PUBLIC LAW 106-53—AUG. 17, 1999 113 STAT. 285 TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 201. SMALL FLOOD CONTROL AUTHORITY. Section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s) is amended— (1) in the first sentence, by striking "construction of small projects" and inserting "implementation of small structured and nonstructural projects"; and (2) in the third sentence, by striking "$5,000,000" and inserting "$7,000,000". SEC. 202. USE OF NON-FEDERAL FUNDS FOR COMPILING AND DISSEMINATING INFORMATION ON FLOODS AND FLOOD DAMAGE. Section 206(b) of the Flood Control Act of 1960 (33 U.S.C. 709a(b)) is amended in the third sentence by inserting before the period at the end the following: ", but the Secretary of the Army may accept funds voluntarily contributed by such entities for the ptupose of expanding the scope of the services requested by the entities". SEC. 203. CONTRIBUTIONS BY STATES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS. Section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701h), is amended by inserting "or environmental restoration" after "flood control". SEC. 204. SEDIMENT DECONTAMINATION TECHNOLOGY. Section 405 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (33 U.S.C. 2239 note; Public Law 102-580) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following: "(4) PRACTICAL END-USE PRODUCTS. —Technologies selected for demonstration at the pilot sceile shall be intended to result in practical end-use products. "(5) ASSISTANCE BY THE SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall assist the project to ensure expeditious completion by providing sufficient quantities of contaminated dredged material to conduct the full-scale demonstrations to stated capacity."; (2) in subsection (c), by striking the first sentence and inserting the following: "There is authorized to be appropriated Appropriation to carry out this section $22,000,000 to complete technology authorization, testing, technology commercialization, and the development of full scale processing facilities within the New York/New Jersey Harbor."; and (3) by adding at the end the following: "(e) SUPPORT.— In carrying out the program under this section, the Secretary is encouraged to use contracts, cooperative agreements, and grants with colleges and universities and other non- Federal entities.". SEC. 206. CONTROL OF AQUATIC PLANTS. Section 104 of the River and Harbor Act of 1958 (33 U.S.C. 610) is amended— (1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by striking "waterhyacinth, alligatorweed, Eurasisui water milfoil, melaleuca, and other obnoxious aquatic plant growths, from" and inserting "noxious aquatic plant growths from";
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