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MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 
projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River allu-
vial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized 
by law, $210,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal 
share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for in-
land harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Mainte-
nance Trust Fund: Provided, That except as provided in 
section 101, the amounts made available under this para-
graph shall be expended as authorized by law for the pro-
grams, projects, and activities specified in the text and 
table under this heading in the report of the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives to ac-
company this Act. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For expenses necessary for the operation, mainte-
nance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and 
storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, 
and related projects authorized by law; providing security 
for infrastructure owned or operated by the Corps of Engi-
neers, including administrative buildings and laboratories; 
maintaining harbor channels provided by a State, munici-
pality, or other public agency that serve essential naviga-
tion needs of general commerce, when authorized by law; 
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surveying and charting northern and northwestern lakes 
and connecting waters; clearing and straightening chan-
nels; 
and 
removing 
obstructions 
to 
navigation, 
$2,366,465,000 (increased by $1,000,000) (increased by 
$6,360,000) (reduced by $4,900,000), to remain available 
until expended, of which such sums as are necessary to 
cover the Federal share of eligible operation and mainte-
nance costs for coastal harbors and channels and for in-
land harbors shall be derived from the Harbor Mainte-
nance Trust Fund; of which such sums as become avail-
able from the special account for the Corps of Engineers 
established by the Land and Water Conservation Fund 
Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)) shall be derived from 
that account for resource protection, research, interpreta-
tion, and maintenance activities related to resource protec-
tion in the areas at which outdoor recreation is available; 
and of which such sums as become available from fees col-
lected under section 217 of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1996 (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-
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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: Provided 
further, That except as provided in section 101, the 
amounts made available under this paragraph shall be ex-
pended as authorized by law for the programs, projects, 
and activities specified in the text and table under this 
heading in the report of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives to accompany this Act. 
REGULATORY PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary for administration of laws 
pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, 
$196,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM 
For expenses necessary to clean up contamination 
from sites in the United States resulting from work per-
formed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy pro-
gram, $109,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For expenses necessary to prepare for floods, hurri-
canes, and other natural disasters and support emergency 
operations, repairs, and other activities in response to 
such disasters as authorized by law, $27,000,000, 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, $185,000,000 (re-
duced by $6,360,000), to remain available until expended, 
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 in this title shall be available to fund the 
civil works activities of the Office of the Chief of Engineers 
or the civil works executive direction and management ac-
tivities of the division offices: Provided further, That any 
Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies appropriation 
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may be used to fund the supervision and general adminis-
tration of emergency operations, repairs, and other activi-
ties 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 section 3016(b)(3) of 
title 10, United States Code, $5,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
The Revolving Fund, Corps of Engineers, shall be 
available during the current fiscal year for purchase (not 
to exceed 100 for replacement only) and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles for the civil works program. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS, CORPS OF 
ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS 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; 
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(3) increases funds or personnel for any pro-
gram, project, or activity for which funds are 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-
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) This section shall not apply to additional flood 
and coastal storm damage reduction and navigation pro-
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gram funds provided under ‘‘Remaining Items’’ in the ta-
bles under the headings ‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Con-
struction’’ and ‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Operation and 
Maintenance’’ or to additional investigations funding 
under ‘‘National Programs’’ under the heading ‘‘Corps of 
Engineers-Civil—Investigations’’ in the report of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
to accompany this Act. 
(d) The Corps of Engineers shall submit reports on 
a quarterly basis to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing all 
the funds reprogrammed between programs, projects, ac-
tivities, or categories of funding. The first quarterly report 
shall be submitted 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. None of the funds in this Act, or previous 
Acts, making funds available for Energy and Water Devel-
opment, shall be used to award any continuing contract 
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that commits additional funding from the Inland Water-
ways Trust Fund unless or until such time that a long- 
term mechanism to enhance revenues in this Fund suffi-
cient to meet the cost-sharing authorized in the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–662) 
is enacted. 
SEC. 104. Not later than 90 days after the date of 
the Chief of Engineers Report on a water resource matter, 
the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works shall 
submit the report to the appropriate authorizing and ap-
propriating committees of the Congress. 
SEC. 105. During the 1-year period beginning on the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army 
is authorized to implement measures recommended in the 
efficacy study authorized under section 3061 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1121) or 
in interim reports, with such modifications or emergency 
measures as the Secretary of the Army determines to be 
appropriate, to prevent aquatic nuisance species from dis-
persing into the Great Lakes by way of any hydrologic 
connection between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi 
River Basin. 
SEC. 106. The Secretary is authorized to transfer to 
‘‘Corps 
of 
Engineers-Civil—Construction’’ 
up 
to 
$100,000,000 of the funds provided for reinforcing or re-
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placing flood walls under the heading ‘‘Corps of Engi-
neers-Civil—Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies’’ in 
Public Law 109–234 and Public Law 110–252 and up to 
$75,000,000 of the funds provided for projects and meas-
ures for the West Bank and Vicinity and Lake 
Ponchartrain and Vicinity projects under the heading 
‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Flood Control and Coastal 
Emergencies’’ in Public Law 110–28, to be used with 
funds provided for the West Bank and Vicinity project 
under the heading ‘‘Corps of Engineers-Civil—Construc-
tion’’ in Public Law 110–252 and Public Law 110–329, 
consistent with 65 percent Federal and 35 percent non- 
Federal cost share and the financing of, and payment 
terms for, the non-Federal cash contribution associated 
with the West Bank and Vicinity project. 
SEC. 107. 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 $3,800,000 of funds 
provided in this title under the heading ‘‘Operation and 
Maintenance’’ to mitigate for fisheries lost due to Corps 
of Engineers projects. 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available by this 
Act or any subsequent Act making appropriations for En-
ergy and Water Development may be used by the Corps 
of Engineers to develop, adopt, implement, administer, or 
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enforce a change or supplement to the rule dated Novem-
ber 13, 1986, or guidance documents dated January 15, 
2003, and December 2, 2008, pertaining to the definition 
of waters under the jurisdiction of the Federal Water Pol-
lution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.). 
SEC. 109. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Corps of Engineers to relocate, 
or study the relocation of, any regional division head-
quarters of the Corps located at a military installation or 
any permanent employees of such headquarters. 
SEC. 110. (a) Section 5 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act 
authorizing the construction of certain public works on 
rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other pur-
poses,’’ approved June 22, 1936, (33 U.S.C. 701h), is 
amended by— 
(1) inserting ‘‘for work, which includes planning 
and design,’’ before ‘‘to be expended’’; 
(2) striking ‘‘flood control or environmental res-
toration work’’ and inserting ‘‘water resources devel-
opment study or project’’; and 
(3) inserting ‘‘: Provided further, That the term 
‘States’ means the several States, the District of Co-
lumbia, the commonwealths, territories, and posses-
sions of the United States, and Federally recognized 
Indian tribes’’ before the period. 
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(b) The Secretary shall notify the appropriate com-
mittees of Congress prior to initiation of negotiations for 
accepting contributed funds under 33 U.S.C. 701h. 
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, $27,154,000, to remain 
available until expended, of which $2,000,000 shall be de-
posited into the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Con-
servation Account for use by the Utah Reclamation Miti-
gation and Conservation Commission. In addition, for nec-
essary expenses incurred in carrying out related respon-
sibilities of the Secretary of the Interior, $1,550,000. For 
fiscal year 2012, the Commission may use an amount not 
to exceed $1,500,000 for administrative 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-
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