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out by the non-Federal interest before the date of 
the partnership agreement for the project if the Sec-
retary determines that the work is integral to the 
project. 
SEC. 3059. DES MOINES RIVER AND GREENBELT, IOWA. 
The project for the Des Moines Recreational River 
and Greenbelt, Iowa, authorized by Public Law 99–88 and 
modified by section 604 of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4153), is modified to include 
enhanced public access and recreational enhancements, at 
a Federal cost of $3,000,000. 
SEC. 3060. PRESTONSBURG, KENTUCKY. 
The Prestonsburg, Kentucky, element of the project 
for flood control, Levisa and Tug Fork of the Big Sandy 
and Cumberland Rivers, West Virginia, Virginia, and Ken-
tucky, authorized by section 202(a) of the Energy and 
Water Development Appropriations Act, 1981 (94 Stat. 
1339), is modified to direct the Secretary to take measures 
to provide a 100-year level of flood protection for the city 
of Prestonsburg. 
SEC. 3061. AMITE RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES, LOUISIANA, 
EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH WATERSHED. 
The project for flood damage reduction and recre-
ation, Amite River and Tributaries, Louisiana, East 
Baton Rouge Parish Watershed, authorized by section
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101(a)(21) of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1999 (113 Stat. 277) and modified by section 116 of divi-
sion D of Public Law 108–7 (117 Stat. 140), is further 
modified—
(1) to direct the Secretary to carry out the 
project with the cost sharing for the project deter-
mined in accordance with section 103(a) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 
U.S.C. 2213(a)), as in effect on October 11, 1996; 
(2) to authorize the Secretary to construct the 
project at a total cost of $178,000,000; and 
(3) to direct the Secretary to credit toward the 
non-Federal share of the cost of the project the cost 
of work carried out by the non-Federal interest be-
fore the date of the partnership agreement for the 
project if the Secretary determines that the work is 
integral to the project. 
SEC. 3062. ATCHAFALAYA BASIN, LOUISIANA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 315(a)(1) of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2603–
2604) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) is authorized to study, design, construct, 
operate, and maintain, at Federal expense, a Type 
A Regional Visitor Center in the vicinity of Morgan 
City, Louisiana, in consultation with the State of
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Louisiana, to provide information to the public on 
the Atchafalaya River system and other associated 
waterways that have influenced surrounding commu-
nities, and national and local water resources devel-
opment of the Army Corps of Engineers in South 
Central Louisiana; and’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 315(b) of 
such Act is amended by striking ‘‘(a)’’ and inserting 
‘‘(a)(2)’’. 
(c) DONATIONS.—Section 315 of such Act is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) DONATIONS.—In carrying out subsection (a)(1), 
the Mississippi River Commission is authorized to accept 
the donation of cash, funds, lands, materials, and services 
from non-Federal governmental entities and nonprofit cor-
porations.’’. 
SEC. 3063. BAYOU PLAQUEMINE, LOUISIANA. 
The project for the improvement of the quality of the 
environment, Bayou Plaquemine, Louisiana, being carried 
out under section 1135 of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2309(a)), is modified to di-
rect the Secretary to credit toward the non-Federal share 
of the cost of the project the cost of work carried out by 
the non-Federal interest before the date of the partnership
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agreement for the project if the Secretary determines that 
the work is integral to the project. 
SEC. 3064. ATCHAFALAYA BASIN FLOODWAY SYSTEM, LOU-
ISIANA. 
The public access feature of the Atchafalaya Basin 
Floodway System project, Louisiana, authorized by sec-
tion 601(a) of the Water Resources Development Act 
1986 (100 Stat. 4142), is modified to authorize the Sec-
retary to acquire from willing sellers the fee interest, ex-
clusive of oil, gas, and minerals, of an additional 20,000 
acres of land within the Lower Atchafalaya Basin 
Floodway for the public access feature of the Atchafalaya 
Basin Floodway System, to enhance fish and wildlife re-
sources, at a total cost of $4,000,000. 
SEC. 3065. J. BENNETT JOHNSTON WATERWAY, MISSISSIPPI 
RIVER TO SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA. 
The project for mitigation of fish and wildlife losses, 
J. Bennett Johnston Waterway, Mississippi River to 
Shreveport, Louisiana, authorized by section 601(a) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 
4142) and modified by section 4(h) of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1988 (102 Stat. 4016), sec-
tion 102(p) of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1990 (104 Stat. 4613), section 301(b)(7) of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3710), and
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section 316 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
2000 (114 Stat. 2572), is further modified—
(1) to authorize the purchase and reforesting 
lands that have been cleared or converted to agricul-
tural uses; and 
(2) to incorporate current wildlife and forestry 
management practices for the purpose of improving 
species diversity on mitigation lands that meet Fed-
eral and State of Louisiana habitat goals and objec-
tives. 
SEC. 3066. MISSISSIPPI DELTA REGION, LOUISIANA. 
The Mississippi Delta Region project, Louisiana, au-
thorized as part of the project for hurricane-flood protec-
tion on Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, by section 204 of 
the Flood Control Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 1077) and modi-
fied by section 365 of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3739), is further modified to direct 
the Secretary to credit toward the non-Federal share of 
the cost of the project the costs of relocating oyster beds 
in the Davis Pond project area if the Secretary determines 
that the work is integral to the Mississippi Delta Region 
project. 
SEC. 3067. NEW ORLEANS TO VENICE, LOUISIANA. 
The New Orleans to Venice, Louisiana, project for 
hurricane protection, authorized by section 203 of the