U.S.C. 2283(d)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) CONTENTS.—A mitigation plan shall in-
clude— 
‘‘(A) a description of the physical action to 
be undertaken to achieve the mitigation objec-
tives within the watershed in which such losses 
occur and, in any case in which mitigation must 
take place outside the watershed, a justification 
detailing the rationale for undertaking the miti-
gation outside of the watershed; 
‘‘(B) a description of the lands or interests 
in lands to be acquired for mitigation and the 
basis for a determination that such lands are 
available for acquisition; 
‘‘(C) the type, amount, and characteristics 
of the habitat being restored; 
‘‘(D) success criteria for mitigation based 
on replacement of lost functions and values of 
the habitat, including hydrologic and vegetative 
characteristics; and 
‘‘(E) a plan for any necessary monitoring 
to determine the success of the mitigation, in-
cluding the cost and duration of any monitoring 
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and, to the extent practicable, the entities re-
sponsible for any monitoring. 
‘‘(4) RESPONSIBILITY
FOR
MONITORING.—In 
any case in which it is not practicable to identify in 
a mitigation plan for a water resources project, the 
entity responsible for monitoring at the time of a 
final report of the Chief of Engineers or other final 
decision document for the project, such entity shall 
be identified in the partnership agreement entered 
into with the non-Federal interest.’’. 
(b) STATUS REPORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Concurrent with the Presi-
dent’s submission to Congress of the President’s re-
quest for appropriations for the Civil Works Pro-
gram for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a 
report on the status of construction of projects that 
require mitigation under section 906 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 
2283; 100 Stat. 4186) and the status of such miti-
gation. 
(2) PROJECTS INCLUDED.—The status report 
shall include the status of all projects that are under 
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construction, all projects for which the President re-
quests funding for the next fiscal year, and all 
projects that have completed construction, but have 
not completed the mitigation required under section 
906 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1986. 
SEC. 2015. REMOTE AND SUBSISTENCE HARBORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In conducting a study of harbor 
and navigation improvements, the Secretary may rec-
ommend a project without the need to demonstrate that 
the project is justified solely by national economic develop-
ment benefits if the Secretary determines that— 
(1)(A) the community to be served by the 
project is at least 70 miles from the nearest surface 
accessible commercial port and has no direct rail or 
highway link to another community served by a sur-
face accessible port or harbor; or 
(B) the project would be located in the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the United 
States Virgin Islands, or American Samoa; 
(2) the harbor is economically critical such that 
over 80 percent of the goods transported through 
the harbor would be consumed within the community 
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served by the harbor and navigation improvement; 
and 
(3) the long-term viability of the community 
would be threatened without the harbor and naviga-
tion improvement. 
(b) JUSTIFICATION.—In considering whether to rec-
ommend a project under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall consider the benefits of the project to— 
(1) public health and safety of the local commu-
nity, including access to facilities designed to protect 
public health and safety; 
(2) access to natural resources for subsistence 
purposes; 
(3) local and regional economic opportunities; 
(4) welfare of the local population; and 
(5) social and cultural value to the community. 
SEC. 2016. BENEFICIAL USES OF DREDGED MATERIAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 204 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1992 (33 U.S.C. 2326) is 
amended by striking subsections (c) through (g) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(c) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may carry out 
projects to transport and place sediment obtained in con-
nection with the construction, operation, or maintenance 
of an authorized water resources project at locations se-
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lected by a non-Federal entity for use in the construction, 
repair, or rehabilitation of projects determined by the Sec-
retary to be in the public interest and associated with navi-
gation, flood damage reduction, hydroelectric power, mu-
nicipal and industrial water supply, agricultural water 
supply, recreation, hurricane and storm damage reduction, 
aquatic plant control, and environmental protection and 
restoration. 
‘‘(d) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—Any project un-
dertaken pursuant to this section shall be initiated only 
after non-Federal interests have entered into an agree-
ment with the Secretary in which the non-Federal inter-
ests agree to pay the non-Federal share of the cost of con-
struction of the project and 100 percent of the cost of 
operation, maintenance, replacement, and rehabilitation of 
the project in accordance with section 103 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213). 
‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULE.—Construction of a project 
under subsection (a) for one or more of the purposes of 
protection, restoration, or creation of aquatic and eco-
logically related habitat, the cost of which does not exceed 
$750,000 and which will be located in a disadvantaged 
community as determined by the Secretary, may be car-
ried out at Federal expense. 
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‘‘(f) DETERMINATION OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS.— 
Costs associated with construction of a project under this 
section shall be limited solely to construction costs that 
are in excess of those costs necessary to carry out the 
dredging for construction, operation, or maintenance of 
the authorized water resources project in the most cos- 
effective way, consistent with economic, engineering, and 
environmental criteria. 
‘‘(g) SELECTION OF SEDIMENT DISPOSAL METH-
OD.—In developing and carrying out a water resources 
project involving the disposal of sediment, the Secretary 
may select, with the consent of the non-Federal interest, 
a disposal method that is not the least cost option if the 
Secretary determines that the incremental costs of such 
disposal method are reasonable in relation to the environ-
mental benefits, including the benefits to the aquatic envi-
ronment to be derived from the creation of wetlands and 
control of shoreline erosion. The Federal share of such in-
cremental costs shall be determined in accordance with 
subsections (d) and (f). 
‘‘(h) NONPROFIT ENTITIES.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 221 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 
1962d–5b), for any project carried out under this section, 
a non-Federal interest may include a nonprofit entity, with 
the consent of the affected local government. 
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‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 annually for 
projects under this section of which not more than 
$3,000,000 annually may be used for construction of 
projects described in subsection (e). Such sums shall re-
main available until expended. 
‘‘(j) REGIONAL
SEDIMENT
MANAGEMENT
PLAN-
NING.—In consultation with appropriate State and Fed-
eral agencies, the Secretary may develop, at Federal ex-
pense, plans for regional management of sediment ob-
tained in conjunction with the construction, operation, or 
maintenance of water resources projects, including poten-
tial beneficial uses of sediment for construction, repair, or 
rehabilitation of public projects for navigation, flood dam-
age reduction, hydroelectric power, municipal and indus-
trial water supply, agricultural water supply, recreation, 
hurricane and storm damage reduction, aquatic plant con-
trol, and environmental protection and restoration. 
‘‘(k) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) NON-FEDERAL INTEREST.—The non-Fed-
eral interest for a project described in this section 
may use, and the Secretary shall accept, funds pro-
vided under any other Federal program, to satisfy, 
in whole or in part, the non-Federal share of the 
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cost of such project if such funds are authorized to 
be used to carry out such project. 
‘‘(2) OTHER
FEDERAL
AGENCIES.—The non- 
Federal share of the cost of construction of a project 
under this section may be met through contributions 
from a Federal agency made directly to the Sec-
retary, with the consent of the affected local govern-
ment, if such funds are authorized to be used to 
carry out such project. Before initiating a project to 
which this paragraph applies, the Secretary shall 
enter into an agreement with a non-Federal interest 
in which the non-Federal interest agrees to pay 100 
percent of the cost of operation, maintenance, re-
placement, and rehabilitation of the project.’’. 
(b) REPEAL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 145 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1976 (33 U.S.C. 
426j) is repealed. 
(2) HOLD
HARMLESS.—The repeal made by 
paragraph (1) shall not affect the authority of the 
Secretary to complete any project being carried out 
under such section 145 on the day before the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(c) PRIORITY AREAS.—In carrying out section 204 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (33 
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U.S.C. 2326), the Secretary shall give priority to the fol-
lowing: 
(1) A project at Little Rock Slackwater Harbor, 
Arkansas. 
(2) A project at Egmont Key, Florida. 
(3) A project in the vicinity of Calcasieu Ship 
Channel, Louisiana. 
(4) A project in the vicinity of the Smith Point 
Park Pavilion and the TWA Flight 800 Memorial, 
Brookhaven, New York. 
(5) A project in the vicinity of Morehead City, 
North Carolina. 
(6) A project in the vicinity of Galveston Bay, 
Texas. 
(7) A project at Benson Beach, Washington. 
SEC. 
2017. 
COST-SHARING 
PROVISIONS 
FOR 
CERTAIN 
AREAS. 
Section 1156 of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2310; 100 Stat. 4256) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1156. COST-SHARING PROVISIONS FOR CERTAIN 
AREAS. 
‘‘The Secretary shall waive local cost-sharing require-
ments up to $500,000 for all studies and projects— 
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‘‘(1) in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States 
Virgin Islands; 
‘‘(2) in Indian country (as defined in section 
1151 of title 18, United States Code, and including 
lands that are within the jurisdictional area of an 
Oklahoma Indian tribe, as determined by the Sec-
retary of the Interior, and are recognized by the Sec-
retary of the Interior as eligible for trust land status 
under part 151 of title 25, Code of Federal Regula-
tions); or 
‘‘(3) on land in the State of Alaska owned by 
an Alaska Native Regional Corporation or an Alaska 
Native Village Corporation (as those terms are de-
fined in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act 
(43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)) or the Metlakatla Indian 
community.’’. 
SEC. 2018. USE OF OTHER FEDERAL FUNDS. 
The non-Federal interest for a water resources study 
or project may use, and the Secretary shall accept, funds 
provided by a Federal agency under any other Federal 
program, to satisfy, in whole or in part, the non-Federal 
share of the cost of the study or project if such funds are 
authorized to be used to carry out the study or project. 
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SEC. 2019. REVISION OF PROJECT PARTNERSHIP AGREE-
MENT. 
Upon authorization by law of an increase in the max-
imum amount of Federal funds that may be allocated for 
a water resources project or an increase in the total cost 
of a water resources project authorized to be carried out 
by the Secretary, the Secretary shall revise the partnership 
agreement for the project to take into account the change 
in Federal participation in the project. 
SEC. 2020. COST SHARING. 
An increase in the maximum amount of Federal 
funds that may be allocated for a water resources project, 
or an increase in the total cost of a water resources 
project, authorized to be carried out by the Secretary shall 
not affect any cost-sharing requirement applicable to the 
project. 
SEC. 2021. EXPEDITED ACTIONS FOR EMERGENCY FLOOD 
DAMAGE REDUCTION. 
The Secretary shall expedite any authorized planning, 
design, and construction of any project for flood damage 
reduction for an area that, within the preceding 5 years, 
has been subject to flooding that resulted in the loss of 
life and caused damage of sufficient severity and mag-
nitude to warrant a declaration of a major disaster by the 
President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 
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