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‘‘(2) FEASIBILITY
STUDY.—The term ‘feasi-
bility study’ means a study that results in a feasi-
bility report under section 905, and any associated 
environmental impact statement and mitigation 
plan, prepared by the Corps of Engineers for a 
water resources project. The term includes a study 
that results in a project implementation report pre-
pared under title VI of the Water Resources Devel-
opment Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2680–2694), a gen-
eral reevaluation report, and a limited reevaluation 
report.’’. 
(b) REPORTS.— 
(1) PREPARATION.—Section 905(a) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 
U.S.C. 2282(a)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(a) In the case of any’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) PREPARATION OF REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Secretary, the Sec-
retary shall’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary that 
results 
in 
recommendations 
concerning 
a 
project or the operation of a project and that 
requires specific authorization by Congress in 
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law or otherwise, the Secretary shall perform a 
reconnaissance study and’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘Such feasibility report’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF FEASIBILITY REPORTS.—A 
feasibility report’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘The feasibility report’’ 
and inserting ‘‘A feasibility report’’; and 
(E) by striking the last sentence and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(3) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection shall not 
apply to— 
‘‘(A) any study with respect to which a re-
port has been submitted to Congress before the 
date of enactment of this Act; 
‘‘(B) any study for a project, which project 
is authorized for construction by this Act and 
is not subject to section 903(b); 
‘‘(C) any study for a project which does 
not require specific authorization by Congress 
in law or otherwise; and 
‘‘(D) general studies not intended to lead 
to recommendation of a specific water resources 
project. 
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‘‘(4) FEASIBILITY REPORT DEFINED.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘feasibility report’ means each 
feasibility report, and any associated environmental 
impact statement and mitigation plan, prepared by 
the Corps of Engineers for a water resources 
project. The term includes a project implementation 
report prepared under title VI of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2680– 
2694), a general reevaluation report, and a limited 
reevaluation report.’’. 
(2) PROJECTS NOT SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED 
BY CONGRESS.—Section 905 of such Act is further 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (b) by inserting ‘‘RECON-
NAISSANCE STUDIES.—’’ before ‘‘Before initi-
ating’’; 
(B) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), 
and (e) as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respec-
tively; 
(C) by inserting after subsection (b) the 
following: 
‘‘(c) PROJECTS NOT SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED BY 
CONGRESS.—In the case of any water resources project- 
related study authorized to be undertaken by the Sec-
retary without specific authorization by Congress in law 
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or otherwise, the Secretary shall prepare a detailed project 
report.’’; 
(D) in subsection (d) (as so redesignated) 
by inserting ‘‘INDIAN TRIBES.—’’ before ‘‘For 
purposes of’’; and 
(E) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated) 
by inserting ‘‘STANDARD AND UNIFORM PRO-
CEDURES AND PRACTICES.—’’ before ‘‘The Sec-
retary shall’’. 
SEC. 2039. OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS FABRICATION PORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In conducting a feasibility study 
for the project for navigation, Atchafalaya River, Bayous 
Chene, Boeuf, and Black, Louisiana, being conducted 
under section 430 of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2639), the Secretary shall include 
in the calculation of national economic development bene-
fits all economic benefits associated with contracts for new 
energy exploration and contracts for the fabrication of en-
ergy infrastructure that would result from carrying out 
the project. 
(b) REPEAL.—Section 6009 of the Emergency Sup-
plemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War 
on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (Public Law 109– 
13; 119 Stat. 282) is repealed. 
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TITLE III—PROJECT-RELATED 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 3001. KING COVE HARBOR, ALASKA. 
The maximum amount of Federal funds that may be 
expended for the project for navigation, King Cove Har-
bor, Alaska, being carried out under section 107 of the 
River and Harbor Act of 1960 (33 U.S.C. 577), shall be 
$8,000,000. 
SEC. 3002. SITKA, ALASKA. 
The Sitka, Alaska, element of the project for naviga-
tion, Southeast Alaska Harbors of Refuge, Alaska, author-
ized by section 101(1) of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4801), is modified to direct 
the Secretary to take such action as is necessary to correct 
design deficiencies in the Sitka Harbor Breakwater, at full 
Federal expense. The estimated cost is $6,300,000. 
SEC. 3003. TATITLEK, ALASKA. 
The maximum amount of Federal funds that may be 
expended for the project for navigation, Tatitlek, Alaska, 
being carried out under section 107 of the River and Har-
bor Act of 1960 (33 U.S.C. 577), shall be $10,000,000. 
SEC. 3004. RIO DE FLAG, FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA. 
The project for flood damage reduction, Rio De Flag, 
Flagstaff, Arizona, authorized by section 101(b)(3) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 
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