In the Senate of the United States,
May 16, 2007.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 1495) entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the con-
servation and development of water and related resources, to
authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various
projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United
States, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENT:
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Water Resources Development Act of 2007’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this
Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary.
TITLE I—WATER RESOURCES PROJECTS
Sec. 1001. Project authorizations.
Sec. 1002. Enhanced navigation capacity improvements and ecosystem restora-
tion plan for Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway
System.
Sec. 1003. Louisiana Coastal Area ecosystem restoration, Louisiana.
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Sec. 1004. Small projects for flood damage reduction.
Sec. 1005. Small projects for navigation.
Sec. 1006. Small projects for aquatic ecosystem restoration.
Sec. 1007. Small projects to prevent or mitigate damage caused by navigation
projects.
Sec. 1008. Small projects for aquatic plant control.
TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subtitle A—Provisions
Sec. 2001. Credit for in-kind contributions.
Sec. 2002. Interagency and international support authority.
Sec. 2003. Training funds.
Sec. 2004. Fiscal transparency report.
Sec. 2005. Planning.
Sec. 2006. Water Resources Planning Coordinating Committee.
Sec. 2007. Independent peer review.
Sec. 2008. Mitigation for fish and wildlife losses.
Sec. 2009. State technical assistance.
Sec. 2010. Access to water resource data.
Sec. 2011. Construction of flood control projects by non-Federal interests.
Sec. 2012. Regional sediment management.
Sec. 2013. National shoreline erosion control development program.
Sec. 2014. Shore protection projects.
Sec. 2015. Cost sharing for monitoring.
Sec. 2016. Ecosystem restoration benefits.
Sec. 2017. Funding to expedite the evaluation and processing of permits.
Sec. 2018. Electronic submission of permit applications.
Sec. 2019. Improvement of water management at Corps of Engineers reservoirs.
Sec. 2020. Federal hopper dredges.
Sec. 2021. Extraordinary rainfall events.
Sec. 2022. Wildfire firefighting.
Sec. 2023. Nonprofit organizations as sponsors.
Sec. 2024. Project administration.
Sec. 2025. Program administration.
Sec. 2026. Extension of shore protection projects.
Sec. 2027. Tribal partnership program.
Sec. 2028. Project deauthorization.
Subtitle B—Continuing Authorities Projects
Sec. 2031. Navigation enhancements for waterborne transportation.
Sec. 2032. Protection and restoration due to emergencies at shores and
streambanks.
Sec. 2033. Restoration of the environment for protection of aquatic and riparian
ecosystems program.
Sec. 2034. Environmental modification of projects for improvement and restora-
tion of ecosystems program.
Sec. 2035. Projects to enhance estuaries and coastal habitats.
Sec. 2036. Remediation of abandoned mine sites.
Sec. 2037. Small projects for the rehabilitation and removal of dams.
Sec. 2038. Remote, maritime-dependent communities.
Sec. 2039. Agreements for water resource projects.
Sec. 2040. Program names.
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Subtitle C—National Levee Safety Program
Sec. 2051. Short title.
Sec. 2052. Definitions.
Sec. 2053. National Levee Safety Committee.
Sec. 2054. National Levee Safety Program.
Sec. 2055. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE III—PROJECT-RELATED PROVISIONS
Sec. 3001. St. Herman and St. Paul Harbors, Kodiak, Alaska.
Sec. 3002. Sitka, Alaska.
Sec. 3003. Black Warrior-Tombigbee Rivers, Alabama.
Sec. 3004. Nogales Wash and tributaries flood control project, Arizona.
Sec. 3005. Rio de Flag, Flagstaff, Arizona.
Sec. 3006. Tucson drainage area (Tucson Arroyo), Arizona.
Sec. 3007. Augusta and Clarendon, Arkansas.
Sec. 3008. Eastern Arkansas Enterprise Community, Arkansas.
Sec. 3009. Red-Ouachita River Basin levees, Arkansas and Louisiana.
Sec. 3010. St. Francis Basin, Arkansas and Missouri.
Sec. 3011. St. Francis Basin land transfer, Arkansas and Missouri.
Sec. 3012. McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, Arkansas and
Oklahoma.
Sec. 3013. Cache Creek Basin, California.
Sec. 3014. CALFED levee stability program, California.
Sec. 3015. Hamilton Airfield, California.
Sec. 3016. LA–3 dredged material ocean disposal site designation, California.
Sec. 3017. Larkspur Ferry Channel, California.
Sec. 3018. Llagas Creek, California.
Sec. 3019. Magpie Creek, California.
Sec. 3020. Petaluma River, Petaluma, California.
Sec. 3021. Pine Flat Dam fish and wildlife habitat, California.
Sec. 3022. Redwood City Navigation Project, California.
Sec. 3023. Sacramento and American Rivers flood control, California.
Sec. 3024. Sacramento River bank protection project, California.
Sec. 3025. Conditional declaration of nonnavigability, Port of San Francisco,
California.
Sec. 3026. Salton Sea restoration, California.
Sec. 3027. Santa Barbara Streams, Lower Mission Creek, California.
Sec. 3028. Upper Guadalupe River, California.
Sec. 3029. Yuba River Basin project, California.
Sec. 3030. Charles Hervey Townshend Breakwater, New Haven Harbor, Con-
necticut.
Sec. 3031. Anchorage area, New London Harbor, Connecticut.
Sec. 3032. Norwalk Harbor, Connecticut.
Sec. 3033. St. George’s Bridge, Delaware.
Sec. 3034. Additional program authority, comprehensive Everglades restoration,
Florida.
Sec. 3035. Brevard County, Florida.
Sec. 3036. Critical restoration projects, Everglades and south Florida ecosystem
restoration, Florida.
Sec. 3037. Lake Okeechobee and Hillsboro Aquifer pilot projects, comprehensive
Everglades restoration, Florida.
Sec. 3038. Lido Key, Sarasota County, Florida.
Sec. 3039. Port Sutton Channel, Tampa Harbor, Florida.
Sec. 3040. Tampa Harbor, Cut B, Tampa, Florida.
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Sec. 3041. Allatoona Lake, Georgia.
Sec. 3042. Dworshak Reservoir improvements, Idaho.
Sec. 3043. Little Wood River, Gooding, Idaho.
Sec. 3044. Port of Lewiston, Idaho.
Sec. 3045. Cache River Levee, Illinois.
Sec. 3046. Chicago, Illinois.
Sec. 3047. Chicago River, Illinois.
Sec. 3048. Illinois River Basin restoration.
Sec. 3049. Missouri and Illinois flood protection projects reconstruction pilot pro-
gram.
Sec. 3050. Spunky Bottom, Illinois.
Sec. 3051. Strawn Cemetery, John Redmond Lake, Kansas.
Sec. 3052. Milford Lake, Milford, Kansas.
Sec. 3053. Ohio River Basin comprehensive plan.
Sec. 3054. Hickman Bluff stabilization, Kentucky.
Sec. 3055. McAlpine Lock and Dam, Kentucky and Indiana.
Sec. 3056. Public access, Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System, Louisiana.
Sec. 3057. Regional visitor center, Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System, Lou-
isiana.
Sec. 3058. Calcasieu River and Pass, Louisiana.
Sec. 3059. East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
Sec. 3060. Mississippi River Gulf Outlet relocation assistance, Louisiana.
Sec. 3061. Red River (J. Bennett Johnston) Waterway, Louisiana.
Sec. 3062. Camp Ellis, Saco, Maine.
Sec. 3063. Rockland Harbor, Maine.
Sec. 3064. Rockport Harbor, Maine.
Sec. 3065. Saco River, Maine.
Sec. 3066. Union River, Maine.
Sec. 3067. Baltimore Harbor and Channels, Maryland and Virginia.
Sec. 3068. Chesapeake Bay environmental restoration and protection program,
Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
Sec. 3069. Flood protection project, Cumberland, Maryland.
Sec. 3070. Aunt Lydia’s Cove, Massachusetts.
Sec. 3071. Fall River Harbor, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Sec. 3072. North River, Peabody, Massachusetts.
Sec. 3073. Ecorse Creek, Michigan.
Sec. 3074. St. Clair River and Lake St. Clair, Michigan.
Sec. 3075. Duluth Harbor, Minnesota.
Sec. 3076. Project for environmental enhancement, Mississippi and Louisiana es-
tuarine areas, Mississippi and Louisiana.
Sec. 3077. Land exchange, Pike County, Missouri.
Sec. 3078. L–15 levee, Missouri.
Sec. 3079. Union Lake, Missouri.
Sec. 3080. Lower Yellowstone project, Montana.
Sec. 3081. Yellowstone River and tributaries, Montana and North Dakota.
Sec. 3082. Western Sarpy and Clear Creek, Nebraska.
Sec. 3083. Lower Truckee River, McCarran Ranch, Nevada.
Sec. 3084. Cooperative agreements, New Mexico.
Sec. 3085. Middle Rio Grande restoration, New Mexico.
Sec. 3086. Long Island Sound oyster restoration, New York and Connecticut.
Sec. 3087. Mamaroneck and Sheldrake Rivers watershed management, New York.
Sec. 3088. Orchard Beach, Bronx, New York.
Sec. 3089. New York Harbor, New York, New York.
Sec. 3090. New York State Canal System.
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Sec. 3091. Susquehanna River and Upper Delaware River watershed manage-
ment, New York.
Sec. 3092. Missouri River restoration, North Dakota.
Sec. 3093. Ohio.
Sec. 3094. Lower Girard Lake Dam, Girard, Ohio.
Sec. 3095. Toussaint River Navigation Project, Carroll Township, Ohio.
Sec. 3096. Arcadia Lake, Oklahoma.
Sec. 3097. Lake Eufaula, Oklahoma.
Sec. 3098. Release of reversionary interest, Oklahoma.
Sec. 3099. Oklahoma lakes demonstration program, Oklahoma.
Sec. 3100. Ottawa County, Oklahoma.
Sec. 3101. Red River chloride control, Oklahoma and Texas.
Sec. 3102. Waurika Lake, Oklahoma.
Sec. 3103. Lookout Point project, Lowell, Oregon.
Sec. 3104. Upper Willamette River Watershed ecosystem restoration.
Sec. 3105. Upper Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania and New York.
Sec. 3106. Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.
Sec. 3107. South Carolina Department of Commerce development proposal at
Richard B. Russell Lake, South Carolina.
Sec. 3108. Missouri River restoration, South Dakota.
Sec. 3109. Missouri and Middle Mississippi Rivers enhancement project.
Sec. 3110. Nonconnah Weir, Memphis, Tennessee.
Sec. 3111. Old Hickory Lock and Dam, Cumberland River, Tennessee.
Sec. 3112. Sandy Creek, Jackson County, Tennessee.
Sec. 3113. Cedar Bayou, Texas.
Sec. 3114. Denison, Texas.
Sec. 3115. Central City, Fort Worth, Texas.
Sec. 3116. Freeport Harbor, Texas.
Sec. 3117. Harris County, Texas.
Sec. 3118. Connecticut River restoration, Vermont.
Sec. 3119. Dam remediation, Vermont.
Sec. 3120. Lake Champlain Eurasian milfoil, water chestnut, and other non-
native plant control, Vermont.
Sec. 3121. Upper Connecticut River Basin wetland restoration, Vermont and New
Hampshire.
Sec. 3122. Upper Connecticut River Basin ecosystem restoration, Vermont and
New Hampshire.
Sec. 3123. Lake Champlain watershed, Vermont and New York.
Sec. 3124. Chesapeake Bay oyster restoration, Virginia and Maryland.
Sec. 3125. James River, Virginia.
Sec. 3126. Tangier Island Seawall, Virginia.
Sec. 3127. Erosion control, Puget Island, Wahkiakum County, Washington.
Sec. 3128. Lower granite pool, Washington.
Sec. 3129. McNary Lock and Dam, McNary National Wildlife Refuge, Wash-
ington and Idaho.
Sec. 3130. Snake River project, Washington and Idaho.
Sec. 3131. Whatcom Creek Waterway, Bellingham, Washington.
Sec. 3132. Lower Mud River, Milton, West Virginia.
Sec. 3133. McDowell County, West Virginia.
Sec. 3134. Green Bay Harbor project, Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Sec. 3135. Manitowoc Harbor, Wisconsin.
Sec. 3136. Oconto Harbor, Wisconsin.
Sec. 3137. Mississippi River headwaters reservoirs.
Sec. 3138. Lower Mississippi River Museum and Riverfront Interpretive Site.
Sec. 3139. Upper Mississippi River system environmental management program.
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Sec. 3140. Upper basin of Missouri River.
Sec. 3141. Great Lakes fishery and ecosystem restoration program.
Sec. 3142. Great Lakes remedial action plans and sediment remediation.
Sec. 3143. Great Lakes tributary models.
Sec. 3144. Upper Ohio River and tributaries navigation system new technology
pilot program.
Sec. 3145. Perry Creek, Iowa.
Sec. 3146. Rathbun Lake, Iowa.
Sec. 3147. Jackson County, Mississippi.
Sec. 3148. Sandbridge Beach, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
TITLE IV—STUDIES
Sec. 4001. Seward Breakwater, Alaska.
Sec. 4002. Nome Harbor improvements, Alaska.
Sec. 4003. McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation Channel.
Sec. 4004. Fruitvale Avenue Railroad Bridge, Alameda, California.
Sec. 4005. Los Angeles River revitalization study, California.
Sec. 4006. Nicholas Canyon, Los Angeles, California.
Sec. 4007. Oceanside, California, shoreline special study.
Sec. 4008. Comprehensive flood protection project, St. Helena, California.
Sec. 4009. San Francisco Bay, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Sherman Island,
California.
Sec. 4010. South San Francisco Bay shoreline study, California.
Sec. 4011. San Pablo Bay Watershed restoration, California.
Sec. 4012. Fountain Creek, North of Pueblo, Colorado.
Sec. 4013. Selenium study, Colorado.
Sec. 4014. Delaware inland bays and tributaries and Atlantic Coast, Delaware.
Sec. 4015. Herbert Hoover Dike supplemental major rehabilitation report, Flor-
ida.
Sec. 4016. Boise River, Idaho.
Sec. 4017. Promontory Point third-party review, Chicago shoreline, Chicago, Illi-
nois.
Sec. 4018. Vidalia Port, Louisiana.
Sec. 4019. Lake Erie at Luna Pier, Michigan.
Sec. 4020. Wild Rice River, Minnesota.
Sec. 4021. Asian carp dispersal barrier demonstration project, Upper Mississippi
River.
Sec. 4022. Flood damage reduction, Ohio.
Sec. 4023. Middle Bass Island State Park, Middle Bass Island, Ohio.
Sec. 4024. Ohio River, Ohio.
Sec. 4025. Toledo Harbor dredged material placement, Toledo, Ohio.
Sec. 4026. Toledo Harbor, Maumee River, and Lake Channel Project, Toledo,
Ohio.
Sec. 4027. Woonsocket local protection project, Blackstone River Basin, Rhode Is-
land.
Sec. 4028. Jasper County port facility study, South Carolina.
Sec. 4029. Johnson Creek, Arlington, Texas.
Sec. 4030. Ecosystem and hydropower generation dams, Vermont.
Sec. 4031. Eurasian milfoil.
Sec. 4032. Lake Champlain Canal study, Vermont and New York.
Sec. 4033. Baker Bay and Ilwaco Harbor, Washington.
Sec. 4034. Elliot Bay seawall rehabilitation study, Washington.
Sec. 4035. Johnsonville Dam, Johnsonville, Wisconsin.
Sec. 4036. Debris removal.
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Sec. 4037. Mohawk River, Oneida County, New York.
Sec. 4038. Walla Walla River Basin, Oregon and Washington.
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 5001. Lakes program.
Sec. 5002. Estuary restoration.
Sec. 5003. Environmental infrastructure.
Sec. 5004. Alaska.
Sec. 5005. California.
Sec. 5006. Conveyance of Oakland Inner Harbor Tidal Canal property.
Sec. 5007. Stockton, California.
Sec. 5008. Rio Grande environmental management program, Colorado, New Mex-
ico, and Texas.
Sec. 5009. Delmarva conservation corridor, Delaware and Maryland.
Sec. 5010. Susquehanna, Delaware, and Potomac River Basins, Delaware, Mary-
land, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
Sec. 5011. Anacostia River, District of Columbia and Maryland.
Sec. 5012. Big Creek, Georgia, watershed management and restoration program.
Sec. 5013. Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District.
Sec. 5014. Idaho, Montana, rural Nevada, New Mexico, rural Utah, and Wyo-
ming.
Sec. 5015. Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Dispersal Barriers project, Illinois.
Sec. 5016. Missouri River and tributaries, mitigation, recovery and restoration,
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota,
South Dakota, and Wyoming.
Sec. 5017. Southeast Louisiana region, Louisiana.
Sec. 5018. Mississippi.
Sec. 5019. St. Mary Project, Blackfeet Reservation, Montana.
Sec. 5020. Lower Platte River watershed restoration, Nebraska.
Sec. 5021. North Carolina.
Sec. 5022. Ohio River Basin environmental management.
Sec. 5023. Statewide comprehensive water planning, Oklahoma.
Sec. 5024. Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, and terrestrial
wildlife habitat restoration, South Dakota.
Sec. 5025. Texas.
Sec. 5026. Connecticut River dams, Vermont.
Sec. 5027. Cost sharing provisions for the territories.
Sec. 5028. Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Lock project.
Sec. 5029. Great Lakes navigation.
TITLE VI—PROJECT DEAUTHORIZATIONS
Sec. 6001. Little Cove Creek, Glencoe, Alabama.
Sec. 6002. Goleta and Vicinity, California.
Sec. 6003. Bridgeport Harbor, Connecticut.
Sec. 6004. Inland Waterway from Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, Part II,
installation of fender protection for bridges, Delaware and
Maryland.
Sec. 6005. Shingle Creek Basin, Florida.
Sec. 6006. Illinois Waterway, South Fork of the South Branch of the Chicago
River, Illinois.
Sec. 6007. Brevoort, Indiana.
Sec. 6008. Middle Wabash, Greenfield Bayou, Indiana.
Sec. 6009. Lake George, Hobart, Indiana.
Sec. 6010. Green Bay Levee and Drainage District No. 2, Iowa.