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Budget Act of 2021 (D.C. Act 24–173), as modified as of 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 131. Section 330(e)(3) of title 11, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘in that fiscal year’’ at the 
end of the paragraph. 
SEC. 132. In addition to amounts otherwise provided 
by section 101, an amount is provided to the Department 
of Homeland Security for ‘‘U.S. Citizenship and Immigra-
tion Services—Operations and Support’’ for application 
processing, the reduction of backlogs within asylum, field, 
and service center offices, and support of the refugee pro-
gram at a rate for operations of $250,000,000: Provided, 
That such amounts shall be in addition to any other funds 
made available for such purposes, and shall not be con-
strued to require any reduction of any fee described in sec-
tion 286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1356(m)): Provided further, That prior to the obliga-
tion of such resources, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the Senate and the House of Representatives an expendi-
ture plan that identifies backlog reduction metrics and 
quarterly reports on the execution of such plan. 
SEC. 133. Amounts made available by section 101 to 
the Department of Homeland Security under the heading 
‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Relief
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Fund’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations 
necessary to carry out response and recovery activities 
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 
SEC. 134. (a) Sections 1309(a) and 1319 of the Na-
tional Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a) and 
4026) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in 
section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 2021’’. 
(b) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2021, 
this section shall be applied as if it were in effect on Sep-
tember 30, 2021. 
SEC. 135. Amounts made available by section 101 for 
‘‘Department of the Interior—National Park Service—Na-
tional Recreation and Preservation’’ for heritage partner-
ship programs may be used to provide financial assistance 
to any national heritage area, national heritage corridor, 
cultural heritage corridor, national heritage partnership, 
national heritage route, national heritage canalway, and 
battlefields national historic district established as of Sep-
tember 1, 2021, notwithstanding any statutory sunset pro-
vision terminating the Secretary’s authority to provide as-
sistance to any such area and notwithstanding any limita-
tion on amounts authorized to be appropriated with respect 
to any such area: Provided, That the Commission sunset 
provision in section 804(j) of division B of H.R. 5666 (Ap-
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pendix D), as amended, as enacted into law by section 
1(a)(4) of Public Law 106– 554, shall be applied by sub-
stituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for 
‘‘September 30, 2021’’: Provided further, That the authority 
in section 295D of Public Law 109–338, as amended, shall 
continue in effect through the date specified in section 
106(3) of this Act. 
SEC. 136. Notwithstanding subsection (c)(2)(B) of sec-
tion 200303 of title 54, United States Codes, during the 
period covered by this Act amounts made available from 
the Land and Water Conservation Fund for fiscal year 2022 
pursuant to subsection (a) of such section of such title shall 
be allocated by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary 
of Agriculture, as appropriate, only for the following agen-
cies and accounts, for the purposes specified, and in the 
amounts specified multiplied by the percentage of fiscal 
year 2022 covered by this Act: 
(1) ‘‘Department of the Interior—Bureau of 
Land Management—Land Acquisition’’, $7,500,000, 
for Acquisition Management; 
(2) ‘‘Department of the Interior—United States 
Fish 
and 
Wildlife 
Service—Land 
Acquisition’’, 
$17,000,000, for Land Acquisition Management;
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(3) ‘‘Department of the Interior—National Park 
Service—Land Acquisition and State Assistance’’, 
$14,500,000, for Acquisition Management; 
(4) ‘‘Department of the Interior—Office of the 
Secretary—Departmental Operations’’, $19,000,000, 
for Management Services, Appraisal and Valuation 
Service Offices-Federal Lands; 
(5) ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Serv-
ice—State and Private Forestry’’, $6,400,000, for Ad-
ministrative Funds; and 
(6) ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Serv-
ice—Land Acquisition’’, $12,000,000, for Acquisition 
Management. 
SEC. 137. (a) In addition to amounts provided by sec-
tion 101, amounts are provided for ‘‘Department of Health 
and Human Services—Indian Health Service—Indian 
Health Services’’ at a rate for operations of $22,080,000, 
for an additional amount for costs of staffing and operating 
facilities that were opened, renovated, or expanded in fiscal 
years 2021 and 2022, and such amounts may be appor-
tioned up to the rate for operations necessary to staff and 
operate such facilities. 
(b) In addition to amounts provided by section 101, 
amounts are provided for ‘‘Department of Health and 
Human Services—Indian Health Service—Indian Health
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Facilities’’ at a rate for operations of $2,261,000, for an 
additional amount for costs of staffing and operating facili-
ties that were opened, renovated, or expanded in fiscal years 
2021 and 2022, and such amounts may be apportioned up 
to the rate for operations necessary to staff and operate such 
facilities. 
SEC. 138. In addition to amounts otherwise provided 
by section 101, for ‘‘Department of Health and Human 
Services—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—En-
vironmental Health’’, there is appropriated $1,500,000, for 
an additional amount for fiscal year 2022, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2022, for the Vessel Sanitation 
Program. 
SEC. 139. (a) Funds made available in Public Law 
114–113 to the accounts of the National Institutes of Health 
that were available for obligation through fiscal year 2016 
and were obligated for multi-year research grants shall be 
available through fiscal year 2022 for the liquidation of 
valid obligations incurred in fiscal year 2016 if the Director 
of the National Institutes of Health determines the project 
suffered an interruption of activities attributable to 
COVID–19. 
(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall be-
come effective immediately upon enactment of this Act.
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(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 
2021, this section shall be applied as if it were in ef-
fect on September 30, 2021. 
SEC. 140. In addition to amounts provided by section 
101, amounts are provided for ‘‘Department of Health and 
Human Services—Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration—Mental Health’’ at a rate for op-
erations of $77,621,000 for an additional amount for car-
rying out section 520E–3 of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 290bb–36c), and such amounts may be appor-
tioned up to the rate for operations necessary to operate 
and maintain the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 
program. 
SEC. 141. In addition to amounts otherwise provided 
by this Act, for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices—Administration for Children and Families—Refugee 
and 
Entrant 
Assistance’’, 
there 
is 
appropriated 
$2,500,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year 
2022, to remain available until September 30, 2024, to 
carry out section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
and section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Vic-
tims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008: Provided, 
That not later than November 1, 2021, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
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Senate a report detailing steps taken and planned to be 
taken by the Department to phase out the use of emergency 
intake sites and a detailed plan for ending the use of emer-
gency intake sites, including a timeline of major milestones 
and projections for delivered online bed capacity by facility 
type: Provided further, That such report shall include an 
aligned spend plan for estimated fiscal year 2022 obliga-
tions by major category: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall submit monthly reports during fiscal year 2022 
to the Committees on Appropriations on all obligations and 
expenditures incurred by the Department for carrying out 
such sections 462 and 235: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) and sec-
tion 4001(b) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the con-
current resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022. 
SEC. 142. Amounts made available by section 101 for 
‘‘Department of Health and Human Services—Administra-
tion for Children and Families—Refugee and Entrant As-
sistance’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations 
necessary to carry out section 462 of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 and section 235 of the William Wilberforce 
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 
2008, and up to the rate for operations necessary for activi-
ties authorized by section 414 of the Immigration and Na-
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tionality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Education As-
sistance Act of 1980. 
SEC. 143. Not later than 90 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter through 
fiscal year 2022, the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices shall provide a report to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate on (1) 
the total number of children that the Office of Refugee Reset-
tlement has released to sponsors living in the United States, 
disaggregated by State, and (2) the number of children that 
the Office of Refugee Resettlement has released to sponsors 
living in the United States for whom the Office of Refugee 
Resettlement has successfully conducted safety and welfare 
checks, and provided post-release services as appropriate, 
for the most recent quarter such data are available. 
SEC. 144. Not later than 10 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall provide a report to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
and disclose on a publicly available website, on all transfers 
made for carrying out section 462 of the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 or section 235 of the William Wilberforce Traf-
ficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 dur-
ing fiscal year 2021. This report shall include: (1) a list 
of the source of funds transferred by public law;(2) the pro-
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gram, project, or activity funds were transferred from and 
the corresponding amount that was transferred;(3) date of 
transfer;(4) the number of children referred to the Office of 
Refugee Resettlement (ORR) by month for fiscal year 2021; 
and(5) the age distribution of the children referred to ORR 
by month for fiscal year 2021: Provided, That the report 
shall be updated every 30 days throughout fiscal year 2022. 
SEC. 145. During the period covered by this Act, for 
services furnished under the Community Services Block 
Grant Act (‘‘CSBG Act’’) with funds made available by this 
Act, by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public 
Law 116–260), or by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Eco-
nomic Security Act (Public Law 116–136), States may 
apply the last sentence of section 673(2) of the CSBG Act 
by substituting ‘‘200 percent’’ for ‘‘125 percent’’. 
SEC. 146. For purposes of annual leave accumulated 
in fiscal year 2021, the authority provided in section 2106 
of division C of Public Law 116–159 shall apply to such 
leave by substituting ‘‘2021’’ for ‘‘2020’’ in subsections (a) 
and (d). 
SEC. 147. Activities authorized by part A of title IV 
(other than under section 403(c) or 418) and section 
1108(b) of the Social Security Act shall continue through 
the date specified in section 106(3), in the manner author-
ized for fiscal year 2021, and out of any money in the
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Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, 
there are hereby appropriated such sums as may be nec-
essary for such purpose. 
SEC. 148. Section 114(f) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011c(f)) shall be applied by sub-
stituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for 
‘‘September 30, 2021’’. 
SEC. 149. Section 458(a)(4) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087h(a)(4)) shall be applied 
through the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act by 
substituting ‘‘2022’’ for ‘‘2021’’. 
SEC. 150. Notwithstanding section 101, section 116 of 
division J of Public Law 116–260 shall be applied during 
the period covered by this Act by substituting ‘‘fifth fiscal 
year’’ for ‘‘fourth fiscal year’’. 
SEC. 151. During the period covered by this Act, the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs may transfer up to 
$193,500,000 of the unobligated balances from amounts 
made available for fiscal year 2021 under the heading ‘‘Vet-
erans Health Administration—Medical Services’’ in title II 
of division F of the Further Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94), or in section 8002 of title 
VIII of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 
117–2) to the following accounts of the Department in the 
amounts specified:
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(1) ‘‘Veterans Benefits Administration—General 
Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administra-
tion’’, up to $178,000,000; 
(2) ‘‘Departmental Administration—Board of 
Veterans Appeals’’, up to $5,800,000; and 
(3) ‘‘Departmental Administration—Informa-
tion Technology Systems’’, up to $9,700,000: 
Provided, That the transferred amounts shall be used, in 
addition to any other amounts available for such purposes, 
for personnel costs and other expenses to implement the in-
terim final rule entitled ‘‘Presumptive Service Connection 
for Respiratory Conditions Due to Exposure to Particulate 
Matter’’, published on August 5, 2021 (86 FR 42724), and 
any revisions to such rule. 
SEC. 152. Amounts made available by section 101 to 
United States Government-funded entities for ‘‘Related 
Agency—United States Agency for Global Media—Inter-
national Broadcasting Operations’’, ‘‘Related Programs— 
The Asia Foundation’’, ‘‘Related Programs—United States 
Institute of Peace’’, and ‘‘Related Programs—National En-
dowment for Democracy’’ may be apportioned up to the rate 
for operations necessary to support the evacuation of Af-
ghan journalists and other Afghan employees of such enti-
ties, following consultation with the Committees on Appro-
priations.
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SEC. 153. Section 21009 of the Coronavirus Aid, Re-
lief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136) 
shall continue in effect through the date specified in section 
106(3) of this Act. 
SEC. 154. Amounts made available by section 101 to 
the United States International Development Finance Cor-
poration for ‘‘Corporate Capital Account’’ and paid to the 
‘‘Program Account’’ shall be available for the costs of modi-
fying loans and loan guarantees transferred to the Corpora-
tion pursuant to section 1463 of the BUILD Act of 2018 
(division F of Public Law 115–254): Provided, That such 
costs shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974. 
SEC. 155. Section 1334 of the Foreign Affairs Reform 
and Restructuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6553) shall be 
applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) 
of this Act for ‘‘October 1, 2021’’. 
SEC. 156. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 
provided for ‘‘Department of Transportation—Office of the 
Secretary—Payments to Air Carriers’’ at a rate for oper-
ations of $247,700,000, and such amounts may be appor-
tioned up to the rate for operations necessary to maintain 
Essential Air Service program operations. 
SEC. 157. Amounts made available by section 101 to 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the
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third paragraph under the heading ‘‘Public and Indian 
Housing—Native American Programs’’ may be appor-
tioned up to the rate for operations necessary to accommo-
date demand for guaranteed notes and other obligations as 
authorized by title VI of the Native American Housing As-
sistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appro-
priations Act, 2022’’. 
DIVISION B—DISASTER RELIEF SUPPLE-
MENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
PROCESSING, RESEARCH AND MARKETING 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of the Sec-
retary’’, $10,000,000,000, which shall remain available 
until December 31, 2023, for necessary expenses related to 
losses of crops (including milk, on-farm stored commodities, 
crops prevented from planting in 2020 and 2021, and har-
vested adulterated wine grapes), trees, bushes, and vines, as
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a consequence of droughts, wildfires, hurricanes, floods, 
derechos, excessive heat, winter storms, freeze, including a 
polar vortex, smoke exposure, quality losses of crops, and 
excessive moisture occurring in calendar years 2020 and 
2021 under such terms and conditions as determined by 
the Secretary: Provided, That, with respect to smoke tainted 
wine grapes, the loss (including a quality loss) of such crop 
during the coverage period due to wildfire, as determined 
by the Secretary, is considered a qualified loss: Provided 
further, That losses due to drought shall only be eligible 
under this heading in this Act if any area within the coun-
ty in which the loss occurs was rated by the U.S. Drought 
Monitor as having a D2 (Severe Drought) for eight consecu-
tive weeks or a D3 (Extreme Drought) or higher level of 
drought intensity during the applicable calendar years: 
Provided further, That of the amounts provided under this 
heading in this Act, the Secretary shall use $750,000,000 
to provide assistance to producers of livestock, as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Agriculture, for losses incurred 
during calendar year 2021 due to drought or wildfires: Pro-
vided further, That at the election of a processor eligible 
for a loan under section 156 of the Federal Agriculture Im-
provement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272) or a 
cooperative processor of dairy, the Secretary shall make 
payments for losses in 2021 to such processors (to be paid
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to producer members, as determined by such processors) in 
lieu of payments to producers and under the same terms 
and conditions as payments made to processors pursuant 
to title I of the Additional Supplemental Appropriations 
for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–20) under 
the heading ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Pro-
grams—Processing, Research and Marketing—Office of the 
Secretary’’, as last amended by section 791(c) of title VII 
of division B of the Further Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94): Provided further, That not-
withstanding section 760.1503(j) of title 7 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations, in the event that a processor described 
in the preceding proviso does not elect to receive payments 
under such clause, the Secretary shall make direct payments 
to producers under this heading in this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amounts provided under this heading in 
this Act, not more than one percent of the funds provided 
herein may be used for administrative costs, including for 
streamlining the application process and easing the burden 
on county office employees, to carry out the matter under 
this heading in this Act: Provided further, That, except as 
otherwise provided under this heading in this Act, the Sec-
retary shall impose payment limitations consistent with 
section 760.1507 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as 
in effect on the date of enactment of this Act): Provided
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further, That, in the case of specialty crops or high value 
crops, as determined by the Secretary, the Secretary shall 
impose payment limitations consistent with section 
760.1507(a)(2) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as 
in effect on January 1, 2019): Provided further, That, with 
respect to the payment limitations described under this 
heading in this Act, the Secretary shall apply separate pay-
ment limits for each of 2020 and 2021: Provided further, 
That the total amount of payments received under this 
heading in this Act and applicable policies of crop insur-
ance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 
et seq.) or the Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Pro-
gram (NAP) under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333) 
(minus any premiums or fees paid for such coverages) shall 
not exceed 90 percent of the loss as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That the total amount of pay-
ments received under this heading in this Act for producers 
who did not obtain a policy or plan of insurance for an 
insurable commodity for the applicable crop year under the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) for the 
crop incurring the losses or did not file the required paper-
work and pay the service fee by the applicable State filing 
deadline for a noninsurable commodity for the applicable 
crop year under NAP for the crop incurring the losses shall
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not exceed 70 percent of the loss as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That producers receiving pay-
ments under this heading in this Act, as determined by the 
Secretary, shall be required to purchase crop insurance 
where crop insurance is available for the next two available 
crop years and producers receiving payments under this 
heading in this Act shall be required to purchase coverage 
under NAP where crop insurance is not available in the 
next two available crop years, as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That not later than 120 days after 
the end of fiscal year 2021, the Secretary shall submit a 
report to the Congress specifying the type, amount, and 
method of such assistance by state and territory. 
FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 
PROGRAMS 
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Watershed and Flood 
Prevention Operations’’ for necessary expenses for the 
Emergency Watershed Protection Program, $275,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, which shall be in addi-
tion to amounts otherwise available for such purposes.
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Scientific and Tech-
nical Research and Services’’ for necessary expenses to 
carry out investigations of building failures pursuant to the 
National Construction Safety Team Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 
7301), $22,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2023. 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations, Research, 
and Facilities’’ for necessary expenses related to the con-
sequences of hurricanes and of wildfires in calendar years 
2020 and 2021, $92,834,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2023, as follows: 
(1) $4,709,000 for repair and replacement of ob-
serving assets, real property, and equipment; 
(2) $3,425,000 for marine debris assessment and 
removal; 
(3) $4,700,000 for mapping, charting, and geod-
esy services; 
(4) $35,000,000 to improve: (A) hurricane inten-
sity and track forecasting, including through deploy-
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CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’ for nec-
essary expenses, $3,000,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, to construct flood and storm damage reduction, 
including shore protection, projects that are currently au-
thorized or that are authorized after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and flood and storm damage reduction, includ-
ing shore protection, projects that have signed Chief’s Re-
ports as of the date of enactment of this Act or that are 
studied using funds provided under the heading ‘‘Investiga-
tions’’ if the Secretary determines such projects to be tech-
nically feasible, economically justified, and environmentally 
acceptable: Provided, That of such amount, $1,500,000,000 
shall be available for such projects in States with a major 
disaster declared due to Hurricane Ida pursuant to the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) in fiscal year 2021: Pro-
vided further, That the provisions of section 902 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1986 shall not apply 
to the construction of projects, including initial construc-
tion or periodic nourishment, completed using funding 
under this heading in this Act: Provided further, That the 
completion of ongoing construction projects receiving fund-
ing provided under this heading in this Act shall be at full 
Federal expense with respect to such funds: Provided fur-
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ther, That for any projects using funding provided under 
this heading in this Act, the non-Federal cash contribution 
for projects other than ongoing construction projects shall 
be financed in accordance with the provisions of section 
103(k) of Public Law 99–662 over a period of 30 years from 
the date of completion of the project or separable element: 
Provided further, That up to $65,000,000 of the amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act shall be used 
for continuing authorities projects to reduce the risk of 
flooding and storm damage: Provided further, That any 
projects using funding appropriated under this heading in 
this Act shall be initiated only after non-Federal interests 
have entered into binding agreements with the Secretary re-
quiring, where applicable, the non-Federal interests to pay 
100 percent of the operation, maintenance, repair, replace-
ment, and rehabilitation costs of the project and to hold 
and save the United States free from damages due to the 
construction or operation and maintenance of the project, 
except for damages due to the fault or negligence of the 
United States or its contractors: Provided further, That of 
the amounts made available under this heading in this Act, 
such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of 
construction costs for facilities under the Dredged Material 
Disposal Facilities Program shall be derived from the gen-
eral fund of the Treasury: Provided further, That the Assist-