H. R. 2724
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
An Act
To make technical corrections to the Water Resources Development Act of 1999.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
(a) JACKSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.—Section 219 of the Water
Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 110 Stat.
3757) is amended—
(1) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (5) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(5) JACKSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.—Provision of an alter-
native water supply and a project for the elimination or control
of combined sewer overflows for Jackson County, Mississippi.’’;
and
(2) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and
inserting ‘‘$20,000,000’’.
(b) MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.—Section 219(e)(3) of the
Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 110
Stat. 3757) is amended by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$20,000,000’’.
(c) ATLANTA, GEORGIA.—Section 219(f )(1) of the Water
Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat.
335) is amended by striking ‘‘$25,000,000 for’’.
(d) PATERSON, PASSAIC COUNTY, AND PASSAIC VALLEY, NEW
JERSEY.—Section 219(f )(2) of the Water Resources Development
Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 335) is amended by striking
‘‘$20,000,000 for’’.
(e) ELIZABETH
AND NORTH HUDSON, NEW JERSEY.—Section
219(f ) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat.
4835; 113 Stat. 335) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (33), by striking ‘‘$20,000,000’’ and
inserting ‘‘$10,000,000’’; and
(2) in paragraph (34)—
(A) 
by 
striking 
‘‘$10,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘$20,000,000’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘in the city of North Hudson’’ and
inserting ‘‘for the North Hudson Sewerage Authority’’.
SEC. 2. UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM.
Section 1103(e)(5) of the Water Resources Development Act
of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 652(e)(5)) (as amended by section 509(c)(3) of
the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 340))
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is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘para-
graph (1)(B)’’.
SEC. 3. DELAWARE RIVER, PENNSYLVANIA AND DELAWARE.
Section 346 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999
(113 Stat. 309) is amended by striking ‘‘economically acceptable’’
and inserting ‘‘environmentally acceptable’’.
SEC. 4. PROJECT REAUTHORIZATIONS.
Section 364 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999
(113 Stat. 313) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Each’’ and all that follows through the
colon and inserting the following: ‘‘Each of the following projects
is authorized to be carried out by the Secretary, and no
construction on any such project may be initiated until the
Secretary determines that the project is technically sound,
environmentally acceptable, and economically justified:’’;
(2) by striking paragraph (1); and
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (6) as para-
graphs (1) through (5), respectively.
SEC. 5. SHORE PROTECTION.
Section 103(d)(2)(A) of the Water Resources Development Act
of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213(d)(2)(A)) (as amended by section 215(a)(2)
of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 292))
is amended by striking ‘‘or for which a feasibility study is completed
after that date,’’ and inserting ‘‘except for a project for which a
District Engineer’s Report is completed by that date,’’.
SEC. 6. COMITE RIVER, LOUISIANA.
Section 371 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999
(113 Stat. 321) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’ before ‘‘The’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) CREDITING OF REDUCTION IN NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The
project cooperation agreement for the Comite River Diversion
Project shall include a provision that specifies that any reduction
in the non-Federal share that results from the modification under
subsection (a) shall be credited toward the share of project costs
to be paid by the Amite River Basin Drainage and Water Conserva-
tion District.’’.
SEC. 7. CHESAPEAKE CITY, MARYLAND.
Section 535(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of
1999 (113 Stat. 349) is amended by striking ‘‘the city of Chesapeake’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Chesapeake City’’.
SEC. 8. CONTINUATION OF SUBMISSION OF CERTAIN REPORTS BY THE
SECRETARY OF THE ARMY.
(a) RECOMMENDATIONS OF INLAND WATERWAYS USERS BOARD.—
Section 302(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986
(33 U.S.C. 2251(b)) is amended in the last sentence by striking
‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘Notwithstanding section 3003 of Public Law
104–66 (31 U.S.C. 1113 note; 109 Stat. 734), the’’.
(b) LIST
OF AUTHORIZED
BUT UNFUNDED STUDIES.—Section
710(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C.
2264(a)) is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘Not’’ and
inserting ‘‘Notwithstanding section 3003 of Public Law 104–66 (31
U.S.C. 1113 note; 109 Stat. 734), not’’.
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(c) REPORTS
ON PARTICIPATION
OF MINORITY GROUPS
AND
MINORITY-OWNED FIRMS IN MISSISSIPPI RIVER-GULF OUTLET FEA-
TURE.—Section 844(b) of the Water Resources Development Act
of 1986 (100 Stat. 4177) is amended in the second sentence by
striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘Notwithstanding section 3003 of
Public Law 104–66 (31 U.S.C. 1113 note; 109 Stat. 734), the’’.
(d) LIST OF AUTHORIZED BUT UNFUNDED PROJECTS.—Section
1001(b)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33
U.S.C. 579a(b)(2)) is amended in the first sentence by striking
‘‘Every’’ and inserting ‘‘Notwithstanding section 3003 of Public Law
104–66 (31 U.S.C. 1113 note; 109 Stat. 734), every’’.
SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATIONS FOR PROGRAM PREVIOUSLY AND CUR-
RENTLY FUNDED.
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION.—The program described in sub-
section (c) is hereby authorized.
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Funds are hereby
authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Transportation
for the program authorized in subsection (a) in amounts as follows:
(1) FISCAL YEAR 2000.—For fiscal year 2000, $10,000,000.
(2) FISCAL YEAR 2001.—For fiscal year 2001, $10,000,000.
(3) FISCAL YEAR 2002.—For fiscal year 2002, $7,000,000.
(c) APPLICABILITY.—The program referred to in subsection (a)
is the program for which funds appropriated in title I of Public
Law 106–69 under the heading ‘‘FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINIS-
TRATION’’ are available for obligation upon the enactment of legis-
lation authorizing the program.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.