In the Senate of the United States,
November 8, 1999.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2724) entitled ‘‘An Act to make technical correc-
tions to the Water Resources Development Act of 1999.’’, do
pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
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 alternative water supply and a project for the
elimination or control of combined sewer overflows for
Jackson County, Mississippi.’’; and
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(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 VAL-
LEY, NEW JERSEY.—Section 219(f)(2) of the Water Re-
sources 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 Hud-
son’’ and inserting ‘‘for the North Hudson Sew-
erage Authority’’.
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SEC. 2. UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER ENVIRONMENTAL MAN-
AGEMENT 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)) is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph
(1)(A)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (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 ‘‘economi-
cally acceptable’’ and inserting ‘‘environmentally accept-
able’’.
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 de-
termines that the project is technically sound, envi-
ronmentally acceptable, and economically justified:’’;
(2) by striking paragraph (1); and
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (6)
as paragraphs (1) through (5), respectively.
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SEC. 5. SHORE PROTECTION.
Section 103(d)(2)(A) of the Water Resources Develop-
ment 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 En-
gineer’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 speci-
fies 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 Conservation 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 ‘‘Chesa-
peake City’’.
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‘‘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
CURRENTLY FUNDED.
(a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION.—The program de-
scribed in subsection (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 sub-
section (a) is the program for which funds appropriated
in title I of Public Law 106–69 under the heading ‘‘FED-
ERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION’’ are available for
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obligation upon the enactment of legislation authorizing the
program.
Attest:
Secretary.