‘‘(B) NON-FEDERAL DISPOSAL FACILITY.— 
The term ‘non-Federal disposal facility’ means 
a dredged material disposal facility under the 
jurisdiction of, or managed by, the Secretary 
that is owned by a non-Federal entity.’’. 
SEC. 117. MAXIMIZATION OF BENEFICIAL USE. 
(a) BENEFICIAL USE OF DREDGED MATERIAL.— 
Section 1122 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
2016 (33 U.S.C. 2326 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘Not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall establish a pilot program’’ and in-
serting ‘‘The Secretary is authorized’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (1) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) promoting resiliency and reducing the risk 
to property and infrastructure of flooding and storm 
damage;’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘the pilot program’’ and inserting 
‘‘this section’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (1) and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘(1) identify and carry out projects for the ben-
eficial use of dredged material;’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘In carrying out the pilot 
program, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘under the pilot program’’ 
and inserting ‘‘under this section’’; 
(4) in subsection (d), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the pilot program’’ and 
inserting ‘‘this section’’; 
(5) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the pilot 
program’’ and inserting ‘‘this section’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘the pilot 
program’’ and inserting ‘‘the implementation of 
this section’’; and 
(6) by striking subsection (g) and redesignating 
subsection (h) as subsection (g). 
(b) REGIONAL SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT.—Section 
204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (33 
U.S.C. 2326) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ‘‘rehabilita-
tion of projects’’ and inserting ‘‘rehabilitation of 
projects, including projects for the beneficial use of 
dredged materials described in section 1122 of the
Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (33 
U.S.C. 2326 note),’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(12) Osceola County, Florida.’’. 
(c) BENEFICIAL USE OF DREDGED MATERIAL.—Sec-
tion 125(a)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 2020 (33 U.S.C. 2326g) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘It is the policy’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(A) POLICY.—It is the policy’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) NATIONAL
GOAL.—To the greatest 
extent practicable, the Secretary shall ensure 
that not less than 70 percent by tonnage of 
suitable dredged material obtained from the 
construction or operation and maintenance of 
water resources development projects is used 
beneficially.’’. 
(d) 
MAXIMIZATION
OF
BENEFICIAL
USE
IN 
DREDGED
MATERIAL
MANAGEMENT
PLANS.—Each 
dredged material management plan for a federally author-
ized water resources development project, and each re-
gional sediment plan developed under section 204 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (33 U.S.C.
2326), including any such plan under development on the 
date of enactment of this Act, shall— 
(1) maximize the beneficial use of suitable 
dredged material; and 
(2) 
to 
the 
maximum 
extent 
practicable, 
prioritize the use of such dredged material in water 
resources development projects in areas vulnerable 
to coastal land loss or shoreline erosion. 
(e) TRANSFER
OF
SUITABLE
DREDGED
MATE-
RIAL.—The Secretary is authorized to transfer to a non- 
Federal interest at no cost, for the purpose of beneficial 
use, suitable dredged material that the Secretary has de-
termined is in excess of the amounts of such material iden-
tified as needed for use by the Secretary. 
SEC. 118. ECONOMIC, HYDRAULIC, AND HYDROLOGIC MOD-
ELING. 
(a) MODEL DEVELOPMENT.—The Secretary, in col-
laboration with other Federal and State agencies, National 
Laboratories, and nonprofit research institutions (includ-
ing institutions of higher education and centers and lab-
oratories focused on economics or water resources), shall 
develop, update, and maintain economic, hydraulic, and 
hydrologic models, including models for compound flood-
ing, for use in the planning, design formulation, modifica-
tion, and operation of water resources development 
projects and water resources planning. 
(b) COORDINATION
AND USE
OF MODELS
AND 
DATA.—In carrying out subsection (a), to the extent prac-
ticable, the Secretary shall— 
(1) work with the non-Federal interest for a 
water resources development project to identify ex-
isting relevant economic, hydraulic, and hydrologic 
models and data; 
(2) utilize, where appropriate, economic, hy-
draulic, and hydrologic models and data provided to 
the Secretary by the agencies, laboratories, and in-
stitutions described in subsection (a); and 
(3) upon written request by a non-Federal in-
terest for a project, provide to the non-Federal inter-
est draft or working economic, hydraulic, and hydro-
logic models, and any data generated by such models 
with respect to the project, not later than 30 days 
after receiving such request; and 
(4) in accordance with section 2017 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (33 
U.S.C. 2342), make final economic, hydraulic, and 
hydrologic models, and any data generated by such 
models, available to the public, as quickly as prac-
ticable, but not later than 30 days after receiving a 
written request for such models or data. 
(c) MODEL OUTPUTS.—To the extent practicable and 
appropriate, the Secretary shall incorporate data gen-
erated by models developed under this section into the for-
mulation of feasibility studies for, and the operation of, 
water resources development projects. 
(d) FUNDING.—The Secretary is authorized to trans-
fer to other Federal and State agencies, National Labora-
tories, and nonprofit research institutions, including insti-
tutions of higher education, such funds as may be nec-
essary to carry out subsection (a) from amounts available 
to the Secretary. 
(e) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION CREDIT.—A partnership 
agreement entered into under section 221 of the Flood 
Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b) may provide, 
at the request of the non-Federal interest for the applica-
ble project, that the Secretary credit toward the non-Fed-
eral share of the cost of the project the value of economic, 
hydraulic, and hydrologic models required for the project 
that are developed by the non-Federal interest in accord-
ance with any policies and guidelines applicable to the rel-
evant partnership agreement pursuant to such section. 
(f) REVIEW.—The Secretary shall review economic, 
hydraulic, and hydrologic models developed under this sec-
tion in the same manner as any such models developed 
under any other authority of the Secretary. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMPOUND
FLOODING.—The term ‘‘com-
pound flooding’’ means a flooding event in which two 
or more flood drivers, such as coastal storm surge- 
driven flooding and inland rainfall-driven flooding, 
occur simultaneously or in close succession and the 
potential adverse effects of the combined flood driv-
ers may be greater than that of the individual flood 
driver components. 
(2) ECONOMIC.—The term ‘‘economic’’, as used 
in reference to models, means relating to the evalua-
tion of benefits and cost attributable to a project for 
an economic justification under section 209 of the 
Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962–2). 
SEC. 119. FORECAST-INFORMED RESERVOIR OPERATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In updating a water control man-
ual for any reservoir constructed, owned, or operated by 
the Secretary, including a reservoir for which the Sec-
retary is authorized to prescribe regulations for the use 
of storage allocated for flood control or navigation pursu-
ant to section 7 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (33 
U.S.C. 709), the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent
practicable, incorporate the use of forecast-informed res-
ervoir operations. 
(b) GUIDELINES.—The Secretary, in coordination 
with relevant Federal and State agencies and non-Federal 
interests, shall issue clear and concise guidelines for incor-
porating the use of forecast-informed reservoir operations 
into water control manuals for reservoirs described in sub-
section (a). 
(c) ASSESSMENT.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall carry 
out an assessment of geographically diverse res-
ervoirs described in subsection (a) to determine the 
viability of using forecast-informed reservoir oper-
ations at such reservoirs. 
(2) PRIORITY AREAS.—In carrying out the as-
sessment described in paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall include an assessment of— 
(A) each reservoir located in the South Pa-
cific Division of the Corps of Engineers; and 
(B) reservoirs located in each of the 
Northwestern Division and the South Atlantic 
Division of the Corps of Engineers. 
(3) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out this sub-
section, the Secretary shall consult with relevant
Federal and State agencies and non-Federal inter-
ests. 
SEC. 120. UPDATES TO CERTAIN WATER CONTROL MANU-
ALS. 
Section 8109 of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 2022 (136 Stat. 3702) is amended by inserting ‘‘or 
that incorporate the use of forecast-informed reservoir op-
erations into such manuals’’ before the period at the end. 
SEC. 121. WATER SUPPLY MISSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 
(1) include water supply as a primary mission 
of the Corps of Engineers in planning, prioritization, 
designing, constructing, modifying, operating, and 
maintaining water resources development projects; 
and 
(2) give equal consideration to the water supply 
mission in the planning, prioritization, designing, 
constructing, modifying, operating, and maintaining 
of water resources development projects. 
(b) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) NO
NEW
AUTHORITY.—Nothing in sub-
section (a) authorizes the Secretary to initiate a 
water resources development project or modify an 
authorized water resources development project.
(2) LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in subsection (a) 
affects— 
(A) any existing authority of the Secretary, 
including— 
(i) authorities of the Secretary with 
respect to navigation, hydropower, flood 
control, and environmental protection and 
restoration; 
(ii) the authority of the Secretary 
under section 6 of the Flood Control Act 
of 1944 (33 U.S.C. 708); and 
(iii) the authority of the Secretary 
under section 301 of the Water Supply Act 
of 1958 (43 U.S.C. 390b); 
(B) any applications for permits under the 
jurisdiction of the Secretary, or lawsuits relat-
ing to such permits or water resources develop-
ment projects, pending as of the date of enact-
ment of this Act; 
(C) the application of any procedures to 
assure public notice and an opportunity for 
public hearing for such permits; or 
(D) the authority of a State to manage, 
use, or allocate the water resources of that 
State.
(c) REPORTS.— 
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this section, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Environment and Pub-
lic Works of the Senate a report detailing— 
(A) the steps taken to comply with sub-
section (a); and 
(B) actions identified by non-Federal inter-
ests that may be taken, consistent with existing 
authorized purposes of the applicable water re-
sources development projects, to— 
(i) reallocate storage space in existing 
water resources development projects for 
municipal and industrial water supply pur-
poses pursuant to section 301 of the Water 
Supply Act of 1958 (43 U.S.C. 390b); 
(ii) enter into surplus water supply 
contracts pursuant to section 6 of the 
Flood Control Act of 1944 (33 U.S.C. 
708); 
(iii) modify the operations of an exist-
ing water resources development project to 
produce water supply benefits incidental
to, and consistent with, the authorized pur-
poses of the project, including by— 
(I) adjusting the timing of re-
leases for other authorized purposes 
to create opportunities for water sup-
ply conservation, use, and storage; 
(II) capturing stormwater; 
(III) releasing water from stor-
age to replenish aquifer storage and 
recovery; and 
(IV) carrying out other conserva-
tion measures that enhance the use of 
a project for water supply; and 
(iv) cooperate with State, regional, 
and local governments and planning au-
thorities to identify strategies to augment 
water supply, enhance drought resiliency, 
promote contingency planning, and assist 
in the planning and development of alter-
native water sources. 
(2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 3 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Environment and Pub-
lic Works of the Senate a report that includes— 
(A) identification of— 
(i) the steps taken to comply with 
subsection (a); and 
(ii) the specific actions identified 
under paragraph (1)(B) that were taken; 
and 
(B) an assessment of the results of such 
steps and actions. 
SEC. 122. REAL ESTATE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall initiate 
the development of guidance to standardize processes for 
developing, updating, and tracking real estate administra-
tive fees administered by the Corps of Engineers. 
(b) GUIDANCE.—In developing guidance under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall— 
(1) outline standard methodologies to estimate 
costs for purposes of setting real estate administra-
tive fees; 
(2) define the types of activities involved in 
managing real estate instruments that are included 
for purposes of setting such fees;
(3) establish cost-tracking procedures to cap-
ture data relating to the activities described in para-
graph (2) for purposes of setting such fees; 
(4) outline a schedule for divisions or districts 
of the Corps of Engineers to review, and update as 
appropriate, real estate administrative fees, includ-
ing specifying what such reviews should entail and 
the frequency of such reviews; and 
(5) provide opportunities for stakeholder input 
on real estate administrative fees. 
(c) PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE.—The Secretary shall 
make publicly available on the website of each Corps of 
Engineers district— 
(1) the guidance developed under this section; 
and 
(2) any other relevant information on real es-
tate administrative fees, including lists of real estate 
instruments requiring such fees, and methodologies 
used to set such fees. 
SEC. 123. CHALLENGE COST-SHARING PROGRAM FOR MAN-
AGEMENT OF RECREATION FACILITIES. 
Section 225 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1992 (33 U.S.C. 2328) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking ‘‘To implement’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To implement’’. 
(B) in paragraph (1) (as so designated), by 
striking ‘‘non-Federal public and private enti-
ties’’ and inserting ‘‘non-Federal public entities 
and private nonprofit entities’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—Before entering into an 
agreement under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
ensure that the non-Federal public entity or private 
nonprofit entity has the authority and capability— 
‘‘(A) to carry out the terms of the agree-
ment; and 
‘‘(B) to pay damages, if necessary, in the 
event of a failure to perform.’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(c) USER FEES.— 
‘‘(1) COLLECTION OF FEES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may 
allow a non-Federal public entity or private 
nonprofit entity that has entered into an agree-
ment pursuant to subsection (b) to collect user 
fees for the use of developed recreation sites
and facilities, whether developed or constructed 
by the non-Federal public entity or private non-
profit entity or the Department of the Army. 
‘‘(B) USE OF VISITOR RESERVATION SERV-
ICES.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—A non-Federal 
public entity or a private nonprofit entity 
described in subparagraph (A) may use, to 
manage fee collections and reservations 
under this section, any visitor reservation 
service that the Secretary has provided for 
by contract or interagency agreement, sub-
ject to such terms and conditions as the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(ii) TRANSFER.—The Secretary may 
transfer, or cause to be transferred by an-
other Federal agency, to a non-Federal 
public entity or a private nonprofit entity 
described in subparagraph (A) user fees 
received by the Secretary or other Federal 
agency under a visitor reservation service 
described in clause (i) for recreation facili-
ties and natural resources managed by the 
non-Federal public entity or private non-
profit entity pursuant to a cooperative
agreement entered into under subsection 
(b). 
‘‘(2) USE OF FEES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A non-Federal public 
entity or private nonprofit entity that collects a 
user fee under paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(i) may retain up to 100 percent of 
the fees collected, as determined by the 
Secretary; and 
‘‘(ii) 
notwithstanding 
section 
210(b)(4) of the Flood Control Act of 
1968 (16 U.S.C. 460d–3(b)(4)), shall use 
any retained amounts for operation, main-
tenance, and management activities relat-
ing to recreation and natural resources at 
recreation site at which the fee is collected. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—The use by a non- 
Federal public entity or private nonprofit entity 
of user fees collected under paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(i) shall remain subject to the direc-
tion and oversight of the Secretary; and 
‘‘(ii) shall not affect any existing 
third-party property interest, lease, or 
agreement with the Secretary.
Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016, Pub-
lic Law 114–322’. 
‘‘(2) PRIVATE NONPROFIT ENTITY.—The term 
‘private nonprofit entity’ means an organization that 
is described in section 501(c) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under 
section 501(a) of that Code.’’. 
SEC. 124. RETENTION OF RECREATION FEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 210(b) of the Flood Con-
trol Act of 1968 (16 U.S.C. 460d–3(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Notwith-
standing’’ and all that follows through ‘‘to establish’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), 
the Secretary of the Army may establish’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘vehicle. Such 
maximum amount’’ and inserting ‘‘vehicle, which 
amount’’; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(4) DEPOSIT IN TREASURY.—Subject to para-
graph (5), the fees collected under this subsection 
shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United 
States as miscellaneous receipts. 
‘‘(5) RETENTION AND USE BY SECRETARY.—
‘‘(A) RETENTION.—Of the fees collected 
under this subsection, the Secretary may retain, 
for use in accordance with subparagraph 
(B)(ii), beginning in fiscal year 2035 and each 
fiscal year thereafter, the total amount of fees 
collected under this subsection for the fiscal 
year. 
‘‘(B) USE.—The amounts retained by the 
Secretary under subparagraph (A) shall— 
‘‘(i) be deposited in a special account, 
to be established in the Treasury; and 
‘‘(ii) be available for use, without fur-
ther appropriation, for the operation and 
maintenance of recreation sites and facili-
ties under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, 
subject to the condition that not less than 
80 percent of fees collected at a specific 
recreation site shall be used at such site. 
‘‘(6) TREATMENT.—Fees collected under this 
subsection— 
‘‘(A) shall be in addition to annual appro-
priated funding provided for the operation and 
maintenance of recreation sites and facilities 
under the jurisdiction of the Secretary; and
‘‘(B) shall not be used as a basis for re-
ducing annual appropriated funding for such 
operation and maintenance.’’. 
(b) SPECIAL ACCOUNTS.—Amounts in the special ac-
count for the Corps of Engineers described in section 
210(b)(4) of the Flood Control Act of 1968 (16 U.S.C. 
460d–3(b)(4)) (as in effect on the day before the date of 
enactment of this Act) that are unobligated on that date 
shall— 
(1) be transferred to the special account estab-
lished under paragraph (5)(B)(i) of section 210(b) 
of the Flood Control Act of 1968 (as added by sub-
section (a)(3)); and 
(2) be available to the Secretary of the Army 
for operation and maintenance of any recreation 
sites and facilities under the jurisdiction of the Sec-
retary of the Army, without further appropriation, 
subject to paragraph (5)(B)(ii) of such section (as 
added by subsection (a)(3)). 
SEC. 125. DATABASES OF CORPS RECREATIONAL SITES. 
The Secretary shall regularly update publicly avail-
able databases maintained, or cooperatively maintained, 
by the Corps of Engineers with information on sites oper-
ated or maintained by the Secretary that are used for rec-
reational purposes, including the operational status of, 
and the recreational opportunities available at, such sites. 
SEC. 126. SERVICES OF VOLUNTEERS. 
The Secretary may recognize a volunteer providing 
services under the heading ‘‘Department of Defense— 
Civil—Department of the Army—Corps of Engineers— 
Civil—General Provisions’’ in chapter IV of title I of the 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1983 (33 U.S.C. 569c) 
through an award or other appropriate means, except that 
such award may not be in the form of a cash award. 
SEC. 127. NONRECREATION OUTGRANT POLICY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall update 
the policy guidance of the Corps of Engineers for the eval-
uation and approval of nonrecreational real estate 
outgrant requests for the installation, on lands and waters 
operated and maintained by the Secretary, of infrastruc-
ture for the provision of broadband services. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—In updating the policy guid-
ance under subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that 
the policy guidance— 
(1) requires the consideration of benefits to the 
public in evaluating a request described in sub-
section (a);
(2) requires the Secretary to consider financial 
factors when determining whether there is a viable 
alternative to the installation for which approval is 
requested as described in subsection (a); 
(3) requires that a request described in sub-
section (a) be expeditiously approved or denied after 
submission of a completed application for such re-
quest; and 
(4) requires the Secretary to include in any de-
nial of such a request detailed information on the 
justification for the denial. 
(c) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section af-
fects or alters the responsibility of the Secretary— 
(1) to sustain and protect the natural resources 
of lands and waters operated and maintained by the 
Secretary; or 
(2) to carry out a water resources development 
project consistent with the purposes for which such 
project is authorized. 
SEC. 128. IMPROVEMENTS TO NATIONAL DAM SAFETY PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 2 of the National Dam 
Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (16) as para-
graph (17); and