I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 135 
To authorize improvements to flood damage reduction facilities adjacent to 
the American and Sacramento Rivers near Sacramento, California, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 3, 2013 
Ms. MATSUI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To authorize improvements to flood damage reduction facili-
ties adjacent to the American and Sacramento Rivers 
near Sacramento, California, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Natomas Basin Flood 
Protection Improvements Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. PROJECT MODIFICATION, AMERICAN AND SAC-
RAMENTO RIVERS, CALIFORNIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The project for flood damage re-
duction, American and Sacramento Rivers, California, au-
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thorized by section 101(a)(1) of the Water Resources De-
velopment Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–303; 110 Stat. 
3662), and modified by section 366 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1999 (Public Law 106–53; 
113 Stat. 319), section 129 of the Energy and Water De-
velopment Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108– 
137; 117 Stat. 1839), and section 130 of the Energy and 
Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2008 (Division C of Public Law 110–161; 121 Stat. 
1947), is further modified to authorize the Secretary of 
the Army to construct improvements to flood damage re-
duction facilities adjacent to the American and Sac-
ramento Rivers in the vicinity of Sacramento, California, 
substantially in accordance with the report of the Chief 
of Engineers entitled ‘‘American River Watershed (Com-
mon Features) Project, Natomas Basin, Sacramento and 
Sutter Counties, California’’, dated December 30, 2010, 
at an estimated total cost of $1,389,500,000, with an esti-
mated Federal cost of $921,200,000 and an estimated 
non-Federal cost of $468,300,000. 
(b) CREDIT FOR NON-FEDERAL WORK.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The non-Federal interest 
shall receive credit for expenses and in-kind con-
tributions incurred by the non-Federal interest for 
planning, design, and construction of the project and 
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acquisition of lands, easements, rights-of-way, relo-
cations, and dredged material disposal areas for the 
project. 
(2) APPLICATION
OF
CREDIT.—Such credit 
shall be applied toward the non-Federal share of— 
(A) the project; or 
(B) any other project for which the non- 
Federal interest has entered into a cost-sharing 
agreement with the Secretary. 
(3) LIMITATION
ON
STATUTORY
CONSTRUC-
TION.—Nothing in this subsection may be construed 
to limit the ability of the non-Federal interest to 
pursue credit or reimbursement for work performed 
by the non-Federal interest in connection with the 
project under any other authority, rule, or proce-
dure, including section 104 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2214). 
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