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investment in the operation and maintenance of a federally author-
ized harbor based on— 
(1) the projected economic benefits, including transpor-
tation savings and job creation; and 
(2) other factors, including navigation safety, national secu-
rity, and sustainability of subsistence harbors. 
(c) WRITTEN RESPONSE.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date on which the Secretary receives a report under subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall provide to the non-Federal interest a written 
response to the report, including an assessment of the information 
provided by the non-Federal interest. 
(d) PRIORITIZATION.—As the Secretary determines to be appro-
priate, the Secretary may use the information provided in the 
report under subsection (a) to justify additional operation and 
maintenance funding for a federally authorized harbor in accordance 
with section 101(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211(b)). 
(e) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
section may be construed to preclude the operation and maintenance 
of a federally authorized harbor under section 101(b) of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2211(b)). 
TITLE 
III—SAFETY 
IMPROVEMENTS 
AND ADDRESSING EXTREME WEATH-
ER EVENTS 
Subtitle A—Dam Safety 
SEC. 3001. DAM SAFETY. 
(a) ADMINISTRATOR.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The National Dam Safety Program Act 
(33 U.S.C. 467 et seq.) is amended by striking ‘‘Director’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘Administrator’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2 of the National 
Dam Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467) is amended— 
(A) by striking paragraph (3); 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as para-
graphs (2) and (3), respectively; and 
(C) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as redesignated 
by subparagraph (B)) the following: 
‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘Administrator’ means the 
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.’’. 
(b) INSPECTION OF DAMS.—Section 3(b)(1) of the National Dam 
Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467a(b)(1)) is amended by striking 
‘‘or maintenance’’ and inserting ‘‘maintenance, condition, or provi-
sions for emergency operations’’. 
(c) NATIONAL DAM SAFETY PROGRAM.— 
(1) OBJECTIVES.—Section 8(c) of the National Dam Safety 
Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467f(c)) is amended by striking para-
graph (4) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(4) develop and implement a comprehensive dam safety 
hazard education and public awareness initiative to assist the 
public in preparing for, mitigating, responding to, and recov-
ering from dam incidents;’’.
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(2) BOARD.—Section 8(f)(4) of the National Dam Safety 
Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467f(f)(4)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘, representatives from nongovernmental organizations,’’ after 
‘‘State agencies’’. 
(d) PUBLIC AWARENESS
AND OUTREACH
FOR DAM SAFETY.— 
The National Dam Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467 et seq.) 
is amended— 
(1) by redesignating sections 11, 12, and 13 as sections 
12, 13, and 14, respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after section 10 (33 U.S.C. 467g–1) the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 11. PUBLIC AWARENESS AND OUTREACH FOR DAM SAFETY. 
‘‘The Administrator, in consultation with other Federal agen-
cies, State and local governments, dam owners, the emergency 
management community, the private sector, nongovernmental 
organizations and associations, institutions of higher education, 
and any other appropriate entities shall, subject to the availability 
of appropriations, carry out a nationwide public awareness and 
outreach initiative to assist the public in preparing for, mitigating, 
responding to, and recovering from dam incidents.’’. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) NATIONAL DAM SAFETY PROGRAM.— 
(A) ANNUAL AMOUNTS.—Section 14(a)(1) of the National 
Dam Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467j(a)(1)) (as so 
redesignated) is amended by striking ‘‘$6,500,000’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘2011’’ and inserting ‘‘$9,200,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019’’. 
(B) 
MAXIMUM
AMOUNT
OF
ALLOCATION.—Section 
14(a)(2)(B) of the National Dam Safety Program Act (33 
U.S.C. 467j(a)(2)(B)) (as so redesignated) is amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘The amount’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The amount’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) FISCAL
YEAR
2015
AND
SUBSEQUENT
FISCAL 
YEARS.—For fiscal year 2015 and each subsequent 
fiscal year, the amount of funds allocated to a State 
under this paragraph may not exceed the amount of 
funds committed by the State to implement dam safety 
activities.’’. 
(2) NATIONAL
DAM
INVENTORY.—Section 14(b) of the 
National Dam Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467j(b)) (as so 
redesignated) is amended by striking ‘‘$650,000’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘2011’’ and inserting ‘‘$500,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2015 through 2019’’. 
(3) PUBLIC AWARENESS.—Section 14 of the National Dam 
Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467j) (as so redesignated) is 
amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as sub-
sections (d) through (g), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: 
‘‘(c) PUBLIC AWARENESS.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated to carry out section 11 $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2015 through 2019.’’. 
(4) RESEARCH.—Section 14(d) of the National Dam Safety 
Program Act (as so redesignated) is amended by striking
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‘‘$1,600,000’’ and all that follows through ‘‘2011’’ and inserting 
‘‘$1,450,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019’’. 
(5) DAM SAFETY TRAINING.—Section 14(e) of the National 
Dam Safety Program Act (as so redesignated) is amended by 
striking ‘‘$550,000’’ and all that follows through ‘‘2011’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$750,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019’’. 
(6) STAFF.—Section 14(f) of the National Dam Safety Pro-
gram Act (as so redesignated) is amended by striking ‘‘$700,000’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘2011’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000,000 
for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2019’’. 
(f) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 14(a)(1) of the National 
Dam Safety Program Act (33 U.S.C. 467j(a)(1)) (as so redesignated) 
is amended by striking ‘‘sections 7, 8, and 11’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 
7, 8, and 12’’. 
Subtitle B—Levee Safety 
SEC. 3011. SYSTEMWIDE IMPROVEMENT FRAMEWORK. 
A levee system shall remain eligible for rehabilitation assist-
ance under the authority provided by section 5 of the Act of August 
18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n) as long as the levee system sponsor 
continues to make satisfactory progress, as determined by the Sec-
retary, on an approved systemwide improvement framework or 
letter of intent. 
SEC. 3012. MANAGEMENT OF FLOOD RISK REDUCTION PROJECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If 2 or more flood control projects are located 
within the same geographic area, the Secretary shall, at the request 
of the non-Federal interests for the affected projects, consider those 
projects as a single program for budgetary or project management 
purposes, if the Secretary determines that doing so would not 
be incompatible with the authorized project purposes. 
(b) COST SHARE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If any work on a project to which sub-
section (a) applies is required solely because of impacts to 
that project from a navigation project, the cost of carrying 
out that work shall be shared in accordance with the cost- 
sharing requirements for the navigation project. 
(2) USE OF AMOUNTS.—Work described in paragraph (1) 
may be carried out using amounts made available under sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 3013. VEGETATION MANAGEMENT POLICY. 
(a) DEFINITION
OF GUIDELINES.—In this section, the term 
‘‘guidelines’’ means the Corps of Engineers policy guidelines for 
management of vegetation on levees, including— 
(1) Engineering Technical Letter 1110–2–571 entitled 
‘‘Guidelines for Landscape Planting and Vegetation Manage-
ment at Levees, Floodwalls, Embankment Dams, and Appur-
tenant Structures’’ and adopted April 10, 2009; and 
(2) the draft policy guidance letter entitled ‘‘Process for 
Requesting a Variance from Vegetation Standards for Levees 
and Floodwalls’’ (77 Fed. Reg. 9637 (Feb. 17, 2012)). 
(b) REVIEW.—The Secretary shall carry out a comprehensive 
review of the guidelines in order to determine whether current 
Federal policy relating to levee vegetation is appropriate for all 
regions of the United States.
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(c) FACTORS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the review, the Secretary 
shall consider— 
(A) the varied interests and responsibilities in man-
aging flood risks, including the need— 
(i) to provide the greatest benefits for public safety 
with limited resources; and 
(ii) to ensure that levee safety investments mini-
mize environmental impacts and provide corresponding 
public safety benefits; 
(B) the levee safety benefits that can be provided by 
woody vegetation; 
(C) the preservation, protection, and enhancement of 
natural resources, including— 
(i) the benefit of vegetation on levees in providing 
habitat for species of concern, including endangered, 
threatened, and candidate species; and 
(ii) the impact of removing levee vegetation on 
compliance with other regulatory requirements; 
(D) protecting the rights of Indian tribes pursuant 
to treaties and statutes; 
(E) determining how vegetation impacts the perform-
ance of a levee or levee system during a storm or flood 
event; 
(F) the available science and the historical record 
regarding the link between vegetation on levees and flood 
risk; 
(G) the avoidance of actions requiring significant eco-
nomic costs and environmental impacts; and 
(H) other factors relating to the factors described in 
subparagraphs (A) through (F) identified in public com-
ments that the Secretary determines to be appropriate. 
(2) VARIANCE CONSIDERATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the review, the Sec-
retary shall specifically consider factors that promote and 
allow for consideration of variances from guidelines on 
a Statewide, tribal, regional, or watershed basis, including 
variances based on— 
(i) regional or watershed soil conditions; 
(ii) hydrologic factors; 
(iii) vegetation patterns and characteristics; 
(iv) environmental resources, including endan-
gered, threatened, or candidate species and related 
regulatory requirements; 
(v) levee performance history, including historical 
information on original construction and subsequent 
operation and maintenance activities; 
(vi) any effects on water supply; 
(vii) any scientific evidence on the link between 
levee vegetation and levee safety; 
(viii) 
institutional 
considerations, 
including 
implementation challenges and conflicts with or viola-
tions of Federal or State environmental laws; 
(ix) the availability of limited funds for levee 
construction and rehabilitation; 
(x) the economic and environmental costs of 
removing woody vegetation on levees; and