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TITLE VI—FLORIDA 
EVERGLADES 
SEC. 6001. HILLSBORO AND OKEECHOBEE AQUIFER, FLOR-
IDA. 
(a) MODIFICATION.—The project for Hillsboro and 
Okeechobee Aquifer, Florida, authorized by section 
101(a)(16) of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1999 (113 Stat. 276), is modified to authorize the Sec-
retary to carry out the project at a total cost of 
$39,200,000. 
(b) TREATMENT.—Section 601(b)(2)(A) of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2681) is 
amended—
(1) in clause (i) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘The project for aquifer storage and recov-
ery, Hillsboro and Okeechobee Aquifer, Florida, au-
thorized by section 101(a)(16) of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 276), 
shall be treated for purposes of this section as being 
in the Plan, except that operation and maintenance 
costs of the project shall remain a non-Federal re-
sponsibility.’’; and 
(2) in clause (iii) by inserting after ‘‘subpara-
graph (B)’’ the following: ‘‘and the project for aqui-
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fer storage and recovery, Hillsboro and Okeechobee 
Aquifer’’. 
SEC. 6002. PILOT PROJECTS. 
Section 601(b)(2)(B) of the Water Resources Devel-
opment Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2681) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i)—
(A) by striking ‘‘$69,000,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$71,200,000’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$34,500,000’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘$35,600,000’’; and 
(2) in clause (i)—
(A) by striking ‘‘$6,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$8,200,000’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$3,000,000’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘$4,100,000’’. 
SEC. 6003. MAXIMUM COST OF PROJECTS. 
Section 601(b)(2)(E) of the Water Resources Devel-
opment Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2683) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘and section (d)’’ before the period at the end. 
SEC. 6004. PROJECT AUTHORIZATION. 
Section 601(d) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2684) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(3) PROJECT AUTHORIZATION.—The following 
project for water resources development and con-
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servation and other purposes is authorized to be car-
ried out by the Secretary substantially in accordance 
with the plans, and subject to the conditions, de-
scribed in the report designated in this paragraph: 
‘‘(A) INDIAN RIVER LAGOON SOUTH, FLOR-
IDA.—The project for ecosystem restoration, 
water supply, flood damage reduction, and pro-
tection of water quality, Indian River Lagoon 
South, Florida: Report of the Chief of Engi-
neers dated August 6, 2004, at a total cost of 
$1,210,608,000, with an estimated Federal cost 
of $605,304,000 and an estimated non-Federal 
cost of $605,304,000. 
‘‘(4) PROJECT SUBJECT TO A FINAL REPORT.—
The following project for water resources develop-
ment and conservation and other purposes is author-
ized to be carried out by the Secretary substantially 
in accordance with a final report of the Chief of En-
gineers: 
‘‘(A) PICAYUNE
STRAND, FLORIDA.—The 
project for environmental restoration, Picayune 
Strand, 
Florida, 
at 
a 
total 
cost 
of 
$349,422,000, with an estimated Federal cost 
of $174,711,000 and an estimated non-Federal 
cost of $174,711,000, if a favorable report of
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the Chief is completed not later than December 
31, 2005.’’. 
SEC. 6005. CREDIT. 
Section 601(e)(5)(B) of the Water Resources Devel-
opment Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2685) is amended—
(1) in clause (i)—
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of sub-
clause (I); 
(B) by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end of subclause 
(II); and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(III) the credit is provided for work 
carried out before the date of the partner-
ship agreement between the Secretary and 
the non-Federal sponsor, as defined in an 
agreement between the Secretary and the 
non-Federal sponsor providing for such 
credit;’’; and 
(2) in clause (ii)—
(A) by striking ‘‘design agreement or the 
project cooperation’’; and 
(B) by inserting before the semicolon the 
following: ‘‘, including in the case of credit pro-
vided under clause (i)(III) conditions relating to 
design and construction’’.