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‘‘(2) FORM.—The assistance under paragraph 
(1) shall be in the form of design and construction as-
sistance for water-related resource protection and res-
toration projects affecting the Chesapeake Bay estu-
ary, based on the comprehensive plan under sub-
section (b), including projects for— 
‘‘(A) sediment and erosion control; 
‘‘(B) protection of eroding shorelines; 
‘‘(C) ecosystem restoration, including res-
toration of submerged aquatic vegetation; 
‘‘(D) protection of essential public works; 
‘‘(E) beneficial uses of dredged material; 
and 
‘‘(F) other related projects that may en-
hance the living resources of the estuary.’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(b) COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of enactment of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 2013, the Secretary, in cooperation with 
State and local governmental officials and affected 
stakeholders, shall develop a comprehensive Chesa-
peake Bay restoration plan to guide the implementa-
tion of projects under subsection (a)(2).
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‘‘(2) COORDINATION.—The restoration plan de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall, to the maximum ex-
tent practicable, consider and avoid duplication of 
any ongoing or planned actions of other Federal, 
State, and local agencies and nongovernmental orga-
nizations. 
‘‘(3) PRIORITIZATION.—The restoration plan de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall give priority to 
projects eligible under subsection (a)(2) that will also 
improve water quality or quantity or use natural 
hydrological features and systems. 
‘‘(4) ADMINISTRATION.—The Federal share of the 
costs of carrying out paragraph (1) shall be 75 per-
cent.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘to pro-
vide’’ and all that follows through the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘for the design and con-
struction of a project carried out pursuant to the 
comprehensive Chesapeake Bay restoration plan 
described in subsection (b).’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘fa-
cilities or resource protection and development 
plan’’ and inserting ‘‘resource protection and 
restoration plan’’; and
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(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) PROJECTS ON FEDERAL LAND.—A project 
carried out pursuant to the comprehensive Chesapeake 
Bay restoration plan described in subsection (b) that 
is located on Federal land shall be carried out at the 
expense of the Federal agency that owns the land on 
which the project will be a carried out. 
‘‘(4) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS.—A Federal 
agency carrying out a project described in paragraph 
(3) may accept contributions of funds from non-Fed-
eral entities to carry out that project.’’; 
(4) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(e) COOPERATION.—In carrying out this section, the 
Secretary shall cooperate with— 
‘‘(1) the heads of appropriate Federal agencies, 
including— 
‘‘(A) the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency; 
‘‘(B) the Secretary of Commerce, acting 
through the Administrator of the National 
Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration; 
‘‘(C) the Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Director of the United States Fish 
and Wildlife Service; and
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‘‘(D) the heads of such other Federal agen-
cies as the Secretary determines to be appro-
priate; and 
‘‘(2) agencies of a State or political subdivision 
of a State, including the Chesapeake Bay Commis-
sion.’’; 
(5) by striking subsection (f) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(f) PROJECTS.—The Secretary shall establish, to the 
maximum extent practicable, at least 1 project under this 
section in— 
‘‘(1) regions within the Chesapeake Bay water-
shed of each of the basin States of Delaware, Mary-
land, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West 
Virginia; and 
‘‘(2) the District of Columbia.’’; 
(6) by striking subsection (h); and 
(7) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection 
(h). 
SEC. 5004. RIO GRANDE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, TEXAS. 
Section 5056 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 2007 (121 Stat. 1213) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2)—
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(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘2008’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’; 
and 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘and 
an assessment of needs for other related purposes 
in the Rio Grande Basin, including flood dam-
age reduction’’ after ‘‘assessment’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘an interagency agreement 
with’’ and inserting ‘‘1 or more interagency 
agreements with the Secretary of State and’’; 
and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or the U.S. Section of the 
International Boundary and Water Commis-
sion’’ after ‘‘the Department of the Interior’’; 
and 
(3) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘2011’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2024’’. 
SEC. 5005. LOWER COLUMBIA RIVER AND TILLAMOOK BAY 
ECOSYSTEM 
RESTORATION, 
OREGON 
AND 
WASHINGTON. 
Section 536(g) of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 2000 (114 Stat. 2661) is amended by striking 
‘‘$30,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$75,000,000’’.
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SEC. 5006. ARKANSAS RIVER, ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA. 
(a) PROJECT GOAL.—The goal for operation of the 
McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River navigation system, Arkan-
sas and Oklahoma, shall be to maximize the use of the sys-
tem in a balanced approach that incorporates advice from 
representatives from all project purposes to ensure that the 
full value of the system is realized by the United States. 
(b) MCCLELLAN-KERR ARKANSAS RIVER NAVIGATION 
SYSTEM ADVISORY COMMITTEE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with the Fed-
eral Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), the 
Secretary shall establish an advisory committee for 
the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River navigation sys-
tem, Arkansas and Oklahoma, project authorized by 
the Act of July 24, 1946 (60 Stat. 635, chapter 595). 
(2) DUTIES.—The advisory committee shall— 
(A) serve in an advisory capacity only; and 
(B) provide information and recommenda-
tions to the Corps of Engineers relating to the ef-
ficiency, reliability, and availability of the oper-
ations of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River 
navigation system. 
(3) SELECTION
AND
COMPOSITION.—The advi-
sory committee shall be—
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(A) selected jointly by the Little Rock dis-
trict engineer and the Tulsa district engineer; 
and 
(B) composed of members that equally rep-
resent the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River navi-
gation system project purposes. 
(4) AGENCY RESOURCES.—The Little Rock dis-
trict and the Tulsa district of the Corps of Engineers, 
under the supervision of the southwestern division, 
shall jointly provide the advisory committee with ade-
quate staff assistance, facilities, and resources. 
(5) TERMINATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph 
(B), the advisory committee shall terminate on 
the date on which the Secretary submits a report 
to Congress demonstrating increases in the effi-
ciency, reliability, and availability of the 
McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River navigation sys-
tem. 
(B) RESTRICTION.—The advisory committee 
shall terminate not less than 2 calendar years 
after the date on which the advisory committee 
is established.
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SEC. 5007. AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES PREVENTION AND 
MANAGEMENT; COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may establish a pro-
gram to prevent and manage aquatic invasive species in 
the Columbia River Basin in the States of Idaho, Montana, 
Oregon, and Washington. 
(b) WATERCRAFT INSPECTION STATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this section, 
the Secretary shall establish watercraft inspection sta-
tions in the Columbia River Basin to be located in 
the States of Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Wash-
ington at locations, as determined by the Secretary, 
with the highest likelihood of preventing the spread of 
aquatic invasive species into reservoirs operated and 
maintained by the Secretary. 
(2) INCLUSIONS.—Locations identified under 
paragraph (1) may include— 
(A) State border crossings; 
(B) international border crossings; and 
(C) highway entry points that are used by 
owners of watercraft to access boat launch facili-
ties owned or managed by the Secretary. 
(3) COST-SHARE.—The non-Federal share of the 
cost of operating and maintaining watercraft inspec-
tion stations described in paragraph (1) (including 
personnel costs) shall be 50 percent.
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(4) OTHER INSPECTION SITES.—The Secretary 
may establish watercraft inspection stations using 
amounts made available to carry out this section in 
States other than those described in paragraph (1) at 
or near boat launch facilities that the Secretary deter-
mines are regularly used by watercraft to enter the 
States described in paragraph (1). 
(c) MONITORING AND CONTINGENCY PLANNING.—The 
Secretary shall— 
(1) carry out risk assessments of each major pub-
lic and private water resources facility in the Colum-
bia River Basin; 
(2) establish an aquatic invasive species moni-
toring program in the Columbia River Basin; 
(3) establish a Columbia River Basin watershed- 
wide plan for expedited response to an infestation of 
aquatic invasive species; and 
(4) monitor water quality, including sediment 
cores and fish tissue samples, at facilities owned or 
managed by the Secretary in the Columbia River 
Basin. 
(d) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this section, the 
Secretary shall consult and coordinate with— 
(1) the States described in subsection (a); 
(2) Indian tribes; and
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(3) other Federal agencies, including— 
(A) the Department of Agriculture; 
(B) the Department of Energy; 
(C) the Department of Homeland Security; 
(D) the Department of Commerce; and 
(E) the Department of the Interior. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out 
this section $30,000,000, of which $5,000,000 may be used 
to carry out subsection (c). 
SEC. 5008. UPPER MISSOURI BASIN FLOOD AND DROUGHT 
MONITORING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordination 
with the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration, the Chief of the Natural Resources 
Conservation Service, the Director of the United States Geo-
logical Survey, and the Commissioner of the Bureau of Rec-
lamation, shall establish a program to provide for— 
(1) soil moisture and snowpack monitoring in 
the Upper Missouri River Basin to reduce flood risk 
and improve river and water resource management in 
the Upper Missouri River Basin, as outlined in the 
February 2013 report entitled ‘‘Upper Missouri Basin 
Monitoring Committee—Snow Sampling and Instru-
mentation Recommendations’’;
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(2) restoring and maintaining existing mid- and 
high-elevation snowpack monitoring sites operated 
under the SNOTEL program of the Natural Resources 
Conservation Service; and 
(3) operating streamflow gages and related inter-
pretive studies in the Upper Missouri River Basin 
under the cooperative water program and the na-
tional streamflow information program of the United 
States Geological Service. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out 
this section $11,250,000. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts made available to the 
Secretary under this section shall be used to complement 
other related activities of Federal agencies that are carried 
out within the Missouri River Basin. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
States, in consultation with the Secretary, shall submit to 
the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the 
Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives a report that— 
(1) identifies progress made by the Secretary and 
other Federal agencies to implement the recommenda-
tions contained in the report described in subsection
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(a)(1) with respect to enhancing soil moisture and 
snowpack monitoring in the Upper Missouri Basin; 
and 
(2) includes recommendations to enhance soil 
moisture and snowpack monitoring in the Upper Mis-
souri Basin. 
SEC. 5009. UPPER MISSOURI BASIN SHORELINE EROSION 
PREVENTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE.—The Sec-
retary may provide planning, design, and construc-
tion assistance to not more than 3 federally-recog-
nized Indian tribes in the Upper Missouri River 
Basin to undertake measures to address shoreline ero-
sion that is jeopardizing existing infrastructure re-
sulting from operation of a reservoir constructed 
under the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program 
(authorized by section 9 of the Act of December 22, 
1944 (commonly known as the ‘‘Flood Control Act of 
1944’’) (58 Stat. 891, chapter 665)). 
(2) LIMITATION.—The projects described in 
paragraph (1) shall be economically justified, tech-
nically feasible, and environmentally acceptable. 
(b) FEDERAL AND NON-FEDERAL COST SHARE.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the 
Federal share of the costs of carrying out this section 
shall be not less than 75 percent. 
(2) ABILITY TO PAY.—The Secretary may adjust 
the Federal and non-Federal shares of the costs of car-
rying out this section in accordance with the terms 
and conditions of section 103(m) of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 
2213(m)). 
(c) CONDITIONS.—The Secretary may provide the as-
sistance described in subsection (a) only after— 
(1) consultation with the Department of the Inte-
rior; and 
(2) execution by the Indian tribe of a memo-
randum of agreement with the Secretary that specifies 
that the tribe shall— 
(A) be responsible for— 
(i) all operation and maintenance ac-
tivities required to ensure the integrity of 
the measures taken; and 
(ii) providing any required real estate 
interests in and to the property on which 
such measures are to be taken; and 
(B) hold and save the United States free 
from damages arising from planning, design, or
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construction assistance provided under this sec-
tion, except for damages due to the fault or neg-
ligence of the United States or its contractors. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For each 
Indian tribe eligible under this section, there is authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this section not more than 
$30,000,000. 
SEC. 5010. NORTHERN ROCKIES HEADWATERS EXTREME 
WEATHER MITIGATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the Sec-
retary shall establish a program to mitigate the impacts 
of extreme weather events, such as floods and droughts, on 
communities, water users, and fish and wildlife located in 
and along the headwaters of the Columbia, Missouri, and 
Yellowstone Rivers (including the tributaries of those rivers) 
in the States of Idaho and Montana by carrying out river, 
stream, and floodplain protection and restoration projects, 
including— 
(1) floodplain restoration and reconnection; 
(2) floodplain and riparian area protection 
through the use of conservation easements; 
(3) instream flow restoration projects; 
(4) fish passage improvements; 
(5) channel migration zone mapping; and 
(6) invasive weed management.
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(b) RESTRICTION.—All projects carried out using 
amounts made available to carry out this section shall em-
phasize the protection and enhancement of natural riverine 
processes. 
(c) NON-FEDERAL COST SHARE.—The non-Federal 
share of the costs of carrying out a project under this section 
shall not exceed 35 percent of the total cost of the project. 
(d) COORDINATION.—In carrying out this section, the 
Secretary— 
(1) shall consult and coordinate with the appro-
priate State natural resource agency in each State; 
and 
(2) may— 
(A) delegate any authority or responsibility 
of the Secretary under this section to those State 
natural resource agencies; and 
(B) provide amounts made available to the 
Secretary to carry out this section to those State 
natural resource agencies. 
(e) LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in this section invalidates, 
preempts, or creates any exception to State water law, State 
water rights, or Federal or State permitted activities or 
agreements in the States of Idaho and Montana or any 
State containing tributaries to rivers in those States. 
(f) EFFECT OF SECTION.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this section re-
places or provides a substitute for the authority to 
carry out projects under section 3110 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1135). 
(2) FUNDING.—The amounts made available to 
carry out this section shall be used to carry out 
projects that are not otherwise carried out under sec-
tion 3110 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
2007 (121 Stat. 1135). 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out 
this section $30,000,000. 
SEC. 5011. AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES PREVENTION, 
GREAT LAKES AND MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to im-
plement measures recommended in the efficacy study au-
thorized under section 3061 of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1121) or in interim reports, 
with any modifications or any emergency measures that the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate to prevent aquatic 
nuisance species from dispersing into the Great Lakes by 
way of any hydrologic connection between the Great Lakes 
and the Mississippi River Basin. 
(b) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall report to the Com-
mittees on Environment and Public Works and Appropria-
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tions of the Senate and the Committees on Transportation 
and Infrastructure and Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives any emergency actions taken pursuant to 
this section. 
SEC. 5012. MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI RIVER PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with the project for 
navigation, Mississippi River between the Ohio and Mis-
souri Rivers (Regulating Works), Missouri and Illinois, au-
thorized by the Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 631, chapter 
382) (commonly known as the ‘‘River and Harbor Act of 
1910’’), the Act of January 1, 1927 (44 Stat. 1010, chapter 
47) (commonly known as the ‘‘River and Harbor Act of 
1927’’), and the Act of July 3, 1930 (46 Stat. 918, chapter 
847), the Secretary shall carry out a pilot program to re-
store and protect fish and wildlife habitat in the middle 
Mississippi River. 
(b) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—As part of the pilot 
program carried out under subsection (a), the Secretary 
may carry out any activity along the Middle Mississippi 
River that is necessary to improve navigation through the 
project while restoring and protecting fish and wildlife 
habitat in the middle Mississippi River if the Secretary de-
termines that the activity is feasible. 
(c) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The maximum Federal share 
of the cost of carrying out a project under this section 
shall be 65 percent. 
(2) AMOUNT
EXPENDED
PER
PROJECT.—The 
Federal share described in paragraph (1) shall not ex-
ceed $10,000,000 for each project. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2023. 
SEC. 5013. IDAHO, MONTANA, RURAL NEVADA, NEW MEXICO, 
RURAL UTAH, AND WYOMING. 
Section 595 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1999 (Public Law 106–53; 113 Stat. 383) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(c) FORM OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance under this 
section may be in the form of— 
‘‘(1) design and construction assistance for 
water-related environmental infrastructure and re-
source protection and development in Idaho, Mon-
tana, rural Nevada, New Mexico, rural Utah, and 
Wyoming, including projects for— 
‘‘(A) wastewater treatment and related fa-
cilities; 
‘‘(B) water supply and related facilities;