109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5427
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for energy and water development 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for 
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, for energy and 
water development and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
The following appropriations shall be expended under 
the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the super-
vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil func-
tions of the Department of the Army pertaining to rivers 
and harbors, flood control, shore protection and storm 
damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and re-
lated purposes. 
INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses necessary for the collection and study 
of basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood 
control, shore protection and storm damage reduction, 
aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related projects, re-
study of authorized projects, miscellaneous investigations, 
and, when authorized by law, surveys and detailed studies 
and plans and specifications of projects prior to construc-
tion, $128,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That, except as provided in section 101 of this
Act, the amounts made available under this paragraph 
shall be expended in accordance with the terms and condi-
tions specified in the report accompanying this Act. 
CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION) 
For expenses necessary for the construction of river 
and harbor, flood control, shore protection and storm 
damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and re-
lated projects authorized by law; for conducting detailed 
studies, and plans and specifications, of such projects (in-
cluding those involving participation by States, local gov-
ernments, or private groups) authorized or made eligible 
for selection by law (but such detailed studies, and plans 
and specifications, shall not constitute a commitment of 
the Government to construction); $1,947,171,000, to re-
main available until expended; of which such sums as are 
necessary pursuant to Public Law 99–662 shall be derived 
from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, to cover one-half 
of the costs of construction and rehabilitation of inland 
waterways projects; and of which $8,000,000 shall be ex-
clusively for projects and activities authorized under sec-
tion 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960; and of 
which $2,000,000 shall be exclusively for projects and ac-
tivities authorized under section 103 of the River and Har-
bor Act of 1962; and of which $29,933,000 shall be exclu-
sively available for projects and activities authorized under 
section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948; and of 
which $15,000,000 shall be exclusively for projects and ac-
tivities authorized under section 14 of the Flood Control 
Act of 1946; and of which $25,000,000 shall be exclusively 
for projects and activities authorized under section 1135 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986; and of 
which $25,000,000 shall be exclusively for projects and ac-
tivities authorized under section 206 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1996; and of which 
$2,500,000 shall be for projects and activities authorized 
under section 111 of the River and Harbor Act of 1968; 
and of which $5,000,000 shall be for projects and activi-
ties authorized under section 204 of the Water Resources 
Act of 1992: Provided, That $35,000,000 shall be avail-
able for projects and activities authorized under 16 U.S.C. 
410r–8: Provided further, That, of the funds provided 
under the heading ‘‘Construction’’ in title I of Public Law 
109–103, $56,046,000 is rescinded, to be derived from the 
unobligated balances of the amounts made available for 
the following projects in Louisiana: Grand Isle and Vicin-
ity, Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity, Larose to Golden 
Meadow, New Orleans to Venice, Southeast Louisiana, 
and West Bank and Vicinity: Provided further, That, ex-
cept as provided in section 101 of this Act, the amounts
made available under this paragraph shall be expended in 
accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the 
report accompanying this Act. 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
For expenses necessary for the program for the Mis-
sissippi River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Mis-
souri, as authorized by law, $290,607,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which such sums as are nec-
essary to cover the Federal share of operation and mainte-
nance costs for inland harbors shall be derived from the 
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: Provided, That, except 
as provided in section 101 of this Act, the amounts made 
available under this paragraph shall be expended in ac-
cordance with the terms and conditions specified in the 
report accompanying this Act. 
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, including the con-
struction of facilities, projects, or features (including is-
lands and wetlands) to use materials dredged during Fed-
eral navigation maintenance activities; the mitigation of 
impacts on shorelines resulting from Federal navigation 
operation and maintenance activities; the benefit of feder-
ally listed species to address the effects of any civil works 
project under the jurisdiction of the Corps on any such 
species on project land within the watershed or operational 
reach of the project; providing security for infrastructure 
owned and operated by, or on behalf of, the Corps, includ-
ing administrative buildings and facilities, and labora-
tories; the maintenance of harbor channels provided by a 
State, municipality, or other public agency that serve es-
sential navigation needs of general commerce, where au-
thorized by law; and surveys and charting of northern and 
northwestern lakes and connecting waters, clearing and 
straightening channels, and removal of obstructions to 
navigation, $2,195,471,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $45,078,000 shall be for projects and 
activities 
in 
Region 
New 
England; 
of 
which 
$143,250,000 shall be for projects and activities in Region 
2 Mid Atlantic; of which $297,043,000 shall be for 
projects and activities in Region 3 South Atlantic Gulf; 
of which $101,407,000 shall be for projects and activities 
in Region 4 Great Lakes; of which $252,886,000 shall be 
for projects and activities in Region 5 Ohio; of which 
$21,301,000 shall be for projects and activities in Region 
6 Tennessee; of which $233,803,000 shall be for projects 
and activities in Region 7 Upper Mississippi; of which 
$147,021,000 shall be for projects and activities in Region
8 Lower Mississippi; of which $2,999,000 shall be for 
projects and activities in Region 9 Souris-Red-Rainy; of 
which $151,180,000 shall be for projects and activities in 
Region 10 Missouri; of which $178,084,000 shall be for 
projects and activities in Region 11 Arkansas-White-Red; 
of which $141,113,000 shall be for projects and activities 
in Region 12 Texas-Gulf; of which $10,209,000 shall be 
for projects and activities in Region 13 Rio Grande; of 
which $722,000 shall be for projects and activities in Re-
gion 14 Upper Colorado; of which $3,327,000 shall be for 
projects and activities in Region 15 Lower Colorado; of 
which $761,000 shall be for projects and activities in Re-
gion 16 Great Basin; of which $242,593,000 shall be for 
projects and activities in Region 17 Pacific Northwest; of 
which $102,461,000 shall be for projects and activities in 
Region 18 California; of which $22,204,000 shall be for 
projects and activities in Region 19 Alaska; of which 
$1,995,000 shall be for projects and activities in Region 
20 Hawaii; of which $4,000,000 shall be for projects and 
activities in Region 21 Caribbean; of which such sums as 
are necessary to cover the Federal share of eligible oper-
ations and maintenance shall be derived from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund of which such sums as become 
available from the special account for the Corps estab-
lished by the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965,