(c) COST SHARING; REMOVAL OF PROJECTS.—Sec-
tion 5(b) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 426h(b)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) COST SHARING.—The Secretary may enter 
into a cost sharing agreement with a non-Federal in-
terest to carry out a project, or a phase of a project, 
under the erosion control program in cooperation 
with the non-Federal interest. 
‘‘(4) REMOVAL OF PROJECTS.—The Secretary 
may pay all or a portion of the costs of removing a 
project, or an element of a project, constructed 
under the erosion control program if the Secretary 
determines during the term of the program that the 
project or element is detrimental to the environment, 
private property, or public safety.’’. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
5(e)(2) of such Act (33 U.S.C. 426h(e)(2)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘$21,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$31,000,000’’. 
SEC. 2005. SMALL SHORE AND BEACH RESTORATION AND 
PROTECTION PROJECTS. 
Section 3 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act authorizing 
Federal participation in the cost of protecting the shores
of publicly owned property’’, approved August 13, 1946 
(33 U.S.C. 426g), is amended by striking ‘‘$3,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$5,000,000’’. 
SEC. 2006. WRITTEN AGREEMENT FOR WATER RESOURCES 
PROJECTS. 
(a) PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS.—Section 221 of 
the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5b) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘under the provisions’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘under any other’’ and 
inserting ‘‘under any’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘to furnish its required co-
operation for’’ and inserting ‘‘under which each 
party agrees to carry out its responsibilities and 
requirements for implementation or construc-
tion of’’; and 
(C) by inserting after ‘‘$25,000.’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Such agreement may include a provi-
sion for damages in the event of a failure of one 
or more parties to perform.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(e) LIMITATION.—Nothing in subsection (a) shall be 
construed as limiting the authority of the Secretary to en-
sure that an agreement under this section meets all re-
quirements of law and policies of the Secretary in effect 
on the date of entry into the agreement.’’. 
(b) LOCAL COOPERATION.—Section 912(b) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (101 Stat. 
4190) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘shall’’ the first place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘may’’; and 
(B) by striking the last sentence; and 
(2) in paragraph (4)— 
(A) by inserting after ‘‘injunction, for’’ the 
following: ‘‘payment of damages or, for’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘to collect a civil penalty 
imposed under this section,’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘any civil penalty imposed 
under this section,’’ and inserting ‘‘any dam-
ages,’’. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub-
sections (a) and (b) only apply to partnership agreements 
entered into after the date of enactment of this Act; except 
that at the request of a non-Federal interest for a project, 
the district engineer for the district in which the project
is located may amend a project partnership agreement en-
tered into on or before such date and under which con-
struction on the project has not been initiated as of such 
date of enactment for the purpose of incorporating such 
amendments. 
(d) PARTNERSHIP
AND COOPERATIVE ARRANGE-
MENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A goal of agreements en-
tered into under section 221 of the Flood Control 
Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5(b)) shall be to fur-
ther partnership and cooperative arrangements, and 
the agreements shall be referred to as ‘‘partnership 
agreements’’. 
(2) REFERENCES
TO
COOPERATION
AGREE-
MENTS.—Any reference in a law, regulation, docu-
ment, or other paper of the United States to a co-
operation agreement or project cooperation agree-
ment shall be considered to be a reference to a part-
nership agreement or a project partnership agree-
ment, respectively. 
(3) REFERENCES
TO
PARTNERSHIP
AGREE-
MENTS.—Any reference to a partnership agreement 
or project partnership agreement in this Act (other 
than this section) shall be considered as a reference
to a cooperation agreement or a project cooperation 
agreement, respectively. 
(e) DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.—Not later than 
September 30, 2006, the Secretary shall issue policies and 
guidelines for partnership agreements that delegate to the 
district engineers, at a minimum— 
(1) the authority to approve any policy in a 
partnership agreement that has appeared in an 
agreement previously approved by the Secretary; 
(2) the authority to approve any policy in a 
partnership agreement the specific terms of which 
are dictated by law, or by a final feasibility study, 
final environmental impact statement, or other final 
decision document for a water resources development 
project; 
(3) the authority to approve any partnership 
agreement that complies with the policies and guide-
lines issued by the Secretary; and 
(4) the authority to sign any partnership agree-
ment for any water resources development project 
unless, within 30 days of the date of authorization 
of the project, the Secretary notifies the district en-
gineer in which the project will be carried out that 
the Secretary wishes to retain the prerogative to 
sign the partnership agreement for that project.
(f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and every year 
thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report 
detailing the following: 
(1) the number of partnership agreements 
signed by district engineers and the number of part-
nership agreements signed by the Secretary, and 
(2) for any partnership agreement signed by 
the Secretary, an explanation of why delegation to 
the district engineer was not appropriate. 
(g) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Not later than the 
120th day following the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Chief of Engineers shall ensure that each district engineer 
has made available on the Internet all partnership agree-
ments entered into under section 221 of the Flood Control 
Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–5(b)) within the preceding 
10 years and all partnership agreements for water re-
sources development projects currently being carried out 
in that district and shall make any partnership agree-
ments entered into after such date of enactment available 
on the Internet within 7 days of the date on which such 
agreement is entered into.
SEC. 2007. ASSISTANCE FOR REMEDIATION, RESTORATION, 
AND REUSE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide to 
State and local governments assessment, planning, and 
design assistance for remediation, environmental restora-
tion, or reuse of areas located within the boundaries of 
such State or local governments where such remediation, 
environmental restoration, or reuse will contribute to the 
improvement of water quality or the conservation of water 
and related resources of drainage basins and watersheds 
within the United States. 
(b) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal share 
of the cost of assistance provided under subsection (a) 
shall be 50 percent. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010. 
SEC. 2008. COMPILATION OF LAWS. 
Within one year after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the laws of the United States relating to the improve-
ment of rivers and harbors, flood control, beach erosion, 
and other water resources development enacted after No-
vember 8, 1966, and before January 1, 2006, shall be 
compiled under the direction of the Secretary and the 
Chief of Engineers and printed for the use of the Depart-
ment of the Army, Congress, and the general public. The
Secretary shall reprint the volumes containing such laws 
enacted before November 8, 1966. In addition, the Sec-
retary shall include an index in each volume so compiled 
or reprinted. Not later than December 1, 2006, the Sec-
retary shall transmit at least 25 copies of each such vol-
ume to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works of the Senate. The Sec-
retary shall also ensure that such compilations are avail-
able through electronic means, including the Internet. 
SEC. 2009. DREDGED MATERIAL DISPOSAL. 
Section 217 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1996 (33 U.S.C. 2326a; 110 Stat. 3694–3696) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) GOVERNMENTAL PARTNERSHIPS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may enter 
into cost sharing agreements with one or more non- 
Federal public interests with respect to a project, or 
group of projects within a geographic region if ap-
propriate, for the acquisition, design, construction, 
management, or operation of a dredged material
processing, treatment, contaminant reduction, or 
disposal facility (including any facility used to dem-
onstrate potential beneficial uses of dredged mate-
rial, which may include effective sediment contami-
nant reduction technologies) using funds provided in 
whole or in part by the Federal Government. One or 
more of the parties of the agreement may perform 
the acquisition, design, construction, management, 
or operation of a dredged material processing, treat-
ment, or disposal facility. If appropriate, the Sec-
retary may combine portions of separate construc-
tion or maintenance appropriations from separate 
Federal projects with the appropriate combined cost 
sharing between the various projects when the facil-
ity serves to manage dredged material from multiple 
Federal projects located in the geographic region of 
the facility. 
‘‘(2) PUBLIC FINANCING.— 
‘‘(A) AGREEMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) SPECIFIED
FEDERAL
FUNDING 
SOURCES AND COST SHARING.—The cost- 
sharing agreement used shall clearly speci-
fy the Federal funding sources and com-
bined cost sharing when applicable to mul-
tiple Federal navigation projects and the