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of nonnavigability for the area described in sub-
section (a)(5), or any part thereof, shall not ex-
pire.’’. 
SEC. 310. JOE POOL LAKE, TEXAS. 
The Secretary shall accept from the Trinity River Au-
thority of Texas, if received by December 31, 2016, 
$31,344,841.65 as payment in full of amounts owed to 
the United States, including any accrued interest, for the 
approximately 61,747.1 acre-feet of water supply storage 
space in Joe Pool Lake, Texas (previously known as 
Lakeview Lake), for which payment has not commenced 
under Article 5.a. (relating to project investment costs) 
of contract number DACW63–76–C–0106, as of the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 311. SALT CREEK, GRAHAM, TEXAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The project for flood control, envi-
ronmental restoration, and recreation, Salt Creek, Gra-
ham, Texas, authorized by section 101(a)(30) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (Public Law 
106–53; 113 Stat. 278), is no longer authorized as a Fed-
eral project beginning on the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
(b) CERTAIN PROJECT-RELATED CLAIMS.—The non- 
Federal interest for the project shall hold and save the 
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United States harmless from any claim that has arisen, 
or that may arise, in connection with the project. 
(c) TRANSFER.—The Secretary is authorized to 
transfer any land acquired by the Federal Government for 
the project on behalf of the non-Federal interest that re-
mains in Federal ownership on or after the date of enact-
ment of this Act to the non-Federal interest. 
(d) REVERSION.—If the Secretary determines that 
land transferred under subsection (c) ceases to be owned 
by the public, all right, title, and interest in and to the 
land and improvements thereon shall revert, at the discre-
tion of the Secretary, to the United States. 
SEC. 312. TEXAS CITY SHIP CHANNEL, TEXAS CITY, TEXAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The portion of the Texas City 
Ship Channel, Texas City, Texas, described in subsection 
(b) shall not be subject to navigational servitude beginning 
on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) DESCRIPTION.—The portion of the Texas City 
Ship Channel described in this subsection is a tract or par-
cel containing 393.53 acres (17,142,111 square feet) of 
land situated in the City of Texas City Survey, Abstract 
Number 681, and State of Texas Submerged Lands 
Tracts 98A and 99A, Galveston County, Texas, said 
393.53 acre tract being more particularly described as fol-
lows: 
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(1) Beginning at the intersection of an edge of 
fill along Galveston Bay with the most northerly east 
survey line of said City of Texas City Survey, Ab-
stract No. 681, the same being a called 375.75 acre 
tract patented by the State of Texas to the City of 
Texas City and recorded in Volume 1941, Page 750 
of the Galveston County Deed Records (G.C.D.R.), 
from which a found U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
Brass Cap stamped ‘‘R 4–3’’ set in the top of the 
Texas City Dike along the east side of Bay Street 
bears North 56° 14′ 32″ West, a distance of 
6,045.31 feet and from which a found U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers Brass Cap stamped ‘‘R 4–2’’ set 
in the top of the Texas City Dike along the east side 
of Bay Street bears North 49° 13′ 20″ West, a dis-
tance of 6,693.64 feet. 
(2) Thence, over and across said State Tracts 
98A and 99A and along the edge of fill along said 
Galveston Bay, the following eight (8) courses and 
distances: 
(A) South 75° 49′ 13″ East, a distance of 
298.08 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
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(B) South 81° 16′ 26″ East, a distance of 
170.58 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
(C) South 79° 20′ 31″ East, a distance of 
802.34 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
(D) South 75° 57′ 32″ East, a distance of 
869.68 feet to a point for the beginning of a 
non-tangent curve to the right. 
(E) Easterly along said non-tangent curve 
to the right having a radius of 736.80 feet, a 
central angle of 24° 55′ 59″, a chord of South 
68° 47′ 35″ East – 318.10 feet, and an arc 
length of 320.63 feet to a point for the begin-
ning of a non-tangent curve to the left. 
(F) Easterly along said non-tangent curve 
to the left having a radius of 373.30 feet, a 
central angle of 31° 57′ 42″, a chord of South 
66° 10′ 42″ East – 205.55 feet, and an arc 
length of 208.24 feet to a point for the begin-
ning of a non-tangent curve to the right. 
(G) Easterly along said non-tangent curve 
to the right having a radius of 15,450.89 feet, 
a central angle of 02° 04′ 10″, a chord of South 
81° 56′ 20″ East – 558.04 feet, and an arc 
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length of 558.07 feet to a point for the begin-
ning of a compound curve to the right and the 
northeasterly corner of the tract herein de-
scribed. 
(H) Southerly along said compound curve 
to the right and the easterly line of the tract 
herein described, having a radius of 1,425.00 
feet, a central angle of 133° 08′ 00″, a chord 
of South 14° 20′ 15″ East – 2,614.94 feet, and 
an arc length of 3,311.15 feet to a point on a 
line lying 125.00 feet northerly of and parallel 
with the centerline of an existing levee for the 
southeasterly corner of the tract herein de-
scribed. 
(3) Thence, continuing over and across said 
State Tracts 98A and 99A and along lines lying 
125.00 feet northerly of, parallel, and concentric 
with the centerline of said existing levee, the fol-
lowing twelve (12) courses and distances: 
(A) North 78° 01′ 58″ West, a distance of 
840.90 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
(B) North 76° 58′ 35″ West, a distance of 
976.66 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
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(C) North 76° 44′ 33″ West, a distance of 
1,757.03 feet to a point for the beginning of a 
tangent curve to the left. 
(D) Southwesterly, along said tangent 
curve to the left having a radius of 185.00 feet, 
a central angle of 82° 27′ 32″, a chord of South 
62° 01′ 41″ West – 243.86 feet, and an arc 
length of 266.25 feet to a point for the begin-
ning of a compound curve to the left. 
(E) Southerly, along said compound curve 
to the left having a radius of 4,535.58 feet, a 
central angle of 11° 06′ 58″, a chord of South 
15° 14′ 26″ West – 878.59 feet, and an arc 
length of 879.97 feet to an angle point of the 
tract herein described. 
(F) South 64° 37′ 11″ West, a distance of 
146.03 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
(G) South 67° 08′ 21″ West, a distance of 
194.42 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
(H) North 34° 48′ 22″ West, a distance of 
789.69 feet to an angle point of the tract herein 
described. 
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