H. R. 1905
One Hundred Fourth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the fourth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-five
An Act
Making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 the fiscal year ending September
30, 1996, for energy and water development, and for other purposes,
namely:
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL
The following appropriations shall be expended under the direc-
tion of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief
of Engineers for authorized civil functions of the Department of
the Army pertaining to rivers and harbors, flood control, beach
erosion, and related purposes.
GENERAL INVESTIGATIONS
For expenses necessary for the collection and study of basic
information pertaining to river and harbor, flood control, shore
protection, and related projects, restudy of authorized projects, mis-
cellaneous investigations, and, when authorized by laws, surveys
and detailed studies and plans and specifications of projects prior
to construction, $121,767,000, to remain available until expended,
of which funds are provided for the following projects in the amounts
specified:
Norco Bluffs, California, $375,000;
Ohio River Greenway, Indiana, $500,000;
Kentucky Lock and Dam, Kentucky, $2,000,000;
Mussers Dam, Middle Creek, Snyder County, Pennsylvania,
$300,000; and
West Virginia Port Development, West Virginia, $300,000:
Provided, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief
of Engineers, is directed to undertake a study of water supply
and associated needs in the vicinity of Hazard, Kentucky, using
$500,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading in Public
Law 103–316 for Hazard, Kentucky.
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CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL
For the prosecution of river and harbor, flood control, shore
protection, and related projects authorized by laws; and detailed
studies, and plans and specifications, of projects (including those
for development with participation or under consideration for
participation by States, local governments, or private groups)
authorized or made eligible for selection by law (but such studies
shall not constitute a commitment of the Government to construc-
tion), $804,573,000, to remain available until expended, of which
such sums as are necessary pursuant to Public Law 99–662 shall
be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, for one-half
of the costs of construction and rehabilitation of inland waterways
projects, including rehabilitation costs for the Lock and Dam 25,
Mississippi River, Illinois and Missouri, Lock and Dam 14, Mis-
sissippi River, Iowa, Lock and Dam 24, Mississippi River, Illinois
and Missouri, and GIWW-Brazos River Floodgates, Texas, projects,
and of which funds are provided for the following projects in the
amounts specified:
Homer Spit, Alaska, repair and extend project, $3,800,000;
McClellan-Kerr 
Arkansas 
River 
Navigation 
System,
Arkansas, $6,000,000: Provided, That $4,900,000 of such
amount shall be used for activities relating to Montgomery
Point Lock and Dam, Arkansas;
Red River Emergency Bank Protection, Arkansas and Lou-
isiana, $6,600,000;
Sacramento River Flood Control Project (Glenn-Colusa
Irrigation District), California, $300,000;
San Timoteo Creek (Santa Ana River Mainstem), Califor-
nia, $5,000,000;
Indiana Shoreline Erosion, Indiana, $1,500,000;
Arkansas City flood control project, Kansas, $700,000,
except that for the purposes of the project, section 902 of
Public Law 99–662 is waived;
Winfield, Kansas, $670,000;
Harlan (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River
and Upper Cumberland River), Kentucky, $12,000,000;
Williamsburg (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy
River and Upper Cumberland River), Kentucky, $4,100,000;
Middlesboro (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River
and Upper Cumberland River), Kentucky, $1,600,000;
Salyersville, Kentucky, $500,000;
Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity (Hurricane Protection),
Louisiana, $13,348,000;
Ouachita River Levees, Louisiana, $2,300,000;
Red River below Denison Dam Levee and Bank Stabiliza-
tion, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas, $2,500,000;
Roughans Point, Massachusetts, $710,000;
Marshall, Minnesota, $850,000;
Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, $1,000,000;
Broad Top Region, Pennsylvania, $4,100,000;
Glen Foerd, Pennsylvania, $200,000;
South Central Pennsylvania Environmental Restoration,
Pennsylvania, $3,500,000;
Wallisville Lake, Texas, $5,000,000;
Virginia Beach Erosion Control and Hurricane Protection,
Virginia, $1,100,000;
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Hatfield Bottom (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy
River and Upper Cumberland River), West Virginia, $200,000;
and
Upper Mingo (Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy
River and Upper Cumberland River), West Virginia, $2,000,000:
Provided, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the
Chief of Engineers, shall transfer $1,120,000 of the Construc-
tion, General funds appropriated in this Act to the Secretary
of the Interior and the Secretary of the Interior shall accept
and expend such funds for performing operation and mainte-
nance activities at the Columbia River Fishing Access Sites
to be constructed by the Department of the Army at Cascade
Locks, Oregon; Lone Pine, Oregon; Underwood, Washington;
and the Bonneville Treaty Fishing Access Site, Washington:
Provided further, That using funds appropriated in Public Law
103–316 for the Sacramento River Flood Control Project (Deficiency
Correction), California, project and funds appropriated herein for
the Sacramento Urban Area Levee Reconstruction, California,
project, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of
Engineers, is directed to acquire all or part of the Little Holland
Tract, with any and all appurtenant water rights, for wetland
and fish and wildlife activities pursuant to the authority of section
906 of Public Law 99–662 and conditioned on a determination
made by the Secretary, pursuant to section 906, that acquisition
is in the Federal interest.
FLOOD
CONTROL,
MISSISSIPPI
RIVER
AND
TRIBUTARIES,
ARKANSAS,
ILLINOIS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, AND TEN-
NESSEE
For expenses necessary for prosecuting work of flood control,
and rescue work, repair, restoration, or maintenance of flood control
projects threatened or destroyed by flood, as authorized by law
(33 U.S.C. 702a, 702g–1), $307,885,000, to remain available until
expended.
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the preservation, operation, mainte-
nance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood control, and
related works, including such sums as may be necessary for the
maintenance of harbor channels provided by a State, municipality
or other public agency, outside of harbor lines, and serving essential
needs of general commerce and navigation; surveys and charting
of northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters; clearing
and straightening channels; and removal of obstructions to naviga-
tion, $1,703,697,000, to remain available until expended, of which
such sums as become available in the Harbor Maintenance Trust
Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99–662, may be derived from that
fund, and of which such sums as become available from the special
account established by the Land and Water Conservation Act of
1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l), may be derived from that
fund for construction, operation, and maintenance of outdoor recre-
ation facilities: Provided, That not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be
available for obligation for national emergency preparedness pro-
grams: Provided further, That $5,926,000 of the funds appropriated
herein are provided for the Raystown Lake, Pennsylvania, project:
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army is directed during