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Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund for that fiscal year 
equals or exceeds, as determined by the Secretary, the fol-
lowing: 
(1) For fiscal year 2014, 65 percent of the total 
amount of harbor maintenance taxes received in fis-
cal year 2013. 
(2) For fiscal year 2015, 67 percent of the total 
amount of harbor maintenance taxes received in fis-
cal year 2014. 
(3) For fiscal year 2016, 69 percent of the total 
amount of harbor maintenance taxes received in fis-
cal year 2015. 
(4) For fiscal year 2017, 71 percent of the total 
amount of harbor maintenance taxes received in fis-
cal year 2016. 
(5) For fiscal year 2018, 73 percent of the total 
amount of harbor maintenance taxes received in fis-
cal year 2017. 
(6) For fiscal year 2019, 75 percent of the total 
amount of harbor maintenance taxes received in fis-
cal year 2018. 
(7) For fiscal year 2020, and each fiscal year 
thereafter, 80 percent of total amount of harbor 
maintenance taxes received in the previous fiscal 
year. 
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(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following defi-
nitions apply: 
(1) ELIGIBLE HARBORS AND INLAND HARBORS 
DEFINED.—The term ‘‘eligible harbor or inland har-
bor’’ means a harbor or inland harbor that, histori-
cally, as determined by the Secretary— 
(A) generates an amount of harbor mainte-
nance taxes; that exceeds 
(B) the value of work carried out for the 
harbor or inland harbor using amounts from 
the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund. 
(2) EXPANDED
USES.—The term ‘‘expanded 
uses’’ means the following activities performed for 
an eligible harbor or inland harbor: 
(A) The maintenance dredging of a berth 
in a harbor that is accessible to a Federal navi-
gation project and that benefits commercial 
navigation at the harbor. 
(B) The maintenance dredging and dis-
posal of legacy-contaminated sediment, and 
sediment unsuitable for open water disposal, 
if— 
(i) such dredging and disposal bene-
fits commercial navigation at the harbor; 
and 
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(ii) such sediment— 
(I) is located in and affects the 
maintenance of a Federal navigation 
project; or 
(II) is located in a berth that is 
accessible to a Federal navigation 
project. 
(3) TOTAL AMOUNT OF HARBOR MAINTENANCE 
TAXES RECEIVED.—The term ‘‘total amount of har-
bor maintenance taxes received’’ means, with respect 
to a fiscal year, the aggregate of amounts appro-
priated, transferred, or credited to the Harbor Main-
tenance Trust Fund under section 9505(a) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for that fiscal year 
as set forth in the current year estimate provided in 
the President’s budget request for the subsequent 
fiscal year, submitted pursuant to section 1105 of 
title 31, United States Code. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 9505(c)(1) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘(as in effect on the date of the enactment of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1996)’’. 
(e) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that any increase in harbor maintenance programs 
described in this section shall result from an overall in-
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crease in appropriations for the civil works program of the 
Corps of Engineers and not from similar reductions in the 
appropriations for other programs, projects, and activities 
carried out by the Corps of Engineers for other authorized 
purposes. 
SEC. 202. ASSESSMENT AND PRIORITIZATION OF OPER-
ATION AND MAINTENANCE. 
(a) ASSESSMENT.—Section 210 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2238) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) ASSESSMENT
OF OPERATION
AND MAINTE-
NANCE NEEDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this subsection, and 
biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall assess the 
operation and maintenance needs of the harbors re-
ferred to in subsection (a)(2). 
‘‘(2) TYPES
OF
HARBORS.—In carrying out 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall assess the oper-
ation and maintenance needs of the harbors used 
for— 
‘‘(A) commercial navigation; 
‘‘(B) commercial fishing; 
‘‘(C) subsistence, including utilization by 
Indian tribes (as such term is defined in section 
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4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b)) for 
subsistence and ceremonial purposes; 
‘‘(D) use as a harbor of refuge; 
‘‘(E) transportation of persons; 
‘‘(F) purposes relating to domestic energy 
production, including the fabrication, servicing, 
or supply of domestic offshore energy produc-
tion facilities; 
‘‘(G) activities of the Secretary of the de-
partment in which the Coast Guard is oper-
ating; 
‘‘(H) activities of the Secretary of the 
Navy; 
‘‘(I) public health and safety related equip-
ment for responding to coastal and inland 
emergencies; 
‘‘(J) recreation purposes; and 
‘‘(K) any other authorized purpose. 
‘‘(3) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—For fiscal year 
2015, and biennially thereafter, in conjunction with 
the President’s annual budget submission to Con-
gress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United 
States Code, the Secretary shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
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(b) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF EMERGING 
HARBOR PROJECTS.—Section 210 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 
2238) is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF EMERGING 
HARBOR PROJECTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—To the maximum extent 
practicable, the Secretary shall make expenditures to 
pay for operation and maintenance costs of the har-
bors referred to in subsection (a)(2), including ex-
penditures of funds appropriated from the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund, based on an equitable al-
location of funds among all such harbors, regardless 
of the size or tonnage throughput of the harbor. 
‘‘(2) CRITERIA.—In determining the equitable 
allocation of funds under paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary shall— 
‘‘(A) utilize the information obtained in the 
assessment conducted under subsection (c); 
‘‘(B) consider the national and regional 
significance of harbor operation and mainte-
nance; 
‘‘(C) where appropriate, consider national 
security and military readiness needs in con-
sultation with the Secretary of the Navy; and 
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‘‘(D) not make such allocation based solely 
on the tonnage transiting through a harbor. 
‘‘(3) EMERGING HARBORS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (1), in making expenditures described in 
paragraph (1) for each of fiscal years 2015 and 
2016, the Secretary shall allocate not less than 
10 percent of the total amount of the expendi-
tures to pay for operation and maintenance 
costs of emerging harbors. 
‘‘(B) EMERGING
HARBOR
DEFINED.—In 
this paragraph, the term ‘emerging harbor’ 
means a harbor referred to in subsection (a)(2) 
that transits less than 1,000,000 tons of com-
merce annually. 
‘‘(4) EMERGENCY EXPENDITURES.—Nothing in 
this subsection may be construed to prohibit the 
Secretary from making an expenditure to pay for the 
operation and maintenance costs of a specific har-
bor, including the transfer of funding from the oper-
ation and maintenance of a separate project, if— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary determines that the ac-
tion is necessary to address the navigation 
needs of a harbor where safe navigation has 
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been severely restricted due to an unforeseen 
event; and 
‘‘(B) the Secretary provides advance notice 
and information on the need for the action to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure and the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Environment and Public Works and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
‘‘(5) MANAGEMENT OF GREAT LAKES NAVIGA-
TION SYSTEM.—To sustain effective and efficient op-
eration and maintenance of the Great Lakes Naviga-
tion System, including any navigation feature in the 
Great Lakes that is a Federal responsibility with re-
spect to operation and maintenance, the Secretary 
shall manage and allocate funding for all of the indi-
vidually authorized projects in the Great Lakes 
Navigation System as components of a single, com-
prehensive system, recognizing the interdependence 
of the projects.’’. 
SEC. 203. PRESERVING UNITED STATES HARBORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may enter into an 
agreement with a non-Federal interest, at the request of 
the non-Federal interest, under which the Secretary 
agrees to maintain a navigation project for a harbor or 
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inland harbor (in this section referred to as a ‘‘federally 
authorized harbor’’) in accordance with section 101(b) of 
the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 
2211(b)). 
(b) REPORT BY NON-FEDERAL INTEREST.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to enter into 
an agreement under subsection (a) with respect to a 
federally authorized harbor, a non-Federal interest 
shall submit to the Secretary a report justifying eco-
nomic investment in maintenance of the harbor. 
(2) JUSTIFICATION OF INVESTMENT.—A report 
submitted under paragraph (1) may justify economic 
investment in the maintenance of a federally author-
ized harbor based on— 
(A) projected economic benefits, including 
transportation savings and job creation; and 
(B) other factors, including navigation 
safety, national security, and sustainability of 
subsistence harbors. 
(3) TERMINATION OF CERTAIN AGREEMENTS.— 
An agreement entered into under subsection (a) with 
respect to a federally authorized harbor shall contain 
terms to allow the Secretary to terminate the agree-
ment if the Secretary determines that Federal eco-
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nomic investment in maintaining the harbor is no 
longer justified. 
(c) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.— 
Nothing in this section may be construed to preclude the 
operation and maintenance of a federally authorized har-
bor under section 101(b) of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211(b)). 
SEC. 204. CONSOLIDATION OF DEEP DRAFT NAVIGATION 
EXPERTISE. 
Section 2033(e) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 2282a(e)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) DEEP DRAFT NAVIGATION PLANNING CEN-
TER OF EXPERTISE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
consolidate deep draft navigation expertise 
within the Corps of Engineers into a deep draft 
navigation planning center of expertise. 
‘‘(B) LIST.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of the consolidation required under 
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate a list of personnel, includ-
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