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Katrina and other hurricanes of the 2005 season,
$595,300,000, to remain available until expended, of which
up to $100,000,000 may be used to reduce the risk of storm
damage to the greater New Orleans metropolitan area, at
full Federal expense, by restoring the surrounding wetlands
through measures to begin to reverse wetland losses in areas
affected by navigation, oil and gas, and other channels and
through modification of the Caernarvon Freshwater Diver-
sion structure or its operations; at least $495,300,000 shall
be used consistent with the cost-sharing provisions under
which the projects were originally constructed to raise levee
heights where necessary and otherwise enhance the existing
Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity project and the existing
West Bank and Vicinity project to provide the levels of pro-
tection necessary to achieve the certification required for
participation in the National Flood Insurance Program
under the base flood elevations current at the time of this
construction: Provided, That any project using funds ap-
propriated herein shall be initiated only after non-Federal
interests have entered into binding agreements with the Sec-
retary of the Army to pay 100 percent of the operation,
maintenance, repair, replacement and rehabilitation costs
of the project and to hold and save the United States free
from damages due to the construction or operation and
maintenance of the project, except for damages due to the
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fault or negligence of the United States or its contractors:
Provided further, That Congress designates this amount as
an emergency requirement for these specific purposes: Pro-
vided further, That the amount provided under this heading
is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concur-
rent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006.
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’ for nec-
essary expenses related to other disasters, $39,000,000, to
remain available until expended: Provided, That the
amount provided under this heading is designated as an
emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con.
Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the
budget for fiscal year 2006: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of the Army acting through the Chief of Engineers
is directed to use funds appropriated herein for disaster and
other emergency needs, of which up to $7,100,000 is for
South Sacramento Streams, California; up to $23,300,000
is for the Sacramento River Bank Protection, California;
up to $5,100,000 is for American River (Common Fea-
tures), California; up to $1,500,000 is for North Padre Is-
land, Texas; and up to $2,000,000 shall be provided at full
Federal expense for the Hawaii water systems technical as-
sistance program: Provided further, That the amount shall
be available for the projects identified above and only to
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the extent that an official budget request for a specific dollar
amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of
the request as an emergency requirement, is transmitted by
the President to the Congress.
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Main-
tenance’’ to dredge navigation channels and repair other
Corps projects related to the consequences of Hurricane
Katrina and other hurricanes of the 2005 season,
$3,200,000 to remain available until expended: Provided,
That the amount provided under this heading is designated
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of
H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution
on the budget for fiscal year 2006: Provided further, That
the Secretary of the Army acting through the Chief of Engi-
neers is directed to use funds appropriated herein for dredg-
ing needs along the Texas gulf coast, of which up to
$2,000,000 is for Freeport Harbor, Texas; and up to
$1,200,000 is for Texas City, Texas: Provided further, That
the amount shall be available only for the projects identified
above and to the extent that an official budget request for
a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the
entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement,
is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
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FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES
For an additional amount for ‘‘Flood Control and
Coastal Emergencies’’, as authorized by section 5 of the Act
of August 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n), for necessary expenses
relating to the consequences of Hurricane Katrina and other
hurricanes of the 2005 season, $3,299,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of
the Army is directed to use the funds appropriated under
this heading to modify, at full Federal expense, authorized
projects in southeast Louisiana to provide hurricane and
storm damage reduction and flood damage reduction in the
greater New Orleans and surrounding areas; of the funds
appropriated under this heading, $200,000,000 shall be
used for section 2401; $530,000,000 shall be used to modify
the 17th Street, Orleans Avenue, and London Avenue drain-
age canals and install pumps and closure structures at or
near the lakefront; $250,000,000 shall be used for storm-
proofing interior pump stations to ensure the operability
of the stations during hurricanes, storms, and high water
events; $170,000,000 shall be used for armoring critical ele-
ments of the New Orleans hurricane and storm damage re-
duction system; $350,000,000 shall be used to improve pro-
tection 
at 
the 
Inner 
Harbor 
Navigation 
Canal;
$215,000,000 shall be used to replace or modify certain non-
Federal levees in Plaquemines Parish to incorporate the lev-
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ees into the existing New Orleans to Venice hurricane pro-
tection project; and $1,584,000,000 shall be used for rein-
forcing or replacing flood walls, as necessary, in the existing
Lake Pontchartrain and vicinity project and the existing
West Bank and vicinity project to improve the performance
of the systems: Provided further, That any project using
funds appropriated under this heading shall be initiated
only after non-Federal interests have entered into binding
agreements with the Secretary to pay 100 percent of the
operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabili-
tation costs of the project and to hold and save the United
States free from damages due to the construction or oper-
ation and maintenance of the project, except for damages
due to the fault or negligence of the United States or its
contractors: Provided further, That the amount provided
under this heading is designated as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal
year 2006.
For an additional amount for ‘‘Flood Control and
Coastal Emergencies’’, as authorized by section 5 of the Act
of August 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n), for necessary expenses
relating 
to 
those 
hurricanes 
and 
other 
disasters,
$17,500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That the amount provided under this heading is designated