST SHARE.— 

19 ‘‘(1) FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT AND

20 STORMWATER PURPOSES.— 

21 ‘‘(A) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non22 Federal share for a project implemented under 

23 this section of the costs assigned to purposes 

24 described in subsection (a) shall be 35 percent. 


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1 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—The non-Federal 

2 interest for a project implemented under this 

3 section shall pay 5 percent of the costs assigned 

4 to purposes described in subsection (a) during 

5 construction of the project. 

6 ‘‘(2) OTHER PURPOSES.—The non-Federal 

7 share for a project implemented under this section 

8 of the costs assigned to purposes not described in 

9 subsection (a) shall be consistent with the cost share 

10 requirements of section 103 of the Water Resources 

11 Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213). 

12 ‘‘(3) LANDS.—The non-Federal interest for a 

13 project implemented under this section shall provide 

14 all lands, easements, rights-of-way, dredged material 

15 disposal areas, and perform all related necessary re16 locations. 

17 ‘‘(c) AGREEMENTS.—Construction of a project under 

18 this section shall be initiated only after a non-Federal in19 terest has entered into an agreement with the Secretary 

20 to pay— 

21 ‘‘(1) the non-Federal share of the costs of con22 struction required by this section; and 

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1 ated with the project in accordance with regulations 

2 prescribed by the Secretary. 

3 ‘‘(d) COMPLETENESS.—A project implemented under 

4 this section shall be complete in itself and shall not commit 

5 the United States to any additional improvement for the 

6 successful operation of the project. 

7 ‘‘(e) FLEXIBILITY IN PROJECT DESIGN AND IMPLE8 MENTATION.—The Secretary is authorized to, in coordina9 tion with the non-Federal interest for a project imple10 mented under this section, incorporate natural features 

11 and nature-based features, water reuse and recycling prac12 tices, and other innovative stormwater management prac13 tices and techniques, including green infrastructure, per14 meable pavements, rain gardens, and retention basins into 

15 the project. 

16 ‘‘(f) CONSIDERATION.—In implementing a project 

17 under this section, the Secretary shall, where appropriate, 

18 examine opportunities to include features for the reclama19 tion, treatment, and reuse of flood water and stormwater 

20 associated with the project that will not result in— 

21 ‘‘(1) a determination that the project is not eco22 nomically justified; or 

23 ‘‘(2) the limitation described in subsection 

24 (h)(1) conflicting with the required Federal share of 

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1 ‘‘(g) STORMWATER-RELATED PROJECTS.—For any 

2 project for stormwater management implemented under 

3 this section, the Secretary shall include management of 

4 stormwater that flows at a rate of less than 800 cubic 

5 feet per second for the 10-percent flood. 

6 ‘‘(h) FUNDING.— 

7 ‘‘(1) LIMITATION.—Not more than $15,000,000 

8 in Federal funds may be allocated under this section 

9 for a single project within a single specific geo10 graphic area, such as a city, town, or county. 

11 ‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

12 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

13 this section $90,000,000 for each fiscal year.’’. 

14 (2) EFFECT ON EXISTING AGREEMENTS.— 

15 Nothing in the amendment made by this subsection 

16 shall affect any agreement in effect on the date of 

17 enactment of this Act under section 205 of the 

18 Flood Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s), except 

19 that, upon request by the non-Federal interest for 

20 the project that is the subject of such an agreement, 

21 the Secretary and the non-Federal interest may 

22 modify the agreement to reflect the requirements of 

23 such section 205, as so amended. 


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1 (j) COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROGRAM.—Sec2 tion 165(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 

3 2020 (33 U.S.C. 2201 note) is amended— 

4 (1) by striking the subsection heading and in5 serting ‘‘COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROGRAM’’; 

6 (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘pilot pro7 gram’’ and inserting ‘‘program’’; 

8 (3) in paragraph (2)— 

9 (A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 

10 as follows: 

11 ‘‘(A) solicit project proposals from non12 Federal interests by posting program informa13 tion on a public-facing website and reaching out 

14 to non-Federal interests that have previously 

15 submitted project requests to the Secretary; 

16 and’’; and 

17 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘a 

18 total of 20 projects’’ and inserting ‘‘projects’’; 

19 (4) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 

20 following: 

21 ‘‘(4) PRIORITY PROJECTS.—In carrying out this 

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1 ‘‘(A) Projects located in coastal commu2 nities in western Alaska impacted by Typhoon 

3 Merbok. 

4 ‘‘(B) The Hatch Dam project, Arizona, 

5 carried out pursuant to section 205 of the 

6 Flood Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s). 

7 ‘‘(C) Projects located in Guam.’’; and 

8 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(6) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

10 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

11 this subsection $50,000,000 for each fiscal year.’’. 

12 SEC. 102. COMMUNITY PROJECT ADVISOR. 

13 (a) COMMUNITY PROJECT ADVISOR.—Not later than 

14 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec15 retary shall establish a single office to assist non-Federal 

16 interests in accessing Federal resources related to water 

17 resources development projects, which shall be headed by 

18 a community project advisor appointed by the Secretary. 

19 (b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The community project ad20 visor appointed under this section shall— 

21 (1) provide guidance to potential non-Federal 

22 interests on accessing programs, services, and other 

23 assistance made available by the Corps of Engineers 

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1 (A) continuing authority programs (as 

2 such term is defined in section 7001(c)(1)(D) of 

3 the Water Resources Reform and Development 

4 Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2282d)); 

5 (B) section 14 of the Act of March 3, 1899 

6 (33 U.S.C. 408); 

7 (C) section 206 of the Flood Control Act 

8 of 1960 (33 U.S.C. 709a); 

9 (D) section 22 of the Water Resources De10 velopment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–16); 

11 (E) section 203 of the Water Resources 

12 Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2231); 

13 (F) section 204 of the Water Resources 

14 Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2232); 

15 (G) section 203 of the Water Resources 

16 Development Act of 2000 (33 U.S.C. 2269); 

17 (H) section 5014 of the Water Resources 

18 Reform and Development Act of 2014 (33 

19 U.S.C. 2201 note); and 

20 (I) the Water Infrastructure Finance and 

21 Innovation Act (33 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.); 

22 (2) conduct outreach and workshops for poten23 tial non-Federal interests to provide information on 

24 such assistance, including processes for accessing 

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1 (3) identify programs, services, and other as2 sistance made available by other Federal and State 

3 agencies relating to water resources development 

4 projects for purposes of advising potential non-Fed5 eral interests on the best available applicable assist6 ance. 

7 (c) PRIORITIZATION.—In carrying out activities 

8 under this section, to the maximum extent practicable, the 

9 community project advisor shall prioritize providing assist10 ance with respect to water resources development projects 

11 that will benefit a rural community, a small community, 

12 or a community described in the guidance issued by the 

13 Secretary under section 160 of the Water Resources De14 velopment Act of 2020 (33 U.S.C. 2201 note). 

15 (d) ELECTRONIC PORTAL.— 

16 (1) DEVELOPMENT.—In carrying out this sec17 tion, the Secretary shall develop an online, inter18 active portal that— 

19 (A) contains information relating to the as20 sistance described in subsection (b); and 

21 (B) can be used by a potential non-Federal 

22 interest as a succinct guide to accessing such 

23 assistance based on the applicable potential 

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1 (2) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall ensure 

2 that the portal developed under paragraph (1) is 

3 made available in a prominent location on the pub4 lic-facing website of the headquarters of the Corps 

5 of Engineers and of each district and division of the 

6 Corps of Engineers. 

7 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

8 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

9 $10,000,000 for each fiscal year. 

10 SEC. 103. MINIMUM REAL ESTATE INTEREST. 

11 (a) REAL ESTATE PLAN.—The Secretary shall pro12 vide to the non-Federal interest for an authorized water 

13 resources development project a real estate plan for the 

14 project that includes a description of the real estate inter15 ests required for construction, operation and maintenance, 

16 repair, rehabilitation, or replacement of the project, in17 cluding any specific details and legal requirements nec18 essary for implementation of the project. 

19 (b) IDENTIFICATION OF MINIMUM INTEREST.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—For each authorized water 

21 resources development project for which an interest 

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1 tify the minimum interest in the property necessary 

2 to carry out the applicable activity. 

3 (2) DETERMINATION.—In carrying out para4 graph (1), the Secretary shall identify an interest 

5 that is less than fee simple title in cases where the 

6 Secretary determines that— 

7 (A) such an interest is sufficient for con8 struction, operation and maintenance, repair, 

9 rehabilitation, and replacement of the applicable 

10 project; and 

11 (B) the non-Federal interest cannot legally 

12 make available to the Secretary an interest in 

13 fee simple title for purposes of the project. 

14 (c) REQUIREMENT.—The non-Federal interest for an 

15 authorized water resources development project shall pro16 vide for the project an interest in the applicable real prop17 erty that is the minimum interest identified under sub18 section (b). 

19 (d) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall annually 

20 submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infra21 structure of the House of Representatives and the Com22 mittee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 

23 a report containing— 

24 (1) a summary of all instances in which the 

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1 title as the minimum interest necessary with respect 

2 to an activity for which the non-Federal interest re3 quested the use of an interest less than fee simple 

4 title; and 

5 (2) with respect to each such instance, a de6 scription of the legal requirements that resulted in 

7 identifying fee simple title as the minimum interest. 

8 (e) EXISTING AGREEMENTS.—At the request of a 

9 non-Federal interest, an agreement entered into under 

10 section 221 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 

11 1962d-5b) between the Secretary and the non-Federal in12 terest before the date of enactment of this Act may be 

13 amended to reflect the requirements of this section. 

14 SEC. 104. STUDY OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT 

15 PROJECTS BY NON-FEDERAL INTERESTS. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 203 of the Water Re17 sources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2231) is 

18 amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (a)— 

20 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

21 (i) by striking ‘‘may undertake a fed22 erally authorized feasibility study of a pro23 posed water resources development project, 

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1 ‘‘(A) a federally authorized feasibility 

2 study of a proposed water resources develop3 ment project; or’’; 

4 (ii) by striking ‘‘upon the written ap5 proval’’ and inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘(B) upon the determination’’; 

7 (iii) in subparagraph (B) (as so des8 ignated)— 

9 (I) by striking ‘‘undertake’’; and 

10 (II) by striking ‘‘, and submit the 

11 study to the Secretary’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘or constructed by a non-Federal in13 terest pursuant to section 204’’; 

14 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

15 (i) in the matter preceding subpara16 graph (A)— 

17 (I) by striking ‘‘, as soon as prac18 ticable,’’; and 

19 (II) by striking ‘‘non-Federal in20 terests to’’ and inserting ‘‘non-Federal 

21 interests that’’; 

22 (ii) by striking subparagraph (A) and 

23 inserting the following: 

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1 use in developing a feasibility study that com2 plies with requirements that would apply to a 

3 feasibility study undertaken by the Secretary;’’; 

4 (iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

5 the period at the end and inserting a semi6 colon; and 

7 (iv) by adding at the end the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(C) provide guidance to a non-Federal in10 terest on obtaining support from the Secretary 

11 to complete elements of a feasibility study that 

12 may be considered inherently governmental and 

13 required to be done by a Federal agency; and 

14 ‘‘(D) provide contacts for employees of the 

15 Corps of Engineers that a non-Federal interest 

16 may use to initiate coordination with the Sec17 retary and identify at what stages coordination 

18 may be beneficial.’’; and 

19 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(3) DETERMINATION.—If a non-Federal inter21 est requests to undertake a feasibility study on a 

22 modification to a constructed water resources devel23 opment project under paragraph (1)(B), the Sec24 retary shall expeditiously provide to the non-Federal 

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1 graph with respect to whether conceptual modifica2 tions, as presented by the non-Federal interest, are 

3 consistent with the authorized purposes of the 

4 project.’’; 

5 (2) in subsection (b)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (3)— 

7 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

8 ‘‘receives a request under this paragraph’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘receives a study submission 

10 under subsection (a) or receives a request 

11 under subparagraph (A)’’; and 

12 (ii) by adding at the end the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(C) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RE15 QUIRED.—The Secretary shall notify a non16 Federal interest if, upon initial review of a sub17 mission received under subsection (a) or a re18 ceipt of a request under subparagraph (A), the 

19 Secretary requires additional information to 

20 perform the required analyses, reviews, and 

21 compliance processes and include in such notifi22 cation a detailed description of the required in23 formation.’’; 

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1 ‘‘(4) NOTIFICATION.—Upon receipt of a study 

2 submission under subsection (a) or receipt of a re3 quest under paragraph (3)(A), the Secretary shall 

4 notify the Committee on Transportation and Infra5 structure of the House of Representatives and the 

6 Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 

7 Senate of the submission or request and a timeline 

8 for completion of the required analyses, reviews, and 

9 compliance processes and shall notify the non-Fed10 eral interest of such timeline.’’; and 

11 (C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘receiv12 ing a request under paragraph (3)’’ and insert13 ing ‘‘receiving a study submission under sub14 section (a) or a request under paragraph 

15 (3)(A)’’; 

16 (3) in subsection (d)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘If a project’’ and inserting 

18 the following: 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a project’’; 

20 (B) by inserting ‘‘or modification to the 

21 project’’ before ‘‘an amount equal to’’; and 

22 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

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1 bility study initiated by the Secretary under section 

2 1001(a)(2) of the Water Resources Reform and De3 velopment Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2282c(a)).’’; and 

4 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

6 is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 

7 $1,000,000 for each fiscal year to carry out this section.’’. 

8 (b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 18 months after the 

9 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall update 

10 any guidance as necessary to reflect the amendments 

11 made by this section. 

12 (c) IMPLEMENTATION.—Any non-Federal interest 

13 that has entered in a written agreement with the Secretary 

14 related to carrying out a feasibility study pursuant to sec15 tion 203 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 

16 (33 U.S.C. 2231) before the date of enactment of this Act 

17 may submit to the Secretary a request to amend such 

18 agreement to reflect the amendments made by this section. 

19 SEC. 105. CONSTRUCTION OF WATER RESOURCES DEVEL20 OPMENT PROJECTS BY NON-FEDERAL INTER21 ESTS. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 204 of the Water Re23 sources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2232) is 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘an appropriate non-Fed2 eral interest’’ and inserting ‘‘a non-Federal in3 terest carrying out a project, or separable ele4 ment of a project, under this section’’; 

5 (B) by striking ‘‘on construction for any 

6 project’’ and inserting ‘‘for the construction of 

7 any project or separable element’’; and 

8 (C) by inserting ‘‘, consistent with the au9 thorized cost share for the project,’’ after 

10 ‘‘United States funds’’; 

11 (2) in subsection (d)— 

12 (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 

13 clauses (i) through (iii) and inserting the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(i) the non-Federal interest— 

16 ‘‘(I) enters into a written agree17 ment with the Secretary under section 

18 221 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 

19 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b), including an 

20 agreement to pay the non-Federal 

21 share, if any, of the cost of operation 

22 and maintenance of the project; 

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1 available to the Secretary to review; 

2 and 

3 ‘‘(III) identifies features of the 

4 project or separable element that are 

5 outside the scope of the authorized 

6 project; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) the Secretary— 

8 ‘‘(I) reviews the plans for con9 struction by the non-Federal interest; 

10 ‘‘(II) determines the project out11 puts are consistent with the author12 ized project and construction would 

13 not result in life safety concerns; 

14 ‘‘(III) determines that the plans 

15 comply with applicable Federal laws 

16 and regulations; and 

17 ‘‘(IV) verifies that the construc18 tion documents, including supporting 

19 information, have been signed by an 

20 Engineer of Record; and’’; 

21 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

22 (i) by redesignating subparagraphs 

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1 (ii) by inserting after subparagraph 

2 (A) the following: 

3 ‘‘(B) the non-Federal interest has obli4 gated or expended funds for the cost of a dis5 crete segment or separable element thereof and 

6 has requested reimbursement of the Federal 

7 share of the cost of the discrete segment or sep8 arable element;’’; and 

9 (iii) in subparagraph (C) (as so redes10 ignated), by inserting ‘‘, discrete segment 

11 of the project, or separable element of the 

12 project,’’ after ‘‘the project’’; 

13 (C) in paragraph (5)— 

14 (i) by striking subparagraph (A)(ii) 

15 and inserting the following: 

16 ‘‘(ii) before the review and approval of 

17 plans under paragraph (1)(A)(ii), the Sec18 retary makes the determinations required 

19 under subclauses (II) and (III) of para20 graph (1)(A)(ii) with respect to the dis21 crete segment.’’; 

22 (ii) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by strik23 ing ‘‘plans approved under paragraph 

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1 (iii) in subparagraph (C)(i), by strik2 ing ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)(iii)’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)(i)’’; and 

4 (iv) in subparagraph (D)(i) by strik5 ing ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)(iii)’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)(i)’’; and 

7 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(6) EXCLUSIONS.—The Secretary may not 

9 provide credit or reimbursement for— 

10 ‘‘(A) activities required by the non-Federal 

11 interest to initiate design and construction that 

12 would otherwise not be required by the Sec13 retary; or 

14 ‘‘(B) delays incurred by the non-Federal 

15 interest resulting in project cost increases.’’; 

16 and 

17 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

19 is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 

20 out this section $1,000,000 for each fiscal year.’’. 

21 (b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 18 months after the 

22 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall update 

23 any guidance as necessary to reflect the amendments 

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1 (c) IMPLEMENTATION.—Any non-Federal interest 

2 that has entered in a written agreement with the Secretary 

3 to carry out a water resources development project pursu4 ant to section 204 of the Water Resources Development 

5 Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2232) before the date of enact6 ment of this Act may submit to the Secretary a request 

7 to amend such agreement to reflect the amendments made 

8 by this section. 

9 SEC. 106. REVIEW PROCESS. 

10 Section 14 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (33 U.S.C. 

11 408) is amended— 

12 (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 

13 subsections (d) and (e), respectively, and inserting 

14 after subsection (b) the following: 

15 ‘‘(c) REVIEW PROCESS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) CONSISTENCY.—The Secretary shall estab17 lish a single office within the Corps of Engineers 

18 with the expertise to provide consistent and timely 

19 recommendations under subsection (a) for applica20 tions for permission submitted pursuant to such sub21 section. 

22 ‘‘(2) PRE-APPLICATION MEETING.—At the re23 quest of a non-Federal entity that is planning on 

24 submitting an application for permission pursuant to 

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1 fice established under paragraph (1), shall meet with 

2 the non-Federal entity to— 

3 ‘‘(A) provide clear, concise, and specific 

4 technical requirements for non-Federal entity to 

5 use in the development of the application; 

6 ‘‘(B) recommend the number of design 

7 packages to submit for the proposed action, and 

8 the stage of development at which to submit 

9 such packages; and 

10 ‘‘(C) identify potential concerns or conflicts 

11 with such proposed actions. 

12 ‘‘(3) CONTRIBUTED FUNDS.—The Secretary 

13 may use funds accepted from a non-Federal entity 

14 under subsection (b)(3) for purposes of conducting 

15 a meeting described in paragraph (2).’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (d), as so redesignated— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the Sec18 retary shall inform’’ and inserting ‘‘the Sec19 retary, acting through the head of the office es20 tablished under subsection (c), shall inform’’; 

21 and 

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1 ing through the head of the office established 

2 under subsection (c), shall’’. 

3 SEC. 107. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION AND TRACKING OF 

4 PERMIT APPLICATIONS. 

5 (a) ELECTRONIC SYSTEM.—Section 2040(a) of the 

6 Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 

7 2345(a)) is amended— 

8 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘DE9 VELOPMENT OF ELECTRONIC’’ and inserting ‘‘ELEC10 TRONIC’’; 

11 (2) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol12 lows: 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall imple14 ment an electronic system to allow the electronic— 

15 ‘‘(A) preparation and submission of appli16 cations for permits and requests for jurisdic17 tional determinations under the jurisdiction of 

18 the Secretary; and 

19 ‘‘(B) tracking of documents related to Fed20 eral environmental reviews for projects under 

21 the jurisdiction of the Secretary or for which 

22 the Corps of Engineers is designated as the 

23 lead Federal agency.’’; 

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1 (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘; 

2 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 

3 (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the 

4 period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

5 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(G) documents related to Federal envi7 ronmental reviews for projects under the juris8 diction of the Secretary or for which the Corps 

9 of Engineers is designated as the lead Federal 

10 agency.’’; and 

11 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(5) COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.— 

13 To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary 

14 shall use the electronic system required under para15 graph (1) to enhance interagency coordination in the 

16 preparation of documents related to Federal environ17 mental reviews.’’. 

18 (b) SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.—Section 2040(b) of 

19 the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 

20 2345(b)) is amended— 

21 (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

22 inserting a semicolon; 

23 (2) in paragraph (5)(C), by striking the period 

24 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(6) enable a non-Federal interest for a project 

2 to— 

3 ‘‘(A) submit information related to the 

4 preparation of any Federal environmental re5 view document associated with the project; and 

6 ‘‘(B) track the status of a Federal environ7 mental review associated with the project.’’. 

8 (c) RECORD RETENTION.—Section 2040(d) of the 

9 Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 

10 2345(d)) is amended— 

11 (1) in the subsection heading, by striking 

12 ‘‘RECORD OF DETERMINATIONS’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘RECORD RETENTION’’; 

14 (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, and all 

15 Federal environmental review documents included in 

16 the electronic system’’ before the period at the end; 

17 and 

18 (3) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and all Fed19 eral environmental review documents included in the 

20 electronic system,’’ before ‘‘after the 5-year’’. 

21 (d) AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS.—Section 2040(e) of 

22 the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 

23 2345(e)) is amended— 

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1 (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, and all 

2 final Federal environmental review documents in3 cluded in the electronic system,’’ before ‘‘available to 

4 the public’’. 

5 (e) DEADLINE FOR ELECTRONIC SYSTEM IMPLE6 MENTATION.—Section 2040(f)(1) of the Water Resources 

7 Development Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 2345(f)(1)) is 

8 amended by striking ‘‘2 years after the date of enactment 

9 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘1 year after the date of enactment of the Water 

11 Resources Development Act of 2024’’. 

12 (f) APPLICABILITY.—Section 2040(g) of the Water 

13 Resources Development Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 2345(g)) 

14 is amended by inserting ‘‘, and the requirements described 

15 in subsections (d) and (e) relating to Federal environ16 mental documents shall apply with respect to Federal envi17 ronmental review documents that are prepared after the 

18 date of enactment of the Water Resources Development 

19 Act of 2024’’ before the period at the end. 

20 (g) E-NEPA.— 

21 (1) CONSISTENCY.—Section 2040 of the Water 

22 Resources Development Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 

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1 ‘‘(i) CONSISTENCY WITH E-NEPA.—In carrying out 

2 this section, the Secretary shall take into consideration the 

3 results of the permitting portal study conducted pursuant 

4 to the amendment made by section 321(b) of the Fiscal 

5 Responsibility Act of 2023 (137 Stat. 44).’’. 

6 (2) COOPERATION.—The Secretary shall co7 operate with the Council on Environmental Quality 

8 in conducting the permitting portal study required 

9 pursuant to the amendment made by section 321(b) 

10 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (137 Stat. 

11 44). 

12 (h) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2040 of the 

13 Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 

14 2345) is amended in the section heading by striking 

15 ‘‘PERMIT APPLICATIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘PERMIT AP16 PLICATIONS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS’’. 

17 SEC. 108. VERTICAL INTEGRATION AND ACCELERATION OF 

18 STUDIES. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1001(a) of the Water Re20 sources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 

21 2282c(a)) is amended— 

22 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘of initiation’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘on which the Secretary determines 

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1 suant to section 905(b) of the Water Resources De2 velopment Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2282(b)’’; and 

3 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

4 (A) by striking ‘‘cost of $3,000,000; and’’ 

5 and inserting the following: ‘‘cost of— 

6 ‘‘(A) $3,000,000 for a project with an esti7 mated construction cost of less than 

8 $500,000,000; and’’; and 

9 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(B) $5,000,000 for a project with an esti11 mated construction cost of greater than or 

12 equal to $500,000,000; and’’. 

13 (b) ADJUSTMENT.—Section 905(b)(2)(B) of the 

14 Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 

15 2282(b)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘$200,000’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘$300,000’’. 

17 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 905(b)(4) 

18 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 

19 U.S.C. 2282(b)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘(A) TIM20 ING.—’’ and all that follows through ‘‘The cost of’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘The cost of’’. 

22 SEC. 109. SYSTEMWIDE IMPROVEMENT FRAMEWORK AND 

23 ENCROACHMENTS. 

24 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5(c) of the Act of August 

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1 (1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(2) SYSTEMWIDE IMPROVEMENT PLAN.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the 

5 status of compliance of a non-Federal interest 

6 with the requirements of a levee owner’s man7 ual, or any other eligibility requirement estab8 lished by the Secretary related to the mainte9 nance and upkeep responsibilities of the non10 Federal interest, the Secretary shall consider 

11 the non-Federal interest to be eligible for repair 

12 and rehabilitation assistance under this section 

13 if— 

14 ‘‘(i) in coordination with the Sec15 retary, the non-Federal interest develops a 

16 systemwide improvement plan that— 

17 ‘‘(I) identifies any items of de18 ferred or inadequate maintenance and 

19 upkeep, including any such items 

20 identified by the Secretary or through 

21 periodic inspection of the flood control 

22 work; 

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1 termines necessary to ensure that the 

2 flood control work performs as de3 signed and intended; and 

4 ‘‘(III) includes specific timelines 

5 for addressing such items and meas6 ures; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) the Secretary— 

8 ‘‘(I) determines that the system9 wide improvement plan meets the re10 quirements of clause (i); and 

11 ‘‘(II) determines that the non12 Federal interest makes satisfactory 

13 progress in meeting the timelines de14 scribed in clause (i)(III). 

15 ‘‘(B) GRANDFATHERED ENCROACH16 MENTS.—At the request of the non-Federal in17 terest, the Secretary— 

18 ‘‘(i) shall review documentation devel19 oped by the non-Federal interest showing a 

20 covered encroachment does not negatively 

21 impact the integrity of the flood control 

22 work; 

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1 is necessary to ensure the encroachment 

2 does not negatively impact the integrity of 

3 the flood control work; and 

4 ‘‘(iii) may not determine that a cov5 ered encroachment is a deficiency requiring 

6 corrective action unless such action is nec7 essary to ensure the encroachment does 

8 not negatively impact the integrity of the 

9 flood control work.’’; and 

10 (2) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(C) COVERED ENCROACHMENT.—The 

13 term ‘covered encroachment’ means a perma14 nent non-project structure that— 

15 ‘‘(i) is located inside the boundaries of 

16 a flood control work; 

17 ‘‘(ii) is depicted on construction draw18 ings or operation and maintenance plans 

19 for the flood control work that are signed 

20 by an engineer of record; and 

21 ‘‘(iii) is determined, by the Secretary, 

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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3011 of the 

2 Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 

3 (33 U.S.C. 701n note) is repealed. 

4 (c) TRANSITION.—The amendments made by this 

5 section shall have no effect on any written agreement 

6 signed by the Secretary and a non-Federal interest pursu7 ant to section 5(c)(2) of the Act of August 18, 1941 (as 

8 in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this 

9 Act) if the non-Federal interest otherwise continues to 

10 meet the requirements of section 5(c)(2) as in effect on 

11 the day before the date of enactment of this Act. 

12 (d) PARTICIPATION IN PREPAREDNESS EXER13 CISES.—The Secretary may not condition the eligibility of 

14 a non-Federal interest for rehabilitation assistance under 

15 section 5 of the Act of August 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n) 

16 on the participation of the non-Federal interest in disaster 

17 preparedness exercises that are unrelated to necessary re18 pairs, rehabilitation, maintenance, and upkeep of a flood 

19 control work. 

20 SEC. 110. FISH AND WILDLIFE MITIGATION. 

21 Section 906 of the Water Resources Development Act 

22 of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2283) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (d)— 

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1 (i) by striking ‘‘After November 17, 

2 1986, the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘The 

3 Secretary’’; and 

4 (ii) by striking ‘‘shall not submit’’ and 

5 all that follows through ‘‘unless such re6 port contains’’ and inserting ‘‘may not ap7 prove any proposal related to a water re8 sources project unless the Secretary has 

9 prepared a report relating to the project 

10 that contains’’; 

11 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and 

13 inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 

15 (ii) by adding at the end the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(B) IDENTIFICATION.—The Secretary 

18 shall consult with the non-Federal interest for 

19 a water resources project, and other stake20 holders, to the maximum extent practicable— 

21 ‘‘(i) to identify mitigation implementa22 tion practices or accepted assessment 

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1 such practices and methodologies into the 

2 mitigation plan for such project; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) to identify projects that have not 

4 been constructed, or concepts described in 

5 mitigation plans for other water resources 

6 projects, that may be used to meet the res7 toration or mitigation needs of the water 

8 resources project.’’; and 

9 (C) in paragraph (3)(B)(iv)(I), by insert10 ing ‘‘or a description of the requirements for a 

11 third-party mitigation instrument that would be 

12 developed in the case that a contract for future 

13 delivery of credits will be used’’ after ‘‘to be 

14 used’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (i)(1)(A)— 

16 (A) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘, for imme17 diate delivery or future delivery to be identified 

18 in the mitigation instrument’’ after ‘‘banks’’; 

19 and 

20 (B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘, for imme21 diate delivery or future delivery to be identified 

22 in the mitigation instrument’’ after ‘‘pro23 grams’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(l) SEPARABLE ELEMENTS.—Mitigation of fish and 

2 wildlife losses required under this section that is provided 

3 in the form of credit shall be considered a separable ele4 ment of a project without requiring further evaluation. 

5 ‘‘(m) TRANSPARENCY.—The Secretary shall ensure 

6 that— 

7 ‘‘(1) the mitigation requirements for each water 

8 resources project— 

9 ‘‘(A) are made publicly available (including 

10 on a website of the headquarters of the Corps 

11 of Engineers); and 

12 ‘‘(B) include the location of the project, 

13 the anticipated schedule for mitigation, the type 

14 of mitigation required, the amount of mitigation 

15 required, and the remaining mitigation needs; 

16 ‘‘(2) the mitigation plan for such project is 

17 made publicly available, as applicable; 

18 ‘‘(3) the information described in paragraph (1) 

19 is updated regularly; and 

20 ‘‘(4) carrying out the requirements of this sub21 section with respect to each water resources project 

22 is considered a project expense. 

23 ‘‘(n) COORDINATION.—To the maximum extent prac24 ticable, the Secretary shall ensure that the project delivery 

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1 in coordination to successfully carry out mitigation ef2 forts.’’. 

3 SEC. 111. HARBOR DEEPENING. 

4 (a) CONSTRUCTION.—Section 101(a)(1) of the Water 

5 Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 

6 2211(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘50 feet’’ each place 

7 it appears and inserting ‘‘55 feet’’. 

8 (b) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.—Section 

9 101(b)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 

10 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘50 

11 feet’’ and inserting ‘‘55 feet’’. 

12 SEC. 112. EMERGING HARBORS. 

13 Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 

14 of this Act, the Secretary shall— 

15 (1) issue guidance for the purpose of carrying 

16 out section 210(c)(3)(B) of the Water Resources De17 velopment Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2238(c)(3)(B)); 

18 and 

19 (2) develop a mechanism to accept the non-Fed20 eral share of funds from a non-Federal interest for 

21 maintenance dredging carried out under such sec22 tion. 

23 SEC. 113. REMOTE AND SUBSISTENCE HARBORS. 

24 Section 2006 of the Water Resources Development 

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1 (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraphs 

2 (1) through (3) and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(1) the project would be located in the State 

4 of Hawaii or Alaska, the Commonwealth of Puerto 

5 Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern 

6 Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, 

7 or American Samoa; and 

8 ‘‘(2)(A) over 80 percent of the goods trans9 ported through the harbor would be consumed with10 in the United States, as determined by the Sec11 retary, including consideration of information pro12 vided by the non-Federal interest; or 

13 ‘‘(B) the long-term viability of the community 

14 in which the project is located, or the long-term via15 bility of a community that is located in the region 

16 that is served by the project and that will rely on 

17 the project, would be threatened without the harbor 

18 and navigation improvement.’’; and 

19 (2) in subsection (b)— 

20 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

21 by striking ‘‘benefits of the project to’’ and in22 serting ‘‘benefits of the project to any of’’; and 

23 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

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1 SEC. 114. ADDITIONAL PROJECTS FOR UNDERSERVED COM2 MUNITY HARBORS. 

3 Section 8132 of the Water Resources Development 

4 Act of 2022 (33 U.S.C. 2238e) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (c)— 

6 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

7 by striking ‘‘section based on an assessment of’’ 

8 and all that follows through ‘‘the local or re9 gional economic benefits of the project;’’ and in10 serting the following: ‘‘section— 

11 ‘‘(1) based on an assessment of— 

12 ‘‘(A) the local or regional economic bene13 fits of the project;’’; 

14 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 

15 (3) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; 

16 (C) in subparagraph (C) (as so redesig17 nated) by striking the period at the end and in18 serting ‘‘; and’’; and 

19 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(2) that are located— 

21 ‘‘(A) in a harbor where passenger and 

22 freight service is provided to island communities 

23 dependent on that service; or 

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1 cluded in the Boundary Waters Treaty of 

2 1909.’’; 

3 (2) in subsection (g)(2), in the matter pre4 ceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, or a ma5 rina or berthing area that is located adjacent to, or 

6 is accessible by, a Federal navigation project,’’ be7 fore ‘‘for which’’; and 

8 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(i) PROJECTS FOR MARINA OR BERTHING AREAS.— 

10 The Secretary may carry out not more than 10 projects 

11 under this section that are projects for an underserved 

12 community harbor that is a marina or berthing area de13 scribed in subsection (g)(2).’’. 

14 SEC. 115. INLAND WATERWAYS REGIONAL DREDGE PILOT 

15 PROGRAM. 

16 Section 8133(c) of the Water Resources Development 

17 Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3720) is amended to read as fol18 lows: 

19 ‘‘(c) PROJECTS.—In awarding contracts under sub20 section (a), the Secretary shall consider projects that— 

21 ‘‘(1) improve navigation reliability on inland 

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1 ‘‘(3) have the potential to enhance the avail2 ability of containerized cargo on inland waterways.’’. 

3 SEC. 116. DREDGED MATERIAL DISPOSAL FACILITY PART4 NERSHIPS. 

5 Section 217(b) of the Water Resources Development 

6 Act of 1996 (33 U.S.C. 2326a(b)) is amended— 

7 (1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol8 lows: 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 

10 ‘‘(A) NON-FEDERAL USE.—The Sec11 retary— 

12 ‘‘(i) at the request of a non-Federal 

13 entity, may permit the use of any dredged 

14 material disposal facility under the juris15 diction of, or managed by, the Secretary by 

16 the non-Federal entity if the Secretary de17 termines that such use will not reduce the 

18 availability of the facility for the author19 ized water resources development project 

20 on a channel in the vicinity of the disposal 

21 facility; 

22 ‘‘(ii) at the request of a non-Federal 

23 entity, shall permit the non-Federal entity 

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1 non-Federal entity, regardless of any con2 nection to a Federal navigation project, 

3 if— 

4 ‘‘(I) permission for such use has 

5 been granted by the owner of the non6 Federal disposal facility; and 

7 ‘‘(II) the Secretary determines 

8 that the dredged material disposal 

9 needs required to maintain, perform 

10 authorized deepening, or restore the 

11 navigability and functionality of au12 thorized navigation channels in the vi13 cinity of the non-Federal disposal fa14 cility for the 20-year period following 

15 the date of the request, including all 

16 planned and routine dredging oper17 ations necessary to maintain such 

18 channels for the authorized purposes 

19 during such period, can be met by the 

20 available gross capacity of other 

21 dredged material disposal facilities in 

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1 ‘‘(iii) shall impose fees to recover cap2 ital, operation, and maintenance costs as3 sociated with such uses. 

4 ‘‘(B) DETERMINATIONS.—The Secretary 

5 shall— 

6 ‘‘(i) delegate determinations under 

7 clauses (i) and (ii)(II) of subparagraph (A) 

8 to the District Commander of the district 

9 in which the relevant disposal facility is lo10 cated; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) make such determinations not 

12 later than 90 days after receiving the ap13 plicable request.’’; 

14 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

15 (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 

16 ‘‘USE OF FEES’’ and inserting ‘‘FEES’’; 

17 (B) by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ and in18 serting the following: 

19 ‘‘(A) USE.—Notwithstanding’’; and 

20 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(B) REDUCTION IN AMOUNT.—In col22 lecting any fee under this subsection, the Sec23 retary shall reduce the amount imposed under 

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1 by the non-Federal entity to recover the capac2 ity of the non-Federal disposal facility.’’; and 

3 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(3) DISPOSITION STUDIES.— 

5 ‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.—Upon request by 

6 the owner of a non-Federal disposal facility, the 

7 Secretary shall carry out a disposition study of 

8 the non-Federal disposal facility, in accordance 

9 with section 1168 of the Water Resources De10 velopment Act of 2018 (33 U.S.C. 578b), if— 

11 ‘‘(i) the Secretary has not used the 

12 non-Federal disposal facility for the dis13 posal of dredged material during the 20- 

14 year period preceding the date of the re15 quest; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) the Secretary determines that 

17 the non-Federal disposal facility is not 

18 needed for such use by the Secretary dur19 ing the 20-year period following the date of 

20 the request. 

21 ‘‘(B) CONCLUSIVE PRESUMPTIONS.—For 

22 purposes of carrying out a disposition study re23 quired under subparagraph (A), the Secretary 

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2 facility to be a separable element of a 

3 project; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) consider a Federal interest in the 

5 non-Federal disposal facility to no longer 

6 exist. 

7 ‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

8 ‘‘(A) GROSS CAPACITY.—The term ‘gross 

9 capacity’ means the total quantity of dredged 

10 material that may be placed in a dredged mate11 rial disposal facility, taking into consideration 

12 any additional capacity that can be constructed 

13 at the facility. 

14 ‘‘(B) NON-FEDERAL DISPOSAL FACILITY.— 

15 The term ‘non-Federal disposal facility’ means 

16 a dredged material disposal facility under the 

17 jurisdiction of, or managed by, the Secretary 

18 that is owned by a non-Federal entity.’’. 

19 SEC. 117. MAXIMIZATION OF BENEFICIAL USE. 

20 (a) BENEFICIAL USE OF DREDGED MATERIAL.— 

21 Section 1122 of the Water Resources Development Act of 

22 2016 (33 U.S.C. 2326 note) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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1 retary shall establish a pilot program’’ and in2 serting ‘‘The Secretary is authorized’’; and 

3 (B) by striking paragraph (1) and insert4 ing the following: 

5 ‘‘(1) promoting resiliency and reducing the risk 

6 to property and infrastructure of flooding and storm 

7 damage;’’; 

8 (2) in subsection (b)— 

9 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 

10 by striking ‘‘the pilot program’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘this section’’; 

12 (B) by striking paragraph (1) and insert13 ing the following: 

14 ‘‘(1) identify and carry out projects for the ben15 eficial use of dredged material;’’; 

16 (3) in subsection (c)(1)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘In carrying out the pilot 

18 program, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; and 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘under the pilot program’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘under this section’’; 

21 (4) in subsection (d), in the matter preceding 

22 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the pilot program’’ and 

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1 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the pilot 

2 program’’ and inserting ‘‘this section’’; and 

3 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘the pilot 

4 program’’ and inserting ‘‘the implementation of 

5 this section’’; and 

6 (6) by striking subsection (g) and redesignating 

7 subsection (h) as subsection (g). 

8 (b) REGIONAL SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT.—Section 

9 204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (33 

10 U.S.C. 2326) is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘rehabilita12 tion of projects’’ and inserting ‘‘rehabilitation of 

13 projects, including projects for the beneficial use of 

14 dredged materials described in section 1122 of the 

15 Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (33 

16 U.S.C. 2326 note),’’; 

17 (2) in subsection (f), by adding at the end the 

18 following: 

19 ‘‘(12) Osceola County, Florida.’’. 

20 (c) BENEFICIAL USE OF DREDGED MATERIAL.—Sec21 tion 125(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 

22 2020 (33 U.S.C. 2326g) is amended— 

23 (1) by striking ‘‘It is the policy’’ and inserting 

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1 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(B) NATIONAL GOAL.—To the greatest 

3 extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure 

4 that not less than 70 percent by tonnage of 

5 suitable dredged material obtained from the 

6 construction or operation and maintenance of 

7 water resources development projects is used 

8 beneficially.’’. 

9 (d) MAXIMIZATION OF BENEFICIAL USE IN

10 DREDGED MATERIAL MANAGEMENT PLANS.—Each 

11 dredged material management plan for a federally author12 ized water resources development project, and each re13 gional sediment plan developed under section 204 of the 

14 Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (33 U.S.C. 

15 2326), including any such plan under development on the 

16 date of enactment of this Act, shall— 

17 (1) maximize the beneficial use of suitable 

18 dredged material; and 

19 (2) to the maximum extent practicable, 

20 prioritize the use of such dredged material in water 

21 resources development projects in areas vulnerable 

22 to coastal land loss or shoreline erosion. 

23 (e) TRANSFER OF SUITABLE DREDGED MATE24 RIAL.—The Secretary is authorized to transfer to a non25 Federal interest at no cost, for the purpose of beneficial 


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1 use, suitable dredged material that the Secretary has de2 termined is in excess of the amounts of such material iden3 tified as needed for use by the Secretary. 

4 SEC. 118. ECONOMIC, HYDRAULIC, AND HYDROLOGIC MOD5 ELING. 

6 (a) MODEL DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary, in col7 laboration with other Federal and State agencies, National 

8 Laboratories, and non-profit research institutions (includ9 ing institutions of higher education and centers and lab10 oratories focused on economics or water resources), shall 

11 develop, update, and maintain economic, hydraulic, and 

12 hydrologic models, including models for compound flood13 ing, for use in the planning, design formulation, modifica14 tion, and operation of water resources development 

15 projects and water resources planning. 

16 (b) COORDINATION AND USE OF MODELS AND

17 DATA.—In carrying out subsection (a), to the extent prac18 ticable, the Secretary shall— 

19 (1) work with the non-Federal interest for a 

20 water resources development project to identify ex21 isting relevant economic, hydraulic, and hydrologic 

22 models and data; 

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1 the Secretary by the agencies, laboratories, and in2 stitutions described in subsection (a); and 

3 (3) upon written request by a non-Federal in4 terest for a project, provide to the non-Federal inter5 est draft or working economic, hydraulic, and hydro6 logic models, and any data generated by such models 

7 with respect to the project, not later than 30 days 

8 after receiving such request; and 

9 (4) in accordance with section 2017 of the 

10 Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (33 

11 U.S.C. 2342), make final economic, hydraulic, and 

12 hydrologic models, and any data generated by such 

13 models, available to the public, as quickly as prac14 ticable, but not later than 30 days after receiving a 

15 written request for such models or data. 

16 (c) MODEL OUTPUTS.—To the extent practicable and 

17 appropriate, the Secretary shall incorporate data gen18 erated by models developed under this section into the for19 mulation of feasibility studies for, and the operation of, 

20 water resources development projects. 

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1 essary to carry out subsection (a) from amounts available 

2 to the Secretary. 

3 (e) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION CREDIT.—A partnership 

4 agreement entered into under section 221 of the Flood 

5 Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b) may provide, 

6 at the request of the non-Federal interest for the applica7 ble project, that the Secretary credit toward the non-Fed8 eral share of the cost of the project the value of economic, 

9 hydraulic, and hydrologic models required for the project 

10 that are developed by the non-Federal interest in accord11 ance with any policies and guidelines applicable to the rel12 evant partnership agreement pursuant to such section. 

13 (f) REVIEW.—The Secretary shall review economic, 

14 hydraulic, and hydrologic models developed under this sec15 tion in the same manner as any such models developed 

16 under any other authority of the Secretary. 

17 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

18 (1) COMPOUND FLOODING.—The term ‘‘com19 pound flooding’’ means a flooding event in which two 

20 or more flood drivers, such as coastal storm surge21 driven flooding and inland rainfall-driven flooding, 

22 occur simultaneously or in close succession and the 

23 potential adverse effects of the combined flood driv24 ers may be greater than that of the individual flood 

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1 (2) ECONOMIC.—The term ‘‘economic’’, as used 

2 in reference to models, means relating to the evalua3 tion of benefits and cost attributable to a project for 

4 an economic justification under section 209 of the 

5 Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962–2). 

6 SEC. 119. FORECAST-INFORMED RESERVOIR OPERATIONS. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—In updating a water control man8 ual for any reservoir constructed, owned, or operated by 

9 the Secretary, including a reservoir for which the Sec10 retary is authorized to prescribe regulations for the use 

11 of storage allocated for flood control or navigation pursu12 ant to section 7 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (33 

13 U.S.C. 709), the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent 

14 practicable, incorporate the use of forecast-informed res15 ervoir operations. 

16 (b) GUIDELINES.—The Secretary, in coordination 

17 with relevant Federal and State agencies and non-Federal 

18 interests, shall issue clear and concise guidelines for incor19 porating the use of forecast-informed reservoir operations 

20 into water control manuals for reservoirs described in sub21 section (a). 

22 (c) ASSESSMENT.— 

23 (1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall carry 

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1 viability of using forecast-informed reservoir oper2 ations at such reservoirs. 

3 (2) PRIORITY AREAS.—In carrying out the as4 sessment described in paragraph (1), the Secretary 

5 shall include an assessment of— 

6 (A) each reservoir located in the South Pa7 cific Division of the Corps of Engineers; and 

8 (B) reservoirs located in each of the 

9 Northwestern Division and the South Atlantic 

10 Division of the Corps of Engineers. 

11 (3) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out this sub12 section, the Secretary shall consult with relevant 

13 Federal and State agencies and non-Federal inter14 ests. 

15 SEC. 120. UPDATES TO CERTAIN WATER CONTROL MANU16 ALS. 

17 Section 8109 of the Water Resources Development 

18 Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3702) is amended by inserting ‘‘or 

19 that incorporate the use of forecast-informed reservoir op20 erations into such manuals’’ before the period at the end. 

21 SEC. 121. WATER SUPPLY MISSION. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 

23 (1) include water supply as a primary mission 

24 of the Corps of Engineers in planning, prioritization, 

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1 maintaining water resources development projects; 

2 and 

3 (2) give equal consideration to the water supply 

4 mission in the planning, prioritization, designing, 

5 constructing, modifying, operating, and maintaining 

6 of water resources development projects. 

7 (b) LIMITATIONS.— 

8 (1) NO NEW AUTHORITY.—Nothing in sub9 section (a) authorizes the Secretary to initiate a 

10 water resources development project or modify an 

11 authorized water resources development project. 

12 (2) LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in subsection (a) 

13 affects— 

14 (A) any existing authority of the Secretary, 

15 including— 

16 (i) authorities of the Secretary with 

17 respect to navigation, flood control, and 

18 environmental protection and restoration; 

19 (ii) the authority of the Secretary 

20 under section 6 of the Flood Control Act 

21 of 1944 (33 U.S.C. 708); and 

22 (iii) the authority of the Secretary 

23 under section 301 of the Water Supply Act 

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1 (B) any applications for permits under the 

2 jurisdiction of the Secretary, or lawsuits relat3 ing to such permits or water resources develop4 ment projects, pending as of the date of enact5 ment of this Act; 

6 (C) the application of any procedures to 

7 assure public notice and an opportunity for 

8 public hearing for such permits; or 

9 (D) the authority of a State to manage, 

10 use, or allocate the water resources of that 

11 State. 

12 (c) WATER STORAGE AT CORPS RESERVOIRS.—Sec13 tion 301(b) of the Water Supply Act of 1958 (43 U.S.C. 

14 390b(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘for Corps of Engineers 

15 projects, not to exceed 30 percent’’ and replacing it with 

16 ‘‘for Corps of Engineers projects, not to exceed 100 per17 cent’’. 

18 (d) REPORTS.— 

19 (1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than one year 

20 after the date of enactment of this section, the Sec21 retary shall submit to the Committee on Transpor22 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Represent23 atives and the Committee on Environment and Pub24 lic Works of the Senate a report detailing— 


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1 (A) the steps taken to comply with sub2 section (a); and 

3 (B) actions identified by non-Federal inter4 ests that may be taken, consistent with existing 

5 authorized purposes of the applicable water re6 sources development projects, to— 

7 (i) reallocate storage space in existing 

8 water resources development projects for 

9 municipal and industrial water supply pur10 poses pursuant to section 301 of the Water 

11 Supply Act of 1958 (43 U.S.C. 390b); 

12 (ii) enter into surplus water supply 

13 contracts pursuant to section 6 of the 

14 Flood Control Act of 1944 (33 U.S.C. 

15 708); 

16 (iii) modify the operations of an exist17 ing water resources development project to 

18 produce water supply benefits incidental 

19 to, and consistent with, the authorized pur20 poses of the project, including by— 

21 (I) adjusting the timing of re22 leases for other authorized purposes 

23 to create opportunities for water sup24 ply conservation, use, and storage; 

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1 (III) releasing water from stor2 age to replenish aquifer storage and 

3 recovery; and 

4 (IV) carrying out other conserva5 tion measures that enhance the use of 

6 a project for water supply; and 

7 (iv) cooperate with State, regional, 

8 and local governments and planning au9 thorities to identify strategies to augment 

10 water supply, enhance drought resiliency, 

11 promote contingency planning, and assist 

12 in the planning and development of alter13 native water sources. 

14 (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 3 years 

15 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec16 retary shall submit to the Committee on Transpor17 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Represent18 atives and the Committee on Environment and Pub19 lic Works of the Senate a report that includes— 

20 (A) identification of— 

21 (i) the steps taken to comply with 

22 subsection (a); and 

23 (ii) the specific actions identified 

24 under paragraph (1)(B) that were taken; 

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1 (B) an assessment of the results of such 

2 steps and actions. 

3 SEC. 122. REAL ESTATE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 

5 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall initiate 

6 the development of guidance to standardize processes for 

7 developing, updating, and tracking real estate administra8 tive fees administered by the Corps of Engineers. 

9 (b) GUIDANCE.—In developing guidance under sub10 section (a), the Secretary shall— 

11 (1) outline standard methodologies to estimate 

12 costs for purposes of setting real estate administra13 tive fees; 

14 (2) define the types of activities involved in 

15 managing real estate instruments that are included 

16 for purposes of setting such fees; 

17 (3) establish cost-tracking procedures to cap18 ture data relating to the activities described in para19 graph (2) for purposes of setting such fees; 

20 (4) outline a schedule for divisions or districts 

21 of the Corps of Engineers to review, and update as 

22 appropriate, real estate administrative fees, includ23 ing specifying what such reviews should entail and 

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1 (5) provide opportunities for stakeholder input 

2 on real estate administrative fees. 

3 (c) PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.—The Secretary shall 

4 make publicly available on the website of each Corps of 

5 Engineers district— 

6 (1) the guidance developed under this section; 

7 and 

8 (2) any other relevant information on real es9 tate administrative fees, including lists of real estate 

10 instruments requiring such fees, and methodologies 

11 used to set such fees. 

12 SEC. 123. CHALLENGE COST-SHARING PROGRAM FOR MAN13 AGEMENT OF RECREATION FACILITIES. 

14 Section 225 of the Water Resources Development Act 

15 of 1992 (33 U.S.C. 2328) is amended— 

16 (1) in subsection (b)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘To implement’’ and in18 serting the following: 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To implement’’. 

20 (B) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by 

21 striking ‘‘non-Federal public and private enti22 ties’’ and inserting ‘‘non-Federal public entities 

23 and private nonprofit entities’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Before entering into an 

2 agreement under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 

3 ensure that the non-Federal public entity or private 

4 nonprofit entity has the authority and capability— 

5 ‘‘(A) to carry out the terms of the agree6 ment; and 

7 ‘‘(B) to pay damages, if necessary, in the 

8 event of a failure to perform.’’; 

9 (2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(c) USER FEES.— 

12 ‘‘(1) COLLECTION OF FEES.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may 

14 allow a non-Federal public entity or private 

15 nonprofit entity that has entered into an agree16 ment pursuant to subsection (b) to collect user 

17 fees for the use of developed recreation sites 

18 and facilities, whether developed or constructed 

19 by the non-Federal public entity or private non20 profit entity or the Department of the Army. 

21 ‘‘(B) USE OF VISITOR RESERVATION SERV22 ICES.— 

23 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A non-Federal 

24 public entity or a private nonprofit entity 

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1 manage fee collections and reservations 

2 under this section, any visitor reservation 

3 service that the Secretary has provided for 

4 by contract or interagency agreement, sub5 ject to such terms and conditions as the 

6 Secretary determines to be appropriate. 

7 ‘‘(ii) TRANSFER.—The Secretary may 

8 transfer, or cause to be transferred by an9 other Federal agency, to a non-Federal 

10 public entity or a private nonprofit entity 

11 described in subparagraph (A) user fees 

12 received by the Secretary or other Federal 

13 agency under a visitor reservation service 

14 described in clause (i) for recreation facili15 ties and natural resources managed by the 

16 non-Federal public entity or private non17 profit entity pursuant to a cooperative 

18 agreement entered into under subsection 

19 (b). 

20 ‘‘(2) USE OF FEES.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A non-Federal public 

22 entity or private nonprofit entity that collects a 

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1 ‘‘(i) may retain up to 100 percent of 

2 the fees collected, as determined by the 

3 Secretary; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) notwithstanding section 

5 210(b)(4) of the Flood Control Act of 

6 1968 (16 U.S.C. 460d–3(b)(4)), shall use 

7 any retained amounts for operation, main8 tenance, and management activities relat9 ing to recreation and natural resources at 

10 recreation site at which the fee is collected. 

11 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—The use by a non12 Federal public entity or private nonprofit entity 

13 of user fees collected under paragraph (1)— 

14 ‘‘(i) shall remain subject to the direc15 tion and oversight of the Secretary; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) shall not affect any existing 

17 third-party property interest, lease, or 

18 agreement with the Secretary. 

19 ‘‘(3) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The authority 

20 of a non-Federal public entity or private nonprofit 

21 entity under this subsection shall be subject to such 

22 terms and conditions as the Secretary determines to 

23 be necessary to protect the interests of the United 

24 States.’’; and 

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1 (A) by striking ‘‘For purposes’’ and insert2 ing the following: 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘non-Federal public and 

5 private entities. Any funds received by the Sec6 retary under this section’’ and inserting the fol7 lowing: ‘‘non-Federal public entities, private 

8 nonprofit entities, and other private entities. 

9 ‘‘(2) DEPOSIT OF FUNDS.—Any funds received 

10 by the Secretary under this subsection’’; and 

11 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

13 ‘‘(1) NON-FEDERAL PUBLIC ENTITY.—The term 

14 ‘non-Federal public entity’ means a non-Federal 

15 public entity as defined in the memorandum issued 

16 by the Corp of Engineers on April 4, 2018, and ti17 tled ‘Implementation Guidance for Section 1155, 

18 Management of Recreation Facilities, of the Water 

19 Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016, Pub20 lic Law 114- 322’. 

21 ‘‘(2) PRIVATE NONPROFIT ENTITY.—The term 

22 ‘private nonprofit entity’ means an organization that 

23 is described in section 501(c) of the Internal Rev24 enue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under 

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1 SEC. 124. RETENTION OF RECREATION FEES. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 210(b) of the Flood Con3 trol Act of 1968 (16 U.S.C. 460d–3(b)) is amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Notwith5 standing’’ and all that follows through ‘‘to establish’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), 

7 the Secretary of the Army may establish’’; 

8 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘vehicle. Such 

9 maximum amount’’ and inserting ‘‘vehicle, which 

10 amount’’; and 

11 (3) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(4) DEPOSIT IN TREASURY.—Subject to para14 graph (5), the fees collected under this subsection 

15 shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United 

16 States as miscellaneous receipts. 

17 ‘‘(5) RETENTION AND USE BY SECRETARY.— 

18 ‘‘(A) RETENTION.—Of the fees collected 

19 under this subsection, the Secretary may retain, 

20 for use in accordance with subparagraph 

21 (B)(ii)— 

22 ‘‘(i) for each fiscal year during the 

23 10-year period beginning on the date of en24 actment of this paragraph an amount 

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1 ‘‘(I) the total amount of fees col2 lected under this subsection for the 

3 applicable fiscal year; 

4 ‘‘(II) for fiscal year 2024, 

5 $61,000,000; 

6 ‘‘(III) for fiscal year 2025, 

7 $63,000,000; 

8 ‘‘(IV) for fiscal year 2026, 

9 $64,000,000; 

10 ‘‘(V) for fiscal year 2027, 

11 $66,000,000; 

12 ‘‘(VI) for fiscal year 2028, 

13 $67,000,000; 

14 ‘‘(VII) for fiscal year 2029, 

15 $69,000,000; 

16 ‘‘(VIII) for fiscal year 2030, 

17 $71,000,000; and 

18 ‘‘(IX) for fiscal year 2031, 

19 $72,000,000; and 

20 ‘‘(ii) for the first fiscal year after the 

21 10-year period described in clause (i), and 

22 each fiscal year thereafter, the total 

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1 ‘‘(B) USE.—The amounts retained by the 

2 Secretary under subparagraph (A) shall— 

3 ‘‘(i) be deposited in a special account, 

4 to be established in the Treasury; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) be available for use, without fur6 ther appropriation, for the operation and 

7 maintenance of recreation sites and facili8 ties under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, 

9 subject to the condition that not less than 

10 80 percent of fees collected at a specific 

11 recreation site shall be used at such site. 

12 ‘‘(6) TREATMENT.—Fees collected under this 

13 subsection— 

14 ‘‘(A) shall be in addition to annual appro15 priated funding provided for the operation and 

16 maintenance of recreation sites and facilities 

17 under the jurisdiction of the Secretary; and 

18 ‘‘(B) shall not be used as a basis for re19 ducing annual appropriated funding for such 

20 operation and maintenance.’’. 

21 (b) SPECIAL ACCOUNTS.—Amounts in the special ac22 count for the Corps of Engineers described in section 

23 210(b)(4) of the Flood Control Act of 1968 (16 U.S.C. 

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1 enactment of this Act) that are unobligated on that date 

2 shall— 

3 (1) be transferred to the special account estab4 lished under paragraph (5)(B)(i) of section 210(b) 

5 of the Flood Control Act of 1968 (as added by sub6 section (a)(3)); and 

7 (2) be available to the Secretary of the Army 

8 for operation and maintenance of any recreation 

9 sites and facilities under the jurisdiction of the Sec10 retary of the Army, without further appropriation, 

11 subject to paragraph (5)(B)(ii) of such section (as 

12 added by subsection (a)(3)). 

13 SEC. 125. DATABASES OF CORPS RECREATIONAL SITES. 

14 The Secretary shall regularly update publicly avail15 able databases maintained, or cooperatively maintained, 

16 by the Corps of Engineers with information on sites oper17 ated or maintained by the Secretary that are used for rec18 reational purposes, including the operational status of, 

19 and the recreational opportunities available at, such sites. 

20 SEC. 126. SERVICES OF VOLUNTEERS. 

21 The Secretary may recognize a volunteer providing 

22 services under the heading ‘‘Department of Defense— 

23 Civil—Department of the Army—Corps of Engineers— 

24 Civil—General Provisions’’ in chapter IV of title I of the 

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1 through an award or other appropriate means, except that 

2 such award may not be in the form of a cash award. 

3 SEC. 127. NON-RECREATION OUTGRANT POLICY. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

5 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall update 

6 the policy guidance of the Corps of Engineers for the eval7 uation and approval of non-recreational real estate 

8 outgrant requests for the installation, on lands and waters 

9 operated and maintained by the Secretary, of infrastruc10 ture for the provision of broadband services. 

11 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—In updating the policy guid12 ance under subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that 

13 the policy guidance— 

14 (1) requires the consideration of benefits to the 

15 public in evaluating a request described in sub16 section (a); 

17 (2) requires the Secretary to consider financial 

18 factors when determining whether there is a viable 

19 alternative to the installation for which approval is 

20 requested as described in subsection (a); 

21 (3) requires that a request described in sub22 section (a) be expeditiously approved or denied after 

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1 (4) requires the Secretary to include in any de2 nial of such a request detailed information on the 

3 justification for the denial. 

4 (c) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section af5 fects or alters the responsibility of the Secretary— 

6 (1) to sustain and protect the natural resources 

7 of lands and waters operated and maintained by the 

8 Secretary; or 

9 (2) to carry out a water resources development 

10 project consistent with the purposes for which such 

11 project is authorized. 

12 SEC. 128. NATIONAL INVENTORY OF DAMS AND LOW-HEAD 

13 DAMS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6 of the National Dam 

15 Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467d) is amended to read 

16 as follows: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 6. NATIONAL INVENTORY OF DAMS AND LOW-HEAD 

18 DAMS. 

19 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army shall 

20 maintain and update information on the inventory of dams 

21 and low-head dams in the United States. 

22 ‘‘(b) DAMS.—The inventory maintained under sub23 section (a) shall include any available information assess24 ing each dam based on inspections completed by a Federal 


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1 agency, a State dam safety agency, or a Tribal govern2 ment. 

3 ‘‘(c) LOW-HEAD DAMS.—The inventory maintained 

4 under subsection (a) shall include— 

5 ‘‘(1) the location, ownership, description, cur6 rent use, condition, height, and length of each low7 head dam; 

8 ‘‘(2) any information on public safety conditions 

9 at each low-head dam; and 

10 ‘‘(3) any other relevant information concerning 

11 low-head dams. 

12 ‘‘(d) DATA.—In carrying out this section, the Sec13 retary shall— 

14 ‘‘(1) coordinate with Federal and State agen15 cies, Tribal governments, and other relevant entities; 

16 and 

17 ‘‘(2) use data provided to the Secretary by 

18 those agencies and entities. 

19 ‘‘(e) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall 

20 make the inventory maintained under subsection (a) pub21 licly available (including on a publicly available website), 

22 including— 

23 ‘‘(1) public safety information on the dangers of 

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1 ‘‘(2) a directory of financial and technical as2 sistance resources available to reduce safety hazards 

3 and fish passage barriers at low-head dams. 

4 ‘‘(f) CLARIFICATION.—Nothing in this section pro5 vides authority to the Secretary to carry out an activity, 

6 with respect to a low-head dam, that is not explicitly au7 thorized under this section. 

8 ‘‘(g) LOW-HEAD DAM DEFINED.—In this section, the 

9 term ‘low-head dam’ means a river-wide artificial barrier 

10 that generally spans a stream channel, blocking the water11 way and creating a backup of water behind the barrier, 

12 with a drop off over the wall of not less than 6 inches 

13 and not more than 25 feet.’’. 

14 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 15 of the 

15 National Dam Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467o) is 

16 repealed. 

17 SEC. 129. REHABILITATION OF CORPS OF ENGINEERS CON18 STRUCTED DAMS. 

19 Section 1177 of the Water Resources Development 

20 Act of 2016 (33 U.S.C. 467f–2 note) is amended— 

21 (1) in subsection (e)— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and in23 serting the following: 

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1 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—For a project under this 

3 section for which the Federal share of the costs is 

4 expected to exceed $60,000,000, the Secretary may 

5 expend more than such amount only if— 

6 ‘‘(A) the Secretary submits to Congress 

7 the determination made under subsection (a) 

8 with respect to the project; and 

9 ‘‘(B) construction of the project substan10 tially in accordance with the plans, and subject 

11 to the conditions, described in such determina12 tion is specifically authorized by Congress.’’; 

13 and 

14 (2) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘2017 through 

15 2026’’ and inserting ‘‘2025 through 2030’’. 

16 SEC. 130. TREATMENT OF PROJECTS IN COVERED COMMU17 NITIES. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out a feasibility study 

19 for a project that serves a covered community, the Sec20 retary shall adjust the calculation of the benefit-cost ratio 

21 for the project in order to equitably compare such project 

22 to projects carried out in the contiguous States of the 

23 United States and the District of Columbia. 

24 (b) EVALUATION.—In carrying out this section, the 

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1 (1) compute the benefit-cost ratio without ad2 justing the calculation as described in subsection (a); 

3 (2) compute an adjusted benefit-cost ratio by 

4 adjusting the construction costs for the project to re5 flect what construction costs would be if the project 

6 were carried out in a comparable community in the 

7 contiguous States that is nearest to the community 

8 in which the project will be carried out; 

9 (3) include in the documentation associated 

10 with the feasibility study for the project the ratios 

11 calculated under paragraph (1) and paragraph (2); 

12 and 

13 (4) consider the adjusted benefit-cost ratio cal14 culated under paragraph (2) in selecting the ten15 tatively selected plan for the project. 

16 (c) COVERED COMMUNITY DEFINED.—In this sec17 tion, the term ‘‘covered community’’ means a community 

18 located in the State of Hawaii, Alaska, the Commonwealth 

19 of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern 

20 Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, or 

21 American Samoa. 

22 SEC. 131. ABILITY TO PAY. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 103(m) of the Water Re24 sources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213(m)) 

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1 (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘an agricul2 tural’’ and inserting ‘‘a’’; 

3 (2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and in4 serting the following: 

5 ‘‘(2) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall determine 

6 the ability of a non-Federal interest to pay under 

7 this subsection by considering— 

8 ‘‘(A) per capita income data for the county 

9 or counties in which the project is to be located; 

10 ‘‘(B) the per capita non-Federal cost of 

11 construction of the project for the county or 

12 counties in which the project is to be located; 

13 ‘‘(C) the financial capabilities of the non14 Federal interest for the project; 

15 ‘‘(D) the guidance issued under section 

16 160 of the Water Resources Development Act 

17 of 2020 (33 U.S.C. 2201 note); and 

18 ‘‘(E) any additional criteria relating to the 

19 non-Federal interest’s financial ability to carry 

20 out its cost-sharing responsibilities determined 

21 appropriate by the Secretary. 

22 ‘‘(3) PROCEDURES.—For purposes of carrying 

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1 ‘‘(A) to allow a non-Federal interest to 

2 identify the amount such non-Federal interest 

3 would likely be able to pay; and 

4 ‘‘(B) for a non-Federal interest to submit 

5 a request to the Secretary to reduce the re6 quired non-Federal share.’’; and 

7 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(5) BENEFITS ANALYSIS CONSIDERATIONS.— 

9 In calculating the benefits and costs of project alter10 natives relating to the height of a flood risk reduc11 tion project for purposes of determining the national 

12 economic development benefits of the project, the 

13 Secretary— 

14 ‘‘(A) shall include insurance costs incurred 

15 by homeowners; and 

16 ‘‘(B) may consider additional costs in17 curred by households, as appropriate. 

18 ‘‘(6) EXCEPTION.—This subsection shall not 

19 apply to project costs greater than the national eco20 nomic determination plan. 

21 ‘‘(7) REPORT.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently 

23 than annually, the Secretary shall submit to the 

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1 Committee on Environment and Public Works 

2 of the Senate a report describing all determina3 tions of the Secretary under this subsection re4 garding the ability of a non-Federal interest to 

5 pay. 

6 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—The Secretary shall in7 clude in each report required under subpara8 graph (A) a description, for the applicable year, 

9 of— 

10 ‘‘(i) requests by a non-Federal inter11 est to reduce the non-Federal share re12 quired in a cost-sharing agreement; 

13 ‘‘(ii) the determination of the Sec14 retary with respect to each such request; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(iii) the basis for each such deter17 mination. 

18 ‘‘(C) INCLUSION IN CHIEF’S REPORT.— 

19 The Secretary shall include each determination 

20 to reduce the non-Federal share required in a 

21 cost-sharing agreement for construction of a 

22 project in the report of the Chief of Engineers 

23 for the project.’’. 

24 (b) UPDATE TO GUIDANCE.—Not later than 1 year 

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1 update any agency guidance or regulation relating to the 

2 ability of a non-Federal interest to pay as necessary to 

3 reflect the amendments made by this section. 

4 (c) PRIORITY PROJECTS.—The Secretary shall make 

5 a determination under section 103(m) of the Water Re6 sources Development Act of 1986, as amended by this sec7 tion, of the ability to pay of the non-Federal interest for 

8 the following projects: 

9 (1) Any authorized water resources development 

10 project for which the Secretary waives the cost-shar11 ing requirement under section 1156 of the Water 

12 Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 

13 2310). 

14 (2) Any authorized watercraft inspection and 

15 decontamination station established, operated, or 

16 maintained pursuant to section 104(d) of the River 

17 and Harbor Act of 1958 (33 U.S.C. 610(d)). 

18 (3) The Chattahoochee River Program, author19 ized by section 8144 of the Water Resources Devel20 opment Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3724). 

21 (4) The project for navigation, Craig Harbor, 

22 Alaska, authorized by section 1401(1) of the Water 

23 Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 

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1 (5) The project for flood risk management, 

2 Westminster, East Garden Grove, California Flood 

3 Risk Management, authorized by section 401(2) of 

4 the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 

5 Stat. 2735). 

6 (6) Modifications to the L-29 levee component 

7 of the Central and Southern Florida project, author8 ized by section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 

9 (62 Stat. 1176), in the vicinity of the Tigertail 

10 camp. 

11 (7) Any authorized water resources development 

12 projects in Guam. 

13 (8) The project for flood risk management, Ala 

14 Wai Canal, Hawaii, authorized by section 1401(2) of 

15 the Water Resources Development Act of 2018 (132 

16 Stat. 3837). 

17 (9) The project for flood control Kentucky 

18 River and its tributaries, Kentucky, authorized by 

19 section 6 of the Act of August 11, 1939 (chapter 

20 699, 53 Stat. 1416). 

21 (10) The project for flood risk management on 

22 the Kentucky River and its tributaries and water23 sheds in Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Harlan, Lee, Leslie, 

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1 Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 

2 Stat. 3746). 

3 (11) The project for flood control, Williamsport, 

4 Pennsylvania, authorized by section 5 of the Act of 

5 June 22, 1936 (chapter 688, 49 Stat. 1573). 

6 (12) The project for ecosystem restoration, 

7 Resacas, in the vicinity of the City of Brownsville, 

8 Texas, authorized by section 1401(5) of the Water 

9 Resources Development Act of 2018 (132 Stat. 

10 3839). 

11 (13) Construction of any critical restoration 

12 project in the Lake Champlain watershed, Vermont 

13 and New York, authorized by section 542 of the 

14 Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 

15 Stat. 2671; 121 Stat. 1150; 134 Stat. 2680; 136 

16 Stat. 3822). 

17 (14) Any authorized flood control and storm 

18 damage reduction project in the United States Vir19 gin Islands that was impacted by Hurricanes Irma 

20 and Maria. 

21 (15) Construction of dredged material stabiliza22 tion and retaining structures related to the project 

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1 by the first section of the Act of June 18, 1878 

2 (chapter 267, 20 Stat. 157, chapter 264). 

3 (16) Any water-related environmental infra4 structure project authorized by section 219 of the 

5 Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (Public 

6 Law 102–580). 

7 SEC. 132. TRIBAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. 

8 Section 203 of the Water Resources Development Act 

9 of 2000 (33 U.S.C. 2269) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the term ‘In11 dian tribe’ has the meaning given the term’’ and in12 serting ‘‘the terms ‘Indian tribe’ and ‘Indian Tribe’ 

13 have the meanings given the terms’’; 

14 (2) in subsection (b)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (1)(B)— 

16 (i) by striking ‘‘or in proximity’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘, in proximity’’; and 

18 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, or in proximity to 

19 a river system or other aquatic habitat 

20 with respect to which an Indian Tribe has 

21 Tribal treaty rights’’ after ‘‘Alaska Native 

22 villages’’; 

23 (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ‘‘and 

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1 than 800 cubic feet per second for the 10-per2 cent flood)’’ after ‘‘erosion control’’; and 

3 (C) in paragraph (4), by striking 

4 ‘‘$26,000,000’’ each place it appears and in5 serting ‘‘$28,500,000’’; and 

6 (3) by striking subsection (e). 

7 SEC. 133. FUNDING TO PROCESS PERMITS. 

8 Section 214(a) of the Water Resources Development 

9 Act of 2000 (33 U.S.C. 2352(a)) is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(D) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian 

13 Tribe’ means— 

14 ‘‘(i) an Indian Tribe, as such term is 

15 defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-De16 termination and Education Assistance Act 

17 (25 U.S.C. 5304); and 

18 ‘‘(ii) any entity formed under the au19 thority of one or more Indian Tribes, as so 

20 defined.’’; 

21 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

22 (A) by inserting ‘‘Indian Tribe,’’ after 

23 ‘‘public-utility company,’’ each place it appears; 

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1 (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, 

2 including an aquatic ecosystem restoration 

3 project’’ before the period at the end; and 

4 (3) by striking paragraph (4). 

5 SEC. 134. PROJECT STUDIES SUBJECT TO INDEPENDENT 

6 EXTERNAL PEER REVIEW. 

7 Section 2034 of the Water Resources Development 

8 Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 2343) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (d)(2)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘assess the adequacy and 

11 acceptability of the economic’’ and insert the 

12 following: ‘‘assess the adequacy and accept13 ability of— 

14 ‘‘(A) the economic’’; 

15 (B) in subparagraph (A), as so redesig16 nated, by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

17 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(B) the consideration of nonstructural al19 ternatives under section 73(a) of the Water Re20 sources Development Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. 

21 701b-11(a)) for projects for flood risk manage22 ment;’’; 

23 (2) by striking subsection (h); and 

24 (3) by redesignating subsections (i) through (l) 

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1 SEC. 135. CONTROL OF AQUATIC PLANT GROWTHS AND 

2 INVASIVE SPECIES. 

3 Section 104 of the River and Harbor Act of 1958 

4 (33 U.S.C. 610) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (e)(3), by inserting ‘‘, and 

6 monitoring and contingency planning for,’’ after 

7 ‘‘early detection of’’; and 

8 (2) in subsection (g)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘the 

9 Connecticut River Basin,’’ after ‘‘the Ohio River 

10 Basin,’’. 

11 SEC. 136. REMOTE OPERATIONS AT CORPS DAMS. 

12 During the 10-year period beginning on the date of 

13 enactment of this Act, with respect to a water resources 

14 development project owned, operated, or managed by the 

15 Corps of Engineers, the Secretary may not use remote op16 eration activities at a navigation or hydroelectric power 

17 generating facility at such project as a replacement for 

18 activities performed, as of the date of enactment of this 

19 Act, by personnel under the direction of the Secretary at 

20 such project unless the Secretary provides to the Com21 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 

22 of Representatives and the Committee on Environment 

23 and Public Works of the Senate written notice that— 

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1 (A) does not affect activities described in 

2 section 314 of the Water Resources Develop3 ment Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2321); 

4 (B) will address any cyber and physical se5 curity risks to such project in accordance with 

6 applicable Federal law and agency guidance; 

7 and 

8 (C) is necessary to increase the availability 

9 and capacity, as applicable, of such project, in10 cluding a project on a lower-use waterway; and 

11 (2) the remote operation activities were devel12 oped under a public process that included engage13 ment with such personnel and other stakeholders 

14 who may be affected by the use of such activities. 

15 SEC. 137. HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM DEMONSTRATION PRO16 GRAM. 

17 Section 128 of the Water Resources Development Act 

18 of 2020 (33 U.S.C. 610 note) is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘or affecting 

20 water bodies of regional, national, or international 

21 importance’’ after ‘‘projects’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘and State 

23 agencies’’ and inserting ‘‘, State, and local agencies, 

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1 (3) in subsection (c) in paragraph (6), insert 

2 ‘‘Watershed’’ after ‘‘Okeechobee’’; 

3 (4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘$25,000,000’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘$35,000,000’’; and 

5 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(f) PRIORITY.—In carrying out the demonstration 

7 program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall, to the 

8 maximum extent possible, prioritize carrying out program 

9 activities that— 

10 ‘‘(1) reduce nutrient pollution; 

11 ‘‘(2) utilize natural and nature-based ap12 proaches, including oysters; 

13 ‘‘(3) protect, enhance, or restore wetlands or 

14 flood plains, including river and streambank sta15 bilization; 

16 ‘‘(4) develop technologies for remote sensing, 

17 monitoring, or early detection of harmful algal 

18 blooms, or other emerging technologies; and 

19 ‘‘(5) combine removal of harmful algal blooms 

20 with a beneficial use, including conversion of re21 trieved algae biomass into biofuel, fertilizer, or other 

22 products. 

23 ‘‘(g) AGREEMENTS.—In carrying out the demonstra24 tion program under subsection (a), the Secretary may 

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1 use or sale of successful technologies developed under this 

2 section.’’. 

3 SEC. 138. SUPPORT OF ARMY CIVIL WORKS MISSIONS. 

4 Section 8159 of the Water Resources Development 

5 Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3740) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

7 inserting a semicolon; 

8 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at 

9 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

10 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(5) Western Washington University, Bel12 lingham to conduct academic research on water 

13 quality, aquatic ecosystem restoration (including 

14 aquaculture), and the resiliency of water resources 

15 development projects in the Pacific Northwest to 

16 natural disasters; 

17 ‘‘(6) the University of North Carolina Wil18 mington to conduct academic research on flood miti19 gation, coastal resiliency, water resource ecology, 

20 water quality, aquatic ecosystem restoration (includ21 ing aquaculture), coastal restoration, and resource22 related emergency management in North Carolina 

23 and Mid-Atlantic region; and 

24 ‘‘(7) California State Polytechnic University, 

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1 design and management of water resources develop2 ment projects, including for the purposes of flood 

3 risk management, ecosystem restoration, water sup4 ply, water conservation, and sustainable aquifer 

5 management.’’. 

6 SEC. 139. NATIONAL COASTAL MAPPING PROGRAM. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 

8 carry out a national coastal mapping program to provide 

9 recurring national coastal mapping along the coasts of the 

10 United States to support Corps of Engineers navigation, 

11 flood risk management, environmental restoration, and 

12 emergency operations missions. 

13 (b) SCOPE.—In carrying out the program under sub14 section (a), the Secretary shall— 

15 (1) disseminate coastal mapping data and new 

16 or advanced geospatial information and remote sens17 ing tools for coastal mapping derived from the anal18 ysis of such data to the Corps of Engineers, other 

19 Federal agencies, States, and other stakeholders; 

20 (2) implement coastal surveying based on find21 ings of the national coastal mapping study carried 

22 out under section 8110 of the Water Resources De23 velopment Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3702); 

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1 advance coastal mapping capabilities in order to ex2 ploit data with increased efficiently and greater ac3 curacy; 

4 (4) with respect to any region affected by a 

5 hurricane rated category 3 or higher— 

6 (A) conduct coastal mapping of such re7 gion; 

8 (B) determine volume changes at Federal 

9 projects in such region; 

10 (C) quantify damage to navigation infra11 structure in such region; 

12 (D) assess environmental impacts to such 

13 region, measure any coastal impacts; and 

14 (E) make any data gathered under this 

15 paragraph publicly available not later than 2 

16 weeks after the acquisition of such data; 

17 (5) at the request of another Federal entity or 

18 a State or local government entity, provide subject 

19 matter expertise, mapping services, and technology 

20 evolution assistance; 

21 (6) enter into an agreement with another Fed22 eral agency or a State agency to accept funds from 

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1 (7) coordinate with representatives of the Naval 

2 Meteorology and Oceanography Command, the Na3 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 

4 United States Geological Survey, and any other rep5 resentative of a Federal agency that the Secretary 

6 determines necessary, to support any relevant Fed7 eral, State, or local agency through participation in 

8 working groups, committees, and organizations. 

9 (8) maintain the panel of senior leaders estab10 lished under section 8110(e) of the Water Resources 

11 Development Act of 2022; 

12 (9) convene an annual coastal mapping commu13 nity of practice meeting to discuss and identify tech14 nical topics and challenges to inform such panel in 

15 carrying out the duties of such panel; and 

16 (10) to the maximum extent practicable, to pro17 cure any surveying or mapping services in accord18 ance with chapter 11 of title 40, United States 

19 Code. 

20 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

21 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section for 

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1 SEC. 140. WATERSHED AND RIVER BASIN ASSESSMENTS. 

2 Section 729 of the Water Resources Development Act 

3 of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2267a) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (d)— 

5 (A) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 

6 and inserting a semicolon; 

7 (B) in paragraph (13), by striking the pe8 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

9 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(14) Connecticut River Watershed, Con11 necticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and 

12 Vermont; 

13 ‘‘(15) Lower Rouge River Watershed, Michigan; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(16) Grand River Watershed, Michigan.’’; and 

16 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(g) FEASIBILITY REPORT ON PROJECT SPECIFIC

18 RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ASSESSMENTS.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At the request of a non20 Federal interest for an assessment completed under 

21 this section, the Secretary is authorized to prepare 

22 a feasibility report, in accordance with the require23 ments of section 905, recommending the construc24 tion or modification of a water resources develop25 ment project to address a water resources need of a 


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1 river basin or watershed of the United States identi2 fied in the assessment. 

3 ‘‘(2) PRIORITY WATERSHEDS.—In carrying out 

4 this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to— 

5 ‘‘(A) the watersheds of the island of Maui, 

6 Hawaii, including the Wahikuli, Honoko ̄wai, 

7 Kahana, Honokahua, and Honolua watersheds, 

8 including the coral reef habitat north of 

9 Lahaina off the northwestern coast of the is10 land of Maui; and 

11 ‘‘(B) the watersheds of the Northern Mar12 iana Islands, American Samoa, and Guam.’’. 

13 SEC. 141. REMOVAL OF ABANDONED VESSELS. 

14 Section 19 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (33 U.S.C. 

15 414) is amended— 

16 (1) by striking ‘‘SEC. 19. (a) That whenever’’ 

17 and inserting the following: 

18 ‘‘SEC. 19. VESSEL REMOVAL BY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. 

19 ‘‘(a) REMOVAL OF OBSTRUCTIVE VESSELS.— 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—That whenever’’; 

21 (2) in subsection (b)— 

22 (A) by striking ‘‘described in this section’’ 

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1 (B) by striking ‘‘under subsection (a)’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘under paragraph (1)’’; 

3 (3) by striking ‘‘(b) The owner’’ and inserting 

4 the following: 

5 ‘‘(2) LIABILITY OF OWNER, LESSEE, OR OPER6 ATOR.—The owner’’; and 

7 (4) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(b) REMOVAL OF ABANDONED VESSEL.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized 

10 to remove from the navigable waters of the United 

11 States a covered vessel that does not obstruct the 

12 navigation of such waters, if— 

13 ‘‘(A) such removal is determined to be in 

14 the public interest by the Secretary, in con15 sultation with any State in which the vessel is 

16 located or any Indian Tribe with jurisdiction 

17 over the area in which the vessel is located, as 

18 applicable; and 

19 ‘‘(B) in the case of a vessel that is not 

20 under the control of the United States by rea21 son of seizure or forfeiture, the Commandant of 

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1 ‘‘(2) INTERAGENCY AGREEMENTS.—In remov2 ing a covered vessel under this subsection, the Sec3 retary— 

4 ‘‘(A) shall enter into an interagency agree5 ment with the head of any Federal department, 

6 agency, or instrumentality that has control of 

7 such vessel; and 

8 ‘‘(B) is authorized to accept funds from 

9 such department, agency, or instrumentality for 

10 the removal of such vessel. 

11 ‘‘(3) LIABILITY.—The owner of a covered vessel 

12 shall be liable to the United States for the costs of 

13 removal, destruction, and disposal of such vessel 

14 under this subsection. 

15 ‘‘(4) COVERED VESSEL DEFINED.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In this subsection, the 

17 term ‘covered vessel’ means a vessel— 

18 ‘‘(i) determined to be abandoned by 

19 the Commandant of the Coast Guard; or 

20 ‘‘(ii) under the control of the United 

21 States by reason of seizure or forfeiture 

22 pursuant to any law. 

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1 ‘‘(i) any vessel for which the Secretary 

2 has removal authority under subsection (a) 

3 or section 20; 

4 ‘‘(ii) an abandoned barge for which 

5 the Commandant of the Coast Guard has 

6 the authority to remove under chapter 47 

7 of title 46, United States Code; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) a vessel— 

9 ‘‘(I) for which the owner is not 

10 identified, unless determined to be 

11 abandoned by the Commandant of the 

12 Coast Guard; or 

13 ‘‘(II) for which the owner has not 

14 agreed to pay the costs of removal, 

15 destruction, or disposal. 

16 ‘‘(5) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

17 There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

18 this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

19 2025 through 2029.’’. 

20 SEC. 142. CORROSION PREVENTION. 

21 Section 1033(c) of the Water Resources Reform and 

22 Development Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2350(c)) is amend23 ed— 

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1 (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para2 graph (4); and 

3 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(3) the carrying out of an activity described in 

6 paragraph (1), (2), or (3) through a program in cor7 rosion prevention that is— 

8 ‘‘(A) offered or accredited by an organiza9 tion that sets industry standards for corrosion 

10 mitigation and prevention; or 

11 ‘‘(B) an industrial coatings applicator pro12 gram that is— 

13 ‘‘(i) an employment and training ac14 tivity (as defined in section 3 of the Work15 force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 

16 U.S.C. 3102)); or 

17 ‘‘(ii) registered under the Act of Au18 gust 16, 1937 (commonly known as the 

19 ‘National Apprenticeship Act’; 50 Stat. 

20 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.); 

21 and’’. 

22 SEC. 143. MISSOURI RIVER EXISTING FEATURES PROTEC23 TION. 

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1 retary shall perform an analysis to identify whether such 

2 action will— 

3 (1) contribute to adverse effects of increased 

4 water levels during flood events adjacent to the cov5 ered in-river feature; 

6 (2) increase risk of flooding on commercial and 

7 residential structures and critical infrastructure ad8 jacent to the covered in-river feature; 

9 (3) decrease water levels during droughts adja10 cent to the covered in-river feature; 

11 (4) affect the navigation channel, including 

12 crossflows, velocity, channel depth, and channel 

13 width, adjacent to the covered in-river feature; 

14 (5) contribute to bank erosion on private lands 

15 adjacent to the covered in-river feature; 

16 (6) affect ports or harbors adjacent to the cov17 ered in-river feature; or 

18 (7) affect harvesting of sand adjacent to the 

19 covered in-river feature. 

20 (b) MITIGATION.—If the Secretary determines that 

21 a covered action will result in an outcome described in sub22 section (a), the Secretary shall mitigate such outcome. 

23 (c) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section may 

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1 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 

2 U.S.C. 2283). 

3 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) COVERED ACTION.—The term ‘‘covered ac5 tion’’ means the construction of, modification of, 

6 operational changes to, or implementation of a cov7 ered in-river feature. 

8 (2) COVERED IN-RIVER FEATURE.—The term 

9 ‘‘covered in-river feature’’ means in-river features on 

10 the Missouri River used to create and maintain dike 

11 notches, chutes, and complexes for interception or 

12 rearing authorized pursuant to section 601(a) of the 

13 Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 

14 Stat. 4143; 113 Stat. 306; 121 Stat. 1155) and sec15 tion 334 of the Water Resources Development Act 

16 of 1999 (113 Stat. 306; 136 Stat. 3799). 

17 SEC. 144. FEDERAL BREAKWATERS AND JETTIES. 

18 Section 8101 of the Water Resources Development 

19 Act of 2022 (33 U.S.C. 2351b) is amended— 

20 (1) by inserting ‘‘, pile dike,’’ after ‘‘jetty’’ each 

21 place it appears; and 

22 (2) in subsection (b)(2)— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘if’’ and all that follows 

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1 (B) by striking ‘‘breakwater; and’’ and in2 serting ‘‘breakwater and—’’ 

3 (C) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 

4 subparagraph (A); 

5 (D) in subparagraph (A) (as so redesig6 nated), by striking the period at the end and in7 serting ‘‘; or’’; and 

8 (E) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(B) the pile dike has disconnected from 

10 an authorized navigation project as a result of 

11 a lack of such regular and routine Federal 

12 maintenance activity.’’. 

13 SEC. 145. TEMPORARY RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PILOT 

14 PROGRAM. 

15 Section 8154(g)(1) of the Water Resources Develop16 ment Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3734) is amended by adding 

17 at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(F) Project for hurricane and storm dam19 age risk reduction, Norfolk Coastal Storm Risk 

20 Management, Virginia, authorized by section 

21 401(3) of the Water Resources Development 

22 Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2738).’’. 


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1 SEC. 146. EASEMENTS FOR HURRICANE AND STORM DAM2 AGE REDUCTION PROJECTS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—With respect to a project for hur4 ricane and storm damage reduction that has been author5 ized before the date of enactment of this Act and for which 

6 the Secretary is requiring a perpetual easement, the Sec7 retary shall, upon request by the non-Federal interest for 

8 the project, certify real estate availability and proceed to 

9 construction of such project with a non-perpetual ease10 ment if— 

11 (1) such certification and construction are in 

12 compliance with the terms of the report of the Chief 

13 of Engineers for the project and the applicable 

14 project partnership agreement; and 

15 (2) the Secretary provides the non-Federal in16 terest with formal notice that, in the event in which 

17 the non-perpetual easement expires and is not ex18 tended, the Secretary will be unable to— 

19 (A) fulfill the Federal responsibility with 

20 respect to the project or carry out any required 

21 nourishment of the project under the existing 

22 project authorization; 

23 (B) carry out repair and rehabilitation of 

24 the project under section 5 of the Act of August 

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1 (C) provide any other relevant Federal as2 sistance with respect to the project. 

3 (b) DISCLOSURE.—For any project for hurricane 

4 storm damage risk reduction, or a proposal to modify such 

5 a project, that is authorized after the date of enactment 

6 of this Act for which a perpetual easement is required for 

7 Federal participation in the project, the Secretary shall 

8 include in the report of the Chief of Engineers for the 

9 project a disclosure of such requirement. 

10 (c) MANAGEMENT.—To the maximum extent prac11 ticable, the Secretary shall, at the request of the non-Fed12 eral interest for a project for hurricane storm damage risk 

13 reduction, identify and accept the minimum real estate in14 terests necessary to carry out the project, in accordance 

15 with section 103. 

16 (d) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section may 

17 be construed to affect the requirements of section 103(d) 

18 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 

19 U.S.C. 2213(d)). 

20 SEC. 147. SHORELINE AND RIVERINE PROTECTION AND 

21 RESTORATION. 

22 Section 212(e)(2) of the Water Resources Develop23 ment Act of 1999 (33 U.S.C. 2332(e)(2)) is amended by 

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1 ‘‘(L) Shoreline of the State of Con2 necticut.’’. 

3 SEC. 148. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATED TO WATER DATA. 

4 It is the sense of Congress that, for the purpose of 

5 improving water resources management, the Secretary 

6 should— 

7 (1) develop and implement a framework for in8 tegrating, sharing, and using water data; 

9 (2) identify and prioritize key water data need10 ed to support water resources management and 

11 planning, including— 

12 (A) water data sets, types, and associated 

13 metadata; and 

14 (B) water data infrastructure, tech15 nologies, and tools; 

16 (3) in consultation with other Federal agencies, 

17 States, Indian Tribes, local governments, and rel18 evant stakeholders, develop and adopt common na19 tional standards for collecting, sharing, and inte20 grating water data, infrastructure, technologies, and 

21 tools; 

22 (4) ensure that water data is publicly accessible 

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1 (5) integrate water data and tools through na2 tionwide approaches to data infrastructure, plat3 forms, models, and tool development; and 

4 (6) support the adoption of new technologies 

5 and the development of tools for water data collec6 tion, sharing, and standardization. 

7 SEC. 149. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO COMPREHEN8 SIVE BENEFITS. 

9 It is the sense of Congress that in carrying out any 

10 feasibility study, the Secretary should follow, to the max11 imum extent practicable— 

12 (1) the guidance described in the memoranda 

13 relating to ‘‘Comprehensive Documentation of Bene14 fits in Feasibility Studies’’, dated April 3, 2020, and 

15 April 13, 2020, and signed by the Assistant Sec16 retary for Civil Works and the Director of Civil 

17 Works, respectively; and 

18 (2) the policies described in the memorandum 

19 relating to ‘‘Policy Directive – Comprehensive Docu20 mentation of Benefits in Decision Document’’ dated 

21 January 5, 2021, and signed by the Assistant Sec22 retary for Civil Works. 

23 SEC. 150. REPORTING AND OVERSIGHT. 

24 (a) INITIAL REPORT.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

2 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

3 shall submit to the Committees on Transportation 

4 and Infrastructure and Appropriations of the House 

5 of Representatives and the Committees on Environ6 ment and Public Works and Appropriations of the 

7 Senate a report detailing the status of the reports 

8 described in paragraph (2). 

9 (2) REPORTS DESCRIBED.—The reports de10 scribed in this paragraph are the following: 

11 (A) The comprehensive backlog and oper12 ation and maintenance report required under 

13 section 1001(b)(2) of the Water Resources De14 velopment Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 579a(b)(2)). 

15 (B) The report on managed aquifer re16 charge required under section 8108(d) of the 

17 Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (33 

18 U.S.C. 2357(d)). 

19 (C) The plan on beneficial use of dredged 

20 material required under section 8130(a) of the 

21 Water Resources Development Act of 2022 

22 (136 Stat. 3717). 

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1 the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 

2 (136 Stat. 3734). 

3 (E) The report on dredge capacity require 

4 under section 8205 of the Water Resources De5 velopment Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3754). 

6 (F) The report on the assessment of the 

7 consequences of changing operation and mainte8 nance responsibilities required under section 

9 8206 of the Water Resources Development Act 

10 of 2022 (136 Stat. 3756). 

11 (G) The report on the western infrastruc12 ture study required under section 8208 of the 

13 Water Resources Development Act of 2022 

14 (136 Stat. 3756). 

15 (H) The report on excess lands for Whit16 tier Narrows Dam, California required under 

17 section 8213 of the Water Resources Develop18 ment Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3758). 

19 (I) The report on recreational boating in 

20 the Great Lakes basin required under section 

21 8218 of the Water Resources Development Act 

22 of 2022 (136 Stat. 3761). 

23 (J) The report on the disposition study on 

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1 sources Development Act of 2022 (136 Stat 

2 3762). 

3 (K) The report on corrosion prevention ac4 tivities required under section 8234 of the 

5 Water Resources Development Act of 2022 

6 (136 Stat. 3767). 

7 (3) ELEMENTS.—The Secretary shall include in 

8 the report required under paragraph (1) the fol9 lowing information with respect to each report de10 scribed in paragraph (2): 

11 (A) A summary of the status of each such 

12 report, including if the report has been initi13 ated. 

14 (B) The amount of funds that— 

15 (i) have been made available to carry 

16 out each such report; and 

17 (ii) the Secretary requires to complete 

18 each such report. 

19 (C) A detailed assessment of how the Sec20 retary intends to complete each such report, in21 cluding an anticipated timeline for completion. 

22 (D) Any available information that is rel23 evant to each such report that would inform the 

24 committees described in paragraph (1). 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 10 days after 

2 the date on which the budget of the President for 

3 each fiscal year is submitted to Congress pursuant 

4 to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the 

5 Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Trans6 portation and Infrastructure and Appropriations of 

7 the House of Representatives and the Committees 

8 on Environment and Public Works and Appropria9 tions of the Senate a report on the status of each 

10 covered report. 

11 (2) ELEMENTS.—The Secretary shall include in 

12 the report required under paragraph (1) the fol13 lowing information: 

14 (A) A summary of the status of each cov15 ered report, including if each such report has 

16 been initiated. 

17 (B) The amount of funds that— 

18 (i) have been made available to carry 

19 out each such report; and 

20 (ii) the Secretary requires to complete 

21 each such report. 

22 (C) A detailed assessment of how the Sec23 retary intends to complete each covered report, 

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1 (3) PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.—The Secretary shall 

2 make each report required under paragraph (1) pub3 licly available on the website of the Corps of Engi4 neers. 

5 (4) NOTIFICATION OF COMMITTEES.—The Sec6 retary shall submit to the Committee on Transpor7 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Represent8 atives and the Committee on the Environment and 

9 Public Works of the Senate on an annual basis a 

10 draft of each covered report. 

11 (5) DEFINITION OF COVERED REPORT.—In this 

12 subsection, the term ‘‘covered report’’— 

13 (A) means any report or study required to 

14 be submitted by the Secretary under this Act or 

15 any Act providing authorizations for water re16 sources development projects enacted after the 

17 date of enactment of this Act to the Committee 

18 on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 

19 House of Representatives and the Committee 

20 on Environment and Public Works of the Sen21 ate that has not been so submitted; and 

22 (B) does not include a feasibility study (as 

23 such term is defined in section 105 of the 

24 Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 

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1 TITLE II—STUDIES AND 

2 REPORTS 

3 SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF PROPOSED FEASIBILITY 

4 STUDIES. 

5 (a) NEW PROJECTS.—The Secretary is authorized to 

6 conduct a feasibility study for the following projects for 

7 water resources development and conservation and other 

8 purposes, as identified in the reports titled ‘‘Report to 

9 Congress on Future Water Resources Development’’ sub10 mitted to Congress pursuant to section 7001 of the Water 

11 Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (33 

12 U.S.C. 2282d) or otherwise reviewed by Congress: 

13 (1) LUXAPALLILA CREEK, MILLPORT, ALA14 BAMA.—Project for flood risk management, Town of 

15 Millport and vicinity, Alabama. 

16 (2) YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA.—Project for 

17 flood risk management, Yavapai County, in the vi18 cinity of the City of Cottonwood, Arizona. 

19 (3) CLEAR LAKE, CALIFORNIA.—Project for 

20 flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, 

21 Clear Lake, Lake County, California. 

22 (4) COSUMNES RIVER WATERSHED, CALI23 FORNIA.—Project for flood risk management, eco24 system restoration, water supply, and related pur25 poses, Cosumnes River watershed, California. 


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1 (5) HESPERIA, CALIFORNIA.—Project for flood 

2 risk management, city of Hesperia, California. 

3 (6) PILLAR POINT HARBOR, CALIFORNIA.— 

4 Project for flood risk management and storm dam5 age risk reduction, Pillar Point Harbor, California. 

6 (7) RIALTO CHANNEL, CALIFORNIA.—Project 

7 for flood risk management, Rialto Channel, city of 

8 Rialto and vicinity, California. 

9 (8) SALINAS RIVER, CALIFORNIA.—Project for 

10 flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, 

11 Salinas River, California. 

12 (9) SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA.—Project 

13 for flood risk management, city of San Bernardino, 

14 California. 

15 (10) SAN DIEGO BAY, CALIFORNIA.—Project for 

16 flood risk management, San Diego Bay, California. 

17 (11) SAN DIEGO AND ORANGE COUNTIES, CALI18 FORNIA.—Project for flood and coastal storm risk 

19 management and ecosystem restoration, San Diego 

20 and Orange Counties, California. 

21 (12) SAN FELIPE LAKE AND PAJARO RIVER, 

22 SAN BENITO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.—Project for 

23 flood risk management, San Felipe Lake and Pajaro 

24 River, San Benito County, California. 


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1 (13) CITY OF SAN MATEO, CALIFORNIA.— 

2 Project for flood risk management, including 

3 stormwater runoff reduction, City of San Mateo, 

4 California. 

5 (14) SANTA ANA RIVER, ANAHEIM, CALI6 FORNIA.—Project for flood risk management, water 

7 supply, and recreation, Santa Ana River, Anaheim, 

8 California. 

9 (15) SANTA ANA RIVER, JURUPA VALLEY, CALI10 FORNIA.—Project for ecosystem restoration and 

11 recreation, Santa Ana River, Jurupa Valley, Cali12 fornia. 

13 (16) SWEETWATER RESERVOIR, CALIFORNIA.— 

14 Project for ecosystem restoration and water supply, 

15 Sweetwater Reservoir, California. 

16 (17) FOUNTAIN CREEK AND TRIBUTARIES, COL17 ORADO.—Project for flood risk management and 

18 ecosystem restoration, Fountain Creek, Colorado 

19 Springs and Pueblo, Colorado. 

20 (18) CITY OF NORWALK, CONNECTICUT.— 

21 Project for flood risk management, City of Norwalk, 

22 Connecticut, in the vicinity of the Norwalk waste23 water treatment plant. 

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1 age risk reduction, Connecticut shoreline, Con2 necticut. 

3 (20) PARK RIVER CONDUIT, CITY OF HART4 FORD, CONNECTICUT.—Project for flood risk man5 agement, including stormwater management, City of 

6 Hartford, Connecticut and vicinity. 

7 (21) WESTPORT BEACHES, CONNECTICUT.— 

8 Project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduc9 tion and ecosystem restoration, Westport, Con10 necticut. 

11 (22) DELAWARE INLAND BAYS WATERSHED, 

12 DELAWARE.—Project for flood risk management, 

13 hurricane and storm risk reduction, and ecosystem 

14 restoration, including shoreline stabilization, Dela15 ware Inland Bays watershed, Delaware. 

16 (23) TOWN OF MILTON, DELAWARE.—Project 

17 for flood risk management, Town of Milton, Dela18 ware. 

19 (24) CITY OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.— 

20 Project for flood risk management and hurricane 

21 and storm risk reduction, City of Wilmington, Dela22 ware. 

23 (25) ANACOSTIA RIVER BANK AND SEAWALLS, 

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1 ation, including dredging and sediment management, 

2 Anacostia River bank and seawalls, Washington, 

3 District of Columbia and Prince George’s County, 

4 Maryland. 

5 (26) FLETCHERS COVE, DISTRICT OF COLUM6 BIA.—Project for recreation, including dredging, 

7 Fletchers Cove, District of Columbia. 

8 (27) EAST LAKE TOHOPEKALIGA, FLORIDA.— 

9 Project for flood risk management and ecosystem 

10 restoration, including sediment and debris manage11 ment, East Lake Tohopekaliga, Florida. 

12 (28) FLORIDA SPACEPORT SYSTEM MARINE

13 INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION WHARF, FLORIDA.— 

14 Project for navigation, Florida Spaceport System 

15 Marine Intermodal Transportation Wharf, in the vi16 cinity of Cape Canaveral, Florida. 

17 (29) FORT GEORGE INLET, JACKSONVILLE, 

18 FLORIDA.—Project for coastal storm risk manage19 ment, including shoreline damage prevention and 

20 mitigation, Fort George Inlet, city of Jacksonville, 

21 Florida. 

22 (30) LAKE CONWAY, FLORIDA.—Project for 

23 flood risk management, navigation, and ecosystem 

24 restoration, including sediment and debris manage25 ment, Lake Conway, Florida. 


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1 (31) MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, TAMPA, FLOR2 IDA.—Project for hurricane and storm damage risk 

3 reduction and ecosystem restoration in the vicinity 

4 of MacDill Air Force Base, City of Tampa, Florida. 

5 (32) PALATKA BARGE PORT, PUTNAM COUNTY, 

6 FLORIDA.—Project for navigation, Palatka Barge 

7 Port, Putnam County, Florida. 

8 (33) CAMP CREEK TRIBUTARY, GEORGIA.— 

9 Project for flood risk management and ecosystem 

10 restoration, including stream restoration, along the 

11 Camp Creek Tributary in Fulton County, Georgia. 

12 (34) COLLEGE PARK, GEORGIA.—Project for 

13 flood risk management, City of College Park, Geor14 gia. 

15 (35) PROCTOR CREEK, SMYRNA, GEORGIA.— 

16 Project for flood risk management, Proctor Creek, 

17 Smyrna, Georgia, including Jonquil Driver 

18 Stormwater Park. 

19 (36) TYBEE ISLAND, GEORGIA.—Project for 

20 ecosystem restoration and hurricane and storm dam21 age risk reduction, Tybee Island, Georgia, including 

22 by incorporating other Federal studies conducted on 

23 the effect of the construction of Savannah Harbor 

24 Channel on the shoreline of Tybee Island. 


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1 (37) GUAM.—Project for flood risk manage2 ment and coastal storm risk management, Guam. 

3 (38) KAUA‘I, HAWAII.—Project for flood and 

4 coastal storm risk management, County of Kaua‘i, 

5 Hawaii. 

6 (39) KAIAKA-WAIALUA WATERSHED, HAWAII.— 

7 Project for flood risk management, Kaiaka-Waialua 

8 watershed, O‘ahu, Hawaii. 

9 (40) BERWYN, ILLINOIS.—Project for com10 prehensive flood risk management, City of Berwyn, 

11 Illinois. 

12 (41) BUTTERFIELD CREEK, ILLINOIS.—Project 

13 for flood risk management and ecosystem restora14 tion, Butterfield Creek, Illinois. 

15 (42) FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS.—Project for 

16 flood risk management, ecosystem restoration, and 

17 water supply, Village of Franklin Park, Illinois. 

18 (43) ROCKY RIPPLE, INDIANA.—Project for 

19 flood risk management, Town of Rocky Ripple, Indi20 ana. 

21 (44) BAYOU RIGAUD TO CAMINADA PASS, LOU22 ISIANA.—Project for navigation, Bayou Rigaud to 

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1 (45) HAGAMAN CHUTE, LAKE PROVIDENCE, 

2 LOUISIANA.—Project for navigation, including wid3 ening, Hagaman Chute, Lake Providence, Louisiana. 

4 (46) LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN STORM SURGE RE5 DUCTION PROJECT, LOUISIANA.—Project for hurri6 cane and storm damage risk reduction, Lake Pont7 chartrain, Orleans, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Liv8 ingston, St. James, St. John, St. Charles, Jefferson, 

9 and St. Bernard Parishes, Louisiana. 

10 (47) NATCHITOCHES, LOUISIANA.—Project for 

11 flood risk management, City of Natchitoches, Lou12 isiana. 

13 (48) NEW ORLEANS METRO AREA, LOU14 ISIANA.—Project for ecosystem restoration and 

15 water supply, including mitigation of saltwater 

16 wedges, for the City of New Orleans and metro area, 

17 Louisiana. 

18 (49) PILOTTOWN, LOUISIANA.—Project for 

19 navigation and flood risk management, including 

20 dredging, in the vicinity of Pilottown, Plaquemines 

21 Parish, Louisiana. 

22 (50) BALTIMORE INLAND FLOODING, MARY23 LAND.—Project for inland flood risk management, 

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1 (51) BEAVERDAM CREEK, PRINCE GEORGE’S

2 COUNTY, MARYLAND.—Project for flood risk man3 agement, Beaverdam Creek, Prince George’s County, 

4 Maryland, in the vicinity of United States Route 50 

5 and railroads. 

6 (52) MARYLAND BEACHES, MARYLAND.— 

7 Project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduc8 tion and flood risk management in the vicinity of 

9 United States Route 1, Maryland. 

10 (53) CAPE COD CANAL, MASSACHUSETTS.— 

11 Project for recreation, Cape Cod Canal, in the vicin12 ity of Tidal Flats Recreation Area, Massachusetts. 

13 (54) LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS.—Project 

14 for flood risk management, City of Leominster, Mas15 sachusetts. 

16 (55) LOWER COBB BROOK, MASSACHUSETTS.— 

17 Project for flood risk management, Lower Cobb 

18 Brook, City of Taunton, Massachusetts. 

19 (56) SUNSET BAY, CHARLES RIVER, MASSACHU20 SETTS.—Project for navigation, flood risk manage21 ment, recreation, and ecosystem restoration, includ22 ing dredging, in the vicinity of Sunset Bay, Charles 

23 River, cities of Boston, Watertown, and Newton, 

24 Massachusetts. 


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1 (57) SQUANTUM CAUSEWAY, MASSACHU2 SETTS.—Project for flood and coastal storm risk 

3 management, Squantum, in the vicinity of East 

4 Squantum Street and Dorchester Street Causeway, 

5 Quincy, Massachusetts. 

6 (58) TOWN NECK BEACH, SANDWICH, MASSA7 CHUSETTS.—Project for flood risk management and 

8 coastal storm risk management, including shoreline 

9 damage prevention and mitigation, Town Neck 

10 Beach, town of Sandwich, Massachusetts. 

11 (59) WESTPORT HARBOR, MASSACHUSETTS.— 

12 Project for flood risk management, hurricane and 

13 storm damage risk reduction, and navigation, includ14 ing improvements to the breakwater at Westport 

15 Harbor, Town of Westport, Massachusetts. 

16 (60) ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN.—Project for 

17 water supply, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 

18 (61) KALAMAZOO RIVER WATERSHED, MICHI19 GAN.—Project for flood risk management and eco20 system restoration, Kalamazoo River Watershed and 

21 tributaries, Michigan. 

22 (62) MCCOMB, MISSISSIPPI.—Project for flood 

23 risk management, city of McComb, Mississippi. 

24 (63) MILES CITY, MONTANA.—Project for flood 

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1 (64) BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NEW PROVIDENCE, 

2 AND SUMMIT, NEW JERSEY.—Project for flood risk 

3 management, Township of Berkeley Heights, Bor4 ough of New Providence, and City of Summit, New 

5 Jersey. 

6 (65) BERRY’S CREEK, NEW JERSEY.—Project 

7 for flood risk management, Berry’s Creek, New Jer8 sey. 

9 (66) FLEISCHER BROOK, NEW JERSEY.— 

10 Project for flood risk management, Fleischer Brook, 

11 New Jersey. 

12 (67) GUTTENBERG, NEW JERSEY.—Project for 

13 flood risk management, Guttenberg, New Jersey, in 

14 the vicinity of John F. Kennedy Boulevard East. 

15 (68) PASSAIC RIVER BASIN, NEW JERSEY.— 

16 Project for flood risk management and ecosystem 

17 restoration, Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, and 

18 Passaic Counties, New Jersey. 

19 (69) PASSAIC RIVER, PATERSON, NEW JER20 SEY.—Project for navigation and flood risk manage21 ment, Passaic River, Paterson, New Jersey. 

22 (70) GREAT FALLS RACEWAYS, PATERSON, NEW

23 JERSEY.—Project for flood risk management and 

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1 (71) PAULSBORO, NEW JERSEY.—Project for 

2 navigation, Borough of Paulsboro, New Jersey. 

3 (72) VILLAGE OF RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY.— 

4 Project for flood risk management along the Ho-Ho5 Kus Brook and Saddle River, Village of Ridgewood, 

6 New Jersey. 

7 (73) WOLF CREEK, NEW JERSEY.—Project for 

8 flood risk management, Wolf Creek, Ridgefield, New 

9 Jersey. 

10 (74) DON ̃A ANA COUNTY, NEW MEXICO.— 

11 Project for water supply, Don ̃a Ana County, New 

12 Mexico. 

13 (75) HATCH, NEW MEXICO.—Project for flood 

14 risk management, including the Hatch Dam Project, 

15 Village of Hatch, New Mexico. 

16 (76) NAMBE RIVER WATERSHED, NEW MEX17 ICO.—Project for flood risk management and eco18 system restoration, including sediment and debris 

19 management, Nambe River Watershed, New Mexico. 

20 (77) OTERO COUNTY, NEW MEXICO.—Project 

21 for flood risk management, Otero County, New Mex22 ico. 

23 (78) BABYLON, NEW YORK.—Project for flood 

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1 reduction, navigation, and ecosystem restoration, 

2 Town of Babylon, New York. 

3 (79) BRONX RIVER, NEW YORK.—Project for 

4 flood risk management and hurricane and storm 

5 damage risk reduction, Bronxville, Tuckahoe, and 

6 Yonkers, New York. 

7 (80) BROOKHAVEN, NEW YORK.—Project for 

8 flood risk management, hurricane and storm damage 

9 risk reduction, and ecosystem restoration, Town of 

10 Brookhaven, New York. 

11 (81) HIGHLANDS, NEW YORK.—Project for 

12 flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, 

13 Highland Brook (also known as ‘‘Buttermilk Falls 

14 Brook’’) and tributaries, Town of Highlands, Orange 

15 County, New York. 

16 (82) INWOOD HILL PARK, NEW YORK.—Project 

17 for ecosystem restoration, Inwood Hill Park, 

18 Spuyten Duyvil Creek, Manhattan, New York. 

19 (83) ISLIP, NEW YORK.—Project for flood risk 

20 management, Town of Islip, New York. 

21 (84) OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK.—Project for 

22 coastal storm risk management and flood risk man23 agement in the vicinity of Tobay Beach, Town of 

24 Oyster Bay, New York. 


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1 (85) PASCACK BROOK, ROCKLAND COUNTY, 

2 NEW YORK.—Project for flood risk management, 

3 Pascack Brook, Rockland County, New York, includ4 ing the Village of Spring Valley. 

5 (86) SPARKILL CREEK, ORANGETOWN, NEW

6 YORK.—Project for flood risk management and ero7 sion, Sparkill Creek, Orangetown, New York. 

8 (87) TURTLE COVE, NEW YORK.—Project for 

9 ecosystem restoration, Pelham Bay Park, 

10 Eastchester Bay, in the vicinity of Turtle Cove, 

11 Bronx, New York. 

12 (88) SOMERS, NEW YORK.—Project for eco13 system restoration and water supply, Town of 

14 Somers, New York. 

15 (89) CAPE FEAR RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES, 

16 NORTH CAROLINA.—Project for flood risk manage17 ment, in the vicinity of Northeast Cape Fear River 

18 and Black River, North Carolina. 

19 (90) LELAND, NORTH CAROLINA.—Project for 

20 flood risk management, navigation, ecosystem res21 toration, and recreation, including bank stabiliza22 tion, for Jackeys Creek in the Town of Leland, 

23 North Carolina. 

24 (91) MARION, NORTH CAROLINA.—Project for 

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2 North Carolina. 

3 (92) PENDER COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.— 

4 Project for flood risk management in the vicinity of 

5 North Carolina Highway 53, Pender County, North 

6 Carolina. 

7 (93) PIGEON RIVER, NORTH CAROLINA.— 

8 Project for flood risk management, Pigeon River, in 

9 the vicinity of the towns of Clyde and Canton, Hay10 wood County, North Carolina. 

11 (94) UNION COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA.— 

12 Project for flood risk management, water supply, 

13 and recreation, Union County, South Carolina. 

14 (95) OGALLALA AQUIFER.—Project for water 

15 supply, including aquifer recharge, for the Ogallala 

16 Aquifer, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, 

17 and Texas. 

18 (96) COE CREEK, OHIO.—Project for flood risk 

19 management, Coe Creek, City of Fairview Park, 

20 Ohio. 

21 (97) GREAT MIAMI RIVER, OHIO.—Project for 

22 flood risk management, ecosystem restoration, and 

23 recreation, including incorporation of existing levee 

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1 (98) LAKE TEXOMA, OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS.— 

2 Project for water supply, including increased needs 

3 in southern Oklahoma, Lake Texoma, Oklahoma and 

4 Texas. 

5 (99) SARDIS LAKE, OKLAHOMA.—Project for 

6 water supply, Sardis Lake, Oklahoma. 

7 (100) SIUSLAW RIVER, FLORENCE, OREGON.— 

8 Project for flood risk management and streambank 

9 erosion, Siuslaw River, Florence, Oregon. 

10 (101) WILLAMETTE RIVER, LANE COUNTY, OR11 EGON.—Project for flood risk management and eco12 system restoration, Willamette River, Lane County, 

13 Oregon. 

14 (102) ALLEGHENY RIVER, PENNSYLVANIA.— 

15 Project for navigation and ecosystem restoration, Al16 legheny River, Pennsylvania. 

17 (103) BOROUGH OF POTTSTOWN, PENNSYL18 VANIA.—Project for alternate water supply, Borough 

19 of Pottstown, Pennsylvania. 

20 (104) BOROUGH OF NORRISTOWN, PENNSYL21 VANIA.—Project for flood risk management, includ22 ing dredging along the Schuylkill River, in the Bor23 ough of Norristown and vicinity, Pennsylvania. 

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2 Whitehall Road, West Norriton Township, Pennsyl3 vania. 

4 (106) GUAYAMA, PUERTO RICO.—Project for 

5 flood risk management, Rı ́o Guamanı ́, Guayama, 

6 Puerto Rico. 

7 (107) NARANJITO, PUERTO RICO.—Project for 

8 flood risk management, Rı ́o Guadiana, Naranjito, 

9 Puerto Rico. 

10 (108) OROCOVIS, PUERTO RICO.—Project for 

11 flood risk management, Rı ́o Orocovis, Orocovis, 

12 Puerto Rico. 

13 (109) PONCE, PUERTO RICO.—Project for flood 

14 risk management, Rı ́o Inabo ́n, Ponce, Puerto Rico. 

15 (110) SANTA ISABEL, PUERTO RICO.—Project 

16 for flood risk management, Rı ́o Descalabrado, Santa 

17 Isabel, Puerto Rico. 

18 (111) YAUCO, PUERTO RICO.—Project for flood 

19 risk management, Rı ́o Yauco, Yauco, Puerto Rico. 

20 (112) GREENE COUNTY, TENNESSEE.—Project 

21 for water supply, including evaluation of Nolichucky 

22 River capabilities, Greene County, Tennessee. 

23 (113) DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE.— 

24 Project for flood risk management, City of Nashville, 

25 Davidson County, Tennessee. 


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1 (114) GUADALUPE COUNTY, TEXAS.—Project 

2 for flood risk management, Guadalupe County, in3 cluding City of Santa Clara, Texas. 

4 (115) WINOOSKI RIVER BASIN, VERMONT.— 

5 Project for flood risk management and ecosystem 

6 restoration, Winooski River basin, Vermont. 

7 (116) CEDARBUSH CREEK, GLOUCESTER COUN8 TY, VIRGINIA.—Project for navigation, Cedarbush 

9 Creek, Gloucester County, Virginia. 

10 (117) CHICKAHOMINY RIVER, JAMES CITY

11 COUNTY, VIRGINIA.—Project for flood and coastal 

12 storm risk management, Chickahominy River, James 

13 City County, Virginia. 

14 (118) JAMES CITY COUNTY, VIRGINIA.—Project 

15 for flood risk management and navigation, James 

16 City County, Virginia. 

17 (119) TIMBERNECK CREEK, GLOUCESTER

18 COUNTY, VIRGINIA.—Project for navigation, 

19 Timberneck Creek, Gloucester County, Virginia. 

20 (120) YORK RIVER, YORK COUNTY, VIRGINIA.— 

21 Project for flood risk management and coastal storm 

22 risk management, York River, York County, Vir23 ginia. 

24 (121) WAHKIAKUM COUNTY, WASHINGTON.— 

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1 management, Grays River, in the vicinity of 

2 Rosburg, Wahkiakum County, Washington. 

3 (122) ARCADIA, WISCONSIN.—Project for flood 

4 risk management, city of Arcadia, Wisconsin. 

5 (123) CITY OF LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN.— 

6 Project for flood risk management, City of La 

7 Crosse, Wisconsin. 

8 (124) RIVER FALLS, WISCONSIN.—Project for 

9 ecosystem restoration, city of River Falls, Wisconsin. 

10 (b) PROJECT MODIFICATIONS.—The Secretary is au11 thorized to conduct a feasibility study for the following 

12 project modifications: 

13 (1) BLACK WARRIOR AND TOMBIGBEE RIVERS, 

14 ALABAMA.—Modifications to the project for naviga15 tion, Coffeeville Lock and Dam, authorized pursuant 

16 to section 4 of the Act of July 5, 1884 (chapter 229, 

17 23 Stat. 148; 35 Stat. 818), and portion of the 

18 project for navigation, Warrior and Tombigbee Riv19 ers, Alabama and Mississippi, consisting of the 

20 Demopolis Lock and Dam on the Warrior21 Tombigbee Waterway, Alabama, authorized by sec22 tion 2 of the Act of March 2, 1945 (59 Stat. 17), 

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1 (2) OSCEOLA HARBOR, ARKANSAS.—Modifica2 tions to the project for navigation, Osceola Harbor, 

3 Arkansas, constructed pursuant to section 107 of 

4 the River and Harbor Act of 1960 (33 U.S.C. 577) 

5 and modified by section 3010 of the Water Re6 sources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1108), 

7 to evaluate expansion of the harbor. 

8 (3) FARMINGTON DAM, CALIFORNIA.—Modifica9 tions to the project for flood control and other pur10 poses, the Calaveras River and Littlejohn Creek and 

11 tributaries, California, authorized by section 10 of 

12 the Act of December 22, 1944 (chapter 665, 58 

13 Stat. 902), for improved flood risk management and 

14 to support water supply recharge and storage. 

15 (4) HUMBOLDT HARBOR AND BAY, CALI16 FORNIA.—Modifications to the project for naviga17 tion, Humboldt Harbor and Bay, California, author18 ized by the first section of the Act of July 3, 1930 

19 (chapter 847, 46 Stat. 932; 82 Stat. 732; 110 Stat. 

20 3663), for additional deepening. 

21 (5) SAN JOAQUIN RIVER BASIN, CALIFORNIA.— 

22 Modifications to the project for flood control, Sac23 ramento-San Joaquin Basin Streams, California, au24 thorized pursuant to the resolution of the Committee 

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1 adopted on May 8, 1964 (docket number 1371), for 

2 improved flood risk management, including dredg3 ing. 

4 (6) MADERA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.—Modifica5 tions to the project for flood risk management, 

6 water supply, and ecosystem restoration, Chowchilla 

7 River, Ash Slough, and Berenda Slough, Madera 

8 County, California, authorized pursuant to section 6 

9 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (chapter 688, 49 Stat. 

10 1595; 52 Stat. 1225). 

11 (7) SACRAMENTO RIVER INTEGRATED FLOOD12 PLAIN MANAGEMENT, CALIFORNIA.—Modifications 

13 to the project for flood control, Sacramento River, 

14 California, authorized by section 2 of the Act of 

15 March 1, 1917 (chapter 144, 39 Stat. 949; 76 Stat. 

16 1197), to enhance flood risk reduction, to incor17 porate natural and nature-based features, and to in18 corporate modifications to the portion of such 

19 project north of the Freemont Weir for the purposes 

20 of integrating management of such system with the 

21 adjacent floodplain. 

22 (8) THAMES RIVER, CONNECTICUT.—Modifica23 tions to the project for navigation, Thames River, 

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1 Act of March 2, 1945 (59 Stat. 13), to increase au2 thorized depth. 

3 (9) HANAPE ̄PE ̄ RIVER, HAWAII.—Modifications 

4 to the project for local flood protection, Hanape ̄pe ̄

5 River, Island of Kaua‘i, Hawaii, authorized by sec6 tion 10 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (chapter 

7 665, 58 Stat. 903), to improve protection provided 

8 by levees and flood control features. 

9 (10) LAUPA ̄HOEHOE HARBOR, HAWAII.—Modi10 fications to the project for navigation, Laupa ̄hoehoe 

11 Harbor, Hawaii, authorized pursuant to section 107 

12 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 486), 

13 for seawall repair and mitigation. 

14 (11) WAIMEA RIVER, KAUA‘I, HAWAII.—Modi15 fications to the project for coastal storm risk man16 agement and ecosystem restoration, Waimea River, 

17 Kaua‘i, Hawaii, authorized pursuant to section 205 

18 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s), 

19 to improve protection provided by levees and flood 

20 control features. 

21 (12) CHICAGO SANITARY AND SHIP CANAL DIS22 PERSAL BARRIER, ILLINOIS.—Modifications to the 

23 project for Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and 

24 Dispersal Barrier, Illinois, initiated under section 

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1 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2294 note; 100 Stat. 4251; 118 

2 Stat. 1352), for the construction of an emergency 

3 access boat ramp in the vicinity of Romeoville, Illi4 nois. 

5 (13) EAST SAINT LOUIS AND VICINITY, ILLI6 NOIS.—Modifications to the project for ecosystem 

7 restoration and recreation, authorized by section 

8 1001(18) of the Water Resources Development Act 

9 of 2007 (121 Stat. 1052) to reevaluate levels of 

10 flood risk management and integrate the Spring 

11 Lake Project, as recommended in the report of the 

12 Chief of Engineers issued on December 22, 2004. 

13 (14) LOUISVILLE METROPOLITAN FLOOD PRO14 TECTION SYSTEM RECONSTRUCTION, JEFFERSON

15 AND BULLITT COUNTIES, KENTUCKY.—Modifications 

16 to the project for flood risk management, Louisville 

17 Metropolitan Flood Protection System Reconstruc18 tion, Jefferson and Bullitt Counties, Kentucky, au19 thorized by section 401(2) of the Water Resources 

20 Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2735), to ex21 pand project scope and incorporate features identi22 fied in the document prepared for the non-Federal 

23 sponsor of the project, issued in June 2017, and ti24 tled ‘‘20-Year Comprehensive Facility Plan, Critical 


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1 Repair and Reinvestment Plan, Volume 4: Ohio 

2 River Flood Protection’’. 

3 (15) CALCASIEU RIVER AND PASS, LOU4 ISIANA.—Modifications to the project for navigation, 

5 Calcasieu River and Pass, Louisiana, authorized by 

6 section 101 of River and Harbor Act of 1960 (74 

7 Stat. 481), to include channel deepening and jetty 

8 extension. 

9 (16) MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES, 

10 OUACHITA RIVER, LOUISIANA.—Modifications to the 

11 project for flood control of the Mississippi River in 

12 it alluvial valley and for its improvement from the 

13 Head of Passes to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, au14 thorized by the first section of the Act of May 15, 

15 1928 (chapter 569, 45 Stat. 534), to include bank 

16 stabilization on the portion of the project consisting 

17 of the Ouachita River from Monroe to Caldwell Par18 ishes, Louisiana. 

19 (17) MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES, 

20 OUACHITA RIVER, LOUISIANA.—Modifications to the 

21 project for flood control of the Mississippi River in 

22 it alluvial valley and for its improvement from the 

23 Head of Passes to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, au24 thorized by the first section of the Act of May 15, 

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1 sibility of adding 62 miles of the east bank of the 

2 Ouchita River Levee System at and below Monroe 

3 Parish to Caldwell Parish, Louisiana. 

4 (18) HODGES VILLAGE DAM, OXFORD, MASSA5 CHUSETTS.—Modifications to the project for flood 

6 risk management, Hodges Village Dam, Oxford, 

7 Massachusetts, authorized pursuant to section 205 

8 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s), 

9 to add recreation and ecosystem restoration as a 

10 project purpose, including in the vicinity of 

11 Greenbriar Park. 

12 (19) NEW BEDFORD, FAIRHAVEN, AND

13 ACUSHNET, MASSACHUSETTS.—Modifications to the 

14 project for hurricane-flood protection at New Bed15 ford, Fairhaven, and Acushnet, Massachusetts, au16 thorized by section 201 of the Flood Control Act of 

17 1958 (72 Stat. 305), for navigation improvements 

18 and evaluation of the current barrier function. 

19 (20) HOLLAND HARBOR, MICHIGAN.—Modifica20 tions to the portion of the project for navigation 

21 Holland (Black Lake), Michigan, authorized by the 

22 first section of the Act of June 14, 1880 (chapter 

23 211, 21 Stat. 183; 30 Stat. 1130; 46 Stat. 929; 49 

24 Stat. 1036; 68 Stat. 1252), consisting of the Federal 


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1 Channel of Holland Harbor, for additional deep2 ening. 

3 (21) MONROE HARBOR, MICHIGAN.—Modifica4 tions to the project for navigation, Monroe Harbor, 

5 Michigan, authorized by the first section of the Act 

6 of July 3, 1930 (chapter 847, 46 Stat. 930), for ad7 ditional deepening. 

8 (22) PORT HURON, MICHIGAN.—Modifications 

9 to the project for navigation, Channels in Lake 

10 Saint Clair Michigan, authorized by the first section 

11 of the Act of August 30, 1935 (chapter 831, 49 

12 Stat. 1036), for additional deepening at the mouth 

13 of the Black River, Port Huron, Michigan. 

14 (23) SAINT JOSEPH HARBOR, MICHIGAN.— 

15 Modifications to the portion of the project for navi16 gation, Saint Joseph, Michigan, authorized by the 

17 first section of the Act of June 14, 1880 (chapter 

18 211, 21 Stat. 183; 30 Stat. 1130; 49 Stat. 1036; 72 

19 Stat. 299), consisting of the Federal Channel of 

20 Saint Joseph Harbor, for additional deepening. 

21 (24) SAINT MARYS RIVER, MICHIGAN.—Modi22 fications to the project for navigation Middle and 

23 West Neebish channels, Saint Marys River, Michi24 gan, authorized by the first section of the Act of 

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1 Stat. 54), to bring the channels to a consistent 

2 depth. 

3 (25) SURRY MOUNTAIN LAKE DAM, NEW HAMP4 SHIRE.—Modifications to the project for flood pro5 tection and recreation, Surry Mountain Lake dam, 

6 authorized pursuant to section 5 of the Act of June 

7 22, 1936 (chapter 688, 49 Stat. 1572; 52 Stat. 

8 1216; 58 Stat. 892) to add ecosystem restoration as 

9 a project purpose, and to install the proper gates 

10 and related equipment at Surry Mountain Lake to 

11 support stream flow augmentation releases. 

12 (26) BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY.—Modifications to 

13 the project for navigation, Jersey Flats and Ba14 yonne, New Jersey, authorized by the first section of 

15 the Act of September 22, 1922 (chapter 427; 42 

16 Stat. 1038) for improvements to the navigation 

17 channel, including channel extension, widening and 

18 deepening, in the vicinity of Bayonne Dry Dock, 

19 New Jersey. 

20 (27) LONG BEACH, NEW YORK.—Modifications 

21 to the project for storm damage reduction, Atlantic 

22 Coast of Long Island from Jones Inlet to East 

23 Rockaway Inlet, Long Beach Island, New York, au24 thorized by section 101(a)(21) of the Water Re25 sources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3665), 


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1 to include additional replacement of beach groins to 

2 offer storm protection, erosion prevention, and re3 duce the need for future renourishment. 

4 (28) BALD HEAD ISLAND, NORTH CAROLINA.— 

5 Modifications to the project for hurricane-flood con6 trol protection, Cape Fear to the North Carolina7 South Carolina State line, North Carolina, author8 ized by section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1966 

9 (80 Stat. 1419), to add coastal storm risk manage10 ment and hurricane and storm damage risk reduc11 tion, including shoreline stabilization, as an author12 ized purpose of the project for the village of Bald 

13 Head Island, North Carolina. 

14 (29) RENO BEACH-HOWARD FARMS, OHIO.— 

15 Modifications to the project for flood control, Reno 

16 Beach-Howard Farms, Ohio, authorized by section 

17 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 

18 1178), to improve project levees and to provide flood 

19 damage risk reduction to the portions of Jerusalem 

20 Township, Ohio, not currently benefitted by the 

21 project. 

22 (30) DELAWARE RIVER MAINSTEM AND CHAN23 NEL DEEPENING, DELAWARE, NEW JERSEY, AND

24 PENNSYLVANIA.—Modifications to the project for 

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1 Deepening, Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsyl2 vania, authorized by section 101(6) of the Water Re3 sources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4802; 

4 113 Stat. 300; 114 Stat. 2602), to increase the au5 thorized depth. 

6 (31) DELAWARE RIVER, MANTUA CREEK (FORT

7 MIFFLIN) AND MARCUS HOOK, PENNSYLVANIA.— 

8 Modifications to the project for navigation, Delaware 

9 River, Philadelphia to the sea, authorized by the 

10 first section of the Act of June 25, 1910 (chapter 

11 382, 36 Stat. 637; 46 Stat. 921; 49 Stat. 1030; 52 

12 Stat. 803; 59 Stat. 14; 68 Stat. 1249; 72 Stat. 

13 297), to deepen the anchorage areas at Mantua 

14 Creek (Fort Mifflin) and Marcus Hook. 

15 (32) CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.—Modi16 fications to the project for navigation, Charleston 

17 Harbor, South Carolina, authorized by section 

18 1401(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 

19 2016 (130 Stat. 1708), including improvements to 

20 the portion of the project that serves the North 

21 Charleston Terminal. 

22 (33) GALVESTON BAY AREA, TEXAS.—Modifica23 tions to the following projects for deepening and as24 sociated dredged material placement, disposal, and 

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1 (A) The project for navigation, Galveston 

2 Bay Area, Texas City Channel, Texas, author3 ized by section 201 of the Water Resources De4 velopment Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4090). 

5 (B) The project for navigation and envi6 ronmental restoration, Houston-Galveston Navi7 gation Channels, Texas, authorized by section 

8 101(a)(30) of the Water Resources Develop9 ment Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3666). 

10 (C) The project for navigation, Galveston 

11 Harbor Channel Extension Project, Houston12 Galveston Navigation Channels, Texas, author13 ized by section 1401(1) of the Water Resources 

14 Development Act of 2018 (132 Stat. 3836). 

15 (D) The project for navigation, Houston 

16 Ship Channel Expansion Channel Improvement 

17 Project, Harris, Chambers, and Galveston 

18 Counties, Texas, authorized by section 401(1) 

19 of the Water Resources Development Act of 

20 2020 (134 Stat. 2734). 

21 (34) GALVESTON HARBOR CHANNEL EXTEN22 SION PROJECT, HOUSTON-GALVESTON NAVIGATION

23 CHANNELS, TEXAS.—Modifications to the project for 

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1 Texas, authorized by section 1401(1) of the Water 

2 Resources Development Act of 2018 (132 Stat. 

3 3836) to include further deepening and extension of 

4 the Federal channel and Turning Basin 2. 

5 (35) GATHRIGHT RESERVOIR AND FALLING

6 SPRING DAM, VIRGINIA.—Modifications to the 

7 project for navigation and flood control, Gathright 

8 Reservoir and Falling Spring dam, Virginia, author9 ized by section 10 of the Flood Control Act of 1946 

10 (60 Stat. 645), to include recreation as an author11 ized project purpose. 

12 (36) MOUNT ST. HELENS SEDIMENT CONTROL, 

13 WASHINGTON.—Modifications to the project for sedi14 ment control and navigation, Mount St. Helens, 

15 Washington, authorized by chapter IV of title I of 

16 the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1985 (99 

17 Stat. 318; 114 Stat. 2612), to include dredging to 

18 address flood risk management and navigation for 

19 federally authorized channels on the Cowlitz River 

20 and at the confluence of the Cowlitz and Columbia 

21 Rivers. 

22 (c) SPECIAL RULE.—Each study authorized by sub23 section (b) shall be considered a new phase investigation 

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1 SEC. 202. EXPEDITED COMPLETION. 

2 (a) FEASIBILITY STUDIES.—The Secretary shall ex3 pedite the completion of a feasibility study for each of the 

4 following projects, and if the Secretary determines that 

5 the project is justified in a completed report, may proceed 

6 directly to preconstruction planning, engineering, and de7 sign of the project: 

8 (1) Project for ecosystem restoration, Claiborne 

9 and Millers Ferry Locks and Dams Fish Passage, 

10 Lower Alabama River, Alabama, authorized pursu11 ant to section 216 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 

12 (84 Stat. 1830). 

13 (2) Project for navigation, Akutan Harbor 

14 Navigational Improvements, Alaska, authorized pur15 suant to section 203 of the Water Resources Devel16 opment Act of 2000 (33 U.S.C. 2269). 

17 (3) Project for ecosystem restoration, Central 

18 and South Florida, Comprehensive Everglades Res19 toration Program, Lake Okeechobee Watershed Res20 toration, Florida, authorized by section 601(b)(1) of 

21 the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 

22 Stat. 2681). 

23 (4) Project for coastal storm risk management, 

24 Miami-Dade Back Bay, Florida, authorized pursu25 ant to the Act of June 15, 1955 (chapter 140, 69 

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1 (5) Project for navigation, Tampa Harbor, 

2 Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties, Florida, Deep 

3 Draft Navigation, authorized by the Resolution of 

4 the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

5 of the House of Representatives, dated July 23, 

6 1997. 

7 (6) Project for ecosystem restoration, Central 

8 and South Florida, Comprehensive Everglades Res9 toration Program, Western Everglades Restoration 

10 Project, Florida, authorized by section 601(b)(1) of 

11 the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 

12 Stat. 2681). 

13 (7) Project for flood risk management, Ala Wai 

14 Canal General Reevaluation, Hawaii, authorized by 

15 section 1401(2) of the Water Resources Develop16 ment Act of 2018 (132 Stat. 3837). 

17 (8) Project for flood risk management, Amite 

18 River and Tributaries, East of the Mississippi, Lou19 isiana, authorized by the Resolution of the Com20 mittee on Public Works of the United States Senate, 

21 adopted April 14, 1967. 

22 (9) Project for coastal storm risk management, 

23 Baltimore Metropolitan, Baltimore City, Maryland, 

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1 Public Works and Transportation of the House of 

2 Representatives, dated April 30, 1992. 

3 (10) Project for coastal storm risk manage4 ment, Nassau County Back Bays, New York, au5 thorized pursuant to the Act of June 15, 1955 

6 (chapter 140, 69 Stat. 132). 

7 (11) Project for coastal storm risk manage8 ment, Surf City, North Carolina, authorized by sec9 tion 7002(3) of the Water Resources Reform and 

10 Development Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 1367). 

11 (12) Project for flood risk management, Tar12 Pamlico River Basin, North Carolina, authorized by 

13 the resolutions adopted by the Committee on Trans14 portation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep15 resentatives dated April 11, 2000 and May 21, 

16 2003. 

17 (13) Project for coastal storm risk manage18 ment, Puerto Rico, authorized by section 204 of the 

19 Flood Control Act of 1970 (84 Stat. 1828). 

20 (14) Project for ecosystem restoration, Hatchie21 Loosahatchie, Mississippi River Miles 775-736, Ten22 nessee and Arkansas, authorized by section 1202(a) 

23 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2018 

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1 (b) POST-AUTHORIZATION CHANGE REPORTS.—The 

2 Secretary shall expedite completion of a post-authorization 

3 change report for the following projects: 

4 (1) Project for ecosystem restoration, Central 

5 and South Florida, Comprehensive Everglades Res6 toration Program, Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands, 

7 Florida, authorized by section 601(b)(1) of the 

8 Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 

9 Stat. 2681). 

10 (2) Project for water reallocation, Stockton 

11 Lake Reallocation Study, Missouri, at the project for 

12 flood control, hydropower, water supply, and recre13 ation, Stockton Lake, Missouri, authorized by the 

14 Flood Control Act of 1954 (Public Law 83–780). 

15 SEC. 203. EXPEDITED MODIFICATION OF EXISTING FEASI16 BILITY STUDIES. 

17 The Secretary shall expedite the completion of the 

18 following feasibility studies, as modified by this section, 

19 and if the Secretary determines that a project that is the 

20 subject of the feasibility study is justified in the completed 

21 report, may proceed directly to preconstruction planning, 

22 engineering, and design of the project: 

23 (1) MARE ISLAND STRAIT, CALIFORNIA.—The 

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1 Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 323; 136 Stat. 

2 3753), is modified to authorize the Secretary to con3 sider the benefits of deepening the channel to sup4 port activities of the Secretary of the department in 

5 which the Coast Guard is operating. 

6 (2) SAVANNAH HARBOR, GEORGIA.—Section 

7 8201(b)(4) of the Water Resources Development Act 

8 of 2022 (136 Stat. 3750) is amended by striking ‘‘, 

9 without evaluation of additional deepening’’ and in10 serting ‘‘, including evaluation of additional deep11 ening’’. 

12 (3) HONOLULU HARBOR, HAWAII.—The study 

13 to modify the project for navigation, Honolulu, Ha14 waii, authorized by the first section of the Act of 

15 March 3, 1905 (chapter 1482, 33 Stat. 1146; 136 

16 Stat. 3750) is modified to authorize the Secretary to 

17 consider the benefits of the project modification on 

18 disaster resilience and enhanced national security 

19 from utilization of the harbor by the Department of 

20 Defense. 

21 (4) ALEXANDRIA TO THE GULF OF MEXICO, 

22 LOUISIANA.—The study for flood control, navigation, 

23 wetland conservation and restoration, wildlife habi24 tat, commercial and recreational fishing, saltwater 

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1 other purposes, in the area drained by the inter2 cepted drainage system of the West Atchafalaya 

3 Basin Protection Levee, from Alexandria, Louisiana 

4 to the Gulf of Mexico, being carried out under Com5 mittee Resolution 2535 of the Committee on Trans6 portation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep7 resentatives, adopted July 23, 1997, is modified to 

8 include the parishes of Pointe Coupee, Allen, 

9 Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Acadia, Iberville, and 

10 Cameron within the scope of the study. 

11 (5) SAW MILL RIVER, NEW YORK.—The study 

12 for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration 

13 to address areas in the City of Yonkers and the Vil14 lage of Hastings-on-the-Hudson within the 100-year 

15 flood zone, Saw Mill River, New York, authorized by 

16 section 8201(a)(70) of the Water Resources Devel17 opment Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3748), is modified 

18 to authorize the Secretary to include within the 

19 scope of the study areas surrounding City of Yon20 kers and the Village of Hastings-on-the-Hudson and 

21 the Village of Elmsford and the Village of Ardsley. 

22 SEC. 204. CORPS OF ENGINEERS REPORTS. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

2 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

3 shall submit to the Committee on Transportation 

4 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 

5 and the Committee on Environment and Public 

6 Works of the Senate a report on access for individ7 uals with disabilities to covered recreational areas. 

8 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall in9 clude in the report submitted under paragraph (1)— 

10 (A) existing policies or guidance for com11 plying with the requirements of the Americans 

12 with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 

13 et seq.) at covered recreational areas; 

14 (B) a complete list of covered recreational 

15 areas, and the status of each covered rec16 reational area with respect to compliance with 

17 the requirements of such Act; 

18 (C) identification of policy changes, inter19 nal guidance changes, or changes to shoreline 

20 management plans that may result in increased 

21 access for individuals with disabilities to cov22 ered recreational areas, including access to fish23 ing-related recreational activities at covered rec24 reational areas; 


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1 (D) an analysis of barriers that exist for 

2 covered recreational areas to fully comply with 

3 the requirements of such Act; and 

4 (E) identification of specific covered rec5 reational areas that could be improved or modi6 fied to better accommodate visitors with disabil7 ities, including to increase recreational fishing 

8 access for individuals with disabilities. 

9 (3) COVERED RECREATIONAL AREA DE10 FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘covered rec11 reational area’’ means all sites constructed, owned, 

12 operated, or maintained by the Secretary that are 

13 used for recreational purposes. 

14 (b) REPORT ON TURBIDITY IN THE WILLAMETTE

15 VALLEY, OREGON.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

17 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

18 shall submit to the Committee on Transportation 

19 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 

20 and the Committee on Environment and Public 

21 Works of the Senate a report on instances of high 

22 turbidity in a reservoir in the Willamette Valley re23 sulting from a drawdown in the reservoir. 

24 (2) SCOPE.—In carrying out subsection (a), the 

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1 (A) collaborate with any relevant Federal, 

2 State, and non-Federal entities; 

3 (B) identify and report instances during 

4 the 10-year period preceding the date of enact5 ment of this Act in which turbidity concerns 

6 have arisen following a drawdown at a reservoir 

7 in the Willamette Valley, including Foster Lake 

8 and Green Peter Lake; 

9 (C) report on turbidity monitoring that the 

10 Secretary performs during drawdowns to iden11 tify, and if necessary correct, turbidity issues; 

12 (D) provide a summary of turbidity moni13 toring records collected during drawdowns with 

14 respect to which turbidity concerns have been 

15 raised by the public, including a comparison be16 tween turbidity prior to a drawdown, during a 

17 drawdown, and following refilling; 

18 (E) identify lessons learned associated with 

19 turbidity resulting from drawdowns and indi20 cate how changes based on those lessons 

21 learned are being implemented; and 

22 (F) identify opportunities to minimize 

23 monetary strains on non-Federal entities caused 

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1 (c) REPORT ON SECURITY AT SOO LOCKS, MICHI2 GAN.— 

3 (1) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 

4 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

5 submit to the Committee on Transportation and In6 frastructure of the House of Representatives and the 

7 Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 

8 Senate a report that— 

9 (A) highlights any security deficiencies 

10 that exist with respect to the Soo Locks; 

11 (B) highlights any supply chain, logistical, 

12 and economic effects that would result from a 

13 malfunction or failure of the Soo Locks; 

14 (C) highlights any effects on the Great 

15 Lakes Navigation System that would result 

16 from such a malfunction or failure; 

17 (D) highlights any potential threats to the 

18 integrity of the Soo Locks; 

19 (E) details the Corps of Engineers security 

20 measures in place to protect the Soo Locks; and 

21 (F) contains recommendations, as nec22 essary, and cost estimates for such rec23 ommendations, for— 

24 (i) strengthening security measures 

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1 (ii) reducing the effects on the supply 

2 chain that would result from a malfunction 

3 or failure of the Soo Locks. 

4 (2) SOO LOCKS DEFINED.—In this subsection, 

5 the term ‘‘Soo Locks’’ means the locks at Sault 

6 Sainte Marie, Michigan, authorized by section 1149 

7 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 

8 (100 Stat. 4254; 121 Stat. 1131; 136 Stat. 3844). 

9 (d) REPORT ON FLORIDA SEA GRASS REHABILITA10 TION.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 

12 after the date of enactment of this Act, and each 

13 year thereafter for four years, the Secretary shall 

14 submit to the Committee on Transportation and In15 frastructure of the House of Representatives and the 

16 Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 

17 Senate a report on any planned or ongoing efforts 

18 to promote, rehabilitate, and enhance the growth of 

19 seagrasses in Florida stormwater treatment areas. 

20 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out sub21 section (a), the Secretary shall coordinate with rel22 evant Federal, State, and local agencies and other 

23 regional stakeholders. 

24 (3) FLORIDA STORMWATER TREATMENT AREA

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1 stormwater treatment area’’ means a stormwater 

2 treatment area in the State of Florida authorized by 

3 or pursuant to section 601 of the Water Resources 

4 Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2680; 121 

5 Stat. 1268; 132 Stat. 3786). 

6 (e) REPORT ON SHORELINE USE PERMITS.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

8 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

9 shall submit to the Committee on Transportation 

10 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 

11 and the Committee on Environment and Public 

12 Works of the Senate a report describing the use of 

13 the authority under part 327 of title 36, Code of 

14 Federal Regulations, with respect to the issuance of 

15 new, or modifications to existing, shoreline use per16 mits at the Table Rock Lake project of the Corps 

17 of Engineers, located in Missouri and Arkansas, au18 thorized as one of the multi-purpose reservoir 

19 projects in the White River Basin by section 4 of the 

20 Act of June 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 1218). 

21 (2) CONTENTS.—The Secretary shall include in 

22 the report required under paragraph (1)— 

23 (A) a review of existing regulatory and ad24 ministrative requirements related to the lease, 

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1 permittee for permitted facilities under a shore2 line use permit, including a floating, non-float3 ing, or fixed-floating structure; 

4 (B) a description of the authority and pub5 lic-interest rationale for such requirements, in6 cluding impacts on local businesses, property 

7 owners, and prospective lessors, renters, or 

8 other contractual users of such facilities; and 

9 (C) a description of the authority for the 

10 transfer of shoreline use permits upon transfer 

11 of the permitted facility by sale or other means. 

12 (f) REPORT ON RELOCATION.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year 

14 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec15 retary shall submit to the Committee on Transpor16 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Represent17 atives and the Committee on Environment and Pub18 lic Works of the Senate a report on the policies of 

19 the Corps of Engineers relating to using property 

20 buyouts as part of coastal storm risk management 

21 projects. 

22 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—In developing the report 

23 under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider 

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1 (A) diminish the incentives for local com2 munities to work with the Corps of Engineers; 

3 and 

4 (B) increase vulnerabilities of communities 

5 to flood risk, including communities described 

6 in the guidance issued by the Secretary under 

7 section 160 of the Water Resources Develop8 ment Act of 2020 (33 U.S.C. 2201 note)). 

9 (g) REPORT ON FUEL EFFICIENCY.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 

11 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

12 shall submit to the Committee on Transportation 

13 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 

14 and the Committee on Environment and Public 

15 Works of the Senate a report on fuel efficiency of 

16 each vessel within the fleet of vessels owned by the 

17 Corps of Engineers. 

18 (2) CONTENTS.—In the report submitted under 

19 paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include the fol20 lowing: 

21 (A) A list of vessels that are commercially 

22 available and may be used to carry out the mis23 sions of the Corps of Engineers that can be in24 corporated into the fleet of vessels owned by the 


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1 Corps of Engineers to increase fuel efficiency of 

2 such fleet. 

3 (B) A list of modifications that can be 

4 made to increase fuel efficiency of such fleet 

5 and the associated cost of such modifications. 

6 (C) A life cycle cost analysis of replacing 

7 vessels owned by the Corps of Engineers with 

8 vessels that are more fuel efficient; 

9 (D) A description of technologies used or 

10 available to the Secretary to evaluate fuel effi11 ciency of each vessel owned by the Corps of En12 gineers. 

13 (E) A description of other opportunities to 

14 increase fuel efficiency of each such vessel. 

15 (F) A description of potential cost savings 

16 by increasing fuel efficiency of such vessels. 

17 (G) A description of State or local policies 

18 or requirements regarding efficiencies or emis19 sions of vessels, or related technology, that the 

20 Secretary must comply with at water resources 

21 development projects, and any impact such poli22 cies and requirements have on project costs. 

23 SEC. 205. GAO STUDIES. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

2 the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 

3 General of the United States shall initiate a review 

4 of the treatment of donor ports under section 2106 

5 of the Water Resources Reform and Development 

6 Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2238c) that includes— 

7 (A) a description of the funding available 

8 to donor ports under such section, including a 

9 description of how eligibility for such donor 

10 ports has been modified; 

11 (B) a summary of all funds that have been 

12 provided to donor ports under such section; 

13 (C) an assessment of how the Secretary 

14 provides funding under such section to donor 

15 ports, including— 

16 (i) a complete description of the proc17 ess and data used to determine eligibility; 

18 and 

19 (ii) the impact construction and main20 tenance projects, including maintenance 

21 dredging and deep draft navigation con22 struction projects, have on donor port eligi23 bility; 

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1 donor port under such section and a description 

2 of the criteria that exclude such container ports 

3 from eligibility; and 

4 (E) recommendations to improve the provi5 sion of funds under such section. 

6 (2) REPORT.—Upon completion of the review 

7 required under paragraph (1), the Comptroller Gen8 eral shall submit to the Committee on Transpor9 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Represent10 atives and the Committee on Environment and Pub11 lic Works of the Senate a report containing the re12 sults of such review. 

13 (b) STUDY ON DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

15 the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 

16 General of the United States shall complete an anal17 ysis of— 

18 (A) the extent to which the Corps of Engi19 neers utilizes digital infrastructure technologies 

20 for delivery of authorized water resources devel21 opment projects, including 3D modeling; 

22 (B) the digital technology systems utilized 

23 by the Corps of Engineers; 

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1 retary on authorized water resources develop2 ment projects; 

3 (D) the cost to the Government of sup4 porting multiple digital technology systems uti5 lized by the Corps of Engineers; 

6 (E) available digital technology systems 

7 that may be used to for the delivery of author8 ized water resources development projects; 

9 (F) any security concerns related to the 

10 use of digital technology systems and how such 

11 concerns may be addressed; 

12 (G) the benefits of expanding the adoption 

13 of digital technology systems for use by the 

14 Corps of Engineers, including for delivery of 

15 authorized water resources development 

16 projects, in order to— 

17 (i) maximize interoperability with 

18 other systems, products, tools, or applica19 tions; 

20 (ii) boost productivity; 

21 (iii) manage complexity; 

22 (iv) reduce project delays and cost 

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1 (vi) reduce total costs for the entire 

2 lifecycle of authorized water resources de3 velopment projects; 

4 (vii) reduce emissions and quantify 

5 other sustainable and resilient impacts; 

6 (viii) promote more timely and pro7 ductive information-sharing; and 

8 (ix) increase transparency as the re9 sult of the real-time sharing of informa10 tion; and 

11 (H) how the Corps of Engineers could bet12 ter leverage digital technology systems to enable 

13 3D model delivery and digital project delivery 

14 for— 

15 (i) seamless application integration; 

16 (ii) workflow and State-based access 

17 control capabilities; 

18 (iii) audit trails; and 

19 (iv) automation capabilities sup20 porting a closed-loop process. 

21 (2) REPORT.—Upon completion of the analysis 

22 required under paragraph (1), the Comptroller Gen23 eral of the United States shall submit to the Com24 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 

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1 vironment and Public Works of the Senate a report 

2 on the findings of such analysis. 

3 (c) STUDY ON CORPS OF ENGINEERS DISASTER PRE4 PAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RELATED INFORMATION

5 COLLECTION.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

7 the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 

8 General of the United States shall initiate an anal9 ysis of Corps of Engineers disaster preparedness and 

10 response activities, including— 

11 (A) an accounting of post-disaster expendi12 tures from the ‘‘Corp of Engineers–Civil–Flood 

13 Control and Coastal Emergencies’’ account for 

14 each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2004, 

15 including— 

16 (i) the amounts transferred to such 

17 account from other accounts of the Corps 

18 of Engineers to cover post-disaster activi19 ties in each fiscal year; 

20 (ii) the name and location of the au21 thorized water resources development 

22 projects impacted by the transfer of funds 

23 described in clause (i); 

24 (iii) a summary of the activities and 

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1 in such account, including the amount pro2 vided for salaries and expenses; and 

3 (iv) trends in the provision of post4 disaster assistance that may impact future 

5 spending through such account; 

6 (B) an evaluation of— 

7 (i) the publicly available information 

8 on disaster response and preparedness re9 lated to authorized water resources devel10 opment projects, such as levees; 

11 (ii) the impacts of natural disasters 

12 on authorized water resources development 

13 projects, including how such disasters af14 fect the performance of such projects and 

15 resiliency of such projects to such disas16 ters; and 

17 (iii) whether the Corps of Engineers 

18 utilizes, or shares with non-Federal inter19 ests, information regarding such impacts 

20 in assessing whether modifications to such 

21 projects would reduce the likelihood of re22 petitive impacts or be in the public inter23 est; and 

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1 ters under section 5 of the Act of August 18, 

2 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n). 

3 (2) REPORT.—Upon completion of the analysis 

4 required under paragraph (1), the Comptroller Gen5 eral shall submit to the Committee on Transpor6 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Represent7 atives and the Committee on Environment and Pub8 lic Works of the Senate a report on the findings of 

9 such analysis. 

10 (d) STUDY ON HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS ON CORPS

11 OF ENGINEERS PROPERTY.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

13 the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 

14 General of the United States shall initiate an anal15 ysis of— 

16 (A) unauthorized homeless encampments 

17 on water resources development projects con18 structed by the Corps of Engineers and lands 

19 owned or under the control of the Corps of En20 gineers; 

21 (B) any actual or potential impacts of such 

22 encampments on the construction, operation 

23 and maintenance, or management of such 

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1 on flood risk reduction or ecosystem restoration 

2 efforts, water quality, or public safety; 

3 (C) efforts to remove or deter such en4 campments from such projects and lands, or re5 move any materials associated with such en6 campments that are unauthorized to be present 

7 and pose a potential threat to public safety, in8 cluding manmade, flammable materials in 

9 urban and arid regions; and 

10 (D) constraints on the ability of the Corps 

11 of Engineers to remove or deter such encamp12 ments due to Federal, State, or local laws, reg13 ulations, or ordinances. 

14 (2) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the anal15 ysis required under paragraph (1), the Comptroller 

16 General shall consult with the Secretary, the Admin17 istrator of the Federal Emergency Management 

18 Agency, the Administrator of the Environmental 

19 Protection Agency, and other relevant Federal, 

20 State, and local government officials and interested 

21 parties. 

22 (3) REPORT.—Upon completion of the analysis 

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1 atives and the Committee on Environment and Pub2 lic Works of the Senate a report on the findings of 

3 such analysis. 

4 (e) STUDY ON FEDERAL-STATE DATA SHARING EF5 FORTS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

7 the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 

8 General of the United States shall initiate an anal9 ysis of the coordination of the Secretary with other 

10 Federal and State agencies and academic institu11 tions in carrying out the development, update, mod12 ernization, and utilization of scientific, peer-reviewed 

13 data on the predictability of future resiliency, sea14 level rise, and flood impacts. 

15 (2) SCOPE.—In conducting the analysis re16 quired under paragraph (1), the Comptroller Gen17 eral shall— 

18 (A) consult with the Secretary, the heads 

19 of other relevant Federal and State agencies, 

20 and academic institutions that collect, analyze, 

21 synthesize, and utilize scientific, peer-reviewed 

22 data on the predictability of future resiliency, 

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1 (B) examine the methodologies and mecha2 nisms for collecting, analyzing, synthesizing, 

3 and verifying such data; and 

4 (C) review and report on the opportunities 

5 for, and appropriateness of, the Secretary and 

6 relevant non-Federal interests to utilize such 

7 data in the planning, design, construction, and 

8 operation and maintenance of authorized water 

9 resources development projects. 

10 (3) REPORT.—Upon completion of the analysis 

11 required under paragraph (1), the Comptroller Gen12 eral shall submit to the Committee on Transpor13 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Represent14 atives and the Committee on Environment and Pub15 lic Works of the Senate a report on the findings of 

16 such analysis. 

17 (f) STUDY ON INSTITUTIONAL BARRIERS TO NA18 TURE-BASED FEATURES.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

20 the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 

21 General of the United States shall initiate an anal22 ysis of— 

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1 opment projects by the Corps of Engineers and 

2 the type of such projects; 

3 (B) any limitation on the authority of the 

4 Secretary to incorporate nature-based features 

5 into authorized water resources development 

6 projects; 

7 (C) regulatory processes necessary for the 

8 use of nature-based features, including permit9 ting timelines; 

10 (D) the level of efficacy and effectiveness 

11 of nature-based features at authorized water re12 sources development projects that have— 

13 (i) utilized such nature-based features; 

14 and 

15 (ii) undergone extreme weather 

16 events, including hurricanes; and 

17 (E) institutional barriers within the Corps 

18 of Engineers preventing broader consideration 

19 and integration of nature-based features, in20 cluding— 

21 (i) staff experience with, and expertise 

22 on, nature-based features; 

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1 (iii) time constraints or other expedi2 ency expectations; or 

3 (iv) life cycle costs associated with in4 corporating nature-based features into 

5 water resources development projects. 

6 (2) REPORT.—Upon completion of the analysis 

7 required under paragraph (1), the Comptroller Gen8 eral shall submit to the Committee on Transpor9 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Represent10 atives and the Committee on Environment and Pub11 lic Works of the Senate a report on the findings of 

12 such analysis. 

13 (3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the term 

14 ‘‘nature-based feature’’ has the meaning given the 

15 terms ‘‘natural feature’’ and ‘‘nature-based feature’’ 

16 in section 1184 of the Water Resources Development 

17 Act of 2016 (32 U.S.C. 2289a). 

18 (g) STUDY ON ECOSYSTEM SERVICES.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

20 the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 

21 General of the United States shall initiate an anal22 ysis of the use of ecosystem restoration by the Corps 

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1 (2) SCOPE.—In conducting the analysis under 

2 paragraph (1), the Comptroller General shall as3 sess— 

4 (A) how the Corps of Engineers complies, 

5 integrates, and prioritizes ecosystem restoration 

6 in benefit-cost analysis and generation of 

7 project alternatives; 

8 (B) the geographic distribution and fre9 quency of ecosystem restoration for flood con10 trol or flood risk management projects; 

11 (C) the rationale and benefit-cost analyses 

12 that drive decisions to incorporate ecosystem 

13 restoration into flood control or flood risk man14 agement projects; 

15 (D) the additional long-term comprehen16 sive benefits to local communities related to 

17 ecosystem restoration for flood control or flood 

18 risk management projects; 

19 (E) recommendations for prioritizing eco20 system restoration as a tool for flood control 

21 and flood risk management projects; and 

22 (F) the percentage of the annual construc23 tion budget utilized for ecosystem restoration 

24 projects over the past 5 years at flood control 

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1 (3) REPORT.—Upon completion of the analysis 

2 required under paragraph (1), the Comptroller Gen3 eral shall submit to the Committee on Transpor4 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Represent5 atives and the Committee on Environment and Pub6 lic Works of the Senate a report on the findings of 

7 such analysis. 

8 (h) STUDY ON TRIBAL COORDINATION.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

10 the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 

11 General of the United States shall initiate a review 

12 of the Corps of Engineers procedures to address the 

13 discovery of Tribal historic or cultural resources, in14 cluding village sites, burial sites, and human re15 mains, at authorized water resources development 

16 projects. 

17 (2) SCOPE.—In conducting the review required 

18 under paragraph (1), the Comptroller General 

19 shall— 

20 (A) evaluate the implementation of the 

21 Tribal Liaison requirements under section 8112 

22 of the Water Resources Development Act of 

23 2022 (33 U.S.C. 2281a); 

24 (B) describe the procedures used by the 

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1 tural resources are identified at authorized 

2 water resources development projects, includ3 ing— 

4 (i) coordination with relevant Tribes, 

5 Federal, State, and local agencies; 

6 (ii) the role and effectiveness of the 

7 Tribal Liaison; 

8 (iii) recovery and reburial standards; 

9 (iv) any differences in procedures used 

10 by each Corps of Engineers district; and 

11 (v) as applicable, the implementation 

12 of the requirements of section 306108 of 

13 title 54, United States Code (formerly 

14 known as section 106 of the National His15 toric Preservation Act) or the Native 

16 American Graves Protection and Repatri17 ation Act (25 U.S.C. 3001 et. seq); and 

18 (C) provide recommendations to improve 

19 the coordination between the Corps of Engi20 neers and Tribes for the identification and re21 covery of Tribal historic and cultural resources 

22 discovered at authorized water resources devel23 opment projects. 

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1 eral shall prioritize reviewing procedures used by the 

2 Sacramento District in the South Pacific Division of 

3 the Corps of Engineers. 

4 (4) REPORT.—Upon completion of the review 

5 required under paragraph (1), the Comptroller Gen6 eral shall submit to the Committee on Transpor7 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Represent8 atives and the Committee on Environment and Pub9 lic Works of the Senate a report on the findings of 

10 such review. 

11 (i) STUDY ON RISK RATING 2.0.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

13 the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller 

14 General of the United States shall initiate a review 

15 on the Risk Rating 2.0 initiative. 

16 (2) CONTENTS.—The Comptroller General shall 

17 include in the review required under paragraph (1) 

18 the following: 

19 (A) A description of— 

20 (i) the Corps of Engineers processes 

21 for communicating changes to floodplain 

22 maps made as a result of Risk Rating 2.0 

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1 (ii) any measures the Corps of Engi2 neers has put in place to assist owners of 

3 property that has been included in flood4 plain maps as a result of Risk Rating 2.0, 

5 including any options for mitigating flood 

6 risk and financial support programs. 

7 (B) An evaluation of the transparency and 

8 clarity of information provided to property own9 ers about such changes, including an assess10 ment of the adequacy of outreach and education 

11 efforts to inform such property owners about 

12 available resources for flood risk mitigation. 

13 (C) An assessment of— 

14 (i) the broader effects of changes to 

15 floodplain maps as a result of Risk Rating 

16 2.0 on communities, including potential 

17 economic and social effects of increased 

18 floodplain designations; 

19 (ii) the role of local governments and 

20 community organizations in responding to 

21 and managing such changes; 

22 (iii) how such changes may affect the 

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1 (iv) whether such changes affect the 

2 prioritization and justification of flood risk 

3 management projects. 

4 (3) REPORT.—Upon completion of the review 

5 required under paragraph (1), the Comptroller Gen6 eral shall submit to the Committee on Transpor7 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Represent8 atives and the Committee on Environment and Pub9 lic Works of the Senate a report on the findings of 

10 such review. 

11 SEC. 206. ANNUAL REPORT ON HARBOR MAINTENANCE 

12 NEEDS AND TRUST FUND EXPENDITURES. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—On the date on which the budget 

14 of the President is submitted to Congress pursuant to sec15 tion 1105 of title 31, United States Code, for fiscal year 

16 2026, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary 

17 shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and In18 frastructure of the House of Representatives and the Com19 mittee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 

20 a report describing— 

21 (1) with respect to the fiscal year for which the 

22 budget is submitted, the operation and maintenance 

23 costs associated with harbors and inland harbors de24 scribed in section 210(a)(2) of the Water Resources 

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1 including a description of the costs required to 

2 achieve and maintain the constructed width and 

3 depth for such harbors and inland harbors and the 

4 costs for expanded uses at eligible harbors and in5 land harbors (as defined in section 210(d)(2) of such 

6 Act), on a project-by-project basis; 

7 (2) as of the date on which the report is sub8 mitted, expenditures and deposits into the Harbor 

9 Maintenance Trust Fund established under section 

10 9505 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 

11 (3) an identification of the amount of funding 

12 requested in the budget of the President for the op13 eration and maintenance costs associated with such 

14 harbors and inland harbors, on a project-by-project 

15 basis; 

16 (4) an explanation of how the amount of fund17 ing described in paragraph (2) complies with the re18 quirements of section 102 of the Water Resources 

19 Development Act of 2020 (33 U.S.C. 2238 note); 

20 (5) an identification of the unmet operation and 

21 maintenance needs associated with such harbors and 

22 inland harbors, on a project-by-project basis, that 

23 remains after accounting for the amount identified 

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1 (6) a description of deposits made into the Har2 bor Maintenance Trust Fund in the fiscal year pre3 ceding the fiscal year of the applicable budget sub4 mission and the sources of such deposits. 

5 (b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.—In the first report 

6 required to be submitted under subsection (a), the Sec7 retary shall identify, to the maximum extent practicable, 

8 transportation cost savings realized by achieving and 

9 maintaining the constructed width and depth for the har10 bors and inland harbors described in section 210(a)(2) of 

11 the Water Resources Development Act of 1986, on a 

12 project-by-project basis. 

13 (c) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall 

14 make the report submitted under subsection (a) available 

15 to the public, including on the internet. 

16 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

17 (1) ASSESSMENT OF HARBORS AND INLAND

18 HARBORS.—Section 210(e)(3) of the Water Re19 sources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 

20 2238(e)(3)) is repealed. 

21 (2) HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND DE22 POSITS AND EXPENDITURES.—Section 330 of the 

23 Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (26 

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1 tion in the table of contents for such Act, are re2 pealed. 

3 SEC. 207. EXAMINATION OF REDUCTION OF MICROPLAS4 TICS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the availability of ap6 propriations, the Secretary, acting through the Director 

7 of the Engineer Research and Development Center and, 

8 where appropriate, in consultation with other Federal 

9 agencies, shall carry out research and development activi10 ties relating to measures that may be implemented to re11 duce the release of microplastics into the environment as12 sociated with carrying out the civil works missions of the 

13 Corps of Engineers. 

14 (b) FOCUS AREAS.—In carrying out subsection (a), 

15 the Secretary shall, at a minimum— 

16 (1) review efforts to reduce the release of 

17 microplastics associated with sandblasting or hydro18 blasting vessels owned or operated by the Corps of 

19 Engineers; 

20 (2) research whether natural features or na21 ture-based features can be used effectively to reduce 

22 the release of microplastics into the environment; 

23 and 

24 (3) describe the potential costs and benefits, 

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1 water resources development projects, of imple2 menting measures to reduce the release of micro3 plastics into the environment. 

4 SEC. 208. POST-DISASTER WATERSHED ASSESSMENT FOR 

5 IMPACTED AREAS. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 

7 post-disaster watershed assessment under section 3025 of 

8 the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 

9 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2267b) for the following areas: 

10 (1) Areas of Maui, Hawaii impacted by the Au11 gust 2023 wildfires. 

12 (2) Areas near Belen, New Mexico impacted by 

13 the April 2022 wildfires. 

14 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 18 

15 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec16 retary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation 

17 and Infrastructure of the House of Representative and the 

18 Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Sen19 ate a report on the status of the post-disaster watershed 

20 assessments carried out under subsection (a). 

21 SEC. 209. UPPER BARATARIA BASIN AND MORGANZA TO 

22 THE GULF OF MEXICO CONNECTION, LOU23 ISIANA. 

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1 Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction project, 

2 Louisiana, authorized by section 8401(3) of the Water Re3 sources Development Act of 2022 (136 U.S.C. 3839), and 

4 the project for hurricane and storm damage reduction, 

5 Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, authorized by 

6 section 1001(24) of the Water Resources Development Act 

7 of 2007 (121 Stat. 1053). 

8 (b) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than one 

9 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

10 shall complete the evaluation described in subsection (a) 

11 and submit to the Committee on Transportation and In12 frastructure of the House of Representatives and the Com13 mittee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 

14 any recommendations related to constructing a connection 

15 between the projects described in such subsection. 

16 SEC. 210. UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER SYSTEM FLOOD RISK 

17 AND RESILIENCY STUDY. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a 

19 study to evaluate and recommend local and systemic meas20 ures to improve flood resiliency and reduce flood risk in 

21 the floodplain, including the floodway, of the Upper Mis22 sissippi River System. 

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1 (1) develop recommendations to reduce costs 

2 and damages associated with flooding and enable 

3 people located in areas adjacent to, and economies 

4 dependent on, the Upper Mississippi River System 

5 to be more resilient to flood events; 

6 (2) identify opportunities to support navigation, 

7 environmental sustainability, and environmental res8 toration goals for the Upper Mississippi River Sys9 tem, including recommending measures that are in10 cidental flood risk measures that may achieve such 

11 goals; 

12 (3) describe the existing flood risk conditions of 

13 the Upper Mississippi River System; 

14 (4) develop and recommend integrated, com15 prehensive, and systems-based approaches for flood 

16 risk reduction and floodplain management to mini17 mize the threat to life, health, safety, and property 

18 resulting from flooding by using structural and non19 structural measures in the Upper Mississippi River 

20 System; 

21 (5) investigate and provide recommendations 

22 for modifications to authorized water resources de23 velopment projects in Upper Mississippi River States 

24 within the floodplain of the Upper Mississippi River 

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1 purposes of such projects to further flood risk man2 agement and resiliency; 

3 (6) perform a systemic analysis of flood resil4 iency and flood risk to determine the feasibility of 

5 protecting authorized water resources development 

6 projects for flood control and navigation in the 

7 Upper Mississippi River System; 

8 (7) develop management plans and actions, to 

9 be carried out by the responsible Federal agency or 

10 State government, to reduce flood risk and improve 

11 resiliency in the Upper Mississippi River System; 

12 (8) identify and provide recommendations for 

13 any necessary changes to Federal or State law to 

14 carry out recommendations provided pursuant to 

15 this section; 

16 (9) recommend follow-up studies of problem 

17 areas in the Upper Mississippi River System for 

18 which data or technology does not allow immediate 

19 solutions; and 

20 (10) recommend additional monitoring of, or 

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1 (c) COORDINATION AND CONSULTATION.—In car2 rying out the study required under subsection (a), the Sec3 retary shall— 

4 (1) coordinate with the Upper Mississippi River 

5 States, including collectively through the Upper Mis6 sissippi River Basin Association; 

7 (2) consult with the appropriate Federal agen8 cies, levee and drainage districts, and units of local 

9 government, and the Mississippi River Commission; 

10 and 

11 (3) seek and consider input from the Upper 

12 Mississippi navigation industry, agriculture and con13 servation organizations, and other interested parties 

14 in such States. 

15 (d) CONTINUATION OF STUDY.—The following stud16 ies shall be considered a continuation of the study carried 

17 out under subsection (a): 

18 (1) Any study recommended to be carried out 

19 in a report that the Chief of Engineers prepares for 

20 the study conducted under this section. 

21 (2) Any study spun off from the study con22 ducted under this section before completion of such 

23 study. 

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1 through the St. Louis District in the Mississippi Valley 

2 Division of the Corps of Engineers. 

3 (f) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of 

4 the study carried out under subsection (a) and any study 

5 carried out pursuant to subsection (d) shall be 75 percent. 

6 (g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

7 (1) UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER STATE.—The 

8 term ‘‘Upper Mississippi River State’’ means any of 

9 the States of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, or 

10 Wisconsin. 

11 (2) UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER SYSTEM.—The 

12 term ‘‘Upper Mississippi River System’’ has the 

13 meaning given the term in section 1103(b) of the 

14 Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 

15 U.S.C. 652(b)). 

16 SEC. 211. NEW JERSEY HOT SPOT EROSION MITIGATION. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct one 

18 or more studies on the effects of hot spot erosion on au19 thorized coastal storm risk management projects in the 

20 State of New Jersey, which shall include, with respect to 

21 each affected project included in a study— 

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1 (2) the impact of hot spot erosion on the effec2 tiveness of the project in meeting the purpose of 

3 coastal storm risk management. 

4 (b) FORM.—A study conducted under subsection (a) 

5 may be in the form of a general reevaluation report, an 

6 engineering documentation report, or any other method of 

7 assessment that the Secretary determines appropriate. 

8 (c) RECOMMENDATIONS.—Based on the study or 

9 studies carried out under subsection (a), the Secretary 

10 shall develop recommendations for mitigating the effects 

11 of hot spot erosion on authorized coastal storm risk man12 agement projects in the State of New Jersey, which may 

13 include recommendations relating to— 

14 (1) the design and construction of seawalls, jet15 ties, berms, groins, breakwaters, or other physical 

16 structures; 

17 (2) the use of natural features and nature18 based features, including living shorelines; and 

19 (3) modifications to authorized project designs 

20 or renourishment schedules. 

21 (d) HOT SPOT EROSION DEFINED.—In this section, 

22 the term ‘‘hot spot erosion’’ means the loss of sediment 

23 in a specific, concentrated area, significantly faster than 

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1 SEC. 212. OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA. 

2 The Secretary— 

3 (1) shall— 

4 (A) expedite the completion of the study of 

5 plans for mitigation and beach restoration au6 thorized by section 414 of the Water Resources 

7 Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2636); 

8 and 

9 (B) produce a report of the Chief of Engi10 neers with a recommended plan for mitigation 

11 and beach restoration based on updated sedi12 ment sampling and analysis; and 

13 (2) may, if the Secretary determines that the 

14 mitigation and beach restoration plans described in 

15 such study are technically feasible and environ16 mentally acceptable, proceed directly to 

17 preconstruction planning, engineering, and design of 

18 the mitigation and beach restoration work. 

19 SEC. 213. COASTAL WASHINGTON. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 

21 carry out comprehensive studies for riverine and coastal 

22 flooding of coastal areas in the State of Washington. 

23 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out a study under 

24 subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 

25 (1) conduct a comprehensive analysis of current 

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1 reduction measures with an emphasis on resiliency 

2 to maintain or enhance current levels of risk man3 agement in response to changing conditions; 

4 (2) establish a method of projecting sea level 

5 rise with limited tide gage information and develop 

6 applicable tools to address the unique coastal flood7 ing process in the Pacific Northwest region; 

8 (3) conduct research and development to under9 stand the atmospheric, oceanic, geologic, and coastal 

10 forcing and response conditions necessary to develop 

11 a numerical modeling system that may be used for 

12 developing coastal hazard data, and how to best in13 clude that information in such a modeling system; 

14 (4) identify coastal vulnerabilities and risks in 

15 riverine and coastal areas due to sea level change, 

16 extreme weather, and increased coastal storm risk; 

17 (5) identify Tribal and economically disadvan18 taged communities (as defined by the Secretary 

19 under section 160 of the Water Resources Develop20 ment Act of 2020 (33 U.S.C. 2201 note) with 

21 riverine and coastal flooding vulnerabilities and 

22 risks; and 

23 (6) recommend actions necessary to protect 

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1 (c) DATA NEEDS.—In carrying out this section, the 

2 Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable and 

3 where appropriate, use existing data provided to the Sec4 retary by Federal and State agencies, Indian Tribes, and 

5 other stakeholders, including data obtained through other 

6 Federal programs. 

7 SEC. 214. CHERRYFIELD DAM, NARRAGUAGUS RIVER, 

8 MAINE. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 

10 disposition study under section 216 of the Flood Control 

11 Act of 1970 (33 U.S.C. 549a) for the deauthorization and 

12 potential removal of the Cherryfield Local Protection 

13 Project, Narraguagus River, Maine, constructed pursuant 

14 to section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (33 

15 U.S.C. 701s). 

16 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 18 

17 months after the date of enactment of this section, the 

18 Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transpor19 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 

20 and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of 

21 the Senate a report on the status of the disposition study 

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1 SEC. 215. POOR FARM POND DAM, WORCESTER, MASSACHU2 SETTS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 

4 disposition study under section 216 of the Flood Control 

5 Act of 1970 (33 U.S.C. 549a) for the deauthorization and 

6 potential removal of the Poor Farm Pond Dam, Worces7 ter, Massachusetts. 

8 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 18 

9 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec10 retary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation 

11 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and 

12 the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 

13 Senate a report on the status of the disposition study re14 quired under subsection (a). 

15 SEC. 216. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES STUDY ON 

16 UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall seek to enter 

18 into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences 

19 to prepare a report containing— 

20 (1) the results of a study on the management 

21 and operations of the dams and reservoirs in the 

22 Upper Rio Grande Basin, including the Heron, El 

23 Vado, Abiquiu, Cochiti, Jemez Canyon, and Ele24 phant Butte dams and reservoirs; and 

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1 ervoirs with a goal of optimizing currently author2 ized project purposes and enhancing resiliency, in3 cluding to drought and weather variations. 

4 (b) CONSULTATION.—In preparing the report under 

5 subsection (a), the National Academy of Sciences shall 

6 consult with relevant Federal agencies. 

7 (c) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 

8 of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit 

9 to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 

10 of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

11 Environment and Public Works of the Senate the report 

12 prepared under subsection (a). 

13 SEC. 217. CHAMBERS, GALVESTON, AND HARRIS COUNTIES, 

14 TEXAS. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 

16 disposition study under section 216 of the Flood Control 

17 Act of 1970 (33 U.S.C. 549a) for the release, transfer, 

18 conveyance, or exchange of excess easements, or the ex19 change of land, held for placement of dredged material 

20 for the project for navigation, Houston Ship Channel Ex21 pansion Channel Improvement Project, Harris, Chambers, 

22 and Galveston Counties, Texas, authorized by section 

23 401(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 

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1 (b) ACTIONS.—In carrying out the study required 

2 under subsection (a) the Secretary shall— 

3 (1) ensure that the relevant non-Federal inter4 est is provided right of first refusal for any potential 

5 release, transfer, conveyance, or exchange of excess 

6 easements; and 

7 (2) work alongside the non-Federal interest in 

8 identifying opportunities for land exchanges, where 

9 possible. 

10 SEC. 218. SEA SPARROW ACCOUNTING. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall share data 

12 and coordinate with relevant Federal, State, and local 

13 agencies to obtain an accurate count of Cape Sable Sea14 side Sparrows in Florida during each year and, to the 

15 maximum extent practicable, during the 5-year period pre16 ceding each such year. 

17 (b) SUBMISSION OF INFORMATION TO CONGRESS.— 

18 Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this 

19 Act, and annually thereafter during the 10-year period be20 ginning on such date of enactment, the Secretary shall 

21 submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infra22 structure of the House of Representatives and the Com23 mittee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 

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1 TITLE III—DEAUTHORIZATIONS 

2 AND MODIFICATIONS 

3 SEC. 301. DEAUTHORIZATION OF INACTIVE PROJECTS. 

4 Section 301 of the Water Resources Development Act 

5 of 2020 (33 U.S.C. 579d–2) is amended by striking sub6 sections (a) through (c) and inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘(a) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this section are— 

8 ‘‘(1) to identify water resources development 

9 projects, and separable elements of projects, author10 ized by Congress that are no longer viable for con11 struction due to— 

12 ‘‘(A) a lack of local support; 

13 ‘‘(B) a lack of available Federal or non14 Federal resources; or 

15 ‘‘(C) an authorizing purpose that is no 

16 longer relevant or feasible; 

17 ‘‘(2) to create an expedited and definitive proc18 ess for Congress to deauthorize water resources de19 velopment projects and separable elements that are 

20 no longer viable for construction; and 

21 ‘‘(3) to allow the continued authorization of 

22 water resources development projects and separable 

23 elements that are viable for construction. 

24 ‘‘(b) PROPOSED DEAUTHORIZATION LIST.— 

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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

2 develop a preliminary list of each water re3 sources development project, or separable ele4 ment of a project, authorized for construction 

5 before June 10, 2014, for which— 

6 ‘‘(i) planning, design, or construction 

7 was not initiated before the date of enact8 ment of the Water Resources Development 

9 Act of 2024; or 

10 ‘‘(ii) planning, design, or construction 

11 was initiated before the date of enactment 

12 of the Water Resources Development Act 

13 of 2024, but for which no funds, Federal 

14 or non-Federal, were obligated for plan15 ning, design, or construction of the project 

16 or separable element of the project during 

17 the current fiscal year or any of the 10 

18 preceding fiscal years. 

19 ‘‘(B) USE OF COMPREHENSIVE CONSTRUC20 TION BACKLOG AND OPERATION AND MAINTE21 NANCE REPORT.—The Secretary may develop 

22 the preliminary list from the comprehensive 

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1 1001(b)(2) of the Water Resources Develop2 ment Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 579a). 

3 ‘‘(2) PREPARATION OF PROPOSED DEAUTHOR4 IZATION LIST.— 

5 ‘‘(A) PROPOSED LIST AND ESTIMATED DE6 AUTHORIZATION AMOUNT.—The Secretary 

7 shall— 

8 ‘‘(i) prepare a proposed list of projects 

9 for deauthorization comprised of a subset 

10 of projects and separable elements identi11 fied on the preliminary list developed 

12 under paragraph (1) that are projects or 

13 separable elements described in subsection 

14 (a)(1), as determined by the Secretary; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(ii) include with such proposed list 

17 an estimate, in the aggregate, of the Fed18 eral cost to complete such projects. 

19 ‘‘(B) DETERMINATION OF FEDERAL COST

20 TO COMPLETE.—For purposes of subparagraph 

21 (A), the Federal cost to complete shall take into 

22 account any allowances authorized by section 

23 902 of the Water Resources Development Act 

24 of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2280), as applied to the 

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1 ‘‘(3) PUBLIC COMMENT AND CONSULTATION.— 

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

3 solicit comments from the public and the Gov4 ernors of each applicable State on the proposed 

5 deauthorization list prepared under paragraph 

6 (2)(A). 

7 ‘‘(B) COMMENT PERIOD.—The public com8 ment period shall be 90 days. 

9 ‘‘(4) PREPARATION OF FINAL DEAUTHORIZA10 TION LIST.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

12 prepare a final deauthorization list by— 

13 ‘‘(i) considering any comments re14 ceived under paragraph (3); and 

15 ‘‘(ii) revising the proposed deauthor16 ization list prepared under paragraph 

17 (2)(A) as the Secretary determines nec18 essary to respond to such comments. 

19 ‘‘(B) APPENDIX.—The Secretary shall in20 clude as part of the final deauthorization list an 

21 appendix that— 

22 ‘‘(i) identifies each project or sepa23 rable element on the proposed deauthoriza24 tion list that is not included on the final 

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1 ‘‘(ii) describes the reasons why the 

2 project or separable element is not in3 cluded on the final deauthorization list. 

4 ‘‘(c) SUBMISSION OF FINAL DEAUTHORIZATION LIST

5 TO CONGRESS FOR CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW; PUBLICA6 TION.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 

8 after the date of the close of the comment period 

9 under subsection (b)(3), the Secretary shall— 

10 ‘‘(A) submit the final deauthorization list 

11 and appendix prepared under subsection (b)(4) 

12 to the Committee on Transportation and Infra13 structure of the House of Representatives and 

14 the Committee on Environment and Public 

15 Works of the Senate; and 

16 ‘‘(B) publish the final deauthorization list 

17 and appendix in the Federal Register. 

18 ‘‘(2) EXCLUSIONS.—The Secretary shall not in19 clude in the final deauthorization list submitted 

20 under paragraph (1) any project or separable ele21 ment with respect to which Federal funds for plan22 ning, design, or construction are obligated after the 

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1 authorization list under paragraph (1)(A) of this 

2 subsection.’’. 

3 SEC. 302. GENERAL REAUTHORIZATIONS. 

4 (a) LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.—Section 529(b)(3) of the 

5 Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 

6 2658; 119 Stat. 2255; 125 Stat. 865; 136 Stat. 4631) 

7 is amended by striking ‘‘$40,000,000’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘$60,000,000’’. 

9 (b) INVASIVE SPECIES IN ALPINE LAKES PILOT PRO10 GRAM.—Section 507(c) of the Water Resources Develop11 ment Act of 2020 (16 U.S.C. 4701 note) is amended by 

12 striking ‘‘2028’’ and inserting ‘‘2030’’. 

13 (c) ENVIRONMENTAL BANKS.—Section 309(e) of the 

14 Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration 

15 Act (16 U.S.C. 3957(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘12’’ and 

16 inserting ‘‘14’’. 

17 (d) LEVEE SAFETY INITIATIVE.—Section 

18 9005(g)(2)(E)(i) of the Water Resources Development Act 

19 of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 3303a(g)(2)(E)(i)) is amended by 

20 striking ‘‘2028’’ and inserting ‘‘2033’’. 

21 (e) NON-FEDERAL IMPLEMENTATION PILOT PRO22 GRAM.—Section 1043(b) of the Water Resources Reform 

23 and Development Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2201 note) is 

24 amended by striking ‘‘2026’’ each place it appears and 

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1 (f) ASIAN CARP PREVENTION AND CONTROL PILOT

2 PROGRAM.—Section 509(a) of the Water Resources Devel3 opment Act of 2020 (33 U.S.C. 610 note) is amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (2)(C)(ii), by striking ‘‘2024’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘2030’’; and 

6 (2) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘2 years 

7 thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘2 years after the date of 

8 enactment of the Water Resources Development Act 

9 of 2024’’. 

10 (g) TRANSFER OF EXCESS CREDIT.—Section 1020 

11 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 

12 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2223) is amended by striking ‘‘2028’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘2033’’ each place it appears. 

14 (h) PILOT PROGRAMS ON THE FORMULATION OF

15 CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROJECTS IN RURAL COMMU16 NITIES AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMU17 NITIES.—Section 118 of the Water Resources Develop18 ment Act of 2020 (33 U.S.C. 2201 note) is amended— 

19 (1) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘5 years and 

20 10 years’’ and inserting ‘‘5 years, 10 years, and 15 

21 years’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘10 years’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘15 years’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(h) PRIORITY PROJECTS.—In carrying out this sec2 tion, the Secretary shall prioritize the following projects: 

3 ‘‘(1) The project for flood risk management, 

4 city of Rialto, California, authorized by section 201 

5 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2024. 

6 ‘‘(2) The project for ecosystem restoration and 

7 recreation, Santa Ana River, Jurupa Valley, Cali8 fornia, authorized by section 201 of the Water Re9 sources Development Act of 2024. 

10 ‘‘(3) The project for flood control and other 

11 purposes, Kentucky River and its tributaries, Ken12 tucky, authorized by section 6 of the Act of August 

13 11, 1939 (chapter 699, 53 Stat. 1416). 

14 ‘‘(4) The project for flood risk management, 

15 Kentucky River, Kentucky, authorized by section 

16 8201(a)(31) of the Water Resources Development 

17 Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3746). 

18 ‘‘(5) The project for navigation, Hagaman 

19 Chute, Lake Providence, Louisiana, authorized by 

20 section 201 of the Water Resources Development 

21 Act of 2024. 

22 ‘‘(6) The project for flood risk management, 

23 Otero County, New Mexico authorized by section 

24 201 of the Water Resources Development Act of 

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1 ‘‘(7) The project for flood control other pur2 poses, Susquehanna River Basin, Williamsport, 

3 Pennsylvania, authorized by section 5 of the Act of 

4 June 22, 1936 (chapter 688, 49 Stat. 1573). 

5 ‘‘(8) The project for flood risk management and 

6 ecosystem restoration, Winooski River basin, 

7 Vermont, authorized by section 201 of the Water 

8 Resources Development Act of 2024. 

9 ‘‘(9) The project for flood risk management and 

10 sediment management, Grays River, Wahkiakum 

11 County, Washington, authorized by section 201 of 

12 the Water Resources Development Act of 2024.’’. 

13 (i) REHABILITATION OF EXISTING LEVEES.—Section 

14 3017(e) of the Water Resources Reform and Development 

15 Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 3303a note) is amended by strik16 ing ‘‘2028’’ and inserting ‘‘2033’’. 

17 SEC. 303. CONVEYANCES. 

18 (a) GENERALLY APPLICABLE PROVISIONS.— 

19 (1) SURVEY TO OBTAIN LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 

20 The exact acreage and the legal description of any 

21 real property to be conveyed under this section shall 

22 be determined by a survey that is satisfactory to the 

23 Secretary. 

24 (2) APPLICABILITY OF PROPERTY SCREENING

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1 States Code, shall not apply to any conveyance 

2 under this section. 

3 (3) COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.—An entity to 

4 which a conveyance is made under this section shall 

5 be responsible for all reasonable and necessary costs, 

6 including real estate transaction and environmental 

7 documentation costs, associated with the conveyance. 

8 (4) LIABILITY.—An entity to which a convey9 ance is made under this section shall hold the 

10 United States harmless from any liability with re11 spect to activities carried out, on or after the date 

12 of the conveyance, on the real property conveyed. 

13 The United States shall remain responsible for any 

14 liability with respect to activities carried out, before 

15 such date, on the real property conveyed. 

16 (5) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 

17 The Secretary may require that any conveyance 

18 under this section be subject to such additional 

19 terms and conditions as the Secretary considers nec20 essary and appropriate to protect the interests of the 

21 United States. 

22 (b) CITY OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.— 

23 (1) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary 

24 is authorized to convey, without consideration, to the 

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1 interest of the United States in and to the real prop2 erty described in paragraph (2), for the purpose of 

3 housing a fire station, swiftwater rescue facility, and 

4 firefighter training facility. 

5 (2) PROPERTY.—The property to be conveyed 

6 under this subsection is the approximately 11.25 

7 acres of land, including improvements on that land, 

8 located at 5101 Sepulveda Boulevard, Sherman 

9 Oaks, California. 

10 (3) REVERSION.—If the Secretary determines 

11 at any time that the property conveyed under para12 graph (1) is not being used in accordance with the 

13 purpose specified in such paragraph, all right, title, 

14 and interest in and to the property shall revert, at 

15 the discretion of the Secretary, to the United States. 

16 (c) SALINAS DAM AND RESERVOIR, CALIFORNIA.— 

17 (1) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary 

18 shall convey, without consideration, to the County of 

19 San Luis Obispo, California, all right, title, and in20 terest of the United States in and to the real prop21 erty described in paragraph (2). 

22 (2) PROPERTY.—The property to be conveyed 

23 under this subsection is Salinas Dam and Reservoir 

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1 (3) SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary 

2 shall, in consultation with appropriate Federal and 

3 non-Federal entities, ensure the property described 

4 in paragraph (2) meets applicable State and Federal 

5 dam safety requirements before conveying such 

6 property under this subsection. 

7 (4) REVERSION.—If the Secretary determines 

8 that the property conveyed under this subsection is 

9 not used for a public purpose, all right, title, and in10 terest in and to the property shall revert, at the dis11 cretion of the Secretary, to the United States 

12 (d) PORT OF SKAMANIA COUNTY, WASHINGTON.— 

13 (1) CONVEYANCE AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary 

14 may convey, without consideration, to the Port of 

15 Skamania County, Washington, all right, title, and 

16 interest of the United States in and to the real prop17 erty described in paragraph (2). 

18 (2) PROPERTY.—The property to be conveyed 

19 under this subsection is the approximately 1.6 acres 

20 of land, including improvements on that land, con21 sisting of the following: Lot I–2 in the Fifth Addi22 tion to the Plats of Relocated North Bonneville re23 corded in Volume B of Plat Records, Pages 51 and 

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1 (3) WAIVER OF PROPERTY SCREENING PROVI2 SION.—Section 401(e) of Public Law 100–581 (102 

3 Stat. 2944) shall not apply to the conveyance under 

4 this subsection. 

5 (4) REVERSION.—If the Secretary determines 

6 that the property conveyed under this subsection is 

7 not used for a public purpose, all right, title, and in8 terest in and to the property shall revert, at the dis9 cretion of the Secretary, to the United States. 

10 SEC. 304. LAKES PROGRAM. 

11 Section 602(a) of the Water Resources Development 

12 Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4148; 104 Stat. 4646; 110 Stat. 

13 3758; 118 Stat. 295; 121 Stat. 1076; 134 Stat. 2703; 136 

14 Stat. 3778) is amended— 

15 (1) in paragraph (33), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

16 end; 

17 (2) in paragraph (34) by striking the period at 

18 the end and inserting a semicolon; and 

19 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(35) East Lake Tohopekaliga, Florida; 

21 ‘‘(36) Dillon Lake, Ohio; 

22 ‘‘(37) Hillcrest Pond, Pennsylvania; 

23 ‘‘(38) Falcon Lake, Zapata County, Texas; and 

24 ‘‘(39) Lake Casa Blanca, Webb County, 

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1 SEC. 305. MAINTENANCE OF NAVIGATION CHANNELS. 

2 Section 509(a) of the Water Resources Development 

3 Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3759; 113 Stat. 339; 114 Stat. 

4 2679; 136 Stat. 3779) is amended by adding at the end 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘(23) West Dundalk Branch Channel and Dun7 dalk-Seagirt Connecting Channel, Baltimore Harbor 

8 Anchorages and Channels, Maryland. 

9 ‘‘(24) Crown Bay Marina Channel, United 

10 States Virgin Islands. 

11 ‘‘(25) Pidgeon Industrial Area Harbor, Mem12 phis, Tennessee. 

13 ‘‘(26) McGriff Pass Channel, Florida. 

14 ‘‘(27) Oak Harbor Channel and Breakwater, 

15 Washington. 

16 ‘‘(28) Ediz Hook, Port Angeles, Washington.’’. 

17 SEC. 306. ASSET DIVESTITURE. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 109 of the River and Har19 bor Act of 1950 (33 U.S.C. 534) is amended— 

20 (1) by striking ‘‘That the Secretary of the 

21 Army’’ and inserting the following: 

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army’’; 

23 (2) by striking ‘‘with or without consideration’’ 

24 and all that follows through the period at the end 

25 and inserting the following: ‘‘with or without consid26 eration if, prior to any transfer or conveyance of a 


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1 bridge, the Secretary and the State authority, or po2 litical subdivision thereof, execute an agreement con3 taining the following terms and conditions: 

4 ‘‘(1) The State authority, or political subdivi5 sion thereof, shall assume responsibility for the oper6 ation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and reha7 bilitation of the bridge, including the preservation, 

8 protection, inspection and evaluation of, and future 

9 construction on, the bridge. 

10 ‘‘(2) Operation of the bridge shall be consistent 

11 with the purposes of, and may not constrain or 

12 change, the operation and maintenance of the water 

13 resources development project in connection to which 

14 the bridge was constructed or acquired. 

15 ‘‘(3) The State authority, or political subdivi16 sion thereof, shall hold the United States harmless 

17 from any liability with respect to the operation, 

18 maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabilitation 

19 of the bridge, including preservation, protection, in20 spection and evaluation of, and future construction 

21 on, the bridge. 

22 ‘‘(4) Any additional terms or conditions that 

23 the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the 

24 interests of the United States.’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(b) FUNDS.—The Secretary may transfer to the 

2 State authority, or political subdivision thereof, to which 

3 a bridge is transferred or conveyed under this section any 

4 funds made available to the Secretary for necessary re5 placement or rehabilitation of the bridge.’’. 

6 (b) REPORT ON BRIDGE INVENTORY.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

8 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

9 shall submit to the Committee on Transportation 

10 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 

11 and the Committee on Environment and Public 

12 Works of the Senate a report on bridges owned, op13 erated, and maintained by the Corps of Engineers. 

14 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall in15 clude in the report required under paragraph (1)— 

16 (A) a list of bridges carrying passengers 

17 that are— 

18 (i) not located in recreational areas; 

19 and 

20 (ii) not required to be owned, oper21 ated, and maintained by the Corps of En22 gineers for the proper functioning of water 

23 resources development projects; 

24 (B) a description of the location of such 

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1 ical subdivision to which such bridges may be 

2 transferred or conveyed under section 109 of 

3 the River and Harbor Act of 1950 (33 U.S.C. 

4 534) (as amended by this section); and 

5 (C) a description of measures taken by the 

6 Corps of Engineers to reduce the number of 

7 bridges owned, operated, and maintained by the 

8 Corps of Engineers. 

9 SEC. 307. UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER RESTORATION PRO10 GRAM. 

11 Section 1103(e)(4) of the Water Resources Develop12 ment Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 652(e)(4)) is amended by 

13 striking ‘‘$15,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and each fiscal 

14 year thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘$15,000,000 for fiscal 

15 year 2024 and $20,000,000 for each fiscal year there16 after’’. 

17 SEC. 308. COASTAL COMMUNITY FLOOD CONTROL AND 

18 OTHER PURPOSES. 

19 Section 103(k)(4) of the Water Resources Develop20 ment Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213(k)(4)) is amended— 

21 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 

22 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘makes’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘made’’; and 

24 (B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘repays an 

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1 by’’ and inserting ‘‘made a payment of an addi2 tional $200,000,000 for that eligible deferred 

3 payment agreement on or before’’; 

4 (2) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ‘‘inter5 est’s’’ after ‘‘non-Federal’’; and 

6 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(C) REFUND OF CREDIT.—Any agree8 ment made that applied credits to satisfy the 

9 terms of a pre-payment made under subsection 

10 (k)(4)(A) that resulted in total payment in ex11 cess of the amount now required under sub12 section (k)(4)(A) shall be modified to indicate 

13 that the excess credits continue to apply toward 

14 any remaining principal of the respective 

15 project, or at the request of the non-Federal in16 terest, the agreement shall be modified to retro17 actively transfer back those excess credits to the 

18 non-Federal interest such that those credits 

19 may be applied by the non-Federal interest to 

20 any cost-shared project identified by the non21 Federal interest.’’. 

22 SEC. 309. SHORE PROTECTION AND RESTORATION. 

23 Section 8327 of the Water Resources Development 

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1 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘DELA2 WARE’’; and 

3 (2) in subsection (b)— 

4 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘DELA5 WARE’’; 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘the State of Delaware’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘the covered geographic area’’ 

8 each place it appears; and 

9 (C) in paragraph (7), by adding at the end 

10 the following: 

11 ‘‘(C) COVERED GEOGRAPHIC AREA.—The 

12 term ‘covered geographic area’ means— 

13 ‘‘(i) the State of Delaware; 

14 ‘‘(ii) Fire Island National Seashore, 

15 New York; and 

16 ‘‘(iii) the hamlets of Massapequa 

17 Park, Massapequa, Amityville, Copiague, 

18 Lindenhurst, West Babylon, Babylon, West 

19 Islip, West Bay Shore, Brightwaters, Bay 

20 Shore, Islip, East Islip, Great River, 

21 Oakdale, West Sayville, Saville, Bayport, 

22 Blue Point, Patchogue, East Patchogue, 

23 Bellport, Brookhaven, Shirley, Mastic 

24 Beach, Mastic, Moriches, Center Moriches, 

25 East Moriches, and Eastport, New York.’’. 


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1 SEC. 310. HOPPER DREDGE MCFARLAND REPLACEMENT. 

2 If the Secretary replaces the Federal hopper dredge 

3 McFarland referred to in section 563 of the Water Re4 sources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3784; 121 

5 Stat. 1105) with another Federal hopper dredge, the Sec6 retary shall— 

7 (1) place the replacement Federal hopper 

8 dredge in a ready reserve status; 

9 (2) periodically perform routine underway 

10 dredging tests of the equipment (not to exceed 70 

11 days per year) of the replacement Federal hopper 

12 dredge in a ready reserve status to ensure the ability 

13 of the replacement Federal hopper dredge to per14 form urgent and emergency work; and 

15 (3) in consultation with affected stakeholders, 

16 place the replacement Federal hopper dredge in ac17 tive status in order to perform dredging work if the 

18 Secretary determines that private industry has 

19 failed— 

20 (A) to submit a responsive and responsible 

21 bid for work advertised by the Secretary; or 

22 (B) to carry out a project as required pur23 suant to a contract between the industry and 

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1 SEC. 311. ACEQUIAS IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. 

2 Section 1113 of the Water Resources Development 

3 Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4232; 110 Stat. 3719, 136 Stat. 

4 3781) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (d)— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘The non-Federal’’ and in7 serting the following: 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The non-Federal’’; and 

9 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(2) RECONNAISSANCE STUDY.—Notwith11 standing paragraph (1), the Federal share of a re12 connaissance study carried out by the Secretary 

13 under this section shall be 100 percent.’’; and 

14 (2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘$80,000,000’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘$90,000,000’’. 

16 SEC. 312. PACIFIC REGION. 

17 Section 444 of the Water Resources Development Act 

18 of 1996 (110 Stat. 3747; 113 Stat. 286) is amended by 

19 inserting ‘‘Hawaii,’’ after ‘‘Guam,’’. 

20 SEC. 313. SELMA, ALABAMA. 

21 The Federal share of the cost of the project for flood 

22 risk management, Selma Flood Risk Management and 

23 Bank Stabilization, Alabama, authorized by section 

24 8401(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 

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1 SEC. 314. BARROW, ALASKA. 

2 For purposes of implementing the coastal erosion 

3 project, Barrow, Alaska, authorized pursuant to section 

4 116 of the Energy and Water Development and Related 

5 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 (123 Stat. 2851) the 

6 Secretary may consider the North Slope Borough to be 

7 in compliance with section 402(a) of the Water Resources 

8 Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 701b–12(a)) on 

9 adoption by the North Slope Borough Assembly of a flood10 plain management plan to reduce the impacts of flood 

11 events in the immediate floodplain area of the project, if 

12 the plan— 

13 (1) was developed in consultation with the Sec14 retary and the Administrator of the Federal Emer15 gency Management Agency in accordance with the 

16 guidelines developed under section 402(c) of such 

17 Act; and 

18 (2) is approved by the Secretary. 

19 SEC. 315. SAN FRANCISCO BAY, CALIFORNIA. 

20 Section 142 of the Water Resources Development Act 

21 of 1976 (90 Stat. 2930; 100 Stat. 4158) is amended— 

22 (1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘(a) The Secretary’’; 

24 (2) by inserting ‘‘, Contra Costa,’’ before ‘‘and 

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1 ‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL PURPOSES.—In carrying out sub2 section (a), the Secretary shall— 

3 ‘‘(1) include the ocean shorelines of each coun4 ty; 

5 ‘‘(2) with respect to the bay and ocean shore6 lines of each county— 

7 ‘‘(A) investigate measures to adapt to ris8 ing sea levels; 

9 ‘‘(B) consider the needs of economically 

10 disadvantaged communities within the study 

11 area, including identification of areas in which 

12 infrastructure for transportation, wastewater, 

13 housing, and other economic assets of such 

14 communities are most vulnerable to flood or 

15 shoreline risks; and 

16 ‘‘(C) to the maximum extent practicable, 

17 consider the use of natural features or nature18 based features and the beneficial use of dredged 

19 materials; and 

20 ‘‘(3) with respect to the bay and ocean shore21 lines, and streams running to the bay and ocean 

22 shorelines, of each county, investigate the effects of 

23 proposed flood or shoreline protection, coastal storm 

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1 ‘‘(A) the local economy, including recre2 ation; 

3 ‘‘(B) aquatic ecosystem restoration, en4 hancement, or expansion efforts or opportuni5 ties; 

6 ‘‘(C) public infrastructure protection and 

7 improvement; 

8 ‘‘(D) stormwater runoff capacity and con9 trol measures, including those that may miti10 gate flooding; 

11 ‘‘(E) erosion of beaches and coasts; and 

12 ‘‘(F) any other measures or improvements 

13 relevant to adapting to rising sea levels.’’. 

14 SEC. 316. SANTA ANA RIVER MAINSTEM, CALIFORNIA. 

15 (a) SANTA ANA CREEK, INCLUDING SANTIAGO

16 CREEK.— 

17 (1) MODIFICATION.—The project for flood con18 trol, Santa Ana River Mainstem Project, including 

19 Santiago Creek, California, authorized by section 

20 401(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 

21 1986 (100 Stat. 4113; 101 Stat. 1329–111; 104 

22 Stat. 4611; 110 Stat. 3713; 121 Stat. 1115), is 

23 modified to require the Secretary to treat construc24 tion of the Santiago Creek Channel as a separable 

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1 (2) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary may not con2 struct the Santiago Creek Channel unless such con3 struction minimizes the impacts to existing trees in, 

4 or adjacent to, the Santiago Creek Channel. 

5 (3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 

6 subsection shall affect the authorization for other 

7 portions of the project described in paragraph (1). 

8 (4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

9 (A) SANTIAGO CREEK CHANNEL.—The 

10 term ‘‘Santiago Creek Channel’’ means the por11 tion of the project for flood control, Santa Ana 

12 River Mainstem Project, including Santiago 

13 Creek, California, authorized by section 401(a) 

14 of the Water Resources Development Act of 

15 1986 (100 Stat. 4113; 101 Stat. 1329–111; 

16 104 Stat. 4611; 110 Stat. 3713; 121 Stat. 

17 1115), consisting of Santiago Creek down18 stream of the I-5 Interstate Highway to the 

19 confluence with the Santa Ana River. 

20 (B) SEPARABLE ELEMENT.—The term 

21 ‘‘separable element’’ has the meaning given 

22 such term in section 103 of the Water Re23 sources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 

24 2213). 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 

2 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

3 shall provide the Committee on Transportation and 

4 Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and 

5 the Committee on Environment and Public Works of 

6 the Senate with an update on implementation of the 

7 project for flood control, Santa Ana River Mainstem, 

8 including Santiago Creek, California, authorized by 

9 section 401(a) of the Water Resources Development 

10 Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4113; 101 Stat. 1329–111; 

11 104 Stat. 4611; 110 Stat. 3713; 121 Stat. 1115). 

12 (2) SPECIFICATIONS.—In providing the update 

13 required under paragraph (1), the Secretary is di14 rected to provide specific information on— 

15 (A) efforts by the Secretary and the non16 Federal interest for the project to acquire the 

17 lands or interests in lands necessary to imple18 ment the project; 

19 (B) the status of potential reimbursement 

20 requests by the non-Federal interest for such 

21 lands or interests; and 

22 (C) the status of ongoing requests by the 

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1 praisals and litigation settlements associated 

2 with such lands or interests in lands. 

3 SEC. 317. FAULKNER ISLAND, CONNECTICUT. 

4 Section 527 of the Water Resources Development Act 

5 of 1996 (110 Stat. 3767) is amended by striking 

6 ‘‘$4,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$8,000,000’’. 

7 SEC. 318. BROADKILL BEACH, DELAWARE. 

8 The project for hurricane and storm damage risk re9 duction, Delaware Beneficial Use of Dredged Material for 

10 the Delaware River, Delaware, authorized by section 

11 401(3) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 

12 (134 Stat. 2736; 136 Stat. 3788) is modified to include 

13 the project for hurricane and storm damage reduction, 

14 Delaware Bay coastline, Delaware and New Jersey– 

15 Broadkill Beach, Delaware, authorized by section 

16 101(a)(11) of the Water Resources Development Act of 

17 1999 (113 Stat. 275). 

18 SEC. 319. FEDERAL TRIANGLE AREA, WASHINGTON, DIS19 TRICT OF COLUMBIA. 

20 In carrying out the feasibility study for the project 

21 for flood risk management, Federal Triangle Area, Wash22 ington, District of Columbia, authorized by section 

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1 pend funds contributed by other Federal agencies within 

2 the study area. 

3 SEC. 320. WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT. 

4 Section 8146(d) of the Water Resources Development 

5 Act of 2022 (40 U.S.C. 9501 note; 136 Stat. 3729) is 

6 amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘Water and 

8 Sewer Authority’’ after ‘‘District of Columbia’’; and 

9 (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Fairfax 

10 County’’ and inserting ‘‘the Fairfax County Water 

11 Authority’’. 

12 SEC. 321. WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA, WASH13 INGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, MARY14 LAND, AND VIRGINIA. 

15 The Federal share of the cost of the feasibility study 

16 for the project for water supply, Washington, District of 

17 Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, authorized by section 

18 8201(a)(14) of the Water Resources Development Act of 

19 2022 (136 Stat. 3745) shall be 100 percent. 

20 SEC. 322. NORTHERN ESTUARIES ECOSYSTEM RESTORA21 TION, FLORIDA. 

22 Section 8215(b) of the Water Resources Development 

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1 ‘‘(6) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 

2 the cost of carrying out paragraph (1) shall be 100 

3 percent.’’. 

4 SEC. 323. CHICAGO SHORELINE PROTECTION, ILLINOIS. 

5 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

6 of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the applica7 ble non-Federal interest, shall complete a review of a 

8 modified locally preferred plan for the project for storm 

9 damage reduction and shoreline erosion protection, Lake 

10 Michigan, Illinois, from Wilmette, Illinois, to the Illinois11 Indiana State line, authorized by section 101(a)(12) of the 

12 Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 

13 3664; 136 Stat. 3793), for the construction of the fol14 lowing segments of the project: 

15 (1) Shoreline revetment at Morgan Shoal. 

16 (2) Shoreline revetment at Promontory Point. 

17 SEC. 324. DILLARD ROAD, PATOKA LAKE, INDIANA. 

18 (a) TRANSFER AUTHORIZED.—The Secretary is au19 thorized to transfer, without consideration, to the State 

20 of Indiana, all right, title, and interest of the United 

21 States in and to the real property interests described in 

22 subsection (b). 

23 (b) PROPERTY.—The real property interests to be 

24 transferred under this section are any easements on the 

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1 Road, located in Patoka Township, Crawford County, In2 diana, that is subject to the Department of the Army li3 cense granted to the State of Indiana numbered 

4 DACW27-3-22-690, as described in Exhibit A of such li5 cense, including improvements on that land. 

6 (c) DISPOSAL.—The Secretary may, under sub7 chapter III of chapter 5 of title 40, United States Code, 

8 dispose of any portion of the real property interests de9 scribed in subsection (b) of which the State of Indiana 

10 does not accept transfer. 

11 (d) REVERSION.—If the Secretary determines that 

12 the land described in subsection (b) ceases to be used as 

13 a road, all right, title, and interest in and to the real prop14 erty interests shall revert, at the discretion of the Sec15 retary, to the United States. 

16 (e) COSTS OF TRANSFER.—The State of Indiana 

17 shall be responsible for all reasonable and necessary costs, 

18 including real estate transaction and environmental docu19 mentation costs, associated with the transfer under this 

20 section. 

21 (f) LIABILITY.—The State of Indiana shall hold the 

22 United States harmless from any liability with respect to 

23 activities carried out, on or after the date of the convey24 ance, on the land described in subsection (b). 


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1 (g) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The 

2 Secretary may require that the transfer under this section 

3 be subject to such additional terms and conditions as the 

4 Secretary considers necessary and appropriate to protect 

5 the interests of the United States. 

6 SEC. 325. PORT FOURCHON BELLE PASS CHANNEL, LOU7 ISIANA. 

8 (a) STUDY REQUEST.—If the non-Federal interest 

9 for the Port Fourchon project requests to undertake a fea10 sibility study for a modification to the project under sec11 tion 203(a)(1)(B) of the Water Resources Development 

12 Act of 1986 (as amended by this Act), the Secretary shall 

13 provide to the non-Federal interest, not later than 30 days 

14 after the date on which the Secretary receives such re15 quest, a determination in accordance with section 

16 203(a)(1)(3) of such Act (as amended by this Act). 

17 (b) NOTIFICATION OF ADDITIONAL ANALYSES AND

18 REVIEWS.—Not later than 30 days after receiving a feasi19 bility study for modification to the Port Fourchon project 

20 submitted by the non-Federal interest for the project 

21 under section 203(a) of the Water Resources Development 

22 Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2231(a)), the Secretary shall— 

23 (1) review the study and determine, in accord24 ance with section 203(b)(3)(C) such Act (as amend25 ed by this Act), whether additional information is 


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1 needed for the Secretary to perform the required 

2 analyses, reviews, and compliance processes; 

3 (2) provide the non-Federal interest with a 

4 comprehensive list of additional information needs, 

5 as applicable; and 

6 (3) if additional information is not needed, in7 form the non-Federal interest that the study submis8 sion is complete. 

9 (c) ANALYSIS, REVIEW, AND COMPLIANCE.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2) 

11 and (3), not later than 180 days after the Secretary 

12 receives the study for the Port Fourchon project de13 scribed in subsection (b), the Secretary shall com14 plete the analyses, review, and compliance processes 

15 for the project required under section 203(b) of the 

16 Water Resources Development Act of 1986, issue a 

17 finding of no significant impact or a record of deci18 sion, and submit such finding or decision to the non19 Federal interest. 

20 (2) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary may delay the 

21 issuance of the finding or record of decision required 

22 under paragraph (1) if— 

23 (A) the Secretary has not received nec24 essary information or approvals from another 

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1 manner that affects the ability of the Secretary 

2 to meet any requirements under State local or 

3 Federal law; or 

4 (B) significant new information or cir5 cumstances, including a major modification to 

6 an aspect of the Port Fourchon project, re7 quires additional analysis by the Secretary. 

8 (3) NOTIFICATION OF ADDITIONAL TIME.—If 

9 the Secretary determines that more than 180 days 

10 will be required to carry out paragraph (1), the Sec11 retary shall notify the Committee on Transportation 

12 and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives, 

13 the Committee on Environment and Public Works of 

14 the Senate, and the non-Federal interest and de15 scribe the basis for requiring additional time. 

16 (d) PORT FOURCHON PROJECT DEFINED.— In this 

17 section, the term ‘‘Port Fourchon project’’ means the 

18 project for navigation, Port Fourchon Belle Pass Channel, 

19 Louisiana, authorized by section 403(a)(4) of the Water 

20 Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2743). 

21 SEC. 326. UPPER ST. ANTHONY FALLS LOCK AND DAM, MIN22 NESOTA. 

23 The Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam (as such 

24 term is defined in section 2010 of the Water Resources 

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1 136 Stat. 3795)) is modified to remove navigation as an 

2 authorized purpose. 

3 SEC. 327. MISSOURI RIVER LEVEE SYSTEM, MISSOURI. 

4 Section 111 of the Energy and Water Development 

5 and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 (123 Stat. 

6 607) is amended by striking ‘‘$7,000,000’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘$65,000,000’’. 

8 SEC. 328. TABLE ROCK LAKE, MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall permit the 

10 ongoing presence of an eligible structure at the Table 

11 Rock Lake project. 

12 (b) PRIVATELY OWNED SEWER AND SEPTIC SYS13 TEM.—The Secretary shall permit the ongoing presence 

14 of an eligible structure that is a privately owned sewer 

15 and septic system at the Table Rock Lake project until— 

16 (1) the abandonment of such system by the 

17 holder of a license for right-of-way for such system; 

18 (2) the transfer or sale of the property by the 

19 holder of a license for right-of-way for such system; 

20 or 

21 (3) the death of the holder of a license for 

22 right-of-way for such system and the legal spouse of 

23 such holder, as applicable. 

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1 (1) ELIGIBLE STRUCTURE.—The term ‘‘eligible 

2 structure’’ means a privately owned sewer and septic 

3 system, dwelling unit, shed, retaining wall, deck, 

4 patio, gazebo, driveway, or fence— 

5 (A) that is located on fee land or land sub6 ject to a flowage easement; 

7 (B) for which a license for right-of-way is 

8 in effect on the date of enactment of this Act; 

9 and 

10 (C) that does not impact the reservoir level 

11 or pose a failure risk to the dam of the Table 

12 Rock Lake project. 

13 (2) FEE LAND.—The term ‘‘fee land’’ means 

14 the land acquired in fee title by the United States 

15 for the Table Rock Lake project. 

16 (3) TABLE ROCK LAKE PROJECT.—The term 

17 ‘‘Table Rock Lake project’’ means the Table Rock 

18 Lake project of the Corps of Engineers, located in 

19 Missouri and Arkansas, authorized as one of the 

20 multi-purpose reservoir projects in the White River 

21 Basin by section 4 of the Act of June 28, 1938 (52 

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1 SEC. 329. MISSOURI RIVER MITIGATION, MISSOURI, KAN2 SAS, IOWA, AND NEBRASKA. 

3 (a) ACQUISITION OF LANDS.—In acquiring any land, 

4 or interests in land, to satisfy the total number of acres 

5 required for the covered project, the Secretary— 

6 (1) may only acquire land, or an interest in 

7 land, that— 

8 (A) is on the riverward side of levees; or 

9 (B) will contribute to future flood risk re10 siliency projects; 

11 (2) may only acquire land, or an interest in 

12 land, with the approval of the Governor of the State 

13 in which the land is located; and 

14 (3) may not acquire land, or an interest in land, 

15 by eminent domain. 

16 (b) APPLICATION OF LANDS.—The Secretary shall 

17 apply all covered land towards the number of acres re18 quired for the covered project in accordance with section 

19 334 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 

20 (113 Stat. 306; 136 Stat. 3799). 

21 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

22 (1) COVERED LAND.—The term ‘‘covered land’’ 

23 means any land or interests in land that— 

24 (A) is acquired by a Federal agency other 

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1 (B) is located within the meander belt of 

2 the lower Missouri River; and 

3 (C) the Secretary, in consultation with the 

4 head of any Federal agency that has acquired 

5 the land or interest in land, determines meets 

6 the purposes of the covered project. 

7 (2) COVERED PROJECT.—The term ‘‘covered 

8 project’’ means the project for mitigation of fish and 

9 wildlife losses, Missouri River Bank Stabilization 

10 and Navigation Project, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and 

11 Nebraska, authorized by section 601(a) of the Water 

12 Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 

13 4143; 113 Stat. 306; 121 Stat. 1155; 136 Stat. 

14 2395). 

15 SEC. 330. NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY HARBOR AND TRIB16 UTARIES, NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The study for flood and storm 

18 damage reduction for the New York and New Jersey Har19 bor and Tributaries project, authorized by the Act of June 

20 15, 1955 (chapter 140, 69 Stat. 132, 134 Stat. 2676) and 

21 being carried out pursuant to the Disaster Relief Appro22 priations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113–2), is modified to 

23 require the Secretary, upon the request of the non-Federal 

24 interest for the project, to include within the scope of such 

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1 to, projects and activities to maximize the net public bene2 fits, including ecological benefits and societal benefits, 

3 from the reduction of the comprehensive flood risk within 

4 the geographic scope of the project from the isolated and 

5 compound effects of factors described in section 8106(a) 

6 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (33 

7 U.S.C. 2282g). 

8 (b) ASSOCIATED PROJECTS.—The Secretary is au9 thorized to carry out projects and activities recommended 

10 pursuant to subsection (a) if such projects and activities 

11 otherwise meet the criteria for projects carried out under 

12 a continuing authority program (as defined in section 

13 7001(c)) of the Water Resources Reform and Develop14 ment Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2282d(c)). 

15 (c) CONTINUATION.—Any study recommended to be 

16 carried out in a report that the Chief of Engineers pre17 pares for such study shall be considered a continuation 

18 of the study described in subsection (a). 

19 (d) CONSIDERATION; CONSULTATION.—In developing 

20 recommendations pursuant to subsection (a), the Sec21 retary shall— 

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1 (2) consult with applicable Federal and State 

2 agencies and other stakeholders within the geo3 graphic scope of the project; and 

4 (3) solicit public comments. 

5 (e) INTERIM PROGRESS; REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 

6 Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this 

7 Act, the Secretary shall transmit to the Committee on 

8 Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep9 resentatives and the Committee on Environment and Pub10 lic Works of the Senate a report detailing— 

11 (1) any recommendations made pursuant to 

12 subsection (a); 

13 (2) any projects or activities carried out under 

14 subsection (b); 

15 (3) any additional, site-specific areas within the 

16 geographic scope of the project for which additional 

17 study is recommended by the Secretary; and 

18 (4) any interim actions related to reduction of 

19 comprehensive flood risk within the geographic scope 

20 of the project undertaken by the Secretary during 

21 the study period. 

22 (f) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Any additional action author23 ized by this section shall not delay any existing study, en24 gineering, or planning work underway as of the date of 

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1 SEC. 331. WESTERN LAKE ERIE BASIN, OHIO, INDIANA, AND 

2 MICHIGAN. 

3 Section 441 of the Water Resources Development Act 

4 of 1999 (113 Stat. 328) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘flood con6 trol,’’ and inserting ‘‘flood risk management, hurri7 cane and storm damage risk reduction,’’; 

8 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘the study’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘any study under this section’’; and 

10 (3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

11 following: 

12 ‘‘(c) TREATMENT OF STUDIES.—Any study carried 

13 out by the Secretary under this section after the date of 

14 enactment of the Water Resources Development Act of 

15 2024 shall be treated as a continuation of the initial study 

16 carried out under this section. 

17 ‘‘(d) PROJECTS.—A project resulting from a study 

18 carried out under this section may be implemented pursu19 ant to section 212.’’. 

20 SEC. 332. WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON. 

21 The Secretary may not complete its review of, and 

22 consultation with other Federal agencies on, the operation 

23 and maintenance of the projects for flood control, naviga24 tion, and other purposes, Willamette River Basin, Oregon, 

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1 Stat. 1264; 74 Stat. 499; 100 Stat. 4144), until the Sec2 retary prepares and formally analyzes an alternative that 

3 ceases hydropower operations at the projects, notwith4 standing hydropower being an authorized purpose of such 

5 projects. 

6 SEC. 333. COLUMBIA RIVER CHANNEL, OREGON AND WASH7 INGTON. 

8 In carrying out maintenance activities on the project 

9 for navigation, Columbia River Channel, Oregon and 

10 Washington, authorized by section 101(b)(13) of the 

11 Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 

12 280), the Secretary is authorized to include, as part of 

13 the full operating costs of the Cutter Suction Dredge pro14 vided by the non-Federal interest for the project, any costs 

15 of replacing the Cutter Suction Dredge that the Secretary 

16 and the non-Federal interest agree are necessary. 

17 SEC. 334. BUFFALO BAYOU TRIBUTARIES AND RESILIENCY 

18 STUDY, TEXAS. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall expedite com20 pletion of the Buffalo Bayou Tributaries and Resiliency 

21 Study, Texas, carried out pursuant to title IV of the Bi22 partisan Budget Act of 2018 (132 Stat. 76). 

23 (b) REPORTS.—The final report of the Chief of Engi24 neers for the study described in subsection (a) shall con25 tain recommendations for projects that— 


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1 (1) align with community objectives; 

2 (2) avoid or minimize adverse effects on the en3 vironment and community; and 

4 (3) promote the resiliency of infrastructure. 

5 (c) DEADLINE.—Not later than December 31, 2025, 

6 the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transpor7 tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 

8 and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of 

9 the Senate the final report described in subsection (b). 

10 SEC. 335. MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL JETTY DEFICIENCY, 

11 PORT LAVACA, TEXAS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—The project for navigation, 

13 Matagorda Ship Channel, Port Lavaca, Texas, authorized 

14 by section 101 of the River and Harbor Act of 1958 (72 

15 Stat. 298), is modified to authorize the Secretary to carry 

16 out the repairs for the Matagorda Ship Channel Jetty De17 ficiency, as described in the report titled ‘‘Matagorda Ship 

18 Channel Project Deficiency Report’’ and published by the 

19 Secretary in the June 2020 Matagorda Ship Channel 

20 Project Deficiency Report. 

21 (b) COST SHARE.—The non-Federal share of the cost 

22 of the repairs carried out pursuant to subsection (a) shall 

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1 SEC. 336. SAN ANTONIO CHANNEL, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. 

2 The project for flood control, San Antonio channel 

3 improvement, Texas, authorized by section 203 of the 

4 Flood Control Act of 1954 as part of the project for flood 

5 protection on the Guadalupe and San Antonio Rivers, 

6 Texas (68 Stat. 1259; 90 Stat. 2921; 114 Stat. 2611), 

7 is modified to require the Secretary to carry out the 

8 project substantially in accordance with Alternative 7, as 

9 identified in the final General Re-evaluation Report and 

10 Environmental Assessment for the project, dated January 

11 2014. 

12 SEC. 337. WESTERN WASHINGTON STATE, WASHINGTON. 

13 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary 

14 may establish a program to provide environmental assist15 ance to non-Federal interests Chelan County, Island 

16 County, King County, Kittitas County, Pierce County, 

17 San Juan County, Snohomish County, Skagit County, and 

18 Whatcom County, Washington. 

19 (b) FORM OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance provided 

20 under this section may be in the form of design and con21 struction assistance for water-related environmental infra22 structure and resource protection and development 

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1 ties, environmental restoration, and surface water re2 source protection and development. 

3 (c) OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary may 

4 provide assistance for a project under this section only if 

5 the project is publicly owned. 

6 (d) PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Before providing assistance 

8 under this section to a non-Federal interest, the Sec9 retary shall enter into a partnership agreement 

10 under section 221 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 

11 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b) with the non-Federal interest 

12 with respect to the project to be carried out with 

13 such assistance. 

14 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—Each partnership agree15 ment for a project entered into under this subsection 

16 shall provide for the following: 

17 (A) Development by the Secretary, in con18 sultation with appropriate Federal and State of19 ficials, of a facilities or resource protection and 

20 development plan, including appropriate engi21 neering plans and specifications. 

22 (B) Establishment of such legal and insti23 tutional structures as are necessary to ensure 

24 the effective long-term operation of the project 

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1 (3) COST SHARING.— 

2 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of 

3 the cost of a project under this section— 

4 (i) shall be 75 percent; and 

5 (ii) may be provided in the form of 

6 grants or reimbursements of project costs. 

7 (B) CREDIT FOR INTEREST.—In case of a 

8 delay in the funding of the Federal share of a 

9 project that is the subject of an agreement 

10 under this section, the non-Federal interest 

11 shall receive credit for reasonable interest in12 curred in providing the non-Federal share of 

13 the project cost. 

14 (C) CREDIT FOR LAND, EASEMENTS, AND

15 RIGHTS-OF-WAY.—Notwithstanding section 

16 221(a)(4)(G) of the Flood Control Act of 1970 

17 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b(a)(4)(G)), the non-Fed18 eral interest shall receive credit for land, ease19 ments, rights-of-way, and relocations toward 

20 the non-Federal share of project cost (including 

21 all reasonable costs associated with obtaining 

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1 may not exceed 25 percent of total project 

2 costs. 

3 (D) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.—The 

4 non-Federal share of operation and mainte5 nance costs for projects constructed with assist6 ance provided under this section shall be 100 

7 percent. 

8 (e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

10 appropriated $242,000,000 to carry out this section. 

11 (2) CORPS OF ENGINEERS EXPENSES.—Not 

12 more than 10 percent of the amounts made available 

13 to carry out this section may be used by the Corps 

14 of Engineers district offices to administer projects 

15 under this section at Federal expense. 

16 (f) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 

17 219(f)(404) of the Water Resources Development Act of 

18 1992 is repealed. 

19 SEC. 338. ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE. 

20 (a) NEW PROJECTS.—Section 219(f) of the Water 

21 Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 

22 Stat. 336; 121 Stat. 1258; 136 Stat. 3808) is amended 

23 by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(405) BUCKEYE, ARIZONA.—$12,000,000 for 

2 water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

3 water reclamation, City of Buckeye, Arizona. 

4 ‘‘(406) FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA.—$5,000,000 for 

5 water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

6 water reclamation, City of Flagstaff, Arizona. 

7 ‘‘(407) PAGE, ARIZONA.—$10,000,000 for 

8 water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

9 water reclamation, City of Page, Arizona. 

10 ‘‘(408) SAHUARITA, ARIZONA.—$4,800,000 for 

11 water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

12 water reclamation, in the town of Sahuarita, Ari13 zona. 

14 ‘‘(409) TUCSON, ARIZONA.—$20,000,000 for 

15 water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

16 water reclamation, City of Tucson, Arizona. 

17 ‘‘(410) WINSLOW, ARIZONA.—$3,000,000 for 

18 water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

19 water reclamation, City of Winslow, Arizona. 

20 ‘‘(411) ADELANTO, CALIFORNIA.—$4,000,000 

21 for water and wastewater infrastructure in the City 

22 of Adelanto, California. 

23 ‘‘(412) APTOS, CALIFORNIA.—$10,000,000 for 

24 water and wastewater infrastructure in the town of 

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1 ‘‘(413) BISHOP, CALIFORNIA.—$2,500,000 for 

2 water and wastewater infrastructure in the city of 

3 Bishop, California. 

4 ‘‘(414) BLOOMINGTON, CALIFORNIA.— 

5 $20,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc6 ture, including stormwater management, in Bloom7 ington, California. 

8 ‘‘(415) BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.— 

9 $50,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc10 ture, including stormwater management, water sup11 ply, environmental restoration, and surface water re12 source protection in Butte County, California. 

13 ‘‘(416) CALIFORNIA CITY, CALIFORNIA.— 

14 $1,902,808 for water and wastewater infrastructure, 

15 including water supply, in the city of California City, 

16 California. 

17 ‘‘(417) CARSON, CALIFORNIA.—$11,000,000 for 

18 water and water supply infrastructure in the City of 

19 Carson, California. 

20 ‘‘(418) CEDAR GLEN, CALIFORNIA.— 

21 $35,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc22 ture, including water supply and water storage, in 

23 Cedar Glen, California. 

24 ‘‘(419) CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA.— 

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1 ture, including water supply and drinking water, in 

2 City of Culver City, California. 

3 ‘‘(420) COLTON, CALIFORNIA.—$20,000,000 

4 for water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

5 stormwater management, in the city of Colton, Cali6 fornia. 

7 ‘‘(421) EAST SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, CALI8 FORNIA.—$50,000,000 for water and wastewater in9 frastructure, including stormwater management, 

10 drinking water, and water supply, in the City of Los 

11 Angeles, California, including Sun Valley. 

12 ‘‘(422) FRESNO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.— 

13 $20,000,000 for water and water supply infrastruc14 ture, including stormwater management, surface 

15 water resource protection, and environmental res16 toration, in Fresno County, California. 

17 ‘‘(423) GEORGETOWN DIVIDE PUBLIC UTILITY

18 DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA.—$20,500,000 for water and 

19 wastewater infrastructure, including water supply 

20 and water storage, for communities served by the 

21 Georgetown Divide Public Utility District, Cali22 fornia. 

23 ‘‘(424) GRAND TERRACE, CALIFORNIA.— 

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1 ture, including stormwater management, in the city 

2 of Grand Terrace, California. 

3 ‘‘(425) HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA.—$15,000,000 

4 for water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

5 related environmental infrastructure, in the city of 

6 Hayward, California. 

7 ‘‘(426) HOLLISTER, CALIFORNIA.—$5,000,000 

8 for water and wastewater infrastructure in the city 

9 of Hollister, California. 

10 ‘‘(427) INDIAN WELLS, CALIFORNIA.— 

11 $50,000,000 for water and water supply infrastruc12 ture in the city of Indian Wells, California. 

13 ‘‘(428) LAKE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.— 

14 $20,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc15 ture, including stormwater management, in Lake 

16 County, California. 

17 ‘‘(429) LAKE TAHOE BASIN.—$20,000,000 for 

18 water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

19 water supply, in the communities within the Lake 

20 Tahoe Basin in Nevada and California. 

21 ‘‘(430) LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA.—$4,000,000 

22 for water and wastewater infrastructure, in the City 

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1 ‘‘(431) LAKEWOOD, CALIFORNIA.—$8,000,000 

2 for water and wastewater infrastructure in the city 

3 of Lakewood, California. 

4 ‘‘(432) LAWNDALE, CALIFORNIA.—$6,000,000 

5 for water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

6 stormwater management, and environmental infra7 structure, in the city of Lawndale, California. 

8 ‘‘(433) LONE PINE, CALIFORNIA.—$7,000,000 

9 for water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

10 stormwater management, in the town of Lone Pine, 

11 California. 

12 ‘‘(434) LOMITA, CALIFORNIA.—$5,500,000 for 

13 water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

14 water supply and stormwater management, in the 

15 city of Lomita, California. 

16 ‘‘(435) LOS BANOS, CALIFORNIA.—$4,000,000 

17 for water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

18 stormwater management, in the city of Los Banos, 

19 California. 

20 ‘‘(436) LOS OLIVOS, CALIFORNIA.—$4,000,000 

21 for water and wastewater infrastructure in the town 

22 of Los Olivos, California. 

23 ‘‘(437) LYNWOOD, CALIFORNIA.—$12,000,000 

24 for water and water supply infrastructure in the city 

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1 ‘‘(438) MADERA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.— 

2 $27,500,000 for water and water supply infrastruc3 ture in Madera County, California. 

4 ‘‘(439) MILPITAS, CALIFORNIA.—$15,000,000 

5 for water and water supply infrastructure in the city 

6 of Milpitas, California. 

7 ‘‘(440) MONTECITO, CALIFORNIA.— 

8 $18,250,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc9 ture, including water supply and stormwater man10 agement, in the town of Montecito, California. 

11 ‘‘(441) OAKLAND-ALAMEDA ESTUARY, CALI12 FORNIA.—$30,000,000 for water and wastewater in13 frastructure, including stormwater management, in 

14 the cities of Oakland and Alameda, California. 

15 ‘‘(442) OXNARD, CALIFORNIA.—$40,000,000 

16 for water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

17 water supply, conservation, water reuse and related 

18 facilities, environmental restoration, and surface 

19 water resource protection, in the city of Oxnard, 

20 California. 

21 ‘‘(443) PATTERSON, CALIFORNIA.— 

22 $10,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc23 ture, including water supply and environmental res24 toration, in the city of Patterson, California. 


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1 ‘‘(444) POMONA, CALIFORNIA.—$35,000,000 

2 for water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

3 water supply and drinking water, in Pomona, Cali4 fornia. 

5 ‘‘(445) ROHNERT PARK, CALIFORNIA.— 

6 $10,000,000 for water and water supply infrastruc7 ture in the city of Rohnert Park, California. 

8 ‘‘(446) SALINAS, CALIFORNIA.—$20,000,000 

9 for water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

10 water supply, in the city of Salinas, California. 

11 ‘‘(447) SAN BENITO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.— 

12 $10,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc13 ture, including water supply, in San Benito County, 

14 California. 

15 ‘‘(448) SAN BUENAVENTURA, CALIFORNIA.— 

16 $18,250,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc17 ture, including water reclamation, City of San 

18 Buenaventura, California. 

19 ‘‘(449) SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.— 

20 $200,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc21 ture, including water supply, in San Diego County, 

22 California. 

23 ‘‘(450) SOUTH GATE, CALIFORNIA.—$5,000,000 

24 for water and water supply infrastructure in the city 

25 of South Gate, California. 


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1 ‘‘(451) SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, CALI2 FORNIA.—$5,000,000 for water and wastewater in3 frastructure, including drinking water and water 

4 supply, in San Luis Obispo County, California. 

5 ‘‘(452) STANISLAUS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.— 

6 $10,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc7 ture, including water supply and stormwater man8 agement, in Stanislaus County, California. 

9 ‘‘(453) TULARE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.— 

10 $20,000,000 for water and water supply infrastruc11 ture, including stormwater management, surface 

12 water resource protection, and environmental res13 toration, in Tulare County, California. 

14 ‘‘(454) WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA.— 

15 $28,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc16 ture in the city of Watsonville, California. 

17 ‘‘(455) YOLO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.— 

18 $20,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc19 ture, including water supply and stormwater man20 agement, in Yolo County, California. 

21 ‘‘(456) YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT, CALI22 FORNIA.—$6,500,000 for water and water supply in23 frastructure in communities served by the Yorba 

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1 ‘‘(457) FREMONT COUNTY, COLORADO.— 

2 $50,000,000 for water and water supply infrastruc3 ture, in Fremont County, Colorado. 

4 ‘‘(458) EAST HAMPTON, CONNECTICUT.— 

5 $25,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc6 ture, including water supply, in the town of East 

7 Hampton, Connecticut. 

8 ‘‘(459) EAST LYME, CONNECTICUT.— 

9 $25,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc10 ture, including water supply, in the town of East 

11 Lyme, Connecticut. 

12 ‘‘(460) BETHANY BEACH TO REHOBOTH

13 BEACH, DELAWARE.—$25,000,000 for water and 

14 wastewater infrastructure, including stormwater 

15 management, water storage and treatment, and envi16 ronmental restoration in the town of Bethany Beach, 

17 Delaware and the city of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. 

18 ‘‘(461) WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.— 

19 $25,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc20 ture, including stormwater management, water stor21 age and treatment, and environmental restoration in 

22 the City of Wilmington, Delaware. 

23 ‘‘(462) BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA.— 

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1 age and treatment, surface water protection, and en2 vironmental restoration, in Broward County, Flor3 ida. 

4 ‘‘(463) DELTONA, FLORIDA.—$31,200,000 for 

5 water and wastewater infrastructure in the City of 

6 Deltona, Florida. 

7 ‘‘(464) LONGBOAT KEY, FLORIDA.—$2,000,000 

8 for water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

9 stormwater management, in the Town of Longboat 

10 Key, Florida. 

11 ‘‘(465) MARION COUNTY, FLORIDA.— 

12 $10,000,000 for water and water supply infrastruc13 ture, including water supply, in Marion County, 

14 Florida. 

15 ‘‘(466) OVIEDO, FLORIDA.—$10,000,000 for 

16 water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

17 water storage and treatment, in the city of Oviedo, 

18 Florida. 

19 ‘‘(467) OSCEOLA COUNTY, FLORIDA.— 

20 $5,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure, 

21 including water supply, and environmental restora22 tion, in Osceola County, Florida. 

23 ‘‘(468) CENTRAL FLORIDA.—$45,000,000 for 

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1 water supply, in Brevard County, Orange County, 

2 and Osceola County, Florida. 

3 ‘‘(469) CENTRAL COASTAL GEORGIA, GEOR4 GIA.—$50,000,000 for water and wastewater infra5 structure, including stormwater management and 

6 water supply, in Bryan, Camden, Chatham, 

7 Effingham, Glynn, and McIntosh counties, Georgia. 

8 ‘‘(470) DEKALB COUNTY, GEORGIA.— 

9 $40,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc10 ture, including drinking water and water treatment, 

11 in DeKalb County, Georgia. 

12 ‘‘(471) PORTERDALE, GEORGIA.—$10,000,000 

13 for water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

14 stormwater management, water supply, and environ15 mental restoration in the City of Porterdale, Geor16 gia. 

17 ‘‘(472) BURLEY, IDAHO.—$20,000,000 for 

18 water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

19 water treatment, in the city of Burley, Idaho. 

20 ‘‘(473) BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS.—$17,000,000 

21 for water and wastewater infrastructure in the city 

22 of Belvidere, Illinois. 

23 ‘‘(474) DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS.— 

24 $5,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure, 


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1 including water supply and drinking water, in the 

2 village of Clarendon Hills, Illinois. 

3 ‘‘(475) FOX RIVER, ILLINOIS.—$9,500,000 for 

4 water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

5 water storage and treatment, in the villages of 

6 Lakemoor, Island Lake, and Volo, and McHenry 

7 County, Illinois. 

8 ‘‘(476) GERMAN VALLEY, ILLINOIS.— 

9 $5,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure, 

10 including drinking water and water treatment, in the 

11 village of German Valley, Illinois. 

12 ‘‘(477) LASALLE, ILLINOIS.—$4,000,000 for 

13 water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

14 stormwater management, drinking water, water 

15 treatment, and environmental restoration, in the city 

16 of LaSalle, Illinois. 

17 ‘‘(478) ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.—$4,000,000 for 

18 water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

19 drinking water and water treatment, in the city of 

20 Rockford, Illinois. 

21 ‘‘(479) SAVANNA, ILLINOIS.—$2,000,000 for 

22 water and water supply infrastructure, including 

23 drinking water, in the city of Savanna, Illinois. 

24 ‘‘(480) SHERRARD, ILLINOIS.—$7,000,000 for 

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1 drinking water and water treatment, in the village of 

2 Sherrard, Illinois. 

3 ‘‘(481) BROWNSVILLE, KENTUCKY.— 

4 $14,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc5 ture, including water supply and drinking water, in 

6 the city of Brownsville, Kentucky. 

7 ‘‘(482) MONROE, LOUISIANA.—$7,000,000 for 

8 water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

9 stormwater management, water supply, and drinking 

10 water, in the city of Monroe, Louisiana. 

11 ‘‘(483) POINT CELESTE, LOUISIANA.— 

12 $50,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc13 ture, including pump stations, in Point Celeste, Lou14 isiana. 

15 ‘‘(484) FRANKLIN, MASSACHUSETTS.— 

16 $1,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure, 

17 including stormwater management, in the town of 

18 Franklin, Massachusetts. 

19 ‘‘(485) WINTHROP, MASSACHUSETTS.— 

20 $1,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure, 

21 including stormwater management, in the town of 

22 Winthrop, Massachusetts. 

23 ‘‘(486) MILAN, MICHIGAN.—$3,000,000 for 

24 water and wastewater infrastructure, including 


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1 water supply and drinking water, in the city of 

2 Milan, Michigan. 

3 ‘‘(487) SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.—$58,000,000 

4 for water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

5 stormwater management and water supply, in Gen6 esee, Macomb, Oakland, Wayne, and Washtenaw 

7 counties, Michigan. 

8 ‘‘(488) ELYSIAN, MINNESOTA.—$5,000,000 for 

9 water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

10 water supply, in the city of Elysian, Minnesota. 

11 ‘‘(489) LE SUEUR, MINNESOTA.—$3,200,000 

12 for water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

13 water supply, in the city of Le Sueur, Minnesota. 

14 ‘‘(490) COLUMBIA, MISSISSIPPI.—$4,000,000 

15 for water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

16 water quality enhancement and water supply, in the 

17 city of Columbia, Mississippi. 

18 ‘‘(491) LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI.—$5,000,000 for 

19 water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

20 stormwater management, in the city of Laurel, Mis21 sissippi. 

22 ‘‘(492) MOSS POINT, MISSISSIPPI.— 

23 $11,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc24 ture, including stormwater management, in the city 

25 of Moss Point, Mississippi. 


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1 ‘‘(493) OLIVE BRANCH, MISSISSIPPI.— 

2 $10,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc3 ture, including stormwater management, water qual4 ity enhancement, and water supply, in the city of 

5 Olive Branch, Mississippi. 

6 ‘‘(494) PICAYUNE, MISSISSIPPI.—$5,000,000 

7 for water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

8 stormwater management, in the city of Picayune, 

9 Mississippi. 

10 ‘‘(495) STARKVILLE, MISSISSIPPI.—$6,000,000 

11 for water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

12 drinking water, water treatment, water quality en13 hancement, and water supply, in the city of 

14 Starkville, Mississippi. 

15 ‘‘(496) LAUGHLIN, NEVADA.—$29,000,000 for 

16 water infrastructure, including water supply, in the 

17 town of Laughlin, Nevada. 

18 ‘‘(497) PAHRUMP, NEVADA.—$4,000,000 for 

19 water and wastewater infrastructure in the town of 

20 Pahrump, Nevada. 

21 ‘‘(498) NEW HAMPSHIRE.—$25,000,000 for 

22 water and wastewater infrastructure, and related en23 vironmental infrastructure, in the counties of 

24 Belknap, Carroll, Hillsborough, Merrimack, Rocking25 ham, and Strafford, New Hampshire. 


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1 ‘‘(499) BELMAR, NEW JERSEY.—$10,000,000 

2 for water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

3 related environmental infrastructure and stormwater 

4 management in Belmar Township, New Jersey. 

5 ‘‘(500) CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY.—$40,000,000 

6 for water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

7 water supply and desalination, for the city of Cape 

8 May, the boroughs of West Cape May and Cape May 

9 Point, and Lower Township, New Jersey. 

10 ‘‘(501) COLESVILLE, NEW JERSEY.— 

11 $10,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc12 ture in Colesville, New Jersey. 

13 ‘‘(502) DEPTFORD TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY.— 

14 $4,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure 

15 in Deptford Township, New Jersey. 

16 ‘‘(503) LACEY TOWNSHIP, NEW JERSEY.— 

17 $10,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc18 ture, including related environmental infrastructure 

19 and stormwater management, in Lacey Township, 

20 New Jersey. 

21 ‘‘(504) MERCHANTVILLE, NEW JERSEY.— 

22 $18,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc23 ture in the borough of Merchantville, New Jersey. 


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1 ‘‘(505) PARK RIDGE, NEW JERSEY.— 

2 $10,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc3 ture in the borough of Park Ridge, New Jersey. 

4 ‘‘(506) WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NEW JER5 SEY.—$3,200,000 for water and wastewater infra6 structure in Washington Township, Gloucester 

7 County, New Jersey. 

8 ‘‘(507) BERNALILLO, NEW MEXICO.— 

9 $20,000,000 for wastewater infrastructure in the 

10 town of Bernalillo, New Mexico. 

11 ‘‘(508) BOSQUE FARMS, NEW MEXICO.— 

12 $10,000,000 for wastewater infrastructure in the vil13 lage of Bosque Farms, New Mexico. 

14 ‘‘(509) CARMEL, NEW YORK.—$3,450,000 for 

15 water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

16 stormwater management, in the town of Carmel, 

17 New York. 

18 ‘‘(510) DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW YORK.— 

19 $10,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc20 ture in Dutchess County, New York. 

21 ‘‘(511) KINGS COUNTY, NEW YORK.— 

22 $100,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc23 ture, including stormwater management (including 

24 combined sewer overflows), in Kings County, New 

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1 ‘‘(512) MOHAWK RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES, 

2 NEW YORK.—$100,000,000 for water and waste3 water infrastructure, including stormwater manage4 ment, surface water resource protection, environ5 mental restoration, and related infrastructure, in the 

6 vicinity of the Mohawk River and tributaries, includ7 ing the counties of Albany, Delaware, Fulton, 

8 Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, Madison, Mont9 gomery, Oneida, Otsego, Saratoga, Schoharie, and 

10 Schenectady, New York. 

11 ‘‘(513) MOUNT PLEASANT, NEW YORK.— 

12 $2,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure, 

13 including stormwater management, in the town of 

14 Mount Pleasant, New York. 

15 ‘‘(514) NEWTOWN CREEK, NEW YORK.— 

16 $25,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc17 ture, including stormwater management (including 

18 combined sewer overflows), in the vicinity of New19 town Creek, New York City, New York. 

20 ‘‘(515) NEW YORK COUNTY, NEW YORK.— 

21 $60,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc22 ture, including stormwater management (including 

23 combined sewer overflows), in New York County, 

24 New York. 


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1 ‘‘(516) ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK.— 

2 $10,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc3 ture in Orange County, New York. 

4 ‘‘(517) SLEEPY HOLLOW, NEW YORK.— 

5 $2,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure, 

6 including stormwater management, in the village of 

7 Sleepy Hollow, New York. 

8 ‘‘(518) ULSTER COUNTY, NEW YORK.— 

9 $10,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc10 ture in Ulster County, New York. 

11 ‘‘(519) RAMAPO, NEW YORK.—$4,000,000 for 

12 water infrastructure, including related environmental 

13 infrastructure, in the town of Ramapo, New York. 

14 ‘‘(520) RIKERS ISLAND, NEW YORK.— 

15 $25,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc16 ture, including stormwater management (including 

17 combined sewer overflows) on Rikers Island, New 

18 York. 

19 ‘‘(521) YORKTOWN, NEW YORK.—$10,000,000 

20 for water and wastewater infrastructure in the town 

21 of Yorktown, New York. 

22 ‘‘(522) CANTON, NORTH CAROLINA.— 

23 $41,025,650 for water and wastewater infrastruc24 ture, including stormwater management, in the town 

25 of Canton, North Carolina. 


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1 ‘‘(523) FAIRMONT, NORTH CAROLINA.— 

2 $7,137,500 for water and wastewater infrastructure, 

3 in the town of Fairmont, North Carolina. 

4 ‘‘(524) MURPHY, NORTH CAROLINA.— 

5 $1,500,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure, 

6 including water supply, in the town of Murphy, 

7 North Carolina. 

8 ‘‘(525) ROBBINSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.— 

9 $3,474,350 for water and wastewater infrastructure 

10 in the town of Robbinsville, North Carolina. 

11 ‘‘(526) WEAVERVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.— 

12 $4,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure 

13 in the town of Weaverville, North Carolina. 

14 ‘‘(527) APPLE CREEK, OHIO.—$350,000 for 

15 water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

16 stormwater management, in the village of Apple 

17 Creek, Ohio. 

18 ‘‘(528) BROOKLYN HEIGHTS, OHIO.—$170,000 

19 for water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

20 stormwater management, in the village of Brooklyn 

21 Heights, Ohio. 

22 ‘‘(529) CHAGRIN FALLS REGIONAL WATER SYS23 TEM, OHIO.—$3,500,000 for water and wastewater 

24 infrastructure in the villages of Bentleyville, Chagrin 

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1 Townships of Bainbridge, Chagrin Falls, and Rus2 sell, Ohio. 

3 ‘‘(530) CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OHIO.— 

4 $11,500,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc5 ture in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. 

6 ‘‘(531) ERIE COUNTY, OHIO.—$16,000,000 for 

7 water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

8 stormwater management (including combined sewer 

9 overflows) in Erie County, Ohio. 

10 ‘‘(532) HURON, OHIO.—$7,100,000 for water 

11 and wastewater infrastructure in the city of Huron, 

12 Ohio. 

13 ‘‘(533) KELLEYS ISLAND, OHIO.—$1,000,000 

14 for wastewater infrastructure in the village of 

15 Kelleys Island, Ohio. 

16 ‘‘(534) NORTH OLMSTED, OHIO.—$1,175,165 

17 for water and wastewater infrastructure in the city 

18 of North Olmsted, Ohio. 

19 ‘‘(535) PAINESVILLE, OHIO.—$11,800,000 for 

20 water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

21 stormwater management, in the City of Painesville, 

22 Ohio. 

23 ‘‘(536) SOLON, OHIO.—$14,137,341 for water 

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1 management (including combined sewer overflows), 

2 in the city of Solon, Ohio. 

3 ‘‘(537) SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO.—$25,000,000 

4 for water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

5 related environmental infrastructure, in Summit 

6 County, Ohio. 

7 ‘‘(538) STARK COUNTY, OHIO.—$24,000,000 

8 for water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

9 related environmental infrastructure, in Stark Coun10 ty, Ohio. 

11 ‘‘(539) TOLEDO AND OREGON, OHIO.— 

12 $10,500,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc13 ture in the cities of Toledo and Oregon, Ohio. 

14 ‘‘(540) VERMILION, OHIO.—$15,400,000 for 

15 wastewater infrastructure in the city of Vermilion, 

16 Ohio. 

17 ‘‘(541) WESTLAKE, OHIO.—$750,000 for water 

18 and wastewater infrastructure, including stormwater 

19 management, in the city of Westlake, Ohio. 

20 ‘‘(542) STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA.— 

21 $30,000,000 for water infrastructure, including re22 lated environmental infrastructure and water stor23 age, transmission, treatment, and distribution, in the 

24 city of Stillwater, Oklahoma. 


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1 ‘‘(543) BEAVERTON, OREGON.—$10,000,000 

2 for water supply in the city of Beaverton, Oregon. 

3 ‘‘(544) CLACKAMAS COUNTY, OREGON.— 

4 $50,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc5 ture, including combined sewer overflows, in 

6 Clackamas County, Oregon. 

7 ‘‘(545) WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON.— 

8 $50,000,000 for water infrastructure and water sup9 ply in Washington County, Oregon. 

10 ‘‘(546) BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.— 

11 $7,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure, 

12 including water supply, stormwater management, 

13 drinking water, and water treatment, in Berks 

14 County, Pennsylvania. 

15 ‘‘(547) CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.— 

16 $7,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure, 

17 including water supply, stormwater management, 

18 drinking water, and water treatment, in Chester 

19 County, Pennsylvania. 

20 ‘‘(548) FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, PENNSYL21 VANIA.—$2,000,000 for water and wastewater infra22 structure, including stormwater management, in 

23 Franklin Township, Pennsylvania. 

24 ‘‘(549) INDIAN CREEK, PENNSYLVANIA.— 

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1 boroughs of Telford, Franconia, and Lower Safford, 

2 Pennsylvania. 

3 ‘‘(550) PEN ARGYL, PENNSYLVANIA.— 

4 $5,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure 

5 in the borough of Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania. 

6 ‘‘(551) CHESTERFIELD, SOUTH CAROLINA.— 

7 $1,200,000 for water and wastewater infrastructure 

8 in the town of Chesterfield, South Carolina. 

9 ‘‘(552) CHERAW, SOUTH CAROLINA.— 

10 $8,800,000 for water, wastewater, and other envi11 ronmental infrastructure in the town of Cheraw, 

12 South Carolina. 

13 ‘‘(553) FLORENCE COUNTY, SOUTH CARO14 LINA.—$40,000,000 for water and wastewater infra15 structure in Florence County, South Carolina. 

16 ‘‘(554) LAKE CITY, SOUTH CAROLINA.— 

17 $15,000,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc18 ture, including stormwater management in the city 

19 of Lake City, South Carolina. 

20 ‘‘(555) TIPTON, HAYWOOD, AND FAYETTE

21 COUNTIES, TENNESSEE.—$50,000,000 for water and 

22 wastewater infrastructure, including related environ23 mental infrastructure and water supply, in Tipton, 

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1 ‘‘(556) AUSTIN, TEXAS.—$50,000,000 for 

2 water and wastewater infrastructure in the city of 

3 Austin, Texas. 

4 ‘‘(557) AMARILLO, TEXAS.—$38,000,000 for 

5 water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

6 stormwater management and water storage and 

7 treatment systems, in the City of Amarillo, Texas. 

8 ‘‘(558) BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS.—$40,000,000 

9 for water and wastewater infrastructure, in the City 

10 of Brownsville, Texas. 

11 ‘‘(559) CLARENDON, TEXAS.—$5,000,000 for 

12 water infrastructure, including water storage, in the 

13 city of Clarendon, Texas. 

14 ‘‘(560) QUINLAN, TEXAS.—$1,250,000 for 

15 water and wastewater infrastructure in the city of 

16 Quinlan, Texas. 

17 ‘‘(561) RUNAWAY BAY, TEXAS.—$7,000,000 for 

18 water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

19 stormwater management and water storage and 

20 treatment systems, in the city of Runaway Bay, 

21 Texas. 

22 ‘‘(562) WEBB COUNTY, TEXAS.—$20,000,000 

23 for wastewater infrastructure and water supply in 

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1 ‘‘(563) ZAPATA COUNTY, TEXAS.—$20,000,000 

2 for water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

3 water supply, in Zapata County, Texas. 

4 ‘‘(564) KING WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA.— 

5 $1,300,000 for wastewater infrastructure in King 

6 William County, Virginia. 

7 ‘‘(565) POTOMAC RIVER, VIRGINIA.— 

8 $1,000,000 for wastewater infrastructure, environ9 mental infrastructure, and water quality improve10 ments, in the vicinity of the Potomac River, Vir11 ginia. 

12 ‘‘(566) CHELAN, WASHINGTON.—$9,000,000 

13 for water infrastructure, including water supply, 

14 storage, and distribution, in the city of Chelan, 

15 Washington. 

16 ‘‘(567) COLLEGE PLACE, WASHINGTON.— 

17 $5,000,000 for water infrastructure, including water 

18 supply and storage, in the city of College Place, 

19 Washington. 

20 ‘‘(568) FERNDALE, WASHINGTON.—$4,000,000 

21 for water, wastewater, and environmental infrastruc22 ture, in the city of Ferndale, Washington. 

23 ‘‘(569) LYNDEN, WASHINGTON.—$4,000,000 

24 for water, wastewater, and environmental infrastruc25 ture, in the city of Lynden, Washington. 


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1 ‘‘(570) OTHELLO, WASHINGTON.—$14,000,000 

2 for water and wastewater infrastructure, including 

3 water supply and aquifer storage and recovery, in 

4 the city of Othello, Washington.’’. 

5 (b) PROJECT MODIFICATIONS.— 

6 (1) CONSISTENCY WITH REPORTS.—Congress 

7 finds that the project modifications described in this 

8 subsection are in accordance with the reports sub9 mitted to Congress by the Secretary under section 

10 7001 of the Water Resources Reform and Develop11 ment Act (33 U.S.C. 2282d), titled ‘‘Report to Con12 gress on Future Water Resources Development’’, or 

13 have otherwise been reviewed by Congress. 

14 (2) MODIFICATIONS.— 

15 (A) ALAMEDA AND CONTRA COSTA COUN16 TIES, CALIFORNIA.—Section 219(f)(80) of the 

17 Water Resources Development Act of 1992 

18 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 

19 1258) is amended by striking ‘‘$25,000,000’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘$45,000,000’’. 

21 (B) CALAVERAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.— 

22 Section 219(f)(86) of the Water Resources De23 velopment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 

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1 amended by striking ‘‘$13,280,000’’ and insert2 ing ‘‘$16,300,000’’. 

3 (C) CONTRA COSTA WATER DISTRICT, 

4 CALIFORNIA.—Section 219(f)(87) of the Water 

5 Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 

6 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1259) is 

7 amended— 

8 (i) by inserting ‘‘$80,000,000, of 

9 which not less than’’ before 

10 ‘‘$23,000,000’’; and 

11 (ii) by inserting ‘‘shall be for’’ after 

12 ‘‘$23,000,000’’; and 

13 (iii) by inserting ‘‘service area, and of 

14 which not less than $57,000,000 shall be 

15 for water and wastewater infrastructure, 

16 including stormwater management and 

17 water supply, within the service areas for 

18 the Delta Diablo Sanitation District and 

19 the Ironhouse Sanitary District, Contra 

20 Costa County’’ after ‘‘Water District’’. 

21 (D) LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALI22 FORNIA.—Section 219(f)(93) of the Water Re23 sources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 

24 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1259; 136 Stat. 

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1 (i) by striking ‘‘$103,000,000’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘$128,000,000’’; and 

3 (ii) by striking ‘‘Santa Clarity Valley’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘Santa Clarita Valley’’. 

5 (E) LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

6 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—Sec7 tion 8319(e)(1) of the Water Resources Devel8 opment Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3785) is amend9 ed by striking ‘‘$50,000,000’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘$100,000,000’’. 

11 (F) LOS OSOS, CALIFORNIA.— 

12 (i) PROJECT DESCRIPTION.—Section 

13 219(c)(27) of the Water Resources Devel14 opment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 114 

15 Stat. 2763A–219; 121 Stat. 1209) is 

16 amended by striking ‘‘Wastewater’’ and in17 serting ‘‘Water and wastewater’’. 

18 (ii) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA19 TIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE.— 

20 Section 219(e)(15) of the Water Resources 

21 Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 

22 110 Stat. 3757; 121 Stat. 1192) is amend23 ed by striking ‘‘$35,000,000’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘$43,000,000’’. 


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1 (G) SAN BERNADINO COUNTY, CALI2 FORNIA.—Section 219(f)(101) of the Water Re3 sources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 

4 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1260) is modi5 fied by striking ‘‘$9,000,000’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘$24,000,000’’. 

7 (H) SOUTH PERRIS, CALIFORNIA.—Section 

8 219(f)(52) of the Water Resources Development 

9 Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 336; 

10 114 Stat. 2763A–220; 134 Stat. 2718) is 

11 amended by striking ‘‘$50,000,000’’ and insert12 ing ‘‘$100,000,000’’. 

13 (I) PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA.—Sec14 tion 219(f)(129) of the Water Resources Devel15 opment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 

16 334; 121 Stat. 1261) is amended by striking 

17 ‘‘$7,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$57,500,000’’. 

18 (J) ATLANTA, GEORGIA.—Section 

19 219(e)(5) of the Water Resources Development 

20 Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 110 Stat. 3757; 

21 113 Stat. 334) is amended by striking 

22 ‘‘$75,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000,000’’. 

23 (K) EAST POINT, GEORGIA.—Section 

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1 334; 121 Stat. 1261; 136 Stat. 3817) is 

2 amended by striking ‘‘$15,000,000’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘$20,000,000’’. 

4 (L) GUAM.—Section 219(f)(323) of the 

5 Water Resources Development Act of 1992 

6 (136 Stat. 3811) is amended by striking 

7 ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$35,000,000’’. 

8 (M) MAUI, HAWAII.—Section 219(f)(328) 

9 of the Water Resources Development Act of 

10 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 136 Stat. 

11 3811) is modified by striking ‘‘$20,000,000’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘50,000,000’’. 

13 (N) COOK COUNTY AND LAKE COUNTY, IL14 LINOIS.—Section 219(f)(54) of the Water Re15 sources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 

16 4835; 113 Stat. 336; 114 Stat. 2763A-221) is 

17 amended by striking ‘‘$100,000,000’’ and in18 serting ‘‘$149,000,000’’. 

19 (O) FOREST PARK, ILLINOIS.—Section 

20 219(f)(330) of the Water Resources Develop21 ment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 

22 334; 136 Stat. 3811) is amended by striking 

23 ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000’’. 

24 (P) MADISON AND ST. CLAIR COUNTIES, 

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1 sources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 

2 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 114 Stat. 2763A–221; 

3 134 Stat. 2718; 136 Stat. 3817) is amended— 

4 (i) by inserting ‘‘(including 

5 stormwater)’’ after ‘‘wastewater’’; and 

6 (ii) by striking ‘‘$100,000,000’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘$150,000,000’’. 

8 (Q) SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS.—Section 

9 219(f)(333) of the Water Resources Develop10 ment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 

11 334; 136 Stat. 3812) is amended— 

12 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik13 ing ‘‘MONTGOMERY AND CHRISTIAN COUN14 TIES, ILLINOIS’’ and inserting ‘‘SOUTH

15 CENTRAL ILLINOIS’’; and 

16 (ii) by striking ‘‘Montgomery County 

17 and Christian County’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘Montgomery County, Christian County, 

19 Fayette County, Shelby County, Jasper 

20 County, Richland County, Crawford Coun21 ty, and Lawrence County’’. 

22 (R) BATON ROUGE, LOUSIANA.—Section 

23 219(f)(21) of the Water Resources Development 

24 Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 336; 

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1 Stat. 3817) is amended by striking 

2 ‘‘$90,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000,000’’. 

3 (S) EAST ATCHAFALAYA BASIN AND AMITE

4 RIVER BASIN REGION, LOUISIANA.—Section 

5 5082(i) of the Water Resources and Develop6 ment Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1226) is amended 

7 by striking ‘‘$40,000,000’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘$45,000,000’’. 

9 (T) LAFOURCHE PARISH, LOUISIANA.— 

10 Section 219(f)(146) of the Water Resources 

11 Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 

12 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1262) is amended by strik13 ing ‘‘$2,300,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$7,300,000’’. 

14 (U) SOUTH CENTRAL PLANNING AND DE15 VELOPMENT COMMISSION, LOUISIANA.—Section 

16 219(f)(153) of the Water Resources Develop17 ment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 

18 336; 121 Stat. 1262; 136 Stat. 3817) is 

19 amended by striking ‘‘$12,500,000’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘$17,500,000’’. 

21 (V) SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA REGION, LOU22 ISIANA.—Section 5085(i) of the Water Re23 sources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 

24 1228) is amended by striking ‘‘$17,000,000’’ 

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1 (W) FITCHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS.—Sec2 tion 219(f)(336) of the Water Resources Devel3 opment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 

4 334; 136 Stat. 3812) is amended by striking 

5 ‘‘$20,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$30,000,000’’. 

6 (X) HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS.—Sec7 tion 219(f)(337) of the Water Resources Devel8 opment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 

9 334; 136 Stat. 3812) is amended by striking 

10 ‘‘$20,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$30,000,000’’. 

11 (Y) LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS.—Sec12 tion 219(f)(338) of the Water Resources Devel13 opment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 

14 334; 136 Stat. 3812) is amended by striking 

15 ‘‘$20,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$30,000,000’’. 

16 (Z) LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.—Section 

17 219(f)(339) of the Water Resources Develop18 ment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 

19 334; 136 Stat. 3812) is amended by striking 

20 ‘‘$20,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$30,000,000’’. 

21 (AA) METHUEN, MASSACHUSETTS.—Sec22 tion 219(f)(340) of the Water Resources Devel23 opment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 

24 334; 136 Stat. 3812) is amended by striking 

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1 (BB) MACOMB COUNTY, MICHIGAN.—Sec2 tion 219(f)(345) of the Water Resources Devel3 opment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 

4 334; 136 Stat. 3812) is amended by striking 

5 ‘‘$40,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$90,000,000’’. 

6 (CC) MICHIGAN.—Section 219(f)(157) of 

7 the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 

8 (106 Stat. 4825; 113 Stat. 336; 121 Stat. 

9 1262; 136 Stat. 3818) is amended— 

10 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik11 ing ‘‘MICHIGAN COMBINED SEWER OVER12 FLOWS’’ and inserting ‘‘MICHIGAN’’; and 

13 (ii) in subparagraph (A) by striking 

14 ‘‘$85,000,000’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘$160,000,000’’. 

16 (DD) BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI.—Section 

17 219(f)(163) of the Water Resources Develop18 ment Act of 1992 (106 Stat, 4835; 113 Stat. 

19 334; 121 Stat. 1263) is amended by striking 

20 ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000,000’’. 

21 (EE) DESOTO COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.—Sec22 tion 219(f)(30) of the Water Resources Devel23 opment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 

24 336; 114 Stat. 2763A–220; 119 Stat. 282; 119 

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1 amended by striking ‘‘$130,000,000’’ and in2 serting ‘‘$170,000,000’’. 

3 (FF) MADISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.— 

4 Section 219(f)(351) of the Water Resources 

5 and Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat, 4835; 

6 113 Stat. 336; 136 Stat. 3813) is amended by 

7 striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘$22,000,000’’. 

9 (GG) MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI.—Section 

10 219(f)(352) of the Water Resources and Devel11 opment Act of 1992 (106 Stat, 4835; 113 Stat. 

12 336; 136 Stat. 3813) is amended by striking 

13 ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$26,000,000’’. 

14 (HH) RANKIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.—Sec15 tion 219(f)(254) of the Water Resources and 

16 Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat, 4835; 113 

17 Stat. 336; 136 Stat. 3813) is amended by strik18 ing ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘$22,000,000’’. 

20 (II) ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.—Section 

21 219(f)(32) of the Water Resources Development 

22 Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 337; 

23 121 Stat. 1233; 134 Stat. 2718) is amended by 

24 striking ‘‘$70,000,000’’ and inserting 

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1 (JJ) CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.—Section 

2 219(f)(357) of the Water Resources Develop3 ment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 

4 336; 136 Stat. 3813) is amended by striking 

5 ‘‘$119,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$143,800,000’’. 

6 (KK) CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.—Section 

7 593(h) of the Water Resources Development 

8 Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 380; 119 Stat. 2255; 

9 136 Stat. 3820) is amended by striking 

10 ‘‘$100,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$150,000,000’’. 

11 (LL) KIRYAS JOEL, NEW YORK.—Section 

12 219(f)(184) of the Water Resources Develop13 ment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 

14 334; 121 Stat. 1264) is amended by striking 

15 ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$25,000,000’’. 

16 (MM) QUEENS, NEW YORK.—Section 

17 219(f)(377) of the Water Resources Develop18 ment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 

19 334; 136 Stat. 3814) is amended by striking 

20 ‘‘$119,200,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$190,000,000’’. 

21 (NN) NEW YORK CITY WATERSHED.—Sec22 tion 552(a) of the Water Resources Develop23 ment Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3780; 136 Stat. 

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1 ‘‘(3) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out this 

2 section, the Secretary may consider natural and na3 ture-based infrastructure.’’. 

4 (OO) NORTH CAROLINA.—Section 5113 of 

5 the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 

6 (121 Stat. 1237) is amended in subsection (f) 

7 by striking ‘‘$13,000,000’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘$50,000,000’’. 

9 (PP) CLEVELAND, OHIO.—Section 

10 219(f)(207) of the Water Resources Develop11 ment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 

12 334; 121 Stat. 1265) is amended by striking 

13 ‘‘$2,500,000 for Flats East Bank’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘$25,500,000’’. 

15 (QQ) CINCINNATI, OHIO.—Section 

16 219(f)(206) of the Water Resources Develop17 ment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 

18 334; 121 Stat. 1265) is amended by striking 

19 ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$31,000,000’’. 

20 (RR) OHIO.—Section 594 of the Water 

21 Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 

22 381; 119 Stat. 2261; 121 Stat. 1140; 121 Stat. 

23 1944; 136 Stat. 3821) is amended in subsection 

24 (h) by striking ‘‘$250,000,000’’ and inserting 

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1 (SS) MIDWEST CITY, OKLAHOMA.—Section 

2 219(f)(231) of the Water Resources Develop3 ment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 

4 334; 121 Stat. 1266; 134 Stat 2719) is amend5 ed by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘$15,000,000’’. 

7 (TT) WOODWARD, OKLAHOMA.—Section 

8 219(f)(236) of the Water Resources Develop9 ment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 

10 334; 121 Stat. 1266) is amended by striking 

11 ‘‘$1,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,000,000’’. 

12 (UU) SOUTHWESTERN OREGON.—Section 

13 8359 of the Water Resources Development Act 

14 of 2022 (136 Stat. 3802) is amended— 

15 (i) in subsection (e)(1), by striking 

16 ‘‘$50,000,000’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘$100,000,000’’ ; and 

18 (ii) in subsection (f), by inserting 

19 ‘‘Lincoln,’’ after ‘‘Lane,’’. 

20 (VV) HATFIELD BOROUGH, PENNSYL21 VANIA.—Section 219(f)(239) of the Water Re22 sources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 

23 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1266) is 

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1 (WW) NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA.—Sec2 tion 219(f)(11) of the Water Resources Devel3 opment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 

4 334) is amended— 

5 (i) by striking ‘‘$20,000,000 for water 

6 related infrastructure’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘$70,000,000 for water and wastewater in8 frastructure, including water supply’’; and 

9 (ii) by inserting ‘‘Luzerne,’’ after 

10 ‘‘Lackawanna,’’. 

11 (XX) PHOENIXVILLE BOROUGH, CHESTER

12 COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.—Section 219(f)(68) 

13 of the Water Resources Development Act of 

14 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 114 Stat. 

15 2763A–221) is amended by striking 

16 ‘‘$2,400,000 for water and sewer infrastruc17 ture’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000,000 for water and 

18 wastewater infrastructure, including stormwater 

19 infrastructure and water supply’’. 

20 (YY) LAKES MARION AND MOULTRIE, 

21 SOUTH CAROLINA.—Section 219(f)(25) of the 

22 Water Resources Development Act of 1992 

23 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 336; 114 Stat. 

24 2763A–220; 117 Stat. 1838; 130 Stat. 1677; 

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1 3818) is amended by striking ‘‘$165,000,000’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘$235,000,000’’. 

3 (ZZ) MOUNT PLEASANT, SOUTH CARO4 LINA.—Section 219(f)(393) of the Water Re5 sources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 

6 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 136 Stat. 3815) is 

7 amended by striking ‘‘$7,822,000’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘$20,000,000’’. 

9 (AAA) SMITH COUNTY, TENNESSEE.—Sec10 tion 219(f)(395) of the Water Resources Devel11 opment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 

12 334; 136 Stat. 3815) is amended by striking 

13 ‘‘$19,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$69,500,000’’. 

14 (BBB) DALLAS COUNTY REGION, 

15 TEXAS.—Section 5140 of the Water Resources 

16 Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1251) is 

17 amended in subsection (i) by striking 

18 ‘‘$40,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000,000’’. 

19 (CCC) TEXAS.—Section 5138 of the Water 

20 Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 

21 1250; 136 Stat. 3821) is amended in subsection 

22 (i) by striking ‘‘$80,000,000’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘$200,000,000’’. 

24 (DDD) WESTERN RURAL WATER.—Section 

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1 of 1999 (113 Stat. 383; 117 Stat. 139; 117 

2 Stat. 142; 117 Stat. 1836; 118 Stat. 440; 121 

3 Stat. 1219; 123 Stat. 2851; 128 Stat. 1316; 

4 130 Stat. 1681; 134 Stat. 2719; 136 Stat. 

5 3822) is amended— 

6 (i) in subsection (c)(1)— 

7 (I) by inserting by inserting ‘‘, 

8 including natural and nature-based in9 frastructure’’ after ‘‘water-related en10 vironmental infrastructure,’’; 

11 (II) in subparagraph (C), by 

12 striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

13 (III) by adding at the end the 

14 following: 

15 ‘‘(E) drought resilience measures; and’’; 

16 and 

17 (ii) in subsection (i)— 

18 (I) in paragraph (1), by striking 

19 ‘‘$800,000,000’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘$850,000,000’’; and 

21 (II) in paragraph (2), by striking 

22 ‘‘$200,000,000’’ and inserting 

23 ‘‘$250,000,000’’. 

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1 ment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 

2 334; 136 Stat. 3816) is amended by striking 

3 ‘‘$4,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$11,000,000’’. 

4 (3) EFFECT ON AUTHORIZATION.—Notwith5 standing the operation of section 6001(e) of the 

6 Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 

7 2014 (as in effect on the day before the date of en8 actment of the Water Resources Development Act of 

9 2016), any project included on a list published by 

10 the Secretary pursuant to such section the author11 ization for which is amended by this subsection re12 mains authorized to be carried out by the Secretary. 

13 SEC. 339. SPECIFIC DEAUTHORIZATIONS. 

14 (a) DEAUTHORIZATION OF DESIGNATED PORTIONS

15 OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DRAINAGE AREA, CALI16 FORNIA.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The portion of the project 

18 for flood risk management, Los Angeles County 

19 Drainage Area, California, authorized by section 5 

20 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (chapter 688, 49 Stat. 

21 1589; 50 Stat. 167; 52 Stat. 1215; 55 Stat. 647; 64 

22 Stat. 177; 104 Stat. 4611; 136 Stat. 3785), con23 sisting of the flood channels described in paragraph 

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1 that is 18 months after the date of enactment of 

2 this Act. 

3 (2) FLOOD CHANNELS DESCRIBED.—The flood 

4 channels referred to in paragraph (1) are the fol5 lowing flood channels operated and maintained by 

6 the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, as 

7 generally defined in Corps of Engineers operations 

8 and maintenance manuals and as may be further de9 scribed in an agreement entered into under para10 graph (3): 

11 (A) Arcadia Wash Channel (Auburn 

12 Branch Channel). 

13 (B) Arcadia Wash Channel (Baldwin Ave. 

14 Branch Channel). 

15 (C) Arcadia Wash Channel (East Branch 

16 Channel). 

17 (D) Arcadia Wash Channel (Lima St. 

18 Branch Channel). 

19 (E) Bel Aire Dr./Sunset Canyon Channel. 

20 (F) Big Dalton Wash Channel. 

21 (G) Big Dalton Wash Channel (East 

22 Branch Inlet Channel). 

23 (H) Blanchard Canyon Channel. 

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1 (K) Childs Canyon Channel. 

2 (L) Dead Horse Canyon Channel. 

3 (M) Dunsmuir Canyon Channel. 

4 (N) Eagle Canyon Channel. 

5 (O) Elmwood Canyon Channel. 

6 (P) Emerald Wash Channel. 

7 (Q) Emerald Wash Channel (West 

8 Branch). 

9 (R) Hay Canyon Channel. 

10 (S) Higgins and Coldwater Canyon. 

11 (T) Hillcrest Canyon Channel. 

12 (U) La Tuna Canyon Channel. 

13 (V) Little Dalton Diversion Channel. 

14 (W) Little Dalton Wash Channel. 

15 (X) Live Oak Wash Channel. 

16 (Y) Mansfield St. Channel. 

17 (Z) Marshall Creek Channel. 

18 (AA) Marshall Creek Channel (West 

19 Branch). 

20 (BB) Rexford-Monte Mar Branch. 

21 (CC) Royal Boulevard Channel. 

22 (DD) Rubio Canyon Diversion Channel. 

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1 (HH) Sierra Madre Villa Channel. 

2 (II) Sierra Madre Wash. 

3 (JJ) Sierra Madre Wash Inlet. 

4 (KK) Snover Canyon Channel. 

5 (LL) Stough Canyon Channel. 

6 (MM) Thompson Creek Channel. 

7 (NN) Walnut Creek Channel. 

8 (OO) Webber Canyon Channel. 

9 (PP) Westwood Branch Channel. 

10 (QQ) Wilson Canyon Channel. 

11 (RR) Winery Canyon Channel. 

12 (3) AGREEMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 

13 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

14 shall seek to enter into an agreement with the Los 

15 Angeles County Flood Control District to ensure 

16 that the Los Angeles County Flood Control Dis17 trict— 

18 (A) will continue to operate, maintain, re19 pair, rehabilitate, and replace as necessary, the 

20 flood channels described in paragraph (2)— 

21 (i) in perpetuity at no cost to the 

22 United States; and 

23 (ii) in a manner that does not reduce 

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1 (B) will retain public ownership of all real 

2 property required for the continued functioning 

3 of the flood channels described in paragraph 

4 (2), consistent with authorized purposes of the 

5 project described in paragraph (1); 

6 (C) will allow the Corps of Engineers to 

7 continue to operate, maintain, repair, rehabili8 tate, and replace any appurtenant structures, 

9 such as rain and stream gages, existing as of 

10 the date of enactment of this Act and located 

11 within the flood channels subject to deauthor12 ization under paragraph (1) as necessary to en13 sure the continued functioning of the project 

14 described in paragraph (1); and 

15 (D) will hold and save the United States 

16 harmless from damages due to floods, breach, 

17 failure, operation, or maintenance of the flood 

18 channels described in paragraph (2). 

19 (4) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The Secretary 

20 may accept and expend funds voluntarily contributed 

21 by the Los Angeles County Flood Control District to 

22 cover the administrative costs incurred by the Sec23 retary to— 

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1 (B) monitor compliance with such agree2 ment. 

3 (b) THAMES RIVER, CONNECTICUT.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date of en5 actment of this Act, the 25-foot-deep channel por6 tion of the project for navigation, Thames River, 

7 Connecticut, authorized by the first section of the 

8 Act of July 3, 1930 (chapter 847, 46 Stat. 918), 

9 consisting of the area described in paragraph (2), is 

10 no longer authorized. 

11 (2) AREA DESCRIBED.—The area referred to in 

12 paragraph (1) is the area— 

13 (A) beginning at a point N706550.83, 

14 E1179497.53; 

15 (B) running southeasterly about 808.28 

16 feet to a point N705766.32, E1179692.10; 

17 (C) running southeasterly about 2219.17 

18 feet to a point N703725.88, E1180564.64; 

19 (D) running southeasterly about 1594.84 

20 feet to a point N702349.59, E1181370.46; 

21 (E) running southwesterly about 483.01 

22 feet to a point N701866.63, E1181363.54; 

23 (F) running northwesterly about 2023.85 

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1 (G) running northwesterly about 2001.46 

2 feet to a point N705453.40, E1179554.02; and 

3 (H) running northwesterly about 1098.89 

4 feet to the point described in paragraph (1). 

5 (c) SAINT PETERSBURG HARBOR, FLORIDA.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date of en7 actment of this Act, the portion of the project for 

8 navigation, Saint Petersburg Harbor, Florida, au9 thorized by section 101 the River and Harbor Act of 

10 1950 (64 Stat. 165), consisting of the area described 

11 in paragraph (2) is no longer authorized. 

12 (2) AREA DESCRIBED.—The area referred to in 

13 paragraph (1) is the portion of the Federal channel 

14 located within Bayboro Harbor, at approximately 

15 -82.635353 W and 27.760977 N, south of the 

16 Range 300 line and west of the Station 71+00 line. 

17 (d) NORTH BRANCH, CHICAGO RIVER, ILLINOIS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date of en19 actment of this Act, the portion of the project for 

20 navigation North Branch channel, Chicago River, Il21 linois, authorized by section 22 of the Act of March 

22 3, 1899 (chapter 425, 30 Stat. 1156), consisting of 

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1 (2) AREA DESCRIBED.—The area referred to in 

2 paragraph (1) is the approximately one-mile long 

3 segment of the North Branch Channel on the east 

4 side of Goose Island, Chicago River, Illinois. 

5 (e) PAPILLION CREEK WATERSHED, NEBRASKA.— 

6 Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the 

7 project for flood protection and other purposes in the Pa8 pillion Creek Basin, Nebraska, authorized by section 203 

9 of the Flood Control Act of 1968 (82 Stat. 743) is modi10 fied to deauthorize the portions of the project known as 

11 Dam Site 7 and Dam Site 12. 

12 (f) TRUCKEE RIVER, NEVADA.—Beginning on the 

13 date of enactment of this Act, the project for flood risk 

14 management, Truckee Meadows, Nevada, authorized by 

15 section 7002(2) of the Water Resources Reform and De16 velopment Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 1366), is no longer au17 thorized. 

18 (g) NEWTOWN CREEK, NEW YORK.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date of en20 actment of this Act, the portions of the project for 

21 navigation, Newtown Creek, New York, Federal 

22 Navigation Channel, authorized by the first section 

23 of the Act of March 2, 1919 (chapter 95, 40 Stat. 

24 1276; 50 Stat. 845), consisting of the areas de25 scribed in paragraph (2) are no longer authorized. 


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1 (2) AREAS DESCRIBED.—The areas referred to 

2 in paragraph (1) are— 

3 (A) the portions of Reaches E1 and G ad4 jacent to Reach F east of a line formed by 

5 points 40.724204, -73.924649; 40.723419, 

6 -73.925904; and 40.722344, -73.925369; 

7 (B) Reach F; 

8 (C) Reach I; and 

9 (D) the portions of Reach K from approxi10 mately 500 feet upstream of Metropolitan Ave11 nue Bridge to a point located approximately 

12 1750 feet upstream. 

13 (h) MONROE BAY AND CREEK FEDERAL CHANNEL, 

14 VIRGINIA.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date of en16 actment of this Act, the portion of the project for 

17 navigation, Monroe Bay and Creek, Virginia, author18 ized by the first section of the Act of July 3, 1930 

19 (chapter 847, 46 Stat. 922), consisting of the area 

20 described in paragraph (2) is no longer authorized. 

21 (2) AREA DESCRIBED.—The area referred to in 

22 paragraph (1) is the roughly 300 feet of the length 

23 of the Federal turning and anchorage basin in the 

24 vicinity of the property located at 829 Robin Grove 

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1 (i) SEATTLE HARBOR, WASHINGTON.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date of en3 actment of this Act, the project for navigation, Se4 attle Harbor, Washington, authorized by the first 

5 section of the Act of August 30, 1935 (chapter 831, 

6 49 Stat. 1039), is modified to deauthorize the por7 tion of the project within the East Waterway con8 sisting of the area described in paragraph (2). 

9 (2) AREA DESCRIBED.—The area referred to in 

10 paragraph (1) is the area— 

11 (A) beginning at the southwest corner of 

12 Block 386, Plat of Seattle Tidelands (said cor13 ner also being a point on the United States 

14 pierhead line); 

15 (B) thence north 90°00’00’’ west along the 

16 projection of the south line of Block 386, 

17 206.58 feet to the centerline of the East Water18 way; 

19 (C) thence north 14°30’00’’ east along the 

20 centerline and parallel with the northwesterly 

21 line of Block 386, 64.83 feet; 

22 (D) thence north 33°32’59’’ east, 235.85 

23 feet; 

24 (E) thence north 39°55’22’’ east, 128.70 

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1 (F) thence north 14°30’00’’ east parallel 

2 with the northwesterly line of Block 386, 

3 280.45 feet; 

4 (G) thence north 90°00’00’’ east, 70.00 

5 feet to the pierhead line and the northwesterly 

6 line of Block 386; and 

7 (H) thence south 14°30’00’’ west, 650.25 

8 feet along said pierhead line and northwesterly 

9 line of Block 386 to the point of beginning. 

10 TITLE IV—WATER RESOURCES 

11 INFRASTRUCTURE 

12 SEC. 401. PROJECT AUTHORIZATIONS. 

13 The following projects for water resources develop14 ment and conservation and other purposes, as identified 

15 in the reports titled ‘‘Report to Congress on Future Water 

16 Resources Development’’ submitted to Congress pursuant 

17 to section 7001 of the Water Resources Reform and Devel18 opment Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2282d) or otherwise re19 viewed by Congress, are authorized to be carried out by 

20 the Secretary substantially in accordance with the plans, 

21 and subject to the conditions, described in the respective 

22 reports or decision documents designated in this section: 

23 (1) NAVIGATION.— 


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A. 

State 

B. 

Name 

C. 

Date of 

Report of 

Chief of 

Engineers 

D. 

Estimated 

Costs 

1. CA Oakland Harbor 

Turning Basins 

Widening, Oakland 

May 30, 

2024 

Federal: $408,164,600 

Non-Federal: $200,780,400 

Total: $608,945,000 

2. MD Baltimore Harbor 

Anchorages and 

Channels Modification of 

Seagirt Loop 

Channel, City 

of Baltimore, 

Deep Draft 

Navigation 

June 22, 

2023 

Federal: $47,956,500 

Non-Federal: $15,985,500 

Total: $63,942,000 

1 (2) HURRICANE AND STORM DAMAGE RISK RE2 DUCTION.— 

A. 

State 

B. 

Name 

C. 

Date of 

Report of 

Chief of 

Engineers 

D. 

Estimated 

Costs 

1. DC, 

VA 

Metropolitan 

Washington, 

District of Columbia, Coastal 

Storm Risk 

Management 

June 17, 

2024 

Federal: $9,899,000 

Non-Federal: $5,330,500 

Total: $15,230,000 

2. FL St. Johns County, 

Ponte Vedra 

Beach Coastal 

Storm Risk 

Management 

April 18, 

2024 

Initial Federal: $24,591,000 

Initial Non-Federal: 

$35,533,000 

Total: $60,124,000 

Renourishment Federal: 

$24,632,000 

Renourishment Non-Federal: 

$53,564,000 

Renourishment Total: 

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A. 

State 

B. 

Name 

C. 

Date of 

Report of 

Chief of 

Engineers 

D. 

Estimated 

Costs 

3. NY South Shore Staten Island, Fort 

Wadsworth to 

Oakwood 

Beach, Richmond County, 

Coastal Storm 

Risk Management 

February 6, 

2024 

Federal: $1,730,973,900 

Non-Federal: $363,228,100 

Total: $2,094,202,000 

4. RI Rhode Island 

Coastline, 

Coastal Storm 

Risk Management 

September 

28, 2023 

Federal: $188,353,750 

Non-Federal: $101,421,250 

Total: $289,775,000 

1 (3) FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT AND HURRI2 CANE AND STORM DAMAGE RISK REDUCTION.— 

A. 

State 

B. 

Name 

C. 

Date of 

Report of 

Chief of 

Engineers 

D. 

Estimated 

Costs 

1. LA St. Tammany 

Parish, Louisiana Coastal 

Storm and 

Flood Risk 

Management 

May 28, 

2024 

Federal: $3,653,346,450 

Non-Federal: $2,240,881,550 

Total: $5,894,229,000 

3 (4) NAVIGATION AND HURRICANE AND STORM

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State 

B. 

Name 

C. 

Date of 

Report of 

Chief of 

Engineers 

D. 

Estimated 

Costs 

1. TX Gulf Intracoastal 

Waterway, 

Coastal Resilience Study, 

Brazoria and 

Matagorda 

Counties 

June 2, 

2023 

Total: $314,221,000 

1 (5) FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT AND ECO2 SYSTEM RESTORATION.— 

A. 

State 

B. 

Name 

C. 

Date of 

Report of 

Chief of 

Engineers 

D. 

Estimated 

Costs 

1. MS Memphis Metropolitan 

Stormwater - 

North DeSoto 

County Feasibility Study, 

DeSoto County, 

Flood Risk 

Management 

and Ecosystem 

Restoration 

December 

18, 2023 

Federal: $44,295,000 

Non-Federal: $23,851,000 

Total: $68,146,000 

3 (6) MODIFICATIONS AND OTHER PROJECTS.— 

A. 

State 

B. 

Name 

C. 

Date of 

Decision 

Document 

D. 

Estimated 

Costs 

1. AZ Tres Rios, Arizona Ecosystem 

Restoration 

Project 

May 28, 

2024 

Federal: $215,840,300 

Non-Federal: $116,221,700 

Total: $332,062,000 

2. KS Manhattan, Kansas Federal 

Levee System 

May 6, 2024 Federal: $29,454,750 

Non-Federal: $15,860,250 

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State 

B. 

Name 

C. 

Date of 

Decision 

Document 

D. 

Estimated 

Costs 

3. MO University City 

Branch, River 

Des Peres, University City, St. 

Louis County, 

Flood Risk 

Management 

February 9, 

2024 

Federal: $9,094,000 

Non-Federal: $4,897,000 

Total: $13,990,000 

1 SEC. 402. FACILITY INVESTMENT. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), using 

3 amounts available in the revolving fund established by the 

4 first section of the Civil Functions Appropriations Act, 

5 1954 (33 U.S.C. 576) that are not otherwise obligated, 

6 the Secretary may— 

7 (1) design and construct the new building for 

8 operations and maintenance in Galveston, Texas, de9 scribed in the prospectus submitted to the Com10 mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 

11 House of Representatives and the Committee on En12 vironment and Public Works of the Senate on May 

13 22, 2024, pursuant to subsection (c) of such Act (33 

14 U.S.C. 576(c)), substantially in accordance with 

15 such prospectus; 

16 (2) design and construct the new warehouse fa17 cility at the Longview Lake Project near Lee’s Sum18 mit, Missouri, described in the prospectus submitted 

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1 ture of the House of Representatives and the Com2 mittee on Environment and Public Works of the 

3 Senate on May 22, 2024, pursuant to subsection (c) 

4 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 576(c)), substantially in ac5 cordance with such prospectus; 

6 (3) design and construct the joint facility for 

7 the resident office for the Corpus Christi Resident 

8 Office (Construction) and the Corpus Christi Regu9 latory Field Office on existing federally owned prop10 erty at the Naval Air Station, in Corpus Christi, 

11 Texas, described in the prospectus submitted to the 

12 Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 

13 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

14 Environment and Public Works of the Senate on 

15 June 6, 2023, pursuant to subsection (c) of such Act 

16 (33 U.S.C. 576(c)), substantially in accordance with 

17 such prospectus; and 

18 (4) carry out such construction and infrastruc19 ture improvements as are required to support such 

20 building and facilities, including any necessary dem21 olition of the existing infrastructure. 

22 (b) REQUIREMENT.—In carrying out subsection (a), 

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1 bursed from funds appropriated for Corps of Engineers 

2 programs that benefit from the building and facilities con3 structed under this section. 

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