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Kathio-West Mille Lacs Lake Sanitary District, 
Minnesota.’’. 
(b) PROCEDURES.—In carrying out the project au-
thorized by such section 219(f)(61), the Secretary may use 
the cost sharing and contracting procedures available to 
the Secretary under section 569 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 368). 
SEC. 5098. MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. 
(a) CONVEYANCE.—The Secretary shall convey to the 
city of Minneapolis by quitclaim deed and without consid-
eration all right, title, and interest of the United States 
to the property known as the War Department (Fort 
Snelling Interceptor) Tunnel in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 
(b) APPLICABILITY OF PROPERTY SCREENING PRO-
VISIONS.—Section 2696 of title 10, United States Code, 
shall not apply to the conveyance under this section. 
SEC. 5099. NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 569 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 368) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘Benton, 
Sherburne,’’ and inserting ‘‘Beltrami, Hubbard, 
Wadena,’’; 
(2) by striking the last sentence of subsection 
(e)(3)(B);
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(3) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(g) NONPROFIT ENTITIES.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 221(b) of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 
1962d–5b(b)), for any project undertaken under this sec-
tion, a non-Federal interest may include a nonprofit enti-
ty.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) CORPS OF ENGINEERS EXPENSES.—Ten percent 
of the amounts appropriated to carry out this section may 
be used by the Corps of Engineers district offices to ad-
minister projects under this section at 100 percent Fed-
eral expense.’’. 
(b) BIWABIK, MINNESOTA.—The Secretary shall re-
imburse the non-Federal interest for the project for envi-
ronmental infrastructure, Biwabik, Minnesota, carried out 
under section 569 of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 368), for planning, design, and 
construction costs that were incurred by the non-Federal 
interest with respect to the project before the date of the 
partnership agreement for the project and that were in 
excess of the non-Federal share of the cost of the project 
if the Secretary determines that the costs are appropriate.
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SEC. 5100. HARRISON, HANCOCK, AND JACKSON COUNTIES, 
MISSISSIPPI. 
In carrying out projects for the protection, restora-
tion, and creation of aquatic and ecologically related habi-
tats located in Harrison, Hancock, and Jackson Counties, 
Mississippi, under section 204 of the Water Resources De-
velopment Act of 1992 (33 U.S.C. 2326), the Secretary 
shall accept any portion of the non-Federal share of the 
cost of the project in the form of in-kind services and ma-
terials. 
SEC. 5101. MISSISSIPPI RIVER, MISSOURI, AND ILLINOIS. 
As a part of the operation and maintenance of the 
project for the Mississippi River (Regulating Works), be-
tween the Ohio and Missouri Rivers, Missouri and Illinois, 
authorized by the first section of an Act entitled ‘‘Making 
appropriations for the construction, repair, and preserva-
tion of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and 
for other purposes’’, approved June 25, 1910, the Sec-
retary may carry out activities necessary to restore and 
protect fish and wildlife habitat in the middle Mississippi 
River system. Such activities may include modification of 
navigation training structures, modification and creation 
of side channels, modification and creation of islands, and 
studies and analysis necessary to apply adaptive manage-
ment principles in design of future work.
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SEC. 5102. ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. 
Section 219(f)(32) of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1992 (113 Stat. 337) is amended by striking 
‘‘$15,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$35,000,000’’. 
SEC. 5103. ACID BROOK, POMPTON LAKES, NEW JERSEY. 
The Secretary shall carry out a project for flood dam-
age reduction under section 205 of the Flood Control Act 
of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s), Acid Brook, Pompton Lakes, 
New Jersey, if the Secretary determines that the project 
is feasible. 
SEC. 5104. HACKENSACK MEADOWLANDS AREA, NEW JER-
SEY. 
Section 324 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1992 (106 Stat. 4849; 110 Stat. 3779) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘design’’ and inserting 
‘‘planning, design,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Hackensack Meadowlands 
Development’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘Plan 
for’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘New 
Jersey 
Meadowlands Commission for the development 
of an environmental improvement program for’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in the subsection heading by striking 
‘‘REQUIRED’’;