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Calendar No. 166 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2864 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 18, 2005 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To provide for the conservation and development of water 
and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Army to construct various projects for improvements to 
rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Water Resources Development Act of 2005’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary. 
TITLE I—WATER RESOURCES PROJECTS
HR 2864 PCS 
Sec. 1001. Project authorizations. 
Sec. 1002. Small projects for flood damage reduction. 
Sec. 1003. Small projects for emergency streambank protection. 
Sec. 1004. Small projects for navigation. 
Sec. 1005. Small projects for improvement of the quality of the environment. 
Sec. 1006. Small projects for aquatic ecosystem restoration. 
Sec. 1007. Small projects for shoreline protection. 
Sec. 1008. Small projects for snagging and sediment removal. 
TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 2001. Non-Federal contributions. 
Sec. 2002. Harbor cost sharing. 
Sec. 2003. Funding to process permits. 
Sec. 2004. National shoreline erosion control development and demonstration 
program. 
Sec. 2005. Small shore and beach restoration and protection projects. 
Sec. 2006. Written agreement for water resources projects. 
Sec. 2007. Assistance for remediation, restoration, and reuse. 
Sec. 2008. Compilation of laws. 
Sec. 2009. Dredged material disposal. 
Sec. 2010. Wetlands mitigation. 
Sec. 2011. Remote and subsistence harbors. 
Sec. 2012. Beneficial uses of dredged material. 
Sec. 2013. Cost-sharing provisions for certain areas. 
Sec. 2014. Revision of project partnership agreement. 
Sec. 2015. Cost sharing. 
Sec. 2016. Credit for work performed before partnership agreement. 
Sec. 2017. Recreation user fee revenues. 
Sec. 2018. Expedited actions for emergency flood damage reduction. 
Sec. 2019. Watershed and river basin assessments. 
Sec. 2020. Tribal partnership program. 
Sec. 2021. Wildfire firefighting. 
Sec. 2022. Credit for nonconstruction services. 
Sec. 2023. Technical assistance. 
Sec. 2024. Coordination and scheduling of Federal, State, and local actions. 
Sec. 2025. Project streamlining. 
Sec. 2026. Lakes program. 
Sec. 2027. Mitigation for fish and wildlife losses. 
Sec. 2028. Cooperative agreements. 
Sec. 2029. Project planning. 
Sec. 2030. Independent peer review. 
Sec. 2031. Training funds. 
Sec. 2032. Access to water resource data. 
Sec. 2033. Shore protection projects. 
Sec. 2034. Ability to pay. 
Sec. 2035. Aquatic ecosystem restoration. 
Sec. 2036. Small flood damage reduction projects. 
Sec. 2037. Leasing authority. 
Sec. 2038. Cost estimates. 
Sec. 2039. Studies and reports for water resources projects. 
Sec. 2040. Fiscal transparency report. 
Sec. 2041. Support of army civil works program. 
Sec. 2042. Criteria for operation and maintenance of harbor dredging projects. 
TITLE III—PROJECT-RELATED PROVISIONS