Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005/Division C/Title I

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TITLE I — Department of Defense — Civil[edit]

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY[edit]

Corps of Engineers—Civil[edit]

The following appropriations shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army pertaining to rivers and harbors, flood control, shore protection and storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related purposes.


General Investigations[edit]

For expenses necessary for the collection and study of basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood control, shore protection and storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related projects, restudy of authorized projects, miscellaneous investigations, and, when authorized by law, surveys and detailed studies and plans and specifications of projects prior to construction, $144,500,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to use $300,000 for the continued preconstruction, engineering, and design of Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, the project to be designed and evaluated, as authorized and that any recommendations for a National Economic Development Plan shall be accepted notwithstanding the extent of recreation benefits supporting the project features, in view of the fact that recreation is extremely important in sustaining and increasing the economic well-being of the State of Hawaii and the nation;
Provided further, That in conducting the Southwest Valley Flood Damage Reduction Study, Albuquerque, New Mexico, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall include an evaluation of flood damage reduction measures that would otherwise be excluded from the feasibility analysis based on policies regarding the frequency of flooding, the drainage areas, and the amount of runoff;
Provided further, That for the Ohio Riverfront, Cincinnati, Ohio, project, the cost of planning and design undertaken by non-Federal interests shall be credited toward the non-Federal share of project design costs.


Construction, General[edit]

For expenses necessary for the construction of river and harbor, flood control, shore protection and storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related projects authorizedzby law; for conducting detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of such projects (including those for development with participation or under consideration for participation by States, local governments, or private groups) authorized or made eligible for selection by law (but such detailed studies, and plans and specifications, shall not constitute a commitment of the Government to construction); and for the benefit of federally listed species to address the effects of civil works projects owned or operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, $1,796,089,000, to remain available until expended, of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of construction costs for facilities under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities program shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund as authorized by Public Law 104-303; and of which such sums as are necessary pursuant to Public Law 99-662 shall be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, to cover one-half of the costs of construction and rehabilitation of inland waterways projects, (including the rehabilitation costs for Lock and Dam 11, Mississippi River, Iowa; Lock and Dam 19, Mississippi River, Iowa; Lock and Dam 24, Mississippi River, Illinois and Missouri; and Lock and Dam 3, Mississippi River, Minnesota) shall be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund:
Provided, That using $12,500,000 of the funds appropriated herein, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to continue construction of the Dallas Floodway Extension, Texas, project, including the Cadillac Heights feature, generally in accordance with the Chief of Engineers report dated December 7, 1999;
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army is directed to accept advance funds, pursuant to section 11 of the River and Harbor Act of 1925, from the non-Federal sponsor of the Los Angeles Harbor, California, project authorized by section 101(b)(5) of Public Law 106-541;
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army is directed to accept advance funds, pursuant to section 11 of the River and Harbor Act of 1925, from the non-Federal sponsor of the Oakland Harbor, California, project authorized by section 101(a)(7) of Public Law 106-53;
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to use $500,000 of the funds provided herein to continue construction of the Hawaii Water Management Project;
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to use $3,000,000 of the funds appropriated herein to continue construction of the navigation project at Kaumalapau Harbor, Hawaii;
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to use $3,000,000 of the funds provided herein for the Dam Safety and Seepage/Stability Correction Program to complete construction of seepage control features and repairs to the tainter gates at Waterbury Dam, Vermont;
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to use $9,000,000 of the funds appropriated herein to proved with planning, engineering, design or construction of the Grundy, Buchanan County, and Dickenson County, Virginia, elements of the Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River Project;
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to use $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated herein to continue with the planning, engineering, design or construction of the Lower Mingo County, Upper Mingo County, Wayne County, McDowell County, West Virginia, elements of the Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River Project;
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to continue the Dickenson County Detailed Project Report as generally defined in Plan 4 of the Huntington District Engineer's Draft Supplement to the section 202 General Plan for Flood Damage Reduction dated April 1997, including all Russell Fork tributary streams within the County and special considerations as may be appropriate to address the unique relocations and resettlement needs for the flood prone communities within the County;
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to use $8,750,000 of the funds appropriated herein for the Clover Fork, City of Cumberland, Town of Martin, Pike County (including Levisa Fork and Tug Fork Tributaries), Bell County, Harlan County in accordance with the Draft Detailed Project Report dated January 2002, Floyd County, Martin County, Johnson County, and Knox County, Kentucky, detailed project report, elements of the Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River;
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to continue with the construction of the Seward Harbor, Alaska, project, in accordance with the Report of the Chief of Engineers, dated June 8, 1999, and the economic justification contained therein;
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to continue with the construction of the False Pass, Alaska, project, in accordance with the Report of the Chief of Engineers, dated December 29, 2000;
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to proceed with construction of the Sand Point Harbor, Alaska project, in accordance with the Report of the Chief of Engineers, dated October 13, 1998, and the economic justification contained therein;
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to design and construct modifications to the Federal navigation project at Thomsen Harbor, Sitka, Alaska, authorized by section 101 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992;
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall correct the design deficiency at Thomsen Harbor, Sitka, Alaska, by adding to, or extending, the existing breakwaters to reduce wave and swell motion within the harbor at an additional cost of $1,000,000 at full Federal expense;
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed and authorized to continue the work to replace and upgrade the dam and all connections to the existing system at Kake, Alaska;
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to continue with the construction of the Wrangell Harbor, Alaska, project in accordance with the Chief of Engineer's report dated December 23, 1999;
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to proceed with the construction of the New York and New Jersey Harbor project, 50-foot deepening element, upon execution of the Project Cooperation Agreement;
Provided further, That no funds made available under this Act or any other Act for any fiscal year may be used by the Secretary of the Army to carry out the construction of the Port Jersey element until commitments for construction of container handling facilities are obtained from the non-Federal sponsor for a second user along the Port Jersey element;
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to use funds appropriated for the navigation project, Tampa Harbor, Florida, to carry out, as part of the project, construction of passing lanes in an area approximately 3.5 miles long, centered on Tampa Bay Cut B, if the Secretary determines that such construction is technically sound, environmentally acceptable, and cost effective;
Provided further, That using $750,000 of the funds appropriated herein, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized and directed to plan, design, and initiate reconstruction of the Cape Girardeau, Missouri, project, originally authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1950, at an estimated total cost of $9,000,000, with cost sharing on the same basis as cost sharing for the project as originally authorized, if the Secretary determines that the reconstruction is technically sound and environmentally acceptable;
Provided further, That the planned reconstruction shall be used on the most cost-effective engineering solution and shall require no further economic justification;
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to proceed without further delay with work on the permanent bridge to replace Folsom Bridge Dam Road, Folsom, California, as authorized by the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108-137), and, of the $8,000,000 available for the American River Watershed (Folsom Dam Mini-Raise), California, project, up to $5,000,000 of those funds be directed for the permanent bridge, with all remaining devoted to the Mini-Raise;
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army is directed to use $1,365,000 of the funds appropriated herein to construct a project for flood control, Cass River, Spaulding Township, Michigan, pursuant to section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s), notwithstanding that the benefits of the project may not exceed the estimated costs of the project;
Provided further, That the non-Federal interest for the project shall receive credit toward its share of project costs in the amount of $345,000 for work carried out by the non-Federal interest on the project prior to entering into a project cooperation agreement;
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to undertake and fund a demonstration project utilizing the Bidlocker system of escrowing contract bid documents;
Provided further, That the system should provide a method of securing bidder documents prior to the award of the contracts, thus allowing the contractor to provide those documents to the Government in the case of disputes;
Provided further, That the demonstration project shall include use of the system on at least three contracts;
Provided further, That a report on the results of the demonstration project shall be provided within 1 year of the date of enactment of this Act.


Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee[edit]

For expenses necessary for the flood damage reduction program for the Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized by law, $324,500,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, using $12,000,000 of the funds provided herein, is directed to continue design and real estate activities and to initiate the pump supply contract for the Yazoo Basin, Yazoo Backwater Pumping Plant, Mississippi;
Provided further, That the pump supply contract shall be performed by awarding continuing contracts in accordance with 33 U.S.C. 621;
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers is directed, with $500,000 appropriated herein, to continue construction of water withdrawal features of the Grand Prairie, Arkansas, project.


Operation and Maintenance[edit]

For expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related projects authorized by law; for the benefit of federally listed species to address the effects of civil works projects owned or operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers; for providing security for infrastructure owned and operated by, or on behalf of, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, including administrative buildings and facilities, laboratories, and the Washington Aqueduct; for the maintenance of harbor channels provided by a State, municipality, or other public agency that serve essential navigation needs of general commerce, where authorized by law; and for surveys and charting of northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters, clearing and straightening channels, and removal of obstructions to navigation, $1,959,101,000, to remain available until expended, of which such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share of operation and maintenance costs for coastal harbors and channels shall be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99-662 may be derived from that fund; of which such sums as may be available from the special account for the United States Army Corps of Engineers established by the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460l-6a(i)), may be derived from that account for resource protection, research, interpretation, and maintenance activities related to resource protection in the areas at which outdoor recreation is available; and of which such sums as become available under section 217 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, Public Law 104-303, shall be used to cover the cost of operation and maintenance of the dredged material disposal facilities for which fees have been collected:
Provided, That utilizing funds appropriated herein, for the Intracoastal Waterway, Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, Delaware and Maryland, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to reimburse the State of Delaware for normal operation and maintenance costs incurred by the State of Delaware for the SR1 Bridge from station 58+00 to station 293+00 between October 1, 2003, and September 30, 2004;
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to use funds appropriated herein to rehabilitate the existing dredged material disposal site for the project for navigation, Bodega Bay Harbor, California, and to continue maintenance dredging of the Federal channel;
Provided further, That the Secretary shall make suitable material excavated from the Bodega Bay Harbor, California, disposal site as part of the rehabilitation effort available to the non-Federal sponsor, at no cost to the Federal Government, for use by the non-Federal sponsor in the development of public facilities;
Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized to undertake, at full Federal expense, a detailed evaluation of the Albuquerque levees for purposes of determining structural integrity, impacts of vegetative growth, and performance under current hydrological conditions;
Provided further, That using $175,000 provided herein, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers is authorized to remove the sunken vessel State of Pennsylvania from the Christina River in Delaware;
Provided further, That the Corps of Engineers shall not allocate any funds to deposit dredged material along the Laguna Madre portion of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway except at the placement areas specified in the Dredged Material Management Plan in section 2.11 of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for Maintenance Dredging of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Laguna Madre, Texas, Nueces, Kleberg, Kenedy, Willacy, and Cameron Counties, Texas, prepared by the Corps of Engineers dated September 2003;
Provided further, That nothing in the above proviso shall precent the Corps of Engineers from performing necessary maintenance operations along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway if the following conditions are met: if the Corps proposes to use any placement areas that are not currently specified in the Dredged Material Management Plan and failure to use such alternative placement areas will result in the closure of any segment of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, then such proposal shall be analyzed in an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and comply with all other applicable requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., and all other applicable State and Federal laws, including the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq., the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq., and the Coastal Zone Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.;
Provided further, That, of the funds made available, $7,000,000 is to be used to perform work authorized in section 136 of Public Law 108-357.


Regulatory Program[edit]

For expenses necessary for administration of laws pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, $145,000,000, to remain available until expended.


Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program[edit]

For expenses necessary to clean up contamination from sites in the United States resulting from work performed as part of the Nation's early atomic energy program, $165,000,000, to remain available until expended.


General Expenses[edit]

For expenses necessary for general administration and related civil works functions in the headquarters of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the offices of the Division Engineers, the Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity, the Institute for Water Resources, the United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and the United States Army Corps of Engineers Finance Center, $167,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That no part of any other appropriation provided in title I of this Act shall be available to fund the civil works activities of the Office of the Chief of Engineers or the civil works executive direction and management activities of the division offices;
Provided further, That none of these funds shall be available to support an office of congressional affairs within the executive office of the Chief of Engineers.


Office of Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)[edit]

For expenses necessary for the Office of Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), as authorized by 10 U.S.C. 3016(b)(3), $4,000,000.


Administrative Provision[edit]

Appropriations in this title shall be available for official reception and representation expenses (not to exceed $5,000); and during the current fiscal year the Revolving Fund, Corps of Engineers, shall be available for purchase (not to exceed 100 for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles.


General Provisions, Corps of Engineers—Civil[edit]

SEC. 101.[edit]

Beginning in fiscal year 2005 and thereafter, agreements proposed for execution by the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works or the United States Army Corps of Engineers after the date of the enactment of this Act pursuant to section 4 of the Rivers and Harbor Act of 1915, Public Law 64-291; section 11 of the River and Harbor Act of 1925, Public Law 68-585; the Civil Functions Appropriations Act, 1936, Public Law 75-208; section 215 of the Flood Control Act of 1968, as amended, Public Law 90-483; sections 104, 203, and 204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986, as amended, Public Law 99-662; section 206 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996, Public Law 104-303; and any other specific project authority, shall be limited to credits and reimbursements per project not to exceed $10,000,000 in each fiscal year, and total credits and reimbursements for all applicable projects not to exceed $50,000,000 in each fiscal year, except that for environmental infrastructure projects, the $10,000,000 limitation shall apply to each State wherein such projects are undertaken.

SEC. 102.[edit]

None of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be used by the United States Army Corps of Engineers to support activities related to the proposed Ridge Landfill in Tuscarawas County, Ohio.

SEC. 103.[edit]

None of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act shall be used to demonstrate or implement any plans divesting or transferring any Civil Works missions, functions, or responsibilities of the United States Army Corps of Engineers to other government agencies without specific direction in a subsequent Act of Congress.

SEC. 104. ALAMOGORDO, NEW MEXICO.[edit]

The project for flood protection at Alamogordo, New Mexico, authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1962 (Public Law 87-874), is modified to authorize and direct the Secretary to construct a flood detention basin to protect the north side of the City of Alamogordo, New Mexico, from flooding. The flood detention basin shall be constructed to provide protection from a 100-year flood event. The project cost share for the flood detention basin shall be consistent with section 103(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986, notwithstanding section 202(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996.

SEC. 105.[edit]

None of the funds appropriated in this or any other Act may be used by the United States Army Corps of Engineers to support activities related to the proposed Indian Run Sanitary Landfill in Sandy Township, Stark County, Ohio.

SEC. 106. ST. GEORGES BRIDGE, DELAWARE.[edit]

None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to carry out any activity relating to closure or removal of the St. Georges Bridge across the Intracoastal Waterway, Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay, Delaware and Maryland, including a hearing or any other activity relating to preparation of an environmental impact statement concerning the closure or removal.

SEC. 107. WATER REALLOCATION, LAKE CUMBERLAND, KENTUCKY.[edit]

(a) IN GENERAL—Subject to subsection (b), none of the funds made available by this Act may be used to carry out any water reallocation project or component under the Wolf Creek Project, Lake Cumberland, Kentucky, authorized under the Act of June 28, 1938 (52 Stat. 1215, chapter 795) and the Act of July 24, 1946 (60 Stat. 636, chapter 595).
(b) EXISTING REALLOCATIONS—Subsection (a) shall not apply to any water reallocation for Lake Cumberland, Kentucky, that is carried out subject to an agreement or payment schedule in effect on the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 108. LAKE TAHOE BASIN RESTORATION, NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA.[edit]

(a) DEFINITION—In this section, the term "Lake Tahoe Basin" means the entire watershed drainage of Lake Tahoe including that portion of the Truckee River 1,000 feet downstream from the United States Bureau of Reclamation dam in Tahoe City, California.
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM—The Secretary may establish a program for providing environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in Lake Tahoe Basin.
(c) FORM OF ASSISTANCE—Assistance under this section may be in the form of planning, design, and construction assistance for water-related environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development projects in Lake Tahoe Basin—
(1) urban stormwater conveyance, treatment and related facilities;
(2) watershed planning, science and research;
(3) environmental restoration; and
(4) surface water resource protection and development.
(d) PUBLIC OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT—The Secretary may provide assistance for a project under this section only if the project is publicly owned.
(e) LOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT—
(1) IN GENERAL—Before providing assistance under this section, the Secretary shall enter into a local cooperation agreement with a non-Federal interest to provide for design and construction of the project to be carried out with the assistance.
(2) REQUIREMENTS—Each local cooperation agreement entered into under this subsection shall provide for the following:
(A) PLAN—Development by the Secretary, in consultation with appropriate Federal and State and Regional officials, of appropriate environmental documentation, engineering plans and specifications.
(B) LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES—Establishment of such legal and institutional structures as are necessary to ensure the effective long-term operation of the project by the non-Federal interest.
(3) COST SHARING—
(A) IN GENERAL—The Federal share of project costs under each local cooperation agreement entered into under this subsection shall be 75 percent. The Federal share may be in the form of grants or reimbursements of project costs.
(B) CREDIT FOR DESIGN WORK—The non-Federal interest shall receive credit for the reasonable costs of planning and design work completed by the non-Federal interest before entering into a local cooperation agreement with the Secretary for a project.
(C) LAND, EASEMENTS, RIGHTS-OF-WAY, AND RELOCATIONS—The non-Federal interest shall receive credit for land, easements, rights-of-way, and relocations provided by the non-Federal interest towards the non-Federal share of project costs (including all reasonable costs associated with obtaining permits necessary for the construction, operation, and maintenance of the project on publicly owned or controlled land), but not to exceed 25 percent of total project costs.
(D) OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE—The non-Federal share of operation and maintenance costs for projects constructed with assistance provided under this section shall be 100 percent.
(f) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS—Nothing in this section waives, limits, or otherwise affects the applicability of any provision of Federal or State law that would otherwise apply to a project to be carried out with assistance provided under this section.
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section for the period beginning with fiscal year 2005, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended.

SEC. 109. WATERSHED MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT.[edit]

Section 503 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3756) is amended in subsection (c) by inserting the following: "The non-Federal share of the cost to provide assistance for the Lake Tahoe watershed, California and Nevada, and Walker River Basin, Nevada may be provided as work-in-kind.".

SEC. 110.[edit]

The Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works shall enter into an agreement with the Orange County Water District, Orange County, California for purposes of water conservation storage and operations to provide at a minimum a conservation level up to elevation 498 feet mean sea level during the flood season, and up to elevation 505 feet mean sea level during the non-flood season at Prado Dam, California. The Orange County Water District shall pay to the Government only the separable costs associated with implementation and operation and maintenance of Prado Dam for water conservation.

SEC. 111. BLACK WARRIOR-TOMBIGBEE RIVERS, ALABAMA.[edit]

(a) IN GENERAL—The Secretary is authorized to construct a new project management office located in the city of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, at a location within the vicinity of the city, at full Federal expense.
(b) TRANSFER OF LAND AND STRUCTURES—The Secretary is authorized to convey, or otherwise transfer to the City of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, at fair market value, the land and structures associated with the existing project management office, if the city agrees to assume full responsibility for demolition of the existing project management office.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsection (a) $32,000,000.

SEC. 112.[edit]

Within 75 days of the date of the Chief of Engineers Report on a water resource matter, the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) shall submit the report to the appropriate authorizing and appropriating committees of the Congress.

SEC. 113.[edit]

Within 90 days of the date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) shall transmit to Congress his report on any water resources matter on which the Chief of Engineers has reported.

SEC. 114. COASTAL WETLAND CONSERVATION PROJECT FUNDING.[edit]

(a) FUNDING—Section 306 of the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 3955) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ", not to exceed $70,000,000,";
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ", not to exceed $15,000,000,";
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ", not to exceed $15,000,000,";
(b) PERIOD OF AUTHORIZATION—Section 4(a) of the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777c(a)) is amended in the second sentence by striking "2009" and inserting "2019".

SEC. 115.[edit]

The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to design and construct a marina and associated facilities project capable of remaining in operation through extended drought conditions at Federal expense at Lake Sakakawea, North Dakota.

SEC. 116. CENTRAL CITY, FORT WORTH, TEXAS.[edit]

The project for flood control and other purposes on the Trinity River and Tributaries, Texas, authorized by the River and Harbor Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-298), as modified, is further modified to authorize the Secretary to undertake the Central City River Project, as generally described in the Trinity River Vision Master Plan, dated April 2003, as amended, at a total cost not to exceed $220,000,000, at a Federal cost of $110,000,000, and a non-Federal cost of $110,000,000, if the Secretary determines the work is technically sound and environmentally acceptable. The cost of work undertaken by the non-Federal interests before the date of execution of a project cooperation agreement shall be credited against the non-Federal share of project costs if the Secretary determines that the work is integral to the project.

SEC. 117.[edit]

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Army is authorized to carry out, at full Federal expense, structural and non-structural projects for storm damage prevention and reduction, coastal erosion, and ice and glacial damage in Alaska, including relocation of affected communities and construction of replacement facilities.

SEC. 118. COOK INLET, ALASKA.[edit]

(a) ANCHORAGE HARBOR—
(1) HARBOR DEPTH—The project for navigation improvements, Cook Inlet, Alaska, (Anchorage Harbor, Alaska), authorized by section 101 of the River and Harbor Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 299) and modified by section 199 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2944), is further modified to direct the Secretary of the Army to construct a harbor depth of minus 45 feet mean lower low water for a length of 10,860 feet at the modified Port of Anchorage intermodal marine facility at each phase of facility modification as such phases are completed and thereafter as the entire project is completed.
(2) COST—SHARING—If the Secretary determines that the modified Port of Anchorage will be used by vessels operated by the Department of Defense that have a draft of greater than 35 feet, the modification referred to in paragraph (1) shall be at full Federal expense.
(3) TRANSITIONAL DREDGING—Before completion of the project modification described in paragraph (1), the Secretary may conduct dredging to a depth of at least minus 35 feet mean lower low water in such locations as will allow maintenance of navigation and vessel access to the Port of Anchorage intermodal marine facility during modification of such facility. Such work shall be carried out by the Secretary in accordance with section 101 of the River and Harbor Act of 1958.
(4) FACILITATING FACILITY MODIFICATION—Before establishing the harbor depth of minus 45 feet mean lower low water, the Secretary may undertake dredging in accordance with section 101 of the River and Harbor Act of 1958 within the design footprint of the modified intermodal marine facility referred to in paragraph (1) to facilitate modification. The Secretary may carry out such dredging as part of operation and maintenance of the project modified by paragraph (1).
(5) MAINTENANCE—Federal maintenance shall continue for the existing project until the modified intermodal marine facility is completed. Federal maintenance of the modified project shall be in accordance with section 101 of the River and Harbor Act of 1958; except that the project shall be maintained at a depth of minus 45 feet mean lower low water for 10,860 feet referred to in paragraph (1).
(b) NAVIGATION CHANNEL—The Secretary shall modify the channel in the existing Cook Inlet Navigation Channel approach to Anchorage Harbor, Alaska, to run the entire length of Fire Island Range and Point Woronzof Range and shall modify the depth of that channel to minus 45 mean lower low water. The channel shall be maintained at a depth of minus 45 feet mean lower low water.
(c) HYDRODYNAMIC MODELING—The Secretary shall carry out hydrodynamic modeling of the Knik Arm to identify causes of, and measures to address, shoaling at the Port of Anchorage, at a total cost of $3,000,000.
(d) ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS—No alternative other than the alternative authorized in this section shall be considered in any analysis of the modified project to be carried out by the Secretary in accordance with this section.

SEC. 119. NORTHERN WISCONSIN.[edit]

Section 154(c) of title I of division B of the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001, enacted into law by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001 (114 Stat. 2763A-252), is amended—
(1) by inserting after "design" the following: ", construction,"; and
(2) by inserting before "wastewater treatment" the following: "navigation and inland harbor improvement and expansion,".

SEC. 120. ST. CROIX FALLS ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE, WISCONSIN. ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE.[edit]

Section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4835; 110 Stat. 3757; 113 Stat. 335; 114 Stat. 2763A-220) is amended by adding at the end the following:
"(73) ST. CROIX FALLS, WISCONSIN—$5,000,000 for waste water infrastructure, St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin.".

SEC. 121. BURNS HARBOR, INDIANA.[edit]

The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized and directed to dredge sediments, at 100 percent Federal cost, in the vicinity of the Bailey (NIPSCO) intake structure that is approximately 5,000 feet east of and 2,300 feet north of the northern most point of the Burns Waterway Harbor Breakwater authorized by Public Law 89-298.

SEC. 122.[edit]

(a) The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized and directed to transfer the unexpended balance of funds appropriated in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 for the Duck River Water Supply Infrastructure Project, Cullman, Alabama, to the Appalachian Regional Commission.
(b) Funds transferred pursuant to subsection (a) of this section may be used for planning, engineering, and construction activities on the Duck River Water Supply Infrastructure Project under the Memorandum of Agreement between the Appalachian Regional Commission and the Army Corps of Engineers and may be used to reimburse the City of Cullman, Alabama, for expenses incurred by the City for planning and environmental work associated with the Project.

SEC. 123.[edit]

With the funds previously provided under the account heading "Flood Control and Coastal Emergency", the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers is directed to provide assistance to Yakutat, Alaska Dam.

SEC. 124.[edit]

The Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall not implement changes to existing shoreline protection policies that have not been specifically authorized by Congress.