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of Representatives shall introduce the proposal as
a bill, by request, in the Senate or the House of
Representatives, as applicable.
(C) REFERRAL.—A bill introduced under
subparagraph (B) shall be referred to the Com-
mittee on Environment and Public Works of the
Senate and as applicable the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House
of Representatives.
(D) COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45
legislative days after a bill under subpara-
graph (B) is referred to a Committee in ac-
cordance with subparagraph (C), the Com-
mittee shall act on the bill.
(ii) FAILURE TO ACT.—If a Committee
fails to act on a bill by the date specified
in clause (i), the bill shall be discharged
from the Committee and placed on the cal-
endar of the Senate or the House of Rep-
resentatives, as applicable.
(E) SENATE FLOOR CONSIDERATION.—
(i) IN GENERAL.—Floor consideration
in the Senate regarding a bill introduced
under subparagraph (B) shall be limited to
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20 hours, to be equally divided between the
Majority Leader and the Minority Leader of
the Senate (or a designee).
(ii) NONGERMANE AMENDMENTS.—An
amendment that is nongermane to a bill in-
troduced under subparagraph (B) shall not
be in order.
(4) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—This requirements of,
and authorities under, this subsection shall expire on
December 31, 2010.
SEC. 1004. SMALL PROJECTS FOR FLOOD DAMAGE REDUC-
TION.
The Secretary shall conduct a study for each of the
following projects and, if the Secretary determines that a
project is feasible, may carry out the project under section
205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s):
(1) CACHE RIVER BASIN, GRUBBS, ARKANSAS.—
Project for flood damage reduction, Cache River
Basin, Grubbs, Arkansas.
(2) BIBB
COUNTY
AND
THE
CITY
OF
MACON
LEVEE, GEORGIA.—Project for flood damage reduc-
tion, Bibb County and the City of Macon Levee, Geor-
gia.
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(3) FORT
WAYNE
AND
VICINITY, INDIANA.—
Project for flood control, St. Mary’s River, Fort
Wayne and Vicinity, Indiana.
(4) SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS.—Project for flood
damage reduction, Salem, Massachusetts.
(5) CROW
RIVER, 
ROCKFORD, 
MINNESOTA.—
Project for flood damage reduction, Crow River, Rock-
ford, Minnesota.
(6) SOUTH BRANCH OF THE WILD RICE RIVER,
BORUP, MINNESOTA.—Project for flood damage reduc-
tion, South Branch of the Wild Rice River, Borup,
Minnesota.
(7) CHEYENNE, WYOMING.—Project for flood con-
trol, Capitol Basin, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
SEC. 1005. SMALL PROJECTS FOR NAVIGATION.
The Secretary shall conduct a study for each of the
following projects and, if the Secretary determines that a
project is feasible, may carry out the project under section
107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960 (33 U.S.C. 577):
(1) BARROW
HARBOR, 
ALASKA.—Project for
navigation, Barrow Harbor, Alaska.
(2) NOME HARBOR, ALASKA.—Project for naviga-
tion, Nome Harbor, Alaska.
(3) OLD HARBOR, ALASKA.—Project for naviga-
tion, Old Harbor, Alaska.
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(4) LITTLE ROCK PORT, ARKANSAS.—Project for
navigation, Little Rock Port, Arkansas River, Arkan-
sas.
(5) EAST BASIN, MASSACHUSETTS.—Project for
navigation, East Basin, Cape Cod Canal, Sandwich,
Massachusetts.
(6) LYNN
HARBOR, MASSACHUSETTS.—Project
for navigation, Lynn Harbor, Lynn, Massachusetts.
(7) 
MERRIMACK
RIVER, 
MASSACHUSETTS.—
Project for navigation, Merrimack River, Haverhill,
Massachusetts.
(8) OAK BLUFFS HARBOR, MASSACHUSETTS.—
Project for navigation, Oak Bluffs Harbor, Oak
Bluffs, Massachusetts.
(9) WOODS HOLE GREAT HARBOR, MASSACHU-
SETTS.—Project for navigation, Woods Hole Great
Harbor, Falmouth, Massachusetts.
(10) AU SABLE RIVER, MICHIGAN.—Project for
navigation, Au Sable River in the vicinity of Oscoda,
Michigan.
(11) CLINTON
RIVER, MICHIGAN.—Project for
navigation, Clinton River, Michigan.
(12) ONTONAGON RIVER, MICHIGAN.—Project for
navigation, Ontonagon River, Ontonagon, Michigan.
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(13) TRAVERSE
CITY, MICHIGAN.—Project for
navigation, Traverse City, Michigan.
(14) SEBEWAING RIVER, MICHIGAN.—Project for
navigation, Sebewaing River, Michigan.
(15) TOWER HARBOR, MINNESOTA.—Project for
navigation, Tower Harbor, Tower, Minnesota.
(16) OUTER CHANNEL AND INNER HARBOR, ME-
NOMINEE
HARBOR, 
MICHIGAN
AND
WISCONSIN.—
Project for navigation, Outer Channel and Inner
Harbor, Menominee Harbor, Michigan and Wis-
consin.
(17) MIDDLE BASS ISLAND STATE PARK, MIDDLE
BASS ISLAND, OHIO.—Project for navigation, Middle
Bass Island State Park, Middle Bass Island, Ohio.
(18) MILWAUKEE HARBOR, WISCONSIN.—Project
for navigation, Milwaukee Harbor, Milwaukee, Wis-
consin.
SEC. 1006. SMALL PROJECTS FOR AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM
RESTORATION.
The Secretary shall conduct a study for each of the
following projects and, if the Secretary determines that a
project is appropriate, may carry out the project under sec-
tion 206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996
(33 U.S.C. 2330):
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(1) BLACK LAKE, ALASKA.—Project for aquatic
ecosystem restoration, Black Lake, Alaska, at the head
of the Chignik Watershed.
(2) SAN DIEGO RIVER, CALIFORNIA.—Project for
aquatic ecosystem restoration, San Diego River, Cali-
fornia, including efforts to address invasive aquatic
plant species.
(3) SUISON
MARSH, SAN
PABLO
BAY, CALI-
FORNIA.—Project for aquatic ecosystem restoration,
San Pablo Bay, California.
(4) CHATTAHOOCHEE
FALL-LINE, GEORGIA.—
Project for aquatic ecosystem restoration, Chattahoo-
chee Fall-Line, Georgia.
(5) LAWRENCE
GATEWAY, MASSACHUSETTS.—
Project for aquatic ecosystem restoration at the Law-
rence Gateway quadrant project along the Merrimack
and Spicket Rivers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in
accordance with the general conditions established by
the project approval of the Environmental Protection
Agency, Region I, including filling abandoned drain-
age facilities and making improvements to the drain-
age system on the Lawrence Gateway to prevent con-
tinued migration of contaminated sediments into the
river systems.
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(6) MILL POND, LITTLETON, MASSACHUSETTS.—
Project for aquatic ecosystem restoration, Mill Pond,
Littleton, Massachusetts.
(7) 
MILFORD
POND, 
MILFORD, 
MASSACHU-
SETTS.—Project for aquatic ecosystem restoration,
Milford Pond, Milford, Massachusetts.
(8) PINE
TREE
BROOK, MILTON, MASSACHU-
SETTS.—Project for aquatic ecosystem restoration,
Pine Tree Brook, Milton, Massachusetts.
(9) CLINTON
RIVER, 
MICHIGAN.—Project for
aquatic ecosystem restoration, Clinton River, Michi-
gan.
(10) CALDWELL
COUNTY, NORTH
CAROLINA.—
Project for aquatic ecosystem restoration, Caldwell
County, North Carolina.
(11) MECKLENBERG
COUNTY, 
NORTH
CARO-
LINA.—Project for aquatic ecosystem restoration,
Mecklenberg County, North Carolina.
(12) JOHNSON
CREEK, GRESHAM, OREGON.—
Project for aquatic ecosystem restoration, Johnson
Creek, Gresham, Oregon.
(13) BLACKSTONE
RIVER, RHODE
ISLAND.—
Project for aquatic ecosystem restoration, Blackstone
River, Rhode Island.
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(14) COLLEGE LAKE, LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA.—
Project for aquatic ecosystem restoration, College
Lake, Lynchburg, Virginia.
SEC. 1007. SMALL PROJECTS TO PREVENT OR MITIGATE
DAMAGE CAUSED BY NAVIGATION PROJECTS.
The Secretary shall conduct a study for each of the
following projects and, if the Secretary determines that a
project is feasible, may carry out the project under section
111 of the River and Harbor Act of 1968 (33 U.S.C. 426i):
(1) Tybee Island, Georgia.
(2) Burns Waterway Harbor, Indiana.
SEC. 1008. SMALL PROJECTS FOR AQUATIC PLANT CON-
TROL.
The Secretary is authorized to carry out a project for
aquatic nuisance plant control in the Republican River
Basin, Nebraska, under section 104 of the River and Harbor
Act of 1958 (33 U.S.C. 610).
TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Provisions
SEC. 2001. CREDIT FOR IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.
Section 221 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42
U.S.C. 1962d–5b) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘SEC. 221’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
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‘‘SEC. 
221. 
WRITTEN 
AGREEMENT 
REQUIREMENT 
FOR
WATER RESOURCES PROJECTS.’’;
and
(2) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(a) COOPERATION OF NON-FEDERAL INTEREST.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—After December 31, 1970, the
construction of any water resources project, or an ac-
ceptable separable element thereof, by the Secretary of
the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, or
by a non-Federal interest where such interest will be
reimbursed for such construction under any provision
of law, shall not be commenced until each non-Federal
interest has entered into a written partnership agree-
ment with the district engineer for the district in
which the project will be carried out under which each
party agrees to carry out its responsibilities and re-
quirements for implementation or construction of the
project or the appropriate element of the project, as
the case may be; except that no such agreement shall
be required if the Secretary determines that the ad-
ministrative costs associated with negotiating, exe-
cuting, or administering the agreement would exceed
the amount of the contribution required from the non-
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‘‘(2) LIQUIDATED DAMAGES.—An agreement de-
scribed in paragraph (1) may include a provision for
liquidated damages in the event of a failure of 1 or
more parties to perform.
‘‘(3) 
OBLIGATION
OF
FUTURE
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—In any such agreement entered into by a
State, or a body politic of the State which derives its
powers from the State constitution, or a governmental
entity created by the State legislature, the agreement
may reflect that it does not obligate future appropria-
tions for such performance and payment when obli-
gating future appropriations would be inconsistent
with constitutional or statutory limitations of the
State or a political subdivision of the State.
‘‘(4) CREDIT FOR IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—An agreement under
paragraph (1) shall provide that the Secretary
shall credit toward the non-Federal share of the
cost of the project, including a project imple-
mented under general continuing authority, the
value of in-kind contributions made by the non-
Federal interest, including—
‘‘(i) the costs of planning (including
data collection), design, management, miti-
gation, construction, and construction serv-