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retary is authorized to reimburse the non-Fed-
eral interest for the Federal share of construction 
or operation and maintenance,’’ before ‘‘the Sec-
retary’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘of the project’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘to construct, periodically nourish, or oper-
ate and maintain the project’’; 
(2) in each of subsections (b) and (c), by striking 
‘‘flood damage reduction and coastal navigation’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘water resources devel-
opment’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY.—With respect to a project con-
structed under section 204 of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2232), the Secretary shall exer-
cise the authority under this section to apply credits and 
reimbursements related to the project in a manner con-
sistent with the requirements of subsection (d) of that sec-
tion.’’. 
(b) TREATMENT OF CREDIT BETWEEN PROJECTS.— 
Section 7007(d) of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 2007 (121 Stat. 1277; 128 Stat. 1226) is amended by 
inserting ‘‘, or may be applied to reduce the amounts re-
quired to be paid by the non-Federal interest under the 
terms of the deferred payment agreements entered into be-
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tween the Secretary and the non-Federal interest for the 
projects authorized by section 7012(a)(1)’’ before the period 
at the end. 
SEC. 110. COASTAL COST CALCULATIONS. 
Section 152(a) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 2020 (33 U.S.C. 2213a(a)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘or coastal storm risk management’’ after ‘‘flood risk man-
agement’’. 
SEC. 111. ADVANCE PAYMENT IN LIEU OF REIMBURSEMENT 
FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL COSTS. 
The Secretary is authorized to provide in advance to 
the non-Federal interest the Federal share of funds required 
for the acquisition of land, easements, and rights-of-way 
and the performance of relocations for a project or separable 
element— 
(1) authorized to be constructed at full Federal 
expense; 
(2) described in section 103(b)(2) of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 
2213(b)(2)); or 
(3) described in, or modified by an amendment 
made by, section 307(a) or 309(a), if at any time the 
cost to acquire the land, easements, and rights-of-way 
required for the project is projected to exceed the non- 
Federal share of the cost of the project.
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SEC. 112. USE OF EMERGENCY FUNDS. 
Section 5(a) of the Act of August 18, 1941 (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Flood Control Act of 1941’’) (55 Stat. 650, 
chapter 377; 33 U.S.C. 701n(a)), is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), in the first sentence, by in-
serting ‘‘, increase resilience, increase effectiveness in 
preventing damages from inundation, wave attack, or 
erosion,’’ after ‘‘address major deficiencies’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) WORK CARRIED OUT BY A NON-FEDERAL 
SPONSOR.— 
‘‘(A) GENERAL RULE.—The Secretary may 
authorize a non-Federal sponsor to plan, design, 
or construct repair or restoration work described 
in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible for a 
payment under subparagraph (C) for the 
Federal share of a planning, design, or con-
struction activity for repair or restoration 
work described in paragraph (1), the non- 
Federal sponsor shall enter into a written 
agreement with the Secretary before car-
rying out the activity. 
‘‘(ii) 
COMPLIANCE
WITH
OTHER 
LAWS.—The 
non-Federal 
sponsor 
shall
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carry out all activities under this para-
graph in compliance with all laws and reg-
ulations that would apply if the activities 
were carried out by the Secretary. 
‘‘(C) PAYMENT.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary is 
authorized to provide payment, in the form 
of an advance or a reimbursement, to the 
non-Federal sponsor for the Federal share of 
the cost of a planning design, or construc-
tion activity for the repair or restoration 
work described in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(ii) ADDITIONAL
AMOUNTS.—If the 
Federal share of the cost of the activity 
under this paragraph exceeds the amount 
obligated by the Secretary under an agree-
ment under subparagraph (B), the advance 
or 
reimbursement 
of 
such 
additional 
amounts shall be at the discretion of the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(D) ANNUAL LIMIT ON REIMBURSEMENTS 
NOT
APPLICABLE.—Section 102 of the Energy 
and Water Development Appropriations Act, 
2006 (33 U.S.C. 2221), shall not apply to an 
agreement under subparagraph (B).’’.
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SEC. 113. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1988 (33 U.S.C. 2313) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘COL-
LABORATIVE’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by redesignating para-
graphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), re-
spectively, and indenting appropriately; 
(3) by striking subsection (e); 
(4) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), (d), and 
(f) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5), respectively, 
and indenting appropriately; 
(5) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘of the Army 
Corps of Engineers, the Secretary is authorized to uti-
lize Army’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘of the Corps 
of Engineers, the Secretary is authorized to engage in 
basic research, applied research, advanced research, 
and development projects, including such projects that 
are— 
‘‘(1) authorized by Congress; or 
‘‘(2) included in an Act making appropriations 
for the Corps of Engineers. 
‘‘(b) COLLABORATIVE
RESEARCH
AND
DEVELOP-
MENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out subsection 
(a), the Secretary is authorized to utilize’’;
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(6) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(B) (as so redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘this section’’ and inserting 
‘‘this subsection’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), 
in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘this section’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘this sub-
section’’; 
(C) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘subsection (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘para-
graph (3)’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘this section’’ and inserting ‘‘this 
subsection;’’; and 
(7) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) OTHER TRANSACTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may enter into 
transactions (other than contracts, cooperative agree-
ments, and grants) in order to carry out this section. 
‘‘(2) EDUCATION AND TRAINING.—The Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(A) ensure that management, technical, 
and contracting personnel of the Corps of Engi-
neers involved in the award or administration of 
transactions under this section or other innova-
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Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Environ-
ment and Public Works of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives a report on projects carried 
out under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS.—A report under paragraph (1) 
shall include— 
‘‘(A) a description of each ongoing and new 
project, including— 
‘‘(i) the estimated total cost; 
‘‘(ii) the amount of Federal expendi-
tures; 
‘‘(iii) the amount of expenditures by a 
non-Federal entity as described in sub-
section (b)(1), if applicable; 
‘‘(iv) the estimated timeline for comple-
tion; 
‘‘(v) the requesting district of the Corps 
of Engineers, if applicable; and 
‘‘(vi) how the project is consistent with 
subsection (a); and 
‘‘(B) any additional information that the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(e) COST SHARING.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b)(3) and paragraph (2), a project carried 
out under this section shall be at full Federal expense. 
‘‘(2) TREATMENT.—Nothing in this subsection 
waives applicable cost-share requirements for a water 
resources development project or feasibility study (as 
defined in section 105(d) of the Water Resources De-
velopment Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2215(d))). 
‘‘(f) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section limits 
the ability of the Secretary to carry out a project requested 
by a district of the Corps of Engineers in support of a water 
resources development project or feasibility study (as de-
fined in section 105(d) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2215(d))). 
‘‘(g) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established a Re-
search and Development account of the Corps of Engi-
neers for the purposes of carrying out this section. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the Re-
search and Development account established by para-
graph (1) $85,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 
through 2027.’’. 
(b) FORECASTING MODELS FOR THE GREAT LAKES.—
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(1) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary $10,000,000 to complete 
and maintain a model suite to forecast water levels, 
account for water level variability, and account for 
the impacts of extreme weather events and other nat-
ural disasters in the Great Lakes. 
(2) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this sub-
section precludes the Secretary from using funds 
made available under the Great Lakes Restoration 
Initiative established by section 118(c)(7) of the Fed-
eral Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1268(c)(7)) for activities described in paragraph (1) 
for the Great Lakes, if funds are not appropriated for 
such activities. 
(c) MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAM FOR SA-
LINE LAKES IN THE GREAT BASIN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 
carry out a program (referred to in this subsection as 
the ‘‘program’’) to monitor and assess the hydrology 
of saline lake ecosystems in the Great Basin, includ-
ing the Great Salt Lake, to inform and support Fed-
eral and non-Federal management and conservation 
activities to benefit those ecosystems. 
(2) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall coordi-
nate implementation of the program with relevant—
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(A) Federal and State agencies; 
(B) Indian Tribes; 
(C) local governments; and 
(D) nonprofit organizations. 
(3) CONTRACTS, 
GRANTS, 
AND
COOPERATIVE 
AGREEMENTS.—The Secretary is authorized to enter 
into contracts, grant agreements, and cooperative 
agreements with institutions of higher education and 
with entities described in paragraph (2) to implement 
the program. 
(4) UPDATE.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to Congress an update on the progress of the Sec-
retary in carrying out the program. 
(5) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—In carrying out 
the program, the Secretary may use available studies, 
information, literature, or data on the Great Basin 
region published by relevant Federal, State, or local 
entities. 
(6) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection $10,000,000. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
contained in section 1(b) of the Water Resources Develop-
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ment Act of 1988 (102 Stat. 4012) is amended by striking 
the item relating to section 7 and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 7. Research and development.’’. 
SEC. 114. TRIBAL AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED 
COMMUNITIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘Committee’’ means 
the Tribal and Economically Disadvantaged Commu-
nities Advisory Committee established under sub-
section (b). 
(2) ECONOMICALLY
DISADVANTAGED
COMMU-
NITY.—The term ‘‘economically disadvantaged com-
munity’’ has the meaning given the term pursuant to 
section 160 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 2020 (33 U.S.C. 2201 note; Public Law 116–260). 
(3) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the In-
dian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall estab-
lish a committee, to be known as the ‘‘Tribal and Economi-
cally Disadvantaged Communities Advisory Committee’’, to 
develop and make recommendations to the Secretary and 
the Chief of Engineers on activities and actions that should 
be undertaken by the Corps of Engineers to ensure more
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effective delivery of water resources development projects, 
programs, and other assistance to economically disadvan-
taged communities and Indian Tribes. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.—The Committee shall be composed 
of members, appointed by the Secretary, who have the req-
uisite experiential or technical knowledge needed to address 
issues related to the water resources needs and challenges 
of economically disadvantaged communities and Indian 
Tribes, including— 
(1) 5 individuals representing organizations 
with expertise in environmental policy, rural water 
resources, economically disadvantaged communities, 
Tribal rights, or civil rights; and 
(2) 5 individuals, each representing a non-Fed-
eral interest for a Corps of Engineers project. 
(d) DUTIES.— 
(1) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Committee shall 
provide advice and make recommendations to the Sec-
retary and the Chief of Engineers to assist the Corps 
of Engineers in— 
(A) efficiently and effectively delivering so-
lutions to water resources development projects 
needs and challenges for economically disadvan-
taged communities and Indian Tribes;
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(B) integrating consideration of economi-
cally disadvantaged communities and Indian 
Tribes, where applicable, in the development of 
water resources development projects and pro-
grams of the Corps of Engineers; and 
(C) improving the capability and capacity 
of the workforce of the Corps of Engineers to as-
sist economically disadvantaged communities 
and Indian Tribes. 
(2) MEETINGS.—The Committee shall meet as 
appropriate to develop and make recommendations 
under paragraph (1). 
(3) REPORT.—Recommendations provided under 
paragraph (1) shall be— 
(A) included in a report submitted to the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works of 
the Senate and the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives; and 
(B) be made publicly available, including 
on a publicly available website. 
(e) INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT.—Any recommendation 
made by the Committee to the Secretary and the Chief of 
Engineers under subsection (d)(1) shall reflect the inde-
pendent judgment of the Committee.
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(f) ADMINISTRATION.— 
(1) COMPENSATION.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (2), the members of the Committee shall 
serve without compensation. 
(2) TRAVEL
EXPENSES.—The members of the 
Committee shall be allowed travel expenses, including 
per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for 
employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 
57 of title 5, United States Code, while away from 
their homes or regular places of business in the per-
formance of services for the Committee. 
(3) TREATMENT.—The members of the Com-
mittee shall not be considered to be Federal employees, 
and the meetings and reports of the Committee shall 
not be considered a major Federal action under the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 
(4) APPLICABILITY OF FACA.—The Federal Advi-
sory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall apply to 
the Committee. 
SEC. 115. NON-FEDERAL INTEREST ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish 
a committee, to be known as the ‘‘Non-Federal Interest Ad-
visory Committee’’ (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Com-
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mittee’’), to develop and make recommendations to the Sec-
retary and the Chief of Engineers on activities and actions 
that should be undertaken by the Corps of Engineers to en-
sure more effective and efficient delivery of water resources 
development projects, programs, and other assistance. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall be com-
posed of the members described in paragraph (2), who 
shall— 
(A) be appointed by the Secretary; and 
(B) have the requisite experiential or tech-
nical knowledge needed to address issues related 
to water resources needs and challenges. 
(2) REPRESENTATIVES.—The members of the 
Committee shall include the following: 
(A) A representative of each of the fol-
lowing: 
(i) A non-Federal interest for a project 
for navigation for an inland harbor. 
(ii) A non-Federal interest for a 
project for navigation for a harbor. 
(iii) A non-Federal interest for a 
project for flood risk management. 
(iv) A non-Federal interest for a 
project for coastal storm risk management.
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(v) A non-Federal interest for a project 
for aquatic ecosystem restoration. 
(B) A representative of each of the fol-
lowing: 
(i) A non-Federal stakeholder with re-
spect to inland waterborne transportation. 
(ii) A non-Federal stakeholder with re-
spect to water supply. 
(iii) A non-Federal stakeholder with 
respect to recreation. 
(iv) A non-Federal stakeholder with re-
spect to hydropower. 
(v) A non-Federal stakeholder with re-
spect to emergency preparedness, including 
coastal protection. 
(C) A representative of each of the following: 
(i) An organization with expertise in 
conservation. 
(ii) An organization with expertise in 
environmental policy. 
(iii) An organization with expertise in 
rural water resources. 
(c) DUTIES.— 
(1) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Committee shall 
provide advice and make recommendations to the Sec-
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retary and the Chief of Engineers to assist the Corps 
of Engineers in— 
(A) efficiently and effectively delivering 
water resources development projects; 
(B) improving the capability and capacity 
of the workforce of the Corps of Engineers to de-
liver projects and other assistance; 
(C) improving the capacity and effectiveness 
of Corps of Engineers consultation and liaison 
roles in communicating water resources needs 
and solutions, including regionally-specific rec-
ommendations; and 
(D) strengthening partnerships with non- 
Federal interests to advance water resources solu-
tions. 
(2) MEETINGS.—The Committee shall meet as 
appropriate to develop and make recommendations 
under paragraph (1). 
(3) REPORT.—Recommendations provided under 
paragraph (1) shall be— 
(A) included in a report submitted to the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works of 
the Senate and the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives; and
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(B) made publicly available, including on a 
publicly available website. 
(d) INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT.—Any recommendation 
made by the Committee to the Secretary and the Chief of 
Engineers under subsection (c)(1) shall reflect the inde-
pendent judgment of the Committee. 
(e) ADMINISTRATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall be sub-
ject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
App.). 
(2) COMPENSATION.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (3), the members of the Committee shall 
serve without compensation. 
(3) TRAVEL
EXPENSES.—The members of the 
Committee shall be allowed travel expenses, including 
per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for 
employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 
57 of title 5, United States Code, while away from 
their homes or regular places of business in the per-
formance of services for the Committee. 
(4) TREATMENT.—The members of the Com-
mittee shall not be considered to be Federal employees 
and the meetings and reports of the Committee shall 
not be considered a major Federal action under the
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National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 
SEC. 116. UNDERSERVED COMMUNITY HARBOR PROJECTS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) PROJECT.—The term ‘‘project’’ means a sin-
gle cycle of dredging of an underserved community 
harbor and the associated placement of dredged mate-
rial at a beneficial use placement site or disposal site. 
(2) UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITY
HARBOR.—The 
term ‘‘underserved community harbor’’ means an 
emerging harbor (as defined in section 210(f) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 
2238(f))) for which— 
(A) no Federal funds have been obligated for 
maintenance dredging in the current fiscal year 
or in any of the 4 preceding fiscal years; and 
(B) State and local investments in infra-
structure have been made during the preceding 4 
fiscal years. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may carry out 
projects to dredge underserved community harbors for pur-
poses of sustaining water-dependent commercial and rec-
reational activities at such harbors. 
(c) JUSTIFICATION.—The Secretary may carry out a 
project under this section if the Secretary determines that
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section to perform additional operation and maintenance 
activities at the beneficial use placement site or the disposal 
site for such project. 
(f) FEDERAL PARTICIPATION LIMIT.—The Federal 
share of the cost of a project under this section shall not 
exceed $10,000,000. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2023 through 2026. 
(2) SPECIAL RULE.—Not less than 35 percent of 
the amounts made available to carry out this section 
for each fiscal year shall be used for projects that in-
clude the beneficial use of dredged material. 
(h) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Carrying out a project 
under this section shall not affect the eligibility of an under-
served community harbor for Federal operation and main-
tenance funding otherwise authorized for the underserved 
community harbor. 
SEC. 117. CORPS OF ENGINEERS WESTERN WATER COOPER-
ATIVE COMMITTEE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) a bipartisan coalition of 19 Western Senators 
wrote to the Office of Management and Budget on 
September 17, 2019, in opposition to the proposed
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rulemaking entitled ‘‘Use of U.S. Army Corps of En-
gineers Reservoir Projects for Domestic, Municipal & 
Industrial Water Supply’’ (81 Fed. Reg. 91556 (De-
cember 16, 2016)), describing the rule as counter to 
existing law and court precedent; 
(2) on January 21, 2020, the proposed rule-
making described in paragraph (1) was withdrawn; 
and 
(3) the Corps of Engineers should consult with 
Western States to ensure, to the maximum extent 
practicable, that operation of flood control projects in 
prior appropriation States is consistent with the 
principles of the first section of the Act of December 
22, 1944 (commonly known as the ‘‘Flood Control Act 
of 1944’’) (58 Stat. 887, chapter 665; 33 U.S.C. 701– 
1) and section 301 of the Water Supply Act of 1958 
(43 U.S.C. 390b). 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
establish a Western Water Cooperative Committee (re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Cooperative Com-
mittee’’). 
(2) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Cooperative 
Committee is to ensure that Corps of Engineers flood
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control projects in Western States are operated con-
sistent with congressional directives by identifying 
opportunities to avoid or minimize conflicts between 
operation of Corps of Engineers projects and State 
water rights and water laws. 
(3) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Cooperative Com-
mittee shall be composed of— 
(i) the Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Civil Works (or a designee); 
(ii) the Chief of Engineers (or a des-
ignee); 
(iii) 1 representative from each of the 
States of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colo-
rado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, 
Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Okla-
homa, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, 
Washington, and Wyoming, who may serve 
on the Western States Water Council, to be 
appointed by the Governor of each State; 
(iv) 1 representative with legal experi-
ence from each of the States of Alaska, Ari-
zona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, 
Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, 
North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South
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Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wy-
oming, to be appointed by the Attorney 
General of each State; and 
(v) 1 employee from each of the im-
pacted regional offices of the Bureau of In-
dian Affairs. 
(4) MEETINGS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Cooperative Com-
mittee shall meet not less than once each year in 
a State represented on the Cooperative Com-
mittee. 
(B) AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC.—Each meeting 
of the Cooperative Committee shall be open and 
accessible to the public. 
(C) NOTIFICATION.—The Cooperative Com-
mittee shall publish in the Federal Register ade-
quate advance notice of a meeting of the Cooper-
ative Committee. 
(5) DUTIES.—The Cooperative Committee shall 
develop and make recommendations to avoid or mini-
mize conflicts between the operation of Corps of Engi-
neers projects and State water rights and water laws, 
which may include recommendations for legislation or 
the promulgation of policy or regulations. 
(6) STATUS UPDATES.—
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(A) IN GENERAL.—On an annual basis, the 
Secretary shall provide to the Committee on En-
vironment and Public Works of the Senate and 
the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives a writ-
ten report that includes— 
(i) a summary of the contents of meet-
ings of the Cooperative Committee; and 
(ii) a description of any recommenda-
tions made by the Cooperative Committee 
under paragraph (5), including actions 
taken by the Secretary in response to such 
recommendations. 
(B) COMMENT.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 
days following the conclusion of a meeting 
of the Cooperative Committee, the Secretary 
shall provide to members of the Cooperative 
Committee an opportunity to comment on 
the contents of the meeting and any rec-
ommendations. 
(ii) INCLUSION.—Comments provided 
under clause (i) shall be included in the re-
port provided under subparagraph (A). 
(7) COMPENSATION.—
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the members of the Coopera-
tive Committee shall serve without compensation. 
(B) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—The members of 
the Cooperative Committee shall be allowed trav-
el expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsist-
ence, at rates authorized for employees of agen-
cies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, 
United States Code, while away from their 
homes or regular places of business in the per-
formance of services for the Cooperative Com-
mittee. 
(8) MAINTENANCE OF RECORDS.—The Coopera-
tive Committee shall maintain records pertaining to 
operating costs and records of the Cooperative Com-
mittee for a period of not less than 3 years. 
SEC. 118. UPDATES TO CERTAIN WATER CONTROL MANU-
ALS. 
On request of the Governor of State in which the Gov-
ernor declared a statewide drought disaster in 2021, the 
Secretary is authorized to update water control manuals 
for waters in the State, with priority given to those waters 
that accommodate a water supply project.
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SEC. 119. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON OPERATIONS AND MAIN-
TENANCE OF RECREATION SITES. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary, as part 
of the annual work plan, should distribute amounts pro-
vided for the operations and maintenance of recreation sites 
of the Corps of Engineers so that each site receives an 
amount that is not less than 80 percent of the recreation 
fees generated by such site in a given year. 
SEC. 120. RELOCATION ASSISTANCE. 
In the case of a water resources development project 
using nonstructural measures for the elevation or modifica-
tion of a dwelling that is the primary residence of an 
owner-occupant and that requires the owner-occupant to re-
locate temporarily from the dwelling during the period of 
construction, the Secretary may include in the value of the 
land, easements, and rights-of-way required for the project 
or measure the documented reasonable living expenses, ex-
cluding food and personal transportation, incurred by the 
owner-occupant during the period of relocation. 
SEC. 121. REPROGRAMMING LIMITS. 
(a) OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.—In reprogram-
ming funds made available to the Secretary for operations 
and maintenance— 
(1) the Secretary may not reprogram more than 
25 percent of the base amount up to a limit of—
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(A) $8,500,000 for a project, study, or activ-
ity with a base level over $1,000,000; and 
(B) $250,000 for a project, study, or activ-
ity with a base level of $1,000,000 or less; and 
(2) $250,000 may be reprogrammed for any con-
tinuing study or activity of the Secretary that did not 
receive an appropriation. 
(b) INVESTIGATIONS.—In reprogramming funds made 
available to the Secretary for investigations— 
(1) the Secretary may not reprogram more than 
$150,000 for a project, study, or activity with a base 
level over $100,000; and 
(2) $150,000 may be reprogrammed for any con-
tinuing study or activity of the Secretary that did not 
receive an appropriation for existing obligations and 
concomitant administrative expenses. 
SEC. 122. LEASE DURATIONS. 
The Secretary shall issue guidance on, in the case of 
a leasing decision pursuant to section 2667 of title 10, 
United States Code, or section 4 of the Act of December 22, 
1944 (commonly known as the ‘‘Flood Control Act of 1944’’) 
(58 Stat. 889, chapter 665; 16 U.S.C. 460d), instances in 
which a lease duration in excess of 25 years is appropriate.
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SEC. 123. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO POST-DIS-
ASTER REPAIRS. 
It is the sense of Congress that in permitting and fund-
ing post-disaster repairs, the Secretary should, to the max-
imum extent practicable, repair assets— 
(1) to project design levels; or 
(2) if the original project design is outdated, to 
above project design levels. 
SEC. 124. PAYMENT OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF CERTAIN 
OFFICERS FROM APPROPRIATION FOR IM-
PROVEMENTS. 
Section 36 of the Act of August 10, 1956 (70A Stat. 
634, chapter 1041; 33 U.S.C. 583a), is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Regular officers of the Corps of 
Engineers of the Army, and reserve officers of the 
Army who are assigned to the Corps of Engineers,’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The personnel described in sub-
section (b)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) PERSONNEL DESCRIBED.—The personnel referred 
to in subsection (a) are the following: 
‘‘(1) Regular officers of the Corps of Engineers of 
the Army. 
‘‘(2) The following members of the Army who are 
assigned to the Corps of Engineers:
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‘‘(A) Reserve component officers. 
‘‘(B) Warrant officers (whether regular or 
reserve component). 
‘‘(C) Enlisted members (whether regular or 
reserve component).’’. 
SEC. 125. REFORESTATION. 
The Secretary is encouraged to consider measures to 
restore swamps and other wetland forests in studies for 
water resources development projects for ecosystem restora-
tion and flood and coastal storm risk management. 
SEC. 126. USE OF OTHER FEDERAL FUNDS. 
Section 2007 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 2222) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘water resources study or 
project’’ and inserting ‘‘water resources development 
study or project, including a study or project under 
a continuing authority program (as defined in section 
7001(c)(1)(D) of the Water Resources Reform and De-
velopment Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2282d(c)(1)(D))),’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘the Federal agency that provides 
the funds determines that the funds are authorized to 
be used to carry out the study or project’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the funds appropriated to the Federal agency are
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for a purpose that is similar or complementary to the 
purpose of the study or project’’. 
SEC. 127. NATIONAL LOW-HEAD DAM INVENTORY. 
The National Dam Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 15. NATIONAL LOW-HEAD DAM INVENTORY. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) INVENTORY.—The term ‘inventory’ means 
the national low-head dam inventory developed under 
subsection (b)(1). 
‘‘(2) LOW-HEAD DAM.—The term ‘low-head dam’ 
means a river-wide dam that generally spans a 
stream channel, blocking the waterway and creating 
a backup of water behind the dam, with a drop off 
over the wall of not less than 6 inches and not more 
than 25 feet. 
‘‘(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of the Army. 
‘‘(b) NATIONAL LOW-HEAD DAM INVENTORY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 
after the date of enactment of this section, the Sec-
retary, in consultation with the heads of appropriate 
Federal and State agencies, shall— 
‘‘(A) develop an inventory of low-head dams 
in the United States that includes—
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‘‘(i) the location, ownership, descrip-
tion, current use, condition, height, and 
length of each low-head dam; 
‘‘(ii) any information on public safety 
conditions at each low-head dam; 
‘‘(iii) public safety information on the 
dangers of low-head dams; 
‘‘(iv) a directory of financial and tech-
nical assistance resources available to re-
duce safety hazards and fish passage bar-
riers at low-head dams; and 
‘‘(v) any other relevant information 
concerning low-head dams; and 
‘‘(B) submit the inventory to the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 
and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(2) DATA.—In carrying out this subsection, the 
Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) coordinate with Federal and State 
agencies and other relevant entities; and 
‘‘(B) use data provided to the Secretary by 
those agencies. 
‘‘(3) UPDATES.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with appropriate Federal and State agencies, shall
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maintain and periodically publish updates to the in-
ventory. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out 
this section $30,000,000. 
‘‘(d) CLARIFICATION.—Nothing in this section provides 
authority to the Secretary to carry out an activity, with 
respect to a low-head dam, that is not explicitly authorized 
under this section.’’. 
SEC. 128. TRANSFER OF EXCESS CREDIT. 
Section 1020 of the Water Resources Reform and De-
velopment Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2223) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) STUDIES AND PROJECTS WITH MULTIPLE 
NON-FEDERAL
INTERESTS.—A credit described in 
paragraph (1) for a study or project with multiple 
non-Federal interests may be applied to the required 
non-Federal cost share for a study or project of any 
of those non-Federal interests, subject to the condition 
that each non-Federal interest for the study or project 
for which the credit described in paragraph (1) is 
provided concurs in writing.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 
following:
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‘‘(3) CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF EXCESS CRED-
IT.—The Secretary may approve credit in excess of 
the non-Federal share for a study or project prior to 
the identification of each authorized study or project 
to which the excess credit will be applied, subject to 
the condition that the non-Federal interest agrees to 
submit for approval by the Secretary an amendment 
to the comprehensive plan prepared under paragraph 
(2) that identifies each authorized study or project in 
advance of execution of the feasibility cost sharing 
agreement or project partnership agreement for that 
authorized study or project.’’; 
(3) by striking subsection (d); and 
(4) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection 
(d). 
SEC. 129. NATIONAL LEVEE RESTORATION. 
(a) 
DEFINITION
OF
REHABILITATION.—Section 
9002(13) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 
(33 U.S.C. 3301(13)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘, or improvement’’ after ‘‘re-
moval’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, increase resiliency to extreme 
weather events,’’ after ‘‘flood risk’’.
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(b) LEVEE REHABILITATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.— 
Section 9005(h) of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 3303a(h)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$25,000,000’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(11) PRIORITIZATION.—To the maximum extent 
practicable, the Secretary shall prioritize the provi-
sion of assistance under this subsection to economi-
cally disadvantaged communities (as defined pursu-
ant to section 160 of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 2020 (33 U.S.C. 2201 note; Public Law 
116–260)).’’. 
SEC. 130. INLAND WATERWAYS REGIONAL DREDGE PILOT 
PROGRAM. 
Section 1111 of the America’s Water Infrastructure 
Act of 2018 (33 U.S.C. 2326 note; Public Law 115–270) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) INLAND WATERWAYS REGIONAL DREDGE PILOT 
PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized 
to establish a pilot program (referred to in this sub-
section as the ‘pilot program’) to conduct a multiyear 
dredging demonstration program to award contracts
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with a duration of up to 5 years for projects on in-
land waterways. 
‘‘(2) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the pilot pro-
gram shall be— 
‘‘(A) to increase the reliability, availability, 
and efficiency of federally-owned and federally- 
operated inland waterways projects; 
‘‘(B) to decrease operational risks across the 
inland waterways system; and 
‘‘(C) to provide cost-savings by combining 
work across multiple projects across different ac-
counts of the Corps of Engineers. 
‘‘(3) DEMONSTRATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, to 
the maximum extent practicable, award con-
tracts for projects on inland waterways that 
combine work across the Construction and Oper-
ation and Maintenance accounts of the Corps of 
Engineers. 
‘‘(B) PROJECTS.— In awarding contracts 
under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall con-
sider projects that— 
‘‘(i) improve navigation reliability on 
inland waterways that are accessible year- 
round;
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‘‘(ii) increase freight capacity on in-
land waterways; and 
‘‘(iii) have the potential to enhance the 
availability of containerized cargo on in-
land waterways. 
‘‘(4) SAVINGS
CLAUSE.—Nothing in this sub-
section affects the responsibility of the Secretary with 
respect to the construction and operations and main-
tenance of projects on the inland waterways system. 
‘‘(5) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 1 
year after the date on which the first contract is 
awarded pursuant to the pilot program, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives a report that evaluates, with respect 
to the pilot program and any contracts awarded 
under the pilot program— 
‘‘(A) cost effectiveness; 
‘‘(B) reliability and performance; 
‘‘(C) cost savings attributable to mobiliza-
tion and demobilization of dredge equipment; 
and 
‘‘(D) response times to address navigational 
impediments.
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‘‘(6) SUNSET.—The authority of the Secretary to 
enter into contracts pursuant to the pilot program 
shall expire on the date that is 10 years after the date 
of enactment of this Act.’’. 
SEC. 131. FUNDING TO PROCESS PERMITS. 
Section 214(a)(2) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 2000 (33 U.S.C. 2352(a)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) MULTI-USER
MITIGATION
BANK
IN-
STRUMENT PROCESSING.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An activity carried 
out by the Secretary to expedite evaluation 
of a permit described in subparagraph (A) 
may include the evaluation of an instru-
ment for a mitigation bank if— 
‘‘(I) the non-Federal public entity, 
public-utility company, natural gas 
company, or railroad carrier applying 
for the permit described in that sub-
paragraph is the sponsor of the mitiga-
tion bank; and
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‘‘(II) expediting evaluation of the 
instrument is necessary to expedite 
evaluation of the permit described in 
that subparagraph. 
‘‘(ii) USE
OF
CREDITS.—The use of 
credits generated by the mitigation bank es-
tablished using expedited processing under 
clause (i) shall be limited to current and fu-
ture projects and activities of the entity, 
company, or carrier described in subclause 
(I) of that clause for a public purpose, ex-
cept that in the case of a non-Federal public 
entity, not more than 25 percent of the cred-
its may be sold to other public and private 
entities.’’. 
SEC. 132. NON-FEDERAL PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PILOT 
PROGRAM. 
Section 1043(b) of the Water Resources Reform and 
Development Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2201 note; Public Law 
113–121) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘or discrete 
segment’’ after ‘‘separable element’’ each place it ap-
pears; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(10) DEFINITION OF DISCRETE SEGMENT.—In 
this subsection, the term ‘discrete segment’ means a 
physical portion of a project or separable element that 
the non-Federal interest can operate and maintain, 
independently and without creating a hazard, in ad-
vance of final completion of the water resources devel-
opment project, or separable element thereof.’’. 
SEC. 133. COST SHARING FOR TERRITORIES AND INDIAN 
TRIBES. 
Section 1156 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2310) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(c) APPLICATION TO STUDIES.— 
‘‘(1) INCLUSION.—For purposes of this section, 
the term ‘study’ includes watershed assessments. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—The Secretary shall apply 
the waiver amount described in subsection (a) to re-
duce only the non-Federal share of study costs.’’. 
SEC. 134. WATER SUPPLY CONSERVATION. 
Section 1116 of the WIIN Act (130 Stat. 1639) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘during the 1-year period 
ending on the date of enactment of this Act’’ and in-
serting ‘‘for at least 2 years during the 10-year period
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preceding a request from a non-Federal interest for 
assistance under this section’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(4), by inserting ‘‘, includ-
ing measures utilizing a natural feature or nature- 
based feature (as those terms are defined in section 
1184(a)) to reduce drought risk’’ after ‘‘water sup-
ply’’. 
SEC. 135. CRITERIA FOR FUNDING OPERATION AND MAIN-
TENANCE OF SMALL, REMOTE, AND SUBSIST-
ENCE HARBORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall develop 
specific criteria for the annual evaluation and ranking of 
maintenance dredging requirements for small, remote, and 
subsistence harbors, taking into account the criteria pro-
vided in the joint explanatory statement of managers ac-
companying division D of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260; 134 Stat. 1352). 
(b) INCLUSION IN GUIDANCE.—The Secretary shall in-
clude the criteria developed under subsection (a) in the an-
nual Civil Works Direct Program Development Policy 
Guidance of the Secretary. 
(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—For fiscal year 2024, and 
biennially thereafter, in conjunction with the annual budget 
submission of the President under section 1105(a) of title
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31, United States Code, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committees on Environment and Public Works and Appro-
priations of the Senate and the Committees on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure and Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives a report that identifies the ranking of 
projects in accordance with the criteria developed under 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 136. PROTECTION OF LIGHTHOUSES. 
Section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 1946 (33 U.S.C. 
701r) is amended by inserting ‘‘lighthouses, including those 
lighthouses with historical value,’’ after ‘‘schools,’’. 
SEC. 137. EXPEDITING HYDROPOWER AT CORPS OF ENGI-
NEERS FACILITIES. 
Section 1008 of the Water Resources Reform and De-
velopment Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2321b) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘and to 
meet the requirements of subsection (b)’’ after 
‘‘projects’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 
subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) IMPLEMENTATION
OF POLICY.—The Secretary 
shall—
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‘‘(1) ensure that the policy described in sub-
section (a) is implemented nationwide in an efficient, 
consistent, and coordinated manner; and 
‘‘(2) assess opportunities— 
‘‘(A) to increase the development of hydro-
electric power at existing hydroelectric water re-
sources development projects of the Corps of En-
gineers; and 
‘‘(B) to develop new hydroelectric power at 
nonpowered water resources development projects 
of the Corps of Engineers.’’. 
SEC. 138. MATERIALS, SERVICES, AND FUNDS FOR REPAIR, 
RESTORATION, OR REHABILITATION OF CER-
TAIN PUBLIC RECREATION FACILITIES. 
(a) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE PUBLIC RECREATION 
FACILITY.—In this section, the term ‘‘eligible public recre-
ation facility’’ means a facility at a reservoir operated by 
the Corps of Engineers that— 
(1) was constructed to enable public use of and 
access to the reservoir; and 
(2) requires repair, restoration, or rehabilitation 
to function. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION.—During a period of low water 
at an eligible public recreation facility, the Secretary is au-
thorized—
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(1) to accept and use materials, services, and 
funds from a non-Federal interest to repair, restore, 
or rehabilitate the facility; and 
(2) to reimburse the non-Federal interest for the 
Federal share of the materials, services, or funds. 
(c) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary may not reimburse 
a non-Federal interest for the use of materials or services 
accepted under this section unless the materials or serv-
ices— 
(1) meet the specifications of the Secretary; and 
(2) comply with all applicable laws and regula-
tions that would apply if the materials and services 
were acquired by the Secretary, including subchapter 
IV of chapter 31 and chapter 37 of title 40, United 
States Code, section 8302 of title 41, United States 
Code, and the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 
(d) AGREEMENT.—Before the acceptance of materials, 
services, or funds under this section, the Secretary and the 
non-Federal interest shall enter into an agreement that— 
(1) specifies that the non-Federal interest shall 
hold and save the United States free from any and all 
damages that arise from use of materials or services 
of the non-Federal interest, except for damages due to
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the fault or negligence of the United States or its con-
tractors; 
(2) requires that the non-Federal interest shall 
certify that the materials or services comply with all 
applicable laws and regulations under subsection (c); 
and 
(3) includes any other term or condition re-
quired by the Secretary. 
SEC. 139. DREDGED MATERIAL MANAGEMENT PLANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall prioritize im-
plementation of section 125(c) of the Water Resources Devel-
opment Act of 2020 (33 U.S.C. 2326h) at federally author-
ized harbors in the State of Ohio. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Each dredged material manage-
ment plan prepared by the Secretary under section 125(c) 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (33 U.S.C. 
2326h) for a federally authorized harbor in the State of 
Ohio shall— 
(1) include, in the baseline conditions, a prohibi-
tion on use of funding for open-lake disposal of 
dredged material consistent with section 105 of the 
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117–103; 136 
Stat. 217) ; and
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(2) maximize beneficial use of dredged material 
under the base plan and under section 204(d) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (33 U.S.C. 
2326(d)). 
(c) SAVINGS PROVISION.—This section does not— 
(1) impose a prohibition on use of funding for 
open-lake disposal of dredged material; or 
(2) require the development or implementation of 
a dredged material management plan in accordance 
with subsection (b) if use of funding for open-lake dis-
posal is not otherwise prohibited by law. 
SEC. 140. LEASE DEVIATIONS. 
The Secretary shall fully implement the requirements 
of section 153 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
2020 (134 Stat. 2658). 
SEC. 141. COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN. 
(a) STUDY OF FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT ACTIVI-
TIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Using funds made available 
to carry out this section, the Secretary is authorized, 
at Federal expense, to carry out a study to determine 
the feasibility of a project for flood risk management 
and related purposes in the Columbia River basin 
and to report to the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives
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and the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate with recommendations thereon, 
including recommendations for a project to poten-
tially reduce the reliance on Canada for flood risk 
management in the basin. 
(2) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall carry 
out the activities described in this subsection in co-
ordination with other Federal and State agencies and 
Indian Tribes. 
(b) FUNDS FOR COLUMBIA RIVER TREATY OBLIGA-
TIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 
expend funds appropriated for the purpose of satis-
fying United States obligations under the Columbia 
River Treaty to compensate Canada for operating Ca-
nadian storage on behalf of the United States under 
such Treaty. 
(2) NOTIFICATION.—If the U.S. entity calls upon 
Canada to operate Canadian reservoir storage for 
flood risk management on behalf of the United States, 
which operation may incur an obligation to com-
pensate Canada under the Columbia River Treaty— 
(A) the Secretary shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Transportation and Infrastructure 
and Appropriations of the House of Representa-
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tives and the Committees on Environment and 
Public Works and Appropriations of the Senate, 
by not later than 30 days after the initiation of 
the call, a written notice of the action and a jus-
tification, including a description of the cir-
cumstances necessitating the call; 
(B) upon a determination by the United 
States of the amount of compensation that shall 
be paid to Canada, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committees on Transportation and Infra-
structure and Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Committees on Environ-
ment and Public Works and Appropriations of 
the Senate a written notice specifying such 
amount and an explanation of how such amount 
was derived, which notification shall not delay 
or impede the flood risk management mission of 
the U.S. entity; and 
(C) the Secretary shall make no payment to 
Canada for the call under the Columbia River 
Treaty until such time as funds appropriated for 
the purpose of compensating Canada under such 
Treaty are available. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN.—The term ‘‘Colum-
bia River basin’’ means the entire United States por-
tion of the Columbia River watershed. 
(2) COLUMBIA RIVER TREATY.—The term ‘‘Co-
lumbia River Treaty’’ means the Treaty relating to 
cooperative development of the water resources of the 
Columbia River Basin, signed at Washington Janu-
ary 17, 1961, and entered into force September 16, 
1964. 
(3) U.S. ENTITY.—The term ‘‘U.S. entity’’ means 
the entity designated by the United States under Arti-
cle XIV of the Columbia River Treaty. 
SEC. 142. CONTINUATION OF CONSTRUCTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall not include the 
amount of Federal obligations incurred and non-Federal 
contributions provided for an authorized water resources 
development project during the period beginning on the date 
of enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2025, 
for purposes of determining if the cost of the project exceeds 
the maximum cost of the project under section 902 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2280). 
(b) CONTINUATION OF CONSTRUCTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall not, solely 
on the basis of section 902 of the Water Resources De-
velopment Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2280)—
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(A) defer the initiation or continuation of 
construction of a water resources development 
project during the period described in subsection 
(a); or 
(B) terminate a contract for design or con-
struction of a water resources development 
project entered into during the period described 
in subsection (a) after expiration of that period. 
(2) RESUMPTION OF CONSTRUCTION.—The Sec-
retary shall resume construction of any water re-
sources development project for which construction 
was deferred on the basis of section 902 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2280) 
during the period beginning on October 1, 2021, and 
ending on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(c) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion waives the obligation of the Secretary to submit to the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives a post-authorization change 
report recommending an increase in the authorized cost of 
a project if the project otherwise would exceed the maximum 
cost of the project under section 902 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2280).
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TITLE II—STUDIES AND 
REPORTS 
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF FEASIBILITY STUDIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to in-
vestigate the feasibility of the following projects: 
(1) Project for ecosystem restoration, Mill Creek 
Levee and Walla Walla River, Oregon. 
(2) Project for flood risk management and eco-
system restoration, Tittabawassee River, Chippewa 
River, Pine River, and Tobacco River, Michigan. 
(3) Project for flood risk management, Southeast 
Michigan. 
(4) Project for flood risk management, McMicken 
Dam, Arizona. 
(5) Project for flood risk management, Ellicott 
City and Howard County, Maryland. 
(6) Project for flood risk management, Ten Mile 
River, North Attleboro, Massachusetts. 
(7) Project for flood risk management and water 
supply, Fox-Wolf Basin, Wisconsin. 
(8) Project for flood risk management and eco-
system restoration, Thatchbed Island, Essex, Con-
necticut. 
(9) Project for flood and coastal storm risk man-
agement, Cape Fear River Basin, North Carolina.
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(10) Project for flood risk management, Lower 
Clear Creek and Dickinson Bayou, Texas. 
(11) Project for flood risk management and eco-
system restoration, the Resacas, Hidalgo and Cam-
eron Counties, Texas. 
(12) Project for flood risk management, includ-
ing levee improvement, Papillion Creek, Nebraska. 
(13) Project for flood risk management, Offutt 
Ditch Pump Station, Nebraska. 
(14) Project for flood risk management, naviga-
tion, and ecosystem restoration, Mohawk River Basin, 
New York. 
(15) Project for coastal storm risk management, 
Waikiki Beach, Hawaii. 
(16) Project for ecosystem restoration and coastal 
storm risk management, Cumberland and Sea Is-
lands, Georgia. 
(17) Project for flood risk management, Wailupe 
Stream watershed, Hawaii. 
(18) Project for flood and coastal storm risk 
management, Hawaii County, Hawaii. 
(19) Project for coastal storm risk management, 
Maui County, Hawaii. 
(20) Project for flood risk management, Sarpy 
County, Nebraska.
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(21) Project for aquatic ecosystem restoration, 
including habitat for endangered salmon, Columbia 
River Basin. 
(22) Project for ecosystem restoration, flood risk 
management, and recreation, Newport, Kentucky. 
(23) Project for flood risk management and 
water supply, Jenkins, Kentucky. 
(24) Project for flood risk management, includ-
ing riverbank stabilization, Columbus, Kentucky. 
(25) Project for flood and coastal storm risk 
management, navigation, and ecosystem restoration, 
South Shore, Long Island, New York. 
(26) Project for flood risk management, coastal 
storm risk management, navigation, ecosystem res-
toration, and water supply, Blind Brook, New York. 
(27) Project for navigation, Cumberland River, 
Kentucky. 
(28) Project for ecosystem restoration and water 
supply, Great Salt Lake, Utah. 
(b) PROJECT MODIFICATIONS.—The Secretary is au-
thorized to investigate the feasibility of the following modi-
fications to the following projects: 
(1) Modifications to the project for navigation, 
South Haven Harbor, Michigan, for turning basin 
improvements.
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(2) Modifications to the project for navigation, 
Rollinson Channel and channel from Hatteras Inlet 
to Hatteras, North Carolina, authorized by section 
101 of the River and Harbor Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 
1174), to incorporate the ocean bar. 
(3) Modifications to the project for flood control, 
Saint Francis River Basin, Missouri and Arkansas, 
authorized by section 204 of the Flood Control Act of 
1950 (64 Stat. 172, chapter 188), to provide flood risk 
management for the tributaries and drainage of 
Straight Slough, Craighead, Poinsett, and Cross 
Counties, Arkansas. 
(4) Modifications to the project for flood risk 
management, Cedar River, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, au-
thorized by section 7002(2) of the Water Resources 
Reform and Development Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 
1366), consistent with the City of Cedar Rapids, 
Iowa, Cedar River Flood Control System Master 
Plan. 
(5) Modifications to the project for navigation, 
Savannah Harbor, Georgia, without evaluation of ad-
ditional deepening. 
(6) Modifications to the project for navigation, 
Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii, for navigation improve-
ments and coastal storm risk management.
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(7) Modifications to the project for navigation, 
Port of Ogdensburg, New York, including deepening. 
(8) Modifications to the Huntington Local Pro-
tection Project, Huntington, West Virginia. 
SEC. 202. SPECIAL RULES. 
(a) The studies authorized by paragraphs (12) and 
(13) of section 201(a) shall be considered a continuation 
of the study that resulted in the Chief’s Report for the 
project for Papillion Creek and Tributaries Lakes, Ne-
braska, signed January 24, 2022. 
(b) The study authorized by section 201(a)(17) shall 
be considered a resumption and a continuation of the gen-
eral reevaluation initiated on December 30, 2003. 
(c) In carrying out the study authorized by section 
201(a)(21), the Secretary shall only formulate measures 
and alternatives to be consistent with the authorized pur-
poses of existing Federal projects while also maintaining 
the benefits of such projects. 
(d) In carrying out the study authorized by section 
201(a)(25), the Secretary shall study the South Shore of 
Long Island, New York, as a whole system, including inlets 
that are Federal channels. 
(e) The studies authorized by section 201(b) shall be 
considered new phase investigations afforded the same treat-
ment as a general reevaluation.
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SEC. 203. EXPEDITED COMPLETION OF STUDIES. 
(a) FEASIBILITY REPORTS.—The Secretary shall expe-
dite the completion of a feasibility study for each of the 
following projects, and if the Secretary determines that the 
project is justified in a completed report, may proceed di-
rectly to preconstruction planning, engineering, and design 
of the project: 
(1) Modifications to the project for flood risk 
management, North Adams, Massachusetts, authorized 
by section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Flood Control Act of 1936’’) (49 Stat. 
1572, chapter 688; 33 U.S.C. 701h), and section 3 of 
the Act of August 18, 1941 (commonly known as the 
‘‘Flood Control Act of 1941’’) (55 Stat. 639, chapter 
377), for flood risk management and ecosystem res-
toration. 
(2) Project for coastal storm risk management, 
Charleston Peninsula, South Carolina. 
(3) Project for flood and coastal storm risk man-
agement and ecosystem restoration, Boston North 
Shore, Revere, Saugus, Lynn, Maiden, and Everett, 
Massachusetts. 
(4) Project for flood risk management, De Soto 
County, Mississippi. 
(5) Project for coastal storm risk management, 
Chicago shoreline, Illinois.
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(6) Project for flood risk management, Cave 
Buttes Dam, Arizona. 
(7) Project for flood and coastal storm risk man-
agement, Chelsea, Massachusetts, authorized by a 
study resolution of the Committee on Public Works of 
the Senate dated September 12, 1969. 
(8) Project for ecosystem restoration, Herring 
River Estuary, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, 
authorized by a study resolution of the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
Representatives dated July 23, 1997. 
(9) Project for coastal storm risk management, 
ecosystem restoration, and navigation, Nauset Barrier 
Beach and inlet system, Chatham, Massachusetts, au-
thorized by a study resolution of the Committee on 
Public Works of the Senate dated September 12, 1969. 
(10) Project for flood risk management, East 
Hartford Levee System, Connecticut. 
(11) Project for flood risk management, Rahway, 
New Jersey, authorized by section 336 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2712). 
(12) Project for coastal storm risk management, 
Sea Bright to Manasquan, New Jersey. 
(13) Project for coastal storm risk management, 
Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook Bay, New Jersey.
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(14) Project for coastal storm risk management, 
St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. 
(15) Project for ecosystem restoration, Fox River, 
Illinois, authorized by section 519 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2653). 
(16) Project for ecosystem restoration, Chicago 
River, Illinois. 
(17) Project for ecosystem restoration, Lake 
Okeechobee, Florida. 
(18) Project for ecosystem restoration, Western 
Everglades, Florida. 
(19) Modifications to the project for navigation, 
Hilo Harbor, Hawaii. 
(20) 
Project 
for 
flood 
risk 
management, 
Kanawha River Basin, West Virginia, Virginia, 
North Carolina. 
(21) Modifications to the project for navigation, 
Auke Bay, Alaska. 
(b) POST-AUTHORIZATION CHANGE REPORTS.—The 
Secretary shall expedite completion of a post-authorization 
change report for the following projects: 
(1) Project for ecosystem restoration, Tres Rios, 
Arizona, authorized by section 101(b)(4) of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2577).
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(2) Project for coastal storm risk management, 
Surf City and North Topsail Beach, North Carolina, 
authorized by section 7002(3) of the Water Resources 
Reform and Development Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 
1367). 
(3) Anchorage F modifications to the project for 
navigation, Norfolk Harbor and Channels, Virginia, 
authorized by section 201 of the Water Resources De-
velopment Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4090) and modified 
by section 1403(a) of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 2018 (132 Stat. 3840). 
(4) Project for navigation, Port Everglades, Flor-
ida, authorized by section 1401(1) of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 1709). 
(c) WATERSHED AND RIVER BASIN ASSESSMENTS.— 
The Secretary shall expedite the completion of the following 
assessments under section 729 of the Water Resources Devel-
opment Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2267a): 
(1) Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study, Illi-
nois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, 
Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. 
(2) Ouachita-Black Rivers, Arkansas and Lou-
isiana. 
(3) Project for watershed assessment, Hawaii 
County, Hawaii.
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(d) DISPOSITION STUDY.—The Secretary shall expe-
dite the completion of the disposition study for the Los An-
geles County Drainage Area under section 216 of the Flood 
Control Act of 1970 (33 U.S.C. 549a). 
(e) ADDITIONAL DIRECTION.—The post-authorization 
change report for the project described in subsection (b)(3) 
shall be completed not later than December 31, 2023. 
SEC. 204. STUDIES FOR PERIODIC NOURISHMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 156 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5f)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘15’’ and 
inserting ‘‘50’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘15’’; 
(2) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘10-year period’’ and in-
serting ‘‘16-year period’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘6 years’’ and inserting ‘‘12 
years’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) TREATMENT OF STUDIES.—A study carried out 
under subsection (b) shall be considered a new phase inves-
tigation afforded the same treatment as a general reevalua-
tion.’’.
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(b) INDIAN RIVER INLET SAND BYPASS PLANT.—For 
purposes of the project for coastal storm risk management, 
Delaware Coast Protection, Delaware (commonly known as 
the ‘‘Indian River Inlet Sand Bypass Plant’’), authorized 
by section 869 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1986 (100 Stat. 4182), a study carried out under section 
156(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 (42 
U.S.C. 1962d–5f(b)) shall consider as an alternative for 
periodic nourishment continued reimbursement of the Fed-
eral share of the cost to the non-Federal interest for the 
project to operate and maintain a sand bypass plant. 
SEC. 205. NEPA REPORTING. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘cat-
egorical exclusion’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 1508.1 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations 
(or a successor regulation). 
(2) ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENT.—The term 
‘‘environmental assessment’’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 1508.1 of title 40, Code of Federal 
Regulations (or a successor regulation). 
(3) ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT.—The 
term ‘‘environmental impact statement’’ means a de-
tailed written statement required under section
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102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act 
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)). 
(4) FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.—The 
term ‘‘finding of no significant impact’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 1508.1 of title 40, 
Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regula-
tion). 
(5) NEPA PROCESS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘NEPA proc-
ess’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
1508.1 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations 
(or a successor regulation). 
(B) PERIOD.—For purposes of subpara-
graph (A), the NEPA process— 
(i) begins on the date on which the 
Secretary initiates a project study; and 
(ii) ends on the date on which the Sec-
retary issues, with respect to the project 
study— 
(I) a record of decision, including, 
if necessary, a revised record of deci-
sion; 
(II) a finding of no significant 
impact; or
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(III) a categorical exclusion under 
title I of the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4331 et 
seq.). 
(6) PROJECT STUDY.—The term ‘‘project study’’ 
means a feasibility study for a project carried out 
pursuant to section 905 of the Water Resources Devel-
opment Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2282) for which a cat-
egorical exclusion, an environmental assessment, or 
an environmental impact statement is required pur-
suant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 
(b) REPORTS.— 
(1) NEPA DATA.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
carry out a process to track, and annually sub-
mit to the Committee on Environment and Pub-
lic Works of the Senate and the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House 
of Representatives a report containing, the infor-
mation described in subparagraph (B). 
(B) INFORMATION DESCRIBED.—The infor-
mation referred to in subparagraph (A) is, with 
respect to the Corps of Engineers—
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(i) the number of project studies for 
which a categorical exclusion was used dur-
ing the reporting period; 
(ii) the number of project studies for 
which the decision to use a categorical ex-
clusion, to prepare an environmental assess-
ment, or to prepare an environmental im-
pact statement is pending on the date on 
which the report is submitted; 
(iii) the number of project studies for 
which an environmental assessment was 
issued during the reporting period, broken 
down by whether a finding of no significant 
impact, if applicable, was based on mitiga-
tion; 
(iv) the length of time the Corps of En-
gineers took to complete each environmental 
assessment described in clause (iii); 
(v) the number of project studies pend-
ing on the date on which the report is sub-
mitted for which an environmental assess-
ment is being drafted; 
(vi) the number of project studies for 
which an environmental impact statement 
was issued during the reporting period;
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(vii) the length of time the Corps of 
Engineers took to complete each environ-
mental impact statement described in clause 
(vi); and 
(viii) the number of project studies 
pending on the date on which the report is 
submitted for which an environmental im-
pact statement is being drafted. 
(2) PUBLIC
ACCESS
TO
NEPA
REPORTS.—The 
Secretary shall make publicly available each annual 
report required under paragraph (1). 
SEC. 206. GAO AUDIT OF PROJECTS OVER BUDGET OR BE-
HIND SCHEDULE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall conduct a review of the factors and con-
ditions for each ongoing water resources development 
project carried out by the Secretary for which— 
(1) the current estimated total project cost of the 
project exceeds the original estimated total project cost 
of the project by not less than $50,000,000; or 
(2) the current estimated completion date of the 
project exceeds the original estimated completion date 
of the project by not less than 5 years.
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joint costs associated with operations and maintenance of 
reservoirs owned and operated by the Secretary. 
(b) REPORT.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall submit to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 
a report on the findings of the review under subsection (a) 
and any recommendations that result from the review. 
SEC. 209. GAO REVIEW OF CORPS OF ENGINEERS MITIGA-
TION PRACTICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the 
United States shall carry out a review of the water resources 
development project mitigation practices of the Corps of En-
gineers. 
(b) CONTENT.—The review under subsection (a) shall 
include an evaluation of— 
(1) the implementation by the Corps of Engi-
neers of the final rule issued on April 10, 2008, enti-
tled ‘‘Compensatory Mitigation for Losses of Aquatic 
Resources’’ (73 Fed. Reg. 19594), including, at a 
minimum— 
(A) the extent to which the final rule is con-
sistently implemented by the districts of the 
Corps of Engineers; and
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(B) the performance of each of the mitiga-
tion mechanisms included in the final rule; and 
(2) opportunities to utilize alternative methods 
to satisfy mitigation requirements of water resources 
development projects, including, at a minimum, per-
formance-based contracts. 
(c) REPORT.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall submit to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 
a report on the findings of the review under subsection (a) 
and any recommendations that result from the review. 
(d) DEFINITION
OF
PERFORMANCE-BASED
CON-
TRACT.—In this section, the term ‘‘performance-based con-
tract’’ means a procurement mechanism by which the Corps 
of Engineers contracts with a public or private non-Federal 
entity for a specific mitigation outcome requirement, with 
payment to the entity linked to delivery of verifiable and 
successful mitigation performance. 
SEC. 210. SABINE–NECHES WATERWAY NAVIGATION IM-
PROVEMENT PROJECT, TEXAS. 
The Secretary shall expedite the review and coordina-
tion of the feasibility study for the project for navigation, 
Sabine–Neches Waterway, Texas, under section 203(b) of
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the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 
2231(b)). 
SEC. 211. GREAT LAKES RECREATIONAL BOATING. 
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary shall prepare, at full Federal ex-
pense, and submit to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 
a report updating the findings of the report on the economic 
benefits of recreational boating in the Great Lakes basin 
prepared under section 455(c) of the Water Resources Devel-
opment Act of 1999 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–21(c)). 
SEC. 212. CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLORIDA. 
(a) EVALUATION AND REPORT.— 
(1) EVALUATION.—On request and at the expense 
of the St. Johns River Water Management District, 
the 
Secretary 
shall 
evaluate 
the 
effects 
of 
deauthorizing the southernmost 3.5-mile reach of the 
L–73 levee, Section 2, Osceola County, Florida, on the 
functioning of the project for flood control and other 
purposes, Upper St. Johns River Basin, Central and 
Southern Florida, authorized by section 203 of the 
Flood Control Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 1176). 
(2) REPORT.—In carrying out the evaluation 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—
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(A) prepare a report that includes the re-
sults of the evaluation, including— 
(i) the advisability of deauthorizing the 
levee described in that paragraph; and 
(ii) any recommendations for condi-
tions that should be placed on a deauthor-
ization to protect the interests of the United 
States and the public; and 
(B) submit to the Committee on Environ-
ment and Public Works of the Senate and the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives the report under 
subparagraph (A) as part of the annual report 
submitted to Congress pursuant to section 7001 
of the Water Resources Reform and Development 
Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2282d). 
(b) COMPREHENSIVE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN FLOR-
IDA STUDY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 
carry out a feasibility study for resiliency and com-
prehensive improvements or modifications to existing 
water resources development projects in central and 
southern Florida, for the purposes of flood risk man-
agement, water supply, ecosystem restoration (includ-
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ing preventing saltwater intrusion), recreation, and 
related purposes. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out the feasi-
bility study under paragraph (1), the Secretary— 
(A) is authorized— 
(i) to review the report of the Chief of 
Engineers for central and southern Florida 
(House Document 643, 80th Congress, 2d 
Session), and other related reports of the 
Secretary; and 
(ii) to recommend cost-effective struc-
tural and nonstructural projects for imple-
mentation that provide a systemwide ap-
proach for the purposes described in that 
paragraph; and 
(B) shall ensure the study and any projects 
recommended under subparagraph (A)(ii) will 
not interfere with the efforts undertaken to carry 
out the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration 
Plan pursuant to section 601 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 
2680; 121 Stat. 1268; 132 Stat. 3786). 
SEC. 213. INVESTMENTS FOR RECREATION AREAS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:
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(1) The Corps of Engineers operates more recre-
ation areas than any other Federal or State agency, 
apart from the Department of the Interior. 
(2) Nationally, visitors to nearly 600 dams and 
lakes, managed by the Corps of Engineers, spend an 
estimated $12,000,000,000 per year and support 
500,000 jobs. 
(3) Lakes managed by the Corps of Engineers 
are economic drivers that support rural communities. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the Corps of Engineers should use all available authori-
ties to promote and enhance development and recreational 
opportunities at lakes that are part of authorized civil 
works projects under the administrative jurisdiction of the 
Corps of Engineers. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives a report on investments needed 
to support recreational activities that are part of authorized 
water resources development projects under the administra-
tive jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers. 
(d) REQUIREMENTS.—The report under subsection (c) 
shall include—
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(1) a list of deferred maintenance projects, in-
cluding maintenance projects relating to recreational 
facilities, sites, and associated access roads; 
(2) a plan to fund the projects described in para-
graph (1) over the 5-year period following the date of 
enactment of this Act; 
(3) a description of efforts made by the Corps of 
Engineers to coordinate investments in recreational 
facilities, sites, and associated access roads with— 
(A) State and local governments; or 
(B) private entities; and 
(4) an assessment of whether the modification of 
Federal contracting requirements could accelerate the 
availability of funds for the projects described in 
paragraph (1). 
SEC. 214. WESTERN INFRASTRUCTURE STUDY. 
(a) DEFINITIONS OF NATURAL FEATURE AND NATURE- 
BASED FEATURE.—In this section, the terms ‘‘natural fea-
ture’’ and ‘‘nature-based feature’’ have the meanings given 
those terms in section 1184(a) of the WIIN Act (33 U.S.C. 
2289a(a)). 
(b) COMPREHENSIVE STUDY.—The Secretary shall 
conduct a comprehensive study (referred to in this section 
as the ‘‘study’’) to evaluate the effectiveness of carrying out 
additional measures, including measures that utilize nat-
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ural features or nature-based features at or upstream of res-
ervoirs for the purposes of— 
(1) sustaining operations in response to chang-
ing hydrological and climatic conditions; 
(2) mitigating the risk of drought or floods, in-
cluding the loss of storage capacity due to sediment 
accumulation; 
(3) increasing water supply; or 
(4) aquatic ecosystem restoration. 
(c) STUDY FOCUS.—In conducting the study, the Sec-
retary shall include all reservoirs owned and operated by 
the Secretary and reservoirs for which the Secretary has 
flood control responsibilities under section 7 of the Act of 
December 22, 1944 (commonly known as the ‘‘Flood Control 
Act of 1944’’) (58 Stat. 890, chapter 665; 33 U.S.C. 709), 
in the South Pacific Division of the Corps of Engineers. 
(d) CONSULTATION AND USE OF EXISTING DATA.— 
(1) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the study, 
the Secretary shall consult with applicable— 
(A) Federal, State, and local agencies; 
(B) Indian Tribes; 
(C) non-Federal interests; and 
(D) other stakeholders, as determined ap-
propriate by the Secretary.
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(2) USE OF EXISTING DATA AND PRIOR STUD-
IES.—To the maximum extent practicable and where 
appropriate, the Secretary may— 
(A) use existing data provided to the Sec-
retary by entities described in paragraph (1); 
and 
(B) incorporate— 
(i) relevant information from prior 
studies and projects carried out by the Sec-
retary; and 
(ii) the latest technical data and sci-
entific approaches with respect to changing 
hydrological and climatic conditions. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives a report that describes— 
(1) the results of the study; and 
(2) any recommendations on site-specific areas 
where additional study is recommended by the Sec-
retary. 
(f) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this section pro-
vides authority to the Secretary to change the authorized 
purposes at any of the reservoirs described in subsection (c).
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SEC. 215. UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ILLINOIS WATER-
WAY SYSTEM. 
Section 8004(g) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 652 note; Public Law 110–114) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) REPORT ON WATER LEVEL MANAGEMENT.— 
Not later than 1 year after the date of completion of 
the comprehensive plan for Mississippi River water 
level management under section 22 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 1962d– 
16), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives an implementation re-
port on opportunities identified in the comprehensive 
plan to expand the use of water level management on 
the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway 
System for the purpose of ecosystem restoration.’’. 
SEC. 216. WEST VIRGINIA HYDROPOWER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For water resources development 
projects described in subsection (b), the Secretary is author-
ized—
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(1) to evaluate the feasibility of modifications to 
such projects for the purposes of adding Federal hy-
dropower or energy storage development; and 
(2) to grant approval for the use of such projects 
for non-Federal hydropower or energy storage devel-
opment in accordance with section 14 of the Act of 
March 3, 1899 (commonly known as the ‘‘Rivers and 
Harbors Act of 1899’’) (30 Stat. 1152, chapter 425; 
33 U.S.C. 408). 
(b) PROJECTS DESCRIBED.—The projects referred to 
in subsection (a) are the following: 
(1) Sutton Dam, Braxton County, West Vir-
ginia, authorized by section 5 of the Act of June 22, 
1936 (49 Stat. 1586, chapter 688). 
(2) Hildebrand Lock and Dam, Monongahela 
County, West Virginia, authorized by section 101 of 
the River and Harbor Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 166, 
chapter 188). 
(3) Bluestone Lake, Summers County, West Vir-
ginia, authorized by section 5 of the Act of June 22, 
1936 (49 Stat. 1586, chapter 688). 
(4) R.D. Bailey Dam, Wyoming County, West 
Virginia, authorized by section 203 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 1188).
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(5) Stonewall Jackson Dam, Lewis County, West 
Virginia, authorized by section 203 of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 1421). 
(6) East Lynn Dam, Wayne County, West Vir-
ginia, authorized by section 5 of the Act of June 22, 
1936 (49 Stat. 1586, chapter 688). 
(7) Burnsville Lake, Braxton County, West Vir-
ginia, authorized by section 5 of the Act of June 22, 
1936 (49 Stat. 1586, chapter 688). 
(c) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.—The authority for 
facility modifications under subsection (a) includes dem-
onstration projects. 
SEC. 217. RECREATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AT 
CORPS FACILITIES IN APPALACHIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall prepare and 
submit to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 
of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a plan to im-
plement the recreational and economic development oppor-
tunities identified by the Secretary in the report prepared 
under section 206 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 2020 (134 Stat. 2680) at Corps of Engineers facilities 
located within a distressed or at-risk county (as described 
in subsection (a)(1) of that section) in Appalachia.
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(b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In preparing the plan under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider options for Fed-
eral funding, partnerships, and outgrants to Federal, State, 
and local governments, nonprofit organizations, and com-
mercial businesses. 
SEC. 218. AUTOMATED FEE MACHINES. 
For the purpose of mitigating adverse impacts to pub-
lic access to outdoor recreation, to the maximum extent 
practicable, the Secretary shall consider alternatives to the 
use of automated fee machines for the collection of fees for 
the use of developed recreation sites and facilities in West 
Virginia. 
SEC. 219. LAKE CHAMPLAIN CANAL, VERMONT AND NEW 
YORK. 
Section 5146 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 2007 (121 Stat. 1255) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(c) CLARIFICATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At the request of the non- 
Federal interest for the study of the Lake Champlain 
Canal Aquatic Invasive Species Barrier carried out 
under section 542 of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2671; 121 Stat. 1150; 134 
Stat. 2652), the Secretary shall scope the phase II
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portion of that study to satisfy the feasibility deter-
mination under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) DISPERSAL BARRIER.—A dispersal barrier 
constructed, maintained, or operated under this sec-
tion may include— 
‘‘(A) physical hydrologic separation; 
‘‘(B) nonstructural measures; 
‘‘(C) deployment of technologies; 
‘‘(D) buffer zones; or 
‘‘(E) any combination of the approaches de-
scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (D).’’. 
SEC. 220. REPORT ON CONCESSIONAIRE PRACTICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 
and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives a report on concessionaire 
lease practices by the Corps of Engineers. 
(b) INCLUSIONS.—The report under subsection (a) 
shall include, at a minimum— 
(1) an assessment of the reasonableness of the for-
mula of the Corps of Engineers for calculating conces-
sionaire rental rates, taking into account the oper-
ating margins for sales of food and fuel; and
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(2) the process for assessing administrative fees 
to concessionaires across districts of the Corps of En-
gineers. 
TITLE III—DEAUTHORIZATIONS, 
MODIFICATIONS, 
AND 
RE-
LATED PROVISIONS 
SEC. 
301. 
ADDITIONAL 
ASSISTANCE 
FOR 
CRITICAL 
PROJECTS. 
(a) ATLANTA, GEORGIA.—Section 219(e)(5) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 
110 Stat. 3757; 113 Stat. 334) is amended by striking 
‘‘$25,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$75,000,000’’. 
(b) EASTERN SHORE AND SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.— 
Section 219(f)(10)(A) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 335; 121 Stat. 1255) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$20,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$52,000,000’’; and 
(2) by striking 
‘‘Accomac’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘Accomack’’. 
(c) LAKES MARION AND MOULTRIE, SOUTH CARO-
LINA.—Section 219(f)(25) of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 336; 130 Stat. 
1677; 
134 
Stat. 
2719) 
is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$110,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$151,500,000’’.
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(d) LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS.—Section 219(f)(54) of 
the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 
4835; 113 Stat. 334; 114 Stat. 2763A–221) is amended— 
(1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘COOK 
COUNTY’’ and inserting ‘‘COOK COUNTY AND LAKE 
COUNTY’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘$35,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$100,000,000’’. 
(e) MADISON AND ST. CLAIR COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.— 
Section 219(f)(55) of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 114 Stat. 2763A– 
221; 134 Stat. 2718) is amended by striking ‘‘$45,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$100,000,000’’. 
(f) 
CALAVERAS
COUNTY, 
CALIFORNIA.—Section 
219(f)(86) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 
(106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1259) is amended 
by striking ‘‘$3,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$13,280,000’’. 
(g) LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.—Section 
219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 
Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1259) is amended by 
striking paragraph (93) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(93) LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—$38,000,000 for waste-
water and water related infrastructure, Los An-
geles County, California.
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‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY.—The Water Replenish-
ment District of Southern California may be eli-
gible for assistance under this paragraph.’’. 
(h) MICHIGAN.—Section 219(f)(157) of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 
334; 121 Stat. 1262) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$35,000,000 for’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—$85,000,000 for’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) 
ADDITIONAL
PROJECTS.—Amounts 
made available under subparagraph (A) may be 
used for design and construction projects for 
water-related environmental infrastructure and 
resource protection and development projects in 
Michigan, including for projects for wastewater 
treatment and related facilities, water supply 
and related facilities, environmental restoration, 
and surface water resource protection and devel-
opment.’’. 
(i) MYRTLE BEACH
AND VICINITY, SOUTH CARO-
LINA.—Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1267) 
is amended by striking paragraph (250) and inserting the 
following:
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‘‘(250) MYRTLE
BEACH
AND
VICINITY, SOUTH 
CAROLINA.—$31,000,000 for environmental infra-
structure, including ocean outfalls, Myrtle Beach and 
vicinity, South Carolina.’’. 
(j) NORTH MYRTLE BEACH
AND VICINITY, SOUTH 
CAROLINA.—Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 
1267) is amended by striking paragraph (251) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(251) NORTH
MYRTLE
BEACH
AND
VICINITY, 
SOUTH
CAROLINA.—$74,000,000 for environmental 
infrastructure, including ocean outfalls, North Myrtle 
Beach and vicinity, South Carolina.’’. 
(k) HORRY
COUNTY, SOUTH
CAROLINA.—Section 
219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 
Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(274) HORRY
COUNTY, SOUTH
CAROLINA.— 
$19,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, includ-
ing ocean outfalls, Horry County, South Carolina.’’. 
(l) LANE COUNTY, OREGON.—Section 219(f) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 
113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) (as amended by subsection 
(k)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(275) LANE COUNTY, OREGON.—$20,000,000 for 
environmental infrastructure, Lane County, Oregon.’’. 
(m) PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.—Section 219(f) of 
the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 
4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) (as amended by sub-
section (l)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(276) 
PLACER
COUNTY, 
CALIFORNIA.— 
$21,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, Placer 
County, California.’’. 
(n) ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.—Section 219(f) 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 
4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) (as amended by sub-
section (m)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(277) 
ALAMEDA
COUNTY, 
CALIFORNIA.— 
$20,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, Ala-
meda County, California.’’. 
(o) TEMECULA CITY, CALIFORNIA.—Section 219(f) of 
the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 
4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) (as amended by sub-
section (n)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(278) 
TEMECULA
CITY, 
CALIFORNIA.— 
$18,000,000 
for 
environmental 
infrastructure, 
Temecula City, California.’’. 
(p) YOLO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.—Section 219(f) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835;
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113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) (as amended by subsection 
(o)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(279) YOLO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA.—$6,000,000 
for environmental infrastructure, Yolo County, Cali-
fornia.’’. 
(q) CLINTON, MISSISSIPPI.—Section 219(f) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 
113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) (as amended by subsection 
(p)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(280) CLINTON, MISSISSIPPI.—$13,600,000 for 
environmental infrastructure, including stormwater 
management, drainage systems, and water quality en-
hancement, Clinton, Mississippi.’’. 
(r) OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI.—Section 219(f) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 
113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) (as amended by subsection 
(q)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(281) OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI.—$10,000,000 for 
environmental infrastructure, including stormwater 
management, drainage systems, and water quality en-
hancement, Oxford, Mississippi.’’. 
(s) MADISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.—Section 219(f) of 
the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 
4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) (as amended by sub-
section (r)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(282) 
MADISON
COUNTY, 
MISSISSIPPI.— 
$10,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, includ-
ing stormwater management, drainage systems, and 
water quality enhancement, Madison County, Mis-
sissippi.’’. 
(t) RANKIN COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.—Section 219(f) of 
the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 
4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) (as amended by sub-
section (s)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(283) 
RANKIN
COUNTY, 
MISSISSIPPI.— 
$10,000,000 for environmental infrastructure, includ-
ing stormwater management, drainage systems, and 
water quality enhancement, Rankin County, Mis-
sissippi.’’. 
(u) MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI.—Section 219(f) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 
113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1268) (as amended by subsection 
(t)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(284) MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI.—$10,000,000 for 
wastewater 
infrastructure, 
including 
stormwater 
management, drainage systems, and water quality en-
hancement, Meridian, Mississippi.’’. 
(v) DELAWARE.—Section 219(f) of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat.
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(2) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘$32,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$100,000,000’’. 
(hh) TEXAS.—Section 5138 of the Water Resources De-
velopment Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1250) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘, as identified 
by the Texas Water Development Board’’; 
(2) in subsection (e)(3), by inserting ‘‘and con-
struction’’ after ‘‘design work’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection 
(i); and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (f) the following: 
‘‘(g) NONPROFIT ENTITIES.—In accordance with sec-
tion 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 made available to carry 
out this section may be used by the Corps of Engineers dis-
trict offices to administer projects under this section at Fed-
eral expense.’’. 
SEC. 302. SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 340 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4856) is amended—
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(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘ENVI-
RONMENTAL
RESTORATION
INFRASTRUCTURE 
AND
RESOURCE
PROTECTION
DEVELOPMENT 
PILOT PROGRAM’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (f) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(f) DEFINITION OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.—In 
this section, the term ‘southern West Virginia’ means the 
counties of Boone, Braxton, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Fayette, 
Gilmer, Greenbrier, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, 
Mason, McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, Monroe, Nicholas, Pen-
dleton, Pocahontas, Putnam, Raleigh, Roane, Summers, 
Wayne, Webster, Wirt, and Wyoming, West Virginia.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
contained in section 1(b) of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4799) is amended by striking 
the item relating to section 340 and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 340. Southern West Virginia.’’. 
SEC. 303. NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 571 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 371; 121 Stat. 1257; 
134 Stat. 2719) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘CEN-
TRAL’’ and inserting ‘‘NORTHERN’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following:
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‘‘(a) DEFINITION OF NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.—In 
this section, the term ‘northern West Virginia’ means the 
counties of Barbour, Berkeley, Brooke, Doddridge, Grant, 
Hampshire, Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jefferson, Lewis, 
Marion, Marshall, Mineral, Morgan, Monongalia, Ohio, 
Pleasants, Preston, Randolph, Ritchie, Taylor, Tucker, 
Tyler, Upshur, Wetzel, and Wood, West Virginia.’’; 
(3) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘central’’ and 
inserting ‘‘northern’’; and 
(4) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘central’’ and 
inserting ‘‘northern’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents in 
section 1(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 
(113 Stat. 269) is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 571 and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 571. Northern West Virginia.’’. 
SEC. 304. LOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENTS, NORTHERN 
WEST VIRGINIA. 
Section 219(f)(272) of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 
1268) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$20,000,000 for water and 
wastewater’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—$20,000,000 for water 
and wastewater’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(B) LOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENTS.— 
Notwithstanding subsection (a), at the request of 
a non-Federal interest for a project or a sepa-
rable element of a project that receives assistance 
under this paragraph, the Secretary may adopt 
a model agreement developed in accordance with 
section 571(e) of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 371).’’. 
SEC. 305. SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN BEACH NOURISH-
MENT PROJECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a water resources de-
velopment project described in subsection (b), the Secretary 
shall— 
(1) fund, at full Federal expense, any incre-
mental increase in cost to the project that results from 
a legal requirement to use a borrow source determined 
by the Secretary to be other than the least-cost option; 
and 
(2) exclude the cost described in paragraph (1) 
from the cost-benefit analysis for the project. 
(b) AUTHORIZED WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT 
PROJECTS DESCRIBED.—An authorized water resources de-
velopment project referred to in subsection (a) is any of the 
following:
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(1) The Townsends Inlet to Cape May Inlet, New 
Jersey, coastal storm risk management project, au-
thorized by section 101(a)(26) of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 278). 
(2) The Folly Beach, South Carolina, coastal 
storm risk management project, authorized by section 
501(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1986 (100 Stat. 4136) and modified by section 108 of 
the Energy and Water Development Appropriations 
Act, 1992 (105 Stat. 520). 
(3) The Carolina Beach and Vicinity, North 
Carolina, coastal storm risk management project, au-
thorized by section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 
1962 (76 Stat. 1182) and modified by section 401(7) 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 
Stat. 2741). 
(4) The Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, 
coastal storm risk management project, authorized by 
section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 
1182) and modified by section 401(7) of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2741). 
(5) A project for coastal storm risk management 
for any shore included in a project described in this 
subsection that is specifically authorized by Congress 
on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
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(6) Emergency repair and restoration of any 
project described in this subsection under section 5 of 
the Act of August 18, 1941 (commonly known as the 
‘‘Flood Control Act of 1941’’) (55 Stat. 650, chapter 
377; 33 U.S.C. 701n). 
(c) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this section lim-
its the eligibility for, or availability of, Federal expendi-
tures or financial assistance for any water resources devel-
opment project, including any beach nourishment or re-
nourishment project, under any other provision of Federal 
law. 
SEC. 306. COASTAL COMMUNITY FLOOD CONTROL AND 
OTHER PURPOSES. 
Section 103(k)(4) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213(k)(4)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) 
as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and indenting ap-
propriately; 
(2) in the matter preceding clause (i) (as so re-
designated), by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (A) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) in clause (i) (as so redesignated)—
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(i) by striking ‘‘$200 million’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$200,000,000’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in clause (ii) (as so redesignated)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘an amount equal to 
2⁄3 of’’ after ‘‘repays’’; and 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) the non-Federal interest repays 
the balance of remaining principal by June 
1, 2032.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) REPAYMENT OPTIONS.—Repayment of 
a non-Federal contribution under subparagraph 
(A)(iii) may be satisfied through the provision 
by the non-Federal interest of fish and wildlife 
mitigation for one or more projects or separable 
elements, if the Secretary determines that— 
‘‘(i) the non-Federal interest has in-
curred costs for the provision of mitigation 
that— 
‘‘(I) equal or exceed the amount of 
the required repayment; and
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‘‘(II) are in excess of any required 
non-Federal 
contribution 
for 
the 
project or separable element for which 
the mitigation is provided; and 
‘‘(ii) the mitigation is integral to the 
project for which it is provided.’’. 
SEC. 307. MODIFICATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The following modifications to 
studies and projects are authorized: 
(1) MISSISSIPPI
RIVER
GULF
OUTLET, LOU-
ISIANA.—The Federal share of the cost of the project 
for ecosystem restoration, Mississippi River Gulf Out-
let, Louisiana, authorized by section 7013(a)(4) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 
1281), shall be 90 percent. 
(2) GREAT
LAKES
AND
MISSISSIPPI
RIVER 
INTERBASIN PROJECT, BRANDON ROAD, WILL COUNTY, 
ILLINOIS.—Section 402(a)(1) of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2742) is amended 
by striking ‘‘80 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘90 percent’’. 
(3) LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMPREHENSIVE 
MANAGEMENT STUDY.—Section 213 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2687) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(j) COST-SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost of the 
comprehensive study described in subsection (a), and any 
feasibility study described in subsection (e), shall be 90 per-
cent.’’. 
(4) PORT OF NOME, ALASKA.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
carry out the project for navigation, Port of 
Nome, Alaska, authorized by section 401(1) of 
the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 
(134 Stat. 2733). 
(B) COST-SHARE.—The Federal share of the 
cost of the project described in subparagraph (A) 
shall be 90 percent. 
(5) CHICAGO
SHORELINE
PROTECTION.—The 
project for storm damage reduction and shore protec-
tion, Lake Michigan, Illinois, from Wilmette, Illinois, 
to the Illinois–Indiana State line, authorized by sec-
tion 101(a)(12) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3664), is modified to authorize 
the Secretary to provide 65 percent of the cost of the 
locally preferred plan, as described in the Report of 
the Chief of Engineers dated April 14, 1994, for the 
construction of the following segments of the project: 
(A) Shoreline revetment at Morgan Shoal.
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(B) Shoreline revetment at Promontory 
Point. 
(6) LOWER
MUD
RIVER, MILTON, WEST
VIR-
GINIA.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 
3170 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
2007 (121 Stat. 1154), the Federal share of the 
cost of the project for flood control, Milton, West 
Virginia, authorized by section 580 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 
3790), and modified by section 340 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 
2612) and section 3170 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1154), shall 
be 90 percent. 
(B) LAND, EASEMENTS, AND
RIGHTS-OF- 
WAY.—For the project described in subparagraph 
(A), the Secretary shall include in the cost of the 
project, and credit toward the non-Federal share 
of that cost, the value of land, easements, and 
rights-of-way provided by the non-Federal inter-
est for the project, including the value of land, 
easements, and rights-of-way required for the 
project that are owned or held by the non-Fed-
eral interest or other non-Federal public body.
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(C) ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY.—Unless oth-
erwise directed in an Act making annual appro-
priations for the Corps of Engineers for a fiscal 
year in which the Secretary has determined an 
additional appropriation is required to continue 
or complete construction of the project described 
in subparagraph (A), the project shall be eligible 
for additional funding appropriated by that Act 
in the Construction account of the Corps of En-
gineers— 
(i) without a new investment decision; 
and 
(ii) on the same terms as a project that 
is not the project described in subparagraph 
(A). 
(7) SOUTH SHORE STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK.— 
The Federal share of any portion of the cost to design 
and construct the project for coastal storm risk man-
agement, South Shore Staten Island, New York, au-
thorized by section 401(3), that exceeds the estimated 
total project cost specified in the project partnership 
agreement for the project, signed by the Secretary on 
February 15, 2019, shall be 90 percent. 
(b) AGREEMENTS.—
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(1) STUDIES
AND
PROJECTS
WITH
MULTIPLE 
NON-FEDERAL INTERESTS.—At the request of the ap-
plicable non-Federal interests for the project described 
in section 402(a) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2742) and for the studies de-
scribed in subsection (j) of section 213 of that Act 
(134 Stat. 2687), the Secretary shall not require those 
non-Federal interests to be jointly and severally liable 
for all non-Federal obligations in the project partner-
ship agreement for the project or in the feasibility cost 
share agreements for the studies. 
(2) SOUTH
SAN
FRANCISCO
BAY
SHORELINE, 
CALIFORNIA.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Except for funds re-
quired for a betterment or for a locally preferred 
plan, the Secretary shall not require the non- 
Federal interest for the project for flood risk 
management, ecosystem restoration, and recre-
ation, South San Francisco Bay Shoreline, Cali-
fornia, authorized by section 1401(6) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 
Stat. 1714), to contribute funds under an agree-
ment entered into prior to the date of enactment 
of this Act in excess of the total cash contribution 
required from the non-Federal interest for the
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project under section 103 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213). 
(B) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall 
not, at any time, defer, suspend, or terminate 
construction of the project described in subpara-
graph (A) solely on the basis of a determination 
by the Secretary that an additional appropria-
tion is required to cover the Federal share of the 
cost to complete construction of the project, if 
Federal funds in an amount determined by the 
Secretary to be sufficient to continue construc-
tion of the project remain available in the alloca-
tion for the project under the Long-Term Dis-
aster Recovery Investment Plan for amounts ap-
propriated under the heading ‘‘CONSTRUCTION’’ 
under the heading ‘‘CORPS OF ENGINEERS— 
CIVIL—DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY’’ in 
title IV of subdivision 1 of division B of the Bi-
partisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115– 
123; 132 Stat. 76). 
SEC. 308. PORT FOURCHON, LOUISIANA, DREDGED MATE-
RIAL DISPOSAL PLAN. 
The Secretary shall determine that the dredged mate-
rial disposal plan recommended in the document entitled 
‘‘Port Fourchon Belle Pass Channel Deepening Project Sec-
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tion 203 Feasibility Study (January 2019, revised January 
2020)’’ is the least cost, environmentally acceptable dredged 
material disposal plan for the project for navigation, Port 
Fourchon Belle Passe Channel, Louisiana, authorized by 
section 403(a)(4) of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 2020 (134 Stat. 2743). 
SEC. 309. DELAWARE SHORE PROTECTION AND RESTORA-
TION. 
(a) DELAWARE BENEFICIAL USE OF DREDGED MATE-
RIAL FOR THE DELAWARE RIVER, DELAWARE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The project for coastal storm 
risk 
management, 
Delaware 
Beneficial 
Use 
of 
Dredged Material for the Delaware River, Delaware, 
authorized by section 401(3) of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2736) (referred to 
in this subsection as the ‘‘project’’), is modified— 
(A) to direct the Secretary to implement the 
project using alternative borrow sources to the 
Delaware River, Philadelphia to the Sea, project, 
Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, authorized 
by the Act of June 25, 1910 (chapter 382, 36 
Stat. 637; 46 Stat. 921; 52 Stat. 803; 59 Stat. 
14; 68 Stat. 1249; 72 Stat. 297); and 
(B) until the Secretary implements the 
modification under subparagraph (A), to author-
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ize the Secretary, at the request of a non-Federal 
interest, to carry out initial construction or peri-
odic nourishments at any site included in the 
project under— 
(i) section 1122 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 2016 (33 U.S.C. 2326 
note; Public Law 114–322); or 
(ii) section 204(d) of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1992 (33 U.S.C. 
2326(d)). 
(2) TREATMENT.—If the Secretary determines 
that a study is required to carry out paragraph 
(1)(A), the study shall be considered to be a continu-
ation of the study that formulated the project. 
(3) COST-SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 
of the project, including the cost of any modifications 
carried out under subsection (a)(1), shall be 90 per-
cent. 
(b) INDIAN RIVER INLET SAND BYPASS PLANT, DELA-
WARE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Indian River Inlet Sand 
Bypass Plant, Delaware, coastal storm risk manage-
ment project (referred to in this subsection as the 
‘‘project’’), authorized by section 869 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4182), is
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modified to authorize the Secretary, at the request of 
a non-Federal interest, to provide periodic nourish-
ment through dedicated dredging or other means to 
maintain or restore the functioning of the project 
when— 
(A) the sand bypass plant is inoperative; or 
(B) operation of the sand bypass plant is 
insufficient to maintain the functioning of the 
project. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—A cycle of periodic nour-
ishment provided pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be 
subject to the following requirements: 
(A) COST-SHARE.—The non-Federal share 
of the cost of a cycle shall be the same percentage 
as the non-Federal share of the cost to operate 
the sand bypass plant. 
(B) DECISION DOCUMENT.—If the Secretary 
determines that a decision document is required 
to support a request for funding for the Federal 
share of a cycle, the decision document may be 
prepared using funds made available to the Sec-
retary for construction or for investigations. 
(C) TREATMENT.— 
(i) DECISION DOCUMENT.—A decision 
document prepared under subparagraph (B)
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shall not be subject to a new investment de-
termination. 
(ii) CYCLES.—A cycle shall be consid-
ered continuing construction. 
(c) DELAWARE EMERGENCY SHORE RESTORATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 
repair or restore any beach or any federally author-
ized hurricane or shore protective structure or project 
located in the State of Delaware pursuant to section 
5(a) of the Act of August 18, 1941 (commonly known 
as the ‘‘Flood Control Act of 1941’’) (55 Stat. 650, 
chapter 377; 33 U.S.C. 701n(a)), if— 
(A) the structure, project, or beach is dam-
aged by wind, wave, or water action associated 
with a storm of any magnitude; and 
(B) the damage prevents the adequate func-
tioning of the structure, project, or beach. 
(2) BENEFIT-COST
ANALYSIS.—The Secretary 
shall determine that the benefits attributable to the 
objectives set forth in section 209 of the Flood Control 
Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962–2) and section 904(a) of 
the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 
U.S.C. 2281(a)) exceed the cost for work carried out 
under this subsection.
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(3) SAVINGS
PROVISION.—The authority pro-
vided by this subsection shall be in addition to any 
authority provided by section 5(a) of the Act of Au-
gust 18, 1941 (commonly known as the ‘‘Flood Con-
trol Act of 1941’’) (55 Stat. 650, chapter 377; 33 
U.S.C. 701n(a)) to repair or restore a beach or feder-
ally authorized hurricane or shore protection struc-
ture or project located in the State of Delaware dam-
aged or destroyed by wind, wave, or water action of 
other than an ordinary nature. 
(d) INDIAN RIVER INLET AND BAY, DELAWARE.—In 
carrying out major maintenance of the project for naviga-
tion, Indian River Inlet and Bay, Delaware, authorized by 
the Act of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 846, chapter 832), 
and section 2 of the Act of March 2, 1945 (59 Stat. 14, 
chapter 19), the Secretary shall repair, restore, or relocate 
any non-Federal facility or other infrastructure, that has 
been damaged, in whole or in part, by the deterioration or 
failure of the project. 
(e) REPROGRAMMING FOR COASTAL STORM RISK MAN-
AGEMENT PROJECT AT INDIAN RIVER INLET.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for each fiscal year, the Secretary 
may reprogram amounts made available for a coastal 
storm risk management project to use such amounts
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for the project for coastal storm risk management, In-
dian River Inlet Sand Bypass Plant, Delaware, au-
thorized by section 869 of the Water Resources Devel-
opment Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4182). 
(2) LIMITATIONS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
carry out not more than 2 reprogramming ac-
tions under paragraph (1) for each fiscal year. 
(B) AMOUNT.—For each fiscal year, the 
Secretary may reprogram— 
(i) not more than $100,000 per re-
programming action; and 
(ii) not more than $200,000 for each 
fiscal year. 
SEC. 310. GREAT LAKES ADVANCE MEASURES ASSISTANCE. 
Section 5(a) of the Act of August 18, 1941 (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Flood Control Act of 1941’’) (55 Stat. 650, 
chapter 377; 33 U.S.C. 701n(a)) (as amended by section 
112(2)), is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) SPECIAL RULE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall not 
deny a request from the Governor of a State to 
provide advance measures assistance under this 
subsection to reduce the risk of damage from ris-
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ing water levels in the Great Lakes solely on the 
basis that the damage is caused by erosion. 
‘‘(B) FEDERAL
SHARE.—Assistance pro-
vided by the Secretary pursuant to a request 
under subparagraph (A) may be at full Federal 
expense if the assistance is to construct advanced 
measures to a temporary construction stand-
ard.’’. 
SEC. 311. REHABILITATION OF EXISTING LEVEES. 
Section 3017(e) of the Water Resources Reform and 
Development Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 3303a note; Public 
Law 113–121) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘this subsection’’ and inserting 
‘‘this section’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘10 years’’ and inserting ‘‘20 
years’’. 
SEC. 312. PILOT PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN COMMUNITIES. 
(a) PILOT PROGRAMS
ON
THE FORMULATION
OF 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROJECTS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES 
AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.—Sec-
tion 118 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 
(33 U.S.C. 2201 note; Public Law 116–260) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2)(C), by striking ‘‘10’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)—
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imum Federal amount, if applicable, shall be in-
creased by the commensurate amount of the non-Fed-
eral share that would otherwise be required for the 
project under the applicable continuing authority 
program.’’. 
SEC. 313. REHABILITATION OF CORPS OF ENGINEERS CON-
STRUCTED PUMP STATIONS. 
Section 133 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 2020 (33 U.S.C. 2327a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (1) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE PUMP STATION.—The term ‘eligi-
ble pump station’ means a pump station that— 
‘‘(A) is a feature of a federally authorized 
flood or coastal storm risk management project; 
or 
‘‘(B) if inoperable, would impair drainage 
of water from areas interior to a federally au-
thorized flood or coastal storm risk management 
project.’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary may carry out 
rehabilitation of an eligible pump station, if the Secretary 
determines that—
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‘‘(1) the pump station has a major deficiency; 
and 
‘‘(2) the rehabilitation is feasible.’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (f) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(f) PRIORITIZATION.—To the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the Secretary shall prioritize the provision of assist-
ance under this section to economically disadvantaged com-
munities.’’. 
SEC. 314. CHESAPEAKE BAY ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORA-
TION AND PROTECTION PROGRAM. 
Section 510(a)(2) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3759; 128 Stat. 1317) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘and 
streambanks’’ after ‘‘shorelines’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(3) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as sub-
paragraph (H); and 
(4) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(F) wastewater treatment and related fa-
cilities; 
‘‘(G) stormwater and drainage systems; 
and’’.
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SEC. 315. EVALUATION OF HYDROLOGIC CHANGES IN 
SOURIS RIVER BASIN. 
The Secretary is authorized to evaluate hydrologic 
changes affecting the agreement entitled ‘‘Agreement Be-
tween the Government of Canada and the United States of 
America for Water Supply and Flood Control in The Souris 
River Basin’’, signed in 1989. 
SEC. 316. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING RELATING 
TO BALDHILL DAM, NORTH DAKOTA. 
The Secretary may enter into a memorandum of un-
derstanding with the non-Federal interest for the Red River 
Valley Water Supply Project to accommodate flows for 
downstream users through Baldhill Dam, North Dakota. 
SEC. 317. UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER RESTORATION PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 1103(e)(3) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 652(e)(3)) is amended by striking 
‘‘$40,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$75,000,000’’. 
SEC. 318. HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM DEMONSTRATION PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 128(c) of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 2020 (33 U.S.C. 610 note; Public Law 116–260) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘the Upper Mississippi River and its 
tributaries,’’ after ‘‘New York,’’.
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SEC. 319. COLLETON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. 
Section 221(a)(4)(C)(i) of the Flood Control Act of 
1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b(a)(4)(C)(i)) shall not apply to 
construction carried out by the non-Federal interest before 
the date of enactment of this Act for the project for hurri-
cane and storm damage risk reduction, Colleton County, 
South Carolina, authorized by section 1401(3) of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 1711). 
SEC. 320. ARKANSAS RIVER CORRIDOR, OKLAHOMA. 
Section 3132 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 2007 (121 Stat. 1141) is amended by striking subsection 
(b) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZED COST.—The Secretary is authorized 
to carry out construction of a project under this section at 
a total cost of $128,400,000, with the cost shared in accord-
ance with section 103 of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213). 
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL FEASIBILITY STUDIES AUTHOR-
IZED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized 
to carry out feasibility studies for purposes of recom-
mending to the Committee on Environment and Pub-
lic Works of the Senate and the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure of the House of Rep-
resentatives additional projects under this section.
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‘‘(2) TREATMENT.—An additional feasibility 
study carried out under this subsection shall be con-
sidered a continuation of the feasibility study that 
formulated the project carried out under subsection 
(b).’’. 
SEC. 321. ABANDONED AND INACTIVE NONCOAL MINE RES-
TORATION. 
Section 560 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1999 (33 U.S.C. 2336) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘or on land 
taken into trust by the Secretary of the Interior on 
behalf of, and for the benefit of, an Indian Tribe’’ 
after ‘‘land owned by the United States’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘$30,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000’’. 
SEC. 322. ASIAN CARP PREVENTION AND CONTROL PILOT 
PROGRAM. 
Section 509(a)(2) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 2020 (33 U.S.C. 610 note; Public Law 116–260) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or Ten-
nessee River Watershed’’ and inserting ‘‘, Tennessee 
River Watershed, or Tombigbee River Watershed’’; 
and
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(2) in subparagraph (C)(i), by inserting ‘‘, of 
which not less than 1 shall be carried out on the Ten-
nessee–Tombigbee Waterway’’ before the period at the 
end. 
SEC. 323. FORMS OF ASSISTANCE. 
Section 592(b) of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1999 (113 Stat. 379) is amended by striking ‘‘and surface 
water resource protection and development’’ and inserting 
‘‘surface water resource protection and development, 
stormwater management, drainage systems, and water 
quality enhancement’’. 
SEC. 324. DEBRIS REMOVAL, NEW YORK HARBOR, NEW 
YORK. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date of enactment 
of this Act, the project for New York Harbor collection and 
removal of drift, authorized by section 91 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 39), and de-
authorized pursuant to section 6001 of the Water Resources 
Reform and Development Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 579b) (as 
in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the WIIN 
Act (130 Stat. 1628)), is authorized to be carried out by 
the Secretary. 
(b) FEASIBILITY STUDY.— The Secretary shall carry 
out, and submit to the Committee on Environment and 
Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Transpor-
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tation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 
a report on the results of, a feasibility study for the project 
described in subsection (a). 
SEC. 325. INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT. 
Section 104 of the River and Harbor Act of 1958 (33 
U.S.C. 610) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2)(A)(ii)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$50,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$75,000,000’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘2024’’ and inserting 
‘‘2028’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘water quantity or 
water quality’’ and inserting ‘‘water quan-
tity, water quality, or ecosystems’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘the Lake Erie Basin, 
the Ohio River Basin,’’ after ‘‘the Upper 
Snake River Basin,’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, 
hydrilla 
(Hydrilla 
verticillata),’’ 
after 
‘‘angustifolia)’’. 
SEC. 326. WOLF RIVER HARBOR, TENNESSEE. 
Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the 
project for navigation, Wolf River Harbor, Tennessee, au-
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thorized by title II of the Act of June 16, 1933 (48 Stat. 
200, chapter 90) (commonly known as the ‘‘National Indus-
trial Recovery Act’’), and modified by section 203 of the 
Flood Control Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 308), is modified to 
reduce the authorized dimensions of the project, such that 
the remaining authorized dimensions are a 250-foot-wide, 
9-foot-depth channel with a center line beginning at a point 
35.139634, -90.062343 and extending approximately 8,500 
feet to a point 35.160848, -90.050566. 
SEC. 327. MISSOURI RIVER MITIGATION, MISSOURI, KAN-
SAS, IOWA, AND NEBRASKA. 
The matter under the heading ‘‘MISSOURI RIVER MITI-
GATION, MISSOURI, KANSAS, IOWA, AND NEBRASKA’’ in sec-
tion 601(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 
(100 Stat. 4143; 121 Stat. 1155), as modified by section 
334 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 
Stat. 306), is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘When acquiring land to meet the requirements of fish and 
wildlife mitigation, the Secretary may consider incidental 
flood risk management benefits.’’. 
SEC. 328. INVASIVE SPECIES MANAGEMENT PILOT PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 104(f)(4) of the River and Harbor Act of 1958 
(33 U.S.C. 610(f)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘2024’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2026’’.
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SEC. 329. NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS, CONVEYANCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—On receipt of a written request of 
the Port of Corpus Christi, the Secretary shall— 
(1) review the land owned and easements held by 
the United States for purposes of navigation in 
Nueces County, Texas; and 
(2) convey to the Port of Corpus Christi or, in 
the case of an easement, release to the owner of the 
fee title to the land subject to such easement, without 
consideration, all such land and easements described 
in paragraph (1) that the Secretary determines are 
no longer required for project purposes. 
(b) CONDITIONS.— 
(1) QUITCLAIM DEED.—Any conveyance of land 
under this section shall be by quitclaim deed. 
(2) TERMS
AND
CONDITIONS.—The Secretary 
may subject any conveyance or release of easement 
under this section to such terms and conditions as the 
Secretary determines necessary and advisable to pro-
tect the United States. 
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—In accordance with sec-
tion 2695 of title 10, United States Code, the Port of Corpus 
Christi shall be responsible for the costs incurred by the Sec-
retary to convey land or release easements under this sec-
tion.
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(d) WAIVER
OF REAL PROPERTY SCREENING RE-
QUIREMENTS.—Section 2696 of title 10, United States 
Code, shall not apply to the conveyance of land or release 
of easements under this section. 
SEC. 330. MISSISSIPPI DELTA HEADWATERS, MISSISSIPPI. 
As part of the authority of the Secretary to carry out 
the project for flood damage reduction, bank stabilization, 
and sediment and erosion control, Yazoo Basin, Mississippi 
Delta Headwaters, Mississippi, authorized by the matter 
under the heading ‘‘ENHANCEMENT OF WATER RESOURCE 
BENEFITS AND FOR EMERGENCY DISASTER WORK’’ in title 
I of Public Law 98–8 (97 Stat. 22), the Secretary may 
carry out emergency maintenance activities, as the Sec-
retary determines to be necessary, for features of the project 
completed before the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 331. ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION, HUDSON–RARITAN 
ESTUARY, NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may carry out addi-
tional feasibility studies for ecosystem restoration, Hudson– 
Raritan Estuary, New York and New Jersey, including an 
examination of measures and alternatives at Baisley Pond 
Park and the Richmond Terrace Wetlands. 
(b) TREATMENT.—A feasibility study carried out 
under subsection (a) shall be considered a continuation of 
the study that formulated the project for ecosystem restora-
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tion, Hudson–Raritan Estuary, New York and New Jersey, 
authorized by section 401(5) of the Water Resources Devel-
opment Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2740). 
SEC. 332. TIMELY REIMBURSEMENT. 
(a) DEFINITION OF COVERED PROJECT.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘covered project’’ means a project for naviga-
tion authorized by section 1401(1) of the WIIN Act (130 
Stat. 1708). 
(b) REIMBURSEMENT REQUIRED.—In the case of a 
covered project for which the non-Federal interest has ad-
vanced funds for construction of the project, the Secretary 
shall reimburse the non-Federal interest for advanced funds 
that exceed the non-Federal share of the cost of construction 
of the project as soon as practicable after the completion 
of each individual contract for the project. 
SEC. 333. NEW SAVANNAH BLUFF LOCK AND DAM, GEORGIA 
AND SOUTH CAROLINA. 
Section 1319(c) of the WIIN Act (130 Stat. 1704) is 
amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) COST-SHARE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The costs of construc-
tion of a Project feature constructed pursuant to 
paragraph (1) shall be determined in accordance 
with section 101(a)(1)(B) of the Water Resources
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Development 
Act 
of 
1986 
(33 
U.S.C. 
2211(a)(1)(B)). 
‘‘(B) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Any increase in 
costs for the Project due to the construction of a 
Project feature described in subparagraph (A) 
shall not be included in the total project cost for 
purposes of section 902 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2280).’’. 
SEC. 334. LAKE TAHOE BASIN RESTORATION, NEVADA AND 
CALIFORNIA. 
(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Lake 
Tahoe Basin’’ means the entire watershed drainage of Lake 
Tahoe including that portion of the Truckee River 1,000 
feet downstream from the United States Bureau of Rec-
lamation dam in Tahoe City, California. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT
OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary 
may establish a program for providing environmental as-
sistance to non-Federal interests in Lake Tahoe Basin. 
(c) FORM OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance under this sec-
tion may be in the form of planning, design, and construc-
tion assistance for water-related environmental infrastruc-
ture and resource protection and development projects in 
Lake Tahoe Basin— 
(1) urban stormwater conveyance, treatment and 
related facilities;
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(2) watershed planning, science and research; 
(3) environmental restoration; and 
(4) surface water resource protection and devel-
opment. 
(d) PUBLIC OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT.—The Sec-
retary may provide assistance for a project under this sec-
tion only if the project is publicly owned. 
(e) LOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Before providing assistance 
under this section, the Secretary shall enter into a 
local cooperation agreement with a non-Federal inter-
est to provide for design and construction of the 
project to be carried out with the assistance. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Each local cooperation 
agreement entered into under this subsection shall 
provide for the following: 
(A) PLAN.—Development by the Secretary, 
in consultation with appropriate Federal and 
State and Regional officials, of appropriate envi-
ronmental documentation, engineering plans and 
specifications. 
(B) LEGAL
AND
INSTITUTIONAL
STRUC-
TURES.—Establishment of such legal and insti-
tutional structures as are necessary to ensure the
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(D) OPERATION
AND
MAINTENANCE.—The 
non-Federal share of operation and maintenance 
costs for projects constructed with assistance pro-
vided under this section shall be 100 percent. 
(f) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER FEDERAL AND STATE 
LAWS.—Nothing in this section waives, limits, or otherwise 
affects 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) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section for 
the period beginning with fiscal year 2005, $50,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
(h) REPEAL.—Section 108 of division C of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2005 (118 Stat. 2942), is re-
pealed. 
(i) TREATMENT.—The program authorized by this sec-
tion shall be considered a continuation of the program au-
thorized by section 108 of division C of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2005 (118 Stat. 2942) (as in effect on 
the day before the date of enactment of this Act). 
SEC. 335. ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN SANTA 
CLARA BASIN, CALIFORNIA. 
Section 111 of title I of division B of the Miscellaneous 
Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by section 1(a)(4) of
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the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001 (114 Stat. 2763; 
114 Stat. 2763A–224; 121 Stat. 1209)), is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘and volatile 
organic compounds’’ after ‘‘perchlorates’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(3), by inserting ‘‘and vola-
tile organic compounds’’ after ‘‘perchlorates’’. 
SEC. 336. 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 ‘‘(25 U.S.C. 
450b)’’ and inserting ‘‘(25 U.S.C. 5304)’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(A)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘or coastal storm’’ 
after ‘‘flood’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘including erosion 
control,’’ after ‘‘reduction,’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(C) 
FEDERAL
INTEREST
DETERMINA-
TION.—The first $100,000 of the costs of a study 
under this section shall be at full Federal ex-
pense.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (4)—
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(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘$18,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$26,000,000’’; 
and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘$18,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$26,000,000’’; 
and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) PROJECT JUSTIFICATION.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law or requirement for eco-
nomic justification established under section 209 of 
the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962–2) for 
a project (other than a project for ecosystem restora-
tion), the Secretary may implement a project under 
this section if the Secretary determines that the 
project will— 
‘‘(A) significantly reduce potential flood or 
coastal storm damages, which may include or be 
limited to damages due to shoreline erosion or 
riverbank or streambank failures; 
‘‘(B) improve the quality of the environ-
ment; 
‘‘(C) reduce risks to life safety associated 
with the damages described in subparagraph (A); 
and
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‘‘(D) improve the long-term viability of the 
community.’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)(5)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘non-Federal’’ and inserting 
‘‘Federal’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘50 percent’’ and inserting 
‘‘100 percent’’; and 
(4) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2024’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2033’’. 
SEC. 337. SURPLUS WATER CONTRACTS AND WATER STOR-
AGE AGREEMENTS. 
Section 1046(c) of the Water Resources Reform and 
Development Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 1254; 132 Stat. 3784; 
134 Stat. 2715) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (3). 
SEC. 338. COPAN LAKE, OKLAHOMA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall amend Con-
tract DACW56-81-C-0114 between the United States and 
the Copan Public Works Authority (referred to in this sec-
tion as the ‘‘Authority’’), entered into on June 22, 1981, 
for the utilization by the Authority of storage space for 
water supply in Copan Lake, Oklahoma (referred to in this 
section as the ‘‘project’’)—
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(1) to release to the United States all rights of 
the Authority to utilize 4,750 acre-feet of future use 
water storage space; and 
(2) to relieve the Authority from all financial ob-
ligations, to include the initial project investment 
costs and the accumulated interest on unpaid project 
investment costs, for the volume of water storage space 
described in paragraph (1). 
(b) REQUIREMENT.—During the 2-year period begin-
ning on the effective date of execution of the contract amend-
ment under subsection (a), the Secretary shall— 
(1) provide the City of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, 
with the right of first refusal to contract for the utili-
zation of storage space for water supply for any por-
tion of the storage space that was released by the Au-
thority under subsection (a); and 
(2) ensure that the City of Bartlesville, Okla-
homa, shall not pay more than 110 percent of the ini-
tial project investment cost per acre-foot of storage for 
the acre-feet of storage space sought under an agree-
ment under paragraph (1). 
SEC. 339. ENHANCED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM. 
The Secretary shall fully implement opportunities for 
enhanced development at Oklahoma Lakes under the au-
thorities provided in section 3134 of the Water Resources
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Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1142; 130 Stat. 1671) 
and section 164 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 2020 (134 Stat. 2668). 
SEC. 340. ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION COORDINATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the project for eco-
system restoration, South Fork of the South Branch of the 
Chicago River, Bubbly Creek, Illinois, authorized by section 
401(5) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 
(134 Stat. 2740), the Secretary shall coordinate to the max-
imum extent practicable with the Administrator of the En-
vironmental Protection Agency, State environmental agen-
cies, and regional coordinating bodies responsible for the 
remediation of toxics. 
(b) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this section ex-
tends liability to the Secretary for any remediation of toxics 
present at the project site referred to in subsection (a) prior 
to the date of authorization of that project. 
SEC. 341. ACEQUIAS IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. 
Section 1113 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1986 (100 Stat. 4232) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(b) Subject to section 
903(a) of this Act, the Secretary is authorized 
and directed to undertake’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
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‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION.—Subject to section 903(a), the 
Secretary shall carry out’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘canals’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘25 percent.’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘channels attendant to the operations of 
the community ditch and Acequia systems in 
New Mexico that— 
‘‘(1) are declared to be a political subdivision of 
the State; or 
‘‘(2) belong to a federally recognized Indian 
Tribe.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 
(e); 
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) INCLUSIONS.—The measures described in sub-
section (b) shall, to the maximum extent practicable— 
‘‘(1) ensure greater resiliency of diversion struc-
tures, including to flow variations, prolonged drought 
conditions, invasive plant species, and threats from 
changing hydrological and climatic conditions; or 
‘‘(2) support research, development, and training 
for innovative management solutions, including those 
for controlling invasive aquatic plants that affect 
Acequias.
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‘‘(d) COSTS.— 
‘‘(1) TOTAL COST.—The measures described in 
subsection (b) shall be carried out at a total cost of 
$80,000,000. 
‘‘(2) COST SHARING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the non-Federal share of the 
cost of carrying out the measures described in 
subsection (b) shall be 25 percent. 
‘‘(B) SPECIAL
RULE.—In the case of a 
project benefitting an economically disadvan-
taged community (as defined pursuant to section 
160 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
2020 (33 U.S.C. 2201 note; Public Law 116– 
260)), the Federal share of the cost of carrying 
out the measures described in subsection (b) shall 
be 90 percent.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) in the first sentence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(e) The Secretary is 
further authorized and directed to’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(e) PUBLIC ENTITY STATUS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall’’; and
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(ii) by inserting ‘‘or belong to a feder-
ally recognized Indian Tribe within the 
State of New Mexico’’ after ‘‘that State’’; 
and 
(B) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘This public entity status will allow the officials 
of these Acequia systems’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) EFFECT.—The public entity status provided 
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall allow the officials of 
the Acequia systems described in that paragraph’’. 
SEC. 342. ROGERS COUNTY, OKLAHOMA. 
(a) CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary is authorized to con-
vey to the City of Tulsa–Rogers County Port Authority (re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Port Authority’’), for fair 
market value, all right, title, and interest of the United 
States in and to the Federal land described in subsection 
(b). 
(b) FEDERAL LAND DESCRIBED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal land to be con-
veyed under this section is the approximately 176 
acres of Federal land located on the following 3 par-
cels in Rogers County, Oklahoma:
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(A) Parcel 1 includes U.S. tract 119 (par-
tial), U.S. tract 123, U.S. tract 120, U.S. tract 
125, and U.S. tract 118 (partial). 
(B) Parcel 2 includes U.S. tract 124 (par-
tial) and U.S. tract 128 (partial). 
(C) Parcel 3 includes U.S. tract 128 (par-
tial). 
(2) DETERMINATION REQUIRED.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (1) 
and subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D), the Sec-
retary shall determine the exact property de-
scription and acreage of the Federal land to be 
conveyed under this section. 
(B) REQUIREMENT.—In making the deter-
mination under subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
shall reserve from conveyance such easements, 
rights-of-way, and other interests as the Sec-
retary determines to be necessary and appro-
priate to ensure the continued operation of the 
McClellan-Kerr 
Arkansas 
River 
navigation 
project, including New Graham Lock and Dam 
18 as a part of that project, as authorized under 
the comprehensive plan for the Arkansas River 
Basin by section 3 of the Act of June 28, 1938 
(52 Stat. 1218, chapter 795), and section 10 of
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the Flood Control Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 647, 
chapter 596) and where applicable the provisions 
of the River and Harbor Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 
634, chapter 595) and modified by section 108 of 
the Energy and Water Development Appropria-
tion Act, 1988 (Public Law 100–202; 101 Stat. 
1329–112), and section 136 of the Energy and 
Water Development Appropriations Act, 2004 
(Public Law 108–137; 117 Stat. 1842). 
(C) OBSTRUCTIONS TO NAVIGABLE CAPAC-
ITY.—A conveyance under this section shall not 
affect the jurisdiction of the Secretary under sec-
tion 10 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899’’) 
(30 Stat. 1151, chapter 425; 33 U.S.C. 403) with 
respect to the Federal land conveyed. 
(D) SURVEY REQUIRED.—The exact acreage 
and the legal description of any Federal land 
conveyed under this section shall be determined 
by a survey that is satisfactory to the Secretary. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—Section 2696 of title 10, United 
States Code, shall not apply to the conveyance under this 
section. 
(d) COSTS.—The Port Authority shall be responsible 
for all reasonable and necessary costs, including real estate
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transaction and environmental documentation costs, associ-
ated with the conveyance. 
(e) HOLD HARMLESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Port Authority shall hold 
the United States harmless from any liability with 
respect to activities carried out on or after the date 
of the conveyance under this section on the Federal 
land conveyed. 
(2) LIMITATION.—The United States shall re-
main responsible for any liability incurred with re-
spect to activities carried out before the date of the 
conveyance under this section on the Federal land 
conveyed. 
(f) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The Sec-
retary may require that the conveyance under this section 
be subject to such additional terms and conditions as the 
Secretary considers necessary and appropriate to protect 
the interests of the United States. 
SEC. 343. WATER SUPPLY STORAGE REPAIR, REHABILITA-
TION, AND REPLACEMENT COSTS. 
Section 301(b) of the Water Supply Act of 1958 (43 
U.S.C. 390b(b)) is amended, in the fourth proviso, by strik-
ing the second sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘For 
Corps of Engineers projects, all annual operation and 
maintenance costs for municipal and industrial water sup-
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ply storage under this section shall be reimbursed from 
State or local interests on an annual basis, and all repair, 
rehabilitation, and replacement costs shall be reimbursed 
from State or local interests (1) without interest, during 
construction of the repair, rehabilitation, or replacement, 
(2) with interest, in lump sum on the completion of the 
repair, rehabilitation, or replacement, or (3) at the request 
of the State or local interest, with interest, over a period 
of not more than 25 years beginning on the date of comple-
tion of the repair, rehabilitation, or replacement, with re-
payment contracts providing for recalculation of the inter-
est rate at 5-year intervals. At the request of the State or 
local interest, the Secretary of the Army shall amend a re-
payment contract entered into under this section on or be-
fore the date of enactment of this sentence for the purpose 
of incorporating the terms and conditions described in 
paragraph (3) of the preceding sentence.’’. 
SEC. 344. NON-FEDERAL PAYMENT FLEXIBILITY. 
Section 103(l) of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213(l)) is amended— 
(1) by striking the subsection designation and 
heading and all that follows through ‘‘At the request 
of’’ in the first sentence and inserting the following: 
‘‘(l) DELAY OF PAYMENT.— 
‘‘(1) INITIAL PAYMENT.—At the request of’’; and
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(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) INTEREST.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—At the request of any 
non-Federal interest, the Secretary may waive 
the accrual of interest on any non-Federal cash 
contribution under this section or section 101 for 
a project for a period of not more than 1 year 
if the Secretary determines that— 
‘‘(i) the waiver will contribute to the 
ability of the non-Federal interest to make 
future contributions; and 
‘‘(ii) the non-Federal interest is in 
good standing under terms agreed to under 
subsection (k)(1). 
‘‘(B) LIMITATIONS.—The Secretary may 
grant not more than 1 waiver under subpara-
graph (A) for the same project.’’. 
SEC. 345. NORTH PADRE ISLAND, CORPUS CHRISTI BAY, 
TEXAS. 
The project for ecosystem restoration, North Padre Is-
land, Corpus Christi Bay, Texas, constructed by the Sec-
retary prior to the date of enactment of this Act under sec-
tion 556 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 
(113 Stat. 353), shall not be eligible for repair and restora-
tion assistance under section 5(a) of the Act of August 18,
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1941 (commonly known as the ‘‘Flood Control Act of 1941’’) 
(55 Stat. 650, chapter 377; 33 U.S.C. 701n(a)). 
SEC. 346. WAIVER OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE OF DAMAGES 
RELATED TO CERTAIN CONTRACT CLAIMS. 
In a case in which the Armed Services Board of Con-
tract Appeals or a court of competent jurisdiction rendered 
a decision on a date that was at least 20 years before the 
date of enactment of this Act awarding damages to a con-
tractor relating to the adjudication of claims arising from 
the construction of general navigation features of a project 
carried out under section 107 of the River and Harbor Act 
of 1960 (33 U.S.C. 577), notwithstanding the terms of the 
Project Partnership Agreement, the Secretary shall waive 
payment of the share of the non-Federal interest of such 
damages, including attorney’s fees, if the Secretary— 
(1) terminated construction of the project prior 
to completion of all features; and 
(2) has not collected payment from the non-Fed-
eral interest before the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 347. ALGIERS CANAL LEVEES, LOUISIANA. 
In accordance with section 328 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 304; 121 Stat. 1129), 
the Secretary shall resume operation, maintenance, repair, 
rehabilitation, and replacement of the Algiers Canal Levees, 
Louisiana, at full Federal expense.
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SEC. 348. ISRAEL RIVER ICE CONTROL PROJECT, LAN-
CASTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE. 
Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the 
project for flood control, Israel River, Lancaster, New 
Hampshire, authorized by section 205 of the Flood Control 
Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s) is no longer authorized. 
SEC. 349. CITY OF EL DORADO, KANSAS. 
The Secretary shall amend Contract DACW56–72–C– 
0220, between the United States and the City of El Dorado, 
Kansas, entered into on June 30, 1972, for the utilization 
by the City of storage space for water supply in El Dorado 
Lake, Kansas, to change the method of calculation of the 
interest charges that began accruing on June 30, 1991, on 
the investment costs for the 72,087 acre-feet of future use 
storage space, from compounding interest annually to 
charging simple interest annually on the principal amount, 
until— 
(1) the City desires to convert the future use stor-
age space to present use; and 
(2) the principal amount plus the accumulated 
interest becomes payable pursuant to the terms of the 
Contract. 
SEC. 350. UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER PROTECTION. 
Section 2010 of the Water Resources Reform and De-
velopment Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 1270; 132 Stat. 3812) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(f) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not recommend 
deauthorization of the Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and 
Dam unless the Secretary identifies a willing and capable 
non-Federal public entity to assume ownership of the lock 
and dam. 
‘‘(g) MODIFICATION.—The Secretary is authorized to 
investigate the feasibility of modifying the Upper St. An-
thony Falls Lock and Dam to add ecosystem restoration, 
including the prevention and control of invasive species, as 
an authorized purpose.’’. 
SEC. 351. REGIONAL CORPS OF ENGINEERS OFFICE, COR-
PUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—At such time as new facilities are 
available to the Corps of Engineers, and subject to this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall convey to the Port of Corpus Chris-
ti Authority, by deed and without warranty, all right, title, 
and interest of the United States in and to the property 
described in subsection (c). 
(b) CONSIDERATION.—Consideration for the convey-
ance under subsection (a) shall be determined by an ap-
praisal, satisfactory to the Secretary, of the market value 
of the property conveyed. 
(c) DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY.—The property re-
ferred to in subsection (a) is the land known as ‘‘Tract 100’’
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and ‘‘Tract 101’’, including improvements on that land, in 
Corpus Christi, Texas, and described as follows: 
(1) TRACT 100.— The 1.89 acres, more or less, as 
conveyed by the Nueces County Navigation District 
No. 1 of Nueces County, Texas, to the United States 
by instrument dated October 16, 1928, and recorded 
at Volume 193, pages 1 and 2, in the Deed Records 
of Nueces County, Texas. 
(2) TRACT 101.—The 0.53 acres as conveyed by 
the City of Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, to 
the United States by instrument dated September 24, 
1971, and recorded at Volume 318, pages 523 and 
524, in the Deed Records of Nueces County, Texas. 
(3) IMPROVEMENTS.— 
(A) Main Building (RPUID AO–C–3516), 
constructed January 9, 1974. 
(B) Garage, vehicle with 5 bays (RPUID 
AO–C–3517), constructed January 9, 1985. 
(C) Bulkhead, Upper (RPUID AO–C– 
2658), constructed January 1, 1941. 
(D) Bulkhead, Lower (RPUID AO–C– 
3520), constructed January 1, 1933. 
(E) Bulkhead Fence (RPUID AO–C–3521), 
constructed January 9, 1985.
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(F) Bulkhead Fence (RPUID AO–C–3522), 
constructed January 9, 1985. 
(d) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Before conveying the land de-
scribed in subsection (c) to the Port of Corpus Christi 
Authority, the Secretary shall ensure that the condi-
tions of buildings and facilities meet applicable re-
quirements under Federal law, as determined by the 
Secretary. 
(2) IMPROVEMENTS.—Improvements to condi-
tions of buildings and facilities on the land described 
in subsection (c), if any, shall be incorporated into 
the consideration required under subsection (b). 
(3) COSTS OF CONVEYANCE.—In addition to the 
fair market value for property rights conveyed, the 
Port of Corpus Christi Authority shall be responsible 
for all reasonable and necessary costs, including real 
estate transaction and environmental documentation 
costs, associated with the conveyance under subsection 
(a). 
SEC. 352. PILOT PROGRAM FOR GOOD NEIGHBOR AUTHOR-
ITY ON CORPS OF ENGINEERS LAND. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AUTHORIZED RESTORATION SERVICES.—The 
term ‘‘authorized restoration services’’ means similar
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and complementary forest, rangeland, and watershed 
restoration services carried out— 
(A) on Federal land; and 
(B) by the Secretary or Governor pursuant 
to a good neighbor agreement. 
(2) FEDERAL LAND.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Federal land’’ 
means land within the State that is adminis-
tered by the Corps of Engineers. 
(B) 
EXCLUSIONS.—The 
term 
‘‘Federal 
land’’ does not include— 
(i) a component of the National Wil-
derness Preservation System; 
(ii) Federal land on which the removal 
of vegetation is prohibited or restricted by 
an Act of Congress or a Presidential procla-
mation (including the applicable implemen-
tation plan); or 
(iii) a wilderness study area. 
(3) FOREST, 
RANGELAND, 
AND
WATERSHED 
SERVICES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘forest, range-
land, 
and 
watershed 
restoration 
services’’ 
means—
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(i) activities to treat insect-infected 
and disease-infected trees; 
(ii) activities to reduce hazardous fuels; 
and 
(iii) any other activities to restore or 
improve forest, rangeland, and watershed 
health, including fish and wildlife habitat. 
(B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘forest, range-
land, and watershed restoration services’’ does 
not include— 
(i) construction, reconstruction, repair, 
or restoration of paved or permanent roads 
or parking areas, other than the reconstruc-
tion, repair, or restoration of a road that is 
necessary to carry out authorized restora-
tion services pursuant to a good neighbor 
agreement; and 
(ii) construction, alteration, repair or 
replacement of public buildings or public 
works. 
(4) GOOD
NEIGHBOR
AGREEMENT.—The term 
‘‘good neighbor agreement’’ means a cooperative 
agreement or contract (including a sole source con-
tract) entered into between the Secretary and Gov-
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ernor under subsection (b)(1)(A) to carry out author-
ized restoration services under this section. 
(5) GOVERNOR.—The term ‘‘Governor’’ means 
the Governor or any other appropriate executive offi-
cial of the State. 
(6) ROAD.—The term ‘‘road’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 212.1 of title 36, Code of 
Federal Regulations (as in effect on February 7, 
2014). 
(7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of Idaho. 
(b) GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) GOOD NEIGHBOR AGREEMENTS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
carry out a pilot program to enter into good 
neighbor agreements with the Governor to carry 
out authorized restoration services in the State 
in accordance with this section. 
(B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary 
shall make each good neighbor agreement avail-
able to the public. 
(C) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The Governor 
shall provide, and the Secretary may accept and 
expend, funds to cover the costs of the Secretary
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to enter into and administer a good neighbor 
agreement. 
(D) TERMINATION.—The pilot program 
under subparagraph (A) shall terminate on Oc-
tober 1, 2028. 
(2) TIMBER SALES.— 
(A) APPROVAL OF SILVICULTURE PRESCRIP-
TIONS
AND
MARKING
GUIDES.—The Secretary 
shall provide or approve all silviculture prescrip-
tions and marking guides to be applied on Fed-
eral land in all timber sale projects conducted 
under this section. 
(B) TREATMENT OF REVENUE.—Except as 
provided in subparagraph (C), funds received 
from the sale of timber by the Governor under a 
good neighbor agreement shall be retained and 
used by the Governor to carry out authorized res-
toration services under the good neighbor agree-
ment. 
(C) EXCESS REVENUE.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Any funds remain-
ing after carrying out subparagraph (B) 
that are in excess of the amount provided by 
the Governor to the Secretary under para-
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graph (1)(C) shall be returned to the Sec-
retary. 
(ii) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVI-
SIONS.—Funds returned to the Secretary 
under clause (i) shall be subject to the first 
part of section 5 of the Act of June 13, 1902 
(commonly known as the ‘‘Rivers and Har-
bors Appropriations Act of 1902’’) (32 Stat. 
373, chapter 1079; 33 U.S.C. 558). 
(3) RETENTION OF NEPA RESPONSIBILITIES.— 
Any decision required to be made under the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
seq.) with respect to any authorized restoration serv-
ices to be provided under this section on Federal land 
shall not be delegated to the Governor. 
SEC. 353. SOUTHEAST DES MOINES, SOUTHWEST PLEASANT 
HILL, IOWA. 
(a) PROJECT MODIFICATIONS.—The project for flood 
risk management and other purposes, Red Rock Dam and 
Lake, Des Moines River, Iowa (referred to in this section 
as the ‘‘Red Rock Dam Project’’), authorized by section 10 
of the Act of December 22, 1944 (commonly known as the 
‘‘Flood Control Act of 1944’’) (58 Stat. 896, chapter 665), 
and the project for flood risk management, Des Moines 
Local Flood Protection, Des Moines River, Iowa (referred
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to in this section as ‘‘Flood Protection Project’’), authorized 
by section 10 of that Act (58 Stat. 896, chapter 665), shall 
be modified as follows, subject to a new or amended agree-
ment between the Secretary and the non-Federal interest for 
the Flood Protection Project, the City of Des Moines, Iowa 
(referred to in this section as the ‘‘City’’), in accordance 
with section 221 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 
1962d–5b): 
(1) That portion of the Red Rock Dam Project 
consisting of the segment of levee from Station 
15+88.8W to Station 77+43.7W shall be transferred 
to the Flood Protection Project. 
(2) The relocated levee improvement constructed 
by the City, from Station 77+43.7W to approxi-
mately Station 20+00, shall be included in the Flood 
Protection Project. 
(b) FEDERAL EASEMENT CONVEYANCES.— 
(1) The Secretary is authorized to convey the fol-
lowing easements, acquired by the Federal Govern-
ment for the Red Rock Dam Project, to the City to 
become part of the Flood Protection Project in accord-
ance with subsection (a): 
(A) Easements identified as Tracts 3215E- 
1, 3235E, and 3227E.
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(B) Easements identified as Partial Tracts 
3216E-2, 3216E-3, 3217E-1, and 3217E-2. 
(2) On counter-execution of the new or amended 
agreement pursuant to the Federal easement convey-
ances under paragraph (1), the Secretary is author-
ized to convey the following easements, by quitclaim 
deed, without consideration, acquired by the Federal 
Government for the Red Rock Dam project, to the 
City or to the Des Moines Metropolitan Wastewater 
Reclamation Authority and no longer required for the 
Red Rock Dam Project or for the Des Moines Local 
Flood Protection Project: 
(A) Easements identified as Tracts 3200E, 
3202E-1, 3202E-2, 3202E-4, 3203E-2, 3215E-3, 
3216E-1, and 3216E-5. 
(B) Easements identified as Partial Tracts 
3216E-2, 3216E-3, 3217E-1, and 3217E-2. 
(3) All real property interests conveyed under 
this subsection shall be subject to the standard release 
of easement disposal process. All administrative fees 
associated with the transfer of the subject easements to 
the City or to the Des Moines Metropolitan Waste-
water Reclamation Authority will be borne by the 
transferee.
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SEC. 354. MIDDLE RIO GRANDE FLOOD PROTECTION, 
BERNALILLO TO BELEN, NEW MEXICO. 
In the case of the project for flood risk management, 
Middle Rio Grande, Bernalillo to Belen, New Mexico, au-
thorized by section 401(2) of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2735), the non-Federal share 
of the cost of the project shall be the percentage described 
in section 103(a)(2) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213(a)(2)) (as in effect on the day 
before the date of enactment of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3658)). 
SEC. 355. COMPREHENSIVE EVERGLADES RESTORATION 
PLAN, FLORIDA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 601(e)(5) of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2685; 132 Stat. 
3786) is amended by striking subparagraph (E) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(E) PERIODIC MONITORING.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—To ensure that the 
contributions of the non-Federal sponsor 
equal 50 percent proportionate share for 
projects in the Plan, during each period of 
5 fiscal years, beginning on October 1, 
2022, the Secretary shall, for each project—
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‘‘(I) monitor the non-Federal pro-
vision of cash, in-kind services, and 
land; and 
‘‘(II) manage, to the maximum 
extent practicable, the requirement of 
the non-Federal sponsor to provide 
cash, in-kind services, and land. 
‘‘(ii) OTHER
MONITORING.—The Sec-
retary shall conduct monitoring under 
clause (i) separately for the preconstruction 
engineering and design phase and the con-
struction phase for each project in the Plan. 
‘‘(iii) CLARIFICATION.—Not later than 
90 days after the end of each fiscal year, the 
Secretary shall provide to the non-Federal 
sponsor a financial accounting of non-Fed-
eral contributions under clause (i)(I) for 
such fiscal year. 
‘‘(iv) LIMITATION.—As applicable, and 
after including consideration of all expendi-
tures and obligations incurred by the non- 
Federal sponsor for land and in-kind serv-
ices for an authorized project for which a 
project partnership agreement has not been 
executed, the Secretary shall only require a
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cash contribution from the non-Federal 
sponsor to satisfy the cost share require-
ments of this subsection on the last day of 
each period of 5 fiscal years under clause 
(i).’’. 
(b) UPDATE.—The Secretary and the South Florida 
Water Management District shall revise the Master Agree-
ment for the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, 
executed in 2009 pursuant to section 601 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2680), to reflect 
the amendment made by subsection (a). 
SEC. 356. MAINTENANCE DREDGING PERMITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, to the max-
imum extent practicable and appropriate, prioritize the 
reissuance of any regional general permit for maintenance 
dredging that expired prior to May 1, 2021. 
(b) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this section af-
fects, preempts, or interferes with any obligation to comply 
with the provisions of any Federal or State environmental 
law, including— 
(1) the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); 
(2) the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 
U.S.C. 1251 et seq.); and
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(3) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). 
SEC. 357. PUGET SOUND NEARSHORE ECOSYSTEM RES-
TORATION, WASHINGTON. 
In carrying out the project for ecosystem restoration, 
Puget Sound, Washington, authorized by section 1401(4) of 
the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 
1713), the Secretary shall consider the removal and replace-
ment of the Highway 101 causeway and bridges at the 
Duckabush River Estuary site to be a project feature the 
costs of which are shared as construction. 
SEC. 358. TRIBAL ASSISTANCE. 
(a) CLARIFICATION OF EXISTING AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the 
Secretary, in consultation with the heads of relevant 
Federal agencies, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm 
Springs Indian Reservation of Oregon, the Confed-
erated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Nez 
Perce Tribe, and the Confederated Tribes of the 
Umatilla Indian Reservation, shall revise and carry 
out the village development plan for Dalles Dam, Co-
lumbia River, Washington and Oregon, as authorized 
by section 204 of the Flood Control Act of 1950 (64 
Stat. 179, chapter 188) to address adverse impacts to 
Indian villages, housing sites, and related structures
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as a result of the construction of Bonneville Dam, 
McNary Dam, and John Day Dam, Washington and 
Oregon. 
(2) EXAMINATION.—Before carrying out the re-
quirements of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall con-
duct an examination and assessment of the extent to 
which Indian villages, housing sites, and related 
structures were displaced or destroyed by the con-
struction of the following projects: 
(A) Bonneville Dam, Oregon, as authorized 
by the first section of the Act of August 30, 1935 
(49 Stat. 1038, chapter 831) and the first section 
and section 2(a) of the Act of August 20, 1937 
(50 Stat. 731, chapter 720; 16 U.S.C. 832, 
832a(a)). 
(B) McNary Dam, Washington and Oregon, 
as authorized by section 2 of the Act of March 
2, 1945 (commonly known as the ‘‘River and 
Harbor Act of 1945’’) (59 Stat. 22, chapter 19). 
(C) John Day Dam, Washington and Or-
egon, as authorized by section 204 of the Flood 
Control Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 179, chapter 188). 
(3) REQUIREMENTS.—The village development 
plan under paragraph (1) shall include, at a min-
imum—
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(A) an evaluation of sites on both sides of 
the Columbia River; 
(B) an assessment of suitable Federal land 
and land owned by the States of Washington and 
Oregon; and 
(C) an estimated cost and tentative schedule 
for the construction of each housing development. 
(4) LOCATION OF ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 
may provide housing and related assistance under 
this subsection at 1 or more sites in the States of 
Washington and Oregon. 
(b) PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE ON FEDERAL LAND.— 
The Secretary may construct housing or provide related as-
sistance on land owned by the United States under the vil-
lage development plan under subsection (a)(1). 
(c) ACQUISITION AND DISPOSAL OF LAND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (d), the 
Secretary may acquire land or interests in land for 
the purpose of providing housing and related assist-
ance under the village development plan under sub-
section (a)(1). 
(2) ADVANCE ACQUISITION.—Acquisition of land 
or interests in land under paragraph (1) may be car-
ried out in advance of completion of all required doc-
umentation and clearances for the construction of
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housing or related improvements on the land or on 
the interests in land. 
(3) DISPOSAL
OF
UNSUITABLE
LAND.—If the 
Secretary determines that any land or interest in 
land acquired by the Secretary under this section in 
advance of completion of all required documentation 
for the construction of housing or related improve-
ments is unsuitable for that housing or for those re-
lated improvements, the Secretary may— 
(A) dispose of the land or interest in land 
by sale; and 
(B) credit the proceeds to the appropriation, 
fund, or account used to purchase the land or in-
terest in land. 
(d) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall only acquire 
land from willing landowners in carrying out this section. 
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1178(c) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 1675; 
132 Stat. 3781) is repealed. 
SEC. 359. RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AT CERTAIN 
PROJECTS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED
PROJECT.—The term ‘‘covered 
project’’ means any of the following projects of the 
Corps of Engineers:
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(A) Ball Mountain Lake, Vermont. 
(B) Townshend Lake, Vermont. 
(2) RECREATION.—The term ‘‘recreation’’ in-
cludes downstream whitewater recreation that is de-
pendent on operations, recreational fishing, and boat-
ing at a covered project. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the Secretary should— 
(1) ensure that, to the extent compatible with 
other project purposes, each covered project is oper-
ated in such a manner as to protect and enhance 
recreation associated with the covered project; and 
(2) manage land at each covered project to im-
prove opportunities for recreation at the covered 
project. 
(c) MODIFICATION OF WATER CONTROL PLANS.—The 
Secretary may modify, or undertake temporary deviations 
from, the water control plan for a covered project in order 
to enhance recreation, if the Secretary determines the modi-
fications or deviations— 
(1) will not adversely affect other authorized 
purposes of the covered project; and 
(2) will not result in significant adverse impacts 
to the environment.
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SEC. 360. 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; Public Law 114–322) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) SPECIAL RULE.—Notwithstanding subsection (c), 
the non-Federal share of the cost to rehabilitate Waterbury 
Dam, Washington County, Vermont, under this section, in-
cluding the cost of any required study, shall be the same 
share assigned to the non-Federal interest for the cost of 
initial construction of Waterbury Dam.’’. 
SEC. 361. SOUTH FLORIDA ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION TASK 
FORCE. 
Section 528(f)(1)(J) of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3771) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘2 representatives’’ and inserting 
‘‘3 representatives’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘at least 1 of which shall be a 
representative of the Florida Department of Environ-
mental Protection and at least 1 of which shall be a 
representative of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Con-
servation Commission,’’ after ‘‘Florida,’’. 
SEC. 362. NEW MADRID COUNTY HARBOR, MISSOURI. 
Section 509(a) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3759; 113 Stat. 339; 114 Stat. 2679) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(18) Second harbor at New Madrid County 
Harbor, Missouri.’’. 
SEC. 363. TRINITY RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES, TEXAS. 
Section 1201(7) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 2018 (132 Stat. 3802) is amended by inserting ‘‘flood 
risk management, and ecosystem restoration,’’ after ‘‘navi-
gation,’’. 
SEC. 364. REND LAKE, CARLYLE LAKE, AND LAKE SHELBY-
VILLE, ILLINOIS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date on which the Secretary receives a request from the Gov-
ernor of Illinois to terminate a contract described in sub-
section (c), the Secretary shall amend the contract to release 
to the United States all rights of the State of Illinois to 
utilize water storage space in the reservoir project to which 
the contract applies. 
(b) RELIEF OF CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS.—On execution 
of an amendment described in subsection (a), the State of 
Illinois shall be relieved of the obligation to pay the percent-
age of the annual operation and maintenance expense, the 
percentage of major replacement cost, and the percentage 
of major rehabilitation cost allocated to the water supply 
storage specified in the contract for the reservoir project to 
which the contract applies.
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(c) CONTRACTS.—Subsection (a) applies to the fol-
lowing contracts between the United States and the State 
of Illinois: 
(1) Contract DACW43–88–C–0088, entered into 
on September 23, 1988, for utilization of storage 
space for water supply in Rend Lake, Illinois. 
(2) Contract DA–23–065–CIVENG–65–493, en-
tered into on April 28, 1965, for utilization of storage 
space for water supply in Rend Lake, Illinois. 
(3) Contract DACW43–83–C–0008, entered into 
on July 6, 1983, for utilization of storage space in 
Carlyle Lake, Illinois. 
(4) Contract DACW43–83–C–0009, entered into 
on July 6, 1983, for utilization of storage space in 
Lake Shelbyville, Illinois. 
SEC. 365. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 1328(c) of the America’s Water Infrastructure 
Act of 2018 (132 Stat. 3826) is amended by striking ‘‘4 
years’’ and inserting ‘‘8 years’’. 
SEC. 366. LAND TRANSFER AND TRUST LAND FOR CHOCTAW 
NATION OF OKLAHOMA. 
(a) TRANSFER.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2) and 
for the consideration described in subsection (c), the 
Secretary shall transfer to the Secretary of the Inte-
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rior the land described in subsection (b) to be held in 
trust for the benefit of the Choctaw Nation. 
(2) CONDITIONS.—The land transfer under this 
subsection shall be subject to the following conditions: 
(A) The transfer— 
(i) shall not interfere with the oper-
ation by the Corps of Engineers of the Sar-
dis Lake Project or any other authorized 
civil works project; and 
(ii) shall be subject to such other terms 
and conditions as the Secretary determines 
to be necessary and appropriate to ensure 
the continued operation of the Sardis Lake 
Project or any other authorized civil works 
project. 
(B) The Secretary shall retain the right to 
inundate with water the land transferred to the 
Choctaw Nation under this subsection as nec-
essary to carry out an authorized purpose of the 
Sardis Lake Project or any other civil works 
project. 
(C) No gaming activities may be conducted 
on the land transferred under this subsection. 
(b) LAND DESCRIPTION.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The land to be transferred 
pursuant to subsection (a) is the approximately 247 
acres of land located in Sections 18 and 19 of T2N 
R18E, and Sections 5 and 8 of T2N R19E, 
Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, generally depicted as 
‘‘USACE’’ on the map entitled ‘‘Sardis Lake – Choc-
taw Nation Proposal’’ and dated February 22, 2022. 
(2) SURVEY.—The exact acreage and legal de-
scriptions of the land to be transferred under sub-
section (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfac-
tory to the Secretary and the Secretary of the Inte-
rior. 
(c) CONSIDERATION.—The Choctaw Nation shall 
pay— 
(1) to the Secretary an amount that is equal to 
the fair market value of the land transferred under 
subsection (a), as determined by the Secretary, which 
funds may be accepted and expended by the Sec-
retary; and 
(2) all costs and administrative expenses associ-
ated with the transfer of land under subsection (a), 
including the costs of— 
(A) the survey under subsection (b)(2);
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(B) compliance with the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et 
seq.); and 
(C) any coordination necessary with respect 
to requirements related to endangered species, 
cultural resources, clean water, and clean air. 
SEC. 367. LAKE BARKLEY, KENTUCKY, LAND CONVEYANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to con-
vey to the Eddyville Riverport Authority (referred to in this 
section as the ‘‘Authority’’), for fair market value, all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to approxi-
mately 2.2 acres of land adjacent to the southwestern bound-
ary of the port facilities of the Authority at the Barkley 
Dam and Lake Barkley, Kentucky, project, authorized by 
the River and Harbor Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 636, Public 
Law 79–525). 
(b) CONDITIONS.— 
(1) QUITCLAIM DEED.—Any conveyance of land 
under this section shall be by quitclaim deed. 
(2) RESERVATION
OF
RIGHTS.—The Secretary 
shall reserve from a conveyance of land under this 
section such easements, rights-of-way, or other inter-
ests as the Secretary determines to be necessary and 
appropriate to the ensure the continued operation of 
the project described in subsection (a).
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(3) TERMS
AND
CONDITIONS.—The Secretary 
may subject any conveyance under this section to such 
terms and conditions as the Secretary determines nec-
essary and advisable to protect the United States. 
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The Authority shall be 
responsible for all reasonable and necessary costs, including 
real estate transaction and environmental documentation 
costs, associated with a conveyance under this section. 
(d) WAIVER
OF REAL PROPERTY SCREENING RE-
QUIREMENTS.—Section 2696 of title 10, United States 
Code, shall not apply to the conveyance of land under this 
section. 
TITLE IV—WATER RESOURCES 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
SEC. 401. PROJECT AUTHORIZATIONS. 
The following projects for water resources development 
and conservation and other purposes, as identified in the 
reports titled ‘‘Report to Congress on Future Water Re-
sources Development’’ submitted to Congress pursuant to 
section 7001 of the Water Resources Reform and Develop-
ment Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2282d) or otherwise reviewed 
by Congress, are authorized to be carried out by the Sec-
retary substantially in accordance with the plans, and sub-
ject to the conditions, described in the respective reports or 
decision documents designated in this section:
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(1) NAVIGATION.— 
A. 
State 
B. Name 
C. Date of 
Report or 
Decision 
Document 
D. Estimated Costs 
1. AK 
Elim Subsistence 
Harbor 
March 12, 
2021 
Federal: $74,905,000 
Non-Federal: $1,896,000 
Total: $76,801,000 
2. CA 
Port of Long 
Beach Deep 
Draft Naviga-
tion, Los Ange-
les 
October 14, 
2021; May 
31, 2022 
Federal: $73,533,500 
Non-Federal: $74,995,500 
Total: $148,529,000 
3. WA 
Tacoma Harbor 
Navigation Im-
provement 
May 26, 
2022 
Federal: $120,701,000 
Non-Federal: $174,627,000 
Total: $295,328,000 
4. NY, 
NJ 
New Jersey Har-
bor Deepening 
Channel Im-
provement 
June 3, 2022 
Federal: $2,124,561,500 
Non-Federal: $3,439,337,500 
Total: $5,563,899,000 
(2) FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT.— 
A. 
State 
B. Name 
C. Date of 
Report or 
Decision 
Document 
D. Estimated Costs 
1. AL 
Selma 
October 7, 
2021 
Federal: $15,533,100 
Non-Federal: $8,363,900 
Total: $23,897,000 
2. CA 
Lower Cache 
Creek, Yolo 
County, Wood-
land, and Vicin-
ity 
June 21, 
2021 
Federal: $215,152,000 
Non-Federal: $115,851,000 
Total: $331,003,000 
3. OR 
Portland Metro 
Levee System 
August 20, 
2021 
Federal: $77,111,100 
Non-Federal: $41,521,300 
Total: $118,632,400 
4. NE 
Papillion Creek 
and Tributaries 
Lakes 
January 24, 
2022 
Federal: $91,491,400 
Non-Federal: $52,156,300 
Total: $143,647,700
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A. 
State 
B. Name 
C. Date of 
Report or 
Decision 
Document 
D. Estimated Costs 
5. AL 
Valley Creek, Bes-
semer and Bir-
mingham 
October 29, 
2021 
Federal: $17,725,000 
Non-Federal: $9,586,000 
Total: $27,311,000 
6. PR 
Rio Guanajibo 
May 24, 
2022 
Federal: $110,974,500 
Non-Federal: $59,755,500 
Total: $170,730,000 
(3) HURRICANE AND STORM DAMAGE RISK RE-
DUCTION.— 
A. 
State 
B. Name 
C. Date of 
Report or 
Decision 
Document 
D. Estimated Costs 
1. CT 
Fairfield and New 
Haven Counties 
January 19, 
2021 
Federal: $92,937,000 
Non-Federal: $50,043,000 
Total: $142,980,000 
2. PR 
San Juan Metro 
September 
16, 2021 
Federal: $245,418,000 
Non-Federal: $131,333,000 
Total: $376,751,000 
3. FL 
Florida Keys, 
Monroe County 
September 
24, 2021 
Federal: $1,513,531,000 
Non-Federal: $814,978,000 
Total: $2,328,509,000 
4. FL 
Okaloosa County 
October 7, 
2021 
Initial Federal: $19,822,000 
Initial Non-Federal: 
$11,535,000 
Initial Total: $31,357,000 
Renourishment Federal: 
$71,045,000 
Renourishment Non-Federal: 
$73,787,000 
Renourishment Total: 
$144,832,000
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A. 
State 
B. Name 
C. Date of 
Report or 
Decision 
Document 
D. Estimated Costs 
5. SC 
Folly Beach 
October 26, 
2021 
Initial Federal: $45,490,000 
Initial Non-Federal: 
$5,054,000 
Initial Total: $50,544,000 
Renourishment Federal: 
$164,424,000 
Renourishment Non-Federal: 
$26,767,000 
Renourishment Total: 
$191,191,000 
6. FL 
Pinellas County 
October 29, 
2021 
Initial Federal: $8,627,000 
Initial Non-Federal: 
$5,332,000 
Initial Total: $13,959,000 
Renourishment Federal: 
$92,000,000 
Renourishment Non-Federal: 
$101,690,000 
Renourishment Total: 
$193,690,000 
7. NY 
South Shore of 
Staten Island, 
Fort Wadsworth 
to Oakwood 
Beach 
October 27, 
2016 
Federal: $371,310,000 
Non-Federal: $199,940,000 
Total: $571,250,000 
8. LA 
Upper Barataria 
Basin 
January 28, 
2022 
Federal: $1,005,001,000 
Non-Federal: $541,155,000 
Total: $1,546,156,000 
9. LA 
South Central 
Coast, St. Mar-
tin, St. Mary, 
and Iberia Par-
ishes 
June 23, 
2022 
Federal: $594,600,000 
Non-Federal: $320,169,000 
Total: $914,769,000 
(4) HURRICANE AND STORM DAMAGE REDUCTION 
AND ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION.—
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A. 
State 
B. Name 
C. Date of 
Report or 
Decision 
Document 
D. Estimated Costs 
1. TX 
Coastal Texas Pro-
tection and Res-
toration Feasi-
bility Study 
September 
16, 2021 
Federal: $19,237,894,000 
Non-Federal: $11,668,393,000 
Total: $30,906,287,000 
(5) ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION.— 
A. 
State 
B. Name 
C. Date of 
Report or 
Decision 
Document 
D. Estimated Costs 
1. CA 
Prado Basin Eco-
system Restora-
tion, San 
Bernardino, 
Riverside and 
Orange Counties 
April 22, 
2021 
Federal: $33,976,000 
Non-Federal: $18,294,000 
Total: $52,270,000 
2. KY 
Three Forks of 
Beargrass Creek 
May 24, 
2022 
Federal: $72,138,000 
Non-Federal: $48,998,000 
Total: $121,135,000 
(6) MODIFICATIONS AND OTHER PROJECTS.— 
A. 
State 
B. Name 
C. Date of 
Report or 
Decision 
Document 
D. Estimated Costs 
1. LA 
Lake Pont-
chartrain and 
Vicinity 
December 16, 
2021 
Federal: $807,000,000 
Non-Federal: $434,000,000 
Total: $1,241,000,000 
2. LA 
West Bank and Vi-
cinity 
December 17, 
2021 
Federal: $431,000,000 
Non-Federal: $232,000,000 
Total: $663,000,000 
3. GA 
Brunswick Har-
bor, Glynn 
County 
March 11, 
2022 
Federal: $10,774,500 
Non-Federal: $3,594,500 
Total: $14,369,000
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A. 
State 
B. Name 
C. Date of 
Report or 
Decision 
Document 
D. Estimated Costs 
4. DC 
Washington, DC 
and Vicinity 
July 22, 
2021 
Federal: $17,740,000 
Non-Federal: $0 
Total: $17,740,000 
5. MI 
Soo Locks, Sault 
Ste. Marie 
June 6, 2022 
Federal: $2,932,116,000 
Non-Federal: $0 
Total: $2,932,116,000 
6. WA 
Howard A. Han-
son Dam Addi-
tional Water 
Storage 
May 19, 
2022 
Federal: $815,207,000 
Non-Federal: $39,979,000 
Total: $855,185,000 
7. MO 
Critical Infra-
structure Cyber 
Security – Man-
datory Center of 
Expertise Lab 
and Office Fa-
cility 
January 13, 
2020 
Federal: $5,956,404 
Non-Federal: $0 
Total: $5,956,404 
8. FL 
Central and 
Southern Flor-
ida, Indian 
River Lagoon 
May 31, 
2022 
Federal: $2,500,686,000 
Non-Federal: $2,500,686,000 
Total: $5,001,372,000 
SEC. 402. STORM DAMAGE PREVENTION AND REDUCTION, 
COASTAL EROSION, AND ICE AND GLACIAL 
DAMAGE, ALASKA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a pro-
gram to carry out structural and nonstructural projects for 
storm damage prevention and reduction, coastal erosion, 
and ice and glacial damage in the State of Alaska, includ-
ing— 
(1) relocation of affected communities; and 
(2) construction of replacement facilities.
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(b) COST SHARE.—The non-Federal interest shall 
share in the cost to study, design, and construct a project 
carried out under this section in accordance with sections 
103 and 105 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213, 2215), except that, in the case of 
a project benefitting an economically disadvantaged com-
munity (as defined pursuant to section 160 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 2020 (33 U.S.C. 2201 note; 
Public Law 116–260)), the non-Federal share shall be 10 
percent. 
(c) REPEAL.—Section 116 of the Energy and Water 
Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2010 (123 Stat. 2851), is repealed. 
(d) TREATMENT.—The program authorized by sub-
section (a) shall be considered a continuation of the pro-
gram authorized by section 116 of the Energy and Water 
Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2010 (123 Stat. 2851) (as in effect on the day before the 
date of enactment of this Act). 
SEC. 403. EXPEDITED COMPLETION OF PROJECTS. 
The Secretary shall expedite completion of the fol-
lowing projects: 
(1) Project for flood risk management, Cum-
berland, Maryland, restoration and rewatering of the 
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, authorized by section
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580 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 
(113 Stat. 375). 
(2) Project for flood risk management, Tulsa and 
West–Tulsa Levee System, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, 
authorized by section 401(2) of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2735). 
(3) Project for flood risk management, Little Col-
orado River at Winslow, Navajo County, Arizona, au-
thorized by section 401(2) of the Water Resources De-
velopment Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2735). 
(4) Project for flood risk management, Rio De 
Flag, Flagstaff, Arizona, authorized by section 
101(b)(3) of the Water Resources Development Act of 
2000 (114 Stat. 2576). 
(5) Project for flood risk management, Rose and 
Palm Garden Washes, Arizona, authorized by section 
205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 
701s). 
(6) Project for ecosystem restoration, El Corazon, 
Arizona, authorized by section 206 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1996 (33 U.S.C. 2330). 
(7) Projects for ecosystem restoration, Chesapeake 
Bay Comprehensive Water Resources and Restoration 
Plan, Chesapeake Bay Environmental Restoration 
and Protection Program, authorized by section 510 of
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the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 
Stat. 3759). 
(8) Projects authorized under section 219 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 
4835; 110 Stat. 3757; 113 Stat. 334; 121 Stat. 1258). 
(9) Projects authorized under section 8004 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 
652 note; Public Law 110–114). 
(10) Projects authorized under section 519 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 
2653). 
(11) Project for flood risk management, Lower 
Santa Cruz River, Arizona, authorized by section 205 
of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s). 
(12) Project for flood risk management, McCor-
mick Wash, Arizona, authorized by section 205 of the 
Flood Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s). 
(13) Project for navigation, including mainte-
nance and channel deepening, McClellan–Kerr Arkan-
sas River Navigation System. 
(14) Project for dam safety modifications, 
Bluestone Dam, West Virginia. 
(15) Maintenance dredging and other authorized 
activities to address the impacts of shoaling affecting 
the project for navigation, Branford Harbor and
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Branford River, Branford, Connecticut, authorized by 
the first section of the Act of June 13, 1902 (32 Stat. 
333, chapter 1079). 
(16) Maintenance dredging and other authorized 
activities to address the impacts of shoaling affecting 
the project for navigation, Guilford Harbor and 
Sluice Channel, Connecticut. 
(17) Maintenance dredging and other authorized 
activities to address the impacts of shoaling affecting 
the project for navigation, Milford Harbor, Con-
necticut. 
(18) Assistance for ecosystem restoration, Lower 
Yellowstone Intake Diversion Dam, Montana, author-
ized by section 3109 of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1135). 
(19) Project for mitigation of shore damage from 
navigation works, Camp Ellis Beach, Saco, Maine, 
pursuant to section 111 of the River and Harbor Act 
of 1968 (33 U.S.C. 426i). 
(20) Project for ecosystem restoration, Lower 
Blackstone River, Rhode Island, pursuant to section 
206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 
(33 U.S.C. 2330). 
(21) Project for navigation, Kentucky Lock Addi-
tion, Kentucky.
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(22) Maintenance dredging of the Federal chan-
nel for the project for navigation, Columbia, Snake, 
and Clearwater Rivers, Oregon, Washington, and 
Idaho, authorized by section 2 of the Act of March 2, 
1945 (59 Stat. 21, chapter 19), at the Port of 
Clarkston, Washington, and the Port of Lewiston, 
Idaho. 
(23) Maintenance dredging and other authorized 
activities to address the impacts of shoaling affecting 
the project for navigation, Portsmouth Back Channels 
and Sagamore Creek, Portsmouth, New Castle, and 
Rye, New Hampshire, authorized by section 107 of 
the River and Harbor Act of 1960 (33 U.S.C. 577). 
(24) Maintenance dredging and other authorized 
activities to address the impacts of shoaling affecting 
the project for navigation, Portsmouth Harbor and 
Piscataqua River, Portsmouth, New Castle, and 
Newington, New Hampshire, and Kittery and Elliot, 
Maine, authorized by section 101 of the River and 
Harbor Act of 1962 (76 Stat. 1173). 
SEC. 404. SPECIAL RULES. 
(a) The following conditions apply to the project de-
scribed in section 403(19): 
(1) The project is authorized to be carried out 
under section 111 of the River and Harbor Act of
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1968 (33 U.S.C. 426i) at a Federal cost of 
$45,000,000. 
(2) The project may include Federal participa-
tion in periodic nourishment. 
(3) For purposes of subsection (b) of section 111 
of the River and Harbor Act of 1968 (33 U.S.C. 
426i), the Secretary shall determine that the naviga-
tion works to which the shore damages are attrib-
utable were constructed at full Federal expense. 
(b) The following conditions apply to the project de-
scribed in section 403(20): 
(1) The project is authorized to be carried out 
under section 206 of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1996 (33 U.S.C. 2330) at a Federal cost of 
$15,000,000. 
(2) If the Secretary includes in the project a 
measure on Federal land under the jurisdiction of an-
other Federal agency, the Secretary may enter into an 
agreement with the Federal agency that provides for 
the Secretary— 
(A) to construct the measure; and 
(B) to operate and maintain the measure 
using funds provided to the Secretary by the 
non-Federal interest for the project.
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(3) If the Secretary includes in the project a 
measure for fish passage at a dam licensed for hydro-
power, the Secretary shall include in the project costs 
all costs for the measure, except that those costs that 
are in excess of the costs to provide fish passage at 
the dam if hydropower improvements were not in 
place shall be a 100 percent non-Federal expense. 
SEC. 405. CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER PROGRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
a program to provide environmental assistance to 
non-Federal interests in the Chattahoochee River 
Basin. 
(2) FORM.—The assistance under paragraph (1) 
shall be in the form of design and construction assist-
ance for water-related resource protection and restora-
tion projects affecting the Chattahoochee River Basin, 
based on the comprehensive plan under subsection (b), 
including projects for— 
(A) sediment and erosion control; 
(B) protection of eroding shorelines; 
(C) ecosystem restoration, including restora-
tion of submerged aquatic vegetation; 
(D) protection of essential public works; 
(E) beneficial uses of dredged material; and