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(d) REFERENCES.—
(1) COOPERATION AGREEMENTS.—Any reference
in a law, regulation, document, or other paper of the
United States to a cooperation agreement or project
cooperation agreement shall be considered to be a ref-
erence to a partnership agreement or a project part-
nership agreement, respectively.
(2) PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS.—Any reference
to a partnership agreement or project partnership
agreement in this Act (other than in this section)
shall be considered to be a reference to a cooperation
agreement or a project cooperation agreement, respec-
tively.
SEC. 2040. PROGRAM NAMES.
Section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (33
U.S.C. 701s) is amended by striking ‘‘SEC. 205. That the’’
and inserting the following:
‘‘SEC. 205. PROJECTS TO ENHANCE REDUCTION OF FLOOD-
ING AND OBTAIN RISK MINIMIZATION.
‘‘The’’.
Subtitle C—National Levee Safety
Program
SEC. 2051. SHORT TITLE.
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘National Levee Safe-
ty Program Act of 2007’’.
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SEC. 2052. DEFINITIONS.
In this subtitle:
(1) 
ASSESSMENT.—The 
term 
‘‘assessment’’
means the periodic engineering evaluation of a levee
by a registered professional engineer to—
(A) review the engineering features of the
levee; and
(B) develop a risk-based performance eval-
uation of the levee, taking into consideration po-
tential consequences of failure or overtopping of
the levee.
(2) COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Committee’’ means
the National Levee Safety Committee established by
section 2053(a).
(3) INSPECTION.—The term ‘‘inspection’’ means
an annual review of a levee to verify whether the
owner or operator of the levee is conducting required
operation and maintenance in accordance with estab-
lished levee maintenance standards.
(4) LEVEE.—The term ‘‘levee’’ means an em-
bankment (including a floodwall) that—
(A) is designed, constructed, or operated for
the purpose of flood or storm damage reduction;
(B) reduces the risk of loss of human life or
risk to the public safety; and
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(C) is not otherwise defined as a dam by the
Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety.
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief
of Engineers.
(6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means—
(A) a State;
(B) the District of Columbia;
(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and
(D) any other territory or possession of the
United States.
(7) STATE LEVEE SAFETY AGENCY.—The term
‘‘State levee safety agency’’ means the State agency
that has regulatory authority over the safety of any
non-Federal levee in a State.
(8) UNITED STATES.—The term ‘‘United States’’,
when used in a geographical sense, means all of the
States.
SEC. 2053. NATIONAL LEVEE SAFETY COMMITTEE.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish
a National Levee Safety Committee, consisting of rep-
resentatives of Federal agencies and State, tribal, and
local governments, in accordance with this subsection.
(2) FEDERAL AGENCIES.—
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The head of each Federal
agency and the head of the International Bound-
ary Waters Commission may designate a rep-
resentative to serve on the Committee.
(B) ACTION BY SECRETARY.—The Secretary
shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable,
that—
(i) each Federal agency that designs,
owns, operates, or maintains a levee is rep-
resented on the Committee; and
(ii) each Federal agency that has re-
sponsibility for emergency preparedness or
response activities is represented on the
Committee.
(3) 
TRIBAL, 
STATE, 
AND
LOCAL
GOVERN-
MENTS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ap-
point 8 members to the Committee—
(i) 3 of whom shall represent tribal
governments affected by levees, based on rec-
ommendations of tribal governments;
(ii) 3 of whom shall represent State
levee safety agencies, based on recommenda-
tions of Governors of the States; and