I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8812 
To provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, 
to provide for the conservation and development of water and related 
resources, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 25, 2024 
Mr. GRAVES of Missouri (for himself, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. 
ROUZER, and Mrs. NAPOLITANO) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of 
the United States, to provide for the conservation and 
development of water and related resources, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Water Resources Development Act of 2024’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
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Sec. 149. Sense of Congress relating to comprehensive benefits. 
Sec. 150. Reporting and oversight. 
TITLE II—STUDIES AND REPORTS 
Sec. 201. Authorization of proposed feasibility studies. 
Sec. 202. Expedited completion. 
Sec. 203. Expedited modification of existing feasibility studies. 
Sec. 204. Corps of Engineers reports. 
Sec. 205. GAO studies. 
Sec. 206. Annual report on harbor maintenance needs and trust fund expendi-
tures. 
Sec. 207. Examination of reduction of microplastics. 
Sec. 208. Post-disaster watershed assessment for impacted areas. 
Sec. 209. Upper Barataria Basin and Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico Connec-
tion, Louisiana. 
Sec. 210. Upper Mississippi River System Flood Risk and Resiliency Study. 
Sec. 211. New Jersey hot spot erosion mitigation. 
Sec. 212. Oceanside, California. 
Sec. 213. Coastal Washington. 
Sec. 214. Cherryfield Dam, Narraguagus River, Maine. 
Sec. 215. Poor Farm Pond Dam, Worcester, Massachusetts. 
Sec. 216. National Academy of Sciences study on Upper Rio Grande Basin. 
Sec. 217. Chambers, Galveston, and Harris Counties, Texas. 
Sec. 218. Sea sparrow accounting. 
TITLE III—DEAUTHORIZATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS 
Sec. 301. Deauthorization of inactive projects. 
Sec. 302. General reauthorizations. 
Sec. 303. Conveyances. 
Sec. 304. Lakes program. 
Sec. 305. Maintenance of navigation channels. 
Sec. 306. Asset divestiture. 
Sec. 307. Upper Mississippi River restoration program. 
Sec. 308. Coastal community flood control and other purposes. 
Sec. 309. Shore protection and restoration. 
Sec. 310. Hopper dredge McFarland replacement. 
Sec. 311. Acequias irrigation systems. 
Sec. 312. Pacific region. 
Sec. 313. Selma, Alabama. 
Sec. 314. Barrow, Alaska. 
Sec. 315. San Francisco Bay, California. 
Sec. 316. Santa Ana River Mainstem, California. 
Sec. 317. Faulkner Island, Connecticut. 
Sec. 318. Broadkill Beach, Delaware. 
Sec. 319. Federal Triangle Area, Washington, District of Columbia. 
Sec. 320. Washington Aqueduct. 
Sec. 321. Washington Metropolitan Area, Washington, District of Columbia, 
Maryland, and Virginia. 
Sec. 322. Northern estuaries ecosystem restoration, Florida. 
Sec. 323. Chicago shoreline protection, Illinois. 
Sec. 324. Dillard Road, Patoka Lake, Indiana. 
Sec. 325. Port Fourchon Belle Pass Channel, Louisiana. 
Sec. 326. Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam, Minnesota. 
Sec. 327. Missouri River levee system, Missouri. 
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Sec. 328. Table Rock Lake, Missouri and Arkansas. 
Sec. 329. Missouri River mitigation, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska. 
Sec. 330. New York and New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries, New York and 
New Jersey. 
Sec. 331. Western Lake Erie basin, Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan. 
Sec. 332. Willamette Valley, Oregon. 
Sec. 333. Columbia River Channel, Oregon and Washington. 
Sec. 334. Buffalo Bayou Tributaries and Resiliency study, Texas. 
Sec. 335. Matagorda Ship Channel Jetty Deficiency, Port Lavaca, Texas. 
Sec. 336. San Antonio Channel, San Antonio, Texas. 
Sec. 337. Western Washington State, Washington. 
Sec. 338. Environmental infrastructure. 
Sec. 339. Specific deauthorizations. 
TITLE IV—WATER RESOURCES INFRASTRUCTURE 
Sec. 401. Project authorizations. 
Sec. 402. Facility investment. 
SEC. 2. SECRETARY DEFINED. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec-
retary of the Army. 
TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. CONTINUING AUTHORITY PROGRAMS. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAM FOR ALTERNATIVE PROJECT 
DELIVERY
FOR
CONTINUING
AUTHORITY
PROGRAM 
PROJECTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall implement a pilot program, in accord-
ance with this subsection, allowing a non-Federal in-
terest or the Secretary to carry out a project under 
a continuing authority program through the use of 
an alternative delivery method. 
(2) CONSISTENCY.—The Secretary shall imple-
ment the pilot program under this subsection 
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through a single office, which shall be headed by a 
Director. 
(3) PARTICIPATION
IN
PILOT
PROGRAM.—In 
carrying out paragraph (1), the Director shall— 
(A) solicit project proposals from non-Fed-
eral interests by posting program information 
on a public-facing website and reaching out to 
non-Federal interests that have previously sub-
mitted project requests to the Secretary; 
(B) review such proposals and select 
projects, taking into consideration geographic 
diversity among the selected projects and the 
alternative delivery methods used for the se-
lected projects; and 
(C) notify the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Environ-
ment and Public Works of the Senate of each 
project selected under subparagraph (B), in-
cluding— 
(i) identification of the project name, 
type, and location, and the associated non- 
Federal interest; 
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(ii) a description of the type of alter-
native delivery method being used to carry 
out the project; and 
(iii) a description of how the project 
meets the authorized purposes and require-
ments of the applicable continuing author-
ity program. 
(4) COST SHARE.—The Federal and non-Fed-
eral shares of the cost of a project carried out pur-
suant to this subsection shall be consistent with the 
cost share requirements of the applicable continuing 
authority program. 
(5) MODIFICATIONS TO PROCESSES.—With re-
spect to a project selected under paragraph (3), the 
Secretary shall— 
(A) allow the non-Federal interest to con-
tribute more than the non-Federal share of the 
project required under the applicable continuing 
authority program; 
(B) allow the use of return on Federal in-
vestment as an alternative to benefit-cost anal-
ysis; 
(C) allow the use of a real estate acquisi-
tion audit process to replace existing crediting, 
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oversight, and review processes and procedures; 
and 
(D) notwithstanding any otherwise applica-
ble requirement of a continuing authority pro-
gram, allow the use of a single contract with 
the non-Federal interest that incorporates the 
feasibility and construction phases, and may 
also include the operations and maintenance of 
the project. 
(6) CREDIT OR REIMBURSEMENT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—A project selected 
under paragraph (3) that is carried out by a 
non-Federal interest pursuant to this subsection 
shall be eligible for credit or reimbursement for 
the Federal share of the cost of the project if, 
before initiation of construction of the project— 
(i) the non-Federal interest enters 
into a written agreement with the Sec-
retary under section 221 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b), in-
cluding an agreement to pay the non-Fed-
eral share of the cost of operation and 
maintenance of the project, consistent with 
the applicable continuing authority pro-
gram; and 
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Representatives and the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works of the Senate a report on the 
progress and outcomes of projects carried out pursu-
ant to this subsection, including— 
(A) an assessment of whether the use of 
alternative delivery methods has resulted in cost 
savings or time efficiencies; and 
(B) identification of changes to laws or 
policies needed in order to implement more 
projects using alternative delivery methods. 
(8) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY METHOD.— 
The term ‘‘alternative delivery method’’ means 
a project delivery method that is not the tradi-
tional design-bid-build method, including pro-
gressive design-build, public-private partner-
ships, and construction manager at risk. 
(B) CONTINUING AUTHORITY PROGRAM.— 
The term ‘‘continuing authority program’’ has 
the meaning given that term in the section 
7001(c)(1)(D) of Water Resources Reform and 
Development Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2282d). 
(C) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ 
means the Director of the office through which 
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the Secretary is implementing the pilot program 
under this subsection. 
(D) RETURN ON FEDERAL INVESTMENT.— 
The term ‘‘return on Federal investment’’ 
means, with respect to Federal investment in a 
water resources development project, the eco-
nomic return on the investment for the Federal 
government, taking into consideration quali-
tative returns for any anticipated life safety, 
risk reduction, economic growth, environmental, 
and social benefits accruing as a result of the 
investment. 
(9) SUNSET.—The authority to commence pur-
suant to this subsection a project selected under 
paragraph (3) shall terminate on the date that is 10 
years after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(10) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection $50,000,000 for each fiscal year. 
(b) MODIFICATIONS
TO CONTINUING AUTHORITY 
PROGRAMS.— 
(1) DELEGATION
OF
DECISION-MAKING
AU-
THORITY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except with respect to 
a project carried out pursuant to subsection (a), 
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the Secretary shall delegate decision-making au-
thority and review of projects under a con-
tinuing authority program to the District Com-
mander of the district of the Corps of Engi-
neers in which the project is located. 
(B) SCOPE
OF
AUTHORITY.—Authority 
delegated under subparagraph (A) shall include 
authority related to the approval of project ini-
tiation, allocation of funds within statutory lim-
its, and oversight of project implementation. 
(2) PROCEDURE
FOR
EXTENDING
COST
LIM-
ITS.— 
(A) INITIAL DETERMINATION.—If, during 
the pre-construction phase of a project under a 
continuing authority program, the total Federal 
costs of the project are projected to exceed the 
established Federal per-project limit, the Dis-
trict Commander to whom authority has been 
delegated under paragraph (1) with respect to 
the project shall conduct an assessment to de-
termine whether the project can continue to be 
carried out with a revised scope. 
(B) TRANSITION
TO
NEW
FEASIBILITY 
STUDY CASE 1.—If the District Commander de-
termines under subparagraph (A) that a project 
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cannot continue to be carried out with a revised 
scope within the existing authority for the 
project, and the cost of completing the project 
is not projected to exceed twice the applicable 
established per-project limit— 
(i) the project may be considered a 
new 
feasibility 
study 
and 
shall 
be 
prioritized for investigation funds from the 
Secretary to minimize starts and stops on 
project implementation; and 
(ii) such transition to a new feasibility 
study shall require approval from the Sec-
retary and shall include a notification to 
Congress. 
(C) TRANSITION
TO
NEW
FEASIBILITY 
STUDY CASE 2.—If the District Commander de-
termines under subparagraph (A) that a project 
cannot continue to be carried out with a revised 
scope within the existing authority for the 
project, and the cost of completing the project 
is projected to exceed twice the applicable es-
tablished per-project limit, the project may only 
continue as a feasibility study subject to the re-
quirements of section 105 of the Water Re-
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sources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 
2215). 
(D) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—A project carried 
out pursuant to subparagraph (B) shall not 
count towards the annual program funding au-
thorization limits for the applicable continuing 
authority program. 
(3) CONTINUING
AUTHORITY
PROGRAM
DE-
FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘continuing 
authority program’’ has the meaning given that term 
in the section 7001(c)(1)(D) of Water Resources Re-
form and Development Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 
2282d). 
(c) EMERGENCY
STREAMBANK
AND
SHORELINE 
PROTECTION.—Section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 
1946 (33 U.S.C. 701r) is amended by striking 
‘‘$25,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000’’. 
(d) STORM AND HURRICANE RESTORATION AND IM-
PACT MINIMIZATION PROGRAM.—Section 3(c) of the Act 
of August 13, 1946 (33 U.S.C. 426g(c)) is amended— 
(1) 
in 
paragraph 
(1), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$37,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$62,500,000’’; and 
(2) 
in 
paragraph 
(2)(B), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$12,500,000’’. 
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(e) SMALL
RIVER
AND
HARBOR
IMPROVEMENT 
PROJECTS.—Section 107(b) of the River and Harbor Act 
of 1960 (33 U.S.C. 577(b)) is amended by striking 
‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$12,500,000’’. 
(f) AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION.—Section 
206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (33 
U.S.C. 2330) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) 
ANADROMOUS
FISH.—Notwithstanding 
paragraph (1), for projects carried out under sub-
section (a)(3), the non-Federal interest shall provide 
15 percent of the cost of construction, including pro-
vision of all lands, easements, rights-of-way, and 
necessary relocations.’’; and 
(2) 
in 
subsection 
(d), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$15,000,000’’. 
(g) REMOVAL OF OBSTRUCTIONS; CLEARING CHAN-
NELS.—Section 2 of the Act of August 28, 1937 (33 
U.S.C. 701g) is amended by striking ‘‘$500,000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$1,000,000’’. 
(h) PROJECT MODIFICATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF 
ENVIRONMENT OR DROUGHT RESILIENCY.—Section 1135 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 
U.S.C. 2309a) is amended— 
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(1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘OR 
DROUGHT RESILIENCY’’ after ‘‘ENVIRONMENT’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘for the purpose of improv-
ing’’ and inserting ‘‘for the purpose of— 
‘‘(1) improving’’; 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) providing drought resiliency.’’; 
(3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘(2) will im-
prove’’ and inserting ‘‘(2) will provide for drought 
resilience or will improve’’; 
(4) 
in 
subsection 
(d), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$12,500,000’’; 
(5) 
in 
subsection 
(h), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$50,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$62,000,000’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) DROUGHT
RESILIENCE.—Drought resilience 
measures carried out under this section may include— 
‘‘(1) water conservation measures to mitigate 
and address drought conditions; 
‘‘(2) removal of sediment captured behind a 
dam for the purpose of restoring or increasing the 
authorized storage capacity of the project concerned; 
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‘‘(3) the planting of native plant species that 
will reduce the risk of drought and the incidence of 
non-native species; and 
‘‘(4) other actions that increase drought resil-
ience, water conservation, or water availability.’’. 
(i) SMALL FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 205 of the Flood 
Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 205. SMALL FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall carry out a 
program for the implementation, in partnership with non- 
Federal interests, of small structural or nonstructural 
projects for flood risk management, stormwater manage-
ment, and related purposes not specifically authorized by 
Congress when in the opinion of the Chief of Engineers 
such work is advisable. 
‘‘(b) COST SHARE.— 
‘‘(1) 
FLOOD
RISK
MANAGEMENT
AND 
STORMWATER PURPOSES.— 
‘‘(A) NON-FEDERAL
SHARE.—The non- 
Federal share for a project implemented under 
this section of the costs assigned to purposes 
described in subsection (a) shall be 35 percent. 
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‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—The non-Federal 
interest for a project implemented under this 
section shall pay 5 percent of the costs assigned 
to purposes described in subsection (a) during 
construction of the project. 
‘‘(2) 
OTHER
PURPOSES.—The 
non-Federal 
share for a project implemented under this section 
of the costs assigned to purposes not described in 
subsection (a) shall be consistent with the cost share 
requirements of section 103 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213). 
‘‘(3) LANDS.—The non-Federal interest for a 
project implemented under this section shall provide 
all lands, easements, rights-of-way, dredged material 
disposal areas, and perform all related necessary re-
locations. 
‘‘(c) AGREEMENTS.—Construction of a project under 
this section shall be initiated only after a non-Federal in-
terest has entered into an agreement with the Secretary 
to pay— 
‘‘(1) the non-Federal share of the costs of con-
struction required by this section; and 
‘‘(2) 100 percent of any operation, mainte-
nance, replacement, and rehabilitation costs associ-
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ated with the project in accordance with regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary. 
‘‘(d) COMPLETENESS.—A project implemented under 
this section shall be complete in itself and shall not commit 
the United States to any additional improvement for the 
successful operation of the project. 
‘‘(e) FLEXIBILITY IN PROJECT DESIGN AND IMPLE-
MENTATION.—The Secretary is authorized to, in coordina-
tion with the non-Federal interest for a project imple-
mented under this section, incorporate natural features 
and nature-based features, water reuse and recycling prac-
tices, and other innovative stormwater management prac-
tices and techniques, including green infrastructure, per-
meable pavements, rain gardens, and retention basins into 
the project. 
‘‘(f) CONSIDERATION.—In implementing a project 
under this section, the Secretary shall, where appropriate, 
examine opportunities to include features for the reclama-
tion, treatment, and reuse of flood water and stormwater 
associated with the project that will not result in— 
‘‘(1) a determination that the project is not eco-
nomically justified; or 
‘‘(2) the limitation described in subsection 
(h)(1) conflicting with the required Federal share of 
the cost of the project. 
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‘‘(g) STORMWATER-RELATED PROJECTS.—For any 
project for stormwater management implemented under 
this section, the Secretary shall include management of 
stormwater that flows at a rate of less than 800 cubic 
feet per second for the 10-percent flood. 
‘‘(h) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) LIMITATION.—Not more than $15,000,000 
in Federal funds may be allocated under this section 
for a single project within a single specific geo-
graphic area, such as a city, town, or county. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this section $90,000,000 for each fiscal year.’’. 
(2) EFFECT
ON
EXISTING
AGREEMENTS.— 
Nothing in the amendment made by this subsection 
shall affect any agreement in effect on the date of 
enactment of this Act under section 205 of the 
Flood Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s), except 
that, upon request by the non-Federal interest for 
the project that is the subject of such an agreement, 
the Secretary and the non-Federal interest may 
modify the agreement to reflect the requirements of 
such section 205, as so amended. 
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(j) COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROGRAM.—Sec-
tion 165(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 
2020 (33 U.S.C. 2201 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking the subsection heading and in-
serting ‘‘COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION PROGRAM’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘pilot pro-
gram’’ and inserting ‘‘program’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(A) solicit project proposals from non- 
Federal interests by posting program informa-
tion on a public-facing website and reaching out 
to non-Federal interests that have previously 
submitted project requests to the Secretary; 
and’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘a 
total of 20 projects’’ and inserting ‘‘projects’’; 
(4) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(4) PRIORITY PROJECTS.—In carrying out this 
subsection, the Secretary shall prioritize the fol-
lowing projects: 
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‘‘(A) Projects located in coastal commu-
nities in western Alaska impacted by Typhoon 
Merbok. 
‘‘(B) The Hatch Dam project, Arizona, 
carried out pursuant to section 205 of the 
Flood Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s). 
‘‘(C) Projects located in Guam.’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection $50,000,000 for each fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 102. COMMUNITY PROJECT ADVISOR. 
(a) COMMUNITY PROJECT ADVISOR.—Not later than 
1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall establish a single office to assist non-Federal 
interests in accessing Federal resources related to water 
resources development projects, which shall be headed by 
a community project advisor appointed by the Secretary. 
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The community project ad-
visor appointed under this section shall— 
(1) provide guidance to potential non-Federal 
interests on accessing programs, services, and other 
assistance made available by the Corps of Engineers 
relating to water resources development projects, in-
cluding under— 
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(A) continuing authority programs (as 
such term is defined in section 7001(c)(1)(D) of 
the Water Resources Reform and Development 
Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2282d)); 
(B) section 14 of the Act of March 3, 1899 
(33 U.S.C. 408); 
(C) section 206 of the Flood Control Act 
of 1960 (33 U.S.C. 709a); 
(D) section 22 of the Water Resources De-
velopment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–16); 
(E) section 203 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2231); 
(F) section 204 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2232); 
(G) section 203 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 2000 (33 U.S.C. 2269); 
(H) section 5014 of the Water Resources 
Reform and Development Act of 2014 (33 
U.S.C. 2201 note); and 
(I) the Water Infrastructure Finance and 
Innovation Act (33 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.); 
(2) conduct outreach and workshops for poten-
tial non-Federal interests to provide information on 
such assistance, including processes for accessing 
such assistance; and 
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(3) identify programs, services, and other as-
sistance made available by other Federal and State 
agencies relating to water resources development 
projects for purposes of advising potential non-Fed-
eral interests on the best available applicable assist-
ance. 
(c) PRIORITIZATION.—In carrying out activities 
under this section, to the maximum extent practicable, the 
community project advisor shall prioritize providing assist-
ance with respect to water resources development projects 
that will benefit a rural community, a small community, 
or a community described in the guidance issued by the 
Secretary under section 160 of the Water Resources De-
velopment Act of 2020 (33 U.S.C. 2201 note). 
(d) ELECTRONIC PORTAL.— 
(1) DEVELOPMENT.—In carrying out this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall develop an online, inter-
active portal that— 
(A) contains information relating to the as-
sistance described in subsection (b); and 
(B) can be used by a potential non-Federal 
interest as a succinct guide to accessing such 
assistance based on the applicable potential 
water resources development project. 
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(2) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that the portal developed under paragraph (1) is 
made available in a prominent location on the pub-
lic-facing website of the headquarters of the Corps 
of Engineers and of each district and division of the 
Corps of Engineers. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$10,000,000 for each fiscal year. 
SEC. 103. MINIMUM REAL ESTATE INTEREST. 
(a) REAL ESTATE PLAN.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide to the non-Federal interest for an authorized water 
resources development project a real estate plan for the 
project that includes a description of the real estate inter-
ests required for construction, operation and maintenance, 
repair, rehabilitation, or replacement of the project, in-
cluding any specific details and legal requirements nec-
essary for implementation of the project. 
(b) IDENTIFICATION OF MINIMUM INTEREST.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For each authorized water 
resources development project for which an interest 
in real property is required for any applicable con-
struction, operation and maintenance, repair, reha-
bilitation, or replacement, the Secretary shall iden-
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tify the minimum interest in the property necessary 
to carry out the applicable activity. 
(2) DETERMINATION.—In carrying out para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall identify an interest 
that is less than fee simple title in cases where the 
Secretary determines that— 
(A) such an interest is sufficient for con-
struction, operation and maintenance, repair, 
rehabilitation, and replacement of the applicable 
project; and 
(B) the non-Federal interest cannot legally 
make available to the Secretary an interest in 
fee simple title for purposes of the project. 
(c) REQUIREMENT.—The non-Federal interest for an 
authorized water resources development project shall pro-
vide for the project an interest in the applicable real prop-
erty that is the minimum interest identified under sub-
section (b). 
(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall annually 
submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 
a report containing— 
(1) a summary of all instances in which the 
Secretary identified under subsection (b) fee simple 
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title as the minimum interest necessary with respect 
to an activity for which the non-Federal interest re-
quested the use of an interest less than fee simple 
title; and 
(2) with respect to each such instance, a de-
scription of the legal requirements that resulted in 
identifying fee simple title as the minimum interest. 
(e) EXISTING AGREEMENTS.—At the request of a 
non-Federal interest, an agreement entered into under 
section 221 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 
1962d-5b) between the Secretary and the non-Federal in-
terest before the date of enactment of this Act may be 
amended to reflect the requirements of this section. 
SEC. 104. STUDY OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT 
PROJECTS BY NON-FEDERAL INTERESTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 203 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2231) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘may undertake a fed-
erally authorized feasibility study of a pro-
posed water resources development project, 
or,’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘may un-
dertake and submit to the Secretary— 
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‘‘(A) a federally authorized feasibility 
study of a proposed water resources develop-
ment project; or’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘upon the written ap-
proval’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) upon the determination’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (B) (as so des-
ignated)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘undertake’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘, and submit the 
study to the Secretary’’ and inserting 
‘‘or constructed by a non-Federal in-
terest pursuant to section 204’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘, as soon as prac-
ticable,’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘non-Federal in-
terests to’’ and inserting ‘‘non-Federal 
interests that’’; 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (A) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) provide clear, concise, and trans-
parent guidance for the non-Federal interest to 
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use in developing a feasibility study that com-
plies with requirements that would apply to a 
feasibility study undertaken by the Secretary;’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting a semi-
colon; and 
(iv) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) provide guidance to a non-Federal in-
terest on obtaining support from the Secretary 
to complete elements of a feasibility study that 
may be considered inherently governmental and 
required to be done by a Federal agency; and 
‘‘(D) provide contacts for employees of the 
Corps of Engineers that a non-Federal interest 
may use to initiate coordination with the Sec-
retary and identify at what stages coordination 
may be beneficial.’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) DETERMINATION.—If a non-Federal inter-
est requests to undertake a feasibility study on a 
modification to a constructed water resources devel-
opment project under paragraph (1)(B), the Sec-
retary shall expeditiously provide to the non-Federal 
interest the determination required under such para-
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graph with respect to whether conceptual modifica-
tions, as presented by the non-Federal interest, are 
consistent with the authorized purposes of the 
project.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘receives a request under this paragraph’’ 
and inserting ‘‘receives a study submission 
under subsection (a) or receives a request 
under subparagraph (A)’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) 
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
RE-
QUIRED.—The Secretary shall notify a non- 
Federal interest if, upon initial review of a sub-
mission received under subsection (a) or a re-
ceipt of a request under subparagraph (A), the 
Secretary requires additional information to 
perform the required analyses, reviews, and 
compliance processes and include in such notifi-
cation a detailed description of the required in-
formation.’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (4) and insert-
ing the following: 
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‘‘(4) NOTIFICATION.—Upon receipt of a study 
submission under subsection (a) or receipt of a re-
quest under paragraph (3)(A), the Secretary shall 
notify the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 
Senate of the submission or request and a timeline 
for completion of the required analyses, reviews, and 
compliance processes and shall notify the non-Fed-
eral interest of such timeline.’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘receiv-
ing a request under paragraph (3)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘receiving a study submission under sub-
section (a) or a request under paragraph 
(3)(A)’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘If a project’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a project’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or modification to the 
project’’ before ‘‘an amount equal to’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—Any credit provided 
to a non-Federal interest under this subsection may 
not exceed the maximum Federal cost for a feasi-
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bility study initiated by the Secretary under section 
1001(a)(2) of the Water Resources Reform and De-
velopment Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2282c(a)).’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
$1,000,000 for each fiscal year to carry out this section.’’. 
(b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall update 
any guidance as necessary to reflect the amendments 
made by this section. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—Any non-Federal interest 
that has entered in a written agreement with the Secretary 
related to carrying out a feasibility study pursuant to sec-
tion 203 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 
(33 U.S.C. 2231) before the date of enactment of this Act 
may submit to the Secretary a request to amend such 
agreement to reflect the amendments made by this section. 
SEC. 105. CONSTRUCTION OF WATER RESOURCES DEVEL-
OPMENT PROJECTS BY NON-FEDERAL INTER-
ESTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 204 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2232) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘an appropriate non-Fed-
eral interest’’ and inserting ‘‘a non-Federal in-
terest carrying out a project, or separable ele-
ment of a project, under this section’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘on construction for any 
project’’ and inserting ‘‘for the construction of 
any project or separable element’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘, consistent with the au-
thorized cost share for the project,’’ after 
‘‘United States funds’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 
clauses (i) through (iii) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) the non-Federal interest— 
‘‘(I) enters into a written agree-
ment with the Secretary under section 
221 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 
(42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b), including an 
agreement to pay the non-Federal 
share, if any, of the cost of operation 
and maintenance of the project; 
‘‘(II) makes any information rel-
evant to carrying out the project 
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available to the Secretary to review; 
and 
‘‘(III) identifies features of the 
project or separable element that are 
outside the scope of the authorized 
project; and 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary— 
‘‘(I) reviews the plans for con-
struction by the non-Federal interest; 
‘‘(II) determines the project out-
puts are consistent with the author-
ized project and construction would 
not result in life safety concerns; 
‘‘(III) determines that the plans 
comply with applicable Federal laws 
and regulations; and 
‘‘(IV) verifies that the construc-
tion documents, including supporting 
information, have been signed by an 
Engineer of Record; and’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(B) and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and 
(D), respectively; and 
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(iii) in subparagraph (C)(i), by strik-
ing ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)(iii)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraph (1)(A)(i)’’; and 
(iv) in subparagraph (D)(i) by strik-
ing ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)(iii)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraph (1)(A)(i)’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) EXCLUSIONS.—The Secretary may not 
provide credit or reimbursement for— 
‘‘(A) activities required by the non-Federal 
interest to initiate design and construction that 
would otherwise not be required by the Sec-
retary; or 
‘‘(B) delays incurred by the non-Federal 
interest resulting in project cost increases.’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section $1,000,000 for each fiscal year.’’. 
(b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall update 
any guidance as necessary to reflect the amendments 
made by this section. 
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(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—Any non-Federal interest 
that has entered in a written agreement with the Secretary 
to carry out a water resources development project pursu-
ant to section 204 of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2232) before the date of enact-
ment of this Act may submit to the Secretary a request 
to amend such agreement to reflect the amendments made 
by this section. 
SEC. 106. REVIEW PROCESS. 
Section 14 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (33 U.S.C. 
408) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsections (d) and (e), respectively, and inserting 
after subsection (b) the following: 
‘‘(c) REVIEW PROCESS.— 
‘‘(1) CONSISTENCY.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a single office within the Corps of Engineers 
with the expertise to provide consistent and timely 
recommendations under subsection (a) for applica-
tions for permission submitted pursuant to such sub-
section. 
‘‘(2) PRE-APPLICATION MEETING.—At the re-
quest of a non-Federal entity that is planning on 
submitting an application for permission pursuant to 
subsection (a), the Secretary, acting through the of-
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fice established under paragraph (1), shall meet with 
the non-Federal entity to— 
‘‘(A) provide clear, concise, and specific 
technical requirements for non-Federal entity to 
use in the development of the application; 
‘‘(B) recommend the number of design 
packages to submit for the proposed action, and 
the stage of development at which to submit 
such packages; and 
‘‘(C) identify potential concerns or conflicts 
with such proposed actions. 
‘‘(3) CONTRIBUTED
FUNDS.—The Secretary 
may use funds accepted from a non-Federal entity 
under subsection (b)(3) for purposes of conducting 
a meeting described in paragraph (2).’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), as so redesignated— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the Sec-
retary shall inform’’ and inserting ‘‘the Sec-
retary, acting through the head of the office es-
tablished under subsection (c), shall inform’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the Sec-
retary shall’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary, act-
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ing through the head of the office established 
under subsection (c), shall’’. 
SEC. 107. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION AND TRACKING OF 
PERMIT APPLICATIONS. 
(a) ELECTRONIC SYSTEM.—Section 2040(a) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 
2345(a)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘DE-
VELOPMENT OF ELECTRONIC’’ and inserting ‘‘ELEC-
TRONIC’’; 
(2) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall imple-
ment an electronic system to allow the electronic— 
‘‘(A) preparation and submission of appli-
cations for permits and requests for jurisdic-
tional determinations under the jurisdiction of 
the Secretary; and 
‘‘(B) tracking of documents related to Fed-
eral environmental reviews for projects under 
the jurisdiction of the Secretary or for which 
the Corps of Engineers is designated as the 
lead Federal agency.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2)— 
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(A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) documents related to Federal envi-
ronmental reviews for projects under the juris-
diction of the Secretary or for which the Corps 
of Engineers is designated as the lead Federal 
agency.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.— 
To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary 
shall use the electronic system required under para-
graph (1) to enhance interagency coordination in the 
preparation of documents related to Federal environ-
mental reviews.’’. 
(b) SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.—Section 2040(b) of 
the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 
2345(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (5)(C), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(6) enable a non-Federal interest for a project 
to— 
‘‘(A) submit information related to the 
preparation of any Federal environmental re-
view document associated with the project; and 
‘‘(B) track the status of a Federal environ-
mental review associated with the project.’’. 
(c) RECORD RETENTION.—Section 2040(d) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 
2345(d)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘RECORD
OF
DETERMINATIONS’’ and inserting 
‘‘RECORD RETENTION’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, and all 
Federal environmental review documents included in 
the electronic system’’ before the period at the end; 
and 
(3) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and all Fed-
eral environmental review documents included in the 
electronic system,’’ before ‘‘after the 5-year’’. 
(d) AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS.—Section 2040(e) of 
the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 
2345(e)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘DE-
TERMINATIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘RECORDS’’; and 
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‘‘(i) CONSISTENCY WITH E-NEPA.—In carrying out 
this section, the Secretary shall take into consideration the 
results of the permitting portal study conducted pursuant 
to the amendment made by section 321(b) of the Fiscal 
Responsibility Act of 2023 (137 Stat. 44).’’. 
(2) COOPERATION.—The Secretary shall co-
operate with the Council on Environmental Quality 
in conducting the permitting portal study required 
pursuant to the amendment made by section 321(b) 
of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 (137 Stat. 
44). 
(h) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2040 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 
2345) is amended in the section heading by striking 
‘‘PERMIT APPLICATIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘PERMIT AP-
PLICATIONS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS’’. 
SEC. 108. VERTICAL INTEGRATION AND ACCELERATION OF 
STUDIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1001(a) of the Water Re-
sources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 
2282c(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘of initiation’’ 
and inserting ‘‘on which the Secretary determines 
the Federal interest for purposes of the report pur-
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suant to section 905(b) of the Water Resources De-
velopment Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2282(b)’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘cost of $3,000,000; and’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘cost of— 
‘‘(A) $3,000,000 for a project with an esti-
mated 
construction 
cost 
of 
less 
than 
$500,000,000; and’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) $5,000,000 for a project with an esti-
mated construction cost of greater than or 
equal to $500,000,000; and’’. 
(b) ADJUSTMENT.—Section 905(b)(2)(B) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 
2282(b)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘$200,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$300,000’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 905(b)(4) 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 
U.S.C. 2282(b)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘(A) TIM-
ING.—’’ and all that follows through ‘‘The cost of’’ and 
inserting ‘‘The cost of’’. 
SEC. 109. SYSTEMWIDE IMPROVEMENT FRAMEWORK AND 
ENCROACHMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5(c) of the Act of August 
18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n(c)(2)) is amended— 
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(1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(2) SYSTEMWIDE IMPROVEMENT PLAN.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the 
status of compliance of a non-Federal interest 
with the requirements of a levee owner’s man-
ual, or any other eligibility requirement estab-
lished by the Secretary related to the mainte-
nance and upkeep responsibilities of the non- 
Federal interest, the Secretary shall consider 
the non-Federal interest to be eligible for repair 
and rehabilitation assistance under this section 
if— 
‘‘(i) in coordination with the Sec-
retary, the non-Federal interest develops a 
systemwide improvement plan that— 
‘‘(I) identifies any items of de-
ferred or inadequate maintenance and 
upkeep, including any such items 
identified by the Secretary or through 
periodic inspection of the flood control 
work; 
‘‘(II) identifies any additional 
measures, including repair and reha-
bilitation work, that the Secretary de-
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termines necessary to ensure that the 
flood control work performs as de-
signed and intended; and 
‘‘(III) includes specific timelines 
for addressing such items and meas-
ures; and 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary— 
‘‘(I) determines that the system-
wide improvement plan meets the re-
quirements of clause (i); and 
‘‘(II) determines that the non- 
Federal interest makes satisfactory 
progress in meeting the timelines de-
scribed in clause (i)(III). 
‘‘(B) 
GRANDFATHERED
ENCROACH-
MENTS.—At the request of the non-Federal in-
terest, the Secretary— 
‘‘(i) shall review documentation devel-
oped by the non-Federal interest showing a 
covered encroachment does not negatively 
impact the integrity of the flood control 
work; 
‘‘(ii) shall make a written determina-
tion with respect to whether removal or 
modification of such covered encroachment 
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is necessary to ensure the encroachment 
does not negatively impact the integrity of 
the flood control work; and 
‘‘(iii) may not determine that a cov-
ered encroachment is a deficiency requiring 
corrective action unless such action is nec-
essary to ensure the encroachment does 
not negatively impact the integrity of the 
flood control work.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(C) 
COVERED
ENCROACHMENT.—The 
term ‘covered encroachment’ means a perma-
nent non-project structure that— 
‘‘(i) is located inside the boundaries of 
a flood control work; 
‘‘(ii) is depicted on construction draw-
ings or operation and maintenance plans 
for the flood control work that are signed 
by an engineer of record; and 
‘‘(iii) is determined, by the Secretary, 
to be an encroachment of such flood con-
trol work.’’. 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3011 of the 
Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 
(33 U.S.C. 701n note) is repealed. 
(c) TRANSITION.—The amendments made by this 
section shall have no effect on any written agreement 
signed by the Secretary and a non-Federal interest pursu-
ant to section 5(c)(2) of the Act of August 18, 1941 (as 
in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this 
Act) if the non-Federal interest otherwise continues to 
meet the requirements of section 5(c)(2) as in effect on 
the day before the date of enactment of this Act. 
(d) PARTICIPATION
IN
PREPAREDNESS
EXER-
CISES.—The Secretary may not condition the eligibility of 
a non-Federal interest for rehabilitation assistance under 
section 5 of the Act of August 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n) 
on the participation of the non-Federal interest in disaster 
preparedness exercises that are unrelated to necessary re-
pairs, rehabilitation, maintenance, and upkeep of a flood 
control work. 
SEC. 110. FISH AND WILDLIFE MITIGATION. 
Section 906 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2283) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘After November 17, 
1986, the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘The 
Secretary’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘shall not submit’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘unless such re-
port contains’’ and inserting ‘‘may not ap-
prove any proposal related to a water re-
sources project unless the Secretary has 
prepared a report relating to the project 
that contains’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) 
IDENTIFICATION.—The 
Secretary 
shall consult with the non-Federal interest for 
a water resources project, and other stake-
holders, to the maximum extent practicable— 
‘‘(i) to identify mitigation implementa-
tion practices or accepted assessment 
methodologies used in the region of the 
water resources project and incorporate 
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such practices and methodologies into the 
mitigation plan for such project; and 
‘‘(ii) to identify projects that have not 
been constructed, or concepts described in 
mitigation plans for other water resources 
projects, that may be used to meet the res-
toration or mitigation needs of the water 
resources project.’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3)(B)(iv)(I), by insert-
ing ‘‘or a description of the requirements for a 
third-party mitigation instrument that would be 
developed in the case that a contract for future 
delivery of credits will be used’’ after ‘‘to be 
used’’; 
(2) in subsection (i)(1)(A)— 
(A) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘, for imme-
diate delivery or future delivery to be identified 
in the mitigation instrument’’ after ‘‘banks’’; 
and 
(B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘, for imme-
diate delivery or future delivery to be identified 
in the mitigation instrument’’ after ‘‘pro-
grams’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(l) SEPARABLE ELEMENTS.—Mitigation of fish and 
wildlife losses required under this section that is provided 
in the form of credit shall be considered a separable ele-
ment of a project without requiring further evaluation. 
‘‘(m) TRANSPARENCY.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that— 
‘‘(1) the mitigation requirements for each water 
resources project— 
‘‘(A) are made publicly available (including 
on a website of the headquarters of the Corps 
of Engineers); and 
‘‘(B) include the location of the project, 
the anticipated schedule for mitigation, the type 
of mitigation required, the amount of mitigation 
required, and the remaining mitigation needs; 
‘‘(2) the mitigation plan for such project is 
made publicly available, as applicable; 
‘‘(3) the information described in paragraph (1) 
is updated regularly; and 
‘‘(4) carrying out the requirements of this sub-
section with respect to each water resources project 
is considered a project expense. 
‘‘(n) COORDINATION.—To the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the Secretary shall ensure that the project delivery 
team and regulatory team of the Corps of Engineers work 
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in coordination to successfully carry out mitigation ef-
forts.’’. 
SEC. 111. HARBOR DEEPENING. 
(a) CONSTRUCTION.—Section 101(a)(1) of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 
2211(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘50 feet’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘55 feet’’. 
(b) 
OPERATION
AND
MAINTENANCE.—Section 
101(b)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘50 
feet’’ and inserting ‘‘55 feet’’. 
SEC. 112. EMERGING HARBORS. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall— 
(1) issue guidance for the purpose of carrying 
out section 210(c)(3)(B) of the Water Resources De-
velopment Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2238(c)(3)(B)); 
and 
(2) develop a mechanism to accept the non-Fed-
eral share of funds from a non-Federal interest for 
maintenance dredging carried out under such sec-
tion. 
SEC. 113. REMOTE AND SUBSISTENCE HARBORS. 
Section 2006 of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 2242) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraphs 
(1) through (3) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) the project would be located in the State 
of Hawaii or Alaska, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, 
or American Samoa; and 
‘‘(2)(A) over 80 percent of the goods trans-
ported through the harbor would be consumed with-
in the United States, as determined by the Sec-
retary, including consideration of information pro-
vided by the non-Federal interest; or 
‘‘(B) the long-term viability of the community 
in which the project is located, or the long-term via-
bility of a community that is located in the region 
that is served by the project and that will rely on 
the project, would be threatened without the harbor 
and navigation improvement.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘benefits of the project to’’ and in-
serting ‘‘benefits of the project to any of’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’. 
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SEC. 114. ADDITIONAL PROJECTS FOR UNDERSERVED COM-
MUNITY HARBORS. 
Section 8132 of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 2022 (33 U.S.C. 2238e) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘section based on an assessment of’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘the local or re-
gional economic benefits of the project;’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘section— 
‘‘(1) based on an assessment of— 
‘‘(A) the local or regional economic bene-
fits of the project;’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 
(3) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; 
(C) in subparagraph (C) (as so redesig-
nated) by striking the period at the end and in-
serting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) that are located— 
‘‘(A) in a harbor where passenger and 
freight service is provided to island communities 
dependent on that service; or 
‘‘(B) in a lake, or any related connecting 
channels, within the United States that is in-
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cluded in the Boundary Waters Treaty of 
1909.’’; 
(2) in subsection (g)(2), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, or a ma-
rina or berthing area that is located adjacent to, or 
is accessible by, a Federal navigation project,’’ be-
fore ‘‘for which’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) PROJECTS FOR MARINA OR BERTHING AREAS.— 
The Secretary may carry out not more than 10 projects 
under this section that are projects for an underserved 
community harbor that is a marina or berthing area de-
scribed in subsection (g)(2).’’. 
SEC. 115. INLAND WATERWAYS REGIONAL DREDGE PILOT 
PROGRAM. 
Section 8133(c) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3720) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(c) PROJECTS.—In awarding contracts under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall consider projects that— 
‘‘(1) improve navigation reliability on inland 
waterways that are accessible year-round; 
‘‘(2) increase freight capacity on inland water-
ways; and 
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‘‘(3) have the potential to enhance the avail-
ability of containerized cargo on inland waterways.’’. 
SEC. 116. DREDGED MATERIAL DISPOSAL FACILITY PART-
NERSHIPS. 
Section 217(b) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1996 (33 U.S.C. 2326a(b)) is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) 
NON-FEDERAL
USE.—The 
Sec-
retary— 
‘‘(i) at the request of a non-Federal 
entity, may permit the use of any dredged 
material disposal facility under the juris-
diction of, or managed by, the Secretary by 
the non-Federal entity if the Secretary de-
termines that such use will not reduce the 
availability of the facility for the author-
ized water resources development project 
on a channel in the vicinity of the disposal 
facility; 
‘‘(ii) at the request of a non-Federal 
entity, shall permit the non-Federal entity 
to use a non-Federal disposal facility for 
the disposal of material dredged by the 
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non-Federal entity, regardless of any con-
nection to a Federal navigation project, 
if— 
‘‘(I) permission for such use has 
been granted by the owner of the non- 
Federal disposal facility; and 
‘‘(II) the Secretary determines 
that the dredged material disposal 
needs required to maintain, perform 
authorized deepening, or restore the 
navigability and functionality of au-
thorized navigation channels in the vi-
cinity of the non-Federal disposal fa-
cility for the 20-year period following 
the date of the request, including all 
planned and routine dredging oper-
ations necessary to maintain such 
channels for the authorized purposes 
during such period, can be met by the 
available gross capacity of other 
dredged material disposal facilities in 
the vicinity of the non-Federal dis-
posal facility; and 
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‘‘(iii) shall impose fees to recover cap-
ital, operation, and maintenance costs as-
sociated with such uses. 
‘‘(B) DETERMINATIONS.—The Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(i) delegate determinations under 
clauses (i) and (ii)(II) of subparagraph (A) 
to the District Commander of the district 
in which the relevant disposal facility is lo-
cated; and 
‘‘(ii) make such determinations not 
later than 90 days after receiving the ap-
plicable request.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 
‘‘USE OF FEES’’ and inserting ‘‘FEES’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(A) USE.—Notwithstanding’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) REDUCTION
IN
AMOUNT.—In col-
lecting any fee under this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall reduce the amount imposed under 
paragraph (1)(A)(iii) to account for improve-
ments made to the non-Federal disposal facility 
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by the non-Federal entity to recover the capac-
ity of the non-Federal disposal facility.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) DISPOSITION STUDIES.— 
‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.—Upon request by 
the owner of a non-Federal disposal facility, the 
Secretary shall carry out a disposition study of 
the non-Federal disposal facility, in accordance 
with section 1168 of the Water Resources De-
velopment Act of 2018 (33 U.S.C. 578b), if— 
‘‘(i) the Secretary has not used the 
non-Federal disposal facility for the dis-
posal of dredged material during the 20- 
year period preceding the date of the re-
quest; and 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary determines that 
the non-Federal disposal facility is not 
needed for such use by the Secretary dur-
ing the 20-year period following the date of 
the request. 
‘‘(B) CONCLUSIVE
PRESUMPTIONS.—For 
purposes of carrying out a disposition study re-
quired under subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
shall— 
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‘‘(i) consider the non-Federal disposal 
facility to be a separable element of a 
project; and 
‘‘(ii) consider a Federal interest in the 
non-Federal disposal facility to no longer 
exist. 
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) GROSS CAPACITY.—The term ‘gross 
capacity’ means the total quantity of dredged 
material that may be placed in a dredged mate-
rial disposal facility, taking into consideration 
any additional capacity that can be constructed 
at the facility. 
‘‘(B) NON-FEDERAL DISPOSAL FACILITY.— 
The term ‘non-Federal disposal facility’ means 
a dredged material disposal facility under the 
jurisdiction of, or managed by, the Secretary 
that is owned by a non-Federal entity.’’. 
SEC. 117. MAXIMIZATION OF BENEFICIAL USE. 
(a) BENEFICIAL USE OF DREDGED MATERIAL.— 
Section 1122 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
2016 (33 U.S.C. 2326 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
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(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) NATIONAL
GOAL.—To the greatest 
extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure 
that not less than 70 percent by tonnage of 
suitable dredged material obtained from the 
construction or operation and maintenance of 
water resources development projects is used 
beneficially.’’. 
(d) 
MAXIMIZATION
OF
BENEFICIAL
USE
IN 
DREDGED
MATERIAL
MANAGEMENT
PLANS.—Each 
dredged material management plan for a federally author-
ized water resources development project, and each re-
gional sediment plan developed under section 204 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (33 U.S.C. 
2326), including any such plan under development on the 
date of enactment of this Act, shall— 
(1) maximize the beneficial use of suitable 
dredged material; and 
(2) 
to 
the 
maximum 
extent 
practicable, 
prioritize the use of such dredged material in water 
resources development projects in areas vulnerable 
to coastal land loss or shoreline erosion. 
(e) TRANSFER
OF
SUITABLE
DREDGED
MATE-
RIAL.—The Secretary is authorized to transfer to a non- 
Federal interest at no cost, for the purpose of beneficial 
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use, suitable dredged material that the Secretary has de-
termined is in excess of the amounts of such material iden-
tified as needed for use by the Secretary. 
SEC. 118. ECONOMIC, HYDRAULIC, AND HYDROLOGIC MOD-
ELING. 
(a) MODEL DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary, in col-
laboration with other Federal and State agencies, National 
Laboratories, and non-profit research institutions (includ-
ing institutions of higher education and centers and lab-
oratories focused on economics or water resources), shall 
develop, update, and maintain economic, hydraulic, and 
hydrologic models, including models for compound flood-
ing, for use in the planning, design formulation, modifica-
tion, and operation of water resources development 
projects and water resources planning. 
(b) COORDINATION
AND USE
OF MODELS
AND 
DATA.—In carrying out subsection (a), to the extent prac-
ticable, the Secretary shall— 
(1) work with the non-Federal interest for a 
water resources development project to identify ex-
isting relevant economic, hydraulic, and hydrologic 
models and data; 
(2) utilize, where appropriate, economic, hy-
draulic, and hydrologic models and data provided to 
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the Secretary by the agencies, laboratories, and in-
stitutions described in subsection (a); and 
(3) upon written request by a non-Federal in-
terest for a project, provide to the non-Federal inter-
est draft or working economic, hydraulic, and hydro-
logic models, and any data generated by such models 
with respect to the project, not later than 30 days 
after receiving such request; and 
(4) in accordance with section 2017 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (33 
U.S.C. 2342), make final economic, hydraulic, and 
hydrologic models, and any data generated by such 
models, available to the public, as quickly as prac-
ticable, but not later than 30 days after receiving a 
written request for such models or data. 
(c) MODEL OUTPUTS.—To the extent practicable and 
appropriate, the Secretary shall incorporate data gen-
erated by models developed under this section into the for-
mulation of feasibility studies for, and the operation of, 
water resources development projects. 
(d) FUNDING.—The Secretary is authorized to trans-
fer to other Federal and State agencies, National Labora-
tories, and non-profit research institutions, including insti-
tutions of higher education, such funds as may be nec-
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essary to carry out subsection (a) from amounts available 
to the Secretary. 
(e) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION CREDIT.—A partnership 
agreement entered into under section 221 of the Flood 
Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b) may provide, 
at the request of the non-Federal interest for the applica-
ble project, that the Secretary credit toward the non-Fed-
eral share of the cost of the project the value of economic, 
hydraulic, and hydrologic models required for the project 
that are developed by the non-Federal interest in accord-
ance with any policies and guidelines applicable to the rel-
evant partnership agreement pursuant to such section. 
(f) REVIEW.—The Secretary shall review economic, 
hydraulic, and hydrologic models developed under this sec-
tion in the same manner as any such models developed 
under any other authority of the Secretary. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMPOUND
FLOODING.—The term ‘‘com-
pound flooding’’ means a flooding event in which two 
or more flood drivers, such as coastal storm surge- 
driven flooding and inland rainfall-driven flooding, 
occur simultaneously or in close succession and the 
potential adverse effects of the combined flood driv-
ers may be greater than that of the individual flood 
driver components. 
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(2) ECONOMIC.—The term ‘‘economic’’, as used 
in reference to models, means relating to the evalua-
tion of benefits and cost attributable to a project for 
an economic justification under section 209 of the 
Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962–2). 
SEC. 119. FORECAST-INFORMED RESERVOIR OPERATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In updating a water control man-
ual for any reservoir constructed, owned, or operated by 
the Secretary, including a reservoir for which the Sec-
retary is authorized to prescribe regulations for the use 
of storage allocated for flood control or navigation pursu-
ant to section 7 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (33 
U.S.C. 709), the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent 
practicable, incorporate the use of forecast-informed res-
ervoir operations. 
(b) GUIDELINES.—The Secretary, in coordination 
with relevant Federal and State agencies and non-Federal 
interests, shall issue clear and concise guidelines for incor-
porating the use of forecast-informed reservoir operations 
into water control manuals for reservoirs described in sub-
section (a). 
(c) ASSESSMENT.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall carry 
out an assessment of geographically diverse res-
ervoirs described in subsection (a) to determine the 
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viability of using forecast-informed reservoir oper-
ations at such reservoirs. 
(2) PRIORITY AREAS.—In carrying out the as-
sessment described in paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall include an assessment of— 
(A) each reservoir located in the South Pa-
cific Division of the Corps of Engineers; and 
(B) reservoirs located in each of the 
Northwestern Division and the South Atlantic 
Division of the Corps of Engineers. 
(3) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out this sub-
section, the Secretary shall consult with relevant 
Federal and State agencies and non-Federal inter-
ests. 
SEC. 120. UPDATES TO CERTAIN WATER CONTROL MANU-
ALS. 
Section 8109 of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3702) is amended by inserting ‘‘or 
that incorporate the use of forecast-informed reservoir op-
erations into such manuals’’ before the period at the end. 
SEC. 121. WATER SUPPLY MISSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 
(1) include water supply as a primary mission 
of the Corps of Engineers in planning, prioritization, 
designing, constructing, modifying, operating, and 
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maintaining water resources development projects; 
and 
(2) give equal consideration to the water supply 
mission in the planning, prioritization, designing, 
constructing, modifying, operating, and maintaining 
of water resources development projects. 
(b) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) NO
NEW
AUTHORITY.—Nothing in sub-
section (a) authorizes the Secretary to initiate a 
water resources development project or modify an 
authorized water resources development project. 
(2) LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in subsection (a) 
affects— 
(A) any existing authority of the Secretary, 
including— 
(i) authorities of the Secretary with 
respect to navigation, flood control, and 
environmental protection and restoration; 
(ii) the authority of the Secretary 
under section 6 of the Flood Control Act 
of 1944 (33 U.S.C. 708); and 
(iii) the authority of the Secretary 
under section 301 of the Water Supply Act 
of 1958 (43 U.S.C. 390b); 
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(B) any applications for permits under the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary, or lawsuits relat-
ing to such permits or water resources develop-
ment projects, pending as of the date of enact-
ment of this Act; 
(C) the application of any procedures to 
assure public notice and an opportunity for 
public hearing for such permits; or 
(D) the authority of a State to manage, 
use, or allocate the water resources of that 
State. 
(c) WATER STORAGE AT CORPS RESERVOIRS.—Sec-
tion 301(b) of the Water Supply Act of 1958 (43 U.S.C. 
390b(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘for Corps of Engineers 
projects, not to exceed 30 percent’’ and replacing it with 
‘‘for Corps of Engineers projects, not to exceed 100 per-
cent’’. 
(d) REPORTS.— 
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than one year 
after the date of enactment of this section, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Environment and Pub-
lic Works of the Senate a report detailing— 
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(A) the steps taken to comply with sub-
section (a); and 
(B) actions identified by non-Federal inter-
ests that may be taken, consistent with existing 
authorized purposes of the applicable water re-
sources development projects, to— 
(i) reallocate storage space in existing 
water resources development projects for 
municipal and industrial water supply pur-
poses pursuant to section 301 of the Water 
Supply Act of 1958 (43 U.S.C. 390b); 
(ii) enter into surplus water supply 
contracts pursuant to section 6 of the 
Flood Control Act of 1944 (33 U.S.C. 
708); 
(iii) modify the operations of an exist-
ing water resources development project to 
produce water supply benefits incidental 
to, and consistent with, the authorized pur-
poses of the project, including by— 
(I) adjusting the timing of re-
leases for other authorized purposes 
to create opportunities for water sup-
ply conservation, use, and storage; 
(II) capturing stormwater; 
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(III) releasing water from stor-
age to replenish aquifer storage and 
recovery; and 
(IV) carrying out other conserva-
tion measures that enhance the use of 
a project for water supply; and 
(iv) cooperate with State, regional, 
and local governments and planning au-
thorities to identify strategies to augment 
water supply, enhance drought resiliency, 
promote contingency planning, and assist 
in the planning and development of alter-
native water sources. 
(2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 3 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Environment and Pub-
lic Works of the Senate a report that includes— 
(A) identification of— 
(i) the steps taken to comply with 
subsection (a); and 
(ii) the specific actions identified 
under paragraph (1)(B) that were taken; 
and 
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(B) an assessment of the results of such 
steps and actions. 
SEC. 122. REAL ESTATE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall initiate 
the development of guidance to standardize processes for 
developing, updating, and tracking real estate administra-
tive fees administered by the Corps of Engineers. 
(b) GUIDANCE.—In developing guidance under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall— 
(1) outline standard methodologies to estimate 
costs for purposes of setting real estate administra-
tive fees; 
(2) define the types of activities involved in 
managing real estate instruments that are included 
for purposes of setting such fees; 
(3) establish cost-tracking procedures to cap-
ture data relating to the activities described in para-
graph (2) for purposes of setting such fees; 
(4) outline a schedule for divisions or districts 
of the Corps of Engineers to review, and update as 
appropriate, real estate administrative fees, includ-
ing specifying what such reviews should entail and 
the frequency of such reviews; and 
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(5) provide opportunities for stakeholder input 
on real estate administrative fees. 
(c) PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE.—The Secretary shall 
make publicly available on the website of each Corps of 
Engineers district— 
(1) the guidance developed under this section; 
and 
(2) any other relevant information on real es-
tate administrative fees, including lists of real estate 
instruments requiring such fees, and methodologies 
used to set such fees. 
SEC. 123. CHALLENGE COST-SHARING PROGRAM FOR MAN-
AGEMENT OF RECREATION FACILITIES. 
Section 225 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1992 (33 U.S.C. 2328) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘To implement’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To implement’’. 
(B) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by 
striking ‘‘non-Federal public and private enti-
ties’’ and inserting ‘‘non-Federal public entities 
and private nonprofit entities’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Before entering into an 
agreement under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
ensure that the non-Federal public entity or private 
nonprofit entity has the authority and capability— 
‘‘(A) to carry out the terms of the agree-
ment; and 
‘‘(B) to pay damages, if necessary, in the 
event of a failure to perform.’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(c) USER FEES.— 
‘‘(1) COLLECTION OF FEES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
allow a non-Federal public entity or private 
nonprofit entity that has entered into an agree-
ment pursuant to subsection (b) to collect user 
fees for the use of developed recreation sites 
and facilities, whether developed or constructed 
by the non-Federal public entity or private non-
profit entity or the Department of the Army. 
‘‘(B) USE OF VISITOR RESERVATION SERV-
ICES.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—A non-Federal 
public entity or a private nonprofit entity 
described in subparagraph (A) may use, to 
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manage fee collections and reservations 
under this section, any visitor reservation 
service that the Secretary has provided for 
by contract or interagency agreement, sub-
ject to such terms and conditions as the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(ii) TRANSFER.—The Secretary may 
transfer, or cause to be transferred by an-
other Federal agency, to a non-Federal 
public entity or a private nonprofit entity 
described in subparagraph (A) user fees 
received by the Secretary or other Federal 
agency under a visitor reservation service 
described in clause (i) for recreation facili-
ties and natural resources managed by the 
non-Federal public entity or private non-
profit entity pursuant to a cooperative 
agreement entered into under subsection 
(b). 
‘‘(2) USE OF FEES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A non-Federal public 
entity or private nonprofit entity that collects a 
user fee under paragraph (1)— 
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‘‘(i) may retain up to 100 percent of 
the fees collected, as determined by the 
Secretary; and 
‘‘(ii) 
notwithstanding 
section 
210(b)(4) of the Flood Control Act of 
1968 (16 U.S.C. 460d–3(b)(4)), shall use 
any retained amounts for operation, main-
tenance, and management activities relat-
ing to recreation and natural resources at 
recreation site at which the fee is collected. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—The use by a non- 
Federal public entity or private nonprofit entity 
of user fees collected under paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(i) shall remain subject to the direc-
tion and oversight of the Secretary; and 
‘‘(ii) shall not affect any existing 
third-party property interest, lease, or 
agreement with the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The authority 
of a non-Federal public entity or private nonprofit 
entity under this subsection shall be subject to such 
terms and conditions as the Secretary determines to 
be necessary to protect the interests of the United 
States.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘For purposes’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘non-Federal public and 
private entities. Any funds received by the Sec-
retary under this section’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘non-Federal public entities, private 
nonprofit entities, and other private entities. 
‘‘(2) DEPOSIT OF FUNDS.—Any funds received 
by the Secretary under this subsection’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) NON-FEDERAL PUBLIC ENTITY.—The term 
‘non-Federal public entity’ means a non-Federal 
public entity as defined in the memorandum issued 
by the Corp of Engineers on April 4, 2018, and ti-
tled ‘Implementation Guidance for Section 1155, 
Management of Recreation Facilities, of the Water 
Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016, Pub-
lic Law 114- 322’. 
‘‘(2) PRIVATE NONPROFIT ENTITY.—The term 
‘private nonprofit entity’ means an organization that 
is described in section 501(c) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under 
section 501(a) of that Code.’’. 
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SEC. 124. RETENTION OF RECREATION FEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 210(b) of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1968 (16 U.S.C. 460d–3(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Notwith-
standing’’ and all that follows through ‘‘to establish’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), 
the Secretary of the Army may establish’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘vehicle. Such 
maximum amount’’ and inserting ‘‘vehicle, which 
amount’’; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(4) DEPOSIT IN TREASURY.—Subject to para-
graph (5), the fees collected under this subsection 
shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United 
States as miscellaneous receipts. 
‘‘(5) RETENTION AND USE BY SECRETARY.— 
‘‘(A) RETENTION.—Of the fees collected 
under this subsection, the Secretary may retain, 
for use in accordance with subparagraph 
(B)(ii)— 
‘‘(i) for each fiscal year during the 
10-year period beginning on the date of en-
actment of this paragraph an amount 
equal to the difference between— 
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‘‘(I) the total amount of fees col-
lected under this subsection for the 
applicable fiscal year; 
‘‘(II) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2024, 
$61,000,000; 
‘‘(III) for fiscal year 2025, 
$63,000,000; 
‘‘(IV) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2026, 
$64,000,000; 
‘‘(V) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2027, 
$66,000,000; 
‘‘(VI) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2028, 
$67,000,000; 
‘‘(VII) for fiscal year 2029, 
$69,000,000; 
‘‘(VIII) for fiscal year 2030, 
$71,000,000; and 
‘‘(IX) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2031, 
$72,000,000; and 
‘‘(ii) for the first fiscal year after the 
10-year period described in clause (i), and 
each fiscal year thereafter, the total 
amount of fees collected under this sub-
section for the fiscal year. 
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‘‘(B) USE.—The amounts retained by the 
Secretary under subparagraph (A) shall— 
‘‘(i) be deposited in a special account, 
to be established in the Treasury; and 
‘‘(ii) be available for use, without fur-
ther appropriation, for the operation and 
maintenance of recreation sites and facili-
ties under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, 
subject to the condition that not less than 
80 percent of fees collected at a specific 
recreation site shall be used at such site. 
‘‘(6) TREATMENT.—Fees collected under this 
subsection— 
‘‘(A) shall be in addition to annual appro-
priated funding provided for the operation and 
maintenance of recreation sites and facilities 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary; and 
‘‘(B) shall not be used as a basis for re-
ducing annual appropriated funding for such 
operation and maintenance.’’. 
(b) SPECIAL ACCOUNTS.—Amounts in the special ac-
count for the Corps of Engineers described in section 
210(b)(4) of the Flood Control Act of 1968 (16 U.S.C. 
460d–3(b)(4)) (as in effect on the day before the date of 
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enactment of this Act) that are unobligated on that date 
shall— 
(1) be transferred to the special account estab-
lished under paragraph (5)(B)(i) of section 210(b) 
of the Flood Control Act of 1968 (as added by sub-
section (a)(3)); and 
(2) be available to the Secretary of the Army 
for operation and maintenance of any recreation 
sites and facilities under the jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary of the Army, without further appropriation, 
subject to paragraph (5)(B)(ii) of such section (as 
added by subsection (a)(3)). 
SEC. 125. DATABASES OF CORPS RECREATIONAL SITES. 
The Secretary shall regularly update publicly avail-
able databases maintained, or cooperatively maintained, 
by the Corps of Engineers with information on sites oper-
ated or maintained by the Secretary that are used for rec-
reational purposes, including the operational status of, 
and the recreational opportunities available at, such sites. 
SEC. 126. SERVICES OF VOLUNTEERS. 
The Secretary may recognize a volunteer providing 
services under the heading ‘‘Department of Defense— 
Civil—Department of the Army—Corps of Engineers— 
Civil—General Provisions’’ in chapter IV of title I of the 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1983 (33 U.S.C. 569c) 
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through an award or other appropriate means, except that 
such award may not be in the form of a cash award. 
SEC. 127. NON-RECREATION OUTGRANT POLICY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall update 
the policy guidance of the Corps of Engineers for the eval-
uation and approval of non-recreational real estate 
outgrant requests for the installation, on lands and waters 
operated and maintained by the Secretary, of infrastruc-
ture for the provision of broadband services. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—In updating the policy guid-
ance under subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that 
the policy guidance— 
(1) requires the consideration of benefits to the 
public in evaluating a request described in sub-
section (a); 
(2) requires the Secretary to consider financial 
factors when determining whether there is a viable 
alternative to the installation for which approval is 
requested as described in subsection (a); 
(3) requires that a request described in sub-
section (a) be expeditiously approved or denied after 
submission of a completed application for such re-
quest; and 
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(4) requires the Secretary to include in any de-
nial of such a request detailed information on the 
justification for the denial. 
(c) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section af-
fects or alters the responsibility of the Secretary— 
(1) to sustain and protect the natural resources 
of lands and waters operated and maintained by the 
Secretary; or 
(2) to carry out a water resources development 
project consistent with the purposes for which such 
project is authorized. 
SEC. 128. NATIONAL INVENTORY OF DAMS AND LOW-HEAD 
DAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6 of the National Dam 
Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467d) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 6. NATIONAL INVENTORY OF DAMS AND LOW-HEAD 
DAMS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army shall 
maintain and update information on the inventory of dams 
and low-head dams in the United States. 
‘‘(b) DAMS.—The inventory maintained under sub-
section (a) shall include any available information assess-
ing each dam based on inspections completed by a Federal 
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agency, a State dam safety agency, or a Tribal govern-
ment. 
‘‘(c) LOW-HEAD DAMS.—The inventory maintained 
under subsection (a) shall include— 
‘‘(1) the location, ownership, description, cur-
rent use, condition, height, and length of each low- 
head dam; 
‘‘(2) any information on public safety conditions 
at each low-head dam; and 
‘‘(3) any other relevant information concerning 
low-head dams. 
‘‘(d) DATA.—In carrying out this section, the Sec-
retary shall— 
‘‘(1) coordinate with Federal and State agen-
cies, Tribal governments, and other relevant entities; 
and 
‘‘(2) use data provided to the Secretary by 
those agencies and entities. 
‘‘(e) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall 
make the inventory maintained under subsection (a) pub-
licly available (including on a publicly available website), 
including— 
‘‘(1) public safety information on the dangers of 
low-head dams; and 
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‘‘(2) a directory of financial and technical as-
sistance resources available to reduce safety hazards 
and fish passage barriers at low-head dams. 
‘‘(f) CLARIFICATION.—Nothing in this section pro-
vides authority to the Secretary to carry out an activity, 
with respect to a low-head dam, that is not explicitly au-
thorized under this section. 
‘‘(g) LOW-HEAD DAM DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘low-head dam’ means a river-wide artificial barrier 
that generally spans a stream channel, blocking the water-
way and creating a backup of water behind the barrier, 
with a drop off over the wall of not less than 6 inches 
and not more than 25 feet.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 15 of the 
National Dam Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467o) is 
repealed. 
SEC. 129. REHABILITATION OF CORPS OF ENGINEERS CON-
STRUCTED DAMS. 
Section 1177 of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 2016 (33 U.S.C. 467f–2 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary’’; and 
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(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—For a project under this 
section for which the Federal share of the costs is 
expected to exceed $60,000,000, the Secretary may 
expend more than such amount only if— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary submits to Congress 
the determination made under subsection (a) 
with respect to the project; and 
‘‘(B) construction of the project substan-
tially in accordance with the plans, and subject 
to the conditions, described in such determina-
tion is specifically authorized by Congress.’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘2017 through 
2026’’ and inserting ‘‘2025 through 2030’’. 
SEC. 130. TREATMENT OF PROJECTS IN COVERED COMMU-
NITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out a feasibility study 
for a project that serves a covered community, the Sec-
retary shall adjust the calculation of the benefit-cost ratio 
for the project in order to equitably compare such project 
to projects carried out in the contiguous States of the 
United States and the District of Columbia. 
(b) EVALUATION.—In carrying out this section, the 
Secretary shall— 
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(1) compute the benefit-cost ratio without ad-
justing the calculation as described in subsection (a); 
(2) compute an adjusted benefit-cost ratio by 
adjusting the construction costs for the project to re-
flect what construction costs would be if the project 
were carried out in a comparable community in the 
contiguous States that is nearest to the community 
in which the project will be carried out; 
(3) include in the documentation associated 
with the feasibility study for the project the ratios 
calculated under paragraph (1) and paragraph (2); 
and 
(4) consider the adjusted benefit-cost ratio cal-
culated under paragraph (2) in selecting the ten-
tatively selected plan for the project. 
(c) COVERED COMMUNITY DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘covered community’’ means a community 
located in the State of Hawaii, Alaska, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, or 
American Samoa. 
SEC. 131. ABILITY TO PAY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 103(m) of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213(m)) 
is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘an agricul-
tural’’ and inserting ‘‘a’’; 
(2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(2) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall determine 
the ability of a non-Federal interest to pay under 
this subsection by considering— 
‘‘(A) per capita income data for the county 
or counties in which the project is to be located; 
‘‘(B) the per capita non-Federal cost of 
construction of the project for the county or 
counties in which the project is to be located; 
‘‘(C) the financial capabilities of the non- 
Federal interest for the project; 
‘‘(D) the guidance issued under section 
160 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 2020 (33 U.S.C. 2201 note); and 
‘‘(E) any additional criteria relating to the 
non-Federal interest’s financial ability to carry 
out its cost-sharing responsibilities determined 
appropriate by the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) PROCEDURES.—For purposes of carrying 
out paragraph (2), the Secretary shall develop proce-
dures— 
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‘‘(A) to allow a non-Federal interest to 
identify the amount such non-Federal interest 
would likely be able to pay; and 
‘‘(B) for a non-Federal interest to submit 
a request to the Secretary to reduce the re-
quired non-Federal share.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) BENEFITS ANALYSIS CONSIDERATIONS.— 
In calculating the benefits and costs of project alter-
natives relating to the height of a flood risk reduc-
tion project for purposes of determining the national 
economic development benefits of the project, the 
Secretary— 
‘‘(A) shall include insurance costs incurred 
by homeowners; and 
‘‘(B) may consider additional costs in-
curred by households, as appropriate. 
‘‘(6) EXCEPTION.—This subsection shall not 
apply to project costs greater than the national eco-
nomic determination plan. 
‘‘(7) REPORT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not less frequently 
than annually, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture of the House of Representatives and the 
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Committee on Environment and Public Works 
of the Senate a report describing all determina-
tions of the Secretary under this subsection re-
garding the ability of a non-Federal interest to 
pay. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—The Secretary shall in-
clude in each report required under subpara-
graph (A) a description, for the applicable year, 
of— 
‘‘(i) requests by a non-Federal inter-
est to reduce the non-Federal share re-
quired in a cost-sharing agreement; 
‘‘(ii) the determination of the Sec-
retary with respect to each such request; 
and 
‘‘(iii) the basis for each such deter-
mination. 
‘‘(C) INCLUSION
IN
CHIEF’S
REPORT.— 
The Secretary shall include each determination 
to reduce the non-Federal share required in a 
cost-sharing agreement for construction of a 
project in the report of the Chief of Engineers 
for the project.’’. 
(b) UPDATE TO GUIDANCE.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
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update any agency guidance or regulation relating to the 
ability of a non-Federal interest to pay as necessary to 
reflect the amendments made by this section. 
(c) PRIORITY PROJECTS.—The Secretary shall make 
a determination under section 103(m) of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986, as amended by this sec-
tion, of the ability to pay of the non-Federal interest for 
the following projects: 
(1) Any authorized water resources development 
project for which the Secretary waives the cost-shar-
ing requirement under section 1156 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 
2310). 
(2) Any authorized watercraft inspection and 
decontamination station established, operated, or 
maintained pursuant to section 104(d) of the River 
and Harbor Act of 1958 (33 U.S.C. 610(d)). 
(3) The Chattahoochee River Program, author-
ized by section 8144 of the Water Resources Devel-
opment Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3724). 
(4) The project for navigation, Craig Harbor, 
Alaska, authorized by section 1401(1) of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 
1709). 
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(5) The project for flood risk management, 
Westminster, East Garden Grove, California Flood 
Risk Management, authorized by section 401(2) of 
the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 
Stat. 2735). 
(6) Modifications to the L-29 levee component 
of the Central and Southern Florida project, author-
ized by section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 
(62 Stat. 1176), in the vicinity of the Tigertail 
camp. 
(7) Any authorized water resources development 
projects in Guam. 
(8) The project for flood risk management, Ala 
Wai Canal, Hawaii, authorized by section 1401(2) of 
the Water Resources Development Act of 2018 (132 
Stat. 3837). 
(9) The project for flood control Kentucky 
River and its tributaries, Kentucky, authorized by 
section 6 of the Act of August 11, 1939 (chapter 
699, 53 Stat. 1416). 
(10) The project for flood risk management on 
the Kentucky River and its tributaries and water-
sheds in Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Harlan, Lee, Leslie, 
Letcher, Owsley, Perry, and Wolfe Counties, Ken-
tucky, authorized by section 8201(a)(31) of the 
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Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (136 
Stat. 3746). 
(11) The project for flood control, Williamsport, 
Pennsylvania, authorized by section 5 of the Act of 
June 22, 1936 (chapter 688, 49 Stat. 1573). 
(12) The project for ecosystem restoration, 
Resacas, in the vicinity of the City of Brownsville, 
Texas, authorized by section 1401(5) of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 2018 (132 Stat. 
3839). 
(13) Construction of any critical restoration 
project in the Lake Champlain watershed, Vermont 
and New York, authorized by section 542 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 
Stat. 2671; 121 Stat. 1150; 134 Stat. 2680; 136 
Stat. 3822). 
(14) Any authorized flood control and storm 
damage reduction project in the United States Vir-
gin Islands that was impacted by Hurricanes Irma 
and Maria. 
(15) Construction of dredged material stabiliza-
tion and retaining structures related to the project 
for navigation, Lower Willamette and Columbia Riv-
ers, from Portland, Oregon, to the sea, authorized 
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by the first section of the Act of June 18, 1878 
(chapter 267, 20 Stat. 157, chapter 264). 
(16) Any water-related environmental infra-
structure project authorized by section 219 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (Public 
Law 102–580). 
SEC. 132. TRIBAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. 
Section 203 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 2000 (33 U.S.C. 2269) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘the term ‘In-
dian tribe’ has the meaning given the term’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the terms ‘Indian tribe’ and ‘Indian Tribe’ 
have the meanings given the terms’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or in proximity’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, in proximity’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, or in proximity to 
a river system or other aquatic habitat 
with respect to which an Indian Tribe has 
Tribal treaty rights’’ after ‘‘Alaska Native 
villages’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ‘‘and 
stormwater management (including manage-
ment of stormwater that flows at a rate of less 
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than 800 cubic feet per second for the 10-per-
cent flood)’’ after ‘‘erosion control’’; and 
(C) 
in 
paragraph 
(4), 
by 
striking 
‘‘$26,000,000’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘$28,500,000’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (e). 
SEC. 133. FUNDING TO PROCESS PERMITS. 
Section 214(a) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 2000 (33 U.S.C. 2352(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(D) INDIAN
TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian 
Tribe’ means— 
‘‘(i) an Indian Tribe, as such term is 
defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-De-
termination and Education Assistance Act 
(25 U.S.C. 5304); and 
‘‘(ii) any entity formed under the au-
thority of one or more Indian Tribes, as so 
defined.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘Indian Tribe,’’ after 
‘‘public-utility company,’’ each place it appears; 
and 
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(B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, 
including an aquatic ecosystem restoration 
project’’ before the period at the end; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (4). 
SEC. 134. PROJECT STUDIES SUBJECT TO INDEPENDENT 
EXTERNAL PEER REVIEW. 
Section 2034 of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 2343) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)(2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘assess the adequacy and 
acceptability of the economic’’ and insert the 
following: ‘‘assess the adequacy and accept-
ability of— 
‘‘(A) the economic’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), as so redesig-
nated, by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) the consideration of nonstructural al-
ternatives under section 73(a) of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. 
701b-11(a)) for projects for flood risk manage-
ment;’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (h); and 
(3) by redesignating subsections (i) through (l) 
as subsections (h) through (k), respectively. 
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SEC. 135. CONTROL OF AQUATIC PLANT GROWTHS AND 
INVASIVE SPECIES. 
Section 104 of the River and Harbor Act of 1958 
(33 U.S.C. 610) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (e)(3), by inserting ‘‘, and 
monitoring and contingency planning for,’’ after 
‘‘early detection of’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g)(2)(A), by inserting ‘‘the 
Connecticut River Basin,’’ after ‘‘the Ohio River 
Basin,’’. 
SEC. 136. REMOTE OPERATIONS AT CORPS DAMS. 
During the 10-year period beginning on the date of 
enactment of this Act, with respect to a water resources 
development project owned, operated, or managed by the 
Corps of Engineers, the Secretary may not use remote op-
eration activities at a navigation or hydroelectric power 
generating facility at such project as a replacement for 
activities performed, as of the date of enactment of this 
Act, by personnel under the direction of the Secretary at 
such project unless the Secretary provides to the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works of the Senate written notice that— 
(1) use of the remote operation activities— 
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(A) does not affect activities described in 
section 314 of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2321); 
(B) will address any cyber and physical se-
curity risks to such project in accordance with 
applicable Federal law and agency guidance; 
and 
(C) is necessary to increase the availability 
and capacity, as applicable, of such project, in-
cluding a project on a lower-use waterway; and 
(2) the remote operation activities were devel-
oped under a public process that included engage-
ment with such personnel and other stakeholders 
who may be affected by the use of such activities. 
SEC. 137. HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM DEMONSTRATION PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 128 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 2020 (33 U.S.C. 610 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘or affecting 
water bodies of regional, national, or international 
importance’’ after ‘‘projects’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘and State 
agencies’’ and inserting ‘‘, State, and local agencies, 
institutions of higher education, and private organi-
zations, including nonprofit organizations’’; 
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(3) in subsection (c) in paragraph (6), insert 
‘‘Watershed’’ after ‘‘Okeechobee’’; 
(4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘$25,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$35,000,000’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) PRIORITY.—In carrying out the demonstration 
program under subsection (a), the Secretary shall, to the 
maximum extent possible, prioritize carrying out program 
activities that— 
‘‘(1) reduce nutrient pollution; 
‘‘(2) utilize natural and nature-based ap-
proaches, including oysters; 
‘‘(3) protect, enhance, or restore wetlands or 
flood plains, including river and streambank sta-
bilization; 
‘‘(4) develop technologies for remote sensing, 
monitoring, or early detection of harmful algal 
blooms, or other emerging technologies; and 
‘‘(5) combine removal of harmful algal blooms 
with a beneficial use, including conversion of re-
trieved algae biomass into biofuel, fertilizer, or other 
products. 
‘‘(g) AGREEMENTS.—In carrying out the demonstra-
tion program under subsection (a), the Secretary may 
enter into agreements with a non-Federal entity for the 
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use or sale of successful technologies developed under this 
section.’’. 
SEC. 138. SUPPORT OF ARMY CIVIL WORKS MISSIONS. 
Section 8159 of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3740) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) Western Washington University, Bel-
lingham to conduct academic research on water 
quality, aquatic ecosystem restoration (including 
aquaculture), and the resiliency of water resources 
development projects in the Pacific Northwest to 
natural disasters; 
‘‘(6) the University of North Carolina Wil-
mington to conduct academic research on flood miti-
gation, coastal resiliency, water resource ecology, 
water quality, aquatic ecosystem restoration (includ-
ing aquaculture), coastal restoration, and resource- 
related emergency management in North Carolina 
and Mid-Atlantic region; and 
‘‘(7) California State Polytechnic University, 
Pomona to conduct academic research on integrated 
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(B) by striking ‘‘breakwater; and’’ and in-
serting ‘‘breakwater and—’’ 
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
subparagraph (A); 
(D) in subparagraph (A) (as so redesig-
nated), by striking the period at the end and in-
serting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) the pile dike has disconnected from 
an authorized navigation project as a result of 
a lack of such regular and routine Federal 
maintenance activity.’’. 
SEC. 145. TEMPORARY RELOCATION ASSISTANCE PILOT 
PROGRAM. 
Section 8154(g)(1) of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3734) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) Project for hurricane and storm dam-
age risk reduction, Norfolk Coastal Storm Risk 
Management, Virginia, authorized by section 
401(3) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2738).’’. 
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management (including combined sewer overflows), 
in the city of Solon, Ohio. 
‘‘(537) SUMMIT COUNTY, OHIO.—$25,000,000 
for water and wastewater infrastructure, including 
related environmental infrastructure, in Summit 
County, Ohio. 
‘‘(538) STARK
COUNTY, OHIO.—$24,000,000 
for water and wastewater infrastructure, including 
related environmental infrastructure, in Stark Coun-
ty, Ohio. 
‘‘(539) 
TOLEDO
AND
OREGON, 
OHIO.— 
$10,500,000 for water and wastewater infrastruc-
ture in the cities of Toledo and Oregon, Ohio. 
‘‘(540) VERMILION, OHIO.—$15,400,000 for 
wastewater infrastructure in the city of Vermilion, 
Ohio. 
‘‘(541) WESTLAKE, OHIO.—$750,000 for water 
and wastewater infrastructure, including stormwater 
management, in the city of Westlake, Ohio. 
‘‘(542) 
STILLWATER, 
OKLAHOMA.— 
$30,000,000 for water infrastructure, including re-
lated environmental infrastructure and water stor-
age, transmission, treatment, and distribution, in the 
city of Stillwater, Oklahoma. 
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