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Kerr Dam and Reservoir, North Carolina, among the Sec-
retary and the Kerr Lake Regional Water System and the 
city of Henderson, North Carolina. 
SEC. 5090. TOUSSAINT RIVER, OHIO. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The project for navigation, Tous-
saint River, Carroll Township, Ohio, authorized by section 
107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1960 (33 U.S.C. 577), 
is modified to authorize the Secretary to enter into an 
agreement with the non-Federal interest under which the 
Secretary may— 
(1) acquire, and transfer to the non-Federal in-
terest, a dredge and associated equipment with the 
capacity to perform operation and maintenance of 
the project; and 
(2) provide the non-Federal interest with a 
lump-sum payment to cover all future costs of oper-
ation and maintenance of the project. 
(b) AGREEMENT.—The Secretary may carry out sub-
section (a)(1) by entering into an agreement with the non- 
Federal interest under which the non-Federal interest may 
acquire the dredge and associated equipment directly and 
be reimbursed by the Secretary. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $1,800,000 to carry out this 
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section. Of such funds, $500,000 may be used to carry 
out subsection (a)(1). 
(d) RELEASE.—Upon the acquisition and transfer of 
a dredge and associated equipment under subsection 
(a)(1), and the payment of funds under subsection (a)(2), 
all future Federal responsibility for operation and mainte-
nance of the project is extinguished. 
SEC. 5091. EUGENE, OREGON. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a 
study to determine the feasibility of restoring the millrace 
in Eugene, Oregon, and, if the Secretary determines that 
the restoration is feasible, the Secretary shall carry out 
the restoration. 
(b) CONSIDERATION OF NONECONOMIC BENEFITS.— 
In determining the feasibility of restoring the millrace, the 
Secretary shall include noneconomic benefits associated 
with the historical significance of the millrace and associ-
ated with preservation and enhancement of resources. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$20,000,000. 
SEC. 5092. FERN RIDGE DAM, OREGON. 
The Secretary may treat all work carried out for 
emergency corrective actions to repair the embankment 
dam at the Fern Ridge Lake project, Oregon, as a dam 
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safety project. The cost of work carried out may be recov-
ered in accordance with section 1203 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 467n; 100 
Stat. 4263). 
SEC. 5093. ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. 
Section 219(f)(66) of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1992 (114 Stat. 2763A–221) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$20,000,000’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—$20,000,000’’; 
(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 work carried out by the non- 
Federal interest before the date of the partner-
ship agreement 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. 5094. KEHLY RUN DAMS, PENNSYLVANIA. 
Section 504(a)(2) of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 338; 117 Stat. 1842) is 
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amended by striking ‘‘Dams’’ and inserting ‘‘Dams No. 
1–5’’. 
SEC. 5095. LEHIGH RIVER, LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYL-
VANIA. 
The Secretary shall use existing water quality data 
to model the effects of the Francis E. Walter Dam, at 
different water levels, to determine its impact on water 
and related resources in and along the Lehigh River in 
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. There is authorized to be 
appropriated $500,000 to carry out this section. 
SEC. 5096. NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. 
Section 219(f)(11) of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1992 (113 Stat. 335) is amended by striking 
‘‘and Monroe’’ and inserting ‘‘Northumberland, Union, 
Snyder, Luzerne, and Monroe’’. 
SEC. 5097. UPPER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN, PENNSYL-
VANIA AND NEW YORK. 
(a) STUDY AND STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT.—Section 
567(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 
(110 Stat. 3787; 114 Stat. 2662) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by 
inserting ‘‘and carry out’’ after ‘‘develop’’; and 
(2) 
in 
paragraph 
(2) 
by 
striking 
‘‘$10,000,000.’’ and inserting ‘‘$20,000,000, of 
which the Secretary may utilize not more than 
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$5,000,000 to design and construct feasible pilot 
projects during the development of the strategy to 
demonstrate alternative approaches for the strategy. 
The total cost for any single pilot project may not 
exceed $500,000. The Secretary shall evaluate the 
results of the pilot projects and consider the results 
in the development of the strategy.’’. 
(b) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—Section 567(c) of 
such Act (114 Stat. 2662) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘CO-
OPERATION’’ and inserting ‘‘COOPERATIVE’’; and 
(2) in the first sentence— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘and carrying out’’ after 
‘‘developing’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘cooperation’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘cost-sharing and cooperative’’. 
(c) 
IMPLEMENTATION
OF
STRATEGY.—Section 
567(d) of such Act (114 Stat. 2663) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 
(2) in the second sentence of paragraph (1) (as 
so designated)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘implement’’ and inserting 
‘‘carry out’’; and 
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