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(3) 
EFFECT
ON
AUTHORIZATION.—Notwith-
standing the operation of section 6001(e) of the Water 
Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (as 
in effect on the day before the date of enactment of 
the Water Resources Development Act of 2016), any 
project included on a list published by the Secretary 
pursuant to such section the authorization for which 
is amended by this subsection remains authorized to 
be carried out by the Secretary. 
SEC. 
338. 
ADDITIONAL 
ASSISTANCE 
FOR 
CRITICAL 
PROJECTS. 
(a) CONSISTENCY WITH REPORTS.—Congress finds 
that the project modifications described in this section are 
in accordance with the reports submitted to Congress by the 
Secretary under section 7001 of the Water Resources Reform 
and Development Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2282d), titled ‘‘Re-
port to Congress on Future Water Resources Development’’, 
or have otherwise been reviewed by Congress. 
(b) PROJECTS.— 
(1) CHESAPEAKE BAY.—Section 510(a)(2) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 
3759; 121 Stat. 1202; 128 Stat. 1317) is amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘infrastructure and’’ before 
‘‘resource protection’’; 
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(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) 
and (F) as subparagraphs (G) and (H), respec-
tively; and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the 
following: 
‘‘(E) wastewater treatment and related fa-
cilities; 
‘‘(F) water supply and related facilities;’’. 
(2) NEW
YORK
CITY
WATERSHED.—Section 
552(a)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1996 (110 Stat. 3780) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘design and construction as-
sistance’’ and inserting ‘‘design, repair, replace-
ment, and construction assistance’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘treatment, and distribution 
facilities’’ and inserting ‘‘treatment, stormwater 
management, and water distribution facilities’’. 
(3) 
SOUTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA.—Section 
566 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 
(110 Stat. 3786; 113 Stat. 352) is amended— 
(A) by striking the section heading and in-
serting 
‘‘SOUTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA 
AND LOWER DELAWARE RIVER BASIN.’’; 
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(B) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and the 
Lower Delaware River Basin’’ after ‘‘south-
eastern Pennsylvania’’; 
(C) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘south-
eastern Pennsylvania, including projects for 
waste water treatment and related facilities,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘southeastern Pennsylvania and 
the Lower Delaware River Basin, including 
projects for wastewater treatment and related fa-
cilities (including sewer overflow infrastructure 
improvements and other stormwater manage-
ment),’’; 
(D) by amending subsection (g) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(g) AREAS DEFINED.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) LOWER DELAWARE RIVER BASIN.—The term 
‘Lower Delaware River Basin’ means the Schuylkill 
Valley, Upper Estuary, Lower Estuary, and Dela-
ware Bay subwatersheds of the Delaware River Basin 
in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the States 
of New Jersey and Delaware. 
‘‘(2) SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.—The term 
‘southeastern 
Pennsylvania’ 
means 
Philadelphia, 
Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery Counties, 
Pennsylvania.’’; and 
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(E) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘to carry 
out this section $25,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$50,000,000 to provide assistance under this 
section to non-Federal interests in southeastern 
Pennsylvania, and $20,000,000 to provide assist-
ance under this section to non-Federal interests 
in the Lower Delaware River Basin’’. 
(4) FLORIDA
KEYS
WATER
QUALITY
IMPROVE-
MENTS, FLORIDA.—Section 109 of division B of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 
106–554, appendix D, 114 Stat. 2763A–222; 121 
Stat. 1217) is amended, in subsection (f), by striking 
‘‘$100,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$200,000,000’’. 
(5) 
NORTHEASTERN
MINNESOTA.—Section 
569(h) of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1999 (113 Stat. 368; 121 Stat. 1232) is amended by 
striking ‘‘$54,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$80,000,000’’. 
(6) MISSISSIPPI.—Section 592 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 379; 117 
Stat. 1837; 121 Stat. 1233; 123 Stat. 2851) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘and sur-
face water resource protection and development’’ 
and inserting ‘‘surface water resource protection 
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and development, stormwater management, and 
drainage systems’’; and 
(B) 
in 
subsection 
(g), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$200,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$300,000,000’’. 
(7) LAKE TAHOE BASIN RESTORATION, NEVADA 
AND CALIFORNIA.—Section 108(g) of division C of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 
108–447; 118 Stat. 2942) is amended by striking 
‘‘$25,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000’’. 
(8) CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.—Section 593 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 
380; 119 Stat. 2255) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘water 
reuse,’’ after ‘‘conservation,’’; and 
(B) 
in 
subsection 
(h), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$50,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000,000’’. 
(9) SOUTH
CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA.—Section 
313(g)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1992 (106 Stat. 4845; 109 Stat. 407; 110 Stat. 3723; 
113 Stat. 310; 117 Stat. 142; 121 Stat. 1146; 134 
Stat. 2719) is amended by striking ‘‘$400,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$410,000,000’’. 
(10) OHIO AND NORTH DAKOTA.—Section 594 of 
the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 
Stat. 381; 119 Stat. 2261; 121 Stat. 1140; 121 Stat. 
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1944) is amended in subsection (h), by striking 
‘‘$240,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$250,000,000’’. 
(11) TEXAS.—Section 5138 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1250) is 
amended, in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘$40,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$80,000,000’’. 
(12) LAKE
CHAMPLAIN, VERMONT
AND
NEW 
YORK.—Section 542 of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2671; 121 Stat. 1150; 
134 Stat. 2652) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (b)(2)(C), by striking 
‘‘planning’’ and inserting ‘‘clean water infra-
structure planning, design, and construction’’; 
and 
(B) 
in 
subsection 
(g), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$32,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000’’. 
(13) WESTERN RURAL WATER.—Section 595 of 
the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 
Stat. 383; 117 Stat. 139; 117 Stat. 142; 117 Stat. 
1836; 118 Stat. 440; 121 Stat. 1219; 123 Stat. 2851; 
128 Stat. 1316; 130 Stat. 1681; 134 Stat. 2719) is 
amended— 
(A) 
in 
subsection 
(i)(1), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$435,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$800,000,000’’; 
and 
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(B) 
in 
subsection 
(i)(2), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$150,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$200,000,000’’. 
(c) EFFECT
ON AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding 
the operation of section 6001(e) of the Water Resources Re-
form and Development Act of 2014 (as in effect on the day 
before the date of enactment of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 2016), any project included on a list published 
by the Secretary pursuant to such section the authorization 
for which is amended by this section remains authorized 
to be carried out by the Secretary. 
SEC. 339. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON LEASE AGREEMENT. 
It is the sense of Congress that the lease agreement for 
land and water areas within the Prado Flood Control Basin 
Project Area entered into between the Secretary and the 
City of Corona, California, for operations of the Corona 
Municipal Airport (Recreation Lease No. DACW09–1–67– 
60), is a valid lease of land at a water resources develop-
ment project under section 4 of the Act of December 22, 
1944 (16 U.S.C. 460d). 
TITLE IV—WATER RESOURCES 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
SEC. 401. PROJECT AUTHORIZATIONS. 
The following projects for water resources development 
and conservation and other purposes, as identified in the 
reports titled ‘‘Report to Congress on Future Water Re-
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sources Development’’ submitted to Congress pursuant to 
section 7001 of the Water Resources Reform and Develop-
ment Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2282d) or otherwise reviewed 
by Congress, are authorized to be carried out by the Sec-
retary substantially in accordance with the plans, and sub-
ject to the conditions, described in the respective reports or 
decision documents designated in this section: 
(1) NAVIGATION.— 
A. 
State 
B. 
Name 
C. 
Date of 
Report of 
Chief of 
Engineers 
D. 
Estimated 
Costs 
1. AK 
Elim Subsistence 
Harbor Study, 
Elim 
March 12, 
2021 
Federal: $74,905,000 
Non-Federal: $1,896,000 
Total: $76,801,000 
2. CA 
Port of Long 
Beach Deep 
Draft Naviga-
tion, Los Ange-
les County 
October 14, 
2021 
Federal: $71,985,500 
Non-Federal: $73,447,500 
Total: $145,433,000 
3. GA 
Brunswick Harbor 
Modifications, 
Glynn County 
March 11, 
2022 
Federal: $10,774,500 
Non-Federal: $3,594,500 
Total: $14,369,000 
(2) FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT.— 
A. 
State 
B. 
Name 
C. 
Date of 
Report of 
Chief of 
Engineers 
D. 
Estimated 
Costs 
1. AL 
Selma Flood Risk 
Management 
and Bank Sta-
bilization 
October 7, 
2021 
Federal: $15,533,100 
Non-Federal: $8,363,900 
Total: $23,897,000 
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A. 
State 
B. 
Name 
C. 
Date of 
Report of 
Chief of 
Engineers 
D. 
Estimated 
Costs 
2. AL 
Valley Creek Flood 
Risk Manage-
ment, Bessemer 
and Bir-
mingham 
October 29, 
2021 
Federal: $17,725,000 
Non-Federal: $9,586,000 
Total: $27,311,000 
3. CA 
Lower Cache 
Creek, Yolo 
County, Wood-
land and Vicin-
ity 
June 21, 
2021 
Federal: $215,152,000 
Non-Federal: $115,851,000 
Total: $331,003,000 
4. NE 
Papillion Creek 
and Tributaries 
Lakes 
January 24, 
2022 
Federal: $91,491,400 
Non-Federal: $52,156,300 
Total: $143,647,700 
5. OR 
Portland Metro 
Levee System 
August 20, 
2021 
Federal: $77,111,100 
Non-Federal: $41,521,300 
Total: $118,632,400 
(3) HURRICANE AND STORM DAMAGE RISK RE-
DUCTION.— 
A. 
State 
B. 
Name 
C. 
Date of 
Report of 
Chief of 
Engineers 
D. 
Estimated 
Costs 
1. CT 
Fairfield and New 
Haven Counties 
Coastal Storm 
Risk Manage-
ment 
January 19, 
2021 
Federal: $92,937,000 
Non-Federal: $50,043,000 
Total: $142,980,000 
2. FL 
Florida Keys, 
Monroe County, 
Coastal Storm 
Risk Manage-
ment 
September 
24, 2021 
Federal: $1,513,531,000 
Non-Federal: $814,978,000 
Total: $2,328,509,000 
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A. 
State 
B. 
Name 
C. 
Date of 
Report of 
Chief of 
Engineers 
D. 
Estimated 
Costs 
3. FL 
Pinellas County, 
Treasure Island 
and Long Key 
Segments, 
Coastal Storm 
Risk Manage-
ment 
October 29, 
2021 
Initial Federal: $8,627,000 
Initial Non-Federal: 
$5,332,000 
Total: $13,959,000 
Renourishment Federal: 
$92,000,000 
Renourishment Non-Federal: 
$101,690,000 
Renourishment Total: 
$193,690,000 
4. LA 
Upper Barataria 
Basin Hurri-
cane and Storm 
Damage Risk 
Reduction 
January 28, 
2022 
Federal: $1,005,001,000 
Non-Federal: $541,155,000 
Total: $1,546,156,000 
5. PR 
San Juan Metro-
politan Area 
Coastal Storm 
Risk Manage-
ment 
September 
16, 2021 
Federal: $245,418,000 
Non-Federal: $131,333,000 
Total: $376,751,000 
6. SC 
Folly Beach, 
Coastal Storm 
Risk Manage-
ment 
October 26, 
2021 
Initial Federal: $45,490,000 
Initial Non-Federal: 
$5,054,000 
Total: $50,544,000 
Renourishment Federal: 
$164,424,000 
Renourishment Non-Federal: 
$26,767,000 
Renourishment Total: 
$191,191,000 
(4) FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT AND ECOSYSTEM 
RESTORATION.— 
A. 
State 
B. 
Name 
C. 
Date of 
Report of 
Chief of 
Engineers 
D. 
Estimated 
Costs 
1. TX 
Coastal Texas Pro-
tection and Res-
toration 
September 
16, 2021 
Federal: $19,237,894,000 
Non-Federal: $11,668,393,000 
Total: $30,906,287,000 
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(5) ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION.— 
A. 
State 
B. 
Name 
C. 
Date of 
Report of 
Chief of 
Engineers 
D. 
Estimated 
Costs 
1. CA 
Prado Basin Eco-
system Restora-
tion, San 
Bernardino, 
Riverside and 
Orange Counties 
April 22, 
2021 
Federal: $33,976,000 
Non-Federal: $18,294,000 
Total: $52,270,000 
(6) MODIFICATIONS AND OTHER PROJECTS.— 
A. 
State 
B. 
Name 
C. 
Date of 
Decision 
Document 
D. 
Estimated 
Costs 
1. DC 
Washington, D.C. 
and Vicinity 
Flood Risk 
Management 
July 22, 
2021 
Federal: $17,740,000 
Non-Federal: $0 
Total: $17,740,000 
2. LA 
Lake Pont-
chartrain and 
Vicinity 
December 16, 
2021 
Federal: $807,000,000 
Non-Federal: $434,000,000 
Total: $1,241,000,000 
3. LA 
West Bank and Vi-
cinity 
December 17, 
2021 
Federal: $431,000,000 
Non-Federal: $232,000,000 
Total: $663,000,000 
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Union Calendar No. 261 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7776 
[Report No. 117–347] 
A BILL 
To provide for improvements to the rivers and har-
bors of the United States, to provide for the con-
servation and development of water and related 
resources, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 7, 2022 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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