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safe houses for operators, and other interim flood control 
measures in and around the New Orleans metropolitan 
area, provided the Secretary determines those elements of 
work and related expenses to be integral to the overall plan 
to ensure operability of the stations during hurricanes, 
storms and high water events and the flood control plan 
for the area. 
SEC. 2302. The limitation concerning total project 
costs in section 902 of the Water Resources Development 
Act of 1986, as amended (33 U.S.C. 2280), shall not apply 
during fiscal year 2008 to any water resources project for 
which funds were made available during fiscal year 2007. 
SEC. 2303. (a) The Secretary of the Army is author-
ized and directed to utilize funds remaining available for 
obligation from the amounts appropriated in chapter 3 of 
Public Law 109–234 under the heading ‘‘Flood Control and 
Coastal Emergencies’’ for projects in the greater New Orle-
ans metropolitan area to prosecute these projects in a man-
ner which promotes the goal of continuing work at an opti-
mal pace, while maximizing, to the greatest extent prac-
ticable, levels of protection to reduce the risk of storm dam-
age to people and property. 
(b) The expenditure of funds as provided in subsection 
(a) may be made without regard to individual amounts or 
purposes specified in chapter 3 of Public Law 109–234. 
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(c) Any reallocation of funds that are necessary to ac-
complish the goal established in subsection (a) are author-
ized. Reallocation of funds in excess of $250,000,000 or 50 
percent, whichever is less, of the individual amounts speci-
fied in chapter 3 of Public Law 109–234 require notifica-
tions of the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
tion. 
SEC. 2304. The Chief of Engineers shall investigate the 
overall technical advantages, disadvantages and operational 
effectiveness of operating the new pumping stations at the 
mouths of the 17th Street, Orleans Avenue and London Ave-
nue canals in the New Orleans area directed for construc-
tion in Public Law 109–234 concurrently or in series with 
existing pumping stations serving these canals and the ad-
vantages, disadvantages and technical operational effective-
ness of removing the existing pumping stations and config-
uring the new pumping stations and associated canals to 
handle all needed discharges; and the advantages, disadvan-
tages and technical operational effectiveness of replacing or 
improving the floodwalls and levees adjacent to the three 
outfall canals: Provided, That the analysis should be con-
ducted at Federal expense: Provided further, That the anal-
ysis shall be completed and furnished to the Congress not 
later than three months after enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 2305. Using funds made available in Chapter 3 
under title II of Public Law 109–234 (120 Stat. 453), under 
the heading ‘‘Investigations’’, the Secretary of the Army, in 
consultation with other agencies and the State of Louisiana 
shall accelerate completion as practicable the final report 
of the Chief of Engineers recommending a comprehensive 
plan to deauthorize deep draft navigation on the Mis-
sissippi River Gulf Outlet: Provided, That the plan shall 
incorporate and build upon the Interim Mississippi River 
Gulf Outlet Deep-Draft De-Authorization Report submitted 
to Congress in December 2006 pursuant to Public Law 109– 
234. 
SEC. 2306. (a) Section 111 of Public Law 108–137 
(117 Stat. 1835) is amended by— 
(1) adding the following language at the end of 
subsection (a): 
‘‘Such activities also may include the provision of fi-
nancial assistance to facilitate the buy-out of properties lo-
cated in areas identified by the State of Oklahoma as areas 
that are or will be at risk of damage caused by land subsid-
ence and other necessary and closely associated properties 
otherwise identified by the State of Oklahoma; however, any 
buyout of such properties shall not be considered to be part 
of a Federally assisted program or project for purposes of 
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