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 2018’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Secretary defined. 
TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 101. Sense of Congress regarding water resources development bills. 
Sec. 102. Use of Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund to support navigation. 
Sec. 103. Assessment of harbors and inland harbors. 
Sec. 104. Levee safety initiative reauthorization. 
Sec. 105. Dam safety. 
Sec. 106. Rehabilitation of Corps of Engineers constructed dams. 
Sec. 107. Forecast-informed reservoir operations. 
Sec. 108. Identification of nonpowered dams for hydropower development. 
Sec. 109. Emergency response to natural disasters. 
Sec. 110. Integrated water resources planning. 
Sec. 111. Mitigation banks. 
Sec. 112. Indian Tribes. 
Sec. 113. Columbia River. 
Sec. 114. Dissemination of information. 
Sec. 115. Non-Federal engagement and review. 
Sec. 116. Comprehensive backlog report. 
Sec. 117. Structures and facilities constructed by Secretary. 
Sec. 118. Transparency in administrative expenses. 
Sec. 119. Study of the future of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. 
Sec. 120. Acknowledgment of credit. 
Sec. 121. Non-Federal implementation pilot program. 
Sec. 122. Study of water resources development projects by non-Federal interests. 
Sec. 123. Construction of water resources development projects by non-Federal in-
terests. 
Sec. 124. Advanced funds for water resources development studies and projects. 
Sec. 125. Funding to process permits. 
Sec. 126. Study on economic and budgetary analyses. 
Sec. 127. Study of corrosion management at Corps of Engineers projects. 
Sec. 128. Costs in excess of Federal participation limit. 
Sec. 129. Report on innovative materials. 
Sec. 130. Study on Corps of Engineers. 
Sec. 131. GAO study. 
Sec. 132. GAO report on Alaska Native village relocation efforts due to flooding 
and erosion threats. 
Sec. 133. Study and report on expediting certain waiver processes. 
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Sec. 134. Corps of Engineers continuing authorities program. 
Sec. 135. Credit in lieu of reimbursement. 
Sec. 136. Lake Okeechobee regulation schedule review. 
Sec. 137. Missouri River. 
Sec. 138. Access to real estate data. 
Sec. 139. Aquatic invasive species research. 
Sec. 140. Harmful algal bloom technology demonstration. 
Sec. 141. Bubbly Creek, Chicago ecosystem restoration. 
Sec. 142. Operation and maintenance of navigation and hydroelectric facilities. 
Sec. 143. Hurricane and storm damage reduction. 
Sec. 144. Post-disaster watershed assessments in the territories of the United 
States. 
TITLE II—STUDIES 
Sec. 201. Authorization of proposed feasibility studies. 
Sec. 202. Additional studies. 
Sec. 203. Expedited completion of reports for certain projects. 
TITLE III—DEAUTHORIZATIONS, MODIFICATIONS, AND RELATED 
PROVISIONS 
Sec. 301. Deauthorization of inactive projects. 
Sec. 302. Backlog prevention. 
Sec. 303. Project modifications. 
Sec. 304. Milwaukee Harbor, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 
Sec. 305. Bridgeport Harbor, Connecticut. 
Sec. 306. Conveyances. 
Sec. 307. Clatsop County, Oregon. 
Sec. 308. Kissimmee River Restoration, Central and Southern Florida. 
Sec. 309. Lytle and Cajon Creeks, California. 
Sec. 310. Yuba River Basin, California. 
TITLE IV—WATER RESOURCES INFRASTRUCTURE 
Sec. 401. Project authorizations. 
SEC. 2. SECRETARY DEFINED. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of the Army. 
TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING WATER RE-
SOURCES DEVELOPMENT BILLS. 
It is the sense of Congress that, because the missions 
of the Corps of Engineers for navigation, flood control, 
beach erosion control and shoreline protection, hydroelectric 
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power, recreation, water supply, environmental protection, 
restoration, and enhancement, and fish and wildlife mitiga-
tion benefit all Americans, and because water resources de-
velopment projects are critical to maintaining the country’s 
economic prosperity, national security, and environmental 
protection, Congress should consider a water resources de-
velopment bill not less often than once every Congress. 
SEC. 102. USE OF HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND TO 
SUPPORT NAVIGATION. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Section 210 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2238) 
is amended— 
(1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘AU-
THORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘FUNDING FOR HARBOR NAVIGATION’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), (e), and 
(f) as subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g), respectively; 
and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) USE OF COLLECTED FUNDS IN FISCAL YEAR 2029 
AND THEREAFTER.— 
‘‘(1) USE OF FUNDS.—In addition to amounts 
appropriated under subsections (a) and (b), there 
shall be available to the Secretary, out of the Harbor 
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Maintenance Trust Fund, without further appropria-
tion, for fiscal year 2029 and each fiscal year there-
after, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the 
purposes of subsection (a)(2). 
‘‘(2) 
AVAILABILITY
OF
AMOUNTS.—Amounts 
made available under this subsection shall remain 
available until expended.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 210 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2238) 
is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(2)(A)(i) (as redesignated by 
subsection (a)(2) of this section) by striking ‘‘sub-
section (e)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (f)’’; 
(2) in subsection (e)(3)(B)(i) (as redesignated by 
subsection (a)(2) of this section) by striking ‘‘sub-
section 
(c)(2)(A)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘subsection 
(d)(2)(A)’’; and 
(3) in subsection (f)(2)(A)(ii) (as redesignated by 
subsection (a)(2) of this section) by striking ‘‘sub-
section (d)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (e)(2)’’. 
SEC. 103. ASSESSMENT OF HARBORS AND INLAND HAR-
BORS. 
Subsection (f) of section 210 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2238), as redesignated 
by section 102, is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘shall assess 
the’’ and inserting ‘‘shall assess, and issue a report to 
Congress on, the’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(C) OPPORTUNITIES FOR BENEFICIAL USE 
OF
DREDGED
MATERIALS.—In carrying out 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall identify po-
tential opportunities for the beneficial use of 
dredged materials obtained from harbors and in-
land harbors referred to in subsection (a)(2), in-
cluding projects eligible under section 1122 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 
Stat. 1645; 33 U.S.C. 2326 note).’’. 
SEC. 104. LEVEE SAFETY INITIATIVE REAUTHORIZATION. 
Title IX of the Water Resources Development Act of 
2007 (33 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 9005(g)(2)(E)(i), by striking 
‘‘2015 through 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 through 
2023’’; and 
(2) in section 9008, by striking ‘‘2015 through 
2019’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2019 
through 2023’’. 
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