‘‘(k) USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) NON-FEDERAL INTEREST.—The non-Federal 
interest for a project described in this section 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 the cost of such 
project if such funds are authorized to be used to 
carry out such project. 
‘‘(2) OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES.—The non-Fed-
eral 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 Secretary, 
with the consent of the affected local government, if 
such funds are authorized to be used to carry out such 
project. Before initiating a project to which this para-
graph applies, the Secretary shall enter into an agree-
ment with a non-Federal interest in which the non-
Federal interest agrees to pay 100 percent of the cost 
of operation, maintenance, replacement, and rehabili-
tation of the project.’’. 
(b) REPEAL.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 145 of the Water Re-
sources 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repealed.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 following: 
(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, American 
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 juris-
dictional area of an Oklahoma Indian tribe, as determined 
by the Secretary of the Interior, and are recognized 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 Na-
tive Regional Corporation or an Alaska Native Village Cor-
poration (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.’’.