(1) DEVELOPMENT.—In carrying out this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall develop an online, inter-
active portal that— 
(A) contains information relating to the as-
sistance described in subsection (b); and 
(B) can be used by a potential non-Federal 
interest as a succinct guide to accessing such 
assistance based on the applicable potential 
water resources development project. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall ensure 
that the portal developed under paragraph (1) is 
made available in a prominent location on the pub-
lic-facing website of the headquarters of the Corps 
of Engineers and of each district and division of the 
Corps of Engineers. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$10,000,000 for each fiscal year. 
SEC. 103. MINIMUM REAL ESTATE INTEREST. 
(a) REAL ESTATE PLAN.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide to the non-Federal interest for an authorized water 
resources development project a real estate plan for the 
project that includes a description of the real estate inter-
ests required for construction, operation and maintenance, 
repair, rehabilitation, or replacement of the project, in-
cluding any specific details and legal requirements nec-
essary for implementation of the project. 
(b) IDENTIFICATION OF MINIMUM INTEREST.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For each authorized water 
resources development project for which an interest 
in real property is required for any applicable con-
struction, operation and maintenance, repair, reha-
bilitation, or replacement, the Secretary shall iden-
tify the minimum interest in the property necessary 
to carry out the applicable activity. 
(2) DETERMINATION.—In carrying out para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall identify an interest 
that is less than fee simple title in cases where the 
Secretary determines that— 
(A) such an interest is sufficient for con-
struction, operation and maintenance, repair, 
rehabilitation, and replacement of the applicable 
project; and 
(B) the non-Federal interest cannot legally 
make available to the Secretary an interest in 
fee simple title for purposes of the project. 
(c) REQUIREMENT.—The non-Federal interest for an 
authorized water resources development project shall pro-
vide for the project an interest in the applicable real prop-
erty that is the minimum interest identified under sub-
section (b). 
(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall annually 
submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infra-
structure of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate 
a report containing— 
(1) a summary of all instances in which the 
Secretary identified under subsection (b) fee simple 
title as the minimum interest necessary with respect 
to an activity for which the non-Federal interest re-
quested the use of an interest less than fee simple 
title; and 
(2) with respect to each such instance, a de-
scription of the legal requirements that resulted in 
identifying fee simple title as the minimum interest. 
(e) EXISTING AGREEMENTS.—At the request of a 
non-Federal interest, an agreement entered into under 
section 221 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 
1962d–5b) between the Secretary and the non-Federal in-
terest before the date of enactment of this Act may be 
amended to reflect the requirements of this section.
SEC. 104. STUDY OF WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT 
PROJECTS BY NON-FEDERAL INTERESTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 203 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2231) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘may undertake a fed-
erally authorized feasibility study of a pro-
posed water resources development project, 
or,’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘may un-
dertake and submit to the Secretary— 
‘‘(A) a federally authorized feasibility 
study of a proposed water resources develop-
ment project; or’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘upon the written ap-
proval’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) upon the determination’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (B) (as so des-
ignated)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘undertake’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘, and submit the 
study to the Secretary’’ and inserting 
‘‘or constructed by a non-Federal in-
terest pursuant to section 204’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘, as soon as prac-
ticable,’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘non-Federal in-
terests to’’ and inserting ‘‘non-Federal 
interests that’’; 
(ii) by striking subparagraph (A) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) provide clear, concise, and trans-
parent guidance for the non-Federal interest to 
use in developing a feasibility study that com-
plies with requirements that would apply to a 
feasibility study undertaken by the Secretary;’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting a semi-
colon; and 
(iv) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) provide guidance to a non-Federal in-
terest on obtaining support from the Secretary 
to complete elements of a feasibility study that 
may be considered inherently governmental and 
required to be done by a Federal agency; and
‘‘(D) provide contacts for employees of the 
Corps of Engineers that a non-Federal interest 
may use to initiate coordination with the Sec-
retary and identify at what stages coordination 
may be beneficial.’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) DETERMINATION.—If a non-Federal inter-
est requests to undertake a feasibility study on a 
modification to a constructed water resources devel-
opment project under paragraph (1)(B), the Sec-
retary shall expeditiously provide to the non-Federal 
interest the determination required under such para-
graph with respect to whether conceptual modifica-
tions, as presented by the non-Federal interest, are 
consistent with the authorized purposes of the 
project.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘receives a request under this paragraph’’ 
and inserting ‘‘receives a study submission 
under subsection (a) or receives a request 
under subparagraph (A)’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
section (a) or a request under paragraph 
(3)(A)’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘If a project’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a project’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or modification to the 
project’’ before ‘‘an amount equal to’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—Any credit provided 
to a non-Federal interest under this subsection may 
not exceed the maximum Federal cost for a feasi-
bility study initiated by the Secretary under section 
1001(a)(2) of the Water Resources Reform and De-
velopment Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2282c(a)).’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary 
$1,000,000 for each fiscal year to carry out this section.’’. 
(b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall update 
any guidance as necessary to reflect the amendments 
made by this section. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—Any non-Federal interest 
that has entered in a written agreement with the Secretary
related to carrying out a feasibility study pursuant to sec-
tion 203 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 
(33 U.S.C. 2231) before the date of enactment of this Act 
may submit to the Secretary a request to amend such 
agreement to reflect the amendments made by this section. 
SEC. 105. CONSTRUCTION OF WATER RESOURCES DEVEL-
OPMENT PROJECTS BY NON-FEDERAL INTER-
ESTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 204 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2232) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘an appropriate non-Fed-
eral interest’’ and inserting ‘‘a non-Federal in-
terest carrying out a project, or separable ele-
ment of a project, under this section’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘on construction for any 
project’’ and inserting ‘‘for the construction of 
any project or separable element’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘, consistent with the au-
thorized cost share for the project,’’ after 
‘‘United States funds’’; 
(2) in subsection (d)—
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 
clauses (i) through (iii) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) the non-Federal interest— 
‘‘(I) enters into a written agree-
ment with the Secretary under section 
221 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 
(42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b), including an 
agreement to pay the non-Federal 
share, if any, of the cost of operation 
and maintenance of the project; 
‘‘(II) makes any information rel-
evant to carrying out the project 
available to the Secretary to review; 
and 
‘‘(III) identifies features of the 
project or separable element that are 
outside the scope of the authorized 
project; and 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary— 
‘‘(I) reviews the plans for con-
struction by the non-Federal interest; 
‘‘(II) determines the project out-
puts are consistent with the author-
ized project and construction would 
not result in life safety concerns; 
‘‘(III) determines that the plans 
comply with applicable Federal laws 
and regulations; and 
‘‘(IV) verifies that the construc-
tion documents, including supporting 
information, have been signed by an 
Engineer of Record; and’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(B) and (C) as subparagraphs (C) and 
(D), respectively; and 
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(A) the following: 
‘‘(B) the non-Federal interest has obli-
gated or expended funds for the cost of a dis-
crete segment or separable element thereof and 
has requested reimbursement of the Federal 
share of the cost of the discrete segment or sep-
arable element;’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (C) (as so redes-
ignated), by inserting ‘‘, discrete segment 
of the project, or separable element of the 
project,’’ after ‘‘the project’’;
(C) in paragraph (5)— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (A)(ii) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(ii) before the review and approval of 
plans under paragraph (1)(A)(ii), the Sec-
retary makes the determinations required 
under subclauses (II) and (III) of para-
graph (1)(A)(ii) with respect to the dis-
crete segment.’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by strik-
ing ‘‘plans approved under paragraph 
(1)(A)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘the plans re-
viewed under paragraph (1)(A)(ii)’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (C)(i), by strik-
ing ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)(iii)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraph (1)(A)(i)’’; and 
(iv) in subparagraph (D)(i) by strik-
ing ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)(iii)’’ and inserting 
‘‘paragraph (1)(A)(i)’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) EXCLUSIONS.—The Secretary may not 
provide credit or reimbursement for— 
‘‘(A) activities required by the non-Federal 
interest to initiate design and construction that
would otherwise not be required by the Sec-
retary; or 
‘‘(B) delays incurred by the non-Federal 
interest resulting in project cost increases.’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry 
out this section $1,000,000 for each fiscal year.’’. 
(b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 18 months after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall update 
any guidance as necessary to reflect the amendments 
made by this section. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—Any non-Federal interest 
that has entered in a written agreement with the Secretary 
to carry out a water resources development project pursu-
ant to section 204 of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2232) before the date of enact-
ment of this Act may submit to the Secretary a request 
to amend such agreement to reflect the amendments made 
by this section. 
SEC. 106. REVIEW PROCESS. 
Section 14 of the Act of March 3, 1899 (33 U.S.C. 
408) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsections (d) and (e), respectively, and inserting 
after subsection (b) the following: 
‘‘(c) REVIEW PROCESS.— 
‘‘(1) CONSISTENCY.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a single office within the Corps of Engineers 
with the expertise to provide consistent and timely 
recommendations under subsection (a) for applica-
tions for permission submitted pursuant to such sub-
section. 
‘‘(2) PREAPPLICATION
MEETING.—At the re-
quest of a non-Federal entity that is planning on 
submitting an application for permission pursuant to 
subsection (a), the Secretary, acting through the of-
fice established under paragraph (1), shall meet with 
the non-Federal entity to— 
‘‘(A) provide clear, concise, and specific 
technical requirements for non-Federal entity to 
use in the development of the application; 
‘‘(B) recommend the number of design 
packages to submit for the proposed action, and 
the stage of development at which to submit 
such packages; and 
‘‘(C) identify potential concerns or conflicts 
with such proposed actions.
‘‘(3) CONTRIBUTED
FUNDS.—The Secretary 
may use funds accepted from a non-Federal entity 
under subsection (b)(3) for purposes of conducting 
a meeting described in paragraph (2).’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d), as so redesignated— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the Sec-
retary shall inform’’ and inserting ‘‘the Sec-
retary, acting through the head of the office es-
tablished under subsection (c), shall inform’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the Sec-
retary shall’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary, act-
ing through the head of the office established 
under subsection (c), shall’’. 
SEC. 107. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION AND TRACKING OF 
PERMIT APPLICATIONS. 
(a) ELECTRONIC SYSTEM.—Section 2040(a) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 
2345(a)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘DE-
VELOPMENT OF ELECTRONIC’’ and inserting ‘‘ELEC-
TRONIC’’; 
(2) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall imple-
ment an electronic system to allow the electronic— 
‘‘(A) preparation and submission of appli-
cations for permits and requests for jurisdic-
tional determinations under the jurisdiction of 
the Secretary; and 
‘‘(B) tracking of documents related to Fed-
eral environmental reviews for projects under 
the jurisdiction of the Secretary or for which 
the Corps of Engineers is designated as the 
lead Federal agency.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) documents related to Federal envi-
ronmental reviews for projects under the juris-
diction of the Secretary or for which the Corps 
of Engineers is designated as the lead Federal 
agency.’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.— 
To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary
shall use the electronic system required under para-
graph (1) to enhance interagency coordination in the 
preparation of documents related to Federal environ-
mental reviews.’’. 
(b) SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.—Section 2040(b) of 
the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 
2345(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in paragraph (5)(C), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) enable a non-Federal interest for a project 
to— 
‘‘(A) submit information related to the 
preparation of any Federal environmental re-
view document associated with the project; and 
‘‘(B) track the status of a Federal environ-
mental review associated with the project.’’. 
(c) RECORD RETENTION.—Section 2040(d) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 
2345(d)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘RECORD
OF
DETERMINATIONS’’ and inserting 
‘‘RECORD RETENTION’’;
(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, and all 
Federal environmental review documents included in 
the electronic system’’ before the period at the end; 
and 
(3) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and all Fed-
eral environmental review documents included in the 
electronic system,’’ before ‘‘after the 5-year’’. 
(d) AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS.—Section 2040(e) of 
the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 
2345(e)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘DE-
TERMINATIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘RECORDS’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, and all 
final Federal environmental review documents in-
cluded in the electronic system,’’ before ‘‘available to 
the public’’. 
(e) DEADLINE
FOR ELECTRONIC SYSTEM IMPLE-
MENTATION.—Section 2040(f)(1) of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 2345(f)(1)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2 years after the date of enactment 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022’’ and 
inserting ‘‘1 year after the date of enactment of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 2024’’. 
(f) APPLICABILITY.—Section 2040(g) of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 2345(g))
2282(b)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘$200,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$300,000’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 905(b)(4) 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 
U.S.C. 2282(b)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘(A) TIM-
ING.—’’ and all that follows through ‘‘The cost of’’ and 
inserting ‘‘The cost of’’. 
SEC. 109. SYSTEMWIDE IMPROVEMENT FRAMEWORK AND 
ENCROACHMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 5(c) of the Act of August 
18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n(c)) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(2) SYSTEMWIDE IMPROVEMENT PLAN.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the 
status of compliance of a non-Federal interest 
with the requirements of a levee owner’s man-
ual, or any other eligibility requirement estab-
lished by the Secretary related to the mainte-
nance and upkeep responsibilities of the non- 
Federal interest, the Secretary shall consider 
the non-Federal interest to be eligible for repair 
and rehabilitation assistance under this section 
if—
‘‘(i) in coordination with the Sec-
retary, the non-Federal interest develops a 
systemwide improvement plan that— 
‘‘(I) identifies any items of de-
ferred or inadequate maintenance and 
upkeep, including any such items 
identified by the Secretary or through 
periodic inspection of the flood control 
work; 
‘‘(II) identifies any additional 
measures, including repair and reha-
bilitation work, that the Secretary de-
termines necessary to ensure that the 
flood control work performs as de-
signed and intended; and 
‘‘(III) includes specific timelines 
for addressing such items and meas-
ures; and 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary— 
‘‘(I) determines that the system-
wide improvement plan meets the re-
quirements of clause (i); and 
‘‘(II) determines that the non- 
Federal interest makes satisfactory
progress in meeting the timelines de-
scribed in clause (i)(III). 
‘‘(B) 
GRANDFATHERED
ENCROACH-
MENTS.—At the request of the non-Federal in-
terest, the Secretary— 
‘‘(i) shall review documentation devel-
oped by the non-Federal interest showing a 
covered encroachment does not negatively 
impact the integrity of the flood control 
work; 
‘‘(ii) shall make a written determina-
tion with respect to whether removal or 
modification of such covered encroachment 
is necessary to ensure the encroachment 
does not negatively impact the integrity of 
the flood control work; and 
‘‘(iii) may not determine that a cov-
ered encroachment is a deficiency requiring 
corrective action unless such action is nec-
essary to ensure the encroachment does 
not negatively impact the integrity of the 
flood control work.’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end the 
following:
‘‘(C) 
COVERED
ENCROACHMENT.—The 
term ‘covered encroachment’ means a perma-
nent nonproject structure that— 
‘‘(i) is located inside the boundaries of 
a flood control work; 
‘‘(ii) is depicted on construction draw-
ings or operation and maintenance plans 
for the flood control work that are signed 
by an engineer of record; and 
‘‘(iii) is determined, by the Secretary, 
to be an encroachment of such flood con-
trol work.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 3011 of the 
Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 
(33 U.S.C. 701n note) is repealed. 
(c) TRANSITION.—The amendments made by this 
section shall have no effect on any written agreement 
signed by the Secretary and a non-Federal interest pursu-
ant to section 5(c)(2) of the Act of August 18, 1941 (as 
in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this 
Act) if the non-Federal interest otherwise continues to 
meet the requirements of section 5(c)(2) as in effect on 
the day before the date of enactment of this Act. 
(d) PARTICIPATION
IN
PREPAREDNESS
EXER-
CISES.—The Secretary may not condition the eligibility of
a non-Federal interest for rehabilitation assistance under 
section 5 of the Act of August 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n) 
on the participation of the non-Federal interest in disaster 
preparedness exercises that are unrelated to necessary re-
pairs, rehabilitation, maintenance, and upkeep of a flood 
control work. 
SEC. 110. FISH AND WILDLIFE MITIGATION. 
Section 906 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2283) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘After November 17, 
1986, the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘The 
Secretary’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘shall not submit’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘unless such re-
port contains’’ and inserting ‘‘may not ap-
prove any proposal related to a water re-
sources project unless the Secretary has 
prepared a report relating to the project 
that contains’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and
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‘‘(L) Shoreline of the State of Con-
necticut.’’. 
SEC. 148. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATED TO WATER DATA. 
It is the sense of Congress that, for the purpose of 
improving water resources management, the Secretary 
should— 
(1) develop and implement a framework for in-
tegrating, sharing, and using water data; 
(2) identify and prioritize key water data need-
ed to support water resources management and 
planning, including— 
(A) water data sets, types, and associated 
metadata; and 
(B) 
water 
data 
infrastructure, 
tech-
nologies, and tools; 
(3) in consultation with other Federal agencies, 
States, Indian Tribes, local governments, and rel-
evant stakeholders, develop and adopt common na-
tional standards for collecting, sharing, and inte-
grating water data, infrastructure, technologies, and 
tools; 
(4) ensure that water data is publicly accessible 
and interoperable;