I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1368 
To provide the Secretary of the Army with additional and enhanced authority 
with respect to water resources projects, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2005 
Mr. BURGESS (for himself, Mr. POE, and Mr. MARCHANT) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure 
A BILL 
To provide the Secretary of the Army with additional and 
enhanced authority with respect to water resources 
projects, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Integrated Water Re-
sources Management Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. SUPPORT OF STATE, TRIBAL, INTERSTATE WATER 
RESOURCES ORGANIZATIONS, AND LOCAL 
GOVERNMENT. 
The Secretary of the Army shall include as a primary 
mission of the Army Corps of Engineers the provision of 
technical services and assistance to support planning, con-
servation, and responsible integrated management of 
water resources by State, tribal, interstate water resources 
organizations, and local governments. 
SEC. 3. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 22 of Water Resources Development Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–16) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘The Sec-
retary’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) FEDERAL STATE COOPERATION.— 
‘‘(1) 
COMPREHENSIVE
PLANS.—The 
Sec-
retary’’; 
(2) by inserting after the last sentence in sub-
section (a) the following: 
‘‘(2) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—At the request of a 
governmental agency or non-Federal interest, 
the Secretary may provide, at Federal expense, 
technical assistance to such agency or non-Fed-
eral interest in managing water resources.
‘‘(B) TYPES
OF
ASSISTANCE.—Technical 
assistance under this paragraph may include 
provision and integration of hydrologic, eco-
nomic, and environmental data and analyses.’’. 
(3) in subsection (b)(1) by striking ‘‘this sec-
tion’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(a)(1)’’; 
(4) in subsection (b)(2) by striking ‘‘Up to 1⁄2 
of the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; 
(5) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(c) There is’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL
AND
STATE
COOPERATION.— 
There is’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘ except that not more 
than $500,000 shall be expended in any one 
year in any one State’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘the provisions of this sec-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1);’’; and 
(D) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—There is au-
thorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 annually to 
carry out subsection (a)(2), of which not more than 
$2,000,000 annually may be used by the Secretary
to enter into cooperative agreements with nonprofit 
organizations and State agencies to provide assist-
ance to rural and small communities.’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) ANNUAL SUBMISSION.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide a listing of the individual activities proposed for fund-
ing under subsection (a)(1), based on performance criteria 
developed by the Secretary.’’. 
SEC. 4. WATERSHED AND RIVER BASIN ASSESSMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 729 of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2267a; 114 
Stat. 2587–2588; 100 Stat. 4164) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (1) of subsection (f) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal 
share of the costs of an assessment carried out 
under this section on or after December 11, 2000, 
shall be 25 percent.’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (g). 
(b) REVISION OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.—The 
Secretary of the Army shall revise the partnership agree-
ment for any assessment being carried out under section 
729 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to 
take into account the change in non-Federal participation
in the assessment as a result of the amendments made 
by subsection (a). 
SEC. 5. CREDIT FOR MATERIALS AND IN-KIND SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Army is au-
thorized to allow a non-Federal interest credit toward its 
share of the costs of any authorized water resources devel-
opment project or study for the cost of materials and in- 
kind services, including planning (including data collec-
tion), design, management, and construction services, pro-
vided by the non-Federal interest for implementation of 
the project or study. The credit shall include the cost of 
materials and services provided prior to signing a partner-
ship or feasibility cost sharing agreement for the project 
or study, including efforts on constructed elements incor-
porated into the project, and materials and services pro-
vided after the partnership or feasibility cost sharing 
agreement, subject to the limitations in subsection (b). 
(b) LIMITATIONS.—Credit authorized under sub-
section (a)— 
(1) shall not exceed the non-Federal share of 
project costs; 
(2) shall not alter any other requirements that 
require a non-Federal interest to provide lands, ease-
ments, rights-of-way, and dredged material disposal 
areas for the project;