DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’, for 
necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurri-
cane Katrina and other hurricanes of the 2005 season, 
$2,835,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such sums shall not be available until October 
1, 2008: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army 
is directed to use $1,997,000,000 of the funds provided 
herein to modify authorized projects in southeast Lou-
isiana to provide hurricane, storm and flood damage re-
duction in the greater New Orleans and surrounding areas 
to the levels of protection necessary to achieve the certifi-
cation required for participation in the National Flood In-
surance Program under the base flood elevations current 
at the time of enactment of this Act, and shall use 
$1,077,000,000 of those funds for the Lake Pontchartrain 
and Vicinity project and $920,000,000 of those funds for 
the West Bank and Vicinity project: Provided further, 
That, in addition, $838,000,000 of the funds provided 
herein shall be for elements of Southeast Louisiana Urban 
Drainage project within the geographic perimeter of the 
West Bank and Vicinity and Lake Pontchartrain and Vi-
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cinity projects, to provide for interior drainage of runoff 
from rainfall with a 10 percent annual exceedance prob-
ability: Provided further, That the amounts provided here 
in shall be subject to a 65 percent Federal / 35 percent 
non-Federal cost share for the specified purposes: Pro-
vided further, That beginning not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Chief of Engineers, 
acting through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
Civil Works, shall provide monthly reports to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of 
these fund: Provided further, That the amount under this 
heading is designated as an emergency requirement and 
necessary to meet emergency needs pursuant to subsection 
(a) and (b) of section 204 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Con-
gress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 2008. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Flood Control and 
Coastal Emergencies’’, as authorized by section 5 of the 
Act of August 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n), for necessary 
expenses relating to the consequences of Hurricane 
Katrina and other hurricanes of the 2005 season, 
$2,926,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such sums shall not be available until October 
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1, 2008: Provided further, That funds provided herein 
shall be used to reduce the risk of hurricane and storm 
damages to the greater New Orleans metropolitan area, 
at full Federal expense, for the following: $704,000,000 
shall be used to modify the 17th Street, Orleans Avenue 
and London Avenue drainage canals and install pumps 
and closure structures at or near the lakefront; 
$90,000,000 shall be used for storm-proofing interior 
pump stations to ensure the operability of the stations 
during hurricanes, storms, and high water events; 
$459,000,000 shall be used for armoring critical elements 
of the New Orleans hurricane and storm damage reduction 
system; $53,000,000 shall be used to improve protection 
at the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal; $456,000,000 shall 
be used to replace or modify certain non-Federal levees 
in Plaquemines Parish to incorporate the levees into the 
existing New Orleans to Venice hurricane protection 
project; $412,000,000 shall be used for reinforcing or re-
placing flood walls, as necessary, in the existing Lake 
Pontchartrain and Vicinity project and the existing West 
Bank and Vicinity project to improve the performance of 
the systems; $393,000,000 shall be used for repair and 
restoration of authorized protections and floodwalls; and 
$359,000,000 shall be used to complete the authorized 
protection for the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity Project 
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and for the West Bank and Vicinity Project: Provided fur-
ther, That beginning not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Chief of Engineers, acting 
through the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil 
Works, shall provide monthly reports to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of these 
funds: Provided further, That any project using funds ap-
propriated under this heading shall be initiated only after 
non-Federal interests have entered into binding agree-
ments with the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil 
Works requiring the non-Federal interests to pay 100 per-
cent of the operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, 
and rehabilitation costs of completed elements and to hold 
and save the United States free from damages due to the 
construction, 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 
the expenditure of funds as provided above may be made 
without regard to individual amounts or purposes except 
that any reallocation of funds that is necessary to accom-
plish the established goals is authorized, subject to the ap-
proval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tions: Provided further, That the amount under this head-
ing is designated as an emergency requirement and nec-
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essary to meet emergency needs pursuant to subsection 
(a) and (b) of section 204 of S. Con. Res. 21 (110th Con-
gress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 2008. 
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