‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may enter 
into cost sharing agreements with one or more non-
Federal public interests with respect to a project, or 
group of projects within a geographic region if appro-
priate, for the acquisition, design, construction, man-
agement, or operation of a dredged material proc-
essing, treatment, contaminant reduction, or disposal 
facility (including any facility used to demonstrate 
potential beneficial uses of dredged material, which 
may include effective sediment contaminant reduction 
technologies) using funds provided in whole or in part 
by the Federal Government. One or more of the par-
ties of the agreement may perform the acquisition, de-
sign, construction, management, or operation of a 
dredged material processing, treatment, or disposal 
facility. If appropriate, the Secretary may combine 
portions of separate construction or maintenance ap-
propriations from separate Federal projects with the 
appropriate combined cost sharing between the var-
ious projects when the facility serves to manage 
dredged material from multiple Federal projects lo-
cated in the geographic region of the facility. 
‘‘(2) PUBLIC FINANCING.—
‘‘(A) AGREEMENTS.—
‘‘(i) SPECIFIED
FEDERAL
FUNDING 
SOURCES
AND
COST
SHARING.—The cost-
sharing agreement used shall clearly specify 
the Federal funding sources and combined 
cost sharing when applicable to multiple 
Federal navigation projects and the respon-
sibilities and risks of each of the parties re-
lated to present and future dredged material 
managed by the facility. 
‘‘(ii) MANAGEMENT OF SEDIMENTS.—
The cost-sharing agreement may include the 
management of sediments from the mainte-
nance dredging of Federal navigation 
projects that do not have partnership agree-
ments. The cost-sharing agreement may 
allow the non-Federal sponsor to receive re-
imbursable payments from the Federal Gov-
ernment for commitments made by the 
sponsor for disposal or placement capacity 
at dredged material treatment, processing, 
contaminant reduction, or disposal facili-
ties. 
‘‘(iii) 
CREDIT.—The 
cost-sharing 
agreement may allow costs incurred prior to 
execution of a partnership agreement for
construction or the purchase of equipment 
or capacity for the project to be credited ac-
cording to existing cost-sharing rules. 
‘‘(B) CREDIT.—Nothing in this subsection 
supersedes or modifies existing agreements be-
tween the Federal Government and any non-Fed-
eral sponsors for the cost sharing, construction, 
and operation and maintenance of Federal navi-
gation projects. Subject to the approval of the 
Secretary and in accordance with existing laws, 
regulations, and policies, a non-Federal public 
sponsor of a Federal navigation project may seek 
credit for funds provided in the acquisition, de-
sign, construction, management, or operation of 
a dredged material processing, treatment, or dis-
posal facility to the extent the facility is used to 
manage dredged material from the Federal navi-
gation project. The non-Federal sponsor shall be 
responsible for providing all necessary lands, 
easements, rights-of-way, or relocations associ-
ated with the facility and shall receive credit for 
these items.’’; and 
(3) in each of subsections (d)(1) and (d)(2)(A), 
as so redesignated—
(A) by inserting ‘‘and maintenance’’ after 
‘‘operation’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘processing, treatment, or’’ 
after ‘‘dredged material’’ the first place it ap-
pears. 
SEC. 2010. WETLANDS MITIGATION. 
In carrying out a water resources project that involves 
wetlands mitigation and that has impacts that occur within 
the service area of a mitigation bank, the Secretary, to the 
maximum extent practicable and where appropriate, shall 
give preference to the use of the mitigation bank if the bank 
contains sufficient available credits to offset the impact and 
the bank is approved in accordance with the Federal Guid-
ance for the Establishment, Use and Operation of Mitiga-
tion 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 development 
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 surface acces-
sible port or harbor; or 
(B) the project would be located in the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, or American 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.