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erosion, or implement nonstructural alternatives to the repair or 
restoration of the structure.’’. 
(b) GREAT LAKES ADVANCE MEASURES ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall not deny a request 
from the Governor of a Great Lakes State to provide advance 
measures assistance pursuant to section 5(a) of the Act of 
August 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n(a)) to reduce the risk of 
damage from rising water levels in the Great Lakes solely 
on the basis that the damage is caused by erosion. 
(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—Assistance provided by the Secretary 
pursuant to a request described in paragraph (1) shall be at 
Federal expense if the assistance is for the construction of 
advance measures to a temporary construction standard. 
(3) GREAT LAKES STATE DEFINED.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘‘Great Lakes State’’ means the State of Illinois, Indiana, 
Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, or Wis-
consin. 
SEC. 8103. SHORELINE AND RIVERBANK PROTECTION AND RESTORA-
TION MISSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 212 of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1999 (33 U.S.C. 2332) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘FLOOD MITIGATION 
AND RIVERINE RESTORATION PROGRAM’’ and inserting ‘‘SHORE-
LINE AND RIVERINE PROTECTION AND RESTORATION’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may carry out studies and 
projects to— 
‘‘(1) reduce flood and hurricane and storm damage hazards; 
or 
‘‘(2) restore the natural functions and values of rivers and 
shorelines throughout the United States.’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(A) STUDIES.—In carrying out subsection (a), the Sec-
retary may carry out studies to identify appropriate meas-
ures for— 
‘‘(i) the reduction of flood and hurricane and storm 
damage hazards, including measures for erosion miti-
gation and bank stabilization; or 
‘‘(ii) the conservation and restoration of the natural 
functions and values of rivers and shorelines. 
‘‘(B) PROJECTS.—Subject to subsection (f)(2), in carrying 
out subsection (a), the Secretary may design and implement 
projects described in subsection (a).’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘flood damages’’ and 
inserting ‘‘flood and hurricane and storm damages, 
including the use of natural features or nature-based fea-
tures’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘and hurricane and storm’’ after 
‘‘flood’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, shoreline,’’ after ‘‘riverine’’; and 
(iii) by inserting ‘‘and coastal barriers’’ after 
‘‘floodplains’’;
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(4) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, except that the 
first $200,000 of the costs of a study conducted under 
this section shall be at Federal expense’’ before the period; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘FLOOD 
CONTROL’’; and 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Design and construction of a project 
under this section that includes a nonstructural measure, 
a natural feature or nature-based feature, or an environ-
mental restoration measure, shall be subject to cost sharing 
in accordance with section 103 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213), except that 
the non-Federal share of the cost to design and construct 
such a project benefitting an economically disadvantaged 
community (including economically disadvantaged commu-
nities located in urban and rural areas) shall be 10 per-
cent.’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by inserting ‘‘OR 
HURRICANE
AND
STORM
DAMAGE
REDUCTION’’ after 
‘‘FLOOD CONTROL’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or hurricane and storm damage 
reduction’’ after ‘‘flood control’’ ; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘section 103(a) of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 
2213(a))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 103 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213), 
except that the non-Federal share of the cost to design 
and construct such a project benefitting an economi-
cally disadvantaged community (including economically 
disadvantaged communities located in urban and rural 
areas) shall be 10 percent’’; 
(5) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(d) PROJECT JUSTIFICATION.—Notwithstanding any require-
ment for economic justification established under section 209 of 
the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962–2), the Secretary 
may implement a project under this section if the Secretary deter-
mines that the project— 
‘‘(1) will significantly reduce potential flood, hurricane and 
storm, or erosion damages; 
‘‘(2) will improve the quality of the environment; and 
‘‘(3) is justified considering all costs and beneficial outputs 
of the project.’’; 
(6) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘PRIORITY 
AREAS’’ and inserting ‘‘AREAS FOR EXAMINATION’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (33) as 
subparagraphs 
(A) 
through 
(GG), 
respectively, 
and 
adjusting the margins appropriately; 
(C) by striking ‘‘In carrying out’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(2) PRIORITY PROJECTS.—In carrying out this section, the 
Secretary shall prioritize projects for the following locations: 
‘‘(A) Delaware beaches and watersheds, Delaware. 
‘‘(B) Louisiana Coastal Area, Louisiana. 
‘‘(C) Great Lakes Shores and Watersheds. 
‘‘(D) Oregon Coastal Area and Willamette River basin, 
Oregon. 
‘‘(E) Upper Missouri River Basin. 
‘‘(F) Ohio River Tributaries and their watersheds, West 
Virginia. 
‘‘(G) 
Chesapeake 
Bay 
watershed 
and 
Maryland 
beaches, Maryland. 
‘‘(H) City of Southport, North Carolina. 
‘‘(I) Maumee River, Ohio. 
‘‘(J) Los Angeles and San Gabriel Rivers, California. 
‘‘(K) Kentucky River and its tributaries and water-
sheds.’’; 
(7) by striking subsections (f), (g), and (i); 
(8) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (f); 
(9) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated), by striking para-
graph (2) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) PROJECTS REQUIRING SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION.—If the 
Federal share of the cost to design and construct a project 
under this section exceeds $15,000,000, the Secretary may only 
carry out the project if Congress enacts a law authorizing 
the Secretary to carry out the project.’’; and 
(10) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ECONOMICALLY
DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITY.—The 
term ‘economically disadvantaged community’ has the meaning 
given the term as defined by the Secretary under section 160 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (33 U.S.C. 
2201 note). 
‘‘(2) NATURAL
FEATURE; 
NATURE-BASED
FEATURE.—The 
terms ‘natural feature’ and ‘nature-based feature’ have the 
meanings given those terms in section 1184(a) of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 2016 (33 U.S.C. 2289a(a)).’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents contained 
in section 1(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 
(113 Stat. 269) is amended by striking the item relating to section 
212 and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 212. Shoreline and riverine protection and restoration.’’. 
SEC. 8104. FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT SERVICES. 
Section 206 of the Flood Control Act of 1960 (33 U.S.C. 709a) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘SEC. 206. (a) In recognition’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 206. INFORMATION ON FLOODS AND FLOOD DAMAGE. 
‘‘(a) COMPILATION AND DISSEMINATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In recognition’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Surveys and 
guides’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) SURVEYS AND GUIDES.—Surveys and guides’’;
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(B) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘identification 
of areas subject to floods due to accumulated snags and 
other debris,’’ after ‘‘inundation by floods of various mag-
nitudes and frequencies,’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) IDENTIFICATION OF ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To the maximum extent practicable, 
in providing assistance under this subsection, the Secretary 
shall identify and communicate to States and non-Federal 
interests specific opportunities to partner with the Corps 
of Engineers to address flood hazards. 
‘‘(B) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall coordinate 
activities under this paragraph with activities described 
in section 22 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–16).’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: 
‘‘(d) INSTITUTIONS
OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—Notwithstanding 
section 4141 of title 10, United States Code, in carrying out this 
section, the Secretary may work with an institution of higher edu-
cation, as determined appropriate by the Secretary.’’. 
SEC. 8105. PUBLIC RECREATIONAL AMENITIES IN ECOSYSTEM RES-
TORATION PROJECTS. 
At the request of a non-Federal interest, the Secretary is 
authorized to study the incorporation of public recreational amen-
ities, including facilities for hiking, biking, walking, and waterborne 
recreation, into a project for ecosystem restoration, including a 
project carried out under section 206 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1996 (33 U.S.C. 2330), if the incorporation 
of such amenities would be consistent with the ecosystem restora-
tion purposes of the project. 
SEC. 8106. SCOPE OF FEASIBILITY STUDIES. 
(a) FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT OR HURRICANE AND STORM DAM-
AGE RISK REDUCTION.—In carrying out a feasibility study for a 
project for flood risk management or hurricane and storm damage 
risk reduction, the Secretary, at the request of the non-Federal 
interest for the study, shall formulate alternatives to maximize 
the net benefits from the reduction of the comprehensive flood 
risk within the geographic scope of the study from the isolated 
and compound effects of— 
(1) a riverine discharge of any magnitude or frequency; 
(2) inundation, wave attack, and erosion coinciding with 
a hurricane or coastal storm; 
(3) flooding associated with tidally influenced portions of 
rivers, bays, and estuaries that are hydrologically connected 
to the coastal water body; 
(4) a rainfall event of any magnitude or frequency; 
(5) a tide of any magnitude or frequency; 
(6) seasonal variation in water levels; 
(7) groundwater emergence; 
(8) sea level rise; 
(9) subsidence; or 
(10) any other driver of flood risk affecting the area within 
the geographic scope of the study. 
(b) WATER SUPPLY, WATER CONSERVATION, AND DROUGHT RISK 
REDUCTION.—In carrying out a feasibility study for any purpose,
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the Secretary, at the request of the non-Federal interest for the 
study, shall formulate alternatives— 
(1) to maximize combined net benefits for the primary 
purpose of the study and for the purposes of water supply 
or water conservation (including the use of water supply con-
servation measures described in section 1116 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 1639)); or 
(2) to include 1 or more measures for the purposes of 
water supply or water conservation if the Secretary determines 
that such measures may reduce potential adverse impacts of 
extreme weather events, including drought, on water resources 
within the geographic scope of the study. 
(c) COST SHARING.—All costs to carry out a feasibility study 
in accordance with this section shall be shared in accordance with 
the cost share requirements otherwise applicable to the study. 
SEC. 8107. WATER SUPPLY CONSERVATION. 
Section 1116 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 
(130 Stat. 1639) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by striking ‘‘during the 1-year period ending on the date 
of enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘for any portion of 
any 2 consecutive or nonconsecutive years during the 10-year 
period preceding a request from a non-Federal interest for 
assistance under this section’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(4), by inserting ‘‘, including measures 
utilizing a natural feature or nature-based feature (as those 
terms are defined in section 1184(a)) to reduce drought risk’’ 
after ‘‘water supply’’. 
SEC. 8108. MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE STUDY AND WORKING 
GROUP. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, in consultation with 
applicable non-Federal interests, conduct a national assessment 
of carrying out managed aquifer recharge projects to address 
drought, water resiliency, and aquifer depletion at authorized 
water resources development projects. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary shall— 
(A) assess and identify opportunities to support non- 
Federal interests, including Tribal communities, in carrying 
out managed aquifer recharge projects; and 
(B) assess preliminarily local hydrogeologic conditions 
relevant to carrying out managed aquifer recharge projects. 
(3) COORDINATION.—In carrying out paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary shall coordinate, as appropriate, with the heads of other 
Federal agencies, States, regional governmental agencies, units 
of local government, experts in managed aquifer recharge, and 
Tribes. 
(b) FEASIBILITY STUDIES.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary is authorized to carry 
out feasibility studies, at the request of a non-Federal interest, 
of managed aquifer recharge projects in areas that are experi-
encing, or have recently experienced, prolonged drought condi-
tions, aquifer depletion, or water supply scarcity. 
(2) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may carry out not more 
than 10 feasibility studies under this subsection.
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(3) USE OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall, to the max-
imum extent practicable, use information gathered from the 
assessment conducted under subsection (a) in identifying and 
selecting feasibility studies to carry out under this subsection. 
(4) COST SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of a feasi-
bility study carried out under this subsection shall be 90 per-
cent. 
(c) WORKING GROUP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a man-
aged aquifer recharge working group made up of subject matter 
experts within the Corps of Engineers and relevant non-Federal 
stakeholders. 
(2) COMPOSITION.—In establishing the working group under 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that members of 
the working group have expertise working with— 
(A) projects providing water supply storage to meet 
regional water supply demand, particularly in regions 
experiencing drought; 
(B) the protection of groundwater supply, including 
promoting infiltration and increased recharge in ground-
water basins, and groundwater quality; 
(C) aquifer storage, recharge, and recovery wells; 
(D) dams that provide recharge enhancement benefits; 
(E) groundwater hydrology; 
(F) conjunctive use water systems; and 
(G) agricultural water resources, including the use of 
aquifers for irrigation purposes. 
(3) DUTIES.—The working group established under this 
subsection shall— 
(A) advise the Secretary regarding the development 
and execution of the assessment under subsection (a) and 
any feasibility studies under subsection (b); 
(B) assist Corps of Engineers offices at the head-
quarter, division, and district levels with raising awareness 
of non-Federal interests of the potential benefits of carrying 
out managed aquifer recharge projects; and 
(C) assist with the development of the report required 
to be submitted under subsection (d). 
(d) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate a report on managed aquifer recharge that 
includes— 
(1) the results of the assessment conducted under sub-
section (a) and any feasibility studies carried out under sub-
section (b), including data collected under such assessment 
and studies and any recommendations on managed aquifer 
recharge opportunities for non-Federal interests, States, local 
governments, and Tribes; 
(2) a status update on the implementation of the rec-
ommendations included in the report of the U.S. Army Corps 
of Engineers Institute for Water Resources entitled ‘‘Managed 
Aquifer Recharge and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Water 
Security through Resilience’’, published in April 2020 (2020– 
WP–01); and
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(3) an evaluation of the benefits of creating a new or 
modifying an existing planning center of expertise for managed 
aquifer recharge, and identify potential locations for such a 
center of expertise, if feasible. 
(e) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this section affects the 
non-Federal share of the cost of construction of a managed aquifer 
recharge project under section 103 of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213) or any other provision of law. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) MANAGED
AQUIFER
RECHARGE.—The term ‘‘managed 
aquifer recharge’’ means the intentional banking and treatment 
of water in aquifers for storage and future use. 
(2) MANAGED
AQUIFER
RECHARGE
PROJECT.—The term 
‘‘managed aquifer recharge project’’ means a project to incor-
porate managed aquifer recharge features into a water 
resources development project. 
SEC. 8109. UPDATES TO CERTAIN WATER CONTROL MANUALS. 
On request of the Governor of a State for which the Governor 
declared a statewide drought disaster in 2021, the Secretary is 
authorized to update water control manuals for water resources 
development projects under the authority of the Secretary in the 
State, with priority given to those projects that include water supply 
or water conservation as an authorized purpose. 
SEC. 8110. NATIONAL COASTAL MAPPING STUDY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the Director 
of the Engineer Research and Development Center, is authorized 
to carry out a study of coastal geographic land changes, with recur-
ring national coastal mapping technology, along the coastal zone 
of the United States to support Corps of Engineers missions. 
(b) STUDY.—In carrying out the study under subsection (a), 
the Secretary shall identify— 
(1) new or advanced geospatial information and remote 
sensing tools for coastal mapping; 
(2) best practices for coastal change mapping; and 
(3) how to most effectively— 
(A) collect and analyze such advanced geospatial 
information; 
(B) disseminate such geospatial information to relevant 
offices of the Corps of Engineers, other Federal agencies, 
States, Tribes, and local governments; and 
(C) make such geospatial information available to other 
stakeholders. 
(c) DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.— 
(1) PROJECT AREA.—In carrying out the study under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall carry out a demonstration project 
in the coastal region covering the North Carolina coastal 
waters, connected bays, estuaries, rivers, streams, and creeks, 
to their tidally influenced extent inland. 
(2) SCOPE.—In carrying out the demonstration project, the 
Secretary shall— 
(A) identify and study potential hazards, such as 
debris, sedimentation, dredging effects, and flood areas; 
(B) identify best practices described in subsection (b)(2), 
including best practices relating to geographical coverage 
and frequency of mapping;
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(C) evaluate and demonstrate relevant mapping tech-
nologies to identify which are the most effective for regional 
mapping of the transitional areas between the open coast 
and inland waters; and 
(D) demonstrate remote sensing tools for coastal map-
ping. 
(d) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary 
shall coordinate with other Federal and State agencies that are 
responsible for authoritative data and academic institutions and 
other entities with relevant expertise. 
(e) PANEL.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—In carrying out this section, the Sec-
retary shall establish a panel of senior leaders from the Corps 
of Engineers and other Federal agencies that are stakeholders 
in the coastal mapping program carried out through the Engi-
neer Research and Development Center. 
(2) DUTIES.—The panel established under this subsection 
shall— 
(A) coordinate the collection of data under the study 
carried out under this section; 
(B) coordinate the use of geospatial information and 
remote sensing tools, and the application of the best prac-
tices identified under the study, by Federal agencies; and 
(C) identify technical topics and challenges that require 
multiagency collaborative research and development. 
(f) USE OF EXISTING INFORMATION.—In carrying out this section, 
the Secretary shall consider any relevant information developed 
under section 516(g) of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1996 (33 U.S.C. 2326b(g)). 
(g) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee 
on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of 
the Senate a report that describes— 
(1) the results of the study carried out under this section; 
and 
(2) any geographical areas recommended for additional 
study. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this section $25,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
SEC. 8111. TRIBAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. 
Section 203 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 
(33 U.S.C. 2269) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(25 U.S.C. 450b)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(25 U.S.C. 5304)’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘hurricane and storm’’ after 
‘‘flood’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘including erosion control,’’ 
after ‘‘reduction,’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end;
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(iii) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subpara-
graph (D); and 
(iv) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) technical assistance to an Indian tribe, including— 
‘‘(i) assistance for planning to ameliorate flood haz-
ards, to avoid repetitive flood impacts, to anticipate, 
prepare, and adapt to changing hydrological and cli-
matic conditions and extreme weather events, and to 
withstand, respond to, and recover rapidly from disrup-
tion due to flood hazards; and 
‘‘(ii) the provision of, and integration into planning 
of, hydrologic, economic, and environmental data and 
analyses; and’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) INITIAL COSTS.—The first $200,000 of the costs 
of a study under this section shall be at Federal expense.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘$18,500,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$26,000,000’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘$18,500,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$26,000,000’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) 
PROJECT
JUSTIFICATION.—Notwithstanding 
any 
requirement for economic justification established under section 
209 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962–2), the 
Secretary may implement a project (other than a project for 
ecosystem restoration) under this section if the Secretary deter-
mines that the project will— 
‘‘(A) significantly reduce potential flood or hurricane 
and storm damage hazards (which may be limited to haz-
ards that may be addressed by measures for erosion mitiga-
tion or bank stabilization); 
‘‘(B) improve the quality of the environment; 
‘‘(C) reduce risks to life safety associated with the 
hazards described in subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(D) improve the long-term viability of the commu-
nity.’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (5)(B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘non-Federal’’ and inserting ‘‘Fed-
eral’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘50 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘100 
percent’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Federal share of the cost 
of activities described in subsection (b)(2)(C) shall be 100 per-
cent.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting 
‘‘2033’’. 
SEC. 8112. TRIBAL LIAISON. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the District Commander for each 
Corps of Engineers district that contains a Tribal community shall 
have on staff a Tribal Liaison.