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The non-Federal interest shall be responsible for operation 
and maintenance and repair of a project for which recon-
struction is undertaken under this section. 
(c) RECONSTRUCTION DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘reconstruction’’, as used with respect to a 
project, means addressing major project deficiencies 
caused by long-term degradation of the foundation, con-
struction materials, or engineering systems or components 
of the project, the results of which render the project at 
risk of not performing in compliance with its authorized 
project purposes. In addressing such deficiencies, the Sec-
retary may incorporate current design standards and effi-
ciency improvements, including the replacement of obso-
lete mechanical and electrical components at pumping sta-
tions, if such incorporation does not significantly change 
the scope, function, and purpose of the project as author-
ized. 
(d) ELIGIBLE PROJECTS.—The following flood con-
trol projects are eligible for reconstruction under this sec-
tion: 
(1) Clear Creek Drainage and Levee District, 
Illinois. 
(2) Fort Chartres and Ivy Landing Drainage 
District, Illinois.
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(3) Wood River Drainage and Levee District, 
Illinois. 
(4) Cairo, Illinois Mainline Levee, Cairo, Illi-
nois. 
(5) Goose Pond Pump Station, Cairo, Illinois. 
(6) Cottonwood Slough Pump Station, Alex-
ander County, Illinois. 
(7) 10th and 28th Street Pump Stations, Cairo, 
Illinois. 
(8) Flood control levee projects in Brookport, 
Shawneetown, 
Old 
Shawneetown, 
Golconda, 
Rosiclare, Harrisburg, and Reevesville, Illinois. 
(e) JUSTIFICATION.—The reconstruction of a project 
authorized by this section shall not be considered a sepa-
rable element of the project. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated— 
(1) $15,000,000 to carry out the projects de-
scribed in paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection 
(d); and 
(2) $15,000,000 to carry out the projects de-
scribed in subsection (d)(8). 
Such sums shall remain available until expended.
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SEC. 5069. KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN, ILLINOIS, RESTORA-
TION. 
(a) KASKASKIA RIVER BASIN DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘Kaskaskia River Basin’’ means the 
Kaskaskia River, Illinois, its backwaters, its side channels, 
and all tributaries, including their watersheds, draining 
into the Kaskaskia River. 
(b) COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary shall de-
velop, as expeditiously as practicable, a comprehen-
sive plan for the purpose of restoring, preserving, 
and protecting the Kaskaskia River Basin. 
(2) TECHNOLOGIES
AND
INNOVATIVE
AP-
PROACHES.—The comprehensive plan shall provide 
for the development of new technologies and innova-
tive approaches— 
(A) to enhance the Kaskaskia River as a 
transportation corridor; 
(B) to improve water quality within the en-
tire Kaskaskia River Basin; 
(C) to restore, enhance, and preserve habi-
tat for plants and wildlife; 
(D) 
to 
ensure 
aquatic 
integrity 
of 
sidechannels 
and 
backwaters 
and 
their 
connectivity with the mainstem river;
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(E) to increase economic opportunity for 
agriculture and business communities; and 
(F) to reduce the impacts of flooding to 
communities and landowners. 
(3) SPECIFIC COMPONENTS.—The comprehen-
sive plan shall include such features as are necessary 
to provide for— 
(A) the development and implementation of 
a program for sediment removal technology, 
sediment characterization, sediment transport, 
and beneficial uses of sediment; 
(B) the development and implementation 
of a program for the planning, conservation, 
evaluation, and construction of measures for 
fish and wildlife habitat conservation and reha-
bilitation, and stabilization and enhancement of 
land and water resources in the basin; 
(C) the development and implementation of 
a long-term resource monitoring program; 
(D) a conveyance study of the Kaskaskia 
River floodplain from Vandalia, Illinois, to 
Carlyle Lake to determine the impacts of exist-
ing and future waterfowl improvements on flood 
stages, including detailed surveys and mapping
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information to ensure proper hydraulic and 
hydrological analysis; 
(E) the development and implementation 
of a computerized inventory and analysis sys-
tem; and 
(F) the development and implementation 
of a systemic plan to reduce flood impacts by 
means of ecosystem restoration projects. 
(4) CONSULTATION.—The comprehensive plan 
shall be developed by the Secretary in consultation 
with appropriate Federal agencies, the State of Illi-
nois, and the Kaskaskia River Watershed Associa-
tion. 
(5) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 
years after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall transmit to Congress a report con-
taining the comprehensive plan. 
(6) ADDITIONAL
STUDIES
AND
ANALYSES.— 
After transmission of a report under paragraph (5), 
the Secretary shall conduct studies and analyses of 
projects related to the comprehensive plan that are 
appropriate and consistent with this subsection. 
(c) GENERAL PROVISIONS.— 
(1) WATER QUALITY.—In carrying out activi-
ties under this section, the Secretary’s recommenda-
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tions shall be consistent with applicable State water 
quality standards. 
(2) PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.—In developing the 
comprehensive plan under subsection (b), the Sec-
retary shall implement procedures to facilitate public 
participation, including providing advance notice of 
meetings, providing adequate opportunity for public 
input 
and 
comment, 
maintaining 
appropriate 
records, and making a record of the proceedings of 
meetings available for public inspection. 
(d) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall integrate 
activities carried out under this section with ongoing Fed-
eral and State programs, projects, and activities, including 
the following: 
(1) Farm programs of the Department of Agri-
culture. 
(2) Conservation Reserve Enhancement Pro-
gram (State of Illinois) and Conservation 2000 Eco-
system Program of the Illinois Department of Nat-
ural Resources. 
(3) Conservation 2000 Conservation Practices 
Program and the Livestock Management Facilities 
Act administered by the Illinois Department of Agri-
culture.
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(4) National Buffer Initiative of the Natural 
Resources Conservation Service. 
(5) Nonpoint source grant program adminis-
tered by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agen-
cy. 
(6) Other programs that may be developed by 
the State of Illinois or the Federal Government, or 
that are carried out by non-profit organizations, to 
carry out the objectives of the Kaskaskia River 
Basin Comprehensive Plan. 
(e) COST SHARING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The non-Federal share of 
the cost of activities carried out under this section 
shall be 35 percent. 
(2) IN-KIND
SERVICES.—The Secretary may 
credit the cost of in-kind services provided by the 
non-Federal interest for an activity carried out 
under this section toward not more than 80 percent 
of the non-Federal share of the cost of the activity. 
In-kind services shall include all State funds ex-
pended on programs that accomplish the goals of 
this section, as determined by the Secretary. The 
programs may include the Kaskaskia River Con-
servation Reserve Program, the Illinois Conservation 
2000 Program, the Open Lands Trust Fund, and
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other appropriate programs carried out in the 
Kaskaskia River Basin. 
SEC. 
5070. 
FLOODPLAIN 
MAPPING, 
LITTLE 
CALUMET 
RIVER, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide as-
sistance for a project to develop maps identifying 100- and 
500-year flood inundation areas along the Little Calumet 
River, Chicago, Illinois. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Maps developed under the 
project shall include hydrologic and hydraulic information 
and shall accurately show the flood inundation of each 
property by flood risk in the floodplain. The maps shall 
be produced in a high resolution format and shall be made 
available to all flood prone areas along the Little Calumet 
River, Chicago, Illinois, in an electronic format. 
(c) PARTICIPATION OF FEMA.—The Secretary and 
the non-Federal interests for the project shall work with 
the Director of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency to ensure the validity of the maps developed under 
the project for flood insurance purposes. 
(d) FORMS OF ASSISTANCE.—In carrying out the 
project, the Secretary may enter into contracts or coopera-
tive agreements with the non-Federal interests or provide 
reimbursements of project costs.
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(e) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 
of the project shall be 50 percent. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$2,000,000. 
SEC. 5071. NATALIE CREEK, MIDLOTHIAN AND OAK FOR-
EST, ILLINOIS. 
The Secretary shall carry out a project for flood dam-
age reduction under section 205 of the Flood Control Act 
of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s), Natalie Creek, Midlothian and 
Oak Forest, Illinois, if the Secretary determines that the 
project is feasible. 
SEC. 5072. ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN RESTORATION. 
(a) 
EXTENSION
OF
AUTHORIZATION.—Section 
519(c)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 
2000 (114 Stat. 2654) is amended by striking ‘‘2004’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2010’’. 
(b) IN-KIND SERVICES.—Section 519(g)(3) of such 
Act (114 Stat. 2655) is amended by inserting before the 
period at the end of the first sentence ‘‘if such services 
are provided not more than 5 years before the date of initi-
ation of the project or activity’’. 
(c) NONPROFIT ENTITIES AND MONITORING.—Sec-
tion 519 of such Act (114 Stat. 2654) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
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‘‘(h) NONPROFIT ENTITIES.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 221(b) of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 
1962d–5b(b)), a non-Federal interest may include a non-
profit entity with the consent of the affected local govern-
ment. 
‘‘(i) MONITORING.—The Secretary shall develop an 
Illinois river basin monitoring program to support the plan 
referred to in subsection (b). Data collected under the 
monitoring program shall incorporate data provided by the 
State of Illinois and shall be publicly accessible through 
electronic means.’’. 
SEC. 5073. PROMONTORY POINT, LAKE MICHIGAN, ILLI-
NOIS. 
In carrying out the project for storm damage reduc-
tion and shoreline erosion protection, Lake Michigan, au-
thorized by section 101(a)(12) of the Water Resources De-
velopment Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3664), the Secretary 
shall reconstruct the Promontory Point section consistent 
with the original limestone step design. Additional costs 
associated with such reconstruction shall be a non-Federal 
responsibility. The costs of reconstruction not consistent 
with the original limestone step design shall be a non-Fed-
eral responsibility.
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SEC. 5074. SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. 
(a) SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘Southwest Illinois’’ means the counties of 
Madison, St. Clair, Monroe, Randolph, Perry, Franklin, 
Jackson, Union, Alexander, Pulaski, and Williamson, Illi-
nois. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary 
may establish a program to provide environmental assist-
ance to non-Federal interests in Southwest Illinois. 
(c) FORM OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance under this 
section may be in the form of design and construction as-
sistance for water-related environmental infrastructure 
and resource protection and development projects in 
Southwest Illinois, including projects for wastewater treat-
ment and related facilities, water supply and related facili-
ties, and surface water resource protection and develop-
ment. 
(d) OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary may 
provide assistance for a project under this section only if 
the project is publicly owned. 
(e) PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Before providing assistance 
under this section, the Secretary shall enter into a 
partnership agreement with a non-Federal interest 
to provide for design and construction of the project 
to be carried out with the assistance.
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(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Each partnership agree-
ment entered into under this subsection shall provide 
for the following: 
(A) PLAN.—Development by the Secretary, 
in consultation with appropriate Federal and 
State officials, of a facilities or resource protec-
tion and development plan, including appro-
priate engineering plans and specifications. 
(B) LEGAL
AND
INSTITUTIONAL
STRUC-
TURES.—Establishment of such legal and insti-
tutional structures as are necessary to ensure 
the effective long-term operation of the project 
by the non-Federal interest. 
(3) COST SHARING.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of 
the project costs under each partnership agree-
ment entered into under this subsection shall be 
75 percent. The Federal share may be in the 
form of grants or reimbursements of project 
costs. 
(B) CREDIT FOR WORK.—The non-Federal 
interests shall receive credit for the reasonable 
cost of design work on a project completed by 
the non-Federal interest before entering into a
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partnership agreement with the Secretary for 
such project. 
(C) CREDIT FOR INTEREST.—In case of a 
delay in the funding of the non-Federal share 
of a project that is the subject of an agreement 
under this section, the non-Federal interest 
shall receive credit for reasonable interest in-
curred in providing the non-Federal share of 
the project’s costs. 
(D) LAND, EASEMENTS, AND RIGHTS-OF- 
WAY CREDIT.—The non-Federal interest shall 
receive credit for land, easements, rights-of- 
way, and relocations toward the non-Federal 
share of project costs (including all reasonable 
costs associated with obtaining permits nec-
essary for the construction, operation, and 
maintenance of the project on publicly owned or 
controlled land), but not to exceed 25 percent 
of total project costs. 
(E) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.—The 
non-Federal share of operation and mainte-
nance costs for projects constructed with assist-
ance provided under this section shall be 100 
percent.
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(f) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER FEDERAL AND STATE 
LAWS.—Nothing in this section waives, limits, or other-
wise affects the applicability of any provision of Federal 
or State law that would otherwise apply to a project to 
be carried out with assistance provided under this section. 
(g) NONPROFIT ENTITIES.—Notwithstanding section 
221(b) of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 
1962d-5b(b)), for any project undertaken under this sec-
tion, a non-Federal interest may include a nonprofit enti-
ty. 
(h) CORPS OF ENGINEERS EXPENSES.—Ten percent 
of the amounts appropriated to carry out this section may 
be used by the Corps of Engineers district offices to ad-
minister projects under this section at 100 percent Fed-
eral expense. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$40,000,000. Such sums shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
SEC. 5075. BURNS WATERWAY HARBOR, INDIANA. 
The Secretary shall conduct a study of shoaling in 
the vicinity of Burns Waterway Harbor, Indiana, to deter-
mine if the shoaling is the result of a Federal navigation 
project, and, if the Secretary determines that the shoaling 
is the result of a Federal navigation project, the Secretary