(7) assess current Federal policies on pre-event
repair and maintenance of both Federal and non-Fed-
eral levees and recommend Federal and non-Federal
actions to help prevent the failure of these levees dur-
ing flooding.
(c) CONSULTATION.—In conducting studies under this
section, the Secretary of the Army shall consult the heads
of appropriate Federal agencies, representatives of State
and local governments, the agricultural community, the in-
land waterways transportation industry, environmental or-
ganizations, recreational interests, experts in river hydrol-
ogy and floodplain management, other business and com-
mercial interests, and other appropriate persons.
(d) REPORT.—Not later than June 30, 1995, the Sec-
retary of the Army shall transmit to Congress a report on
the results of the studies conducted under this section.
SEC. 5. FLOOD CONTROL MEASURES ON UPPER MIS-
SISSIPPI AND LOWER MISSOURI RIVERS AND
THEIR TRIBUTARIES.
(a) STUDIES.—The Secretary of the Army shall con-
duct studies of the Upper Mississippi River and Lower Mis-
souri River and their tributaries to identify potential solu-
tions to flooding problems in such areas and to recommend
specific water resources projects that would result in eco-
nomically and environmentally justified flood damage re-
duction measures in such areas.
(b) CONTENTS.—The studies conducted under this sec-
tion shall—
(1) reflect public input;
(2) include establishment of baseline conditions
to allow for a full assessment of economic and envi-
ronmental costs and benefits associated with flood
damage reduction projects and changes in land use
patterns;
(3) identify options for development of com-
prehensive solutions for improved long-term flood
plain management;
(4) identify feasibility studies of specific projects
or programs that are likely to improve flood damage
reduction capabilities;
(5) assess the impact of the current system of lev-
ees and flood control projects and current watershed
management and land use practices on the flood levels
experienced on the Upper Mississippi River and
Lower Missouri River and their tributaries in 1993
and evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a full range of
alternative flood damage reduction measures, includ-
ing structural and nonstructural measures, such as
the preservation and restoration of wetlands;
(6) recommend flood control improvements and
other flood damage reduction measures to reduce eco-
nomic losses, damage to public facilities, and the re-
lease of hazardous materials from industrial, petro-
chemical, hazardous waste, and other facilities caused
by flooding of the Upper Mississippi River and Lower
Missouri River and their tributaries; and
(7) assess the environmental impact of current
flood control measures and the flood control improve-
ments recommended under this section.
(c) CONSULTATION.—In conducting studies under this
section, the Secretary of the Army shall consult the heads
of other Federal agencies with water resources and flood-
plain management responsibilities.
(d) REPORT.—Not later than June 30, 1995, the Sec-
retary of the Army shall transmit to Congress a report on
the results of the studies conducted under this section.
SEC. 6. EMERGENCY RESPONSE.
Section 5(a)(1) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act authorizing
construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors
for flood control, and for other purposes’’, approved August
18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n(a)(1)), is amended by inserting
before the first semicolon the following: ‘‘, or in implementa-
tion of nonstructural alternatives to the repair or restora-
tion of such flood control work if requested by the non-Fed-
eral sponsor’’.
SEC. 7. TREATMENT OF REAL PROPERTY BUYOUT PRO-
GRAMS.
(a) INAPPLICABILITY OF URA.—The purchase of any
real property under a qualified buyout program shall not
constitute the making of Federal financial assistance avail-
able to pay all or part of the cost of a program or project
resulting in the acquisition of real property or in any
owner of real property being a displaced person (within the
meaning of the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real
Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970).
(b) DEFINITION
OF
‘‘QUALIFIED
BUYOUT
PRO-
GRAM’’.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘qualified
buyout program’’ means any program that—
(1) provides for the purchase of only property
damaged by the major, widespread flooding in the
Midwest during 1993;
(2) provides for such purchase solely as a result
of such flooding;
(3) provides for such acquisition without the use
of the power of eminent domain and notification to
the seller that acquisition is without the use of such
power;
(4) is carried out by or through a State or a
unit of general local government; and
(5) is being assisted with amounts made avail-
able for—
(A) disaster relief by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency; or
(B) other Federal financial assistance pro-
grams.