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(7) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) APPROVAL.—The Secretary shall review 
the design and construction activities for all features 
of the hydroelectric project that pertain to and affect 
stability of the dam and control the release of water 
from Bluestone Dam to ensure that the quality of 
construction of those features meets all standards 
established for similar facilities constructed by the 
Secretary.’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (2); 
(C) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) and insert-
ing ‘‘, except that hydroelectric power is no 
longer a project purpose of the facility. Water 
flow releases from the hydropower facilities 
shall be determined and directed by the Corps 
of Engineers.’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) COORDINATION.—Construction of the hy-
droelectric generating facilities shall be coordinated 
with the dam safety assurance project currently in 
the design and construction phases.’’;
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(8) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘in accord-
ance’’ and all that follows through ‘‘58 Stat. 890)’’; 
(9) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘facility of the inter-
connected systems of reservoirs operated by the 
Secretary’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘facilities under construction under such agree-
ments’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘design’’ and inserting 
‘‘planning, design’’; 
(10) in subsection (f)(2)— 
(A) by ‘‘Secretary’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘Tri-Cities Power Authority’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘facilities referred to in 
subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘such facilities’’; 
(11) by striking paragraph (1) of subsection (g) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) to arrange for the transmission of power 
to the market or to construct such transmission fa-
cilities as necessary to market the power produced at 
the facilities referred to in subsection (a) with funds 
contributed by the Tri-Cities Power Authority; and’’;
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(12) in subsection (g)(2) by striking ‘‘such fa-
cilities’’ and all that follows through ‘‘the Secretary’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the generating facility’’; and 
(13) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) TRI-CITIES POWER AUTHORITY DEFINED.—In 
this section, the ‘Tri-Cities Power Authority’ refers to the 
entity established by the City of Hinton, West Virginia, 
the City of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, and the 
City of Philippi, West Virginia, pursuant to a document 
entitled ‘Second Amended and Restated Intergovern-
mental Agreement’ approved by the Attorney General of 
West Virginia on February 14, 2002.’’. 
SEC. 5146. WEST VIRGINIA AND PENNSYLVANIA FLOOD 
CONTROL. 
(a) CHEAT AND TYGART RIVER BASINS, WEST VIR-
GINIA.—Section 581(a)(1) of the Water Resources Devel-
opment Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3790; 113 Stat. 313) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘flood control measures’’ and in-
serting ‘‘structural and nonstructural flood control, 
streambank protection, stormwater management, 
and channel clearing and modification measures’’; 
and
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(2) by inserting ‘‘with respect to measures that 
incorporate levees or floodwalls’’ before the semi-
colon. 
(b) PRIORITY COMMUNITIES.—Section 581(b) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 
3791) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(5); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (6) and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) Etna, Pennsylvania, in the Pine Creek wa-
tershed; and 
‘‘(8) Millvale, Pennsylvania, in the Girty’s Run 
River basin.’’. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
581(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 
(110 Stat. 3791) is amended by striking ‘‘$12,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$90,000,000’’. 
SEC. 5147. LOWER KANAWHA RIVER BASIN, WEST VIRGINIA. 
The Secretary shall conduct a watershed and river 
basin assessment under section 729 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2267a) for 
the Lower Kanawha River Basin, in the counties of