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on the budget for fiscal year 2006: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of the Army acting through the Chief of Engi-
neers is directed to use funds appropriated herein for dis-
aster and other emergency needs, of which up to $1,000,000 
is for Flood Plain Management Services for flood hazard 
and hydrologic investigations in flood prone areas of Ha-
waii; up to $1,250,000 is for the Delta Islands and Levee 
study in California; and $250,000 is for completion of the 
CALFED 180-day levee study: Provided further, That the 
amount shall be available for the studies identified above 
and only to the extent that an official budget request for 
a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the 
entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement, 
is transmitted by the President to the Congress. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’ for nec-
essary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane 
Katrina and other hurricanes of the 2005 season, 
$595,300,000, to remain available until expended, of which 
up to $100,000,000 may be used to reduce the risk of storm 
damage to the greater New Orleans metropolitan area, at 
full Federal expense, by restoring the surrounding wetlands 
through measures to begin to reverse wetland losses in areas 
affected by navigation, oil and gas, and other channels and 
through modification of the Caernarvon Freshwater Diver-
sion structure or its operations; at least $495,300,000 shall 
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be used consistent with the cost-sharing provisions under 
which the projects were originally constructed to raise levee 
heights where necessary and otherwise enhance the existing 
Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity project and the existing 
West Bank and Vicinity project to provide the levels of pro-
tection necessary to achieve the certification required for 
participation in the National Flood Insurance Program 
under the base flood elevations current at the time of this 
construction: Provided, That any project using funds ap-
propriated herein shall be initiated only after non-Federal 
interests have entered into binding agreements with the Sec-
retary of the Army to pay 100 percent of the operation, 
maintenance, repair, replacement and rehabilitation costs 
of the project and to hold and save the United States free 
from damages due to the construction or operation and 
maintenance of the project, except for damages due to the 
fault or negligence of the United States or its contractors: 
Provided further, That Congress designates this amount as 
an emergency requirement for these specific purposes: Pro-
vided further, That the amount provided under this heading 
is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concur-
rent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006. 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’ for nec-
essary expenses related to other disasters, $39,000,000, to 
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remain available until expended: Provided, That the 
amount provided under this heading is designated as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. 
Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 
budget for fiscal year 2006: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary of the Army acting through the Chief of Engineers 
is directed to use funds appropriated herein for disaster and 
other emergency needs, of which up to $7,100,000 is for 
South Sacramento Streams, California; up to $23,300,000 
is for the Sacramento River Bank Protection, California; 
up to $5,100,000 is for American River (Common Fea-
tures), California; up to $1,500,000 is for North Padre Is-
land, Texas; and up to $2,000,000 shall be provided at full 
Federal expense for the Hawaii water systems technical as-
sistance program: Provided further, That the amount shall 
be available for the projects identified above and only to 
the extent that an official budget request for a specific dollar 
amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of 
the request as an emergency requirement, is transmitted by 
the President to the Congress. 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Main-
tenance’’ to dredge navigation channels and repair other 
Corps projects related to the consequences of Hurricane 
Katrina and other hurricanes of the 2005 season, 
$3,200,000 to remain available until expended: Provided, 
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That the amount provided under this heading is designated 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of 
H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 2006: Provided further, That 
the Secretary of the Army acting through the Chief of Engi-
neers is directed to use funds appropriated herein for dredg-
ing needs along the Texas gulf coast, of which up to 
$2,000,000 is for Freeport Harbor, Texas; and up to 
$1,200,000 is for Texas City, Texas: Provided further, That 
the amount shall be available only for the projects identified 
above and to the extent that an official budget request for 
a specific dollar amount, that includes designation of the 
entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement, 
is transmitted by the President to the Congress. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Flood Control and 
Coastal Emergencies’’, as authorized by section 5 of the Act 
of August 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n), for necessary expenses 
relating to the consequences of Hurricane Katrina and other 
hurricanes of the 2005 season, $3,299,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of 
the Army is directed to use the funds appropriated under 
this heading to modify, at full Federal expense, authorized 
projects in southeast Louisiana to provide hurricane and 
storm damage reduction and flood damage reduction in the 
greater New Orleans and surrounding areas; of the funds 
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appropriated under this heading, $200,000,000 shall be 
used for section 2401; $530,000,000 shall be used to modify 
the 17th Street, Orleans Avenue, and London Avenue drain-
age canals and install pumps and closure structures at or 
near the lakefront; $250,000,000 shall be used for storm- 
proofing interior pump stations to ensure the operability 
of the stations during hurricanes, storms, and high water 
events; $170,000,000 shall be used for armoring critical ele-
ments of the New Orleans hurricane and storm damage re-
duction system; $350,000,000 shall be used to improve pro-
tection 
at 
the 
Inner 
Harbor 
Navigation 
Canal; 
$215,000,000 shall be used to replace or modify certain non- 
Federal levees in Plaquemines Parish to incorporate the lev-
ees into the existing New Orleans to Venice hurricane pro-
tection project; and $1,584,000,000 shall be used for rein-
forcing or replacing flood walls, as necessary, in the existing 
Lake Pontchartrain and vicinity project and the existing 
West Bank and vicinity project to improve the performance 
of the systems: Provided further, That any project using 
funds appropriated under this heading shall be initiated 
only after non-Federal interests have entered into binding 
agreements with the Secretary to pay 100 percent of the 
operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabili-
tation costs of the project and to hold and save the United 
States free from damages due to the construction or oper-
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ation and maintenance of the project, except for damages 
due to the fault or negligence of the United States or its 
contractors: Provided further, That the amount provided 
under this heading is designated as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th 
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 2006. 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Flood Control and 
Coastal Emergencies’’, as authorized by section 5 of the Act 
of August 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n), for necessary expenses 
relating 
to 
those 
hurricanes 
and 
other 
disasters, 
$17,500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the amount provided under this heading is designated 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of 
H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution 
on the budget for fiscal year 2006: Provided further, That 
the Secretary, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is di-
rected to use funds appropriated under this heading for the 
restoration of funds for hurricane-damaged projects in the 
State of Pennsylvania: Provided further, That the amount 
shall be available for the projects identified above and only 
to the extent that an official budget request for a specific 
dollar amount, including a designation of the entire 
amount of the request as an emergency requirement, is 
transmitted by the President to Congress. 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS CHAPTER 
FLOOD PROTECTION, LOUISIANA 
SEC. 2401. (a) There shall be made available 
$200,000,000 for the Secretary of the Army (referred to in 
this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) to provide, at full Federal 
expense— 
(1) removal of the existing pumping stations on 
the 3 interior drainage canals in Jefferson and Orle-
ans Parishes and realignment of the drainage canals 
to direct interior flows to the new permanent pump 
stations to be constructed at Lake Pontchartrain; 
(2) repairs, replacements, modifications, and im-
provements of non-Federal levees and associated pro-
tection measures— 
(A) in areas of Terrebonne Parish; and 
(B) on the east bank of the Mississippi 
River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana; and 
(3) for armoring the hurricane and storm dam-
age reduction system in south Louisiana. 
(4) A project under this section shall be initiated 
only after non-Federal interests have entered into 
binding agreements with the Secretary to pay 100 
percent of the operation and maintenance costs of the 
project and to hold and save the United States free 
from damages due to the construction or operation 
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and maintenance of the project, except for damages 
due to the fault or negligence of the United States or 
its contractors. 
(5) Not later than 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act the Secretary in consultation with 
Plaquemines Parish and the State of Louisiana shall 
submit to Congress a report detailing a modified plan 
regarding levels of protection for lower Plaquemines 
Parish, Louisiana, relating to hurricane protection 
with a focus on— 
(A) protecting densely populated areas; 
(B) energy infrastructure; 
(C) structural and nonstructural coastal 
barriers and protection; 
(D) port facilities; and 
(E) the long-term maintenance and protec-
tion of the deep draft navigation channel on the 
Mississippi River, not including the Mississippi 
River-Gulf Outlet. 
(6) Not later than 30 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary shall offer to enter 
into a contract with the National Academies to pro-
vide to the Secretary a report, by not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, describ-
ing, for the period beginning on the date on which the 
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individual system components for hurricane and 
storm damage reduction was constructed and ending 
on the date on which the report is prepared, the dif-
ference between— 
(A) the portion of the vertical depreciation 
of the system that is attributable to design and 
construction flaws, taking into consideration the 
settling of levees and floodwalls or subsidence; 
and 
(B) the portion of that depreciation that is 
attributable to the application of new storm data 
that may require a higher level of vertical protec-
tion in order to comply with 100-year floodplain 
certification and standard protect hurricane. 
(7) The Secretary of the Army, acting through 
the Chief of Engineers, shall use $3,500,000 within 
the funds provided in Sec. 2401(a) to develop a com-
prehensive plan, at full Federal expense, to, at a min-
imum, deauthorize deep draft navigation on the Mis-
sissippi River-Gulf Outlet established by Public Law 
84–455 (70 Stat. 65, chapter 112) (referred to in this 
matter as the ‘‘Outlet’’), extending from the Gulf of 
Mexico to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, and ad-
dress wetland losses attributable to the Outlet, channel 
bank erosion, hurricane and storm protection, salt-
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water intrusion, navigation, ecosystem restoration, 
and related issues: Provided, That the plan shall in-
clude recommended authorization modifications to the 
Outlet regarding what, if any, navigation should con-
tinue, measures to provide hurricane and storm pro-
tection, prevent saltwater intrusion, and re-establish 
the storm buffering properties and ecological integrity 
of the wetland damaged by construction and oper-
ation of the Outlet, and complement restoration of 
coastal Louisiana: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall develop the plan in consultation with the 
Parish of St. Bernard, Louisiana, the State of Lou-
isiana, the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of 
Commerce, the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, and the National Academy of 
Sciences: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
seek input, review, and comment from the public and 
the scientific community for incorporation into the 
interim plan: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall ensure that an independent panel of experts es-
tablished by the National Academy of Sciences re-
views and provides written comments for incorpora-
tion into the interim plan: Provided further, That, 
not later than 6 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit an interim re-
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