124 STAT. 2314 PUBLIC LAW 111–212—JULY 29, 2010 (b) Section 301 of the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2241) is amended by striking ‘‘through 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2012’’ in lieu thereof. SEC. 405. (a) The Secretary of the Army shall not be required to make a determination under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 470, et seq.) for the project for flood control, Trinity River and tributaries, Texas, authorized by section 2 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes’’, approved March 2, 1945 [59 Stat. 18], as modified by section 5141 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 [121 Stat. 1253]. (b) The Federal Highway Administration is exempt from the requirements of 49 U.S.C. 303 and 23 U.S.C. 138 for any highway project to be constructed in the vicinity of the Dallas Floodway, Dallas, Texas. SEC. 406. (a) The Secretary of the Army may use funds made available under the heading ‘‘OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE’’ of this chapter to place, at full Federal expense, dredged material available from maintenance dredging of existing Federal navigation channels located in the Gulf Coast region to mitigate the impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. (b) The Secretary of the Army shall coordinate the placement of dredged material with appropriate Federal and Gulf Coast State agencies. (c) The placement of dredged material pursuant to this section shall not be subject to a least-cost-disposal analysis or to the development of a Chief of Engineers report. (d) Nothing in this section shall affect the ability or authority of the Federal Government to recover costs from an entity deter- mined to be a responsible party in connection with the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill pursuant to the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 or any other applicable Federal statute for actions undertaken pursu- ant to this section. CHAPTER 5 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES SALARIES AND EXPENSES For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for nec- essary expenses for emergency relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruc- tion aid, and other expenses related to Haiti following the earth- quake of January 12, 2010, and for other disaster-response activities relating to the earthquake, $690,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That funds appropriated in this paragraph may be used to reimburse obligations incurred for the purposes provided herein prior to enactment of this Act. Exemption. Texas.
