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‘‘(72) LASSEN, PLUMAS, BUTTE, SIERRA, AND NEVADA COUN-
TIES, CALIFORNIA.—$25,000,000 to improve the efficiency and
use of existing water supplies in the counties of Lassen, Plumas,
Butte, Sierra, and Nevada, California, through water and waste
water projects, programs, and infrastructure.’’.
SEC. 134. BRIDGE AUTHORIZATION. There is authorized to be
appropriated $30,000,000 for the construction of the permanent
bridge described in section 128(a).
SEC. 135. Section 504(a)(2) of the Water Resources Development
Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 338) is amended by striking ‘‘Kehly Run
Dam’’ and inserting ‘‘Kehly Run Dams’’.
SEC. 136. The McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River navigation
project, authorized under the comprehensive plan for the Arkansas
River Basin by section 3 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act authorizing
the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors
for flood control, and for other purposes’’, approved June 28, 1938
(52 Stat. 1218) and section 10 of the Flood Control Act of 1946
(60 Stat. 647) and where applicable the provisions of the River
and Harbor Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 634) and modified by section
108 of the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act,
1988 (101 Stat. 1329–112), is further modified to authorize a project
depth of 12 feet.
SEC. 137. The Secretary shall provide credit to the non-Federal
sponsor for preconstruction engineering and design work performed
by the non-Federal sponsor for the environmental dredging project
at Ashtabula River, Ohio, prior to execution of a Project Cooperation
Agreement.
SEC. 138. GATEWAY POINT, NORTH TONAWANDA, NEW YORK.
The Secretary shall review the shoreline stabilization, recreation,
and public access components of the feasibility report for waterfront
development at Gateway Point, North Tonawanda, New York, enti-
tled ‘‘City of North Tonawanda, Gateway Point Feasibility’’, dated
February 6, 2003, and prepared by the non-Federal interest and,
if the Secretary determines that those components meet the evalua-
tion and design standards of the Corps of Engineers and that
the components are feasible, may carry out the components at
a Federal cost not to exceed $3,300,000.
SEC. 139. CHICAGO RIVER AND HARBOR ILLINOIS. Those portions
of the projects for navigation, Chicago River and Chicago Harbor,
authorized by the River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1899, (30
Stat. 1129) extending 50 feet riverward of the existing dock wall
on the south side of the channel from Lake Street to Franklin
Street and 25 feet riverward of the existing dock wall on the
south side of the channel from Franklin Street to Wabash Avenue,
and those areas within 20 feet of the bridge abutments on the
south side of the channel for the length of the protection bridge
piers from the Franklin Street Bridge to the Michigan Avenue
Bridge shall no longer be authorized after the date of enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 140. SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PROJECT.—
(1) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a centralized office at the office of the district engineer,
San Francisco, California, for the use of all Federal and State
agencies that are or will be involved in issuing permits and
conducting environmental reviews for the capital improvement
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project to repair and upgrade the water supply and delivery
system for the city of San Francisco.
(2) CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Secretary may use the authority
under section 214 of the Water Resources Development Act
of 2000 (33 U.S.C. 2201 note) for the project described in
paragraph (1).
(3) PROTECTION
OF
IMPARTIAL
DECISIONMAKING.—In car-
rying out this section, the Secretary and the heads of Federal
agencies receiving funds under such section 214 for the project
described in paragraph (1) shall ensure that the use of the
funds accepted under such section for such project will not
impact impartial decision making with respect to the issuance
of permits, either substantively or procedurally, or diminish,
modify, or otherwise affect the statutory or regulatory authori-
ties of such agencies.
SEC. 141. WOLF LAKE, INDIANA. The project for aquatic eco-
system restoration, Wolf Lake, Indiana, being carried out under
section 206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (33
U.S.C. 2330), is modified to direct the Secretary to credit toward
the non-Federal share of the cost of the project the cost of planning,
design, and construction work carried out by the non-Federal
interest before the date of the project cooperation agreement for
the project if the Secretary determines that the work is integral
to the project.
SEC. 142. COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. The Secretary of the Army
is directed to credit up to $80,000 for design work completed by
non-Federal interests, prior to and after the signing of the project
cooperation agreement, toward the non-Federal share of the project
for Calumet and Burr Oaks Schools Sewer Improvements, Cook
County, Illinois, authorized by section 219(f)(54) of the Water
Resources Development Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–580, as
amended), if the Secretary determines that the work is integral
to the project.
SEC. 143. LOS ANGELES HARBOR, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.
The project for navigation, Los Angeles Harbor, Los Angeles, Cali-
fornia, authorized by section 101(b)(5) of the Water Resources
Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2577), is modified to direct
the Secretary to credit toward the non-Federal share of the cost
of the project the cost of the planning, design, and construction
work carried out by the non-Federal interest before the date of
the partnership agreement for the project if the Secretary deter-
mines the work is integral to the project.
SEC. 144. SAN LORENZO RIVER, CALIFORNIA. The project for
flood control, San Lorenzo River, California, authorized by section
101(a)(5) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110
Stat. 3663), is modified to direct the Secretary to credit not more
than $2,000,000 toward the non-Federal share of the cost of the
project for the cost of the work carried out by the non-Federal
interest before the date of the project cooperation agreement for
the project if the Secretary determines the work is integral to
the project.
SEC. 145. CALUMET REGION, INDIANA. Section 219(f)(12) of the
Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (113 Stat. 335) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$30,000,000’’;
and
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(2) by striking ‘‘Lake and Porter’’ and inserting ‘‘Benton,
Jasper, Lake, Newton, and Porter’’.
SEC. 146. The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief
of Engineers, is authorized to construct the project for flood control,
Meramec River Basin, Valley Park Levee, Missouri, originally
authorized by Public Law 97–128 (95 Stat. 1682) and modified
by section 1128 of WRDA 1986 and section 333 of WRDA 1999,
at a maximum Federal expenditure of $50,000,000.
SEC. 147. The project for flood control, Saw Mill Run, Pennsyl-
vania, authorized by section 401(a) of Public Law 99–662 (100
Stat. 4124) and modified by section 301(a) of Public Law 104–
303 (110 Stat. 3708), is further modified to authorize the Secretary
to carry out the project at a total cost of $22,000,000, with an
estimated Federal cost of $16,500,000 and an estimated non-Federal
cost of $5,500,000.
SEC. 148. The project for flood control, Roanoke River Upper
Basin, Virginia, authorized by section 401(a) of Public Law 99–
662 (100 Stat. 4126), is further modified to authorize the Secretary
to construct the project at a total cost of $61,700,000, with an
estimated Federal cost of $43,000,000 and an estimated non-Federal
cost of $18,700,000.
SEC. 149. The project for harbor deepening, Brunswick Harbor,
Georgia, authorized by section 101(a)(19), Public Law 106–53, and
amended by the fiscal year 2003 Consolidated Appropriations Act,
Public Law 108–7, is further modified to authorize the Secretary
to construct the project at a total cost of $96,276,000 with an
estimated Federal cost of $61,709,000 and an estimated non-Federal
cost of $34,567,000.
SEC. 150. The project for flood control, Lackawanna River at
Olyphant, Pennsylvania, authorized by section 101(16) of Public
Law 102–580 (106 Stat. 4797), is modified to authorize the Secretary
to carry out the project at a total cost of $23,000,000, with an
estimated Federal cost of $17,250,000 and an estimated non-Federal
cost of $5,750,000.
SEC. 151. PERRY CREEK, IOWA. The project for flood protection,
Perry Creek Flood Control Project, Sioux City, Iowa, authorized
under section 401(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of
1986, is modified to increase the project authorization to
$96,870,000 (Federal cost of $58,677,000 and non-Federal cost of
$38,193,000).
SEC. 152. ELIZABETH RIVER, CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA. Section
358 of Public Law 106–53 is modified by striking ‘‘September 30,
1999,’’ and inserting ‘‘May 1, 1997,’’.
SEC. 153. Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development
Act of 1992 is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(71) $6,430,000 for environmental infrastructure for
Indianapolis, Indiana;’’.
SEC. 154. MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND BIG MUDDY RIVER, ILLINOIS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The project for flood control, Mississippi River
and Big Muddy River, Illinois, authorized by the Flood Control
Act of 1938, is modified to authorize the Secretary to carry out
repair and rehabilitation of the project at a total cost of $22,600,000,
with an estimated Federal cost of $16,950,000 and an estimated
non-Federal cost of $5,650,000, and to perform operation and
maintenance of the project thereafter.
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(b) OTHER ASSISTANCE.—Federal assistance made available
through the Department of Agriculture may be used toward pay-
ment of the non-Federal share of the costs of the repair and
rehabilitation under this section.
(c) UNITED STATES LANDS.—Costs under this section for the
repair and rehabilitation allocable to the protection of lands owned
by the United States shall be a Federal responsibility. The Secretary
shall seek reimbursement from the Secretary of Agriculture for
the costs allocated to protecting lands owned by the Department
of Agriculture.
(d) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF NON-FEDERAL LANDS.—
The cost of operation and maintenance under this section allocated
to protecting non-Federal lands shall be a non-Federal responsi-
bility.
SEC. 155. MOSS LAKE, LOUISIANA. The Secretary of the Army,
acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized to carry out
a project to restore lake depths at Moss Lake, Louisiana, adjacent
to the Calcasieu River and Pass channel at a total project cost
of $2,500,000.
SEC. 156. The project for navigation, Manatee Harbor, Florida,
authorized by section 202(a) of the Water Resources Development
Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 4093), and modified by section 102(j) of
the Water Resources Development Act of 1990 (104 Stat. 4612),
is further modified—
(1) to include the construction of an extension of the south
channel a distance of approximately 1584 feet consistent with
the general reevaluation report, dated April 2002, prepared
by the Jacksonville District Corps of Engineers, at a total
cost of $11,300,000, with an estimated Federal cost of
$8,475,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of $2,825,000;
(2) to direct the Secretary to credit toward the non-Federal
share of the cost of the project the cost of in-kind services
and materials provided for the project by the non-Federal
interest;
(3) to direct the Secretary to credit toward the non-Federal
share of the cost of the project the cost of planning, design,
and construction 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; and
(4) to authorize the Secretary to carry out the project
as modified at a total cost of $61,500,000.
SEC. 157. HARRIS GULLY, HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS.
(a) STUDY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall conduct a study to
determine the feasibility of carrying out a project for flood
damage reduction in the Harris Gully watershed, Harris
County, Texas, to provide flood protection for the Texas Medical
Center, Houston, Texas.
(2) USE OF LOCAL STUDIES AND PLANS.—In conducting the
study, the Secretary shall use, to the extent practicable, studies
and plans developed by the non-Federal interest if the Secretary
determines that such studies and plans meet the evaluation
and design standards of the Corps of Engineers.
(3) COMPLETION DATE.—The Secretary shall complete the
study by July 1, 2004.