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is directed to use $4,600,000 of the funds appropriated here-
in to continue with the planning, engineering, design or 
construction of the Lower Mingo County, Upper Mingo 
County, Wayne County, McDowell County, West Virginia, 
elements of the Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy 
River and Upper Cumberland River Project: Provided fur-
ther, That the Chief of Engineers is directed to continue 
the Dickenson County Detailed Project Report as generally 
defined in Plan 4 of the Huntington District Engineer’s 
Draft Supplement to the section 202 General Plan for Flood 
Damage Reduction dated April 1997, including all Russell 
Fork tributary streams within the County and special con-
siderations as may be appropriate to address the unique 
relocations and resettlement needs for the flood prone com-
munities within the County: Provided further, That the 
Chief of Engineers is directed to proceed with work on the 
permanent bridge to replace Folsom Bridge Dam Road, 
Folsom, California, as authorized by the Energy and Water 
Development Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108– 
137), and, of the $12,000,000 available for the American 
River Watershed (Folsom Dam Mini-Raise), California, 
project, up to $7,000,000 of those funds be directed for the 
permanent bridge, with all remaining devoted to the Mini- 
Raise: Provided further, That $300,000 is provided for the 
Chief of Engineers to conduct a General Reevaluation
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Study on the Mount St. Helens project to determine if eco-
system restoration actions are prudent in the Cowlitz and 
Toutle watersheds for species that have been listed as being 
of economic importance and threatened or endangered. 
FLOOD CONTROL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES, 
ARKANSAS, ILLINOIS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MIS-
SISSIPPI, MISSOURI, AND TENNESSEE 
For expenses necessary for the flood damage reduction 
program for the Mississippi River alluvial valley below 
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized by law, 
$433,336,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of 
operation and maintenance costs for inland harbors shall 
be derived from the harbor maintenance trust fund: Pro-
vided, That the Chief of Engineers, using $25,000,000 of 
the funds provided herein, is directed to continue design 
and real estate activities and to initiate the pump supply 
contract for the Yazoo Basin, Yazoo Backwater Pumping 
Plant, Mississippi: Provided further, That the pump supply 
contract shall be performed by awarding continuing con-
tracts in accordance with 33 U.S.C. 621: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief 
of Engineers is directed, with $10,000,000 appropriated 
herein, to continue construction of water withdrawal fea-
tures of the Grand Prairie, Arkansas, project, of which such 
sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of oper-
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ation and maintenance costs for inland harbors shall be de-
rived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, 
and care of existing river and harbor, flood and storm dam-
age reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related 
projects authorized by law; for providing security for infra-
structure owned and operated by, or on behalf of, the United 
States Army Corps of Engineers, including administrative 
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
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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-
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-
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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. 
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.
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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. 
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.
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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. 
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
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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 
Corps of Engineers and the City of Baltimore, Maryland, 
dated April 2004.’’. 
SEC. 107. MARMET LOCK, KANAWHA RIVER, WEST 
VIRGINIA. Section 101(a)(31) of the Water Resources Devel-
opment Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3666), is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘$229,581,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$358,000,000’’. 
SEC. 108. LOWER MUD RIVER, MILTON, WEST VIR-
GINIA. The project for flood control at Milton, West Vir-
ginia, authorized by section 580 of the Water Resources De-
velopment Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3790), as modified by sec-
tion 340 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 
(114 Stat. 2612), is modified to authorize the Chief of Engi-
neers to construct the project substantially in accordance 
with the draft report of the Corps of Engineers dated May 
2004, at an estimated total cost of $45,500,000, with an 
estimated Federal cost of $34,125,000 and an estimated 
non-Federal cost of $11,375,000. 
SEC. 109. WATER
REALLOCATION, LAKE
CUM-
BERLAND, KENTUCKY. (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to sub-
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section (b), none of the funds made available by this Act 
may be used to carry out any water reallocation project 
or component under the Wolf Creek Project, Lake Cum-
berland, Kentucky, authorized under the Act of June 28, 
1938 (52 Stat. 1215, chapter 795) and the Act of July 24, 
1946 (60 Stat. 636, chapter 595). 
(b) EXISTING REALLOCATIONS.—Subsection (a) shall 
not apply to any water reallocation for Lake Cumberland, 
Kentucky, that is carried out subject to an agreement or 
payment schedule in effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 110. Section 529(b)(3) of Public Law 106–541 
is amended by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$20,000,000’’ in lieu thereof. 
SEC. 111. YAZOO BASIN, UPPER YAZOO PROJECTS, 
MISSISSIPPI. The Yazoo Basin Headwater Improvement, 
Mississippi, project authorized by the Flood Control Act of 
1928 (45 Stat. 534), as amended and modified, is further 
modified to include the design and construction at full Fed-
eral expense of such measures as determined by the Chief 
of Engineers to be advisable for the control of bank erosion 
along the Yazoo River and including, but not limited to, 
the following tributaries and watersheds of the Yazoo River: 
Tallahatchie River, Coldwater River (below Arkabutla 
Dam), Bear Creek Diversion, Yalobusha River (below Gre-
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nada Dam), Little Tallahatchie River (below Sardis Dam), 
Yocona River (below Enid Dam), Tchula Lake, Cassidy 
Bayou, Bobo Bayou Area, Arkabutla Canal, Ascalmore- 
Tippo Creek, David-Burrell Bayou, McKinney Bayou, Lake 
Cormorant Area, Hurricane Bayou, Opossum Bayou, 
Chicopa Creek, Hillside Floodway, Bear Creek, Alligator- 
Catfish Bayou, Rocky Bayou, Whiteoak Bayou, Potacocowa 
Creek, Tillatoba Creek, Teoc Creek, Big Sand Creek, 
Chicopa Creek, and miscellaneous ditches. 
SEC. 112. LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND 
RIVERFRONT INTERPRETIVE SITE, MISSISSIPPI. The Water 
Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4811) is 
amended by— 
(1) in section 103(c)(2) by striking ‘‘property 
currently held by the Resolution Trust Corporation in 
the vicinity of the Mississippi River Bridge’’ and in-
serting ‘‘riverfront property’’; and 
(2) in section 103(c)(7)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘There is’’ and inserting the 
following: ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There is’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$2,000,000’’ and all that 
follows and inserting the following: ‘‘$15,000,000 
to plan, design, and construct generally in ac-
cordance with the conceptual plan to be prepared 
by the Corps of Engineers.
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‘‘(B) FUNDING.—The planning, design, and 
construction of the Lower Mississippi River Mu-
seum and Riverfront Interpretive Site shall be 
carried out using funds appropriated as part of 
the Mississippi River Levees feature of the Mis-
sissippi River and Tributaries Project, author-
ized by the Act of May 15, 1928 (45 Stat. 534, 
chapter 569).’’. 
SEC. 113. PUBLIC LAW 106–53. Section 593(h) (113 
Stat. 381) is modified by striking ‘‘$25,000,000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$50,000,000’’. 
SEC. 114. The project for navigation, Los Angeles Har-
bor, California, authorized by section 101(b)(5) of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2577) is 
modified to authorize the Chief of Engineers to carry out 
the project at a total cost of $222,000,000. 
SEC. 115. MISSOURI AND MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIV-
ERS ENHANCEMENT PROJECT. (a) Section 514 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1999 is amended by inserting 
after subsection (e): 
‘‘(f) 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 section, a non- 
Federal interest may include a Regional or National non-
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profit entity with the consent of the affected local govern-
ment. 
‘‘(g) COST LIMITATION.—Not more than $5,000,000 in 
Federal funds may be allotted under this section for a 
project at any single locality.’’; and 
(b) renumbering the succeeding subsections accord-
ingly. 
SEC. 116. Section 514(f)(1) of the Water Resources De-
velopment Act of 1999 (Public Law 106–53) is amended 
by adding at the end of the sentence before the period 
‘‘which may be in cash, by the provision of lands, ease-
ments, rights-of-way, relocations or disposal areas, by in- 
kind services to implement the project, or by any combina-
tion of the foregoing. Land needed for a project under this 
authority may remain in private ownership subject to ease-
ments satisfactory to the Secretary necessary to assure 
achievement of the project purposes’’. 
SEC. 117. Section 514(g) of the Water Resources Devel-
opment Act of 1999 (Public Law 106–53) is amended by 
striking the words ‘‘for the period of fiscal years 2000 and 
2001’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘per year, and such au-
thority shall extend until Federal fiscal year 2015’’. 
SEC. 118. MISSOURI RIVER LEVEE SYSTEM, UNIT L– 
15 LEVEE, MISSOURI. The portion of the L–15 levee system 
which is under the jurisdiction of the Consolidated North
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County Levee District and which is situated along the right 
descending bank of the Mississippi River from its confluence 
with the Missouri River and running upstream approxi-
mately 14 miles shall be considered to be a Federal levee 
for purposes of cost sharing under 33 U.S.C. 701n. 
SEC. 119. Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Devel-
opment Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–580; 106 Stat. 4835), 
as amended by section 502(b) of the Water Resources Devel-
opment Act of 1999 (Public Law 106–53) and section 
108(d) of title I of division B of the Miscellaneous Appro-
priations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 106–554; 
114 Stat. 2763A–220), is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(72) ALPINE, CALIFORNIA.—$10,000,000 is au-
thorized for a water transmission main, Alpine, CA.’’. 
SEC. 120. Section 214(a) of Public Law 106–541 is 
amended by striking ‘‘2005’’ and inserting ‘‘2006’’. 
SEC. 121. MIDDLE RIO GRANDE ENDANGERED SPE-
CIES COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM, NEW MEXICO. The Sec-
retary of the Army may carry out projects that comply with 
the Reasonable and Prudent Alternative of the 2003 Bio-
logical Opinion required by section 205(b) of Public Law 
108–447 (118 Stat. 2949) referring to the Biological and 
Conference Opinions on the Effects of Actions Associated 
with the Programmatic Biological Assessment of Bureau of
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Reclamation’s Water and River Maintenance Operations, 
Army Corps of Engineers’ Flood Control Operation, and 
Related Non-Federal Actions on the Middle Rio Grande, 
New Mexico and other recovery measures for the Rio Grande 
Silvery Minnow or the Southwest Willow Flycatcher, in-
cluding recommendations provided by the Endangered Spe-
cies Act Collaborative Program as established in Public 
Law 108–137 section 209(b) (117 Stat. 1850). All project 
undertaken under this subsection shall be subject to a 75 
percent Federal/25 percent non-Federal cost share. The non- 
Federal cost share for all projects carried out under this 
program may be provided through in-kind services or direct 
cash contributions and shall include provision of necessary 
land, easements, relocations and disposal sites. Non-Federal 
cost share shall be credited on a programmatic basis instead 
of on a project-by-project basis with reconciliation of total 
project costs and total non-Federal cost share on a 3 year 
incremental basis. Over contribution of non-Federal cost 
share shall be credited to subsequent years. In lieu of indi-
vidual Project Cooperation Agreements, the Secretary shall 
enter into Memoranda of Agreement with participants in 
the Middle Rio Grande Endangered Species Collaborative 
Program in order to establish relative contribution of non- 
Federal cost share by each participant, implement projects, 
and streamline administrative procedures.
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SEC. 122. BLUESTONE, WEST VIRGINIA. Section 547 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 
2676) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1)(A) by striking ‘‘4 years’’ 
and inserting ‘‘5 years’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)(B)(iii) by striking ‘‘if 
all’’ and all that follows through ‘‘facility’’ and in-
serting ‘‘assurance project’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)(1)(C) by striking ‘‘and con-
struction’’ and inserting ‘‘, construction, and oper-
ation and maintenance’’; 
(4) by adding at the end of subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) OPERATION AND OWNERSHIP.—The Tri-Cit-
ies Power Authority shall be the owner and operator 
of the hydropower facilities referred to in subsection 
(a).’’; 
(5) in subsection (c)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘No’’ and inserting ‘‘Unless 
otherwise provided, no’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘planning,’’ before ‘‘de-
sign’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘prior to’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘subsection (d)’’;
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(6) in subsection (c)(2) by striking ‘‘design’’ and 
inserting ‘‘planning, design,’’; 
(7) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) APPROVAL.—The Secretary shall review the 
design and construction activities for all features of 
the hydroelectric project that pertain to and affect 
stability of the dam and control the release of water 
from Bluestone Dam to ensure that the quality of con-
struction of those features meets all standards estab-
lished for similar facilities constructed by the Sec-
retary.’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (2); 
(C) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) and inserting 
‘‘, except that hydroelectric power is no longer a 
project purpose of the facility so long as Tri-Cit-
ies Power Authority continues to exercise its re-
sponsibilities as the builder, owner, and operator 
of the hydropower facilities at Bluestone Dam. 
Water flow releases and flood control from the 
hydropower facilities shall be determined and di-
rected by the Corps of Engineers.’’; and
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(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) COORDINATION.—Construction of the hydro-
electric generating facilities shall be coordinated with 
the dam safety assurance project currently in the de-
sign and construction phases.’’; 
(8) in subsection (e) by striking ‘‘in accordance’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘58 Stat. 890)’’; 
(9) in subsection (f)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘facility of the inter-
connected systems of reservoirs operated by the 
Secretary’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘facilities under construction under such agree-
ments’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘design’’ and inserting 
‘‘planning, design’’; 
(10) in subsection (f)(2)— 
(A) by ‘‘Secretary’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘Tri-Cities Power Authority’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘facilities referred to in sub-
section (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘such facilities’’; 
(11) by striking paragraph (1) of subsection (g) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) to arrange for the transmission of power to 
the market or to construct such transmission facilities 
as necessary to market the power produced at the fa-