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‘‘(h) NONPROFIT ENTITIES.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 221(b) of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 
1962d–5b(b)), a non-Federal interest may include a non-
profit entity with the consent of the affected local govern-
ment. 
‘‘(i) MONITORING.—The Secretary shall develop an 
Illinois river basin monitoring program to support the plan 
referred to in subsection (b). Data collected under the 
monitoring program shall incorporate data provided by the 
State of Illinois and shall be publicly accessible through 
electronic means.’’. 
SEC. 5073. PROMONTORY POINT, LAKE MICHIGAN, ILLI-
NOIS. 
In carrying out the project for storm damage reduc-
tion and shoreline erosion protection, Lake Michigan, au-
thorized by section 101(a)(12) of the Water Resources De-
velopment Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3664), the Secretary 
shall reconstruct the Promontory Point section consistent 
with the original limestone step design. Additional costs 
associated with such reconstruction shall be a non-Federal 
responsibility. The costs of reconstruction not consistent 
with the original limestone step design shall be a non-Fed-
eral responsibility.
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SEC. 5074. SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS. 
(a) SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘Southwest Illinois’’ means the counties of 
Madison, St. Clair, Monroe, Randolph, Perry, Franklin, 
Jackson, Union, Alexander, Pulaski, and Williamson, Illi-
nois. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary 
may establish a program to provide environmental assist-
ance to non-Federal interests in Southwest Illinois. 
(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 
Southwest Illinois, including projects for wastewater treat-
ment and related facilities, water supply and related facili-
ties, and surface water resource protection and develop-
ment. 
(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.
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(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 
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
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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-
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 not to 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.
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(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 
be used by the Corps of Engineers district offices to ad-
minister projects under this section at 100 percent Fed-
eral 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. 5075. BURNS WATERWAY HARBOR, INDIANA. 
The Secretary shall conduct a study of shoaling in 
the vicinity of Burns Waterway Harbor, Indiana, to deter-
mine if the shoaling is the result of a Federal navigation 
project, and, if the Secretary determines that the shoaling 
is the result of a Federal navigation project, the Secretary
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shall carry out a project to mitigate the shoaling under 
section 111 of the River and Harbor Act of 1968 (33 
U.S.C. 426). 
SEC. 5076. CALUMET REGION, INDIANA. 
Section 219(f)(12) of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1992 (113 Stat. 335; 117 Stat. 1843) is 
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$30,000,000’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—$30,000,000’’; 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) CREDIT.—The Secretary shall credit 
toward the non-Federal share of the cost of the 
project the cost of planning and design work 
carried out by the non-Federal interest before, 
on, or after the date of the partnership agree-
ment for the project if the Secretary determines 
that the work is integral to the project.’’; and 
(3) by aligning the remainder of the text of 
subparagraph (A) (as designated by paragraph (1) 
of this section) with subparagraph (B) (as added by 
paragraph (2) of this section). 
SEC. 5077. FLOODPLAIN MAPPING, MISSOURI RIVER, IOWA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide as-
sistance for a project to develop maps identifying 100- and
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500-year flood inundation areas in the State of Iowa, 
along the Missouri River. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Maps developed under the 
project shall include hydrologic and hydraulic information 
and shall accurately portray the flood hazard areas in the 
floodplain. The maps shall be produced in a high resolu-
tion format and shall be made available to the State of 
Iowa in an electronic format. 
(c) PARTICIPATION OF FEMA.—The Secretary and 
the non-Federal interests for the project shall work with 
the Director of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency to ensure the validity of the maps developed under 
the project for flood insurance purposes. 
(d) FORMS OF ASSISTANCE.—In carrying out the 
project, the Secretary may enter into contracts or coopera-
tive agreements with the non-Federal interests or provide 
reimbursements of project costs. 
(e) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of the cost 
of the project shall be 50 percent. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$3,000,000. 
SEC. 5078. RATHBUN LAKE, IOWA. 
(a) CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary shall convey the 
remaining water supply storage allocation in Rathbun