(i) each levee the failure of which 
could be reasonably expected to endanger 
human life; 
(ii) the maximum area that could be 
flooded if the levee failed; and 
(iii) necessary public facilities that 
would be affected by the flooding; and 
(I) issue regulations to carry out the pro-
gram. 
(3) BUDGETING REQUIREMENT.—To be eligible 
for assistance under this subsection, a State shall al-
locate sufficient funds in its budget to carry out a 
State levee safety program. 
(4) WORK PLANS.—The Secretary shall enter 
into an agreement with each State receiving assist-
ance under this subsection to develop a work plan 
necessary for the State levee safety program to 
reach a level of program performance specified in 
the agreement. 
(5) MAINTENANCE
OF
EFFORT.—Assistance 
may not be provided to a State under this subsection 
for a fiscal year unless the State enters into such 
agreement with the Secretary as the Secretary re-
quires to ensure that the State will maintain the ag-
gregate expenditures of the State from all other 
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sources for programs to ensure levee safety for the 
protection of human life and property at or above a 
level equal to the average annual level of such ex-
penditures for the 2 fiscal years preceding the fiscal 
year. 
(6) APPROVAL OF PROGRAMS.— 
(A) SUBMISSION.—To be eligible for as-
sistance under this subsection, a State shall 
submit to the Secretary a State levee safety 
program and receive the Secretary’s approval of 
the program. 
(B) APPROVAL.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary de-
termines that a program submitted by a 
State under subparagraph (A) substan-
tially meets the requirements of this sub-
section, the Secretary shall approve the 
program and immediately notify the State 
in writing of the approval. 
(ii) DEEMED APPROVAL.—A program 
submitted by a State under subparagraph 
(A) shall be deemed to be approved by the 
Secretary on the 120th day following the 
date of the Secretary’s receipt of the pro-
gram unless the Secretary before such 
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120th day approves or disapproves the pro-
gram. 
(C) NOTIFICATION
OF
DISAPPROVAL.—If 
the Secretary determines that a program sub-
mitted by a State under subparagraph (A) does 
not substantially meet the requirements of this 
subsection, the Secretary shall disapprove the 
program, immediately notify the State in writ-
ing of the disapproval, and provide the reasons 
for the disapproval and the changes that are 
necessary for the program to be approved. 
(7) REVIEWS OF STATE LEVEE SAFETY PRO-
GRAMS.— 
(A) PERIODIC REVIEWS.—Using the exper-
tise of the Board, the Secretary shall periodi-
cally review State levee safety programs. 
(B) 
REVOCATION
OF
PROGRAM
AP-
PROVAL.—If the Board finds that a State levee 
safety program has proven inadequate to rea-
sonably protect human life and public property 
and the Secretary concurs, the Secretary shall 
revoke approval of the State levee safety pro-
gram, and withhold assistance under this sub-
section, until the State levee safety program 
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