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may carry out activities identified in the comprehensive 
plan to demonstrate practicable alternatives for stabiliza-
tion and enhancement of land and water resources in the 
basin. 
(b) SERVICES OF PUBLIC NON-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS 
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) CREDIT.—The Secretary shall credit toward 
the non-Federal share of the cost of activities carried 
out under this section the cost of planning, design, 
and construction work completed by or on behalf of 
the non-Federal interests for implementation of meas-
ures 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. 
(2) 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. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$10,000,000. 
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SEC. 5111. DALLAS FLOODWAY, DALLAS TEXAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The project for flood control, Trin-
ity River and tributaries, Texas, authorized by section 2 
of the Act entitled, ‘‘An Act authorizing the construction, 
repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers 
and harbors, and for other purposes’’, approved March 2, 
1945 (59 Stat. 18), is modified to— 
(1) direct the Secretary to review the Balanced 
Vision Plan for the Trinity River Corridor, Dallas, 
Texas, dated December 2003 and amended in March 
2004, prepared by the non-Federal interest for the 
project; 
(2) direct the Secretary to review the Interior 
Levee Drainage Study Phase-I report, Dallas, Texas, 
dated September 2006, prepared by the non-Federal 
interest; and 
(3) if the Secretary determines that the project is 
technically sound and environmentally acceptable, 
authorize the Secretary to construct the project at a 
total cost of $459,000,000, with an estimated Federal 
cost of $298,000,000 and an estimated non-Federal 
cost of $161,000,000. 
(b) CREDIT.— 
(1) IN-KIND
CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Secretary 
shall credit toward the non-Federal share of the cost 
of the project the cost of planning, design, and con-
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struction work carried out by the non-Federal interest 
before the date of the partnership agreement for the 
project if the Secretary determines that the work is 
integral to the project. 
(2) CASH CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Secretary shall 
accept funds provided by the non-Federal interest for 
use in carrying out planning, engineering, and design 
for the project. The Federal share of such planning, 
engineering, and design carried out with non-Federal 
contributions shall be credited against the non-Fed-
eral share of the cost of the project. 
SEC. 5112. HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 575(a) of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3789; 113 Stat. 
311) is amended by inserting before the period at the end 
the following: ‘‘, whether or not such works or actions are 
partially funded under the hazard mitigation grant pro-
gram of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’’. 
(b) SPECIFIC PROJECTS.—Section 575(b) of such Act 
(110 Stat. 3789; 113 Stat. 311) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (4) by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding the following: 
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