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(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary may establish 
a program to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal 
interests in Southwest Illinois. 
(c) FORM OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance provided under this sec-
tion may be in the form of design and construction assistance 
for water-related environmental infrastructure and resource protec-
tion and development projects in Southwest Illinois, including 
projects for wastewater treatment and related facilities, water 
supply and related facilities, and surface water resource protection 
and development. 
(d) OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary may provide 
assistance for a project under this section only if the project is 
publicly owned. 
(e) PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Before providing assistance under this 
section, the Secretary shall enter into a partnership agreement 
with a non-Federal interest to provide for design and construc-
tion of the project to be carried out with the assistance. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Each partnership agreement for a 
project entered into under this subsection shall provide for 
the following: 
(A) PLAN.—Development by the Secretary, in consulta-
tion with appropriate Federal and State officials, of a facili-
ties or resource protection and development plan, including 
appropriate engineering plans and specifications. 
(B) LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES.—Establish-
ment of such legal and institutional structures as are nec-
essary to ensure the effective long-term operation of the 
project by the non-Federal interest. 
(3) COST SHARING.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Federal share of the cost of 
a project under this section— 
(i) shall be 75 percent; and 
(ii) may be provided in the form of grants or 
reimbursements of project costs. 
(B) CREDIT FOR WORK.—The Secretary shall credit, in 
accordance with section 221 of the Flood Control Act of 
1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b), toward the non-Federal share 
of the cost of the project the cost of design work carried 
out by the non-Federal interest for the project before the 
date of the partnership agreement for the project. 
(C) CREDIT FOR INTEREST.—In case of a delay in the 
funding of the non-Federal share of a project that is the 
subject of an agreement under this section, the non-Federal 
interest shall receive credit for reasonable interest incurred 
in providing the non-Federal share. 
(D) CREDIT
FOR
LAND, EASEMENTS, AND
RIGHTS-OF- 
WAY.—The non-Federal interest shall receive credit for 
land, easements, rights-of-way, and relocations toward the 
non-Federal share of project costs (including all reasonable 
costs associated with obtaining permits necessary for the 
construction, operation, and maintenance of the project 
on publicly owned or controlled land), but the credit may 
not exceed 25 percent of total project costs.
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(E) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.—The non-Federal 
share of operation and maintenance costs for projects con-
structed with assistance provided under this section shall 
be 100 percent. 
(f) APPLICABILITY
OF OTHER FEDERAL
AND STATE LAWS.— 
Nothing in this section shall be construed to waive, limit, or other-
wise affect the applicability of any provision of Federal or State 
law that would otherwise apply to a project to be carried out 
with assistance provided under this section. 
(g) NONPROFIT ENTITIES.—In accordance with section 221(b) 
of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b(b)), for any 
project carried out under this section, a non-Federal interest may 
include a nonprofit entity with the consent of the affected local 
government. 
(h) CORPS OF ENGINEERS EXPENSES.—Not more than 10 percent 
of the amounts appropriated to carry out this section may be 
used by the Corps of Engineers district offices to administer projects 
under this section at Federal expense. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this section $40,000,000. 
SEC. 5075. CALUMET REGION, INDIANA. 
Section 219(f)(12) of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1992 (113 Stat. 335; 117 Stat. 1843) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$30,000,000’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—$100,000,000’’; 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) CREDIT.—The Secretary shall credit, in accordance 
with section 221 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 
U.S.C. 1962d–5b), toward the non-Federal share of the 
cost of the project the cost of planning and design work 
carried out by the non-Federal interest for the project 
before the date of the partnership agreement for the 
project.’’; and 
(3) by aligning the remainder of the text of subparagraph 
(A) (as designated by paragraph (1) of this section) with 
subparagraph (B) (as added by paragraph (2) of this section). 
SEC. 5076. FLOODPLAIN MAPPING, MISSOURI RIVER, IOWA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide assistance for 
a project to develop maps identifying 100- and 500-year flood 
inundation areas in the State of Iowa, along the Missouri River. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Maps developed under the project shall 
include hydrologic and hydraulic information and shall accurately 
portray the flood hazard areas in the floodplain. The maps shall 
be produced in a high resolution format and shall be made available 
to the State of Iowa in an electronic format. 
(c) PARTICIPATION OF FEMA.—The Secretary and the non-Fed-
eral interests for the project shall work with the Administrator 
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to ensure the 
validity of the maps developed under the project for flood insurance 
purposes. 
(d) FORMS OF ASSISTANCE.—In carrying out the project, the 
Secretary may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with 
the non-Federal interests or provide reimbursements of project 
costs. 
(e) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of the 
project shall be 50 percent.