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(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$10,000,000. 
SEC. 5134. DALLAS COUNTY REGION, TEXAS. 
(a) DALLAS COUNTY REGION DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘Dallas County region’’ means the city of 
Dallas, and the municipalities of DeSoto, Duncanville, 
Lancaster, Wilmer, Hutchins, Balch Springs, Cedar Hill, 
Glenn Heights, and Ferris, Texas. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary 
may establish a program to provide environmental assist-
ance to non-Federal interests in the Dallas County region. 
(c) FORM OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance under this 
section may be in the form of design and construction as-
sistance for water-related environmental infrastructure 
and resource protection and development projects in the 
Dallas County region, including projects for wastewater 
treatment and related facilities, water supply and related 
facilities, environmental restoration, and surface water re-
source protection and development. 
(d) OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary may 
provide assistance for a project under this section only if 
the project is publicly owned. 
(e) PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Before providing assistance 
under this section, the Secretary shall enter into a 
partnership agreement with a non-Federal interest 
to provide for design and construction of the project 
to be carried out with the assistance. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Each partnership agree-
ment entered into under this subsection shall provide 
for the following: 
(A) PLAN.—Development by the Secretary, 
in consultation with appropriate Federal and 
State officials, of a facilities or resource protec-
tion and development plan, including appro-
priate engineering plans and specifications. 
(B) LEGAL
AND
INSTITUTIONAL
STRUC-
TURES.—Establishment of such legal and insti-
tutional structures as are necessary to ensure 
the effective long-term operation of the project 
by the non-Federal interest. 
(3) COST SHARING.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of 
the project costs under each partnership agree-
ment entered into under this subsection shall be 
75 percent. The Federal share may be in the 
form of grants or reimbursements of project 
costs.
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(B) CREDIT FOR WORK.—The non-Federal 
interests shall receive credit for the reasonable 
cost of design work on a project completed by 
the non-Federal interest before entering into a 
partnership agreement with the Secretary for 
such project. 
(C) CREDIT FOR INTEREST.—In case of a 
delay in the funding of the non-Federal share 
of a project that is the subject of an agreement 
under this section, the non-Federal interest 
shall receive credit for reasonable interest in-
curred in providing the non-Federal share of 
the project’s costs. 
(D) LAND, EASEMENTS, AND RIGHTS-OF- 
WAY CREDIT.—The non-Federal interest shall 
receive credit for land, easements, rights-of- 
way, and relocations toward the non-Federal 
share of project costs (including all reasonable 
costs associated with obtaining permits nec-
essary for the construction, operation, and 
maintenance of the project on publicly owned or 
controlled land), but such credit may not exceed 
25 percent of total project costs. 
(E) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.—The 
non-Federal share of operation and mainte-
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nance costs for projects constructed with assist-
ance provided under this section shall be 100 
percent. 
(f) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER FEDERAL AND STATE 
LAWS.—Nothing in this section waives, limits, or other-
wise affects the applicability of any provision of Federal 
or State law that would otherwise apply to a project to 
be carried out with assistance provided under this section. 
(g) NONPROFIT ENTITIES.—Notwithstanding section 
221(b) of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 
1962d-5b(b)), for any project undertaken under this sec-
tion, a non-Federal interest may include a nonprofit enti-
ty. 
(h) CORPS OF ENGINEERS EXPENSES.—Ten percent 
of the amounts appropriated to carry out this section may 
be used by the Corps of Engineers district offices to ad-
minister projects under this section at 100 percent Fed-
eral expense. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$40,000,000. Such sums shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
SEC. 5135. DALLAS FLOODWAY, DALLAS, TEXAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall review the 
Balanced Vision Plan for the Trinity River Corridor, Dal-
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las, Texas, dated December 2003 and amended in March 
2004, prepared by the non-Federal interest for the project 
for flood damage reduction and other purposes, Dallas 
Floodway, Dallas, Texas, and, if the Secretary determines 
that the project is technically sound and environmentally 
acceptable, shall carry out the project at a total cost of 
$194,000,000, with an estimated Federal cost of 
$126,100,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of 
$67,900,000. 
(b) CREDIT.— 
(1) IN-KIND
CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Secretary 
shall credit toward the non-Federal share of the cost 
of the project the cost of planning, design, and con-
struction work carried out by the non-Federal inter-
est before the date of the partnership agreement for 
the project if the Secretary determines that the work 
is integral to the project. 
(2) CASH
CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Secretary 
shall accept funds provided by the non-Federal inter-
ests for use in carrying out planning, engineering, 
and design for the project. The Federal share of 
such planning, engineering, and design carried out 
with non-Federal contributions shall be credited 
against the non-Federal share of project costs.