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storm damage reduction, shore protection, and aquatic 
ecosystem restoration projects, and related efforts prior to 
construction; for restudy of authorized projects; and for 
miscellaneous investigations, and, when authorized by law, 
surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications 
of projects prior to construction, $135,000,000 (reduced 
by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$4,000,000) (reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), to remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
initiate six new study starts during fiscal year 2020: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall not deviate from 
the new starts proposed in the work plan, once the plan 
has been submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For expenses necessary for the construction of river 
and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro-
tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related 
projects authorized by law; for conducting detailed studies, 
and plans and specifications, of such projects (including 
those involving participation by States, local governments, 
or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection 
by law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifica-
tions, shall not constitute a commitment of the Govern-
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ment to construction); $2,337,000,000 (reduced by 
$45,000,000) (increased by $45,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (increased by $40,000,000) (reduced by 
$40,000,000) (reduced by $100,000,000) (increased by 
$100,000,000) (reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by 
$5,000,000) (reduced by $7,500,000) (increased by 
$7,500,000) (reduced by $30,000,000) (increased by 
$30,000,000), to remain available until expended; of which 
such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of 
construction costs for facilities under the Dredged Mate-
rial Disposal Facilities program shall be derived from the 
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund as authorized by Public 
Law 104–303; and of which such sums as are necessary 
to cover one-half of the costs of construction, replacement, 
rehabilitation, and expansion of inland waterways projects 
shall be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, 
except as otherwise specifically provided for in law: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary shall initiate six new construc-
tion starts during fiscal year 2020: Provided further, That 
for new construction projects, project cost sharing agree-
ments shall be executed as soon as practicable but no later 
than September 30, 2020: Provided further, That no allo-
cation for a new start shall be considered final and no 
work allowance shall be made until the Secretary provides 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
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Congress an out-year funding scenario demonstrating the 
affordability of the selected new starts and the impacts 
on other projects: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may not deviate from the new starts proposed in the work 
plan, once the plan has been submitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 
projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River allu-
vial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized 
by law, $350,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal 
share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for in-
land harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Mainte-
nance Trust Fund. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For expenses necessary for the operation, mainte-
nance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and 
storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, 
and related projects authorized by law; providing security 
for infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps, includ-
ing administrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining 
harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, or 
other public agency that serve essential navigation needs 
of general commerce, where authorized by law; surveying 
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and charting northern and northwestern lakes and con-
necting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and 
removing obstructions to navigation, $3,923,000,000 (in-
creased by $4,000,000) (increased by $75,000,000) (re-
duced by $75,000,000) (increased by $3,000,000) (in-
creased by $2,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000), to re-
main available until expended, of which such sums as are 
necessary to cover the Federal share of eligible operation 
and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and channels, 
and for inland harbors shall be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund; of which such sums as become 
available from the special account for the Corps of Engi-
neers established by the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund Act of 1965 shall be derived from that account for 
resource protection, research, interpretation, and mainte-
nance activities related to resource protection in the areas 
at which outdoor recreation is available; and of which such 
sums as become available from fees collected under section 
217 of Public Law 104–303 shall be used to cover the 
cost of operation and maintenance of the dredged material 
disposal facilities for which such fees have been collected: 
Provided, That 1 percent of the total amount of funds pro-
vided for each of the programs, projects, or activities fund-
ed under this heading shall not be allocated to a field oper-
ating activity prior to the beginning of the fourth quarter 
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of the fiscal year and shall be available for use by the Chief 
of Engineers to fund such emergency activities as the 
Chief of Engineers determines to be necessary and appro-
priate, and that the Chief of Engineers shall allocate dur-
ing the fourth quarter any remaining funds which have 
not been used for emergency activities proportionally in 
accordance with the amounts provided for the programs, 
projects, or activities. 
REGULATORY PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary for administration of laws 
pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 
$210,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021. 
FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary to clean up contamination 
from sites in the United States resulting from work per-
formed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy pro-
gram, $155,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurri-
cane, and other natural disasters and support emergency 
operations, repairs, and other activities in response to 
such disasters as authorized by law, $37,500,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
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EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the supervision and gen-
eral administration of the civil works program in the head-
quarters of the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the 
Division Engineers; and for costs of management and op-
eration of the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activ-
ity, the Institute for Water Resources, the United States 
Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and 
the United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Cen-
ter allocable to the civil works program, $203,000,000 (re-
duced by $4,000,000) (reduced by $4,000,000) (reduced 
by $5,000,000) (reduced by $3,000,000) (reduced by 
$2,500,000), to remain available until September 30, 
2021, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used for offi-
cial reception and representation purposes and only during 
the current fiscal year: Provided, That no part of any 
other appropriation provided in this title shall be available 
to fund the civil works activities of the Office of the Chief 
of Engineers or the civil works executive direction and 
management activities of the division offices: Provided fur-
ther, That any Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies ap-
propriation may be used to fund the supervision and gen-
eral administration of emergency operations, repairs, and 
other activities in response to any flood, hurricane, or 
other natural disaster. 
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OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY 
FOR CIVIL WORKS 
For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Civil Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 3016(b)(3), 
$5,000,000 (reduced by $2,000,000), to remain available 
until September 30, 2021: Provided, That not more than 
25 percent of such amount may be obligated or expended 
until the Assistant Secretary submits to the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a work plan 
that allocates at least 95 percent of the additional funding 
provided under each heading in this title, as designated 
under such heading in the report of the Committee on Ap-
propriations accompanying this Act, to specific programs, 
projects, or activities. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF 
ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in this title 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 
or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
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(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted by this Act; 
(4) reduces funds that are directed to be used 
for a specific program, project, or activity by this 
Act; 
(5) increases funds for any program, project, or 
activity by more than $2,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less; or 
(6) reduces funds for any program, project, or 
activity by more than $2,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less. 
(b) Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to any project 
or activity authorized under section 205 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1948, section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 
1946, section 208 of the Flood Control Act of 1954, sec-
tion 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960, section 
103 of the River and Harbor Act of 1962, section 111 
of the River and Harbor Act of 1968, section 1135 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1986, section 206 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, or sec-
tion 204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1992. 
(c) The Corps of Engineers shall submit reports on 
a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of 
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both Houses of Congress detailing all the funds repro-
grammed between programs, projects, activities, or cat-
egories of funding. The first quarterly report shall be sub-
mitted not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 102. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to award or modify any contract that 
commits funds beyond the amounts appropriated for that 
program, project, or activity that remain unobligated, ex-
cept that such amounts may include any funds that have 
been made available through reprogramming pursuant to 
section 101. 
SEC. 103. The Secretary of the Army may transfer 
to the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife 
Service may accept and expend, up to $5,400,000 of funds 
provided in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance’’ to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps 
of Engineers projects. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for an open lake placement alternative for dredged mate-
rial, after evaluating the least costly, environmentally ac-
ceptable manner for the disposal or management of 
dredged material originating from Lake Erie or tributaries 
thereto, unless it is approved under a State water quality 
certification pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Water 
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Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1341): Provided, That 
until an open lake placement alternative for dredged mate-
rial is approved under a State water quality certification, 
the Corps of Engineers shall continue upland placement 
of such dredged material consistent with the requirements 
of section 101 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211). 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out any water supply reallocation 
study under the Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland, Ken-
tucky, project authorized under the Act of July 24, 1946 
(60 Stat. 636, ch. 595). 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any other Act may be used to reorganize or to 
transfer the Civil Works functions or authority of the 
Corps of Engineers or the Secretary of the Army to an-
other department or agency. 
SEC. 107. Additional funding provided in this Act 
shall be allocated only to projects determined to be eligible 
by the Chief of Engineers. 
SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available by this Act or any prior appropriations Acts for 
the Civil Works Program of the United States Army Corps 
of Engineers may be committed, obligated, expended, or 
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otherwise used to design or construct a wall, fence, border 
barriers, or border security infrastructure along the south-
ern border of the United States. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Central 
Utah Project Completion Act, $15,000,000 (increased by 
$5,000,000), to remain available until expended, of which 
$1,800,000 shall be deposited into the Utah Reclamation 
Mitigation and Conservation Account for use by the Utah 
Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission: 
Provided, That of the amount provided under this head-
ing, $1,500,000 shall be available until September 30, 
2021, for expenses necessary in carrying out related re-
sponsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior: Provided fur-
ther, That for fiscal year 2020, of the amount made avail-
able to the Commission under this Act or any other Act, 
the Commission may use an amount not to exceed 
$1,500,000 for administrative expenses. 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
The following appropriations shall be expended to 
execute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclama-
tion: 
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