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$20,000,000 for fiscal years beginning after September
30, 1994.
SEC. 346. SEVEN POINTS VISITORS CENTER, RAYSTOWN
LAKE, PENNSYLVANIA.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall construct a
visitors center and related public use facilities at the Seven
Points Recreation Area at Raystown Lake, Pennsylvania,
generally in accordance with the Master Plan Update
(1994) for the Raystown Lake Project.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
$1,500,000. Such sums shall remain available until ex-
pended.
SEC. 347. BLACKSTONE RIVER VALLEY, RHODE ISLAND,
AND MASSACHUSETTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in coordination
with Federal, State, and local interests, shall provide tech-
nical, planning, and design assistance in the development
and restoration of the Blackstone River Valley National
Heritage Corridor, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts.
(b) FEDERAL SHARE.—Funds made available under
this section for planning and design of a project may not
exceed 75 percent of the total cost of such planning and
design.
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SEC. 348. EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS CENTER OF EX-
PERTISE EXTENSION.
The Secretary shall establish an extension of the
Earthquake Preparedness Center of Expertise for the
central United States at an existing district office of the
Corps of Engineers near the New Madrid fault.
SEC. 349. MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE.
The Secretary shall carry out a project for environ-
mental enhancement, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in accord-
ance with the Report and Environmental Assessment,
Black Fox, Murfree and Oaklands Spring Wetlands,
Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, dated Au-
gust 1994.
SEC. 350. REPEAL OF TERMINATION DATE FOR CONSTRUC-
TION OF VIRGIN ISLANDS PROJECTS BY THE
SECRETARY.
Section 406 of the Water Resources Development Act
of 1990 (48 U.S.C. 1405c note) is amended by striking
subsection (c).
SEC. 351. HUNTINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA.
The Secretary may enter into a cooperative agree-
ment under section 218 of this Act with Marshall Univer-
sity, Huntington, West Virginia, to provide technical as-
sistance to the Center for Environmental, Geotechnical
and Applied Sciences.
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SEC. 352. SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.
(a) COST SHARING.—Section 340(c)(3) of the Water
Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4856) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(3) COST SHARING.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Total project costs
under each local cooperation agreement entered
into under this subsection shall be shared at 75
percent Federal and 25 percent non-Federal.
The non-Federal interest shall receive credit for
the reasonable costs of design work completed
by such interest prior to entering into a local
cooperation agreement with the Secretary for a
project. The Federal share may be in the form
of grants or reimbursements of project costs.
‘‘(B) INTEREST.—In the event of delays in
the reimbursement of the non-Federal share of
a project, the non-Federal interest shall receive
credit for reasonable interest to provide the
non-Federal share of a project’s cost.
‘‘(C) LANDS, EASEMENTS, AND RIGHTS-OF-
WAY CREDIT.—The non-Federal interest shall
receive credit for lands, easements, rights-of-
way, and relocations toward its share of project
costs, including direct costs associated with ob-
taining permits necessary for the placement of
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such project on public owned or controlled
lands, but not to exceed 25 percent of total
project costs.
‘‘(D) OPERATION
AND
MAINTENANCE.—
Operation and maintenance costs for projects
constructed with assistance provided under this
section shall be 100 percent non-Federal.’’.
(b) FUNDING.—Section 340(g) of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4856) is
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$5,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘$10,000,000’’.
SEC. 353. REMOVAL OR REMEDIATION OF CONTAMINATED
SEDIMENTS, LOWER FOX RIVER, WISCONSIN.
The Secretary shall remove or remediate contami-
nated sediments from the Lower Fox River, Lake Winne-
bago to Green Bay, Wisconsin, pursuant to section 312
of the Water Resources Development Act of 1990 (33
U.S.C. 1252 note).
SEC. 354. SAVINGS CLAUSE.
Nothing in section 204, section 207, or any other pro-
vision of this Act or any amendment made by this Act
shall be construed to authorize the construction, operation,
or maintenance of any dam, water conduit, reservoir,
power house, transmission line, or other project works for
which a license or exemption is required under the Federal
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Power Act. Nothing in such sections or any other provi-
sion of this Act or any amendment made by this Act shall
by construed to affect the authority or jurisdiction of the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under the Fed-
eral Power Act or under any other provision of law.
Passed the House of Representatives October 3,
1994.
Attest:
Clerk.
103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4460
AN ACT
To provide for conservation and development of
water and related resources, to authorize the Sec-
retary of the Army to construct various projects
for improvements to rivers and harbors of the
United States, and for other purposes.