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beaches is attributable to Federal navigation 
projects or other Federal activities. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—The Secretary shall apply the 
policy to each shore protection and beach renourishment 
project (including shore protection and beach renourish-
ment projects constructed before the date of enactment 
of this Act). 
SEC. 2034. ABILITY TO PAY. 
(a) 
CRITERIA
AND
PROCEDURES.—Section 
103(m)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213(m)(2)) is amended by striking 
‘‘180 days after such date of enactment’’ and inserting 
‘‘August 31, 2005’’. 
(b) PROJECTS.—The Secretary shall apply the cri-
teria and procedures referred to in section 103(m) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 
2213(m)) to the following projects: 
(1) ST. JOHNS
BAYOU
AND
NEW
MADRID 
FLOODWAY, MISSOURI.—The project for flood con-
trol, St. Johns Bayou and New Madrid Floodway, 
Missouri, authorized by section 401(a) of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 
4118). 
(2) LOWER RIO GRANDE BASIN, TEXAS.—The 
project for flood control, Lower Rio Grande Basin,
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Texas, authorized by section 401(a) of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 
4125). 
(3) 
WEST
VIRGINIA
AND
PENNSYLVANIA 
PROJECTS.—The projects for flood control author-
ized by section 581 of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3790–3791). 
SEC. 2035. AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION. 
Section 206(e) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1996 (33 U.S.C. 2330) is amended by striking 
‘‘$25,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$40,000,000’’. 
SEC. 2036. SMALL FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION PROJECTS. 
Section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (33 
U.S.C. 701s) is amended by striking ‘‘$50,000,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$60,000,000’’. 
SEC. 2037. LEASING AUTHORITY. 
Section 4 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act authorizing the 
construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors 
for flood control, and other purposes’’, approved December 
22, 1944 (16 U.S.C. 460d) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘federally-recognized Indian 
tribes and’’ before ‘‘Federal’’ the first place it ap-
pears; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘Indian tribes or’’ after ‘‘con-
siderations, to such’’; and
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(3) by inserting ‘‘federally-recognized Indian 
tribe’’ after ‘‘That in any such lease or license to a’’. 
SEC. 2038. COST ESTIMATES. 
The estimated Federal and non-Federal costs of 
projects authorized to be carried out by the Secretary be-
fore, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act are 
for informational purposes only and shall not be inter-
preted as affecting the cost sharing responsibilities estab-
lished by law. 
SEC. 2039. STUDIES AND REPORTS FOR WATER RESOURCES 
PROJECTS. 
(a) STUDIES.— 
(1) COST-SHARING
REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
105(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1986 (33 U.S.C. 2215(a)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(3) DETAILED
PROJECT
REPORTS.—The re-
quirements of this subsection that apply to a feasi-
bility study also shall apply to a study that results 
in a detailed project report, except that— 
‘‘(A) the first $100,000 of the costs of a 
study that results in a detailed project report 
shall be a Federal expense; and 
‘‘(B) paragraph (1)(C)(ii) shall not apply 
to such a study.’’.
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(2) PLANNING
AND
ENGINEERING.—Section 
105(b) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 2215(b)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘authorized by this Act’’. 
(3) DEFINITIONS.—Section 105 of such Act (33 
U.S.C. 2215) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following 
definitions apply: 
‘‘(1) DETAILED PROJECT REPORT.—The term 
‘detailed project report’ means a report for a project 
not specifically authorized by Congress in law or 
otherwise that determines the feasibility of the 
project with a level of detail appropriate to the scope 
and complexity of the recommended solution and 
sufficient to proceed directly to the preparation of 
contract plans and specifications. The term includes 
any associated environmental impact statement and 
mitigation plan. For a project for which the Federal 
cost does not exceed $1,000,000, the term includes 
a planning and design analysis document. 
‘‘(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
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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); 100 Stat. 4185) 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 
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’’;
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(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. 
‘‘(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-
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sources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2680– 
2694), a general reevaluation report, and a limited 
reevaluation report.’’. 
(2) PROJECTS NOT SPECICIALLY 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 
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-
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CEDURES AND PRACTICES.—’’ before ‘‘The Sec-
retary shall’’. 
SEC. 2040. FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—On the third Tuesday of January 
of each year beginning January 2006, the Chief of Engi-
neers shall submit to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives a report on the expenditures for the preceding fiscal 
year and estimated expenditures for the current fiscal year 
and, for projects and activities that are not scheduled for 
completion in the current fiscal year, the estimated ex-
penditures necessary in the following fiscal year for each 
project or activity to maintain the same level of effort 
being achieved in the current fiscal year. 
(b) CONTENTS.—In addition to the information de-
scribed in subsection (a), the report shall contain a de-
tailed accounting of the following information: 
(1) With respect to general construction, infor-
mation on— 
(A) projects currently under construction, 
including— 
(i) allocations to date; 
(ii) the number of years remaining to 
complete construction;
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(iii) the estimated annual Federal cost 
to maintain that construction schedule; 
and 
(iv) a list of projects the Corps of En-
gineers expects to complete during the cur-
rent fiscal year; and 
(B) projects for which there is a signed 
cost-sharing agreement and completed planning, 
engineering, and design, including— 
(i) the number of years the project is 
expected to require for completion; and 
(ii) estimated annual Federal cost to 
maintain that construction schedule. 
(2) With respect to operation and maintenance 
of the inland and intracoastal waterways under sec-
tion 206 of Public Law 95–502 (33 U.S.C. 1804)— 
(A) the estimated annual cost to maintain 
each waterway for the authorized reach and at 
the authorized depth; and 
(B) the estimated annual cost of operation 
and maintenance of locks and dams to ensure 
navigation without interruption. 
(3) With respect to general investigations and 
reconnaissance and feasibility studies— 
(A) the number of active studies;
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(B) the number of completed studies not 
yet authorized for construction; 
(C) the number of initiated studies; and 
(D) the number of studies expected to be 
completed during the fiscal year. 
(4) Funding received and estimates of funds to 
be received for interagency and international support 
activities under section 318(a) of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 
2323(a)). 
(5) Recreation fees and lease payments. 
(6) Hydropower and water storage fees. 
(7) Deposits into the Inland Waterway Trust 
Fund and the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund. 
(8) Other revenues and fees collected. 
SEC. 2041. SUPPORT OF ARMY CIVIL WORKS PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 2361 of 
title 10, United States Code, the Secretary is authorized 
to provide assistance through contracts, cooperative agree-
ments, and grants to— 
(1) the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Ten-
nessee, for establishment and operation of the 
Southeastern Water Resources Institute to study 
sustainable development and utilization of water re-
sources in the southeastern United States;