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 sediment obtained in con-
nection with the construction, operation, or maintenance 
of an authorized water resources project at locations se-
lected by a non-Federal entity for use in the construction, 
repair, or rehabilitation of projects determined by the Sec-
retary to be in the public interest and associated with navi-
gation, flood damage reduction, hydroelectric power, mu-
nicipal and industrial water supply, agricultural water
supply, recreation, hurricane and storm damage reduction, 
aquatic plant control, and environmental protection 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) SPECIAL RULE.—Construction of a project 
under subsection (a) for one or more of the purposes of 
protection, restoration, or creation of aquatic and eco-
logically related habitat, the cost of which does not exceed 
$750,000 and which will be located in a disadvantaged 
community as determined by the Secretary, may be car-
ried out at Federal expense. 
‘‘(f) 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 water resources project in the most cos-
effective way, consistent with economic, engineering, and 
environmental criteria. 
‘‘(g) SELECTION OF SEDIMENT DISPOSAL METH-
OD.—In developing and carrying out a water resources 
project involving the disposal of sediment, 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 environ-
mental benefits, including the benefits to the aquatic envi-
ronment to be derived from the creation of wetlands and 
control of shoreline erosion. The Federal share of such in-
cremental costs shall be determined in accordance with 
subsections (d) and (f). 
‘‘(h) 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. 
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 annually for 
projects under this section of which not more than 
$3,000,000 annually may be used for construction of 
projects described in subsection (e). Such sums shall re-
main available until expended.
‘‘(j) 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 sediment ob-
tained in conjunction with the construction, operation, or 
maintenance of water resources projects, including poten-
tial beneficial uses of sediment for construction, repair, or 
rehabilitation of public projects for navigation, flood dam-
age reduction, hydroelectric power, municipal and indus-
trial water supply, agricultural water supply, recreation, 
hurricane and storm damage reduction, aquatic plant con-
trol, and environmental protection and restoration. 
‘‘(k) USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) NON-FEDERAL INTEREST.—The non-Fed-
eral interest for a project described in this section 
may use, and the Secretary shall accept, funds pro-
vided under any other Federal program, to satisfy, 
in whole or in part, the non-Federal share of the 
cost of such project if such funds are authorized to 
be used to carry out such project. 
‘‘(2) OTHER
FEDERAL
AGENCIES.—The non-
Federal share of the cost of construction of a project 
under this section may be met through contributions 
from a Federal agency made directly to the Sec-
retary, with the consent of the affected local govern-
ment, if such funds are authorized to be used to 
carry out such project. Before initiating a project to 
which this paragraph applies, the Secretary shall 
enter into an agreement with a non-Federal interest 
in which the non-Federal interest agrees to pay 100 
percent of the cost of operation, maintenance, re-
placement, and rehabilitation of the project.’’. 
(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 the fol-
lowing: 
(1) A project at Little Rock Slackwater Harbor, 
Arkansas. 
(2) A project at Egmont Key, Florida. 
(3) A project in the vicinity of Calcasieu Ship 
Channel, Louisiana.
(4) A project in the vicinity of the Smith Point 
Park Pavilion and the TWA Flight 800 Memorial, 
Brookhaven, New York. 
(5) A project in the vicinity of Morehead City, 
North Carolina. 
(6) A project in the vicinity of Galveston Bay, 
Texas. 
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. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall waive local 
cost-sharing requirements up to $500,000 for all studies 
and projects in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Amer-
ican 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 Secretary of the Interior, and are recog-
nized 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 owned by 
an Alaska Native Regional Corporation or an Alaska Na-
tive Village Corporation (as those terms are defined in the 
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et 
seq.)) or the Metlakatla Indian community. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—The non-Federal interest for 
a study or project for an area described in subsection (a) 
may use, and the Secretary shall accept, funds provided 
under any other Federal program, to satisfy, in whole or 
in part, the non-Federal share of such study or project 
if such funds are authorized to be used to carry out such 
study or project.’’. 
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-
thorized to be carried out by the Secretary, the Secretary 
shall revise the project partnership agreement for the 
project to take into account the change in Federal partici-
pation in the project. 
SEC. 2015. COST SHARING. 
An increase in the maximum amount of Federal 
funds that may be allocated for a project or an increase 
in the total cost of a project authorized to be carried out
by the Secretary shall not affect any cost-sharing require-
ment applicable to the project under title I of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211 et 
seq.). 
SEC. 2016. CREDIT FOR WORK PERFORMED BEFORE PART-
NERSHIP AGREEMENT. 
If the Secretary is authorized to credit toward the 
non-Federal share the cost of work carried out by the non-
Federal interest before the date of the partnership agree-
ment for the project and such work has not been carried 
out as of the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall enter into an agreement with the non-Federal inter-
est for the project under which the non-Federal interest 
shall carry out such work, and the credit shall apply only 
to work carried out under the agreement. 
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)—
(A) by striking ‘‘During fiscal years 1999 
through 2002, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$34,000,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$42,000,000’’; 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) in subsection (d)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (4); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (5) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) Tuscarawas River Basin, Ohio; 
‘‘(7) Sauk River Basin, Snohomish and Skagit 
Counties, Washington; 
‘‘(8) Niagara River Basin, New York; and 
‘‘(9) Genesee River Basin, New York.’’;
(2) 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 
(3) 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. 
(a) SCOPE.—Section 203(b)(1)(B) of the Water Re-
sources 
Development 
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 Secretary of the Interior as eligible 
for trust land status under part 151 of title 25, Code of 
Federal Regulations’’.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
203(e) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘2006’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2010’’. 
SEC. 2021. 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. 2022. CREDIT FOR NONCONSTRUCTION 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 
carrying out 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 
integral to the project. 
SEC. 2023. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 22 of the 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 (b)(2) by striking ‘‘Up to 1/
2 of the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; 
(5) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘(c) There is’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) FEDERAL
AND
STATE
COOPERATION.—
There is’’; 
(6) in subsection (c)(1) (as designated by para-
graph (5))—
(A) by striking ‘‘the provisions of this sec-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1);’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$1,000,000’’; 
(7) by inserting at the end of subsection (c) the 
following: 
‘‘(2) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—There is au-
thorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 annually to 
carry out subsection (a)(2), of which not more than 
$2,000,000 annually may be used by the Secretary 
to enter into cooperative agreements with nonprofit
organizations to provide assistance to rural and 
small communities.’’; 
(8) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); and 
(9) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL SUBMISSION OF PROPOSED ACTIVI-
TIES.—Concurrent with the President’s submission to 
Congress of the President’s request for appropriations for 
the Civil Works Program for a fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and In-
frastructure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 
a report describing the individual activities proposed for 
funding under subsection (a)(1) for that fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 2024. COORDINATION AND SCHEDULING OF FEDERAL, 
STATE, AND LOCAL ACTIONS. 
(a) NOTICE OF INTENT.—Upon request of the non-
Federal interest in the form of a written notice of intent 
to construct or modify a non-Federal water supply, waste-
water infrastructure, flood damage reduction, storm dam-
age reduction, ecosystem restoration, or navigation project 
that requires the approval of the Secretary, the Secretary 
shall initiate, subject to subsection (g)(1), procedures to 
establish a schedule for consolidating Federal, State, and
local agency and Indian tribe environmental assessments, 
project reviews, and issuance of all permits for the con-
struction or modification of the project. The non-Federal 
interest shall submit to the Secretary, with the notice of 
intent, studies and documentation, including environ-
mental reviews, that may be required by Federal law for 
decisionmaking on the proposed project. All States and In-
dian tribes having jurisdiction over the proposed project 
shall be invited by the Secretary, but shall not be required, 
to participate in carrying out this section with respect to 
the project. 
(b) PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS.—Within 15 days 
after receipt of notice under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall publish such notice in the Federal Register. The Sec-
retary also shall provide written notification of the receipt 
of a notice under subsection (a) to all State and local 
agencies and Indian tribes that may be required to issue 
permits for the construction of the project or related ac-
tivities. The Secretary shall solicit the cooperation of those 
agencies and request their entry into a memorandum of 
agreement described in subsection (c) with respect to the 
project. Within 30 days after publication of the notice in 
the Federal Register, State and local agencies and Indian 
tribes that intend to enter into the memorandum of agree-
ment with respect to the project shall notify the Secretary 
of their intent in writing. 
(c) SCHEDULING
AGREEMENT.—Within 90 days 
after the date of receipt of notice under subsection (a) 
with respect to a project, the Secretary of the Interior, 
the Secretary of Commerce, and the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, as necessary, and any 
State or local agencies that have notified the Secretary 
under subsection (b) shall enter into an agreement with 
the Secretary establishing a schedule of decisionmaking 
for approval of the project and permits associated with 
the project and with related activities. 
(d) CONTENTS OF AGREEMENT.—An agreement en-
tered into under subsection (c) with respect to a project, 
to the extent practicable, shall consolidate hearing and 
comment periods, procedures for data collection and re-
port preparation, and the environmental review and per-
mitting processes associated with the project and related 
activities. The agreement shall detail, to the extent pos-
sible, the non-Federal interest’s responsibilities for data 
development and information that may be necessary to 
process each permit required for the project, including a 
schedule when the information and data will be provided 
to the appropriate Federal, State, or local agency or In-
dian tribe.
(e) REVISION OF AGREEMENT.—The Secretary may 
revise an agreement entered into under subsection (c) with 
respect to a project once to extend the schedule to allow 
the non-Federal interest the minimum amount of addi-
tional time necessary to revise its original application to 
meet the objections of a Federal, State, or local agency 
or Indian tribe that is a party to the agreement. 
(f) FINAL DECISION.—Not later than the final day 
of a schedule established by an agreement entered into 
under subsection (c) with respect to a project, the Sec-
retary shall notify the non-Federal interest of the final de-
cision on the project and whether the permit or permits 
have been issued. 
(g) REIMBURSEMENT.—
(1) COSTS OF COORDINATION.—The costs in-
curred by the Secretary to establish and carry out 
a schedule to consolidate Federal, State, and local 
agency and Indian tribe environmental assessments, 
project reviews, and permit issuance for a project 
under this section shall be paid by the non-Federal 
interest. 
(2) COSTS INCURRED TO EXPEDITE PERMITS 
AND REVIEWS.—
(A) 
ACCEPTANCE
OF
NON-FEDERAL 
FUNDS.—The Secretary may accept funds from
the non-Federal interest to hire additional staff 
or obtain the services of consultants, or to pro-
vide financial, technical, and administrative 
support to agencies that have entered into an 
agreement with the Secretary under subsection 
(c) with respect to a project in order to facili-
tate the timely processing, review, and comple-
tion of applicable Federal, State, and local 
agency and Indian tribe environmental assess-
ments, project reviews, and permits for the 
project. 
(B) USE
OF
FUNDS.—Funds accepted 
under this paragraph shall be used to supple-
ment existing resources of the Secretary or a 
participating agency. 
(C) ASSURANCE
OF
LEVEL
OF
SERVICE 
AND
IMPARTIALITY.—The Secretary shall en-
sure that the Department of the Army and any 
participating agency that accepts funds under 
this paragraph shall continue to provide the 
same level of service to other projects and other 
responsibilities not covered by this section as it 
would provide, notwithstanding any activities 
carried out under this section, and that accept-
ance of such funds will not impact impartial de-