$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) 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) 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.’’; 
(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