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State officials, of a facilities or resource protec-
tion and development plan, including appro-
priate engineering plans and specifications. 
(B) LEGAL
AND
INSTITUTIONAL
STRUC-
TURES.—Establishment of such legal and insti-
tutional structures as are necessary to ensure 
the effective long-term operation of the project 
by the non-Federal interest. 
(3) COST SHARING.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of 
the project cost under each partnership agree-
ment entered into under this subsection shall be 
75 percent. The Federal share may be in the 
form of grants or reimbursements of project 
costs. 
(B) CREDIT FOR WORK.—The non-Federal 
interests shall receive credit for the reasonable 
cost of design work on a project completed by 
the non-Federal interest before entering into a 
partnership agreement with the Secretary for 
such project. 
(C) CREDIT FOR INTEREST.—In case of a 
delay in the funding of the non-Federal share 
of a project that is the subject of an agreement 
under this section, the non-Federal interest 
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shall receive credit for reasonable interest in-
curred in providing the non-Federal share of 
the project cost. 
(D) LAND, EASEMENTS, AND RIGHTS-OF- 
WAY CREDIT.—The non-Federal interest shall 
receive credit for land, easements, rights-of- 
way, and relocations toward the non-Federal 
share of project cost (including all reasonable 
costs associated with obtaining permits nec-
essary for the construction, operation, and 
maintenance of the project on publicly owned or 
controlled land), but not to exceed 25 percent 
of total project cost. 
(E) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.—The 
non-Federal share of operation and mainte-
nance costs for projects constructed with assist-
ance provided under this section shall be 100 
percent. 
(f) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER FEDERAL AND STATE 
LAWS.—Nothing in this section waives, limits, or other-
wise 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) NONPROFIT ENTITIES.—Notwithstanding section 
221(b) of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 
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1962d-5b(b)), for any project undertaken under this sec-
tion, a non-Federal interest may include a nonprofit entity 
with the consent of the affected local government. 
(h) CORPS OF ENGINEERS EXPENSES.—Ten percent 
of the amounts appropriated to carry out this section may 
be used by the Corps of Engineers district offices to ad-
minister projects under this section at Federal expense. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$40,000,000. Such sums shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
SEC. 5114. FRITZ LANDING, TENNESSEE. 
The Secretary shall— 
(1) conduct a study of the Fritz Landing Agri-
cultural Spur Levee, Tennessee, to determine the ex-
tent of levee modifications that would be required to 
make the levee and associated drainage structures 
consistent with Federal standards; 
(2) design and construct such modifications; 
and 
(3) after completion of such modifications, in-
corporate the levee into the project for flood control, 
Mississippi River and Tributaries, authorized by the 
Act entitled ‘‘An Act for the control of floods on the 
Mississippi River and its tributaries, and for other 
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purposes’’, approved May 15, 1928 (45 Stat. 534– 
539), commonly known as the ‘‘Flood Control Act of 
1928’’. 
SEC. 5115. J. PERCY PRIEST DAM AND RESERVOIR, TEN-
NESSEE. 
The Secretary shall plan, design, and construct a trail 
system at the J. Percy Priest Dam and Reservoir, Ten-
nessee, authorized by section 4 of the Act entitled ‘‘An 
Act authorizing the construction of certain public works 
on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other pur-
poses’’, approved June 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 1217), and ad-
jacent public property, including design and construction 
of support facilities. In carrying out such improvements, 
the Secretary is authorized to use funds made available 
by the State of Tennessee from any Federal or State 
source, or both. 
SEC. 5116. TOWN CREEK, LENOIR CITY, TENNESSEE. 
The Secretary shall design and construct the project 
for flood damage reduction designated as Alternative 4 in 
the Town Creek, Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, 
feasibility report of the Nashville district engineer, dated 
November 2000, under the authority of section 205 of the 
Flood Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s), notwith-
standing section 1 of the Flood Control Act of June 22, 
1936 (33 U.S.C. 701a; 49 Stat. 1570). The non-Federal 
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share of the cost of the project shall be subject to section 
103(m) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 
(33 U.S.C. 2213(m)). 
SEC. 5117. TENNESSEE RIVER PARTNERSHIP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—As part of the operation and 
maintenance of the project for navigation, Tennessee 
River, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky, 
authorized by the first section of the River and Harbor 
Act of July 3, 1930 (46 Stat. 927), the Secretary may 
enter into a partnership with a nonprofit entity to remove 
debris from the Tennessee River in the vicinity of Knox-
ville, Tennessee, by providing a vessel to such entity, at 
Federal expense, for such debris removal purposes. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$500,000. 
SEC. 5118. UPPER MISSISSIPPI EMBAYMENT, TENNESSEE, 
ARKANSAS, AND MISSISSIPPI. 
The Secretary may participate with non-Federal and 
nonprofit entities to address issues concerning managing 
groundwater as a sustainable resource through the Upper 
Mississippi Embayment, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mis-
sissippi, and coordinating the protection of groundwater 
supply and groundwater quality with local surface water 
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protection programs. There is authorized to be appro-
priated $5,000,000 to carry out this section. 
SEC. 5119. BOSQUE RIVER WATERSHED, TEXAS. 
(a) COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with appropriate Federal, State, and local enti-
ties, shall develop, as expeditiously as practicable, a com-
prehensive plan for development of new technologies and 
innovative approaches for restoring, preserving, and pro-
tecting the Bosque River watershed within Bosque, Ham-
ilton, McLennan, and Erath Counties, Texas. The Sec-
retary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Agriculture, 
may carry out activities identified in the comprehensive 
plan to demonstrate practicable alternatives for stabiliza-
tion and enhancement of land and water resources in the 
basin. 
(b) SERVICES
OF PUBLIC NON-PROFIT INSTITU-
TIONS AND OTHER ENTITIES.—In carrying out subsection 
(a), the Secretary may utilize, through contracts or other 
means, the services of public non-profit institutions and 
such other entities as the Secretary considers appropriate. 
(c) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.— 
(1) CREDIT.—The Secretary shall credit toward 
the non-Federal share of the cost of activities car-
ried out under this section the cost of planning, de-
sign, and construction work completed by or on be-
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half of the non-Federal interests for implementation 
of measures constructed with assistance provided 
under this section. The amount of such credit shall 
not exceed the non-Federal share of the cost of such 
activities. 
(2) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.—The non- 
Federal share of the cost of operation and mainte-
nance for measures constructed with assistance pro-
vided under this section shall be 100 percent. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$10,000,000. 
SEC. 5120. DALLAS COUNTY REGION, TEXAS. 
(a) DALLAS COUNTY REGION DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘Dallas County region’’ means the city of 
Dallas, and the municipalities of DeSoto, Duncanville, 
Lancaster, Wilmer, Hutchins, Balch Springs, Cedar Hill, 
Glenn Heights, and Ferris, Texas. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary 
may establish a program to provide environmental assist-
ance to non-Federal interests in the Dallas County region. 
(c) FORM OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance under this 
section may be in the form of design and construction as-
sistance for water-related environmental infrastructure 
and resource protection and development projects in the 
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Dallas County region, including projects for wastewater 
treatment and related facilities, water supply and related 
facilities, environmental restoration, and surface water re-
source protection and development. 
(d) OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary may 
provide assistance for a project under this section only if 
the project is publicly owned. 
(e) PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Before providing assistance 
under this section, the Secretary shall enter into a 
partnership agreement with a non-Federal interest 
to provide for design and construction of the project 
to be carried out with the assistance. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Each partnership agree-
ment entered into under this subsection shall provide 
for the following: 
(A) PLAN.—Development by the Secretary, 
in consultation with appropriate Federal and 
State officials, of a facilities or resource protec-
tion and development plan, including appro-
priate engineering plans and specifications. 
(B) LEGAL
AND
INSTITUTIONAL
STRUC-
TURES.—Establishment of such legal and insti-
tutional structures as are necessary to ensure 
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the effective long-term operation of the project 
by the non-Federal interest. 
(3) COST SHARING.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of 
the project costs under each partnership agree-
ment entered into under this subsection shall be 
75 percent. The Federal share may be in the 
form of grants or reimbursements of project 
costs. 
(B) CREDIT FOR WORK.—The non-Federal 
interests shall receive credit for the reasonable 
cost of design work on a project completed by 
the non-Federal interest before entering into a 
partnership agreement with the Secretary for 
such project. 
(C) CREDIT FOR INTEREST.—In case of a 
delay in the funding of the non-Federal share 
of a project that is the subject of an agreement 
under this section, the non-Federal interest 
shall receive credit for reasonable interest in-
curred in providing the non-Federal share of 
the project’s costs. 
(D) LAND, EASEMENTS, AND RIGHTS-OF- 
WAY CREDIT.—The non-Federal interest shall 
receive credit for land, easements, rights-of- 
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way, and relocations toward the non-Federal 
share of project costs (including all reasonable 
costs associated with obtaining permits nec-
essary for the construction, operation, and 
maintenance of the project on publicly owned or 
controlled land), but such credit may not exceed 
25 percent of total project costs. 
(E) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.—The 
non-Federal share of operation and mainte-
nance costs for projects constructed with assist-
ance provided under this section shall be 100 
percent. 
(f) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER FEDERAL AND STATE 
LAWS.—Nothing in this section waives, limits, or other-
wise 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) NONPROFIT ENTITIES.—Notwithstanding section 
221(b) of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 
1962d-5b(b)), for any project undertaken under this sec-
tion, a non-Federal interest may include a nonprofit enti-
ty. 
(h) CORPS OF ENGINEERS EXPENSES.—Ten percent 
of the amounts appropriated to carry out this section may 
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