110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1495
AN ACT 
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 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—This 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 restoration. 
Sec. 1007. Small projects for shoreline protection. 
Sec. 1008. Small projects for snagging and sediment removal. 
TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 2001. Non-Federal contributions. 
Sec. 2002. Harbor cost sharing. 
Sec. 2003. Funding to process permits. 
Sec. 2004. National shoreline erosion control development and demonstration 
program. 
Sec. 2005. Small shore and beach restoration and protection projects. 
Sec. 2006. Aquatic ecosystem restoration. 
Sec. 2007. Small flood damage reduction projects. 
Sec. 2008. Modification of projects for improvement of the quality of the envi-
ronment. 
Sec. 2009. Written agreement for water resources projects. 
Sec. 2010. Assistance for remediation, restoration, and reuse. 
Sec. 2011. Compilation of laws. 
Sec. 2012. Dredged material disposal. 
Sec. 2013. Wetlands mitigation. 
Sec. 2014. Mitigation for fish and wildlife losses. 
Sec. 2015. Remote and subsistence harbors. 
Sec. 2016. Beneficial uses of dredged material. 
Sec. 2017. Cost-sharing provisions for certain areas. 
Sec. 2018. Use of other Federal funds. 
Sec. 2019. Revision of project partnership agreement. 
Sec. 2020. Cost sharing. 
Sec. 2021. Expedited actions for emergency flood damage reduction. 
Sec. 2022. Watershed and river basin assessments. 
Sec. 2023. Tribal partnership program. 
Sec. 2024. Wildfire firefighting. 
Sec. 2025. Technical assistance. 
Sec. 2026. Lakes program. 
Sec. 2027. Coordination and scheduling of Federal, State, and local actions.
Sec. 2028. Project streamlining. 
Sec. 2029. Cooperative agreements. 
Sec. 2030. Training funds. 
Sec. 2031. Access to water resource data. 
Sec. 2032. Shore protection projects. 
Sec. 2033. Ability to pay. 
Sec. 2034. Leasing authority. 
Sec. 2035. Cost estimates. 
Sec. 2036. Principles and guidelines. 
Sec. 2037. Independent peer review. 
Sec. 2038. Studies and reports for water resources projects. 
Sec. 2039. Offshore oil and gas fabrication port. 
Sec. 2040. Use of firms employing local residents. 
Sec. 2041. Support of Army Civil Works Program. 
Sec. 2042. Federal hopper dredges. 
Sec. 2043. Criteria for operation and maintenance of harbor dredging projects. 
TITLE III—PROJECT-RELATED PROVISIONS 
Sec. 3001. Cook Inlet, Alaska. 
Sec. 3002. King Cove Harbor, Alaska. 
Sec. 3003. Sitka, Alaska. 
Sec. 3004. Tatitlek, Alaska. 
Sec. 3005. Rio De Flag, Flagstaff, Arizona. 
Sec. 3006. Osceola Harbor, Arkansas. 
Sec. 3007. Pine Mountain Dam, Arkansas. 
Sec. 3008. American and Sacramento Rivers, California. 
Sec. 3009. Compton Creek, California. 
Sec. 3010. Grayson Creek/Murderer’s Creek, California. 
Sec. 3011. Hamilton Airfield, California. 
Sec. 3012. John F. Baldwin Ship Channel and Stockton Ship Channel, Cali-
fornia. 
Sec. 3013. Kaweah River, California. 
Sec. 3014. Larkspur Ferry Channel, Larkspur, California. 
Sec. 3015. Llagas Creek, California. 
Sec. 3016. Magpie Creek, California. 
Sec. 3017. Pacific Flyway Center, Sacramento, California. 
Sec. 3018. Pinole Creek, California. 
Sec. 3019. Prado Dam, California. 
Sec. 3020. Sacramento and American Rivers Flood Control, California. 
Sec. 3021. Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel, California. 
Sec. 3022. Santa Cruz Harbor, California. 
Sec. 3023. Seven Oaks Dam, California. 
Sec. 3024. Upper Guadalupe River, California. 
Sec. 3025. Walnut Creek Channel, California. 
Sec. 3026. Wildcat/San Pablo Creek Phase I, California. 
Sec. 3027. Wildcat/San Pablo Creek Phase II, California. 
Sec. 3028. Yuba River Basin project, California. 
Sec. 3029. South Platte River Basin, Colorado. 
Sec. 3030. Intracoastal Waterway, Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, Dela-
ware and Maryland. 
Sec. 3031. Brevard County, Florida. 
Sec. 3032. Broward County and Hillsboro Inlet, Florida. 
Sec. 3033. Canaveral Harbor, Florida. 
Sec. 3034. Gasparilla and Estero Islands, Florida.
Sec. 3035. Jacksonville Harbor, Florida. 
Sec. 3036. Lido Key Beach, Sarasota, Florida. 
Sec. 3037. Miami Harbor, Florida. 
Sec. 3038. Peanut Island, Florida. 
Sec. 3039. Tampa Harbor-Big Bend Channel, Florida. 
Sec. 3040. Tampa Harbor Cut B, Florida. 
Sec. 3041. Allatoona Lake, Georgia. 
Sec. 3042. Latham River, Glynn County, Georgia. 
Sec. 3043. Dworshak Dam and Reservoir improvements, Idaho. 
Sec. 3044. Beardstown Community Boat Harbor, Beardstown, Illinois. 
Sec. 3045. Cache River Levee, Illinois. 
Sec. 3046. Chicago River, Illinois. 
Sec. 3047. Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal dispersal barriers project, Illinois. 
Sec. 3048. Emiquon, Illinois. 
Sec. 3049. Lasalle, Illinois. 
Sec. 3050. Spunky Bottoms, Illinois. 
Sec. 3051. Fort Wayne and vicinity, Indiana. 
Sec. 3052. Koontz Lake, Indiana. 
Sec. 3053. White River, Indiana. 
Sec. 3054. Des Moines River and Greenbelt, Iowa. 
Sec. 3055. Rathbun Lake, Iowa. 
Sec. 3056. Prestonsburg, Kentucky. 
Sec. 3057. Amite River and tributaries, Louisiana, East Baton Rouge Parish 
Watershed. 
Sec. 3058. Atchafalaya Basin, Louisiana. 
Sec. 3059. Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System, Louisiana. 
Sec. 3060. Bayou Plaquemine, Louisiana. 
Sec. 3061. J. Bennett Johnston Waterway, Mississippi River to Shreveport, 
Louisiana. 
Sec. 3062. Melville, Louisiana. 
Sec. 3063. Mississippi Delta Region, Louisiana. 
Sec. 3064. New Orleans to Venice, Louisiana. 
Sec. 3065. West bank of the Mississippi River (East of Harvey Canal), Lou-
isiana. 
Sec. 3066. Camp Ellis, Saco, Maine. 
Sec. 3067. Detroit River Shoreline, Detroit, Michigan. 
Sec. 3068. St. Clair River and Lake St. Clair, Michigan. 
Sec. 3069. St. Joseph Harbor, Michigan. 
Sec. 3070. Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan. 
Sec. 3071. Ada, Minnesota. 
Sec. 3072. Duluth Harbor, McQuade Road, Minnesota. 
Sec. 3073. Grand Marais, Minnesota. 
Sec. 3074. Grand Portage Harbor, Minnesota. 
Sec. 3075. Granite Falls, Minnesota. 
Sec. 3076. Knife River Harbor, Minnesota. 
Sec. 3077. Red Lake River, Minnesota. 
Sec. 3078. Silver Bay, Minnesota. 
Sec. 3079. Taconite Harbor, Minnesota. 
Sec. 3080. Two Harbors, Minnesota. 
Sec. 3081. Deer Island, Harrison County, Mississippi. 
Sec. 3082. Pearl River Basin, Mississippi. 
Sec. 3083. Festus and Crystal City, Missouri. 
Sec. 3084. L–15 levee, Missouri. 
Sec. 3085. Monarch-Chesterfield, Missouri. 
Sec. 3086. River Des Peres, Missouri.
Sec. 3087. Antelope Creek, Lincoln, Nebraska. 
Sec. 3088. Sand Creek Watershed, Wahoo, Nebraska. 
Sec. 3089. Western Sarpy and Clear Creek, Nebraska. 
Sec. 3090. Lower Cape May Meadows, Cape May Point, New Jersey. 
Sec. 3091. Passaic River Basin flood management, New Jersey. 
Sec. 3092. Buffalo Harbor, New York. 
Sec. 3093. Orchard Beach, Bronx, New York. 
Sec. 3094. Port of New York and New Jersey, New York and New Jersey. 
Sec. 3095. New York State Canal System. 
Sec. 3096. Lower Girard Lake Dam, Ohio. 
Sec. 3097. Mahoning River, Ohio. 
Sec. 3098. Delaware River, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. 
Sec. 3099. Raystown Lake, Pennsylvania. 
Sec. 3100. Sheraden Park Stream and Chartiers Creek, Allegheny County, 
Pennsylvania. 
Sec. 3101. Solomon’s Creek, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. 
Sec. 3102. South Central Pennsylvania. 
Sec. 3103. Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. 
Sec. 3104. Cedar Bayou, Texas. 
Sec. 3105. Freeport Harbor, Texas. 
Sec. 3106. Lake Kemp, Texas. 
Sec. 3107. Lower Rio Grande Basin, Texas. 
Sec. 3108. North Padre Island, Corpus Christi Bay, Texas. 
Sec. 3109. Pat Mayse Lake, Texas. 
Sec. 3110. Proctor Lake, Texas. 
Sec. 3111. San Antonio Channel, San Antonio, Texas. 
Sec. 3112. Tangier Island Seawall, Virginia. 
Sec. 3113. Duwamish/Green, Washington. 
Sec. 3114. Yakima River, Port of Sunnyside, Washington. 
Sec. 3115. Bluestone Lake, Ohio River Basin, West Virginia. 
Sec. 3116. Greenbrier River Basin, West Virginia. 
Sec. 3117. Lesage/Greenbottom Swamp, West Virginia. 
Sec. 3118. Northern West Virginia. 
Sec. 3119. Manitowoc Harbor, Wisconsin. 
Sec. 3120. Mississippi River headwaters reservoirs. 
Sec. 3121. Continuation of project authorizations. 
Sec. 3122. Project reauthorizations. 
Sec. 3123. Project deauthorizations. 
Sec. 3124. Land conveyances. 
Sec. 3125. Extinguishment of reversionary interests and use restrictions. 
TITLE IV—STUDIES 
Sec. 4001. John Glenn Great Lakes Basin Program. 
Sec. 4002. Lake Erie dredged material disposal sites. 
Sec. 4003. Southwestern United States drought study. 
Sec. 4004. Delaware River. 
Sec. 4005. Knik Arm, Cook Inlet, Alaska. 
Sec. 4006. Kuskokwim River, Alaska. 
Sec. 4007. St. George Harbor, Alaska. 
Sec. 4008. Susitna River, Alaska. 
Sec. 4009. Gila Bend, Maricopa, Arizona. 
Sec. 4010. Searcy County, Arkansas. 
Sec. 4011. Aliso Creek, California. 
Sec. 4012. Elkhorn Slough Estuary, California.
Sec. 4013. Fresno, Kings, and Kern Counties, California. 
Sec. 4014. Los Angeles River revitalization study, California. 
Sec. 4015. Lytle Creek, Rialto, California. 
Sec. 4016. Mokelumne River, San Joaquin County, California. 
Sec. 4017. Napa River, St. Helena, California. 
Sec. 4018. Orick, California. 
Sec. 4019. Rialto, Fontana, and Colton, California. 
Sec. 4020. Sacramento River, California. 
Sec. 4021. San Diego County, California. 
Sec. 4022. San Francisco Bay, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California. 
Sec. 4023. South San Francisco Bay shoreline study, California. 
Sec. 4024. Twentynine Palms, California. 
Sec. 4025. Yucca Valley, California. 
Sec. 4026. Roaring Fork River, Basalt, Colorado. 
Sec. 4027. Delaware and Christina Rivers and Shellpot Creek, Wilmington, 
Delaware. 
Sec. 4028. Collier County Beaches, Florida. 
Sec. 4029. Lower St. Johns River, Florida. 
Sec. 4030. Vanderbilt Beach Lagoon, Florida. 
Sec. 4031. Meriwether County, Georgia. 
Sec. 4032. Tybee Island, Georgia. 
Sec. 4033. Boise River, Idaho. 
Sec. 4034. Ballard’s Island Side Channel, Illinois. 
Sec. 4035. Salem, Indiana. 
Sec. 4036. Buckhorn Lake, Kentucky. 
Sec. 4037. Dewey Lake, Kentucky. 
Sec. 4038. Louisville, Kentucky. 
Sec. 4039. Clinton River, Michigan. 
Sec. 4040. Hamburg and Green Oak Townships, Michigan. 
Sec. 4041. Duluth-Superior Harbor, Minnesota and Wisconsin. 
Sec. 4042. Northeast Mississippi. 
Sec. 4043. St. Louis, Missouri. 
Sec. 4044. Dredged material disposal, New Jersey. 
Sec. 4045. Bayonne, New Jersey. 
Sec. 4046. Carteret, New Jersey. 
Sec. 4047. Gloucester County, New Jersey. 
Sec. 4048. Perth Amboy, New Jersey. 
Sec. 4049. Batavia, New York. 
Sec. 4050. Big Sister Creek, Evans, New York. 
Sec. 4051. Finger Lakes, New York. 
Sec. 4052. Lake Erie Shoreline, Buffalo, New York. 
Sec. 4053. Newtown Creek, New York. 
Sec. 4054. Niagara River, New York. 
Sec. 4055. Shore Parkway Greenway, Brooklyn, New York. 
Sec. 4056. Upper Delaware River Watershed, New York. 
Sec. 4057. Lincoln County, North Carolina. 
Sec. 4058. Wilkes County, North Carolina. 
Sec. 4059. Yadkinville, North Carolina. 
Sec. 4060. Lake Erie, Ohio. 
Sec. 4061. Ohio River, Ohio. 
Sec. 4062. Ecosystem restoration and fish passage improvements, Oregon. 
Sec. 4063. Walla Walla River Basin, Oregon. 
Sec. 4064. Chartiers Creek Watershed, Pennsylvania. 
Sec. 4065. Kinzua Dam and Allegheny Reservoir, Pennsylvania. 
Sec. 4066. Western Pennsylvania flood damage reduction, Pennsylvania.
Sec. 4067. Williamsport, Pennsylvania. 
Sec. 4068. Yardley Borough, Pennsylvania. 
Sec. 4069. Rio Valenciano, Juncos, Puerto Rico. 
Sec. 4070. Crooked Creek, Bennettsville, South Carolina. 
Sec. 4071. Broad River, York County, South Carolina. 
Sec. 4072. Chattanooga, Tennessee. 
Sec. 4073. Cleveland, Tennessee. 
Sec. 4074. Cumberland River, Nashville, Tennessee. 
Sec. 4075. Lewis, Lawrence, and Wayne Counties, Tennessee. 
Sec. 4076. Wolf River and Nonconnah Creek, Memphis Tennessee. 
Sec. 4077. Abilene, Texas. 
Sec. 4078. Coastal Texas ecosystem protection and restoration, Texas. 
Sec. 4079. Port of Galveston, Texas. 
Sec. 4080. Grand County and Moab, Utah. 
Sec. 4081. Southwestern Utah. 
Sec. 4082. Chowan River Basin, Virginia and North Carolina. 
Sec. 4083. Elliott Bay Seawall, Seattle, Washington. 
Sec. 4084. Monongahela River Basin, northern West Virginia. 
Sec. 4085. Kenosha Harbor, Wisconsin. 
Sec. 4086. Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. 
Sec. 4087. Johnsonville Dam, Johnsonville, Wisconsin. 
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS 
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 River enhancement project. 
Sec. 5012. Great Lakes fishery and ecosystem restoration. 
Sec. 5013. Great Lakes remedial action plans and sediment remediation. 
Sec. 5014. Great Lakes tributary models. 
Sec. 5015. Great Lakes navigation. 
Sec. 5016. Great lakes pilot project. 
Sec. 5017. Saint Lawrence Seaway. 
Sec. 5018. Upper Mississippi River dispersal barrier project. 
Sec. 5019. Susquehanna, Delaware, and Potomac River Basins, Delaware, 
Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. 
Sec. 5020. Chesapeake Bay environmental restoration and protection program. 
Sec. 5021. Hypoxia assessment. 
Sec. 5022. Potomac River watershed assessment and tributary strategy evalua-
tion and monitoring program. 
Sec. 5023. Lock and dam security. 
Sec. 5024. Rehabilitation. 
Sec. 5025. Research and development program for Columbia and Snake River 
salmon survival. 
Sec. 5026. Auburn, Alabama. 
Sec. 5027. Pinhook Creek, Huntsville, Alabama.