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Union Calendar No. 94
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2864
[Report No. 109–154] 
To provide for the conservation and development of water and related re-
sources, 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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 13, 2005
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska (for himself, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. DUNCAN, and Ms. 
EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
JUNE 24, 2005
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on June 13, 2005] 
A BILL 
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.—
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary. 
TITLE I—WATER RESOURCES PROJECTS 
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 pro-
gram. 
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. 
TITLE III—PROJECT-RELATED PROVISIONS 
Sec. 3001. King Cove Harbor, Alaska. 
Sec. 3002. St. Paul Harbor, St. Paul Island, Alaska. 
Sec. 3003. Sitka, Alaska. 
Sec. 3004. Tatitlek, Alaska. 
Sec. 3005. Grand Prairie Region and Bayou Meto basin, Arkansas. 
Sec. 3006. Osceola Harbor, Arkansas. 
Sec. 3007. Pine Mountain Dam, Arkansas. 
Sec. 3008. Saint Francis Basin, Arkansas. 
Sec. 3009. American River Watershed, California. 
Sec. 3010. Compton Creek, California. 
Sec. 3011. Grayson Creek/Murderer’s Creek, California. 
Sec. 3012. Hamilton Airfield, California. 
Sec. 3013. John F. Baldwin Ship Channel and Stockton Ship Channel, Cali-
fornia. 
Sec. 3014. Kaweah River, California. 
Sec. 3015. Larkspur Ferry Channel, Larkspur, California. 
Sec. 3016. Llagas Creek, California. 
Sec. 3017. Los Angeles Harbor, California. 
Sec. 3018. Magpie Creek, California. 
Sec. 3019. Pacific Flyway Center, Sacramento, California. 
Sec. 3020. Pinole Creek, California. 
Sec. 3021. Prado Dam, California. 
Sec. 3022. Sacramento and American Rivers Flood Control, California. 
Sec. 3023. Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel, California. 
Sec. 3024. Sacramento River, Glenn-Colusa, California. 
Sec. 3025. Santa Cruz Harbor, California. 
Sec. 3026. Seven Oaks Dam, California. 
Sec. 3027. Upper Guadalupe River, California. 
Sec. 3028. Walnut Creek Channel, California. 
Sec. 3029. Wildcat/San Pablo Creek Phase I, California. 
Sec. 3030. Wildcat/San Pablo Creek Phase II, California. 
Sec. 3031. Yuba River Basin project, California. 
Sec. 3032. Intracoastal Waterway, Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, Delaware 
and Maryland. 
Sec. 3033. Brevard County, Florida. 
Sec. 3034. Broward County and Hillsboro Inlet, Florida. 
Sec. 3035. Canaveral Harbor, Florida. 
Sec. 3036. Gasparilla and Estero Islands, Florida.