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improvements under this section, the Secretaries shall consider 
reasonable modifications to existing authorized activities, including 
a potential auxiliary spillway. In conducting such activities, the 
Secretaries are authorized to expend funds for coordinated technical 
reviews and joint planning, and preliminary design activities. 
(b) SECRETARY’S ROLE.—Section 134 of Public Law 108–137 
(117 Stat. 1842) is modified to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 134. BRIDGE AUTHORIZATION. 
‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
the Army $30,000,000 for the construction of the permanent bridge 
described in section 128(a), above the $36,000,000 provided for 
in the recommended plan for bridge construction. The $30,000,000 
shall not be subject to cost sharing requirements with non-Federal 
interests.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING CHANGE.—Section 128(a) of Public Law 108–
137 (117 Stat. 1838) is modified by deleting ‘‘above the $36,000,000 
provided for in the recommended plan for bridge construction,’’ 
and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘above the sum of the 
$36,000,000 provided for in the recommended plan for bridge 
construction and the amount authorized to be appropriated by 
section 134, as amended,’’. 
(d) MAXIMUM COST OF PROJECT.—The costs cited in subsections 
(b) and (c) shall be adjusted to allow for increases pursuant to 
section 902 of Public Law 99–662 (100 Stat. 4183). For purposes 
of making adjustments pursuant to this subsection, the date of 
authorization of the bridge project shall be December 1, 2003. 
(e) EXPEDITED CONSTRUCTION.—The Secretary, in coordination 
with the Secretary of the Interior and affected non-Federal officials 
(including the City of Folsom, California), shall expedite construc-
tion of a new bridge and associated roadway authorized in Public 
Law 108–137. The Secretary, to the extent practicable, may con-
struct such work in a manner that is compatible with the design 
and construction of authorized projects for flood damage reduction 
and dam safety. The Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior 
shall expedite actions under their respective jurisdictions to facili-
tate timely completion of construction. 
(f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of the Army, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of the Interior and non-Federal 
interests, shall report to Congress within ninety days of the date 
of enactment of this Act, and at four-month intervals thereafter, 
on the status and schedule of planning, design and construction 
activity. 
SEC. 129. JACKSONVILLE HARBOR, FLORIDA.—(a) The project 
for navigation, Jacksonville Harbor, Florida, authorized by section 
101(a)(17) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 
Stat. 276), is modified to authorize the Secretary to extend the 
navigation features in accordance with the Report of the Chief 
of Engineers, dated July 22, 2003, at a total cost of $14,658,000, 
with an estimated Federal cost of $9,636,000 and an estimated 
non-Federal cost of $5,022,000. 
(b) The non-Federal share of the costs of the General Reevalua-
tion Reports on the Jacksonville Harbor which were begun prior 
to August 2004, shall be consistent with the non-Federal costs 
in implementing the overall construction project.
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SEC. 130. Section 594(g) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 383) is amended by striking ‘‘$60,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$240,000,000’’. 
SEC. 131. ONONDAGA LAKE, NEW YORK.—Section 573 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 372) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (f) by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$30,000,000’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections 
(g) and (h), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (e) the following: 
‘‘(f) NONPROFIT ENTITIES.—Notwithstanding section 221(b) of 
the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b(b)), 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.’’. 
SEC. 132. WHITE
RIVER
BASIN, ARKANSAS.—(a) MINIMUM 
FLOWS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized and directed 
to implement alternatives BS–3 and NF–7, as described in 
the White River Minimum Flows Reallocation Study Report, 
Arkansas and Missouri, dated July 2004. 
(2) COST SHARING AND ALLOCATION.—Reallocation of stor-
age and planning, design and construction of White River Min-
imum Flows project facilities shall be considered fish and wild-
life enhancement that provides national benefits and shall be 
a Federal expense in accordance with section 906(e) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2283(e)). 
The non-Federal interests shall provide relocations or modifica-
tions to public and private lakeside facilities at Bull Shoals 
Lake and Norfork Lake to allow reasonable continued use of 
the facilities with the storage reallocation as determined by 
the Secretary in consultation with the non-Federal interests. 
Operations and maintenance costs of the White River Minimum 
Flows project facilities shall be 100 percent Federal. All Federal 
costs for the White River Minimum Flows project shall be 
considered non-reimbursable. 
(3) IMPACTS ON NON-FEDERAL PROJECT.—The Administrator 
of Southwestern Power Administration, in consultation with 
the project licensee and the relevant state public utility commis-
sions, shall determine any impacts on electric energy and 
capacity generated at Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
Project No. 2221 caused by the storage reallocation at Bull 
Shoals Lake, based on data and recommendations provided 
by the relevant state public utility commissions. The licensee 
of Project No. 2221 shall be fully compensated by the Corps 
of Engineers for those impacts on the basis of the present 
value of the estimated future lifetime replacement costs of 
the electrical energy and capacity at the time of implementation 
of the White River Minimum Flows project. Such costs shall 
be included in the costs of implementing the White River Min-
imum Flows project and allocated in accordance with subsection 
(a)(2) above. 
(4) OFFSET.—In carrying out this subsection, losses to the 
Federal hydropower purpose of the Bull Shoals and Norfork 
Projects shall be offset by a reduction in the costs allocated 
to the Federal hydropower purpose. Such reduction shall be
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determined by the Administrator of the Southwestern Power 
Administration on the basis of the present value of the esti-
mated future lifetime replacement cost of the electrical energy 
and capacity at the time of implementation of the White River 
Minimum Flows project. 
(b) 
FISH
HATCHERY.—In 
constructing, 
operating, 
and 
maintaining the fish hatchery at Beaver Lake, Arkansas, authorized 
by section 105 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 
(90 Stat. 2921), losses to the Federal hydropower purpose of the 
Beaver Lake Project shall be offset by a reduction in the costs 
allocated to the Federal hydropower purpose. Such reduction shall 
be determined by the Administrator of the Southwestern Power 
Administration based on the present value of the estimated future 
lifetime replacement cost of the electrical energy and capacity at 
the time operation of the hatchery begins. 
(c) REPEAL.—Section 374 of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 321) and section 304 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–541) are repealed. 
SEC. 133. CALCASIEU SHIP CHANNEL, LOUISIANA. (a) IN GEN-
ERAL.—At such time as Pujo Heirs and Westland Corporation convey 
all right, title, and interest in and to the real property described 
in paragraph (b)(1) to the United States, the Secretary shall convey 
all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the 
real property described in paragraph (b)(2) to Pujo Heirs and 
Westland Corporation. 
(b) LAND DESCRIPTION.—The parcels of land referred to in 
paragraph (a) are the following: 
(1) NON-FEDERAL
INTEREST
IN
LAND.—An easement for 
placement of dredged materials over a contiguous equivalent 
area to the real property described in subparagraph (2). The 
parcels on which such an easement may be exchanged is all 
of the area within the diked or confined boundaries of the 
Corps of Engineers Dredge Material Placement Area M com-
prising Tract 128E, Tract 129E, Tract 131E, Tract 41A, Tract 
42, Tract 132E, Tract 130E, Tract 134E, Tract 133E–3, Tract 
140E, or some combination thereof. 
(2) FEDERAL INTEREST IN LAND.—An easement for place-
ment of dredged materials over an area in Cameron Parish, 
Louisiana, known as portions of Government Tract Numbers 
139E–2 and 48 (both tracts on the west shore of the Calcasieu 
Ship Channel), and other tracts known as Corps of Engineers 
Dredge Material Placement Area O. 
(c) CONDITIONS.—The exchange of real property under para-
graph (1) shall be subject to the following conditions: 
(1) DEEDS.—
(A) NON-FEDERAL LAND.—The conveyance of the real 
property described in paragraph (b)(1) to the Secretary 
shall be by a warranty deed acceptable to the Secretary. 
(B) FEDERAL LAND.—The conveyance of the real prop-
erty described in paragraph (b)(2) to Pujo Heirs and 
Westland Corporation shall be by a quitclaim deed. 
(2) TIME LIMIT FOR EXCHANGE.—The land exchange under 
paragraph (a) shall be completed not later than six months 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(3) INCREMENTAL COSTS.—As determined by the Secretary, 
incremental costs to the Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal 
District associated with the preparation of the area and the
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placement of dredge material in the new disposal easement 
area, paragraph (b)(1), including, site preparation costs, associ-
ated testing, permitting, mitigation and diking costs associated 
with such new disposal easement over the costs that would 
have been incurred in the placement of dredge material in 
the old disposal easement area, paragraph (b)(2) (comprising 
all of Corps of Engineers Dredge Material Placement Area 
O) up to the disposal capacity equivalent of the property 
described in paragraph (b)(2), shall be made available by the 
Owners. Owners shall make appropriated guarantees, as agreed 
to by the Secretary, that funds will be available as needed 
to cover such incremental costs. The Lake Charles Harbor 
and Terminal District, as local sponsor for the Calcasieu Ship 
Channel Project, shall not be assessed or caused to incur any 
costs arising out of, associated with or as a consequence of 
the land exchange authorized under paragraph (a). 
(d) VALUE OF PROPERTIES.—If the appraised fair market value, 
as determined by the Secretary, of the real property conveyed 
to Pujo Heirs and Westland Corporation by the Secretary under 
paragraph (a) exceeds the appraised fair market value, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, of the real property conveyed to the United 
States by Pujo Heirs and Westland Corporation under paragraph 
(a), Pujo Heirs and Westland Corporation shall make a payment 
to the United States equal to the excess in cash or a cash equivalent 
that is satisfactory to the Secretary. 
SEC. 134. PROJECT
MODIFICATION.—(a) IN
GENERAL.—The 
project for flood damage reduction, environmental restoration, recre-
ation, Johnson Creek, Arlington, Texas, authorized by section 
101(b)(14) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 
Stat. 280–281) is modified—
(1) to deauthorize the ecosystem restoration portion of the 
project that consists of approximately 90 acres of land located 
between Randol Mill and the Union Pacific East/West line; 
and 
(2) to authorize the Secretary of the Army to design and 
construct an ecosystem restoration project on lands identified 
in subsection (c) that will provide the same or greater level 
of national ecosystem restoration benefits as the portion of 
the project described in paragraph (1). 
(b) CREDIT TOWARD FEDERAL SHARE.—The Secretary of the 
Army shall credit toward the Federal share of the cost of the 
modified project the costs incurred by the Secretary to carry out 
the project as originally authorized under section 101(b)(14) of 
the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 280). 
The non-Federal interest shall not be responsible for reimbursing 
the Secretary for any amount credited under this subsection. 
(c) COMPARABLE PROPERTY.—Not later than 6 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the City of Arlington, Texas, 
shall identify lands, acceptable to the Secretary of the Army, 
amounting to not less than 90 acres within the City, where an 
ecosystem restoration project may be constructed to provide the 
same or greater level of National ecosystem restoration benefits 
as the land described in subsection (a)(1). 
SEC. 135. Funds made available in Public Law 105–62 and 
Public Law 105–245 for Hudson River, Athens, New York, shall 
be available for projects in the Catskill/Delaware watersheds in 
Delaware and Greene Counties, New York, under the authority