TITLE I—CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
The following appropriations shall be expended under 
the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the super-
vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil func-
tions of the Department of the Army pertaining to rivers 
and harbors, flood and storm damage reduction, shore 
protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related ef-
forts. 
INVESTIGATIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the collection and study 
of basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood 
and storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic 
ecosystem restoration, and related needs; for surveys and 
detailed studies, and plans and specifications of proposed 
river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore 
protection, and aquatic ecosystem restoration projects and 
related efforts prior to construction; for restudy of author-
ized projects; and for miscellaneous investigations and, 
when authorized by law, surveys and detailed studies, and 
plans and specifications of projects, $143,100,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided, That of the funds 
provided under this heading of Public Law 110–161, 
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$1,900,000 are rescinded: Provided further, That the 
amounts made available under this paragraph shall be ex-
pended as authorized in law for the projects specified in 
the table and activities specified in the text that appear 
under the heading ‘‘Investigations’’ in the report of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives to accompany this Act. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For expenses necessary for the construction of river 
and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore pro-
tection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related 
projects; for conducting detailed studies, and plans and 
specifications, of such projects (including those involving 
participation by States, local governments, or private 
groups) authorized or made eligible for selection by law 
(but such detailed studies, and plans and specifications, 
shall not constitute a commitment of the Government to 
construction), $2,069,800,000, to remain available until 
expended, of which such sums as are necessary to cover 
the Federal share of construction costs for facilities under 
the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities program shall be 
derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund as au-
thorized by Public Law 104–303; and of which such sums 
as are necessary pursuant to Public Law 99–662 to cover 
one-half of the costs of construction of inland waterways 
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projects shall be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust 
Fund: Provided, That the amounts made available under 
this paragraph shall be expended as authorized in law for 
the projects specified in the tables and activities specified 
in the text that appear under the heading ‘‘Construction’’ 
of the report of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives to accompany this Act. 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 
projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River allu-
vial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized 
by law, $278,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal 
share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for in-
land harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Mainte-
nance Trust Fund: Provided, That the amounts made 
available under this paragraph shall be expended as au-
thorized in law for the projects specified in the table and 
the activities specified in the text that appear under the 
heading ‘‘Mississippi River and Tributaries’’ in the report 
of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives to accompany this Act. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For expenses necessary for the operation, mainte-
nance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and 
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storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, 
and related projects authorized by law; providing security 
for infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps, includ-
ing administrative buildings and laboratories; maintaining 
harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, or 
other public agency that serve essential navigation needs 
of general commerce, where authorized by law; surveying 
and charting northern and northwestern lakes and con-
necting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and 
removing obstructions to navigation, $2,300,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which such sums as 
are necessary to cover the Federal share of eligible oper-
ation and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and chan-
nels, and for inland harbors shall be derived from the Har-
bor Maintenance Trust Fund; of which such sums as be-
come available from the special account for the Corps es-
tablished by the Land and Water Conservation Act of 
1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)), shall be derived 
from that account for resource protection, research, inter-
pretation, and maintenance activities related to resource 
protection in the areas at which outdoor recreation is 
available; and of which such sums as become available 
from fees collected under section 217 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–303), 
shall be used to cover the cost of operation and mainte-
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nance of the dredged material disposal facilities for which 
such fees have been collected: Provided, That the amounts 
made available under this paragraph shall be expended as 
authorized in law for the projects specified in the table 
and activities specified in the text that appear under the 
heading ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ in the report of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives to accompany this Act. 
REGULATORY PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary for administration of laws 
pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 
$180,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary to clean up contamination 
from sites in the United States resulting from work per-
formed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy pro-
gram, $140,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurri-
cane, and other natural disasters and support emergency 
operations, repairs, and other activities in response to 
such disasters as authorized by law, $40,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
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