coastal navigation project that has been constructed by the 
Corps of Engineers pursuant to section 11 of the Act of 
March 3, 1925, before the date of enactment of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 2018, the Secretary may pro-
vide to the non-Federal interest, at the request of the non- 
Federal interest, a credit in an amount equal to the esti-
mated Federal share of the cost of the project or separable 
element, in lieu of providing to the non-Federal interest a 
reimbursement in that amount. 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION OF CREDITS.—At the request of the 
non-Federal interest, the Secretary may apply such credit 
to the share of the cost of the non-Federal interest of car-
rying out other flood damage reduction and coastal naviga-
tion projects or studies.’’. 
SEC. 136. LAKE OKEECHOBEE REGULATION SCHEDULE RE-
VIEW. 
The Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, 
shall expedite completion of the Lake Okeechobee regulation 
schedule to coincide with the completion of the Herbert Hoo-
ver Dike project, and may consider all relevant aspects of 
the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan described 
in section 601 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
2000 (114 Stat. 2680). 
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SEC. 137. MISSOURI RIVER. 
(a) IRC REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Envi-
ronment and Public Works of the Senate a report regarding 
the impacts of interception-rearing complex construction on 
the navigation, flood control, and other authorized purposes 
set forth in the Missouri River Master Manual, and on the 
population recovery of the pallid sturgeon. 
(b) NO ADDITIONAL IRC CONSTRUCTION.—Until the 
report under subsection (a) is submitted, no additional 
interception-rearing complex construction is authorized. 
SEC. 138. ACCESS TO REAL ESTATE DATA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as is practicable, using 
available funds, the Secretary shall make publicly available, 
including on a publicly accessible website, information re-
lating to all real property with respect to which the Corps 
of Engineers holds an interest. The information shall in-
clude standardized real estate plat descriptions and 
geospatial information. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section may be con-
strued to compel or authorize the disclosure of data or other 
information determined by the Secretary to be confidential, 
privileged, national security, or personal information, or 
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information the disclosure of which is otherwise prohibited 
by law. 
SEC. 139. AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES RESEARCH. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—As part of the ongoing activities 
of the Engineer Research and Development Center to ad-
dress the spread and impacts of aquatic invasive species, 
the Secretary shall undertake research on the management 
and eradication of aquatic invasive species, including 
Asian carp and zebra mussels. 
(b) LOCATIONS.—In carrying out subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall work with Corps of Engineers district offices 
representing diverse geographical regions of the continental 
United States that are impacted by aquatic invasive spe-
cies, such as the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts and the 
Great Lakes. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall submit to 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Environ-
ment and Public Works of the Senate a report recom-
mending a plan to address the spread and impacts of 
aquatic invasive species. 
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SEC. 140. HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM TECHNOLOGY DEM-
ONSTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the 
Engineer Research and Development Center of the Chief of 
Engineers, shall implement a 5-year harmful algal bloom 
technology development demonstration under the Aquatic 
Nuisance Research Program. To the extent practicable, the 
Corps of Engineers shall support research that will identify 
and develop improved strategies for early detection, preven-
tion, and management techniques and procedures to reduce 
the occurrence and effects of harmful algal blooms in the 
Nation’s water resources. 
(b) SCALABILITY REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall 
ensure that technologies identified, tested, and deployed 
under the harmful algal bloom program technology develop-
ment demonstration have the ability to scale up to meet 
the needs of harmful-algal-bloom-related events. 
SEC. 141. BUBBLY CREEK, CHICAGO ECOSYSTEM RESTORA-
TION. 
The Secretary shall enter into a memorandum of un-
derstanding with the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency to facilitate ecosystem restoration activi-
ties at the South Fork of the South Branch of the Chicago 
River (commonly known as Bubbly Creek). 
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SEC. 142. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF NAVIGATION 
AND HYDROELECTRIC FACILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 314 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2321) is amended— 
(1) in the heading by inserting ‘‘NAVIGATION 
AND’’ before ‘‘HYDROELECTRIC FACILITIES’’; 
(2) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘Activities 
currently performed’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Activities currently performed’’; 
(3) in subsection (a) (as designated by para-
graph (2)), by inserting ‘‘navigation or’’ before ‘‘hy-
droelectric’’; 
(4) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘This sec-
tion’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) MAJOR MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS ALLOWED.— 
This section’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) EXCLUSION.—This section does not— 
‘‘(1) apply to a navigation facility that was 
under contract on or before the date of enactment of 
this subsection with a non-Federal interest to perform 
operations or maintenance; and 
‘‘(2) prohibit the Secretary from contracting out 
commercial activities after the date of enactment of 
this subsection at a navigation facility.’’. 
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