I 
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2557
To provide for the conservation and development of water and related re-
sources, 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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 23, 2003
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself and Mr. DUNCAN) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure 
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.
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 2003’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—
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 restoration. 
Sec. 1007. Small projects for shoreline protection. 
TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 2001. Annual passes for recreation. 
Sec. 2002. Non-Federal contributions. 
Sec. 2003. Harbor cost sharing. 
Sec. 2004. Funding to process permits. 
Sec. 2005. National shoreline erosion control development and demonstration 
program. 
Sec. 2006. Written agreement for water resources projects. 
Sec. 2007. Assistance for remediation, restoration, and reuse. 
Sec. 2008. Compilation of laws. 
Sec. 2009. Dredged material disposal. 
Sec. 2010. Wetlands mitigation. 
Sec. 2011. Remote and subsistence harbors. 
Sec. 2012. Beneficial uses of dredged material. 
Sec. 2013. Cost sharing provisions for certain areas. 
Sec. 2014. Revision of project partnership agreement. 
Sec. 2015. Cost sharing. 
Sec. 2016. Credit for work performed before partnership agreement. 
Sec. 2017. Recreation user fee revenues. 
Sec. 2018. Expedited actions for emergency flood damage reduction. 
Sec. 2019. Watershed and river basin assessments. 
Sec. 2020. Tribal partnership program. 
Sec. 2021. Treatment of certain separable elements. 
Sec. 2022. Prosecution of work. 
Sec. 2023. Wildfire firefighting. 
Sec. 2024. Credit for non-construction services. 
Sec. 2025. Technical assistance. 
Sec. 2026. Centers of specialized planning expertise. 
Sec. 2027. Coordination and scheduling of Federal, State, and local actions. 
Sec. 2028. Project streamlining. 
TITLE III—PROJECT-RELATED PROVISIONS 
Sec. 3001. Cook Inlet, Anchorage Harbor, Alaska. 
Sec. 3002. King Cove Harbor, Alaska. 
Sec. 3003. St. Paul Harbor, Alaska. 
Sec. 3004. Sitka, Alaska. 
Sec. 3005. Tatilek, Alaska. 
Sec. 3006. American and Sacramento Rivers, California. 
Sec. 3007. Cache Creek Basin, California. 
Sec. 3008. Grayson Creek/Murderer’s Creek, California. 
Sec. 3009. John F. Baldwin Ship Channel and Stockton Ship Channel, Cali-
fornia.
Sec. 3010. Los Angeles Harbor, Los Angeles, California. 
Sec. 3011. Larkspur Ferry Channel, Larkspur, California. 
Sec. 3012. Napa River Salt Marsh Restoration, Napa River, California. 
Sec. 3013. Pacific Flyway Center, Sacramento, California. 
Sec. 3014. Pinole Creek, California. 
Sec. 3015. Prado Dam, California. 
Sec. 3016. Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel, California. 
Sec. 3017. Sacramento River, Glenn-Colusa, California. 
Sec. 3018. San Lorenzo River, California. 
Sec. 3019. Upper Guadalupe River, California. 
Sec. 3020. Walnut Creek Channel, California. 
Sec. 3021. Wildcat/San Pablo Creek Phase I, California. 
Sec. 3022. Wildcat/San Pablo Creek Phase II, California. 
Sec. 3023. Brevard County, Florida. 
Sec. 3024. Gasparilla and Estero Islands, Florida. 
Sec. 3025. Lido Key Beach, Sarasota, Florida. 
Sec. 3026. Manatee Harbor, Florida. 
Sec. 3027. Tampa Harbor, Florida. 
Sec. 3028. Tampa Harbor-Big Bend Channel, Florida. 
Sec. 3029. Little Wood River, Gooding, Idaho. 
Sec. 3030. Mississippi River and Big Muddy River, Illinois. 
Sec. 3031. Little Calumet River, Indiana. 
Sec. 3032. White River, Indiana. 
Sec. 3033. Wolf Lake, Indiana. 
Sec. 3034. Harlan County, Kentucky. 
Sec. 3035. Prestonsburg, Kentucky. 
Sec. 3036. Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana. 
Sec. 3037. Public access, Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System, Louisiana. 
Sec. 3038. J. Bennett Johnston Waterway, Mississippi River to Shreveport, 
Louisiana. 
Sec. 3039. Mississippi Delta Region, Louisiana. 
Sec. 3040. New Orleans to Venice, Louisiana. 
Sec. 3041. West Bank of the Mississippi River (East of Harvey Canal), Lou-
isiana. 
Sec. 3042. Union River, Maine. 
Sec. 3043. Cass River, Spaulding Township, Michigan. 
Sec. 3043. Detroit River Shoreline, Detroit, Michigan. 
Sec. 3044. Water Resources Institute, Muskegon, Michigan. 
Sec. 3045. Saginaw River, Bay City, Michigan. 
Sec. 3046. Ada, Minnesota. 
Sec. 3047. Duluth Harbor, Mcquade Road, Minnesota. 
Sec. 3048. Granite Falls, Minnesota. 
Sec. 3049. Minneapolis, Minnesota. 
Sec. 3050. Red Lake River, Minnesota. 
Sec. 3051. Silver Bay, Minnesota. 
Sec. 3052. Taconite Harbor, Minnesota. 
Sec. 3053. Two Harbors, Minnesota. 
Sec. 3054. Deer Island, Harrison County, Mississippi. 
Sec. 3055. Bois Brule Drainage and Levee District, Missouri. 
Sec. 3056. Sand Creek Watershed, Wahoo, Nebraska. 
Sec. 3057. Orchard Beach, Bronx, New York. 
Sec. 3058. Times Beach, Buffalo, New York. 
Sec. 3059. Port of New York and New Jersey, New York and New Jersey. 
Sec. 3060. New York State Canal System. 
Sec. 3061. Willamette River Temperature Control, Mckenzie Subbasin, Oregon.
Sec. 3062. Lackawanna River at Olyphant, Pennsylvania. 
Sec. 3063. Lackawanna River at Scranton, Pennsylvania. 
Sec. 3064. Raystown Lake, Pennsylvania. 
Sec. 3065. Sheraden Park Stream and Chartiers Creek, Allegheny County, 
Pennsylvania. 
Sec. 3066. Solomon’s Creek, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. 
Sec. 3067. South Central Pennsylvania. 
Sec. 3068. Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. 
Sec. 3069. Little Limestone Creek, Jonesborough, Tennessee. 
Sec. 3070. Lower Rio Grande Basin, Texas. 
Sec. 3071. North Padre Island, Corpus Christi Bay, Texas. 
Sec. 3072. San Antonio Channel, San Antonio, Texas. 
Sec. 3073. Elizabeth River, Chesapeake, Virginia. 
Sec. 3074. Roanoke River Upper Basin, Virginia. 
Sec. 3075. Lake Kemp, Texas. 
Sec. 3076. Blair and Sitcum Waterways, Tacoma Harbor, Washington. 
Sec. 3077. Greenbrier River Basin, West Virginia. 
Sec. 3078. Manitowoc Harbor, Wisconsin. 
Sec. 3079. Continuation of project authorizations. 
Sec. 3080. Project reauthorization. 
Sec. 3081. Project deauthorizations. 
Sec. 3083. Land conveyances. 
Sec. 3084. Extinguishment of reversionary interests and use restrictions. 
TITLE IV—STUDIES 
Sec. 4001. John Glenn Great Lakes basin program. 
Sec. 4002. St. George Harbor, Alaska. 
Sec. 4003. Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway, Illinois, Iowa, Min-
nesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin. 
Sec. 4004. Hamilton, California. 
Sec. 4005. Oceanside, California. 
Sec. 4006. Sacramento River, California. 
Sec. 4007. San Francisco Bay, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California. 
Sec. 4008. Tybee Island, Georgia. 
Sec. 4009. Calumet Harbor, Illinois. 
Sec. 4010. Paducah, Kentucky. 
Sec. 4011. West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. 
Sec. 4012. City of Mackinac Island, Michigan. 
Sec. 4013. Chicago, Illinois. 
Sec. 4014. South Branch, Chicago River, Chicago, Illinois. 
Sec. 4015. Arthur Kill Channel and Morses Creek to Perth Amboy, New Jer-
sey. 
Sec. 4017. Pueblo of Zuni, New Mexico. 
Sec. 4018. Hudson-Raritan Estuary, New York and New Jersey. 
Sec. 4019. Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma. 
Sec. 4020. Sutherlin, Oregon. 
Sec. 4021. Ecosystem restoration and fish passage improvements, Oregon. 
Sec. 4022. Northeastern Pennsylvania aquatic ecosystem restoration and pro-
tection. 
Sec. 4023. Sabine Pass to Galveston Bay, Texas. 
Sec. 4024. Chehalis River Basin, Washington. 
Sec. 4025. Sprague, Lincoln County, Washington. 
Sec. 4026. Monongahela River Basin, Northern West Virginia. 
Sec. 4027. Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 5001. Maintenance of navigation channels. 
Sec. 5002. Watershed management. 
Sec. 5003. Dam safety. 
Sec. 5004. Structural integrity evaluations. 
Sec. 5005. Flood mitigation priority areas. 
Sec. 5006. Additional assistance for authorized projects. 
Sec. 5007. Expedited completion of reports and construction for certain 
projects. 
Sec. 5008. Expedited completion of reports for certain projects. 
Sec. 5009. Southeastern water resources assessment. 
Sec. 5010. Upper Mississippi River environmental management program. 
Sec. 5011. Missouri and Middle Mississippi Rivers enhancement project. 
Sec. 5012. Membership of Missouri River Trust. 
Sec. 5014. Great Lakes fishery and ecosystem restoration. 
Sec. 5015. Susquehanna, Delaware, and Potomac River basins. 
Sec. 5016. Chesapeake Bay environmental restoration and protection program. 
Sec. 5018. Montgomery, Alabama. 
Sec. 5019. Alaska. 
Sec. 5020. Akutan Small Boat Harbor, Alaska. 
Sec. 5021. Lowell Creek Tunnel, Seward, Alaska. 
Sec. 5022. St. Herman Harbor, Kodiak, Alaska. 
Sec. 5023. Augusta and Clarendon, Arkansas. 
Sec. 5024. Loomis Landing, Arkansas. 
Sec. 5025. Mcclellan-Kerr Arkansas River navigation project, Arkansas. 
Sec. 5025. St. Francis River Basin, Arkansas and Missouri. 
Sec. 5026. Cambria, California. 
Sec. 5027. East San Joaquin County, California. 
Sec. 5028. Sacramento Area, California. 
Sec. 5029. San Francisco, California. 
Sec. 5030. San Francisco, California, waterfront area. 
Sec. 5031. Stockton, California. 
Sec. 5032. Everglades restoration, Florida. 
Sec. 5033. Lake Lanier, Georgia 
Sec. 5034. Riley Creek recreation area, Idaho. 
Sec. 5035. Grand Tower drainage and levees, Grand Tower Township, Illinois. 
Sec. 5036. Kaskaskia River basin, Illinois, restoration. 
Sec. 5037. Natalie Creek, Midlothian and Oak Forest, Illinois. 
Sec. 5038. Illinois River basin restoration. 
Sec. 5039. Calumet region, Indiana. 
Sec. 5040. Rathbun Lake, Iowa. 
Sec. 5041. Mayfield Creek and tributaries, Kentucky. 
Sec. 5042. Southern and Eastern Kentucky. 
Sec. 5043. Coastal Louisiana ecosystem protection and restoration. 
Sec. 5044. Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 
Sec. 5045. West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. 
Sec. 5046. Chesapeake Bay shoreline, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and 
Delaware. 
Sec. 5047. Delmarva conservation corridor, Maryland. 
Sec. 5048. Detroit River, Michigan. 
Sec. 5049. Oakland County, Michigan. 
Sec. 5050. St. Clair River and Lake St. Clair, Michigan. 
Sec. 5051. Garrison and Kathio Township, Minnesota. 
Sec. 5052. Northeastern Minnesota.
Sec. 5053. Mississippi River, Missouri, and Illinois. 
Sec. 5054. St. Louis, Missouri. 
Sec. 5055. Hackensack Meadowlands area, New Jersey. 
Sec. 5056. Atlantic Coast of New York. 
Sec. 5057. College Point, New York City, New York. 
Sec. 5058. Flushing Bay and Creek, New York City, New York. 
Sec. 5059. Little Neck Bay, Village of Kings Point, New york. 
Sec. 5060. Stanley County, North Carolina. 
Sec. 5061. Piedmont Lake Dam, Ohio. 
Sec. 5062. Waurika Lake, Oklahoma. 
Sec. 5063. Columbia River, Oregon. 
Sec. 5064. Eugene, Oregon. 
Sec. 5065. John Day Lock and Dam, Lake Umatilla, Oregon and Washington. 
Sec. 5066. Lowell, Oregon. 
Sec. 5067. Hagerman’s Run, Williamsport, Pennsylvania. 
Sec. 5068. Northeast Pennsylvania. 
Sec. 5069. Susquehannock Campground access road, Raystown Lake, Pennsyl-
vania. 
Sec. 5070. Upper Susquehanna River basin, Pennsylvania and New York. 
Sec. 5071. Washington, Greene, Westmoreland, and Fayette Counties, Pennsyl-
vania. 
Sec. 5072. Cano Martin Pena, San Juan, Puerto Rico. 
Sec. 5073. Lakes Marion and Moultrie, South Carolina. 
Sec. 5074. Upper Big Sioux River, Watertown, South Dakota. 
Sec. 5075. Fritz Landing, Tennessee. 
Sec. 5076. Memphis, Tennessee. 
Sec. 5077. Town Creek, Lenoir City, Tennessee. 
Sec. 5078. Tennessee River partnership. 
Sec. 5079. Clear Creek and tributaries, Harris and Galveston Counties, Texas. 
Sec. 5080. Harris Gully, Harris County, Texas. 
Sec. 5081. Onion Creek, Texas. 
Sec. 5082. Pelican Island, Texas. 
Sec. 5083. Front Royal, Virginia. 
Sec. 5084. Richmond National Battlefield Park, Richmond, Virginia. 
Sec. 5085. Baker Bay and Ilwaco Harbor, Washington. 
Sec. 5086. Chehalis River, Centralia, Washington. 
Sec. 5087. Hamilton Island Campground, Washington. 
Sec. 5088. Puget Island, Washington. 
Sec. 5089. Bluestone, West Virginia. 
Sec. 5090. West Virginia and Pennsylvania flood control. 
Sec. 5091. Lower Kanawha River Basin, West Virginia. 
Sec. 5092. Central West Virginia. 
Sec. 5093. Southern West Virginia. 
Sec. 5094. Construction of flood control projects by non-Federal interests. 
Sec. 5095. Bridge authorization.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec-
retary of the Army.
TITLE I—WATER RESOURCES 
PROJECTS 
SEC. 1001. PROJECT AUTHORIZATIONS. 
Except as otherwise provided in this section, the fol-
lowing projects for water resources development and con-
servation and other purposes are authorized to be carried 
out by the Secretary substantially in accordance with the 
plans, and subject to the conditions, described in the re-
spective reports designated in this section: 
(1) 
AMERICAN
RIVER
WATERSHED, 
CALI-
FORNIA.—The project for flood damage reduction 
and environmental restoration, American River Wa-
tershed, California: Report of the Chief of Engi-
neers, dated November 5, 2002, at a total cost of 
$257,300,000, with an estimated Federal cost of 
$201,200,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of 
$56,100,000; except that the Secretary is authorized 
to accept funds from State and local governments 
and other Federal agencies for the purpose of con-
structing a permanent bridge instead of the tem-
porary bridge described in the recommended plan 
and may construct such permanent bridge if all ad-
ditional costs for such bridge, above the $36,000,000 
provided for in the recommended plan for bridge 
construction, are provided.
from amounts appropriated from the general fund of 
the Treasury and 1⁄2 from amounts appropriated 
from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund. 
(8) RIVERSIDE OXBOW, FORT WORTH, TEXAS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The project for envi-
ronmental restoration, Riverside Oxbow, Fort 
Worth, Texas: Report of the Chief of Engineers 
dated May 29, 2003, at a total cost of 
$22,200,000, with an estimated Federal cost of 
$9,180,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost 
of $13,020,000. 
(B) CREDIT.—The Secretary shall credit 
toward the non-Federal share of the cost of the 
project the cost of design and construction work 
carried out on the Beach Street Dam and asso-
ciated features by the non-Federal interest be-
fore the date of the partnership agreement for 
the project if the Secretary determines that the 
work is integral to the project. 
(9) DEEP
CREEK, CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA.—
The project for the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway 
Bridge Replacement, Deep Creek, Chesapeake, Vir-
ginia: Report of the Chief of Engineers, dated March 
3, 2003, at a total cost of $22,178,000.
SEC. 1002. SMALL PROJECTS FOR FLOOD DAMAGE REDUC-
TION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a 
study for each of the following projects and, if the Sec-
retary determines that a project is feasible, may carry out 
the project under section 205 of the Flood Control Act 
of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s):
(1) CACHE RIVER BASIN, GRUBBS, ARKANSAS.—
Project for flood damage reduction, Cache River 
basin, Grubbs, Arkansas. 
(2) SANTA
ANA
RIVER
BASIN
AND
ORANGE 
COUNTY STREAMS, CALIFORNIA.—Project for flood 
damage reduction, Santa Ana River basin and Or-
ange County streams, California. 
(3) NASHUA
RIVER, FITCHBURG, MASSACHU-
SETTS.—Project for flood damage reduction, Nashua 
River, Fitchburg, Massachusetts. 
(4) SAGINAW RIVER, HAMILTON DAM, FLINT, 
MICHIGAN.—Project for flood damage reduction, 
Saginaw River, Hamilton Dam, Flint, Michigan. 
(5) SOUTH BRANCH OF THE WILD RICE RIVER, 
BORUP, MINNESOTA.—Project for flood damage re-
duction, South Branch of the Wild Rice River, 
Borup, Minnesota
(6) BLACKSNAKE
CREEK, ST. JOSEPH, MIS-
SOURI.—Project for flood damage reduction, Black-
snake Creek, St. Joseph, Missouri. 
(7) MCKEEL
BROOK, NEW
JERSEY.—Project 
for flood damage reduction, McKeel Brook, New 
Jersey. 
(8) EAST
RIVER, SILVER
BEACH, NEW
YORK 
CITY, NEW YORK.—Project for flood damage reduc-
tion, East River, Silver Beach, New York City, New 
York. 
(9) RAMAPO
RIVER, TOWN
OF
MONROE
AND 
VILLAGES
OF
MONROE, KIRYAS
JOEL, AND
HAR-
RIMAN, NEW YORK.—Project for flood damage re-
duction, Ramapo River, Town of Monroe and Vil-
lages of Monroe, Kiryas Joel, and Harriman, New 
Jersey. 
(10) LITTLE
MILL
CREEK, 
SOUTHAMPTON, 
PENNSYLVANIA.—Project for flood damage reduc-
tion, Little Mill Creek, Southampton, Pennsylvania. 
(11) LITTLE NESHAMINY CREEK, WARRENTON, 
PENNSYLVANIA.—Project for flood damage reduc-
tion, Little Neshaminy Creek, Warrenton, Pennsyl-
vania.
(12) SURFSIDE
BEACH, SOUTH
CAROLINA.—
Project for flood damage reduction, Surfside Beach 
and vicinity, South Carolina. 
(b) SPECIAL RULES.—In carrying out the project for 
flood damage reduction, South Branch of the Wild Rice 
River, Borup, Minnesota, referred to in subsection (a)(5) 
the Secretary may consider national ecosystem restoration 
benefits in determining the Federal interest in the project 
and shall allow the non-Federal interest to participate in 
the financing of the project in accordance with section 
903(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 
(100 Stat. 4184) to the extent that the Secretary’s evalua-
tion indicates that applying such section is necessary to 
implement the project. 
SEC. 
1003. 
SMALL 
PROJECTS 
FOR 
EMERGENCY 
STREAMBANK PROTECTION. 
The Secretary shall conduct a study for the following 
project and, if the Secretary determines that the project 
is feasible, may carry out the project under section 14 of 
the Flood Control Act of 1946 (33 U.S.C. 701r): 
(1) MIDDLE
FORK
GRAND
RIVER, GENTRY 
COUNTY, 
MISSOURI.—Project 
for 
emergency 
streambank protection, Middle Fork Grand River, 
Gentry County, Missouri.
SEC. 1004. SMALL PROJECTS FOR NAVIGATION. 
The Secretary shall conduct a study for each of the 
following projects and, if the Secretary determines that 
a project is feasible, may carry out the project under sec-
tion 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960 (33 U.S.C. 
577): 
(1) BLYTHEVILLE
COUNTY
HARBOR, ARKAN-
SAS.—Project for navigation, Blytheville County 
Harbor, Arkansas. 
(2) EVANSTON, ILLINOIS.—Project for naviga-
tion, Evanston, Illinois. 
(3) NIAGARA FRONTIER TRANSPORTATION AU-
THORITY
BOAT
HARBOR, BUFFALO, NEW
YORK.—
Project for navigation, Niagara Frontier Transpor-
tation Authority Boat Harbor, Buffalo, New York. 
(4) WOODLAWN
MARINA, LACKAWANNA, NEW 
YORK.—Project for navigation, Woodlawn Marina, 
Lackawanna, New York. 
(5) BAKER BAY AND ILWACO HARBOR, WASH-
INGTON.—Project for navigation, Baker Bay and 
Ilwaco Harbor, Washington. 
SEC. 1005. SMALL PROJECTS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF THE 
QUALITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT. 
The Secretary shall conduct a study for the following 
project and, if the Secretary determines that the project 
is appropriate, may carry out the project under section
1135 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 
(33 U.S.C. 2309a): 
(1) SMITHVILLE LAKE, MISSOURI.—Project for 
improvement of the quality of the environment, 
Smithville Lake, Missouri. 
SEC. 1006. SMALL PROJECTS FOR AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM 
RESTORATION. 
The Secretary shall conduct a study for each of the 
following projects and, if the Secretary determines that 
a project is appropriate, may carry out the project under 
section 206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1996 (33 U.S.C. 2330): 
(1) COLORADO
RIVER, 
YUMA, 
ARIZONA.—
Project for aquatic ecosystem restoration, Colorado 
River, Yuma, Arizona. 
(2) CHINO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA.—Project for 
aquatic ecosystem restoration, Chino Valley, Cali-
fornia.
(3) NEW AND ALAMO RIVERS, IMPERIAL COUN-
TY, CALIFORNIA.—Project for aquatic ecosystem res-
toration, New and Alamo Rivers, Imperial County, 
California, including efforts to address aquatic 
invasive plant species. 
(4) SAN
DIEGO
RIVER, CALIFORNIA.—Project 
for aquatic ecosystem restoration, San Diego River,
California, including efforts to address aquatic 
invasive plant species. 
(5) STOCKTON
DEEP
WATER
SHIP
CHANNEL 
AND
LOWER
SAN
JOAQUIN
RIVER, CALIFORNIA.—
Project for aquatic ecosystem restoration, Stockton 
Deep Water Ship Channel and lower San Joaquin 
River, California. 
(6) SWEETWATER
RESERVOIR, 
SAN
DIEGO 
COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.—Project for aquatic eco-
system restoration, Sweetwater Reservoir, San Diego 
County, California, including efforts to address 
aquatic invasive plant species. 
(7) BISCAYNE
BAY, 
FLORIDA.—Project for 
aquatic ecosystem restoration, Biscayne Bay, Key 
Biscayne, Florida.
(8) CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER, COLUMBUS, GEOR-
GIA, AND
PHENIX
CITY, ALABAMA.—Project for 
aquatic ecosystem restoration, City Mills Dam and 
Eagle and Phenix Dam, Chattahoochee River, Co-
lumbus, Georgia, and Phenix City, Alabama. 
(9) CHATTAHOOCHEE
RIVER
AND
OCMULGEE 
RIVER BASINS, GEORGIA.—Project for aquatic eco-
system 
restoration, 
Chattahoochee 
River 
and 
Ocmulgee River basins, Gwinnett County, Georgia.
(10) SNAKE RIVER, JEROME, IDAHO.—Project 
for aquatic ecosystem restoration, Snake River, Je-
rome, Idaho. 
SEC. 1007. SMALL PROJECTS FOR SHORELINE PROTEC-
TION. 
The Secretary shall conduct a study for the following 
project and, if the Secretary determines that the project 
is feasible, may carry out the project under section 3 of 
the Act entitled ‘‘An Act authorizing Federal participation 
in the cost of protecting the shores of publicly owned prop-
erty’’, approved August 13, 1946 (33 U.S.C. 426g): 
(1) NELSON
LAGOON, ALASKA.—Project for 
shoreline protection, Nelson Lagoon, Alaska. 
TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 2001. ANNUAL PASSES FOR RECREATION. 
Section 208(c)(4) of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1996 (16 U.S.C. 460d–3 note; 110 Stat. 
3681; 113 Stat. 294) is amended by striking ‘‘the Decem-
ber 31, 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2004’’.
SEC. 2002. NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS. 
Section 103 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(n) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS.—
‘‘(1) PROHIBITION
ON
SOLICITATION
OF
EX-
CESS CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Secretary may not so-
licit contributions from non-Federal interests for 
costs of constructing authorized water resources de-
velopment projects or measures in excess of the non-
Federal share assigned to the appropriate project 
purposes listed in subsections (a), (b), and (c) or 
condition Federal participation in such projects or 
measures on the receipt of such contributions. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION
ON
STATUTORY
CONSTRUC-
TION.—Nothing in this subsection shall be construed 
to affect the Secretary’s authority under section 
903(c) of this Act.’’. 
SEC. 2003. HARBOR COST SHARING. 
(a) PAYMENTS DURING CONSTRUCTION.—Section 
101(a)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211(a)(1); 100 Stat. 4082) is amended 
in each of subparagraphs (B) and (C) by striking ‘‘45 
feet’’ and inserting ‘‘53 feet’’. 
(b) 
OPERATION
AND
MAINTENANCE.—Section 
101(b)(1) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 2211(b)(1)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘45 feet’’ and inserting ‘‘53 feet’’. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—Section 214 of such Act (33 
U.S.C. 2241; 100 Stat. 4108) is amended in each of para-
graphs (1) and (3) by striking ‘‘45 feet’’ and inserting 
‘‘53 feet’’. 
(d) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-
sections (a), (b), and (c) shall apply only to a project, or 
separable element of a project, on which a contract for 
physical construction has not been awarded before the 
date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 2004. FUNDING TO PROCESS PERMITS. 
Section 214 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 2000 (33 U.S.C. 2201 note; 114 Stat. 2594) is amend-
ed—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘2003’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2005’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end of subsection (b) the 
following: ‘‘The acceptance and expenditure of funds 
under subsection (a) shall not affect the order in 
which permits are considered or approved by the 
Secretary.’’.
SEC. 2005. NATIONAL SHORELINE EROSION CONTROL DE-
VELOPMENT 
AND 
DEMONSTRATION 
PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.—Section 5(a) of the 
Act entitled ‘‘An Act authorizing Federal participation in 
the cost of protecting the shores of publicly owned prop-
erty’’, approved August 13, 1946 (33 U.S.C. 426h(a)), is 
amended by striking ‘‘6 years’’ and inserting ‘‘10 years’’. 
(b) EXTENSION OF PLANNING, DESIGN, AND CON-
STRUCTION PHASE.—Section 5(b)(1)(A) of such Act (33 
U.S.C. 426h(b)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘3 years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘6 years’’. 
(c) COST-SHARING; REMOVAL OF PROJECTS.—Sec-
tion 5(b) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 426h(b)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) COST SHARING.—The Secretary may enter 
into a cost-sharing agreement with a non-Federal in-
terest to carry out a project, or a phase of a project, 
under the erosion control program in cooperation 
with the non-Federal interest. 
‘‘(4) REMOVAL OF PROJECTS.—The Secretary 
may pay all or a portion of the costs of removing a 
project, or an element of a project, constructed 
under the erosion control program if the Secretary 
determines during the term of the program that the 
project or element is detrimental to the environment, 
private property, or public safety.’’.
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
5(e)(2) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 426h(e)(2)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘$21,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$31,000,000’’.
SEC. 2006. WRITTEN AGREEMENT FOR WATER RESOURCES 
PROJECTS. 
(a) PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS.—Section 221 of 
the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b) is 
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘under the provisions’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘under any other’’ and 
inserting ‘‘under any’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘partnership’’ after ‘‘writ-
ten’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘Secretary of the Army to 
furnish its required cooperation for’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘district engineer for the district in which 
the project will be carried out under which each 
party agrees to carry out its responsibilities and 
requirements for implementation or construc-
tion of’’; and 
(D) by inserting after ‘‘$25,000.’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Such agreement may include a provi-
sion for liquidated damages in the event of a 
failure of one or more parties to perform.’’;
(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION.—Nothing in subsection (a) shall be 
construed as limiting the authority of the Secretary to en-
sure that partnership agreements meet all requirements 
of law.’’. 
(b) LOCAL COOPERATION.—Section 912(b) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (101 Stat. 
4190) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘shall’’ the first place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘may’’; and 
(B) by striking the last sentence; and 
(2) in paragraph (4)—
(A) by inserting after ‘‘injunction, for’’ the 
following: ‘‘payment of liquidated damages or, 
for’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘to collect a civil penalty 
imposed under this section,’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘any civil penalty imposed 
under this section,’’ and inserting ‘‘any liq-
uidated damages,’’.
(c) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-
sections (a) and (b) only apply to partnership agreements 
entered into after the date of enactment of this Act; except 
that at the request of a non-Federal interest for a project 
the district engineer for the district in which the project 
is located may amend a project partnership agreement en-
tered into on or before such date and under which con-
struction on the project has not been initiated as of such 
date of enactment for the purpose of incorporating such 
amendments. 
(d) REFERENCES.—
(1) TO COOPERATION AGREEMENTS.—Any ref-
erence in a law, regulation, document, or other 
paper of the United States to a cooperation agree-
ment or project cooperation agreement shall be 
treated to be a reference to a partnership agreement 
or a project partnership agreement, respectively. 
(2) TO PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS.—Any ref-
erence to a partnership agreement or project part-
nership agreement in this Act (other than this sec-
tion) shall be treated as a reference to a cooperation 
agreement or a project cooperation agreement, re-
spectively.
SEC. 2007. ASSISTANCE FOR REMEDIATION, RESTORATION, 
AND REUSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide to 
State and local governments assessment, planning, and 
design assistance for remediation, environmental restora-
tion, or reuse of areas located within the boundaries of 
such State or local governments where such remediation, 
environmental restoration, or reuse will contribute to the 
improvement of water quality or the conservation of water 
and related resources of drainage basins and watersheds 
within the United States. 
(b) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal share 
of the cost of assistance provided under subsection (a) 
shall be 50 percent. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2007.
SEC. 2008. COMPILATION OF LAWS. 
Within one year after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the laws of the United States relating to the improve-
ment of rivers and harbors, flood control, beach erosion, 
and other water resources development enacted after No-
vember 8, 1966, and before January 1, 2003, shall be 
compiled under the direction of the Secretary and the 
Chief of Engineers and printed for the use of the Depart-
ment of the Army, Congress, and the general public. The
Secretary shall reprint the volumes containing such laws 
enacted before November 8, 1966. In addition, the Sec-
retary shall include an index in each volume so compiled 
or reprinted. Not later than December 1, 2003, the Sec-
retary shall transmit at least 25 copies of each such vol-
ume to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works of the Senate.
SEC. 2009. DREDGED MATERIAL DISPOSAL. 
Section 217 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1996 (33 U.S.C. 2326a; 110 Stat. 3694–3696) is 
amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) GOVERNMENTAL PARTNERSHIPS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may enter 
into cost-sharing agreements with 1 or more non-
Federal public interests with respect to a project, or 
group of projects within a geographic region if ap-
propriate, for the acquisition, design, construction, 
management, or operation of a dredged material 
processing, treatment, or disposal facility (including 
any facility used to demonstrate potential beneficial
uses of dredged material) using funds provided in 
whole or in part by the Federal Government. One or 
more of the parties of the agreement may perform 
the acquisition, design, construction, management, 
or operation of a dredged material processing, treat-
ment, or disposal facility. If appropriate, the Sec-
retary may combine portions of separate construc-
tion or maintenance appropriations from separate 
Federal projects with the appropriate combined cost-
sharing between the various projects when the facil-
ity serves to manage dredged material from multiple 
Federal projects located in the geographic region of 
the facility. 
‘‘(2) PUBLIC FINANCING.—
‘‘(A) AGREEMENTS.—The agreement used 
shall clearly specify the Federal funding sources 
and combined cost-sharing when applicable to 
multiple Federal navigation projects and the re-
sponsibilities and risks of each of the parties re-
lated to present and future dredged material 
managed by the facility. 
‘‘(B) CREDIT.—Nothing in this subsection 
supersedes or modifies existing agreements be-
tween the Federal Government and any non-
Federal sponsors for the cost-sharing, construc-
tion, and operation and maintenance of Federal 
navigation projects. Subject to the approval of 
the Secretary and in accordance with existing 
laws, regulations, and policies, a non-Federal 
public sponsor of a Federal navigation project 
may seek credit for funds provided in the acqui-
sition, design, construction, management, or op-
eration of a dredged material processing, treat-
ment, or disposal facility to the extent the facil-
ity is used to manage dredged material from 
the Federal navigation project. The non-Federal 
sponsor shall be responsible for providing all 
necessary lands, easements, rights-of-way, or 
relocations associated with the facility and shall 
receive credit for these items.’’; and 
(3) in each of subsections (d)(1) and (d)(2)(A), 
as so redesignated, by inserting ‘‘processing, treat-
ment, or’’ after ‘‘dredged material’’ the first place it 
appears. 
SEC. 2010. WETLANDS MITIGATION. 
In carrying out a water resources project that in-
volves wetlands mitigation and that has impacts that occur 
within the service area of a mitigation bank, the Secretary, 
to the maximum extent practicable and where appropriate, 
shall give preference to the use of the mitigation bank if
the bank contains sufficient available credits to offset the 
impact and the bank is approved in accordance with the 
Federal Guidance for the Establishment, Use and Oper-
ation of Mitigation Banks (60 Fed. Reg. 58605) or other 
applicable Federal law (including regulations).
SEC. 2011. REMOTE AND SUBSISTENCE HARBORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In conducting a study of harbor 
and navigation improvements, the Secretary may rec-
ommend a project without the need to demonstrate that 
the project is justified solely by national economic develop-
ment benefits if the Secretary determines that—
(1)(A) the community to be served by the 
project is at least 70 miles from the nearest surface 
accessible commercial port and has no direct rail or 
highway link to another community served by a sur-
face accessible port or harbor; or 
(B) the project would be located in the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or Amer-
ican Samoa; 
(2) the harbor is economically critical such that 
over 80 percent of the goods transported through 
the harbor would be consumed within the community 
served by the harbor and navigation improvement; 
and
(3) the long-term viability of the community 
would be threatened without the harbor and naviga-
tion improvement. 
(b) JUSTIFICATION.—In considering whether to rec-
ommend a project under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall consider the benefits of the project to—
(1) public health and safety of the local commu-
nity, including access to facilities designed to protect 
public health and safety; 
(2) access to natural resources for subsistence 
purposes; 
(3) local and regional economic opportunities; 
(4) welfare of the local population; and 
(5) social and cultural value to the community.
SEC. 2012. BENEFICIAL USES OF DREDGED MATERIAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 204 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1992 (33 U.S.C. 2326) is 
amended by striking subsections (c) through (g) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(c) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may carry out 
projects to transport and place suitable material dredged 
in connection with the construction, operation, or mainte-
nance of an authorized navigation project at locations se-
lected by a non-Federal public entity for use in the con-
struction, repair, or rehabilitation of projects determined
by the Secretary to be in the public interest and associated 
with navigation, flood damage reduction, hydroelectric 
power, municipal and industrial water supply, agricultural 
water supply, recreation, hurricane and storm damage re-
duction, aquatic plant control, and environmental protec-
tion and restoration. 
‘‘(d) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—Any project un-
dertaken pursuant to this section shall be initiated only 
after non-Federal interests have entered into an agree-
ment with the Secretary in which the non-Federal inter-
ests agree to pay the non-Federal share of the cost of con-
struction of the project and 100 percent of the cost of 
operation, maintenance, replacement, and rehabilitation of 
the project in accordance with section 103 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213). 
‘‘(e) DETERMINATION OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS.—
Costs associated with construction of a project under this 
section shall be limited solely to construction costs that 
are in excess of those costs necessary to carry out the 
dredging for construction, operation, or maintenance of 
the authorized navigation project in the most cost effective 
way, consistent with economic, engineering, and environ-
mental criteria. 
‘‘(f) SELECTION OF DREDGED MATERIAL DISPOSAL 
METHOD.—In developing and carrying out a project for
navigation involving the disposal of dredged material, the 
Secretary may select, with the consent of the non-Federal 
interest, a disposal method that is not the least-cost option 
if the Secretary determines that the incremental costs of 
such disposal method are reasonable in relation to the en-
vironmental benefits, including the benefits to the aquatic 
environment to be derived from the creation of wetlands 
and control of shoreline erosion. The Federal share of such 
incremental costs shall be determined in accordance with 
subsection (d).’’. 
‘‘(g) NONPROFIT ENTITIES.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 221 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 
1962d–5b), for any project carried out under this section, 
a non-Federal interest may include a nonprofit entity, with 
the consent of the affected local government. 
‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 annually for 
projects under this section. Such sums shall remain avail-
able until expended. 
‘‘(i) REGIONAL
SEDIMENT
MANAGEMENT
PLAN-
NING.—In consultation with appropriate State and Fed-
eral agencies, the Secretary may develop, at Federal ex-
pense, plans for regional management of material dredged 
in conjunction with the construction, operation, or mainte-
nance of navigation projects, including potential beneficial
uses of dredged material for construction, repair, or reha-
bilitation of public projects for navigation, flood damage 
reduction, hydroelectric power, municipal and industrial 
water supply, agricultural water supply, recreation, hurri-
cane and storm damage reduction, aquatic plant control, 
and environmental protection and restoration.’’. 
(b) REPEAL.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 145 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1976 (33 U.S.C. 
426j) is repealed. 
(2) HOLD
HARMLESS.—The repeal made by 
paragraph (1) shall not affect the authority of the 
Secretary to complete any project being carried out 
under such section 145 on the day before the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(c) PRIORITY AREAS.—In carrying out section 204 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (33 
U.S.C 2326), the Secretary shall give priority to a project 
for the beaches of Bogues Bank in the vicinity of More-
head City, North Carolina, and a project in the vicinity 
of the Smith Point Park Pavilion and the TWA Flight 
800 Memorial, New York City, New York.
SEC. 2013. COST SHARING PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN 
AREAS. 
Section 1156 of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2310; 100 Stat. 4256) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1156. COST SHARING PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN 
AREAS. 
‘‘The Secretary shall waive local cost-sharing require-
ments up to $500,000 for all studies and projects in the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and 
the United States Virgin Islands, in Indian country (as 
defined in section 1151 of title 18, United States Code, 
and including lands that are within the jurisdictional area 
of an Oklahoma Indian tribe, as determined by the Sec-
retary of the Interior, and are recognized by the Secretary 
of the Interior as eligible for trust land status under part 
151 of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations) or on land 
in the State of Alaska conveyed to an Alaska Native Vil-
lage Corporation under the Alaska Native Claims Settle-
ment Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.).’’.
SEC. 2014. REVISION OF PROJECT PARTNERSHIP AGREE-
MENT. 
Upon authorization by law of an increase in the max-
imum amount of Federal funds that may be allocated for 
a project or an increase in the total cost of a project au-
SEC. 2017. RECREATION USER FEE REVENUES. 
Section 225 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1999 (113 Stat. 297–298) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1) by striking ‘‘During fis-
cal years 1999 through 2002, the’’ and inserting 
‘‘The’’; and 
(2) in subsection (a)(3) by striking ‘‘September 
30, 2005’’ and inserting ‘‘expended’’.
SEC. 2018. EXPEDITED ACTIONS FOR EMERGENCY FLOOD 
DAMAGE REDUCTION. 
The Secretary shall expedite any authorized planning, 
design, and construction of any project for flood damage 
reduction for an area that, within the preceding 5 years, 
has been subject to flooding that resulted in the loss of 
life and caused damage of sufficient severity and mag-
nitude to warrant a declaration of a major disaster by the 
President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster and 
Emergency Relief Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
SEC. 2019. WATERSHED AND RIVER BASIN ASSESSMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 729 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2267a; 114 
Stat. 2587–2588; 100 Stat. 4164) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (1) of subsection (f) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal 
share of the costs of an assessment carried out
under this section on or after December 11, 2000, 
shall be 25 percent.’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (g). 
(b) REVISION OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.—The 
Secretary shall revise the partnership agreement for any 
assessment being carried out under such section 729 to 
take into account the change in non-Federal participation 
in the assessment as a result of the amendments made 
by subsection (a).
SEC. 2020. TRIBAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. 
Section 203(b)(1)(B) of the Water Resources Devel-
opment Act of 2000 (33 U.S.C. 2269(b)(1)(B); 114 Stat. 
2589) is amended by inserting after ‘‘Code’’ the following 
‘‘, and including lands that are within the jurisdictional 
area of an Oklahoma Indian tribe, as determined by the 
Secretary of the Interior, and are recognized by the Sec-
retary of the Interior as eligible for trust land status under 
part 151 of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations’’. 
SEC. 2021. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN SEPARABLE ELE-
MENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If, in carrying out a water re-
sources project, the Secretary identifies a separable ele-
ment that would advance a primary mission of the Corps 
of Engineers, with benefits that could be achieved more 
cost-effectively if carried out in conjunction with the
project, the Secretary, in consultation with the non-Fed-
eral interest, may carry out such separable element at 
Federal expense if the cost of such separable element does 
not exceed 3 percent of the Federal project cost and does 
not exceed $1,000,000. 
(b) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.—Operation and 
maintenance of work carried out under this section shall 
be a non-Federal responsibility. 
(c) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—
Nothing in this section shall be construed to increase the 
amount authorized to be appropriated for a project beyond 
that amount authorized by law or to provide a separate 
authorization of appropriations.
SEC. 2022. PROSECUTION OF WORK. 
Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of Sep-
tember 22, 1922 (33 U.S.C. 621; 42 Stat. 1043), is 
amended by inserting after ‘‘harbors’’ the following: ‘‘, in-
cluding any planning, engineering, design, construction, 
operation, and maintenance,’’. 
SEC. 2023. WILDFIRE FIREFIGHTING. 
Section 309 of Public Law 102–154 (42 U.S.C. 
1856a-1; 105 Stat. 1034) is amended by inserting ‘‘the 
Secretary of the Army,’’ after ‘‘the Secretary of Energy,’’.
SEC. 2024. CREDIT FOR NON-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 
allow a non-Federal interest credit toward its share of 
project costs for any authorized water resources develop-
ment project for the cost of materials and in-kind services, 
including design and management services but not includ-
ing construction, provided by the non-Federal interest for 
implementation of the project. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Credit authorized under sub-
section (a)—
(1) shall not exceed the non-Federal share of 
project costs; 
(2) shall not alter any other requirements that 
require a non-Federal interest to provide lands, ease-
ments, rights-of-way, and dredged material disposal 
areas for the project; 
(3) shall not exceed the actual and reasonable 
costs of the materials or in-kind services provided by 
the non-Federal interest, as determined by the Sec-
retary; and 
(4) shall not be allowed unless the Secretary 
has determined that such materials or services are 
compatible with and necessary for the project.
SEC. 2025. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 22 of Water Resources Development Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–16) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘The Sec-
retary’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) FEDERAL STATE COOPERATION.—
‘‘(1) 
COMPREHENSIVE
PLANS.—The 
Sec-
retary’’. 
(2) by inserting after the last sentence in sub-
section (a) the following: 
‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—At the request of 
a governmental agency or non-Federal in-
terest, the Secretary may provide, at Fed-
eral expense, technical assistance to such 
agency or non-Federal interest in man-
aging water resources. 
‘‘(B) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.—Tech-
nical assistance under this paragraph may 
include provision and integration of hydro-
logic, economic, and environmental data 
and analyses.’’
(3) in subsection (b)(1) by striking ‘‘this sec-
tion’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(a)(1)’’; 
(4) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘There is’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—