A BILL 
To provide for the conservation and development of water 
and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Army to construct various projects for improvements to 
rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other 
purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Water Resources Development Act of 2010’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary. 
TITLE I—WATER RESOURCES PROJECTS 
Sec. 1001. Project authorizations. 
Sec. 1002. Small projects for flood damage reduction. 
Sec. 1003. Small projects for emergency streambank protection. 
Sec. 1004. Small projects for navigation. 
Sec. 1005. Small projects for improvement of the quality of the environment. 
Sec. 1006. Small projects for aquatic ecosystem and estuary restoration. 
Sec. 1007. Small projects for shoreline protection. 
Sec. 1008. Small projects for aquatic plant control. 
TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 2001. Credit for in-kind contributions. 
Sec. 2002. Fish and wildlife mitigation. 
Sec. 2003. Remote and subsistence harbors. 
Sec. 2004. Revision of project partnership agreement. 
Sec. 2005. Independent peer review. 
Sec. 2006. Safety assurance review. 
Sec. 2007. Funding for harbor maintenance programs. 
Sec. 2008. Funding to process permits. 
Sec. 2009. Project modifications for improvement of environment. 
Sec. 2010. Aquatic ecosystem and estuary restoration. 
Sec. 2011. Operation and maintenance of navigation and hydroelectric facilities. 
Sec. 2012. Repeal. 
Sec. 2013. Cost estimates for feasibility reports. 
Sec. 2014. Mitigation status report. 
Sec. 2015. Use of American iron, steel, and manufactured goods. 
TITLE III—PROJECT-RELATED PROVISIONS 
Sec. 3001. Douglas Harbor, Juneau, Alaska. 
Sec. 3002. Nogales Wash and tributaries flood control project, Arizona. 
Sec. 3003. Rio de Flag, Arizona. 
Sec. 3004. Tres Rios, Arizona. 
Sec. 3005. Russian River project, Sonoma County, California. 
Sec. 3006. South Sacramento County streams, California. 
Sec. 3007. Chatfield Reservoir, Colorado. 
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Sec. 3008. Rio Grande environmental management program, Colorado, New Mex-
ico, and Texas. 
Sec. 3009. Potomac River, Washington, District of Columbia. 
Sec. 3010. Kissimmee River restoration, Florida. 
Sec. 3011. Ponce de Leon Inlet, Florida. 
Sec. 3012. Savannah Harbor expansion, Georgia. 
Sec. 3013. Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal dispersal barriers project, Illinois. 
Sec. 3014. Lower Ohio River, Illinois and Kentucky. 
Sec. 3015. Wood River levee system reconstruction, Madison County, Illinois. 
Sec. 3016. Little Calumet River, Indiana. 
Sec. 3017. Rhodes Point Jetty, Smith Island, Maryland. 
Sec. 3018. Muddy River, Brookline and Boston, Massachusetts. 
Sec. 3019. Ada, Minnesota. 
Sec. 3020. Montevideo, Minnesota. 
Sec. 3021. Two Harbors, Minnesota. 
Sec. 3022. Blue River basin, Kansas City, Missouri. 
Sec. 3023. Lower Assunpink Creek, Trenton, New Jersey. 
Sec. 3024. Ocean Gate, Ocean County, New Jersey. 
Sec. 3025. Orchard Beach, Bronx, New York. 
Sec. 3026. Spring Creek, New York. 
Sec. 3027. Hocking River basin, Monday Creek, Ohio. 
Sec. 3028. Lower Columbia River and Tillamook Bay ecosystem restoration, Or-
egon and Washington. 
Sec. 3029. Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Corpus Christi, Texas. 
Sec. 3030. Dallas Floodway, Dallas, Texas. 
Sec. 3031. Houston-Galveston navigation channels, Texas. 
Sec. 3032. Project reauthorization. 
Sec. 3033. Project deauthorizations. 
TITLE IV—STUDIES 
Sec. 4001. Hollis, Alaska. 
Sec. 4002. Bullard Wash, Goodyear, Arizona. 
Sec. 4003. Lower Santa Cruz River, Casa Grande, Arizona. 
Sec. 4004. Maricopa County, Arizona. 
Sec. 4005. Ouachita River, Ouachita, Union, and Ashley Counties, Arkansas. 
Sec. 4006. Oil Trough, Arkansas. 
Sec. 4007. Randolph County, Arkansas. 
Sec. 4008. Berkeley Marina, Berkeley, California. 
Sec. 4009. Chelsea Wetlands, Hercules, California. 
Sec. 4010. Colorado Lagoon and Alamitos Bay, Long Beach, California. 
Sec. 4011. Lodi Lake, Lodi, California. 
Sec. 4012. Oakland-Inner Harbor Tidal Canal, Oakland, California. 
Sec. 4013. Noyo Harbor District, Noyo, California. 
Sec. 4014. Port of San Francisco, San Francisco, California. 
Sec. 4015. Redwood City Navigation Channel, California. 
Sec. 4016. Rialto Channel and Cactus Channel, Rialto, California. 
Sec. 4017. Sacramento Regional Sanitation District, Sacramento, California. 
Sec. 4018. San Pablo Bay, Hercules, California. 
Sec. 4019. Stockton, California. 
Sec. 4020. Tijuana River environmental restoration, San Diego, California. 
Sec. 4021. Tijuana River wetlands restoration, San Diego County, California. 
Sec. 4022. Ventura River, Ventura County, California. 
Sec. 4023. Willowbrook, Los Angeles County, California. 
Sec. 4024. Fountain Creek watershed, Pueblo, Colorado. 
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Sec. 4025. Ralston Creek, Arvada, Colorado. 
Sec. 4026. Holly Pond and Norotan River, Stamford, Connecticut. 
Sec. 4027. Housatonic River, New Milford, Connecticut. 
Sec. 4028. Long Island Sound and Mill River, Stamford, Connecticut. 
Sec. 4029. Meriden, Connecticut. 
Sec. 4030. South Cove, Old Saybrook, Connecticut. 
Sec. 4031. West River, New Haven Harbor, West Haven, Connecticut. 
Sec. 4032. Chesapeake Bay, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. 
Sec. 4033. Washington, District of Columbia. 
Sec. 4034. Lake County, Florida. 
Sec. 4035. Marion County, Florida. 
Sec. 4036. Miami, Florida. 
Sec. 4037. Oakland Park, Florida. 
Sec. 4038. Riviera Beach, Florida. 
Sec. 4039. South Daytona, Florida. 
Sec. 4040. Tampa, Florida. 
Sec. 4041. Peavine Creek, Decatur, Georgia. 
Sec. 4042. Richland Creek, Lawrenceville, Georgia. 
Sec. 4043. Study for water supply, Georgia. 
Sec. 4044. Suwannee Creek, Lawrenceville, Georgia. 
Sec. 4045. Agat and Merizo, Guam. 
Sec. 4046. Waiakea Stream and Palai Stream, Hilo, Hawaii. 
Sec. 4047. Waialua-Kaiaka watershed, Oahu, Hawaii. 
Sec. 4048. Albany Park, Chicago, Illinois. 
Sec. 4049. Carpenter Creek, Carpentersville, Illinois. 
Sec. 4050. Des Plaines River, Cook County, Illinois. 
Sec. 4051. Ferson-Otter Creek Dam, St. Charles, Illinois. 
Sec. 4052. Middle Mississippi River, Illinois and Missouri. 
Sec. 4053. North Branch of the Chicago River, Chicago, Illinois. 
Sec. 4054. River Park and Ronan Park, North Branch of the Chicago River, Chi-
cago, Illinois. 
Sec. 4055. Thillens Park, North Branch of the Chicago River, Chicago, Illinois. 
Sec. 4056. Village of Skokie, Illinois. 
Sec. 4057. Bowman Creek, South Bend, Indiana. 
Sec. 4058. Lake Michigan watershed, Indiana. 
Sec. 4059. Burlington, Iowa. 
Sec. 4060. Beneficial use of dredged material, Louisiana and Mississippi. 
Sec. 4061. Jesuit Bend, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. 
Sec. 4062. LaBranche Wetlands, St. Charles and St. John Counties, Louisiana. 
Sec. 4063. Ruth Canal freshwater diversion, Vermilion, Louisiana. 
Sec. 4064. Anacostia River watershed, Prince George’s County, Maryland. 
Sec. 4065. Chesapeake Bay Shoreline study, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Vir-
ginia. 
Sec. 4066. Dredged material disposal, Baltimore Harbor, Maryland. 
Sec. 4067. Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island recreation and public access, Maryland. 
Sec. 4068. Capisic Brook, Portland, Maine. 
Sec. 4069. Fishing and Gooseberry Islands, Kittery, Maine. 
Sec. 4070. Southern Maine/New Hampshire dredged material disposal study, 
Maine and New Hampshire. 
Sec. 4071. Assabet, Charles, and Sudbury watersheds, Middlesex and Essex Coun-
ties, Massachusetts. 
Sec. 4072. Hoosic River watershed, North Adams, Massachusetts. 
Sec. 4073. Mystic River watershed, Massachusetts. 
Sec. 4074. Quequechan River, Fall River, Massachusetts. 
Sec. 4075. Clinton River, Clinton Township, Michigan. 
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Sec. 4076. Hamilton Dam, Flint, Michigan. 
Sec. 4077. Upper Peninsula Flood Recovery, Michigan. 
Sec. 4078. Amory, Mississippi. 
Sec. 4079. Coastal Mississippi ecosystem restoration, Mississippi. 
Sec. 4080. Fulton, Mississippi. 
Sec. 4081. Gulfport, Mississippi. 
Sec. 4082. Lucedale, Mississippi. 
Sec. 4083. Magby Creek and Vernon Branch, Lowndes County, Mississippi. 
Sec. 4084. Blue River basin, Kansas City, Missouri. 
Sec. 4085. Little Blue River, Jackson County, Missouri. 
Sec. 4086. St. Louis, Missouri. 
Sec. 4087. Las Vegas Wash, Las Vegas, Nevada. 
Sec. 4088. New Hampshire. 
Sec. 4089. Piscataqua River, New Hampshire. 
Sec. 4090. Barnegat Bay watershed, Ocean and Monmouth Counties, New Jersey. 
Sec. 4091. Beverly, New Jersey. 
Sec. 4092. Borough of Pine Beach, New Jersey. 
Sec. 4093. Haddon Township, New Jersey. 
Sec. 4094. Rahway River watershed, New Jersey. 
Sec. 4095. Third River, Belleville, Bloomfield, and Nutley, New Jersey. 
Sec. 4096. Passaic River Channel, Nutley, New Jersey. 
Sec. 4097. Township of Ocean, New Jersey. 
Sec. 4098. Preakness Brook, Wayne, New Jersey. 
Sec. 4099. Dona Ana, New Mexico. 
Sec. 4100. Hidalgo County, New Mexico. 
Sec. 4101. Otero County, New Mexico. 
Sec. 4102. Valencia County, New Mexico. 
Sec. 4103. Glen Cove, New York. 
Sec. 4104. Hawtree basin, Hamilton Beach, New York. 
Sec. 4105. Kill van Kull, Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York. 
Sec. 4106. Mariners Marsh and Arlington Marsh, Staten Island, New York. 
Sec. 4107. New York, New York. 
Sec. 4108. Norton Basin Inlet, Far Rockaway, New York. 
Sec. 4109. Queens, New York. 
Sec. 4110. Rockaway Beach Seawall, Rockaway, New York. 
Sec. 4111. Roosevelt island, East River, New York, New York. 
Sec. 4112. Charlotte, North Carolina. 
Sec. 4113. Nantahala River, Swain, North Carolina. 
Sec. 4114. Missouri River and tributaries, South and Central North Dakota, 
North Dakota. 
Sec. 4115. Big Creek watershed, Ohio. 
Sec. 4116. Brandywine Creek watershed, Ohio. 
Sec. 4117. Carlisle Township, Lorain County, Ohio. 
Sec. 4118. Cuyahoga River watershed and Tuscarawas River watershed, Summit 
County, Ohio. 
Sec. 4119. Euclid Creek watershed, Ohio. 
Sec. 4120. Healy Creek, Brunswick, Ohio. 
Sec. 4121. Lower Maumee River, Toledo, Ohio. 
Sec. 4122. Ohio River, Ohio. 
Sec. 4123. Shaker Lakes, Shaker Heights and Cleveland Heights, Ohio. 
Sec. 4124. Stark County, Ohio. 
Sec. 4125. Tinkers Creek watershed, Ohio. 
Sec. 4126. Upper Tuscarawas River, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. 
Sec. 4127. West Creek watershed, Ohio. 
Sec. 4128. Yellow Creek and Short Creek, Jefferson County, Ohio. 
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