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ment shall be considered to be a reference to a part-
nership agreement or a project partnership agree-
ment, respectively. 
(3) REFERENCES
TO
PARTNERSHIP
AGREE-
MENTS.—Any reference to a partnership agreement 
or project partnership agreement in this Act (other 
than this section) shall be considered as a reference 
to a cooperation agreement or a project cooperation 
agreement, respectively. 
(e) DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.—Not later than 
September 30, 2006, the Secretary shall issue policies and 
guidelines for partnership agreements that delegate to the 
district engineers, at a minimum— 
(1) the authority to approve any policy in a 
partnership agreement that has appeared in an 
agreement previously approved by the Secretary; 
(2) the authority to approve any policy in a 
partnership agreement the specific terms of which 
are dictated by law, or by a final feasibility study, 
final environmental impact statement, or other final 
decision document for a water resources development 
project; 
(3) the authority to approve any partnership 
agreement that complies with the policies and guide-
lines issued by the Secretary; and
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(4) the authority to sign any partnership agree-
ment for any water resources development project 
unless, within 30 days of the date of authorization 
of the project, the Secretary notifies the district en-
gineer in which the project will be carried out that 
the Secretary wishes to retain the prerogative to 
sign the partnership agreement for that project. 
(f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and every year 
thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
detailing the following: 
(1) the number of partnership agreements 
signed by district engineers and the number of part-
nership agreements signed by the Secretary, and 
(2) for any partnership agreement signed by 
the Secretary, an explanation of why delegation to 
the district engineer was not appropriate. 
(g) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Not later than the 
120th day following the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Chief of Engineers shall ensure that each district engineer 
has made available on the Internet all partnership agree-
ments entered into under section 221 of the Flood Control 
Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5(b)) within the preceding 
10 years and all partnership agreements for water re-
sources development projects currently being carried out
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in that district and shall make any partnership agree-
ments entered into after such date of enactment available 
on the Internet within 7 days of the date on which such 
agreement is entered into. 
SEC. 2007. ASSISTANCE FOR REMEDIATION, RESTORATION, 
AND REUSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide to 
State and local governments assessment, planning, and 
design assistance for remediation, environmental restora-
tion, or reuse of areas located within the boundaries of 
such State or local governments where such remediation, 
environmental restoration, or reuse will contribute to the 
improvement of water quality or the conservation of water 
and related resources of drainage basins and watersheds 
within the United States. 
(b) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal share 
of the cost of assistance provided under subsection (a) 
shall be 50 percent. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. 
SEC. 2008. COMPILATION OF LAWS. 
Within one year after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the laws of the United States relating to the improve-
ment of rivers and harbors, flood control, beach erosion,