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law or otherwise, the Secretary shall perform a 
reconnaissance study and’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘Such feasibility report’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) CONTENTS OF FEASIBILITY REPORTS.—A 
feasibility report’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘The feasibility report’’ 
and inserting ‘‘A feasibility report’’; and 
(E) by striking the last sentence and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(3) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection shall not 
apply to—
‘‘(A) any study with respect to which a re-
port has been submitted to Congress before the 
date of enactment of this Act; 
‘‘(B) any study for a project, which project 
is authorized for construction by this Act and 
is not subject to section 903(b); 
‘‘(C) any study for a project which does 
not require specific authorization by Congress 
in law or otherwise; and 
‘‘(D) general studies not intended to lead 
to recommendation of a specific water resources 
project.
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‘‘(4) FEASIBILITY REPORT DEFINED.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘feasibility report’ means each 
feasibility report, and any associated environmental 
impact statement and mitigation plan, prepared by 
the Corps of Engineers for a water resources 
project. The term includes a project implementation 
report prepared under title VI of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2680–
2694), a general reevaluation report, and a limited 
reevaluation report.’’. 
(2) PROJECTS NOT SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED 
BY CONGRESS.—Section 905 of such Act is further 
amended—
(A) in subsection (b) by inserting ‘‘RECON-
NAISSANCE STUDIES.—’’ before ‘‘Before initi-
ating’’; 
(B) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), 
and (e) as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respec-
tively; 
(C) by inserting after subsection (b) the 
following: 
‘‘(c) PROJECTS NOT SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED BY 
CONGRESS.—In the case of any water resources project-
related study authorized to be undertaken by the Sec-
retary without specific authorization by Congress in law
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or otherwise, the Secretary shall prepare a detailed project 
report.’’; 
(D) in subsection (d) (as so redesignated) 
by inserting ‘‘INDIAN TRIBES.—’’ before ‘‘For 
purposes of’’; and 
(E) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated) 
by inserting ‘‘STANDARD AND UNIFORM PRO-
CEDURES AND PRACTICES.—’’ before ‘‘The Sec-
retary shall’’. 
SEC. 2039. OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS FABRICATION PORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In conducting a feasibility study 
for the project for navigation, Atchafalaya River, Bayous 
Chene, Boeuf, and Black, Louisiana, being conducted 
under section 430 of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2639), and for the project for navi-
gation, Houma Navigation Canal, Louisiana, being con-
ducted pursuant to the Energy and Water Development 
Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103–316), the Sec-
retary shall include in the calculation of national economic 
development benefits all economic benefits associated with 
contracts for new energy exploration and contracts for the 
fabrication of energy infrastructure that would result from 
carrying out the project. 
(b) REPEAL.—Section 6009 of the Emergency Sup-
plemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War
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on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (Public Law 109–
13; 119 Stat. 282) is repealed. 
SEC. 2040. USE OF FIRMS EMPLOYING LOCAL RESIDENTS. 
(a) CONTRACTS
OR AGREEMENTS WITH PRIVATE 
ENTITIES.—In carrying out construction of a water re-
sources project, the Secretary may enter into a contract 
or agreement with a private entity only if the private enti-
ty provides assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that, 
to the maximum extent practicable—
(1) local residents in the area of the project will 
comprise not less than 50 percent of the workforce 
employed by the entity to perform the contract or 
agreement; and 
(2) local residents in the area of the project will 
comprise not less than 50 percent of the workforce 
employed by each subcontractor at each tier in con-
nection with the contract or agreement. 
(b) EXEMPTIONS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may waive 
the application of subsection (a) with respect to a 
contract or agreement if the Secretary determines 
that compliance with subsection (a) is not feasible 
due to—
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(A) a lack of qualified local residents to 
permit satisfaction of the requirements of sub-
section (a); 
(B) a lack of sufficient numbers of special-
ized workers necessary to carry out the project; 
or 
(C) the need to comply with small business 
or minority contracting requirements under 
Federal law. 
(2) DOCUMENTATION.—Any determination by 
the Secretary under paragraph (1) to waive the ap-
plication of subsection (a) with respect to a contract 
or agreement shall be justified in writing. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall issue regula-
tions establishing local residency and other requirements 
to facilitate compliance with this section. 
(d) PRIOR CONTRACTS.—Nothing in this section shall 
be construed to affect any contract or agreement entered 
into before the effective date of this section. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall become ef-
fective 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 2041. SUPPORT OF ARMY CIVIL WORKS PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 2361 of 
title 10, United States Code, the Secretary is authorized
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to provide assistance through contracts, cooperative agree-
ments, and grants to—
(1) the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Ten-
nessee, for establishment and operation of the 
Southeastern Water Resources Institute to study 
sustainable development and utilization of water re-
sources in the southeastern United States; 
(2) Lewis and Clark Community College, Illi-
nois, for the Great Rivers National Research and 
Education Center (including facilities that have been 
or will be constructed at one or more locations in the 
vicinity of the confluence of the Illinois River, the 
Missouri River, and the Mississippi River), a collabo-
rative effort of Lewis and Clark Community College, 
the University of Illinois, the Illinois Department of 
Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, and 
other entities, for the study of river ecology, devel-
oping watershed and river management strategies, 
and educating students and the public on river 
issues; and 
(3) the University of Texas at Dallas for sup-
port and operation of the International Center for 
Decision and Risk Analysis to study risk analysis 
and control methods for transboundary water re-
sources management in the southwestern United