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(i) the alteration or relocation of any 
existing facilities, utilities, roads, or similar 
improvements on such lands; and 
(ii) the right-of-way for such facilities, 
utilities, or improvements, as a pre-condi-
tion of any release or extinguishment of 
the deed reservations. 
(2) CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary may convey 
to the city of Lowell, Oregon, at fair market value 
the parcel of land situated in the city of Lowell, Or-
egon, at fair market value consisting of the strip of 
federally-owned lands located northeast of West 
Boundary Road between Hyland Lane and the city 
of Lowell’s eastward city limits. 
(3) ADMINISTRATIVE
COST.—Notwithstanding 
paragraphs (1) and (2), the city of Lowell, Oregon, 
shall pay the administrative costs incurred by the 
United States to execute the release and extinguish-
ment of the deed reservations under paragraph (1) 
and the conveyance under paragraph (2). 
(g) RICHARD B. RUSSELL LAKE, SOUTH CARO-
LINA.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall convey 
to the State of South Carolina, by quitclaim deed, 
at fair market value, all right, title, and interest of 
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the United States in and to the real property de-
scribed in paragraph (2) that is managed, as of the 
date of enactment of this Act, by the South Carolina 
department of commerce for public recreation pur-
poses for the Richard B. Russell Dam and Lake, 
South Carolina, project authorized by section 203 of 
the Flood Control Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 1420). 
(2) LAND DESCRIPTION.—Subject to paragraph 
(3), the real property referred to in paragraph (1) 
is the parcel contained in the portion of real prop-
erty described in Army Lease Number DACW21–1– 
92–0500. 
(3) RESERVATION OF INTERESTS.—The United 
States shall reserve— 
(A) ownership of all real property included 
in the lease referred to in paragraph (2) that 
would have been acquired for operational pur-
poses in accordance with the 1971 implementa-
tion of the 1962 Army/Interior Joint Acquisi-
tion Policy; and 
(B) such other rights and interests in and 
to the real property to be conveyed as the Sec-
retary 
considers 
necessary 
for 
authorized 
project purposes, including easement rights-of- 
way to remaining Federal land. 
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(4) NO EFFECT ON SHORE MANAGEMENT POL-
ICY.—The Shoreline Management Policy (ER–1130– 
2–406) of the Corps of Engineers shall not be 
changed or altered for any proposed development of 
land conveyed under this subsection. 
(5) COST SHARING.—In carrying out the con-
veyance under this subsection, the Secretary and the 
State shall comply with all obligations of any cost- 
sharing agreement between the Secretary and the 
State with respect to the real property described in 
paragraph (2) in effect as of the date of the convey-
ance. 
(6) LAND
NOT
CONVEYED.—The State shall 
continue to manage the real property described in 
paragraph (3) not conveyed under this subsection in 
accordance with the terms and conditions of Army 
Lease Number DACW21–1–92–0500. 
(h) DENISON, TEXAS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall offer to 
convey at fair market value to the city of Denison, 
Texas, all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to the approximately 900 acres of land 
located in Grayson County, Texas, which is currently 
subject to an application for lease for public park 
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and recreational purposes made by the city of 
Denison, dated August 17, 2005. 
(2) SURVEY TO OBTAIN LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
The exact acreage and description of the real prop-
erty referred to in paragraph (1) shall be determined 
by a survey paid for by the city of Denison, Texas, 
that is satisfactory to the Secretary. 
(3) CONVEYANCE.—On acceptance by the city 
of Denison, Texas, of an offer under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary may immediately convey the land sur-
veyed under paragraph (2) by quitclaim deed to the 
city of Denison, Texas. 
(i) GENERALLY APPLICABLE PROVISIONS.— 
(1) SURVEY TO OBTAIN LEGAL DESCRIPTION.— 
The exact acreage and the legal description of any 
real property to be conveyed under this section shall 
be determined by a survey that is satisfactory to the 
Secretary. 
(2) APPLICABILITY OF PROPERTY SCREENING 
PROVISIONS.—Section 2696 of title 10, United 
States Code, shall not apply to any conveyance 
under this section. 
(3) ADDITIONAL
TERMS
AND
CONDITIONS.— 
The Secretary may require that any conveyance 
under this section be subject to such additional 
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terms and conditions as the Secretary considers ap-
propriate and necessary to protect the interests of 
the United States. 
(4) COSTS
OF
CONVEYANCE.—An entity to 
which a conveyance is made under this section shall 
be responsible for all reasonable and necessary costs, 
including real estate transaction and environmental 
documentation costs, associated with the conveyance. 
(5) LIABILITY.—An entity to which a convey-
ance is made under this section shall hold the 
United States harmless from any liability with re-
spect to activities carried out, on or after the date 
of the conveyance, on the real property conveyed. 
The United States shall remain responsible for any 
liability with respect to activities carried out, before 
such date, on the real property conveyed. 
SEC. 3125. EXTINGUISHMENT OF REVERSIONARY INTER-
ESTS AND USE RESTRICTIONS. 
(a) IDAHO.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the property 
covered by each deed in paragraph (2)— 
(A) the reversionary interests and use re-
strictions relating to port and industrial use 
purposes are extinguished; 
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(B) the restriction that no activity shall be 
permitted that will compete with services and 
facilities offered by public marinas is extin-
guished; and 
(C) the human habitation or other building 
structure use restriction is extinguished if the 
elevation of the property is above the standard 
project flood elevation. 
(2) AFFECTED DEEDS.—The deeds with the fol-
lowing county auditor’s file numbers are referred to 
in paragraph (1): 
(A) Auditor’s Instrument No. 399218 of 
Nez Perce County, Idaho—2.07 acres. 
(B) Auditor’s Instrument No. 487437 of 
Nez Perce County, Idaho—7.32 acres. 
(b) LAKE TEXOMA, OKLAHOMA.— 
(1) RELEASE OF REVERSIONARY INTEREST.— 
Any reversionary interest relating to public parks 
and recreation on the land conveyed by the Sec-
retary to the State of Oklahoma at Lake Texoma 
pursuant to the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to authorize 
the sale of certain lands to the State of Oklahoma’’, 
approved June 16, 1953 (67 Stat. 63), is terminated 
as of the date of enactment of this Act. 
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(2) INSTRUMENT
OF
RELEASE.—As soon as 
practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall execute and file in the appro-
priate office a deed of release, an amended deed, or 
another appropriate instrument to release each re-
versionary interest described in subsection (a). 
(3) PRESERVATION
OF
RESERVED
RIGHTS.— 
Release of a reversionary interest in accordance with 
this section shall not be construed to affect any 
other right excepted or reserved for the United 
States in a deed of conveyance made pursuant to 
such Act of June 16, 1953. 
(c) OLD HICKORY LOCK AND DAM, CUMBERLAND 
RIVER, TENNESSEE.— 
(1) RELEASE
OF
RETAINED
RIGHTS, INTER-
ESTS, RESERVATIONS.—With respect to land con-
veyed by the Secretary to the Tennessee Society of 
Crippled Children and Adults, Incorporated (com-
monly known as ‘‘Easter Seals Tennessee’’) at Old 
Hickory Lock and Dam, Cumberland River, Ten-
nessee, under section 211 of the Flood Control Act 
of 1965 (79 Stat. 1087), the reversionary interests 
and the use restrictions relating to recreation and 
camping purposes are extinguished. 
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(2) INSTRUMENT
OF
RELEASE.—As soon as 
practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall execute and file in the appro-
priate office a deed of release, amended deed, or 
other appropriate instrument effectuating the release 
of interests required by paragraph (1). 
(d) PORT OF PASCO, WASHINGTON.— 
(1) EXTINGUISHMENT
OF
USE
RESTRICTIONS 
AND
FLOWAGE
EASEMENT.—With respect to the 
property covered by the deed in paragraph (3)(A)— 
(A) the flowage easement and human habi-
tation or other building structure use restriction 
is extinguished if the elevation of the property 
is above the standard project flood elevation; 
and 
(B) the use of fill material to raise areas 
of the property above the standard project flood 
elevation is authorized, except in any area for 
which a permit under section 404 of the Fed-
eral Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1344) is required. 
(2) EXTINGUISHMENT
OF
FLOWAGE
EASE-
MENT.—With respect to the property covered by 
each deed in paragraph (3)(B), the flowage ease-
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ment is extinguished if the elevation of the property 
is above the standard project flood elevation. 
(3) AFFECTED DEEDS.—The deeds referred to 
in paragraphs (1) and (2) are as follows: 
(A) Auditor’s File Number 262980 of 
Franklin County, Washington. 
(B) Auditor’s File Numbers 263334 and 
404398 of Franklin County, Washington. 
(e) NO EFFECT ON OTHER RIGHTS.—Nothing in this 
section affects the remaining rights and interests of the 
Corps of Engineers for authorized project purposes. 
TITLE IV—STUDIES 
SEC. 4001. JOHN GLENN GREAT LAKES BASIN PROGRAM. 
Section 455 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1999 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–21) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(g) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS
FOR STUDY.—The 
non-Federal interest may provide up to 100 percent of the 
non-Federal share required under subsection (f) in the 
form of in-kind services and materials.’’. 
SEC. 4002. LAKE ERIE DREDGED MATERIAL DISPOSAL 
SITES. 
The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the 
nature and frequency of avian botulism problems in the 
vicinity of Lake Erie associated with dredged material dis-
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posal sites and shall make recommendations to eliminate 
the conditions that result in such problems. 
SEC. 4003. SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES DROUGHT 
STUDY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordination 
with the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agri-
culture, the Secretary of Commerce, and other appropriate 
agencies, shall conduct, at Federal expense, a comprehen-
sive study of drought conditions in the southwestern 
United States, with particular emphasis on the Colorado 
River basin, the Rio Grande River basin, and the Great 
Basin. 
(b) INVENTORY
OF ACTIONS.—In conducting the 
study, the Secretary shall assemble an inventory of actions 
taken or planned to be taken to address drought-related 
situations in the southwestern United States. 
(c) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the study shall be to 
develop recommendations to more effectively address cur-
rent and future drought conditions in the southwestern 
United States. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section $7,000,000. Such funds shall remain 
available until expended. 
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SEC. 4004. DELAWARE RIVER. 
The Secretary shall review, in consultation with the 
Delaware River Basin Commission and the States of Dela-
ware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York, the re-
port of the Chief of Engineers on the Delaware River, pub-
lished as House Document Numbered 522, 87th Congress, 
Second Session, as it relates to the Mid-Delaware River 
Basin from Wilmington to Port Jervis, and any other per-
tinent reports (including the strategy for resolution of 
interstate flow management issues in the Delaware River 
Basin dated August 2004 and the National Park Service 
Lower Delaware River Management Plan (1997–1999)), 
with a view to determining whether any modifications of 
recommendations contained in the first report referred to 
are advisable at the present time, in the interest of flood 
damage reduction, ecosystem restoration, and other re-
lated problems. 
SEC. 4005. KNIK ARM, COOK INLET, ALASKA. 
The Secretary shall conduct, at Federal expense, a 
study to determine the potential impacts on navigation of 
construction of a bridge across Knik Arm, Cook Inlet, 
Alaska. 
SEC. 4006. KUSKOKWIM RIVER, ALASKA. 
The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the 
feasibility of carrying out a project for navigation, 
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Kuskokwim River, Alaska, in the vicinity of the village of 
Crooked Creek. 
SEC. 4007. ST. GEORGE HARBOR, ALASKA. 
The Secretary shall conduct, at Federal expense, a 
study to determine the feasibility of providing navigation 
improvements at St. George Harbor, Alaska. 
SEC. 4008. SUSITNA RIVER, ALASKA. 
The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the 
feasibility of carrying out a project for hydropower, recre-
ation, and related purposes on the Susitna River, Alaska. 
SEC. 4009. GILA BEND, MARICOPA, ARIZONA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a 
study to determine the feasibility of carrying out a project 
for flood damage reduction, Gila Bend, Maricopa, Arizona. 
(b) REVIEW OF PLANS.—In conducting the study, the 
Secretary shall review plans and designs developed by non- 
Federal interests and shall incorporate such plans and de-
signs into the Federal study if the Secretary determines 
that such plans and designs are consistent with Federal 
standards. 
SEC. 4010. SEARCY COUNTY, ARKANSAS. 
The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the 
feasibility of using Greers Ferry Lake as a water supply 
source for Searcy County, Arkansas. 
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SEC. 4011. ALISO CREEK, CALIFORNIA. 
The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the 
feasibility of carrying out a project for streambank protec-
tion and environmental restoration along Aliso Creek, 
California. 
SEC. 4012. ELKHORN SLOUGH ESTUARY, CALIFORNIA. 
The Secretary shall conduct a study of the Elkhorn 
Slough estuary, California, to determine the feasibility of 
conserving, enhancing, and restoring estuarine habitats by 
developing strategies to address hydrological management 
issues. 
SEC. 4013. FRESNO, KINGS, AND KERN COUNTIES, CALI-
FORNIA. 
The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the 
feasibility of carrying out a project for water supply for 
Fresno, Kings, and Kern Counties, California. 
SEC. 4014. LOS ANGELES RIVER REVITALIZATION STUDY, 
CALIFORNIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordination 
with the city of Los Angeles, shall— 
(1) prepare a feasibility study for environmental 
restoration, flood control, recreation, and other as-
pects of Los Angeles River revitalization that is con-
sistent with the goals of the Los Angeles River Revi-
talization Master Plan published by the city of Los 
Angeles; and 
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(2) consider any locally-preferred project alter-
natives developed through a full and open evaluation 
process for inclusion in the study. 
(b) USE OF EXISTING INFORMATION AND MEAS-
URES.—In preparing the study under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall use, to the maximum extent practicable— 
(1) information obtained from the Los Angeles 
River Revitalization Master Plan; and 
(2) the development process of that plan. 
(c) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized 
to construct demonstration projects in order to pro-
vide information to develop the study under sub-
section (a)(1). 
(2) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 
the cost of any project under this subsection shall be 
not more than 65 percent. 
(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection $20,000,000. 
SEC. 4015. LYTLE CREEK, RIALTO, CALIFORNIA. 
The Secretary shall conduct a study to determine the 
feasibility of carrying out a project for flood damage re-
duction and groundwater recharge, Lytle Creek, Rialto, 
California. 
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SEC. 4016. MOKELUMNE RIVER, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, 
CALIFORNIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a 
study to determine the feasibility of carrying out a project 
for water supply along the Mokelumne River, San Joaquin 
County, California. 
(b) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.— 
Nothing in this section shall be construed to invalidate, 
preempt, or create any exception to State water law, State 
water rights, or Federal or State permitted activities or 
agreements. 
SEC. 4017. NAPA RIVER, ST. HELENA, CALIFORNIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a 
comprehensive study of the Napa River in the vicinity of 
St. Helena, California, for the purposes of improving flood 
management through reconnecting the river to its flood-
plain; restoring habitat, including riparian and aquatic 
habitat; improving fish passage and water quality; and re-
storing native plant communities. 
(b) PLANS AND DESIGNS.—In conducting the study, 
the Secretary shall review plans and designs developed by 
non-Federal interests and shall incorporate such plans and 
designs into the Federal study if the Secretary determines 
that such plans and designs are consistent with Federal 
standards. 
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