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buildings and facilities, laboratories, and the Washington
Aqueduct; for the maintenance of harbor channels provided
by a State, municipality, or other public agency that serve
essential navigation needs of general commerce, where au-
thorized by law; and for surveys and charting of northern
and northwestern lakes and connecting waters, clearing and
straightening channels, and removal of obstructions to navi-
gation, $2,100,000,000, to remain available until expended,
of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal
share of operation and maintenance costs for coastal har-
bors and channels, shall be derived from the Harbor Mainte-
nance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99–662 may
be derived from that fund; of which such sums as become
available from the special account for the United States
Army Corps of Engineers established by the Land and
Water Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C.
460l–6a(i)), may be derived from that account for resource
protection, research, interpretation, and maintenance ac-
tivities related to resource protection in the areas at which
outdoor recreation is available; and of which such sums as
become available under section 217 of the Water Resources
Development Act of 1996, Public Law 104–303, shall be
used to cover the cost of operation and maintenance of the
dredged material disposal facilities for which fees have been
collected: Provided, That utilizing funds appropriated here-
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in, for the Intracoastal Waterway, Delaware River to
Chesapeake Bay, Delaware and Maryland, the Chief of En-
gineers, is directed to reimburse the State of Delaware for
normal operation and maintenance costs incurred by the
State of Delaware for the SR1 Bridge from station 58∂00
to station 293∂00 between October 1, 2005, and September
30, 2006: Provided further, That the Chief of Engineers is
authorized to undertake, at full Federal expense, a detailed
evaluation of the Albuquerque levees for purposes of deter-
mining structural integrity, impacts of vegetative growth,
and performance under current hydrological conditions:
Provided further, That using $275,000 provided herein, the
Chief of Engineers is authorized to remove the sunken vessel
State of Pennsylvania from the Christina River in Dela-
ware.
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES
For expenses necessary to prepare for flood, hurricane,
and other natural disasters and support emergency oper-
ations, repairs, and other activities in response to flood and
hurricane emergencies, as authorized by law, $43,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
REGULATORY PROGRAM
For expenses necessary for administration of laws per-
taining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands,
$150,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM
For expenses necessary to clean up contamination
from sites in the United States resulting from work per-
formed as part of the Nation’s early atomic energy pro-
gram, $140,000,000, to remain available until expended.
GENERAL EXPENSES
For expenses necessary for general administration and
related civil works functions in the headquarters of the
United States Army Corps of Engineers, the offices of the
Division Engineers, the Humphreys Engineer Center Sup-
port Activity, the Institute for Water Resources, the United
States Army Engineer Research and Development Center,
and the United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance
Center, $165,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That no part of any other appropriation pro-
vided in title I of this Act shall be available to fund the
civil works activities of the Office of the Chief of Engineers
or the civil works executive direction and management ac-
tivities of the division offices.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
Appropriations in this title shall be available for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses (not to exceed
$5,000); and during the current fiscal year the Revolving
Fund, Corps of Engineers, shall be available for purchase
(not to exceed 100 for replacement only) and hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS, CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL
SEC. 101. Beginning in fiscal year 2005 and there-
after, agreements proposed for execution by the Assistant
Secretary of the Army for Civil Works or the United States
Army Corps of Engineers after the date of the enactment
of this Act pursuant to section 4 of the Rivers and Harbor
Act of 1915, Public Law 64–291; section 11 of the River
and Harbor Act of 1925, Public Law 68–585; the Civil
Functions Appropriations Act, 1936, Public Law 75–208;
section 215 of the Flood Control, Act of 1968, as amended,
Public Law 90–483; sections 104, 203, and 204 of the Water
Resources Development Act of 1986, as amended, Public
Law 99–662; section 206 of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1992, as amended, Public Law 102–580; section
211 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, Public
Law 104–303; and any other specific project authority,
shall be limited to total credits and reimbursements for all
applicable projects not to exceed $100,000,000 in each fiscal
year.
SEC. 102. None of the funds appropriated in this or
any other Act shall be used to demonstrate or implement
any plans divesting or transferring any Civil Works mis-
sions, functions, or responsibilities of the United States
Army Corps of Engineers to other government agencies
without specific direction in a subsequent Act of Congress.
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SEC. 103. ST. GEORGES BRIDGE, DELAWARE. None of
the funds made available in this Act may be used to carry
out any activity relating to closure or removal of the St.
Georges Bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway, Delaware
River to Chesapeake Bay, Delaware and Maryland, includ-
ing a hearing or any other activity relating to preparation
of an environmental impact statement concerning the clo-
sure or removal.
SEC. 104. Within 75 days of the date of the Chief of
Engineers Report on a water resource matter, the Assistant
Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) shall submit the report
to the appropriate authorizing and appropriating commit-
tees of the Congress.
SEC. 105. Within 90 days of the date of enactment of
this Act, the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)
shall transmit to Congress his report on any water resources
matter on which the Chief of Engineers has reported.
SEC. 106. Section 123 of Public Law 108–137 (117
Stat. 1837) is amended by striking ‘‘in accordance with the
Baltimore Metropolitan Water Resources-Gwynns Falls
Watershed Feasibility Report’’ and all that follows and in-
serting the following language in lieu thereof: ‘‘in accord-
ance with the Baltimore Metropolitan Water Resources
Gwynns Falls Watershed Study-Draft Feasibility Report
and Integrated Environmental Assessment prepared by the