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of which such sums as become available from fees collected 
under section 217 of Public Law 104–303 shall be used 
to cover the cost of operation and maintenance of the 
dredged material disposal facilities for which such fees 
have been collected: Provided, That 1 percent of the total 
amount of funds provided for each of the programs, 
projects, or activities funded under this heading shall not 
be allocated to a field operating activity prior to the begin-
ning of the fourth quarter of the fiscal year and shall be 
available for use by the Chief of Engineers to fund such 
emergency activities as the Chief of Engineers determines 
to be necessary and appropriate, and that the Chief of En-
gineers shall allocate during the fourth quarter any re-
maining funds which have not been used for emergency 
activities proportionally in accordance with the amounts 
provided for the programs, projects, or activities. 
REGULATORY PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary for administration of laws 
pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 
$200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2019. 
FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary to clean up contamination 
from sites in the United States resulting from work per-
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formed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy pro-
gram, $118,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurri-
cane, and other natural disasters and support emergency 
operations, repairs, and other activities in response to 
such disasters as authorized by law, $32,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the supervision and gen-
eral administration of the civil works program in the head-
quarters of the Corps of Engineers and the offices of the 
Division Engineers; and for costs of management and op-
eration of the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activ-
ity, the Institute for Water Resources, the United States 
Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and 
the United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Cen-
ter allocable to the civil works program, $181,000,000 (re-
duced by $1,000,000) (reduced by $325,000) (reduced by 
$500,000), to remain available until September 30, 2019, 
of which not to exceed $5,000 may be used for official 
reception and representation purposes and only during the 
current fiscal year: Provided, That no part of any other 
appropriation provided in this title shall be available to 
fund the civil works activities of the Office of the Chief 
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of Engineers or the civil works executive direction and 
management activities of the division offices: Provided fur-
ther, That any Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies ap-
propriation may be used to fund the supervision and gen-
eral administration of emergency operations, repairs, and 
other activities in response to any flood, hurricane, or 
other natural disaster. 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY 
FOR CIVIL WORKS 
For the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Civil Works as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 3016(b)(3), 
$4,764,000, to remain available until September 30, 2019: 
Provided, That not more than 75 percent of such amount 
may be obligated or expended until the Assistant Sec-
retary submits to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress a work plan that allocates at 
least 95 percent of the additional funding provided under 
each heading in this title (as designated under such head-
ing in the report of the Committee on Appropriations ac-
companying this Act) to specific programs, projects, or ac-
tivities. 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—CORPS OF 
ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 101. (a) None of the funds provided in this title 
shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a 
reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates or initiates a new program, project, 
or activity; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted by this Act; 
(4) reduces funds that are directed to be used 
for a specific program, project, or activity by this 
Act; 
(5) increases funds for any program, project, or 
activity by more than $2,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less; or 
(6) reduces funds for any program, project, or 
activity by more than $2,000,000 or 10 percent, 
whichever is less. 
(b) Subsection (a)(1) shall not apply to any project 
or activity authorized under section 205 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1948, section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 
1946, section 208 of the Flood Control Act of 1954, sec-
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tion 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960, section 
103 of the River and Harbor Act of 1962, section 111 
of the River and Harbor Act of 1968, section 1135 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1986, section 206 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, or sec-
tion 204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1992. 
(c) The Corps of Engineers shall submit reports on 
a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress detailing all the funds repro-
grammed between programs, projects, activities, or cat-
egories of funding. The first quarterly report shall be sub-
mitted not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 102. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used to award or modify any contract that 
commits funds beyond the amounts appropriated for that 
program, project, or activity that remain unobligated, ex-
cept that such amounts may include any funds that have 
been made available through reprogramming pursuant to 
section 101. 
SEC. 103. The Secretary of the Army may transfer 
to the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Fish and Wildlife 
Service may accept and expend, up to $5,400,000 of funds 
provided in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and 
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Maintenance’’ to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps 
of Engineers projects. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
for an open lake placement alternative for dredged mate-
rial, after evaluating the least costly, environmentally ac-
ceptable manner for the disposal or management of 
dredged material originating from Lake Erie or tributaries 
thereto, unless it is approved under a State water quality 
certification pursuant to section 401 of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1341); Provided further, 
That until an open lake placement alternative for dredged 
material is approved under a State water quality certifi-
cation, the Corps of Engineers shall continue upland 
placement of such dredged material consistent with the re-
quirements of section 101 of the Water Resources Devel-
opment Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211). 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used for any acquisition that is not consistent 
with 48 CFR 225.7007. 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to carry out any water supply reallocation 
study under the Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland, Ken-
tucky, project authorized under the Act of July 24, 1946 
(60 Stat. 636, ch. 595). 
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SEC. 107. Notwithstanding section 404(f)(2) of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1344(f)(2)), none of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to require a permit for the discharge of 
dredged or fill material under the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) for the activities 
identified in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of section 
404(f)(1) of the Act (33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(1)(A), (C)). 
SEC. 108. (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Administrator 
of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary 
of the Army may withdraw the Waters of the United 
States rule without regard to any provision of statute or 
regulation that establishes a requirement for such with-
drawal. 
(b) EFFECT OF WITHDRAWAL.—Except as otherwise 
provided by any Act or rule that takes effect after the date 
of enactment of this Act, if the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the 
Army withdraw the Waters of the United States rule 
under subsection (a), the Administrator and Secretary 
shall implement the provisions of law under which such 
rule was issued in accordance with the regulations and 
guidance in effect under such provisions immediately be-
fore the effective date of such rule. 
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(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section the term ‘‘Waters 
of the United States rule’’ means the final rule issued by 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy and the Secretary of the Army entitled ‘‘Clean Water 
Rule: Definition of ‘Waters of the United States’ ’’ on 
June 29, 2015 (80 Fed. Reg. 37053). 
SEC. 109. As of the date of enactment of this Act 
and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary of the Army 
shall not promulgate or enforce any regulation that pro-
hibits an individual from possessing a firearm, including 
an assembled or functional firearm, at a water resources 
development project covered under section 327.0 of title 
36, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date 
of enactment of this Act), if— 
(1) the individual is not otherwise prohibited by 
law from possessing the firearm; and 
(2) the possession of the firearm is in compli-
ance with the law of the State in which the water 
resources development project is located. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Central 
Utah Project Completion Act, $8,983,000, to remain 
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available until expended, of which $898,000 shall be de-
posited into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Con-
servation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Miti-
gation and Conservation Commission: Provided, That of 
the amount provided under this heading, $1,450,000 shall 
be available until September 30, 2019, for expenses nec-
essary in carrying out related responsibilities of the Sec-
retary of the Interior: Provided further, That for fiscal 
year 2018, of the amount made available to the Commis-
sion under this Act or any other Act, the Commission may 
use an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 for administra-
tive expenses. 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
The following appropriations shall be expended to 
execute authorized functions of the Bureau of Reclama-
tion: 
WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For management, development, and restoration of 
water and related natural resources and for related activi-
ties, including the operation, maintenance, and rehabilita-
tion of reclamation and other facilities, participation in 
fulfilling related Federal responsibilities to Native Ameri-
cans, and related grants to, and cooperative and other 
agreements with, State and local governments, federally 
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recognized Indian tribes, and others, $1,091,790,000, to 
remain available until expended, of which $67,693,000 
shall be available for transfer to the Upper Colorado River 
Basin Fund and $5,551,000 shall be available for transfer 
to the Lower Colorado River Basin Development Fund; 
of which such amounts as may be necessary may be ad-
vanced to the Colorado River Dam Fund: Provided, That 
such transfers may be increased or decreased within the 
overall appropriation under this heading: Provided further, 
That of the total appropriated, the amount for program 
activities that can be financed by the Reclamation Fund 
or the Bureau of Reclamation special fee account estab-
lished by 16 U.S.C. 6806 shall be derived from that Fund 
or account: Provided further, That funds contributed 
under 43 U.S.C. 395 are available until expended for the 
purposes for which the funds were contributed: Provided 
further, That funds advanced under 43 U.S.C. 397a shall 
be credited to this account and are available until ex-
pended for the same purposes as the sums appropriated 
under this heading: Provided further, That of the amounts 
provided herein, funds may be used for high-priority 
projects which shall be carried out by the Youth Conserva-
tion Corps, as authorized by 16 U.S.C. 1706. 
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CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT RESTORATION FUND 
For carrying out the programs, projects, plans, habi-
tat restoration, improvement, and acquisition provisions of 
the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, $41,376,000, 
to be derived from such sums as may be collected in the 
Central Valley Project Restoration Fund pursuant to sec-
tions 3407(d), 3404(c)(3), and 3405(f) of Public Law 
102–575, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the Bureau of Reclamation is directed to assess and 
collect the full amount of the additional mitigation and 
restoration payments authorized by section 3407(d) of 
Public Law 102–575: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available under this heading may be used for 
the acquisition or leasing of water for in-stream purposes 
if the water is already committed to in-stream purposes 
by a court adopted decree or order. 
CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Water 
Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act, 
consistent with plans to be approved by the Secretary of 
the Interior, $37,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which such amounts as may be necessary to 
carry out such activities may be transferred to appropriate 
accounts of other participating Federal agencies to carry 
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