under part 151 of title 25, Code of Federal Regula-
tions); or 
‘‘(3) on land in the State of Alaska owned by an 
Alaska Native Regional Corporation or an Alaska 
Native Village Corporation (as those terms are de-
fined in the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)) or the Metlakatla Indian com-
munity.’’. 
SEC. 2018. USE OF OTHER FEDERAL FUNDS. 
The non-Federal interest for a water resources study 
or project may use, and the Secretary shall accept, funds 
provided by a Federal agency under any other Federal pro-
gram, to satisfy, in whole or in part, the non-Federal share 
of the cost of the study or project if such funds are author-
ized to be used to carry out the study or project. 
SEC. 2019. REVISION OF PROJECT PARTNERSHIP AGREE-
MENT. 
Upon authorization by law of an increase in the max-
imum amount of Federal funds that may be allocated for 
a water resources project or an increase in the total cost 
of a water resources project authorized to be carried out 
by the Secretary, the Secretary shall revise the partnership 
agreement for the project to take into account the change 
in Federal participation in the project. 
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SEC. 2020. COST SHARING. 
An increase in the maximum amount of Federal funds 
that may be allocated for a water resources project, or an 
increase in the total cost of a water resources project, au-
thorized to be carried out by the Secretary shall not affect 
any cost-sharing requirement applicable to the project. 
SEC. 2021. EXPEDITED ACTIONS FOR EMERGENCY FLOOD 
DAMAGE REDUCTION. 
The Secretary shall expedite any authorized planning, 
design, and construction of any project for flood damage 
reduction for an area that, within the preceding 5 years, 
has been subject to flooding that resulted in the loss of life 
and caused damage of sufficient severity and magnitude to 
warrant a declaration of a major disaster by the President 
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 
SEC. 2022. WATERSHED AND RIVER BASIN ASSESSMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 729 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2267a; 114 Stat. 2587– 
2588; 100 Stat. 4164) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (4); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (5) and inserting ‘‘;’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(6) Tuscarawas River Basin, Ohio; 
‘‘(7) Sauk River Basin, Snohomish and Skagit 
Counties, Washington; 
‘‘(8) Niagara River Basin, New York; 
‘‘(9) Genesee River Basin, New York; and 
‘‘(10) White River Basin, Arkansas and Mis-
souri.’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (1) of subsection (f) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) NON-FEDERAL
SHARE.—The non-Federal 
share of the costs of an assessment carried out under 
this section on or after December 11, 2000, shall be 
25 percent.’’; and 
(3) by striking subsection (g). 
(b) REVISION
OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.—The 
Secretary shall revise the partnership agreement for any as-
sessment being carried out under such section 729 to take 
into account the change in non-Federal participation in the 
assessment as a result of the amendments made by sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 2023. TRIBAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. 
(a) SCOPE.—Section 203(b)(1)(B) of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 2000 (33 U.S.C. 2269(b)(1)(B); 
114 Stat. 2589) is amended by inserting after ‘‘Code’’ the 
following: ‘‘, and including lands that are within the juris-
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dictional area of an Oklahoma Indian tribe, as determined 
by the Secretary of the Interior, and are recognized by the 
Secretary of the Interior as eligible for trust land status 
under part 151 of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
203(e) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘2006’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2012’’. 
SEC. 2024. WILDFIRE FIREFIGHTING. 
Section 309 of Public Law 102–154 (42 U.S.C. 1856a– 
1; 105 Stat. 1034) is amended by inserting ‘‘the Secretary 
of the Army,’’ after ‘‘the Secretary of Energy,’’. 
SEC. 2025. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 22 of the Water Resources Development Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–16) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘(a) The Sec-
retary’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) FEDERAL STATE COOPERATION.— 
‘‘(1) COMPREHENSIVE PLANS.—The Secretary’’; 
(2) by inserting after the last sentence in sub-
section (a) the following: 
‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—At the request of a govern-
mental agency or non-Federal interest, the Secretary 
may provide, at Federal expense, technical assistance 
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to such agency or non-Federal interest in managing 
water resources. 
‘‘(B) TYPES OF ASSISTANCE.—Technical assist-
ance under this paragraph may include provision 
and integration of hydrologic, economic, and environ-
mental data and analyses.’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)(1) by striking ‘‘this section’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(a)(1)’’; 
(4) in subsection (b)(3) by striking ‘‘Up to 1⁄2 of 
the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; 
(5) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘(c) There is’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL AND STATE COOPERATION.—There 
is’’; 
(6) in subsection (c)(1) (as designated by para-
graph (5))— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the provisions of this sec-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$1,000,000’’; 
(7) by inserting at the end of subsection (c) the 
following: 
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‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—There is author-
ized to be appropriated $5,000,000 annually to carry 
out subsection (a)(2), of which not more than 
$2,000,000 annually may be used by the Secretary to 
enter into cooperative agreements with nonprofit or-
ganizations to provide assistance to rural and small 
communities.’’; 
(8) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
(e); and 
(9) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL SUBMISSION
OF PROPOSED ACTIVI-
TIES.—Concurrent with the President’s submission to Con-
gress of the President’s request for appropriations for the 
Civil Works Program for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report de-
scribing the individual activities proposed for funding 
under subsection (a)(1) for that fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 2026. LAKES PROGRAM. 
Section 602(a) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4148; 110 Stat. 3758; 113 Stat. 295) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at end of paragraph (18); 
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