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Union Calendar No. 109 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2641 
[Report No. 110–185] 
Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2007 
Mr. VISCLOSKY, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for energy and water development 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2008, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for en-
ergy and water development and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
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TITLE I—CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
The following appropriations shall be expended under 
the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the super-
vision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil func-
tions of the Department of the Army pertaining to rivers 
and harbors, flood and storm damage reduction, aquatic 
ecosystem restoration, and related purposes. 
INVESTIGATIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the collection and study 
of basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood 
and storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restora-
tion, and related projects; restudy of authorized projects, 
miscellaneous investigations; and, when authorized by law, 
surveys and detailed studies, and plans and specifications, 
of proposed projects, $120,100,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the funds provided 
under this heading of Public Law 106–554, $100,000 are 
rescinded. 
CONSTRUCTION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the construction of river 
and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, aquatic 
ecosystem restoration, and related projects authorized by 
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law, including a portion of the expenses for the modifica-
tions authorized by section 104 of the Everglades National 
Park Protection and Expansion Act of 1989; for con-
ducting detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of 
such projects authorized or made eligible for selection by 
law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifica-
tions, shall not constitute a Federal commitment to con-
struction); $2,008,874,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which such sums as are necessary to cover one- 
half of the costs of construction, replacement, and expan-
sion of inland waterways projects shall be derived from 
the Inland Waterways Trust Fund; and of which 
$8,000,000 shall be exclusively for projects and activities 
authorized under section 107 of the River and Harbor Act 
of 1960; and of which $45,000,000 shall be exclusively 
available for projects and activities authorized under sec-
tion 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948; and of which 
$10,000,000 shall be exclusively for projects and activities 
authorized under section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 
1946; and of which $25,000,000 shall be exclusively for 
projects and activities authorized under section 1135 of 
the Water Resources Development Act of 1986; and of 
which $25,000,000 shall be exclusively for projects and ac-
tivities authorized under section 206 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1996: Provided, That of the 
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funds provided under this heading the following amounts 
are rescinded: from Public Law 101–101, $435,000; from 
Public Law 102–377, $1,740,000; from Public Law 103– 
126, $797,000; from Public Law 105–245, $1,716,000. 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
For expenses necessary for flood damage reduction 
projects and related efforts in the Mississippi River allu-
vial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized 
by law, $278,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal 
share of operation and maintenance costs for inland har-
bors shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust 
Fund. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For expenses necessary for the operation, mainte-
nance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and 
storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, 
and related projects authorized by law, including the con-
struction of facilities, projects, or features (including is-
lands and wetlands) to use materials dredged during Fed-
eral navigation maintenance activities; the mitigation of 
impacts on shorelines resulting from Federal navigation 
operation and maintenance activities; to address the ef-
fects of civil works projects owned or operated by the 
Corps on federally listed species; to provide security for 
infrastructure operated by the Corps, or operated on its 
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behalf, including administrative buildings and facilities, 
and laboratories; to maintain harbor channels provided by 
a State, municipality, or other public agency that serve 
essential navigation needs of general commerce where au-
thorized by law; and to conduct surveys and chart north-
ern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters, clear 
channels, and remove obstructions to commercial naviga-
tion, $2,655,241,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $53,585,000 shall be for projects and activities 
in Region 1 New England; of which $179,814,000 shall 
be for projects and activities in Region 2 Mid Atlantic; 
of which $367,101,000 shall be for projects and activities 
in Region 3 South Atlantic Gulf; of which $126,907,000 
shall be for projects and activities in Region 4 Great 
Lakes; of which $342,354,000 shall be for projects and 
activities in Region 5 Ohio; of which $25,721,000 shall 
be for projects and activities in Region 6 Tennessee; of 
which $251,630,000 shall be for projects and activities in 
Region 7 Upper Mississippi; of which $166,946,000 shall 
be for projects and activities in Region 8 Lower Mis-
sissippi; of which $3,159,000 shall be for projects and ac-
tivities 
in 
Region 
Souris-Red-Rainy; 
of 
which 
$162,352,000 shall be for projects and activities in Region 
10 Missouri; of which $213,500,000 shall be for projects 
and activities in Region 11 Arkansas-White-Red; of which 
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$185,668,000 shall be for projects and activities in Region 
12 Texas-Gulf; of which $30,812,000 shall be for projects 
and activities in Region 13 Rio Grande; of which $57,000 
shall be for projects and activities in Region 14 Upper Col-
orado; of which $3,967,000 shall be for projects and ac-
tivities in Region 15 Lower Colorado; of which $819,000 
shall be for projects and activities in Region 16 Great 
Basin; of which $286,031,000 shall be for projects and 
activities in Region 17 Pacific Northwest; of which 
$125,998,000 shall be for projects and activities in Region 
18 California; of which $26,811,000 shall be for projects 
and activities in Region 19 Alaska; of which $872,000 
shall be for projects and activities in Region 20 Hawaii; 
of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal 
share of eligible operations and maintenance shall be de-
rived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund; of which 
such sums as become available in the special account for 
the Corps established by the Land and Water Conserva-
tion Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l–6a(i)), shall be 
used for resource protection, research, interpretation, and 
maintenance activities under this heading related to re-
source projection in areas operated by the Corps at which 
outdoor recreation is available; and of which such sums 
as become available pursuant to section 217 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1996, shall be used to cover 
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