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and other water resources development enacted after No-
vember 8, 1966, and before January 1, 2006, shall be 
compiled under the direction of the Secretary and the 
Chief of Engineers and printed for the use of the Depart-
ment of the Army, Congress, and the general public. The 
Secretary shall reprint the volumes containing such laws 
enacted before November 8, 1966. In addition, the Sec-
retary shall include an index in each volume so compiled 
or reprinted. Not later than December 1, 2006, the Sec-
retary shall transmit at least 25 copies of each such vol-
ume to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works of the Senate. The Sec-
retary shall also ensure that such compilations are avail-
able through electronic means, including the Internet. 
SEC. 2009. DREDGED MATERIAL DISPOSAL. 
Section 217 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1996 (33 U.S.C. 2326a; 110 Stat. 3694–3696) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) GOVERNMENTAL PARTNERSHIPS.—
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‘‘(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 ap-
propriate, for the acquisition, design, construction, 
management, or operation of a dredged material 
processing, treatment, contaminant reduction, or 
disposal facility (including any facility used to dem-
onstrate potential beneficial uses of dredged mate-
rial, which may include effective sediment contami-
nant reduction technologies) using funds provided in 
whole or in part by the Federal Government. One or 
more of the parties of the agreement may perform 
the acquisition, design, construction, management, 
or operation of a dredged material processing, treat-
ment, or disposal facility. If appropriate, the Sec-
retary may combine portions of separate construc-
tion or maintenance appropriations from separate 
Federal projects with the appropriate combined cost 
sharing between the various projects when the facil-
ity serves to manage dredged material from multiple 
Federal projects located in the geographic region of 
the facility. 
‘‘(2) PUBLIC FINANCING.— 
‘‘(A) AGREEMENTS.—
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‘‘(i) SPECIFIED
FEDERAL
FUNDING 
SOURCES AND COST SHARING.—The cost- 
sharing agreement used shall clearly speci-
fy the Federal funding sources and com-
bined cost sharing when applicable to mul-
tiple Federal navigation projects and the 
responsibilities and risks of each of the 
parties related 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 
maintenance dredging of Federal naviga-
tion projects that do not have partnership 
agreements. The cost-sharing agreement 
may allow the non-Federal sponsor to re-
ceive reimbursable payments from the Fed-
eral Government for commitments made by 
the sponsor for disposal or placement ca-
pacity at dredged material treatment, proc-
essing, contaminant reduction, or disposal 
facilities. 
‘‘(iii) 
CREDIT.—The 
cost-sharing 
agreement may allow costs incurred prior 
to execution of a partnership agreement
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for construction or the purchase of equip-
ment or capacity for the project to be cred-
ited according to existing cost-sharing 
rules. 
‘‘(B) CREDIT.—Nothing in this subsection 
supersedes or modifies existing agreements be-
tween the Federal Government and any non- 
Federal sponsors for the cost sharing, construc-
tion, and operation and maintenance of Federal 
navigation 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 acqui-
sition, design, construction, management, or op-
eration of a dredged material processing, treat-
ment, or disposal facility to the extent the facil-
ity is used to manage dredged material from 
the Federal navigation project. The non-Federal 
sponsor shall be responsible for providing all 
necessary lands, easements, rights-of-way, or 
relocations associated 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—