SEC. 2022. WATERSHED AND RIVER BASIN ASSESSMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 729 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2267a; 114 
Stat. 2587–2588; 100 Stat. 4164) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (4); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) Tuscarawas River Basin, Ohio; 
‘‘(7) Sauk River Basin, Snohomish and Skagit 
Counties, Washington; 
‘‘(8) Niagara River Basin, New York; 
‘‘(9) Genesee River Basin, New York; and 
‘‘(10) White River Basin, Arkansas and Mis-
souri.’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (1) of subsection (f) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal 
share of the costs of an assessment carried out 
under this section on or after December 11, 2000, 
shall be 25 percent.’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (g). 
(b) REVISION OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.—The 
Secretary shall revise the partnership agreement for any 
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assessment being carried out under such section 729 to 
take into account the change in non-Federal participation 
in the assessment as a result of the amendments made 
by subsection (a). 
SEC. 2023. TRIBAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. 
(a) SCOPE.—Section 203(b)(1)(B) of the Water Re-
sources 
Development 
Act 
of 
2000 
(33 
U.S.C. 
2269(b)(1)(B); 114 Stat. 2589) is amended by inserting 
after ‘‘Code’’ the following: ‘‘, and including lands that 
are within the jurisdictional area of an Oklahoma Indian 
tribe, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, and 
are recognized by the Secretary of the Interior as eligible 
for trust land status under part 151 of title 25, Code of 
Federal Regulations’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
203(e) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘2006’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2012’’. 
SEC. 2024. WILDFIRE FIREFIGHTING. 
Section 309 of Public Law 102–154 (42 U.S.C. 
1856a–1; 105 Stat. 1034) is amended by inserting ‘‘the 
Secretary of the Army,’’ after ‘‘the Secretary of Energy,’’. 
SEC. 2025. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 22 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–16) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘The Sec-
retary’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) FEDERAL STATE COOPERATION.— 
‘‘(1) 
COMPREHENSIVE
PLANS.—The 
Sec-
retary’’; 
(2) by inserting after the last sentence in sub-
section (a) the following: 
‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—At the request of 
a governmental agency or non-Federal in-
terest, the Secretary may provide, at Fed-
eral expense, technical assistance to such 
agency or non-Federal interest in man-
aging water resources. 
‘‘(B) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.—Tech-
nical assistance under this paragraph may 
include provision and integration of hydro-
logic, economic, and environmental data 
and analyses.’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)(1) by striking ‘‘this sec-
tion’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(a)(1)’’; 
(4) in subsection (b)(2) by striking ‘‘Up to 1⁄2 
of the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; 
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(5) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘(c) There is’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL
AND
STATE
COOPERATION.— 
There is’’; 
(6) in subsection (c)(1) (as designated by para-
graph (5))— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the provisions of this sec-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1);’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$1,000,000’’; 
(7) by inserting at the end of subsection (c) the 
following: 
‘‘(2) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—There is au-
thorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 annually to 
carry out subsection (a)(2), of which not more than 
$2,000,000 annually may be used by the Secretary 
to enter into cooperative agreements with nonprofit 
organizations to provide assistance to rural and 
small communities.’’; 
(8) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and 
(9) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
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‘‘(d) ANNUAL SUBMISSION OF PROPOSED ACTIVI-
TIES.—Concurrent with the President’s submission to 
Congress of the President’s request for appropriations for 
the Civil Works Program for a fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 
a report describing the individual activities proposed for 
funding under subsection (a)(1) for that fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 2026. LAKES PROGRAM. 
Section 602(a) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4148; 110 Stat. 3758; 113 Stat. 
295) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at end of paragraph (18); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (19) and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(20) Kinkaid Lake, Jackson County, Illinois, 
removal of silt and aquatic growth and measures to 
address excessive sedimentation; 
‘‘(21) McCarter Pond, Borough of Fairhaven, 
New Jersey, removal of silt and measures to address 
water quality; 
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