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not exceed the incremental operating costs associated with 
providing the storage. 
SEC. 5016. CHESAPEAKE BAY ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORA-
TION AND PROTECTION PROGRAM. 
(a) FORM OF ASSISTANCE.—Section 510(a)(2) of the 
Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3759) 
is amended by striking ‘‘, and beneficial uses of dredged 
material’’ and inserting ‘‘, beneficial uses of dredged mate-
rial, and restoration of submerged aquatic vegetation’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
510(i) of such Act (110 Stat. 3761) is amended by striking 
‘‘$10,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000’’. 
SEC. 5017. CHESAPEAKE BAY OYSTER RESTORATION. 
The second sentence of section 704(b) of the Water Re-
sources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2263(b)) is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$20,000,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$30,000,000’’. 
SEC. 5018. HYPOXIA ASSESSMENT. 
The Secretary may participate with Federal, State, 
and local agencies, non-Federal and nonprofit entities, re-
gional researchers, and other interested parties to assess hy-
poxia in the Gulf of Mexico.
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SEC. 5019. POTOMAC RIVER WATERSHED ASSESSMENT AND 
TRIBUTARY 
STRATEGY 
EVALUATION 
AND 
MONITORING PROGRAM. 
The Secretary may participate in the Potomac River 
Watershed Assessment and Tributary Strategy Evaluation 
and Monitoring Program to identify a series of resource 
management indicators to accurately monitor the effective-
ness of the implementation of the agreed upon tributary 
strategies and other public policies that pertain to natural 
resource protection of the Potomac River watershed. 
SEC. 5020. LOCK AND DAM SECURITY. 
(a) STANDARDS.—The Secretary, in consultation with 
the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Tennessee 
Valley Authority, and the Coast Guard, shall develop stand-
ards for the security of locks and dams, including the test-
ing and certification of vessel exclusion barriers. 
(b) SITE SURVEYS.—At the request of a lock or dam 
owner, the Secretary shall provide technical assistance, on 
a reimbursible basis, to improve lock or dam security. 
(c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—The Secretary may 
enter into a cooperative agreement with a nonprofit alliance 
of public and private organizations that has the mission 
of promoting safe waterways and seaports to carry out test-
ing and certification activities, and to perform site surveys, 
under this section.
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(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $3,000,000 to carry out this 
section. 
SEC. 5021. PINHOOK CREEK, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA. 
The Secretary shall design and construct the locally 
preferred plan for flood protection at Pinhook Creek, Hunts-
ville, Alabama, under the authority of section 205 of the 
Flood Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s). The Secretary 
shall allow the non-Federal interest to participate in the 
financing of the project in accordance with section 903(c) 
of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (100 Stat. 
4184) to the extent that the Secretary’s evaluation indicates 
that applying such section is necessary to implement the 
project. 
SEC. 5022. TALLAPOOSA, ALABAMA. 
The Secretary may provide technical assistance relat-
ing to water supply to the Middle Tallapoosa Water Supply 
District, Alabama. There is authorized to be appropriated 
$5,000,000 to carry out this section. 
SEC. 5023. ALASKA. 
Section 570 of the Water Resources Development Act 
of 1999 (113 Stat. 369) is amended—
(1) in subsection (c) by inserting ‘‘environmental 
restoration,’’ after ‘‘water supply and related facili-
ties,’’;
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(2) in subsection (e)(3)(B) by striking the last 
sentence; 
(3) in subsection (h) by striking ‘‘$25,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$45,000,000’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) NONPROFIT ENTITIES.—Notwithstanding section 
221(b) of the Flood Control Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–
5b(b)), for any project undertaken under this section, a non-
Federal interest may include a nonprofit entity, with the 
consent of the affected local government. 
‘‘(j) CORPS OF ENGINEERS EXPENSES.—Ten percent 
of the amounts appropriated to carry out this section may 
be used by the Corps of Engineers district offices to admin-
ister projects under this section at 100 percent Federal ex-
pense.’’. 
SEC. 5024. BARROW, ALASKA. 
The Secretary shall carry out, under section 117 of the 
Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2005 
(118 Stat. 2944), a nonstructural project for coastal erosion 
and storm damage prevention and reduction at Barrow, 
Alaska, including relocation of infrastructure. 
SEC. 5025. COFFMAN COVE, ALASKA. 
The Secretary is authorized to carry out a project for 
navigation, Coffman Cove, Alaska, at a total cost of 
$3,000,000.
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SEC. 5026. FORT YUKON, ALASKA. 
The Secretary shall make repairs to the dike at Fort 
Yukon, Alaska, so that the dike meets Corps of Engineers 
standards. 
SEC. 5027. KOTZEBUE HARBOR, ALASKA. 
The Secretary is authorized to carry out a project for 
navigation, Kotzebue Harbor, Kotzebue, Alaska, at at total 
cost of $2,200,000. 
SEC. 5028. LOWELL CREEK TUNNEL, SEWARD, ALASKA. 
(a) LONG-TERM MAINTENANCE
AND REPAIR.—The 
Secretary shall assume responsibility for the long-term 
maintenance and repair of the Lowell Creek Tunnel. 
(b) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct a study to 
determine whether alternative methods of flood diversion in 
Lowell Canyon are feasible. 
SEC. 5029. ST. HERMAN AND ST. PAUL HARBORS, KODIAK, 
ALASKA. 
The Secretary shall carry out, on an emergency basis, 
necessary removal of rubble, sediment, and rock impeding 
the entrance to the St. Herman and St. Paul Harbors, Ko-
diak, Alaska, at a Federal cost of $2,000,000. 
SEC. 5030. TANANA RIVER, ALASKA. 
The Secretary shall carry out, on an emergency basis, 
the removal of the hazard to navigation on the Tanana 
River, Alaska, near the mouth of the Chena River, as de-
scribed in the January 3, 2005, memorandum from the
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Commander, Seventeenth Coast Guard District, to the 
Corps of Engineers, Alaska District, Anchorage, Alaska. 
SEC. 5031. VALDEZ, ALASKA. 
The Secretary is authorized to construct a small boat 
harbor in Valdez, Alaska, at a total cost of $20,000,000, 
with an estimated Federal cost of $10,500,000 and an esti-
mated non-Federal cost of $9,500,000. 
SEC. 5032. WHITTIER, ALASKA. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary shall conduct, at Federal 
expense, a study to determine the feasibility of carrying out 
projects for navigation at Whittier, Alaska, to construct a 
new boat harbor at the head of Whittier Bay and to expand 
the existing harbor and, if the Secretary determines that 
a project is feasible, the Secretary may carry out the project. 
(b) NON-FEDERAL COST SHARE.—The non-Federal 
interest may use, and the Secretary shall accept, funds pro-
vided under any other Federal program to satisfy, in whole 
or in part, the non-Federal share of the construction of any 
project carried out under this section if such funds are au-
thorized to be used to carry out such project. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$35,200,000.