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carrying out such improvements, the Secretary is author-
ized to use funds made available by the State of Tennessee 
from any Federal or State source, or both. 
SEC. 5130. TOWN CREEK, LENOIR CITY, TENNESSEE. 
The Secretary shall design and construct the project 
for flood damage reduction designated as Alternative 4 in 
the Town Creek, Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, 
feasibility report of the Nashville district engineer, dated 
November 2000, under the authority of section 205 of the 
Flood Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s), notwith-
standing section 1 of the Flood Control Act of June 22, 
1936 (33 U.S.C. 701a; 49 Stat. 1570). The non-Federal 
share of the cost of the project shall be subject to section 
103(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 
(33 U.S.C. 2213(a)). 
SEC. 5131. TENNESSEE RIVER PARTNERSHIP. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—As part of the operation and 
maintenance of the project for navigation, Tennessee 
River, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky, 
authorized by the first section of the River and Harbor 
Act of July 3, 1930 (46 Stat. 927), the Secretary may 
enter into a partnership with a nonprofit entity to remove 
debris from the Tennessee River in the vicinity of Knox-
ville, Tennessee, by providing a vessel to such entity, at 
Federal expense, for such debris removal purposes.
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(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$500,000. 
SEC. 5132. UPPER MISSISSIPPI EMBAYMENT, TENNESSEE, 
ARKANSAS, AND MISSISSIPPI. 
The Secretary may participate with non-Federal and 
nonprofit entities to address issues concerning managing 
groundwater as a sustainable resource through the Upper 
Mississippi Embayment, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mis-
sissippi, and coordinating the protection of groundwater 
supply and groundwater quality with local surface water 
protection programs. There is authorized to be appro-
priated $5,000,000 to carry out this section. 
SEC. 5133. BOSQUE RIVER WATERSHED, TEXAS. 
(a) COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with appropriate Federal, State, and local enti-
ties, shall develop, as expeditiously as practicable, a com-
prehensive plan for development of new technologies and 
innovative approaches for restoring, preserving, and pro-
tecting the Bosque River watershed within Bosque, Ham-
ilton, McLennan, and Erath Counties, Texas. The Sec-
retary, in cooperation with the Secretary of Agriculture, 
may carry out activities identified in the comprehensive 
plan to demonstrate practicable alternatives for stabiliza-
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tion and enhancement of land and water resources in the 
basin. 
(b) SERVICES
OF PUBLIC NON-PROFIT INSTITU-
TIONS AND OTHER ENTITIES.—In carrying out subsection 
(a), the Secretary may utilize, through contracts or other 
means, the services of public non-profit institutions and 
such other entities as the Secretary considers appropriate. 
(c) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The non-Federal share of 
the cost of activities carried out under this section 
shall be 35 percent. 
(2) CREDIT.—The Secretary shall credit toward 
the non-Federal share of the cost of activities car-
ried out under this section the cost of planning, de-
sign, and construction work completed by or on be-
half of the non-Federal interests for implementation 
of measures constructed with assistance provided 
under this section. The amount of such credit shall 
not exceed the non-Federal share of the cost of such 
activities. 
(3) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE.—The non- 
Federal share of the cost of operation and mainte-
nance for measures constructed with assistance pro-
vided under this section shall be 100 percent.