In the Senate of the United States, 
July 28, 2022. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 7776) entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for improve-
ments to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to pro-
vide for the conservation and development of water and re-
lated resources, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the 
following 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Water Resources Development Act of 2022’’. 
(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—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 101. Scope of feasibility studies. 
Sec. 102. Shoreline and riverbank protection and restoration mission. 
Sec. 103. Inland waterway projects.
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Sec. 104. Protection and restoration of other Federal land along rivers and coasts. 
Sec. 105. Policy and technical standards. 
Sec. 106. Planning assistance to States. 
Sec. 107. Floodplain management services. 
Sec. 108. Workforce planning. 
Sec. 109. Credit in lieu of reimbursement. 
Sec. 110. Coastal cost calculations. 
Sec. 111. Advance payment in lieu of reimbursement for certain Federal costs. 
Sec. 112. Use of emergency funds. 
Sec. 113. Research and development. 
Sec. 114. Tribal and Economically Disadvantaged Communities Advisory Com-
mittee. 
Sec. 115. Non-Federal Interest Advisory Committee. 
Sec. 116. Underserved community harbor projects. 
Sec. 117. Corps of Engineers Western Water Cooperative Committee. 
Sec. 118. Updates to certain water control manuals. 
Sec. 119. Sense of Congress on operations and maintenance of recreation sites. 
Sec. 120. Relocation assistance. 
Sec. 121. Reprogramming limits. 
Sec. 122. Lease durations. 
Sec. 123. Sense of Congress relating to post-disaster repairs. 
Sec. 124. Payment of pay and allowances of certain officers from appropriation 
for improvements. 
Sec. 125. Reforestation. 
Sec. 126. Use of other Federal funds. 
Sec. 127. National low-head dam inventory. 
Sec. 128. Transfer of excess credit. 
Sec. 129. National levee restoration. 
Sec. 130. Inland waterways regional dredge pilot program. 
Sec. 131. Funding to process permits. 
Sec. 132. Non-Federal project implementation pilot program. 
Sec. 133. Cost sharing for territories and Indian Tribes. 
Sec. 134. Water supply conservation. 
Sec. 135. Criteria for funding operation and maintenance of small, remote, and 
subsistence harbors. 
Sec. 136. Protection of lighthouses. 
Sec. 137. Expediting hydropower at Corps of Engineers facilities. 
Sec. 138. Materials, services, and funds for repair, restoration, or rehabilitation 
of certain public recreation facilities. 
Sec. 139. Dredged material management plans. 
Sec. 140. Lease deviations. 
Sec. 141. Columbia River Basin. 
Sec. 142. Continuation of construction. 
TITLE II—STUDIES AND REPORTS 
Sec. 201. Authorization of feasibility studies. 
Sec. 202. Special rules. 
Sec. 203. Expedited completion of studies. 
Sec. 204. Studies for periodic nourishment. 
Sec. 205. NEPA reporting. 
Sec. 206. GAO audit of projects over budget or behind schedule. 
Sec. 207. GAO study on project distribution. 
Sec. 208. GAO audit of joint costs for operations and maintenance. 
Sec. 209. GAO review of Corps of Engineers mitigation practices.
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Sec. 210. Sabine–Neches Waterway Navigation Improvement project, Texas. 
Sec. 211. Great Lakes recreational boating. 
Sec. 212. Central and Southern Florida. 
Sec. 213. Investments for recreation areas. 
Sec. 214. Western infrastructure study. 
Sec. 215. Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway System. 
Sec. 216. West Virginia hydropower. 
Sec. 217. Recreation and economic development at Corps facilities in Appalachia. 
Sec. 218. Automated fee machines. 
Sec. 219. Lake Champlain Canal, Vermont and New York. 
Sec. 220. Report on concessionaire practices. 
TITLE III—DEAUTHORIZATIONS, MODIFICATIONS, AND RELATED 
PROVISIONS 
Sec. 301. Additional assistance for critical projects. 
Sec. 302. Southern West Virginia. 
Sec. 303. Northern West Virginia. 
Sec. 304. Local cooperation agreements, northern West Virginia. 
Sec. 305. Special rule for certain beach nourishment projects. 
Sec. 306. Coastal community flood control and other purposes. 
Sec. 307. Modifications. 
Sec. 308. Port Fourchon, Louisiana, dredged material disposal plan. 
Sec. 309. Delaware shore protection and restoration. 
Sec. 310. Great Lakes advance measures assistance. 
Sec. 311. Rehabilitation of existing levees. 
Sec. 312. Pilot program for certain communities. 
Sec. 313. Rehabilitation of Corps of Engineers constructed pump stations. 
Sec. 314. Chesapeake Bay environmental restoration and protection program. 
Sec. 315. Evaluation of hydrologic changes in Souris River Basin. 
Sec. 316. Memorandum of understanding relating to Baldhill Dam, North Da-
kota. 
Sec. 317. Upper Mississippi River restoration program. 
Sec. 318. Harmful algal bloom demonstration program. 
Sec. 319. Colleton County, South Carolina. 
Sec. 320. Arkansas River corridor, Oklahoma. 
Sec. 321. Abandoned and inactive noncoal mine restoration. 
Sec. 322. Asian carp prevention and control pilot program. 
Sec. 323. Forms of assistance. 
Sec. 324. Debris removal, New York Harbor, New York. 
Sec. 325. Invasive species management. 
Sec. 326. Wolf River Harbor, Tennessee. 
Sec. 327. Missouri River mitigation, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska. 
Sec. 328. Invasive species management pilot program. 
Sec. 329. Nueces County, Texas, conveyances. 
Sec. 330. Mississippi Delta Headwaters, Mississippi. 
Sec. 331. Ecosystem restoration, Hudson–Raritan Estuary, New York and New 
Jersey. 
Sec. 332. Timely reimbursement. 
Sec. 333. New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam, Georgia and South Carolina. 
Sec. 334. Lake Tahoe Basin restoration, Nevada and California. 
Sec. 335. Additional assistance for Eastern Santa Clara Basin, California. 
Sec. 336. Tribal partnership program. 
Sec. 337. Surplus water contracts and water storage agreements. 
Sec. 338. Copan Lake, Oklahoma.
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Sec. 339. Enhanced development program. 
Sec. 340. Ecosystem restoration coordination. 
Sec. 341. Acequias irrigation systems. 
Sec. 342. Rogers County, Oklahoma. 
Sec. 343. Water supply storage repair, rehabilitation, and replacement costs. 
Sec. 344. Non-Federal payment flexibility. 
Sec. 345. North Padre Island, Corpus Christi Bay, Texas. 
Sec. 346. Waiver of non-Federal share of damages related to certain contract 
claims. 
Sec. 347. Algiers Canal Levees, Louisiana. 
Sec. 348. Israel River ice control project, Lancaster, New Hampshire. 
Sec. 349. City of El Dorado, Kansas. 
Sec. 350. Upper Mississippi River protection. 
Sec. 351. Regional Corps of Engineers Office, Corpus Christi, Texas. 
Sec. 352. Pilot program for good neighbor authority on Corps of Engineers land. 
Sec. 353. Southeast Des Moines, Southwest Pleasant Hill, Iowa. 
Sec. 354. Middle Rio Grande flood protection, Bernalillo to Belen, New Mexico. 
Sec. 355. Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, Florida. 
Sec. 356. Maintenance dredging permits. 
Sec. 357. Puget Sound nearshore ecosystem restoration, Washington. 
Sec. 358. Tribal assistance. 
Sec. 359. Recreational opportunities at certain projects. 
Sec. 360. Rehabilitation of Corps of Engineers constructed dams. 
Sec. 361. South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force. 
Sec. 362. New Madrid County Harbor, Missouri. 
Sec. 363. Trinity River and tributaries, Texas. 
Sec. 364. Rend Lake, Carlyle Lake, and Lake Shelbyville, Illinois. 
Sec. 365. Federal assistance. 
Sec. 366. Land transfer and trust land for Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. 
Sec. 367. Lake Barkley, Kentucky, land conveyance. 
TITLE IV—WATER RESOURCES INFRASTRUCTURE 
Sec. 401. Project authorizations. 
Sec. 402. Storm damage prevention and reduction, coastal erosion, and ice and 
glacial damage, Alaska. 
Sec. 403. Expedited completion of projects. 
Sec. 404. Special rules. 
Sec. 405. Chattahoochee River program. 
Sec. 406. Lower Mississippi River Basin demonstration program. 
Sec. 407. Forecast-informed reservoir operations. 
Sec. 408. Mississippi River mat sinking unit. 
Sec. 409. Sense of Congress relating to Okatibbee Lake. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of the Army.
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TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. SCOPE OF FEASIBILITY STUDIES. 
(a) FLOOD
AND COASTAL STORM RISK MANAGE-
MENT.—In carrying out a feasibility study for a project 
for flood or coastal storm risk management, the Secretary, 
at the request of the non-Federal interest for the study, shall 
formulate alternatives to maximize net benefits from the re-
duction of the comprehensive flood risk that is identified 
through a holistic evaluation of the isolated and compound 
effects of— 
(1) a riverine discharge of any magnitude or fre-
quency; 
(2) inundation, wave attack, and erosion coin-
ciding with a hurricane or coastal storm; 
(3) a tide of any magnitude or frequency; 
(4) a rainfall event of any magnitude or fre-
quency; 
(5) seasonal variation in water levels; 
(6) groundwater emergence; 
(7) sea level rise; 
(8) subsidence; or 
(9) any other driver of flood risk affecting the 
study area. 
(b) WATER SUPPLY, WATER SUPPLY CONSERVATION, 
AND DROUGHT RISK REDUCTION.—In carrying out a feasi-
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bility study for any purpose, the Secretary, at the request 
of the non-Federal interest for the study, shall formulate 
alternatives— 
(1) to maximize combined net benefits for the 
primary purpose of the study and for water supply, 
water supply conservation, and drought risk reduc-
tion; or 
(2) to include 1 or more measures for the pur-
pose of water supply, water supply conservation, or 
drought risk reduction. 
(c) COST SHARING.—All costs to carry out a feasibility 
study in accordance with this section shall be shared in ac-
cordance with the cost share requirements otherwise appli-
cable to the study. 
SEC. 102. SHORELINE AND RIVERBANK PROTECTION AND 
RESTORATION MISSION. 
(a) DECLARATION
OF
POLICY.—Congress declares 
that— 
(1) consistent with the civil works mission of the 
Corps of Engineers, it is the policy of the United 
States to protect and restore the shorelines, river-
banks, and streambanks of the United States from the 
damaging impacts of extreme weather events and 
other factors contributing to the vulnerability of 
coastal and riverine communities and ecosystems;
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(2) the Chief of Engineers shall give priority 
consideration to the protection and restoration of 
shorelines, riverbanks, and streambanks from erosion 
and other damaging impacts of extreme weather 
events in carrying out the civil works mission of the 
Corps of Engineers; 
(3) to the maximum extent practicable, projects 
and measures for the protection and restoration of 
shorelines, riverbanks, and streambanks shall be for-
mulated to increase the resilience of such shores and 
banks from the damaging impacts of extreme weather 
events and other factors contributing to the vulner-
ability of coastal and riverine communities and eco-
systems using measures described in section 1184(a) 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (33 
U.S.C. 2289a(a)); and 
(4) to the maximum extent practicable, periodic 
nourishment shall be provided, in accordance with 
subsection (c) of the first section of the Act of August 
13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1056, chapter 960; 33 U.S.C. 
426e(c)), and subject to section 156 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 1962d– 
5f), for projects and measures carried out for the pur-
pose of restoring and increasing the resilience of eco-
systems to the same extent as periodic nourishment is
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provided for projects and measures carried out for the 
purpose of coastal storm risk management. 
(b) SHORELINE AND RIVERINE PROTECTION AND RES-
TORATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 212 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1999 (33 U.S.C. 2332) is 
amended— 
(A) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘FLOOD MITIGATION AND RIVERINE RES-
TORATION
PROGRAM’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘SHORELINE AND RIVERINE PROTECTION 
AND RESTORATION’’; 
(B) by striking subsection (a) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may carry out 
projects— 
‘‘(1) to reduce flood and coastal storm hazards, 
including shoreline erosion and riverbank and 
streambank failures; or 
‘‘(2) to restore the natural functions and values 
of rivers and shorelines throughout the United 
States.’’; 
(C) in subsection (b)— 
(i) by striking paragraph (1) and in-
serting the following:
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‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(A) STUDIES.—The Secretary may carry 
out studies to identify appropriate measures 
for— 
‘‘(i) the reduction of flood and coastal 
storm hazards, including shoreline erosion 
and riverbank and streambank failures; or 
‘‘(ii) the restoration of the natural 
functions and values of rivers and shore-
lines. 
‘‘(B) 
PROJECTS.—Subject 
to 
subsection 
(f)(2), the Secretary may design and implement 
projects described in subsection (a).’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (3), by striking 
‘‘flood damages’’ and inserting ‘‘flood and 
coastal storm damages, including the use of 
measures described in section 1184(a) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 2016 
(33 U.S.C. 2289a(a))’’; and 
(iii) in paragraph (4)— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘and coastal 
storm’’ after ‘‘flood’’; 
(II) by inserting ‘‘, shoreline,’’ 
after ‘‘riverine’’; and
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Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213(a))’’ and 
inserting ‘‘section 103 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986 (33 
U.S.C. 2213), except that the non-Fed-
eral share of the cost to design and 
construct a project benefitting an eco-
nomically disadvantaged community 
(as defined pursuant to section 160 of 
the Water Resources Development Act 
of 2020 (33 U.S.C. 2201 note; Public 
Law 116–260)) shall be 10 percent’’; 
(E) in subsection (d)— 
(i) by striking paragraph (2); 
(ii) by striking the subsection designa-
tion and heading and all that follows 
through ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ in paragraph 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(d) PROJECT JUSTIFICATION.—Notwithstanding’’; 
(iii) by redesignating subparagraphs 
(A) through (C) as paragraphs (1) through 
(3), respectively, and indenting appro-
priately; and 
(iv) in paragraph (1) (as so redesig-
nated)—
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(I) 
by 
inserting 
‘‘or 
coastal 
storm’’ after ‘‘flood’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘, including ero-
sion or riverbank or streambank fail-
ures’’ after ‘‘damages’’; 
(F) in subsection (e)— 
(i) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 
through (33) as subparagraphs (A) through 
(GG), respectively, and indenting appro-
priately; 
(ii) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A) (as so redesignated), by striking 
‘‘In carrying out’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) PRIORITY PROJECTS.—In carrying out this 
section after the date of enactment of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 2022, the Secretary shall 
prioritize projects for the following locations: 
‘‘(A) Delaware beaches and watersheds, 
Delaware. 
‘‘(B) Louisiana Coastal Area, Louisiana. 
‘‘(C) Great Lakes Shores and Watersheds.
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‘‘(D) Oregon Coastal Area, Oregon. 
‘‘(E) Upper Missouri River Basin. 
‘‘(F) Ohio River Tributaries and their wa-
tersheds, West Virginia. 
‘‘(G) Chesapeake Bay watershed and Mary-
land beaches, Maryland.’’; 
(G) by striking subsections (f), (g), and (i); 
(H) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub-
section (f); and 
(I) in subsection (f) (as so redesignated), by 
striking paragraph (2) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) PROJECTS
REQUIRING
SPECIFIC
AUTHOR-
IZATION.—The Secretary shall not carry out a project 
until Congress enacts a law authorizing the Secretary 
to carry out the project, if the Federal share of the 
cost to design and construct the project exceeds— 
‘‘(A) $26,000,000, in the case of a project 
benefitting an economically disadvantaged com-
munity (as defined pursuant to section 160 of 
the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 
(33 U.S.C. 2201 note; Public Law 116–260)); 
‘‘(B) $23,000,000, in the case of a project 
other than a project benefitting an economically 
disadvantaged community (as so defined) that—
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‘‘(i) is for purposes of environmental 
restoration; or 
‘‘(ii) derives not less than 50 percent of 
the erosion, flood, or coastal storm risk re-
duction benefits from nonstructural meas-
ures or measures described in section 
1184(a) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 2016 (33 U.S.C. 2289a(a)); or 
‘‘(C) $18,500,000, for a project other than a 
project described in subparagraph (A) or (B).’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 1(b) of the Water Resources Develop-
ment Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 269) is amended by 
striking the item relating to section 212 and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘Sec. 212. Shoreline and riverine protection and restoration.’’. 
(c) EMERGENCY STREAMBANK AND SHORELINE PRO-
TECTION.—Section 14 of the Flood Control Act of 1946 (33 
U.S.C. 701r) is amended by striking ‘‘$5,000,000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$10,000,000’’. 
SEC. 103. INLAND WATERWAY PROJECTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 102(a) of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2212(a)) is 
amended—
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(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘One-half of the costs’’ and inserting ‘‘75 
percent of the costs’’; and 
(2) in the undesignated matter following para-
graph (3), in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘One- 
half of such costs’’ and inserting ‘‘25 percent of such 
costs’’. 
(b) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by sub-
section (a) shall apply to new and ongoing projects begin-
ning on October 1, 2022. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 109 of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (33 U.S.C. 2212 
note; Public Law 116–260) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal 
years 2021 through 2031’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2021 
through 2022’’. 
SEC. 104. PROTECTION AND RESTORATION OF OTHER FED-
ERAL LAND ALONG RIVERS AND COASTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to use 
funds made available to the Secretary for water resources 
development purposes to construct, at full Federal expense, 
a measure benefitting Federal land under the administra-
tive jurisdiction of another Federal agency, if the meas-
ure— 
(1) is included in a report of the Chief of Engi-
neers or other decision document for a water resources
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development project that is specifically authorized by 
Congress; 
(2) is included in a detailed project report (as 
defined in section 105(d) of the Water Resources De-
velopment Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2215(d)); or 
(3) utilizes dredged material from a water re-
sources development project beneficially. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply to a 
measure for which construction is initiated after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(c) EXCLUSION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Federal 
land’’ does not include a military installation. 
(d) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—Nothing in this section 
precludes— 
(1) a Federal agency with administrative juris-
diction over Federal land from contributing funds for 
any portion of the cost of a measure described in sub-
section (a) that benefits that land; or 
(2) the Secretary, at the request of the non-Fed-
eral interest for a study for a project for flood or 
coastal storm risk management, from using funds 
made available to the Secretary for water resources 
development investigations to formulate measures to 
reduce risk to a military installation, if the non-Fed-
eral interest shares in the cost to formulate those
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measures to the same extent that the non-Federal in-
terest is required to share in the cost of the study. 
(e) REPEAL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1025 of the Water Re-
sources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (33 
U.S.C. 2226) is repealed. 
(2) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—The table of 
contents in section 1(b) of the Water Resources Re-
form and Development Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 1193) 
is amended by striking the item relating to section 
1025. 
SEC. 105. POLICY AND TECHNICAL STANDARDS. 
Consistent with the 5-year administrative publication 
life cycle of the Department of the Army, the Secretary shall 
revise, rescind, or certify as current, as applicable, each 
publication for the civil works programs of the Corps of En-
gineers. 
SEC. 106. PLANNING ASSISTANCE TO STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 22 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–16) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘section 
236 of title 10’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4141 of 
title 10’’; and
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(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) PRIORITIZATION.—To the maximum extent 
practicable, the Secretary shall prioritize the provi-
sion of assistance under this subsection to address 
both inland and coastal life safety risks.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (b) through (f) 
as subsections (c) through (g), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) OUTREACH.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized 
to carry out activities, at full Federal expense— 
‘‘(A) to inform and educate States and 
other non-Federal interests about the missions, 
programs, policies, and procedures of the Corps 
of Engineers; and 
‘‘(B) to engage with States and other non- 
Federal interests to identify specific opportuni-
ties to partner with the Corps of Engineers to 
address water resources development needs. 
‘‘(2) STAFF.—The Secretary shall designate staff 
in each district office of the Corps of Engineers to 
provide assistance under this subsection.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (d) (as so redesignated), by 
adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(3) OUTREACH.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated $30,000,000 for each fiscal year to carry 
out subsection (b). 
‘‘(4) PRIORITIZATION.—To the maximum extent 
practicable, the Secretary shall prioritize the provi-
sion of assistance under this section to economically 
disadvantaged communities (as defined pursuant to 
section 160 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 2020 (33 U.S.C. 2201 note; Public Law 116– 
260)).’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
3014(b)(3)(B) of the Water Resources Reform and Develop-
ment Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 4131(b)(3)(B)) is amended by 
striking section ‘‘22(b) of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–16(b))’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 22(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 
(42 U.S.C. 1962d–16(c))’’. 
SEC. 107. FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT SERVICES. 
Section 206 of the Flood Control Act of 1960 (33 
U.S.C. 709a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘Surveys and guides’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing:
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‘‘(2) SURVEYS
AND
GUIDES.—Surveys and 
guides’’; 
(B) in the first sentence— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘identification of areas 
subject to floods due to accumulated snags 
and other debris,’’ after ‘‘inundation by 
floods of various magnitudes and fre-
quencies,’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘In recognition’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In recognition’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) IDENTIFICATION OF ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—To the maximum ex-
tent practicable, in providing assistance under 
this subsection, the Secretary shall identify and 
communicate to States and non-Federal interests 
specific opportunities to partner with the Corps 
of Engineers to address flood hazards. 
‘‘(B) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall 
coordinate activities under this paragraph with 
activities described in subsection (b) of section 22 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 
(42 U.S.C. 1962d–16).’’;
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(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
(e); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) INSTITUTIONS
OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—Not-
withstanding section 4141 of title 10, United States Code, 
in carrying out this section, the Secretary may work with 
an institution of higher education, as determined appro-
priate by the Secretary.’’. 
SEC. 108. WORKFORCE PLANNING. 
(a) DEFINITION OF HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE 
OR UNIVERSITY.—In this section, the term ‘‘historically 
Black college or university’’ has the meaning given the term 
‘‘part B institution’’ in section 322 of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061). 
(b) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary is authorized to 
carry out activities, at full Federal expense— 
(1) to foster, enhance, and support science, tech-
nology, engineering, and math education and aware-
ness; and 
(2) to recruit individuals for careers at the Corps 
of Engineers. 
(c) PARTNERING ENTITIES.—In carrying out activi-
ties under this section, the Secretary may enter into part-
nerships with—
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(1) public and nonprofit elementary and sec-
ondary schools; 
(2) community colleges; 
(3) technical schools; 
(4) colleges and universities, including histori-
cally Black colleges and universities; and 
(5) other institutions of learning. 
(d) PRIORITIZATION.—The Secretary shall, to the 
maximum extent practicable, prioritize the recruitment of 
individuals under this section that are located in economi-
cally disadvantaged communities (as defined pursuant to 
section 160 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 
(33 U.S.C. 2201 note; Public Law 116–260)). 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2027. 
SEC. 109. CREDIT IN LIEU OF REIMBURSEMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1022 of the Water Re-
sources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 
2225) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ before ‘‘an authorized 
coastal navigation project’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or any other water re-
sources development project for which the Sec-