I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 5288 
To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 to direct the 
Secretary of the Army to develop a plan to address water resource 
problems in the Upper Mississippi River Basin, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 3, 2019 
Mr. LUETKEMEYER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 
to direct the Secretary of the Army to develop a plan 
to address water resource problems in the Upper Mis-
sissippi River Basin, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Upper Mississippi 
River Flood Control Act’’. 
SEC. 2. UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 
Section 459 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1999 (33 U.S.C. 652 note) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) after paragraph (3), by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(4) include determinations (based on imple-
mentation studies) as to whether the projects rec-
ommended under paragraphs (1) through (3) are eli-
gible for funding under the Water Infrastructure Fi-
nance and Innovation Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 3901 
et seq.); and 
‘‘(5) include recommendations on funding alter-
natives through public private partnerships for 
projects recommended under paragraphs (1) through 
(3), including— 
‘‘(A) the Federal cost share for non-
structural improvements and easement costs; 
and 
‘‘(B) the State and local cost share for 
structural improvements.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
at the end and inserting ‘‘, the Governors of the 
States within the Upper Mississippi and Illinois 
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River basins, representatives of the appropriate 
levee and drainage districts, representatives of 
nonprofit 
organizations, 
agricultural 
stake-
holders, and other interested parties;’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘on the date of enact-
ment of this Act’’; and 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) coordinate with the Secretary of Agri-
culture to provide assistance under section 3A(a) of 
the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act 
(16 U.S.C. 1003a(a)) to local jurisdictions affected 
by flooding.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘3 years after 
the first date on which funds are appropriated to 
carry out this section’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 
2021’’. 
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