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determines such information is applicable, appropriate, or 
otherwise authorized by law. 
(f) COST SHARE.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Federal share of the cost of a study con-
ducted under this section shall be— 
(A) 100 percent for costs not to exceed $100,000; and 
(B) 50 percent for any costs above $100,000. 
(2) CONSTRUCTION.—A small water storage project carried 
out under this section shall be subject to the cost-sharing 
requirements applicable to projects under section 103 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213), 
including— 
(A) municipal and industrial water supply: 100 percent 
non-Federal; 
(B) agricultural water supply: 35 percent non-Federal; 
and 
(C) recreation, including recreational navigation: 50 
percent of separable costs and, in the case of any harbor 
or inland harbor or channel project, 50 percent of joint 
and separable costs allocated to recreational navigation. 
(g) OMRRR RESPONSIBILITY.—The costs of operation, mainte-
nance, repair, and replacement and rehabilitation for a small water 
storage project constructed under this section shall be the responsi-
bility of the non-Federal interest. 
(h) INDIVIDUAL PROJECT LIMIT.—Not more than $65,000,000 
in Federal funds may be made available to a small water storage 
project under this section. 
(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is authorized 
to be appropriated to carry out this section $130,000,000 annually 
through fiscal year 2030. 
SEC. 156. PLANNING ASSISTANCE TO STATES. 
In carrying out section 22 of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–16), the Secretary shall provide equal 
priority for all mission areas of the Corps of Engineers, including 
water supply and water conservation. 
SEC. 157. FORECAST-INFORMED RESERVOIR OPERATIONS. 
Section 1222 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2018 
(128 Stat. 3811) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL UTILIZATION
OF FORECAST-INFORMED RES-
ERVOIR OPERATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment 
and Public Works of the Senate a report on any additional 
opportunities identified for utilizing forecast-informed reservoir 
operations across the United States, including an assessment 
of the viability of forecast-informed reservoir operations in the 
Upper Missouri River Basin and the North Platte River Basin. 
‘‘(2) FORECAST-INFORMED RESERVOIR OPERATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) AUTHORIZATION.—If the Secretary determines, and 
includes in the report submitted under paragraph (1), that 
forecast-informed reservoir operations are viable at a res-
ervoir in the Upper Missouri River Basin or the North 
Platte River Basin, including a reservoir for which the 
Secretary has flood control responsibilities under section
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7 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (33 U.S.C. 709), the 
Secretary is authorized to carry out forecast-informed res-
ervoir operations at such reservoir. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—Subject to the availability of 
appropriations, if the Secretary determines, and includes 
in the report submitted under paragraph (1), that forecast- 
informed reservoir operations are viable in the Upper Mis-
souri River Basin or the North Platte River Basin, the 
Secretary shall carry out forecast-informed reservoir oper-
ations at not fewer than one reservoir in such basin.’’. 
SEC. 158. DATA FOR WATER ALLOCATION, SUPPLY, AND DEMAND. 
(a) STUDY
ON DATA
FOR WATER ALLOCATION, SUPPLY, AND 
DEMAND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall offer to enter into 
an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to conduct 
a study on the ability of Federal agencies to coordinate with 
other Federal agencies, State and local agencies, Indian Tribes, 
communities, universities, consortiums, councils, and other rel-
evant entities with expertise in water resources to facilitate 
and coordinate the sharing among such entities of water alloca-
tion, supply, and demand data, including— 
(A) any catalogs of such data; 
(B) definitions of any commonly used terms relating 
to water allocation, supply, and demand; and 
(C) a description of any common standards used by 
those entities. 
(2) REPORT.—If the National Academy of Sciences enters 
into an agreement under paragraph (1), to the maximum extent 
practicable, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the National Academy of Sciences shall submit 
to Congress a report that includes— 
(A) the results of the study under paragraph (1); 
(B) recommendations for ways to streamline and make 
cost-effective methods for Federal agencies to coordinate 
interstate sharing of data, including recommendations for 
the development of a publicly accessible, internet-based 
platform that can allow entities described in paragraph 
(1) to communicate and coordinate ongoing data collection 
efforts relating to water allocation, supply, and demand, 
and share best practices relating to those efforts; and 
(C) a recommendation as to an appropriate Federal 
entity that should— 
(i) serve as the lead coordinator for the sharing 
of data relating to water allocation, supply, and 
demand; and 
(ii) host and manage the internet-based platform 
described in subparagraph (B). 
(b) DATA
TRANSPARENCY.—The Secretary shall prioritize 
making publicly available water resources data in the custody of 
the Corps of Engineers, as authorized by section 2017 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 2342). 
(c) FUNDING.—From amounts otherwise appropriated or made 
available to the Secretary, the Secretary may make available to 
the National Academy of Sciences not more than $3,900,000, to 
be used for the review of information provided by the Corps of
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Engineers for purposes of a study under subsection (a). The Sec-
retary may accept funds from another Federal agency and make 
such funds available to the National Academy of Sciences, to be 
used for the review of information provided by such agency for 
purposes of a study under subsection (a). 
SEC. 159. INLAND WATERWAYS PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AUTHORIZED PROJECT.—The term ‘‘authorized project’’ 
means a federally authorized water resources development 
project for navigation on the inland waterways. 
(2) MODERNIZATION ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘‘modernization 
activities’’ means construction or major rehabilitation activities 
for any authorized project. 
(3) 
NON-FEDERAL
INTEREST.—The 
term 
‘‘non-Federal 
interest’’ means any public body described in section 221(b) 
of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b(b)). 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary is 
authorized to carry out a pilot program for modernization activities 
on the inland waterways system. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the pilot program under 
this section, the Secretary may— 
(A) accept and expend funds provided by a non-Federal 
interest to carry out, for an authorized project (or a sepa-
rable element of an authorized project), modernization 
activities for such project; or 
(B) coordinate with the non-Federal interest in order 
to allow the non-Federal interest to carry out, for an author-
ized project (or a separable element of an authorized 
project), such modernization activities. 
(2) NUMBER.—The Secretary shall select not more than 
2 authorized projects to participate in the pilot program under 
paragraph (1). 
(3) CONDITIONS.—Before carrying out modernization activi-
ties pursuant to paragraph (1)(B), a non-Federal interest shall— 
(A) obtain any permit or approval required in connec-
tion with such activities under Federal or State law that 
would be required if the Secretary were to carry out such 
activities; and 
(B) ensure that a final environmental impact statement 
or environmental assessment, as appropriate, for such 
activities has been filed pursuant to the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969. 
(4) MONITORING.—For any modernization activities carried 
out by the non-Federal interest pursuant to this section, the 
Secretary shall regularly monitor and audit such activities to 
ensure that— 
(A) the modernization activities are carried out in 
accordance with this section; and 
(B) the cost of the modernization activities is reason-
able. 
(5) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements of section 3142 of 
title 40, United States Code shall apply to any modernization 
activities undertaken under or pursuant to this section, either 
by the Secretary or the non-Federal interest. 
(d) AGREEMENTS.—
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(1) ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY NON-FEDERAL INTEREST.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.— 
(i) WRITTEN
AGREEMENT.—Before a non-Federal 
interest initiates modernization activities for an 
authorized project pursuant to this subsection (c)(1)(B), 
the non-Federal interest shall enter into a written 
agreement with the Secretary, under section 221 of 
the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b), 
that requires the modernization activities to be carried 
out in accordance with— 
(I) a plan approved by the Secretary; and 
(II) any other terms and conditions specified 
by the Secretary in the agreement. 
(ii) REQUIREMENTS.—A written agreement under 
clause (i) shall provide that the non-Federal interest 
shall comply with the same legal and technical require-
ments that would apply if the modernization activities 
were carried out by the Secretary, including all mitiga-
tion required to offset environmental impacts of the 
activities, as determined by the Secretary. 
(B) ALIGNMENT WITH ONGOING ACTIVITIES.—A written 
agreement under subparagraph (A) shall include provisions 
that, to the maximum extent practicable, align moderniza-
tion activities under this section with ongoing operations 
and maintenance activities for the applicable authorized 
project. 
(C) INDEMNIFICATION.—As part of a written agreement 
under subparagraph (A), the non-Federal interest shall 
agree to hold and save the United States free from liability 
for any and all damage that arises from the modernization 
activities carried out by the non-Federal interest pursuant 
to this section. 
(2) ACTIVITIES
CARRIED
OUT
BY
SECRETARY.—For mod-
ernization activities to be carried out by the Secretary pursuant 
to subsection (c)(1)(A), the non-Federal interest shall enter into 
a written agreement with the Secretary, containing such terms 
and conditions as the Secretary determines appropriate. 
(e) REIMBURSEMENT.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION.—Subject to the availability of appro-
priations, the Secretary may reimburse a non-Federal interest 
for the costs of modernization activities carried out by the 
non-Federal interest pursuant to an agreement entered into 
under subsection (d), or for funds provided to the Secretary 
under subsection (c)(1)(A), if— 
(A) the non-Federal interest complies with the agree-
ment entered into under subsection (d); and 
(B) with respect to modernization activities carried 
out by the non-Federal interest pursuant to the agreement, 
the Secretary determines that the non-Federal interest 
complied with all applicable Federal requirements in car-
rying out the modernization activities. 
(2) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may only reimburse a non- 
Federal interest under paragraph (1) for costs of construction 
that would otherwise be paid from amounts appropriated from 
the general fund of the Treasury pursuant to section 102 of 
the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2212). 
(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section—