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cies through the Upper Mississippi River system, 
and report to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Environment and Public Works of 
the Senate on the results of the evaluation; and 
(4) operate and maintain the project. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $4,000,000 to carry out this 
section. 
SEC. 5017. SUSQUEHANNA, DELAWARE, AND POTOMAC 
RIVER 
BASINS, 
DELAWARE, 
MARYLAND, 
PENNSYLVANIA, AND VIRGINIA. 
(a) EX OFFICIO MEMBER.—Notwithstanding section 
3001(a) of the 1997 Emergency Supplemental Appropria-
tions Act for Recovery From Natural Disasters, and for 
Overseas Peacekeeping Efforts, Including Those in Bosnia 
(Public Law 105–18; 111 Stat. 176), section 2.2 of the 
Susquehanna River Basin Compact (Public Law 91–575), 
and section 2.2 of the Delaware River Basin Compact 
(Public Law 87–328), beginning in fiscal year 2002, and 
each fiscal year thereafter, the Division Engineer, North 
Atlantic Division, Corps of Engineers— 
(1) shall be the ex officio United States member 
under the Susquehanna River Basin Compact, the 
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Delaware River Basin Compact, and the Potomac 
River Basin Compact; 
(2) shall serve without additional compensation; 
and 
(3) may designate an alternate member in ac-
cordance with the terms of those compacts. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION TO ALLOCATE.—The Secretary 
shall allocate funds to the Susquehanna River Basin Com-
mission, Delaware River Basin Commission, and the 
Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (Poto-
mac River Basin Compact (Public Law 91–407)) to fulfill 
the equitable funding requirements of the respective inter-
state compacts. 
(c) WATER SUPPLY AND CONSERVATION STORAGE, 
DELAWARE RIVER BASIN.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall enter 
into an agreement with the Delaware River Basin 
Commission to provide temporary water supply and 
conservation storage at the Francis E. Walter Dam, 
Pennsylvania, for any period during which the Com-
mission has determined that a drought warning or 
drought emergency exists. 
(2) LIMITATION.—The agreement shall provide 
that the cost for water supply and conservation stor-
age under paragraph (1) shall not exceed the incre-
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mental operating costs associated with providing the 
storage. 
(d) WATER SUPPLY AND CONSERVATION STORAGE, 
SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall enter 
into an agreement with the Susquehanna River 
Basin Commission to provide temporary water sup-
ply and conservation storage at Federal facilities op-
erated by the Corps of Engineers in the Susque-
hanna River Basin for any period for which the 
Commission has determined that a drought warning 
or drought emergency exists. 
(2) LIMITATION.—The agreement shall provide 
that the cost for water supply and conservation stor-
age under paragraph (1) shall not exceed the incre-
mental operating costs associated with providing the 
storage. 
(e) WATER SUPPLY AND CONSERVATION STORAGE, 
POTOMAC RIVER BASIN.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall enter 
into an agreement with the Potomac River Basin 
Commission to provide temporary water supply and 
conservation storage at Federal facilities operated by 
the Corps of Engineers in the Potomac River Basin 
for any period for which the Commission has deter-
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mined that a drought warning or drought emergency 
exists. 
(2) LIMITATION.—The agreement shall provide 
that the cost for water supply and conservation stor-
age under paragraph (1) shall not exceed the incre-
mental operating costs associated with providing the 
storage. 
SEC. 5018. CHESAPEAKE BAY ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORA-
TION AND PROTECTION PROGRAM. 
(a) FORM OF ASSISTANCE.—Section 510(a)(2) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 
3759) is amended by striking ‘‘, and beneficial uses of 
dredged material’’ and inserting ‘‘, beneficial uses of 
dredged material, and restoration of submerged aquatic 
vegetation’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
510(i) of such Act (110 Stat. 3761) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000’’. 
SEC. 5019. POTOMAC RIVER WATERSHED ASSESSMENT AND 
TRIBUTARY 
STRATEGY 
EVALUATION 
AND 
MONITORING PROGRAM. 
The Secretary may participate in the Potomac River 
Watershed Assessment and Tributary Strategy Evaluation 
and Monitoring Program to identify a series of resource 
management indicators to accurately monitor the effec-
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