H.R. 1495 would provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, and it would authorize the Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements to rivers and harbors of the United States.

== Detailed Summary ==

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Water Resources Development Act of 2007 - Reauthorizes<b>(This measure has not been amended since the Water Resources Development Act.Conference Report was filed in the House on July 31, 2007. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b>

<b>Title I:Water Resources Development Act of 2007 - Reauthorizes the Water Resources Projects</b> - (Sec. 1001)Development Act (WRDA). Authorizes projects forflood control, navigation, ecosystem orand environmental restoration,projects and hurricane, flood, or storm damage reduction in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri and Kansas, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and Washington. Terminates projects in Florida.studies by the Army Corps of Engineers.

(Sec. 1002) Directs the Secretary of the Army (the Secretary) to: (1) conduct a project<b>Title I: Water Resources Projects</b> - (Sec. 1001) Authorizes projects for navigation andnavigation, ecosystem improvements for the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway System, Minnesotaor environmental restoration, and Illinois;hurricane, flood, or storm damage reduction in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri and (2) appoint an advisory panelKansas, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, and develop a system to rank proposed projects.Washington. Terminates specified projects in Florida.

(Sec. 1003) Authorizes1002) Directs the Secretary to carry out a program for ecosystem restoration, Louisiana Coastal Area. Lists priorities and authorized modifications. Authorizesof the SecretaryArmy (the Secretary) to conduct a demonstration program within the applicable project area to evaluate new technologiesstudies for projects for: (1) flood damage reduction in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and their applicabilityWyoming; (2) emergency streambank protection in California, Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas and to conduct a program for the beneficial useLouisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Tennessee, Texas, and Vermont; (3) navigation in Alaska, Arkansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, and Wisconsin; (4) improvement of dredged material. Sets forth reporting requirements. Makes nongovernmental organizations eligible to contribute to the nonfederal sharequality of the costenvironment in California, Florida, Iowa, Missouri, New Jersey and Delaware, and Pennsylvania; (5) aquatic ecosystem restoration in Alabama, Alaska, California, Florida, Georgia and Alabama, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, and Virginia; (6) shoreline protection in Alaska, California, Florida, Guam, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas; (7) snagging and sediment removal in New York; and (8) prevention or mitigation of a project.damage caused by navigation projects in Georgia and Indiana.

Directs(Sec. 1010) Authorizes the Secretary, in coordination with the governor of Louisiana,Secretary to developcarry out a planproject for protecting, preserving, and restoring the coastal Louisiana ecosystem (comprehensive plan), to submit to Congress the plan or an update periodically, and to ensure that the plan is fully integrated with the analysis and design of comprehensive hurricane protection authorized byaquatic nuisance plant control in the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2006 (EWDAA). Republican River Basin, Nebraska.

Establishes<b>Title II: General Provisions</b> - (Sec. 2001) Amends the Coastal Louisiana Ecosystem Protection and Restoration Task Force to make recommendationsWRDA of 1986 to prohibit the Secretary regarding:from: (1) policies, strategies, plans, programs, projects, and activitiessoliciting contributions from non-federal interests for addressing conservation, protection, restoration, and maintenancecosts of constructing authorized water resources projects or measures in excess of the coastal Louisiana ecosystem;nonfederal share assigned to appropriate project purposes; or (2) financialconditioning federal participation by each agency represented on the Task Force in conserving, protecting, restoring, and maintaining the coastal Louisiana ecosystem; and (3) the comprehensive plan. Authorizes Task Force working groups. receipt of such contributions.

Requires(Sec. 2002) Extends the Task ForceSecretary's authority to establish an integration team to: (1) advise the Task Forceaccept and the Secretary regarding opportunities to integrate the planning, engineering, design, implementation,expend funds contributed by nonfederal public entities and performance of Corps of Engineers (Corps) projects for hurricane and storm damage reduction, flood damage reduction, ecosystem restoration, and navigation in areas of Louisiana declared to be a major disaster as a result of Hurricanes Katrina or Rita; and (2) review reports relating to expedite the performanceprocessing of the hurricane, coastal, and flood protection systems in southern Louisiana.permits.

Directs(Sec. 2003) Amends the SecretaryFlood Control Act to establishallow a coastal Louisiana ecosystem science and technology program. Authorizes the Secretary, in carrying out an activitypartnership agreement for projects to conserve, protect, restore, or maintaininclude a provision for liquidated damages in the coastal Louisiana ecosystem,event of a failure of parties to determine thatperform. Sets forth additional reporting and other requirements regarding such agreements. Directs the environmental benefits providedSecretary, by the program outweigh the disadvantage of an activity. Provides that, upon determiningJune 30, 2008, to issue policies and guidelines that an activity is cost-effective, no further economic justification shall be required.delegate certain authority to district engineers to approve or sign partnership agreements.

Requires(Sec. 2004) Directs the Secretary to: (1) contract withand the National AcademyChief of Sciences (NAS)Engineers (Chief) to carry outprepare a studycompilation of U.S. laws related to identify the cause and sources of any degradation of the Louisiana Coastal Area that occurred as a result of an activity approved by the Secretary; (2) study financing alternatives for the ecosystem restoration program and potential reductions in the expenditure of federal funds in emergency responses that would occur as a result of ecosystem restoration in the Area; (3) review each federally-authorized water resources project in the Area in existence on the date of this Act's enactment and carry out specified modifications; and (4) report to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and the House Transportationdevelopment enacted after November 8, 1966, and Infrastructure Committee (the committees). before January 1, 2008.

Directs(Sec. 2005) Amends the WRDA to authorize the Secretary to: (1) establish the Louisiana Water Resources Council to serve as the exclusive peer review panelenter into a partnership agreement with nonfederal interests for activities conducted by the Corps in areasacquisition, design, construction, management, or operation of Louisiana declared as major disaster areas in response to Hurricanes Katrinaa dredged material processing, treatment, contaminant reduction, or Rita; and (2) contract with NASdisposal facility using funds provided by the federal government, subject to perform an external review of the demonstration programspecified federal funding and submit the results of the review to the committees.cost sharing requirements.

Authorizes(Sec. 2006) Authorizes the Secretary to take specified steps, including: (1) raising levee heights as necessary and otherwise enhance the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity Project and the West Bank and Vicinity Project to provide the levels of protection necessary to achieve the certification required for the 100-year level of flood protection,Secretary, in accordance with the National Flood Insurance Program under the base flood elevations current at the timeconducting a study of the construction;harbor and (2) reduce the risk of storm damagenavigation improvements, to recommend a project without demonstrating that the greater New Orleans metropolitan areaproject is justified solely by restoring the surrounding wetlands throughnational economic development benefits under specified means.circumstances involving remote and economically critical projects.

Sets forth provisions regarding cost-sharing requirements. Directs(Sec. 2007) Allows the nonfederal interest for a study or project to use, and requires the Secretary to submitaccept, funds provided by a federal agency to satisfy the committees a notice in any case in which an estimate for the expenditurenonfederal share of funds exceeds the amountcost under specified for that project or activity in the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006. Limits appropriations.circumstances.

Directs(Sec. 2008) Directs the Secretary to submit toSecretary, upon legal authorization of an increase in the committeesmaximum amount of federal funds that may be allocated for a report describing any modification required toproject or an increase in the project for flood damage reduction, Larosetotal cost, to Golden Meadow, Louisiana,enter into a revised partnership agreement to achievetake into account the certification necessary forchange in federal participation in the National Flood Insurance Program. Authorizes specified modifications, subject to committee approval of the report and other requirements.(without affecting any cost-sharing requirement).

Authorizes(Sec. 2009) Directs the Secretary to consolidate specifiedexpedite any authorized planning, design, and construction of a flood damage reduction projects in Lower Jefferson Parish, Louisiana,project for an area that, within the preceding five years, has been subject to flooding that resulted in the loss of life and caused damage of sufficient magnitude to warrant a cost limitation.declaration of a major disaster by the President.

Terminates a portion(Sec. 2010) Amends the WRDA of 1986 to add river basins in Ohio, Washington, New York, and Arkansas and Missouri to selected river basins and watersheds for assessment. Reduces the navigation project, Mississippi River Gulf Outlet. nonfederal share of the costs of assessments on or after December 11, 2000.

Directs(Sec. 2011) Amends the WRDA of 2000 to authorize the Secretary, regardingunder the tribal partnership program, to carry out water-related planning activities. Authorizes studies involving projects identified and analysis and design of comprehensive hurricane protection, to: (1) submit specific project recommendationslocated in any report developed underlands within the EWDAA; and (2) submit the reportsjurisdictional area of an Oklahoma Indian tribe that are recognized as eligible for trust land status. Permits studies to address watershed assessments and planning activities. Authorizes appropriations for the committees.program through FY2012.

Authorizes(Sec. 2012) Adds the President, upon determining thatSecretary to the list of federal agencies authorized to enter into contracts with state and local governmental entities for procurement of services in suppressing fires.

(Sec. 2013) Authorizes the Secretary, at the request of a feature recommendedgovernmental agency or nonfederal interest, to provide technical assistance in managing water resources, including the analysisprovision and designintegration of comprehensive hurricane protection underhydrologic, economic, and environmental data and analyses. Directs the EWDAA could address an imminent threatSecretary to life and property, preventsubmit to specified congressional committees, concurrent with the request for appropriations for the Civil Works Program for a dangerous storm surge from reachingfiscal year, a populated area, preventreport describing the lossindividual activities proposed for funding.

(Sec. 2014) Amends the WRDA of coastal areas1986 to include additional sites in Illinois, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and Vermont in the Lakes Program.

(Sec. 2015) Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) enter into cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations with expertise in wetlands restoration to carry out design and construction of wetlands restoration that reduceis part of an authorized project; and (2) include individuals not employed by the impactDepartment of storm surge, benefit national energy security, protect emergency hurricane evacuation routes or shelters, or address inconsistenciesthe Army in training classes offered by the Corps of Engineers when it is in the best interest of the government. Requires such individuals to pay the full cost of the training.

(Sec. 2017) Directs the Secretary to provide public access to water resource and related water quality data in the custody of the Corps.

(Sec. 2018) Declares that it is U.S. policy to promote beach nourishment for purposes of flood damage reduction and hurricane protection standards,and storm damage reduction and related research that encourages the protection, restoration, and enhancement of sandy beaches on a comprehensive basis, with preference to submitareas in which there has been a legislative proposal relatingfederal investment and where the need for prevention or mitigation of damage is attributable to federal activities.

(Sec. 2019) Amends the featureWRDA of 1986 to require the Speakerdevelopment of new criteria and procedures regarding the Houseability of a nonfederal interest to pay (with respect to cost-sharing agreements) by December 31, 2007. Directs the Secretary to apply such criteria and procedures to specified projects in Missouri, Texas, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.

(Sec. 2020) Amends the President pro temporeWRDA of 1996 to authorize projects that improve elements and features of an estuary and projects for the Senateremoval of dams that otherwise meet Act requirements.

(Sec. 2021) Increases the amount the Secretary may allot under: (1) the Flood Control Act of 1948 for authorization. Sets forth provisions regarding prioritizationsmall flood control projects; (2) the River and Harbor Act of projects. Makes any such proposal submitted1960 for small river and harbor improvement projects; and (3) the Flood Control Act of 1946 for the construction, repair, restoration, and modification of emergency streambank and shoreline protection works to prevent damage to highways, bridge approaches, and public works, churches, hospitals, schools, and other nonprofit public services.

Increases authorized appropriations under the WRDA of: (1) 1986 for project modifications to improve the environment; and (2) 1999 for remediation of abandoned mine sites.

(Sec. 2026) Authorizes the Secretary to grant leases of lands, including structures or facilities, at water resource development projects to federally recognized Indian tribes.

(Sec. 2027) Directs the Chief to submit to specified committees an annual report on expenditures: (1) for the preceding and current fiscal years; and (2) by the President, beginning after December 31, 2008, eligibleCorps necessary in the following fiscal year, for expedited consideration.each project or activity not scheduled for completion in the current fiscal year, to maintain the same level of effort.

(Sec. 1004) Directs2028) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct studies for projects for: (1) flood damage reduction in Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Wyoming; (2) navigation in Alaska, Arkansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin; (3) aquatic ecosystem restoration in Alaska, California, Georgia, Massachusetts, Michigan, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Virginia; (4) preventionprovide assistance to specified universities or mitigation of damage caused by navigation projectscolleges in GeorgiaTennessee, Illinois, and Indiana; and (5) aquatic plant control in Nebraska.Texas for water resources-related studies.

<b>Title II: General Provisions - Subtitle A: Provisions - </b> (Sec. 2001) Amends(Sec. 2029) Expresses the Flood Control Actsense of 1970 to rename project cooperation agreements as partnership agreements, requireCongress that the Secretary to delegate authority to district engineers to approve certain partnership agreements,Corps' operations and include provisions for damages and credit for in-kind contributions.maintenance budget should reflect the use of all available economic data, rather than a single performance metric.

(Sec. 2002)2030) Modifies provisions of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA)WRDA of 1996 to authorize the Secretary to engage in activities, including contracting, in support of other federal agencies, international organizations, or foreign governments to address problems of national significance to the United States. Authorizes the Department of State to engage in activities in support of international organizations only after consulting with the Secretary of State.significance. Authorizes funding. Authorizes the Secretary to accept and expend additional funds from foreign governments.

(Sec. 2003) Authorizes the Secretary to include individuals from the nonfederal interest, including the private sector, in training classes and courses offered by the Corps in any case in which2031) Declares that it is inU.S. policy that all water resources projects reflect national priorities, encourage economic development, and protect the best interest of the government. Requires such individualsenvironment by: (1) seeking to paymaximize sustainable economic development; (2) seeking to avoid the full costunwise use of floodplains and flood-prone areas and maximizing adverse impacts and vulnerabilities where such areas must be used; and (3) protecting and restoring the training provided.functions of, and mitigating unavoidable damage to, natural systems.

(Sec. 2004)2032) Directs the Chief of Engineers (Chief)President to submitreport to the committeesCongress describing U.S. vulnerability to damage from flooding, including: (1) an annual report onassessment of the expenditures forextent to which programs relating to flooding address flood risk reduction priorities; (2) the preceding fiscal yearextent to which those programs may be encouraging development and the estimated expenditureseconomic activity in flood-prone areas; and (3) recommendations for the current fiscal year.improving those programs.

(Sec. 2005)2033) Amends the WRDA of 1996 to direct the Secretary, for all feasibility reports completed after December 31, 2005,2007, to assess whether: (1) the water resource project and each separable element is cost-effective; and (2) the water resource project complies with federal, state, and local laws and public policies.

Directs the Chief:Chief to: (1) within two years after the date on which the feasibility study cost sharing agreement is signed for a project, subject to the availability of appropriations, to complete the feasibility study and sign the Chief's report for the project (authorizes the Chief, with the Secretary's approval, to extend the deadline for not to exceed four years for a complex or controversial study); (2) to adopt a risk analysis approach to project cost estimates; and (3) toestimates for water resources projects; (2) issue procedures for risk analysis for cost estimation and submit to Congress a report that includes suggested amendments to provisions regarding maximum cost of projects. projects; (3) establish benchmarks for determining the time it should take to conduct a project feasibility study and its associated review process under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969; (4) use such benchmarks to make the feasibility study process more efficient; and (5) establish benchmark goals for completing project feasibility studies within two years (or within four years for complex projects).

Requires a feasibility study for a flood damage reduction project to include, as part of the cost/benefit calculation, a calculation of:calculations: (1) of the residual risk of flooding ,flooding, of loss of human life, and to human safety following completion of the proposed project; and (3)(2) of any upstream or downstream impacts ofimpacts; and (3) to ensure that the proposed project. benefits and costs associated with structural and nonstructural alternatives are evaluated in an equitable manner.

Authorizes the Secretary to establish centers to provide specialized planning expertise for water resource projects to be carried out by the Secretary in order to enhance and supplement the capabilities of the districts of the Corps.

Requires feasibility and other studies and assessments of water resource problems and projects to include recommendations for alternatives: (1) that, as determined by the nonfederal interests for the projects, promote integrated water resources management; and (2) for which the nonfederal interests are willing to provide the nonfederal share for the studies or assessments. Provides that the completion of a Chief's report for a project shall not be delayed while consideration is being given to potential changes in policy or priority for project consideration. Requires completed reports to be submitted to thespecified committees and reviewed by the Secretary, who shall provide any recommendations to Congress, with an exception.Congress.

(Sec. 2006) Directs the President2034) Requires project studies to be subject to establish a Water Resources Planning Coordinating Committee. Declares that it is U.S. policy that all water resources projects carried outpeer review by an independent panel of experts if: (1) the Corps shall reflect national priorities, seek to avoidproject has an estimated total cost of more than $45 million, including mitigation costs; (2) the unwise usegovernor of floodplains, minimize vulnerabilities in any case in whichan affected state requests a floodplain must be used, protect and restore the functionspeer review by an independent panel of natural systems, and mitigate any unavoidable damageexperts; or (3) the Chief determines that the project study is controversial (in cases where there is a significant public dispute as to natural systems.the nature or effects of the project or the economic or environmental costs or benefits). Limits costs of panels.

Requires(Sec. 2035) Directs the Committee, in collaboration with the Secretary, to: (1) reportChief to ensure that the Presidentdesign and Congress describing U.S. vulnerability to damage from floodingconstruction activities for hurricane and related storm damage; and (2) reviewflood damage reduction projects are reviewed by independent experts if necessary to assure public health, safety, and propose updates and revisions atwelfare on any project that meets specified intervals to modernize the planning principles, guidelines, regulations, and circulars by which the Corps analyzes and evaluates water projects.criteria.

Directs(Sec. 2036) Amends the Committee andWRDA of 1986 to require the Secretary: (1)Secretary, in conducting a review,order to consider revisionsmitigate losses to improveflood damage reduction capabilities and fish and wildlife resulting from a water resources project, to ensure that the mitigation plan for each project planning through specified means, including requiringcomplies with the use of modern economic principlesstandards and analytical techniques, eliminating certain biases, and encouraging wetlands conservation; and (2)policies established pursuant to solicit publicthe regulatory programs administered by the Secretary. Lists specific mitigation plan requirements, criteria for success, and expert comments regarding proposed revisions. Sets forth provisions regarding revision of planning guidancemonitoring and reporting requirements. Requires the Secretary, in carrying out a project that involves wetlands mitigation that has impacts that occur within the service area of a mitigation bank, to first consider the use of the mitigation bank if the bank contains sufficient available credits to offset the impact and the bank is approved under applicable federal law.

(Sec. 2007) Requires2037) Replaces provisions under the WRDA of 1992 regarding beneficial uses of dredged material with provisions requiring the Secretary to appoint a Directordevelop, at federal expense, regional sediment management plans. Directs the Secretary to give priority to regional sediment management projects in areas of Independent Review.specified states.

Directs(Sec. 2038) Rewrites provisions regarding the SecretarySecretary's authorization to ensure that each project study for a water resources project shall be reviewed by an independent panelundertake construction of experts if: (1) the project has an estimated total cost of more than million, including mitigation costs; (2) the governor of a state in which the project or its drainage basin is locatedsmall shore and which would be directly affected economically or environmentally requests a panel; (3)beach restoration and protection projects not specifically authorized by Congress. Permits such activities if the head ofSecretary meets specified requirements. Makes a federal agency with review authority determines that the project is likelylocal cooperation requirement applicable to havesuch a significant adverse impact on public safety or on environmental, fishproject. Requires authorized projects to be complete and wildlife, historical, cultural, or other resources underto not commit the jurisdiction of the agency and requests a panel; or (4)United States to any additional improvement. Directs the Secretary determines, on his or her own initiative or upon receipt ofto conduct a written request for a controversy determination by any party, that the project is controversial because there is a significant dispute regarding the size, nature, potential safety risks, or effects of the project or there is a significant dispute regarding the economic or environmental costs or benefits of the project.national shoreline erosion control development and demonstration program.

Requires(Sec. 2039) Requires the Director of Independent ReviewSecretary to: (1) establishensure that a panelrecommended ecosystem restoration project includes a plan for monitoring the success of between five and nine independent experts for each water resources project subject to review;the restoration; and (2) apply NAS's policy to ensure that panel members have no conflict withconsider the cost of carrying out the monitoring as a project cost for a period of 10 years from completion of project being reviewed.construction.

Directs(Sec. 2040) Directs the Secretary to: (1) take into consideration any recommendations contained in an independent panel's report and make it available to the public on the Internet; (2) prepareimplement a written explanationprogram to allow electronic submission of any recommendations not adopted; and (3) submit the panel's report and the explanationapplications for inclusion inpermits under the Chief's report to Congress and for publication in the Federal Register and make it available on the Internet. Sets deadlines for project planning reviews.Secretary's jurisdiction.

Directs(Sec. 2041) Requires the Secretary to: (1) assign a unique tracking number to ensure that the construction activities for any flood damage reductioneach water resources project shallto be reviewedused by an independent panel ifeach federal agency throughout the Director determines that an independent review is necessary to ensure public health, safety,life of the project; and welfare on any project that meets specified criteria. . Sets deadlines for safety assurance reviews. (2) maintain at the Library of Congress a copy of each final feasibility study, environmental impact statement, reevaluation report, record of decision, and report to Congress prepared by the Corps. Makes such documents available to the public.

Limits costs(Sec. 2042) Repeals provisions of the panels. Directs the Secretary to reportEnergy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2006 (EWDAA) regarding program administration, including removal of restrictions on implementationthe use of this section within five years.funds and continuing contracts by the Corps.

(Sec. 2008)2043) Amends the WRDA of 1986 to providemake cost-sharing requirements applicable to a feasibility study also applicable to a study that results in any case in which it is not technically practicable to complete mitigation by the last day of construction of the project, the Secretary shall complete the required mitigation as expeditiously as practicable, but not later than the last day of the first fiscal year beginning after the last day of construction.a detailed project report, with exceptions.

Permits(Sec. 2044) Directs the Secretary, upon determining that other formsSecretary to: (1) initiate procedures to establish a schedule for consolidating federal, state, and local agency and Indian tribe environmental assessments, project reviews, and issuance of compensatory mitigation are not practicablepermits for the construction or are less environmentally desirable,modification of a project upon written request of the nonfederal interest; and (2) seek to purchase available credits from an approved mitigation bank or conservation bank (which relievesconsolidate hearing and comment periods, procedures for data collection and report preparation, and the environmental review and permitting processes associated with the project. Requires costs incurred by the Secretary to establish and carry out a schedule to be paid by the nonfederal interest from responsibilityinterest. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress on estimated time required for monitoring or demonstrating mitigation success).the issuance of all permits for the construction of nonfederal projects.

Requires(Sec. 2045) Declares that the Secretary, to mitigate losses to flood damage reduction capabilities and fish and wildlife resulting from abenefits of water resources project,projects are important to ensure that the mitigation plan for each project complies fully with standardsnation's economy and policies established by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Lists specific mitigation plan requirements, criteria for success,environment and monitoring and reporting requirements. Directs the Secretaryrecommendations to establish a recordkeeping systemCongress regarding such projects should not be delayed due to track projects and make information inuncoordinated or inefficient reviews or the system available onfailure to timely resolve disputes during the Internet.development of such projects.

(Sec. 2009) AmendsDirects the WRDA of 1974 to authorize the Secretary, upon request, to provide (at federal expense) technical assistance in managing water resources. Limits sums that may be expended. Authorizes appropriationsSecretary to: (1) develop and reserves specified fundsimplement a coordinated review process for assistance to ruralproject development; and small communities. Directs(2) identify all federal, state, and local government agencies and Indian tribes that may have jurisdiction over the Secretaryproject or may be required to list intake other specified actions. Allows the annual civil works budget submittedprocess to Congressbe incorporated into a memorandum of understanding. Sets forth provisions regarding the individual activities proposed for funding.effect of failure to meet deadlines and reporting requirements.

(Sec. 2010) Directs2046) Amends the Secretary, acting throughWRDA of 1986 to require the Chief,Secretary to provide public accesstransmit to water resource and related water quality data inCongress every year (currently, every two years), after transmittal of the custodylist of unconstructed projects, a list of projects that have been authorized but have received no obligations during the Corps.five preceding fiscal years. Provides that a project included in such list is not authorized after the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the list is transmitted if funds have not been obligated for the planning, design, or construction of such project.

(Sec. 2011)2047) Amends the WRDA of 1996 to direct that budget priority for flood control projects by nonfederal interests be proportionaterewrite provisions regarding the Hopper Dredge McFarland to require the percentage of project completionSecretary, between October 1 and thatDecember 31, 2009, to place it in a completed project have the same priority as a project with a contractor on site.ready reserve status and use it solely for urgent and emergency purposes. Directs the Secretary to enter into agreements for the developmentperiodically perform routine underway dredging tests of flood control projectsthe equipment, limit any scheduled hopper dredging work, perform any repairs necessary to maintain the vessel in Illinois, Texas,a ready reserve fully operational conditions, and Wisconsin.place the vessel in active status for dredging under specified conditions.

(Sec. 2012) Amends the WRDA of 1992 to replace provisions regarding beneficial uses of dredged material with regional sediment management provisions. Requires the Secretary, acting through the Chief, to develop Regional Sediment Management plans<b>Title III: Project-Related Provisions - </b>(Sec. 3001) Modifies various projects and carry out construction, repair, modification,directs or rehabilitation of federal water resources projects for: (1) the protection of property; (2) the protection, restoration, and creation of aquatic and ecologically related habitats, including wetlands; and (3) the transportauthorizes actions in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and placement of suitable sediment.Wisconsin.

Authorizes projects to be carried out (subject(Sec. 3175) Amends the WRDA of 1988 to specified limitations) in any case in whichallow the Secretary finds that: (1)to operate headwaters reservoirs below the environmental, economic, and social benefits ofminimum or above the project justifymaximum water levels established in that year in accordance with water control regulation manuals developed by the cost;Secretary, after consultation with specified parties and (2) the project would not result in environmental degradation.subject to specified notification requirements.

Directs the Secretary, acting through the Chief and(Sec. 3176) Allows funds made available for recovery or mitigation activities in cooperation with the appropriate agencies,lower basin of the Missouri River to develop (at federal expense) plans and projectsbe used for regional management of sediment obtainedsuch activities in conjunction with construction, operation, and maintenance of federal water resources projects. Limits costs. the upper basin.

Permits the Secretary: (1) to select, with the consent of the nonfederal interest, a disposal method that is not the least-cost option if(Sec. 3177) Authorizes the Secretary determines that the incremental costs of the method are reasonable in relation to undertake research on water quality issues affecting the environmental benefits;Mississippi River and (2) acting through the Chief, to cooperate with any state in the preparationdevelopment of a comprehensive state or regional coastal sediment management plan within the boundaries of the state, to encourage state participation in implementation, and to submit to Congress reports and recommendations regarding appropriate federal participation.remediation strategies.

Directs(Sec. 3178) Directs the Secretary to give priority to regional sediment management projects in specified locations in New York, California, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and Ohio. Authorizes appropriations. Permitsestablish a nonfederal interestpilot program to evaluate new technologies applicable to include a nonprofit entity with the consent of the affected local government.Upper Ohio River and Tributaries Navigation System.

Repeals provisions regarding the placement of state beaches of sand dredged(Sec. 3179) Continues project authorizations in constructingCalifornia, Guam, Maryland and maintaining adjacent navigation inletsVirginia, Massachusetts, and channels.Michigan.

(Sec. 2013) Rewrites provisions regarding the Secretary's authorization to undertake3180) Authorizes specified projects, but prohibits construction of small shore and beach restoration and protection projects not specifically authorized by Congress. Permits such activities if the Secretary meets specified requirements. Makes a local cooperation requirement applicable to a project under this section. Requires authorized projectsuntil they are determined to be complete. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Chief, to conduct a national shoreline erosion control developmentfeasible, in Michigan, Minnesota, and demonstration program, subject to specified requirements.Wisconsin.

(Sec. 2014) Declares that it is U.S. policy to promote shore protection3181) Terminates projects and related research that encourage the protection, restoration, and enhancement of sandy beaches, including beach restoration and periodic beach renourishment for a period of 50 years, on a comprehensive and coordinated basis by the federal government, states, localities, and private enterprises. Directs that preference be given to areas in which there has been a federal investment of fundsConnecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Washington, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, California, Delaware and areas with respect to which the need for prevention or mitigation of damage to shores and beaches is attributable to federal navigation projects or other federal activities. Requires the Secretary to apply that policy to each shore protectionMaryland, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, and beach renourishment project.West Virginia.

(Sec. 2015) Directs that costs incurred3182) Provides for monitoring for an ecosystem restoration project be cost-shared: (1) in accordance with the formula relatingconveyances of land to the applicable original construction project;Arkansas, California, Kansas, Missouri, Oregon, South Carolina, and (2) for a maximum period of 10 years. Limits monitoring costs.Texas.

(Sec. 2016) Requires the Corps to include ecosystem restoration benefits3183) Extinguishes reversionary interests and use restrictions in calculating benefits for specified projects in California.Idaho, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, and Washington.

(Sec. 2017)<b>Title IV: Studies</b> - (Sec. 4001) Amends the WRDA of 20001999 to repeal a limitation on authority provided, allowing the Secretary (after public notice)authorize payment of up to accept and expend funds contributed by nonfederal public entities to expedite the evaluation100% of permits under the jurisdiction ofnon-federal share for the DepartmentJohn Glenn Great Lakes basin program in the form of the Army, to be in effect through March 31, 2006.in-kind services and materials.

(Sec. 2018)4002) Directs the Secretary to implementconduct: (1) a programstudy to allow electronic submissiondetermine the nature and frequency of avian botulism in the vicinity of Lake Erie associated with dredged material disposal sites; and (2) a study of applications for permits underdrought conditions in the Corps' jurisdiction.southwestern United States.

(Sec. 2019)4004) Directs the Secretary,Secretary to review the Chief's report on the Delaware River, as part ofit relates to the Corps' operation and maintenance of existing reservoirs,Mid-Delaware River Basin from Wilmington to carry out specified measures to support the water resource needs of project sponsorsPort Jervis, and any affected state, local, or tribal government for authorized project purposes, including: (1) conducting a studyother pertinent reports, to identify unused, underused, or additional water storage capacity at reservoirs; (2) reviewing an operational plan and identifyingdetermine whether any change to maximize an authorized project purpose to improve water storage capacity and enhance efficiencymodifications of releases and withdrawal of water; (3) improving and updating data, data collection, and forecasting models to maximize an authorized project purpose and improve water storage capacity and delivery; and (4) conducting a sediment study and implementing any sediment management or removal measure.recommendations contained in the first report are still advisable.

Provides that in(Sec. 4005) Directs the case of: (1) a reservoir currently operated or maintained by the Corps, the storage charge for a future contract or contract renewal for the first cost of water supply storage at the reservoir shall be the lesser of the estimated cost of purposes foregone, replacement costs, or the updated cost of storage; (2) a water supply that is reallocated from another project purposeSecretary to municipal or industrial water supply, the joint use costs for the reservoir shall be adjusted to reflect the reallocation of project purposes; and (3)conduct a reallocation that adversely affects hydropower generation, the Secretary shall deferstudy to the Administratordevelop national protocols regarding biological control of the respective Power Marketing Administration to calculate the impact of such a reallocation on the rates for hydroelectric power.Eurasian milfoil in northeastern states.

(Sec. 2020) Makes the prohibition against4006) Directs the Secretary assigning any quantity of dredging work to any federal hopper dredgeconduct various navigation, hydropower, recreation, flood damage reduction, feasibilitiy, water supply, selenium, rehabilitation, flood control, bulkhead system integrity, environmental restoration, ecosystem restoration and protection, storm damage reduction, shoreline protection, water-related infrastructure, water supply, recreation, dredged material disposal, and seawall rehabilitation studies in active status greater than the quantity assigned to that vessel in the average of the three prior fiscal years inapplicable to the dredges EssayonsAlaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, and Yaquina.Wisconsin.

(Sec. 2021) Provides that,4101) Directs the Comptroller General, in Louisiana, extraordinary rainfall events such ascoordination with the Secretary and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to conduct a complete evaluation of demolition, debris removal, segregation, transportation, and disposal practices relating to disaster areas designated in response to Hurricanes Katrina,Katrina and Rita and Andrew shall not be considered in making a determination regardingto report to specified committees. Prohibits the ordinary high water markuse of federal funds to pay for purposesor reimburse any state or local entity in Louisiana for the disposal of construction and demolition debris generated as a result of Hurricane Katrina in a landfill designated for such debris unless that waste meets the Riversdefinition of construction and Harbors Act.demolition debris, as specified under federal law.

(Sec. 2022) Adds<b>Title V: Miscellaneous</b> - (Sec. 5001) Makes the Secretary toresponsible for maintenance of navigation channels and breakwaters constructed or improved by the listnon-federal interest, at the request of federal agencies authorized to enter into contractssuch interest, upon determining that such maintenance is economically justified and environmentally acceptable and that the channel or breakwater was constructed in accordance with stateapplicable permits and local governmental entities for procurementengineering and design standards, with respect to specified bodies of serviceswater in suppressing fires.Florida, Louisiana, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin.

(Sec. 2023) Amends5002) Authorizes the Flood Control Act of 1970Secretary to define &quot;non-federal interest&quot;provide: (1) technical, planning, and design assistance to include a nonprofit organization acting with the consent of the affected governmental unit.non-federal interests for carrying out watershed management, restoration, and development projects at specified locations in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Washington; and (2) assistance to enhance dam safety at specified locations in Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

(Sec. 2024) Requires5004) Directs the Secretary to: (1) assignSecretary, upon request of a unique tracking numbernon-federal interest, to each water resources project to be used by each federal agency throughoutevaluate the life of the project;structural integrity and (2) maintain at the Libraryeffectiveness of Congress a copy of each final feasibility study, environmental impact statement, reevaluation report, record of decision, and report to Congress prepared by the Corps. Makes such documents available to the public.flood damage reduction project in Arkansas under specified circumstances.

(Sec. 2025) Repeals EWDAA provisions regarding5005) Amends the WRDA of: (1) 1999 to add to the list of flood mitigation priority areas specified parishes in Louisiana; and (2) 1992 to provide additional assistance for authorized projects. Allows federal assistance made available under the the Department of Agriculture's rural enterprise zone program administration, including removalto be used toward payment of restrictions on the usenonfederal share of costs of funds and continuing contracts by the Corps.East Arkansas Enterprise Community project, Arkansas.

(Sec. 2026) Authorizes5007) Provides for the Secretary, acting through the Chief prior to the date federal financial participationexpedited completion of: (1) reports and construction for projects in a shore protection project terminates, to review the project to determine whether extending federal financial participation would be feasible.Alaska, California, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, and New York; and (2) reports for projects in Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Texas, and Louisiana.

(Sec. 2027) Amends5009) Directs the WRDA of 2000Secretary to authorizeconduct an assessment of the Secretary, underwater resources needs of the tribal partnership program, to carry out water-related planning activities. Permits studies to address watershed assessmentsriver basins and planning activities. Authorizes appropriations forwatersheds of the program through FY2012.southeastern United States.

(Sec. 2028)5010) Amends the WRDA of 1986of: (1) 1999, 1990, and 1996 to requireextend the Secretary shall transmitauthorization period or the Secretary's authority to Congress every year (currently, every two years), after transmittal ofprovide assistance for the list of unconstructed projects, a list ofMissouri and Middle Mississippi River Enhancement Project, the Great Lakes Remedial Action Plans and sediment remediation projects that have been authorized but have received no obligations duringand the seven preceding fiscal years. Provides that a project included in such list is not authorized after the fiscal year followingGreat Lakes tributary sediment transport model; and (2) 2000 to increase to 100% the fiscal yearpermissible nonfederal share amount provided in which the list is transmitted if funds have not been obligatedform of in-kind contributions for the planning, design, or construction of such project.Great Lakes Fishery and Ecosystem Restoration Program.

<b>Subtitle B: Continuing Authorities Projects </b> - (Sec. 2031) AmendsPermits with respect to the RiverMissouri and Harbor Act of 1960Middle Mississippi River Enhancement Project: (1) a nonfederal interest to increaseinclude a nonprofit entity with the allotment forconsent of the constructionaffected local government; (2) the nonfederal share of costs to be provided in various forms; and (3) land credited toward the nonfederal share to remain in private ownership under specified circumstances. Requires the Secretary, with respect to the Great Lakes Fishery and Ecosystem Restoration Program, to carry out a small riverreconnaissance study to: (1) identify methods of restoring the fishery, ecosystem, and beneficial uses of the Great Lakes; and harbor improvement(2) determine whether project at any single locality.planning should proceed.

(Sec. 2032) Amends5014) Directs the Flood Control ActSecretary to: (1) expedite the operation and maintenance, including dredging, of 1946 to increase the cap for funding a project at any single locality fornavigation features of the protectionGreat Lakes and Connecting Channels to support commercial navigation to authorized project depths; and (2) carry out a pilot project, on an emergency basis, to control and prevent further spreading of highways, bridge approaches, public works, churches, hospitals, schools,viral hemorrhagic septicemia in the Great Lakes and other nonprofit public services.their connecting channels.

(Sec. 2033) Amends5015) Authorizes the WRDA of: (1) 1996Secretary to increase appropriationscarry out projects for an aquatic restorationoperations, maintenance, repair, and protection projectrehabilitation, including associated maintenance dredging, of the Eisenhower and make it a freshwater project;Snell lock facilities and (2) 1986 to increase appropriationsrelated navigational infrastructure for environmental modification of projects.the Saint Lawrence Seaway.

(Sec. 2035) Authorizes5016) Directs the Secretary to study, design, and carry out an estuary habitat restorationa project upon determining that it will improveto delay, deter, impede, or restrict the elements and featuresdispersal of an estuary, is inaquatic nuisance species into the public interest, and is cost-effective. Sets the nonfederal sharenorthern reaches of the cost of construction of any such project at 35%, which shall include the costs of all land, easements, rights-of-way, and necessary relocations. Limits the per project cost.Upper Mississippi River system.

(Sec. 2036)5017) Amends the WRDAEstuary Restoration Act of 1999 to: (1) include nonprofit entities within2000 to expand the definitionpurposes of &quot;non-federal interest,&quot; with the consentrestoration program by including the implementation of the affected local government; (2) authorize the Secretarya coordinated federal approach to perform construction activities to address water quality problems caused by drainage and related activities from abandoned and inactive non-coal mines; (3) reduceestuary habitat restoration activities, including the nonfederal shareuse of such assistancecommon monitoring standards and a common system for tracking restoration acreage. Adds regional interests to 25%; and (4) set the nonfederal shareestuary habitat restoration plan. Permits the inclusion of monitoring costs in the coststotal cost of operation and maintenance for such a project at 100%.the estuary habitat restoration project. Modifies reporting requirements. Extends funding through 2012.

(Sec. 2037) Authorizes5018) Directs the Secretary to carry outto: (1) conduct a small dam removal or rehabilitation project that will improvestudy of the qualityMissouri River and its tributaries to mitigate losses of aquatic and terrestrial habitat, recover federally listed species under the environment or is inEndangered Species Act, and restore the public interest. Directs the Secretaryecosystem to give priority to carrying out specified projects in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,prevent further declines among other native species; and Pennsylvania. Requires the nonfederal interest to provide 35% of removal or remediation costs. Limits(2) establish the per project cost.Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee.

(Sec. 2038)5019) Directs the Secretary to develop eligibility criteria for federal participation in navigation projects located in economically disadvantaged communities that are:to: (1) dependentallocate funds to the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, the Delaware River Basin Commission, and the Interstate Commission on water transportation for subsistence;the Potomac River Basin to fulfill equitable funding requirements of their interstate compacts; and (2) located in remote areas ofenter into agreements with the United States, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands.Delaware River, Susquehanna River, and Potomac River Basin Commissions to provide temporary water supply and conservation storage during drought emergencies.

(Sec. 2039) Amends5020) Modifies the Flood Control Act of 1970Chesapeake Bay Environmental Restoration and Protection Program to provide that if the Secretary determines that a project needs to be continuedauthorize assistance for public health and safety purposes, the nonfederal interest shall pay the increased costs up to 20%restoration of the original estimated project costs (in accordance with the statutorily-determined cost share) and the Secretary shall pay all increased costs remaining.submerged aquatic vegetation.

Amends(Sec. 5021) Amends the WRDA of 1986 to: (1) require (currently, allows)to include within the SecretarySecretary's study of the feasibility of utilizing the capabilities of the Corps of Engineers to require compliance with any requirements pertaining to operation by nonfederal interestsconserve fish and wildlife a study of the restoration and rehabilitation of habitat for fish, including native oysters, in carrying out water resources projects;the Chesapeake Bay and (2) eliminate civil penaltiesits tributaries in partnership agreements;Virginia and (3) allow the use of liquidated damages.Maryland.

(Sec. 5022) Authorizes the Secretary to participate: (1) with specified parties to assess hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico; and (2) in the Potomac River Watershed Assessment and Tributary Strategy Evaluation and Monitoring Program to identify resource management indicators to accurately monitor the effectiveness of the implementation of the agreed upon tributary strategies.

(Sec. 5024) Directs the Secretary to develop standards for the security of locks and dams.

<b>Subtitle C: National Levee Safety Program </b> - (Sec. 2053) National Levee Safety Program Act(Sec. 5025) Amends the WRDA of 2007 - Directs the Secretary1996 to establish a National Levee Safety Committee to: (1) adviseincrease the Secretary in implementing a national levee safety program; (2) support programs, policies,authorization of appropriations for the research and guidelinesdevelopment program to enhance levee safety forimprove salmon survival in the protection of human lifeColumbia and property; and (3) support coordination and information exchange between federal and state agencies that share common problems and responsibilities relating to levee safety.Snake Rivers.

(Sec. 2054) Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish and maintain a national levee safety program; (2) prepare a strategic plan; (3) establish federal guidelines relating to levee safety; (4) develop, maintain, and periodically publish an inventory5026) Permits Corps of levees in the United States; (5) conduct an assessment of each levee that protects human life or public safetyEngineers employees to determine the potential for failure or overtopping that would pose a risk. Provides for state participationparticipate in assessments of levees.wage surveys.

Requires: (1) each state(Sec. 5027) Directs the Secretary to conduct assessments of nonfederal levees located withinrehabilitate and improve the state;water-related and (2)transportation infrastructure for the Secretary to provide funds to state levee safety agencies to assist stateshistoric property in establishing, maintaining, and improving levee safety programs, subject to approvalthe Anacostia River Watershed located in the District of a state levee safety agency's application. Permits the Secretary to periodically review any program carried out using funds under this section. Columbia.

Directs(Sec. 5028) Directs or authorizes the Secretary to: (1) carry out a program of technical and archival researchto take specified actions regarding levee construction, rehabilitation, inspection, safety, security, and management; and (2) establish a program to train state levee safety agency staffvarious projects in Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, and inspectors.California.

(Sec. 2055) Authorizes appropriations.5056) Directs the Secretary to carry out in the Rio Grande Basin: (1) a program for the planning, construction, and evaluation of measures for fish and wildlife habitat rehabilitation and enhancement; and (2) implementation of a long-term monitoring, computerized data inventory and analysis, applied research, and adaptive management program.

<b>Title III: Project-Related Provisions</b> - (Sec. 3001) Directs(Sec. 5057) Designates the Secretary to carry out, on an emergency basis, necessary removal of rubble, sediment, and rock impeding the entrance to St. Herman and St. Paul Harbors, Kodiak, Alaska, at a federal cost of million.Charles Hervey Townshend Breakwater in Connecticut.

(Sec. 3002) Modifies various projects and directs or authorizes actions5058) Authorizes the Secretary to participate in Alaska, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia,the ecosystem restoration, navigation, flood damage reduction, and recreation components of the Mill River and Wisconsin.Long Island Sound revitalization project, Stamford, Connecticut.

(Sec. 3137) Amends the WRDA of: (1) 1988 to allow5059) Authorizes the Secretary to operate headwaters reservoirs below the minimum or above the maximum water levels established in that year in accordance with water control regulation manuals developed by the Secretary, after consultation with specified parties and subjectprovide technical assistance to specified notification requirements; and (2) 1992 to authorize the purchaseSecretary of property that is not limited to property held by the Resolution Trust CorporationAgriculture for use in carrying out the Lower Mississippi River MuseumConservation Corridor Demonstration Program, Delmarva Conservation Corridor, Delaware, Maryland, and Riverfront Interpretive Site.Virginia.

(Sec. 3139) Allows a nongovernmental organization5060) Directs the Secretary, in coordination with the mayor of the District of Columbia, the governor of Maryland, the county executives of Montgomery and Prince George's Counties, Maryland, and other interested entities, to be considereddevelop and make available to bethe public a nonfederal interest10-year comprehensive action plan to provide for Upper Mississippi River fish and wildlife habitat rehabilitationthe restoration and enhancement projects, withprotection of the consentecological integrity of the affected local government.Anacostia River and its tributaries.

(Sec. 3140) Allows funds made available for recovery or mitigation activities in5061) Authorizes the lower basin of the Missouri RiverSecretary to establish a program to provide environmental assistance to be used for such activitiesnonfederal interests in the upper basin.East Central and Northeast Florida Region, provided that any assisted project is publicly owned. Sets forth cost-sharing and other requirements.

(Sec. 3141)5062) Amends the WRDA of 2000Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001 to requiredirect the Secretary to credit toward the nonfederal share of the Secretary, before planning, designing or constructing a project cost for restoringFlorida Keys water quality improvements the Great Lakes, to:cost of: (1) identify methods of restoringconstruction work carried out by the fishery, ecosystem, and beneficial usesnonfederal interest before the date of the Great Lakes;partnership agreement; and (2) determine whether planning should proceed. Requires any reconnaissance studyland acquisition carried out under this section to be carried out at full federal expense.by the nonfederal interest.

(Sec. 3142) Amends5063) Authorizes the WRDA of 1990 and 1996Secretary to extend appropriations through 2011carry out necessary repairs for Great Lakes Remedial Action Plans and Sediment Remediation and for Great Lakes Tributary Models.the Lake Worth bulkhead replacement project, West Palm Beach, Florida.

(Sec. 3144) Directs5064) Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) establish a pilot program to evaluate new technologies applicableprovide technical, planning, and construction assistance to the Upper Ohio Rivercity of Roswell, Georgia, as the nonfederal interest and Tributaries Navigation System; and (2) take specified actions regarding a flood control project at Perrycoordinator with other local governments in the Big Creek watershed, Georgia, to assess the quality and a rightquantity of first refusal involving water supply storage at Rathbun Lake in Iowa.resources, conduct comprehensive watershed management planning, develop and implement water efficiency technologies and programs, and plan, design, and construct water resource facilities to restore the watershed.

(Sec. 3147) Amends5065) Directs the WRDA of 1999Secretary to establish a program to provide environmental assistance to increase the amount of credit allowed toward the nonfederal share of the cost of an environmental infrastructure projectinterests in Jackson County, Mississippi, for the costs incurred by the Jackson County Board of Supervisors since February 8, 1994, in constructing the project, subject to the Secretary's determinationMetropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District, provided that the workany assisted project is compatible withpublicly owned. Sets forth cost-sharing and integral to the project.other requirements.

(Sec. 3148)5066) Authorizes the SecretarySecretary, after completion of a Savannah Riverfront plan (Georgia), to reviewparticipate in the project for beach erosion controlecosystem restoration, recreation, navigation, and hurricane protection at Sandbridge Beach, Virginia Beach, Virginia, to determine whether any additional federal interest exists.flood damage reduction components of the plan.

<b>Title IV: Studies </b>- (Sec. 4001) Directs(Sec. 5067) Amends the SecretaryWRDA of 1999 to conduct various studiesinclude Wyoming in Alaska, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Georgia, Texas, Vermont and New York, Washington,a program providing environmental assistance to nonfederal interests in rural Nevada and Wisconsin.Montana.

(Sec. 4036) Directs5068) Authorizes the Secretary, in coordination with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to conduct a complete reevaluation of demolition, debris removal, segregation, transportation, and disposal practices relating to disaster areas designated in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and to reportSecretary to carry out the committees.Riley Creek Recreation Area (Idaho) Operation Plan.

(Sec. 4037)5069) Directs the Secretary to conductprovide assistance for a study ofproject to develop maps identifying 100- and 500-year flood inundation areas along the Mohawk River watershed, Oneida County, New York.Little Calumet River, Chicago, Illinois. Sets forth cost-sharing and other requirements.

(Sec. 4038) Directs5070) Authorizes the Secretary,Secretary to participate in determining the feasibilityreconstruction of a specified eligible flood control project for ecosystem restoration, Walla Walla River Basin, Oregon and Washington, to: (1) providein Illinois or Missouri if the Secretary determines that such reconstruction is not required as a credit toward the nonfederal shareresult of the costimproper operation and maintenance of any activity carried out by the nonfederal interest before the date of the partnership agreement for the project if the activity is integral to the project; and (2) allowby the nonfederal interest to provide the nonfederal share of the cost of the study in the form of in-kind services and materials.interest.

<b>Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions</b> - (Sec. 5001)(Sec. 5071) Amends the WRDA of 19862000 to include additional sites in North Dakota, Vermont, and North Carolina inextend the Lakes Program.authorization for Illinois River basin restoration. Increases the maximum federal share. Requires the Secretary to develop an Illinois River basin monitoring program.

(Sec. 5002) Amends5072) Directs the Estuary Restoration Act of 2000Secretary to expand the purposesconduct a third-party review of the restoration program by including the implementationPromontory Point feature of a coordinated federal approach to estuary habitat restoration activities, including the use of common monitoring standardsproject for storm damage reduction and shoreline erosion protection, Lake Michigan, Illinois, at a common system for tracking restoration acreage. Adds regional interests to the estuary habitat restoration plan. Permits the inclusion of monitoring costs in the total cost of the estuary habitat restoration project. Modifies reporting requirements. Extends funding through 2011.specified cost.

(Sec. 5003) Amends5073) Requires the WRDA of 1992Secretary to authorize projectsdevelop a comprehensive plan for water infrastructure improvements and related purposes in Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Colorado, Florida, New Jersey, New York, Maryland and Virginia, Michigan, North Dakota, and California, as well as the Chesapeake Bayrestoration, preservation, and protection of the Eastern and Western United States.Kaskaskia River Basin, Illinois.

(Sec. 5004) Amends5074) Authorizes the WRDA of 1999Secretary to increase funding forestablish a pilot program to provide environmental assistance to nonfederal interests in Alaska.Southwest Illinois. Sets forth cost-sharing and other requirements.

(Sec. 5005) Directs5075) Amends the SecretaryWRDA of 1992 to establish a program to provide environmental assistance to nonfederal interests in California, which may be inincrease the form of design and construction assistanceauthorization for water-related environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development projects. Permits the Secretary to provide assistance for a project only if it is publicly owned. Sets forth requirements regarding partnership agreements, cost-sharing (at a 75% federal share), inclusion of nonprofit entities, and limitation on funds used by the Corps district offices to administer projects.Calumet region, Indiana.

(Sec. 5006) Amends the WRDA of 1990 regarding the conveyance of Oakland Inner Harbor Tidal Canal property in California to require5076) Directs the Secretary to submitprovide assistance for a project to specified committees an annual report describing efforts to complete the conveyances duringdevelop maps identifying 100- and 500-year flood inundation areas in Iowa, along the preceding fiscal year.Missouri River.

(Sec. 5007) Authorizes5077) Directs the Secretary to complete a feasibility report for rehabilitation of a nonfederal interest to reconstruct and relocate the flood controldamage reduction project, Calaveras River and Littlejohn Creek and tributaries, California, approximately 300 feet in a westerly direction unless the Secretary determines within 30 days that the relocation would be injurious to the public interest.Paducah, Kentucky.

(Sec. 5008) Rio Grande Environmental Management Act5078) Amends the WRDA of 2007 - Directs the Secretary to carry out in the Rio Grande Basin: (1) a program for the planning, construction,1996 and evaluation1992 regarding limitations on Corps of measuresEngineers expenses for fishSouthern and wildlife habitat rehabilitationEastern Kentucky and enhancement; and (2) implementation of a long-term monitoring, computerized data inventory and analysis, applied research, and adaptive management program.regarding wastewater infrastructure in Winchester, Kentucky. Increases funding for water-related infrastructure in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

(Sec. 5009) Authorizes5081) Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance to the Secretaryexpedite completion of Agriculturea dredged material management plan for use in carrying out the Conservation Corridor Demonstration Program, Delmarva Conservation Corridor, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia.Calcasieu Ship Channel, Louisiana.

(Sec. 5010) Designates the Division Engineer, North Atlantic Division of the Corps, as the ex officio U.S. member under the Susquehanna River Basin Compact, the Delaware River Basin Compact, and the Potomac River Basin Compact. Directs5082) Authorizes the Secretary to enter into agreements withestablish a program to provide environmental assistance to nonfederal interests in the Susquehanna, Delaware,East Atchafalaya Basin and PotomacAmite River Basin Commissions to provide temporary water supply and conservation storage during any period in which such Commissions have determined that a drought warning or drought emergency exists.Region.

(Sec. 5011)5083) Directs the Secretary, in coordination with the mayor of the District of Columbia, the governor of Maryland,by July 1, 2008, to: (1) issue a final environmental impact statement relating to the county executives of MontgomeryInner Harbor Navigation Canal Lock project; and Prince George's Counties, Maryland, and other stakeholders, to(2) develop and make available to the publicmaintain a 10-year comprehensive action plantransportation mitigation program relating to provide for the restorationthat project in coordination with St. Bernard and protection ofOrleans Parishes, the ecological integrity of the Anacostia RiverOld Arabi Neighborhood Association, and its tributaries. other interested parties.

(Sec. 5012) Authorizes5084) Requires the Secretary, acting throughLake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, basin stakeholders conference convened by the Chief, to cooperate withEPA, the city of Roswell, Georgia, as local sponsorNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and coordinator with other local governments in the Big Creek watershed,U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on February 25, 2002, to assess the quality and quantity of water resources, conduct comprehensive watershedbe treated as being a management planning, develop and implement water efficiency technologies and programs, and plan, design, and construct water resource facilities to restore the watershed. Sets the federal share of the cost ofconference convened under the project at 65%.Federal Water Pollution Control Act.

(Sec. 5013) Directs5085) Authorizes the Secretary to establish a program to provide environmental assistance to nonfederal interests in the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District.Southeast Louisiana Region. Sets the federal share of project costs under each local cooperation agreement at 75%.forth cost-sharing and other requirements.

(Sec. 5014) Amends5086) Modifies the WRDA of 1999project study for waterfront and riverine preservation, restoration, and enhancement, Mississippi River, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, to include Wyoming in a program providing environmental assistance to nonfederal interests in rural Nevadaadd West Feliciana Parish and Montana.East Baton Rouge Parish to the study.

(Sec. 5015) Provides that the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Dispersal Barrier Project (Barrier I) and Barrier II shall be considered to constitute a single project.5087) Authorizes and directs the Secretary, through the Chief, to upgrade and make permanent Barrier I and construct Barrier II. Directs the Secretary to conductcarry out a feasibility study of the range of options and technologies available to prevent the spread of aquatic nuisance species between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins and through the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canalproject for nonstructural flood damage reduction and other aquatic pathways. ecosystem restoration at Charlestown, Maryland.

(Sec. 5016)5088) Directs the Secretary to conductcarry out a study of the Missouri River and its tributaries to mitigate losses of aquatic and terrestrial habitat, recover federally listed species under the Endangered Species Act, and restore the ecosystem to prevent further declines among other native species. Directs the Secretary to establish the Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee.project for shoreline protection, St. Mary's River, Maryland.

(Sec. 5017)5089) Authorizes the Secretary to cooperate with Massachusetts in the management and long-term monitoring of aquatic dredged material disposal sites within the state and to accept funds from the state to carry out such activities.

(Sec. 5090) Directs the Secretary to conduct a study: (1) of shore damage in the vicinity of the navigation project at Ontonagon Harbor, Michigan; and (2) for a project for emergency streambank protection along the Red Lake River in Crookston, Minnesota.

(Sec. 5093) Directs the Secretary to take specified actions regarding various projects in Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Illinois, Montana, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, and Ohio.

(Sec. 5113) Directs the Secretary to establish a program to provide environmental assistance to nonfederal interests in North Carolina.

(Sec. 5118) Requires the Southeastcosts of operation and maintenance for the Toussaint River Federal navigation project, Carroll Township, Ohio, that relate directly to the presence of unexploded ordnance to be carried out at federal expense.

(Sec. 5119) Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance for the development of updates of the Oklahoma comprehensive water plan.

(Sec. 5126) Increases funding for the Upper Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania and New York.

(Sec. 5129) Makes changes to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat Restoration Trust Fund, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and Lower Brule Sioux Tribe Trust Funds, and the State of South Dakota Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat Restoration Trust Fund, authorized in the WRDA of 1999.

(Sec. 5130) Authorizes the Secretary to establish a program to provide environmental assistance to nonfederal interests in East Tennessee.

(Sec. 5131) Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study of the Fritz Landing Agricultural Spur Levee, Tennessee; and (2) plan, design, and construct a trail system at the J. Percy Priest Dam and Reservoir, Tennessee.

(Sec. 5133) Authorizes the Secretary to participate in the ecosystem restoration, recreation, navigation, and flood damage reduction components of the Nashville Riverfront Concept Plan, dated February 2007.

(Sec. 5134) Modifies the project for flood control at Nonconnah Creek, Tennessee and Mississippi.

(Sec. 5135) Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) enter into a partnership with a nonprofit entity to remove debris from the Tennessee River near Knoxville, Tennessee; and (2) participate with nonfederal and nonprofit entities to address issues concerning managing groundwater as a sustainable resource through the Upper Mississippi Embayment, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi.

(Sec. 5136) Directs the Secretary to design and construct a flood damage reduction project in Town Creek, Lenoir City, Tennessee.

(Sec. 5138) Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a program to provide environmental assistance to nonfederal interests in Texas; and (2) develop a comprehensive plan for development of new technologies and innovative approaches for restoring, preserving, and protecting the Bosque River watershed, Texas.

(Sec. 5140) Authorizes the Secretary to establish a program to provide environmental assistance to nonfederal interests in the Dallas County region, Texas.

(Sec. 5141) Modifies: (1) the flood control project, Trinity River and tributaries, Texas; and (2) the flood damage reduction, environmental restoration, and recreation project, Johnson Creek, Arlington, Texas.

(Sec. 5144) Directs the Secretary to: (1) include the costs and benefits associated with the relocation of flood-prone residences in the study area for the Onion Creek, Texas, project; (2) take specified actions related to the Connecticut River Dams, Vermont; (3) determine the feasibility of a dispersal barrier project at the Lake Champlain Canal, Vermont and New York, to prevent the spread of aquatic nuisance species; (4) accept funds from the National Park Service to restore Dyke Marsh, Fairfax County, Virginia, and to provide technical and project management assistance for the James River, Virginia; and (5) conduct a study of increased siltation in Baker Bay and Ilwaco Harbor, Washington.

(Sec. 5151) Authorizes the Secretary to plan, design, and construct a campground for Bonneville Lock and Dam at Hamilton Island, Washington.

(Sec. 5152) Modifies the Lower Columbia River levees and bank protection works with regard to the Wahkiakum County diking districts No. 1 and 3, Washington, to protect resources from further erosion.

(Sec. 5153) Amends the WRDA of 1992, 1996, and 2000, regarding various projects in Washington, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, Central and Southern West Virginia, and regarding construction of flood control projects by nonfederal interests in California, Illinois, Louisiana, Texas, and Wisconsin.

(Sec. 5158) Amends the WRDA of 1992 regarding additional assistance for critical projects in South Carolina, California, Indiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Virginia, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, the Northern Mariana Islands, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, and the Virgin Islands.

<b>Title VI: Florida Everglades</b> - (Sec. 6001) Modifies the project for Hillsboro and Okeechobee Aquifer, Florida, to authorize the Secretary to carry out the project at a specified total cost.

(Sec. 6002) Increases the authorization for the Everglades pilot projects authorized under the WRDA of 2000.

(Sec. 6003) Modifies provisions regarding maximum costs of projects and program authority.

(Sec. 6004) Authorizes credit for work on Everglades restoration projects carried out before the date of a partnership agreement between the Secretary and the non-federal sponsor and authorizes the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the non-federal sponsor to specify conditions relating to design and construction of such work.

(Sec. 6005) Authorizes the Secretary to expend up to $3 million per fiscal year on outreach and assistance.

(Sec. 6006) Increases the authorization for critical Everglades restoration projects authorized under the WRDA of 1996.

(Sec. 6007) Directs the Secretary to complete the development and testing of the regional engineering model for environmental restoration as expeditiously as practicable.

<b>Title VII: Louisiana Region. SetsCoastal Area</b> - (Sec. 7002) Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a comprehensive plan, in coordination with the governor of Louisiana, for protecting, preserving, and restoring the coastal Louisiana ecosystem; (2) integrate the plan into the analysis and design of the comprehensive hurricane protection study authorized by the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2006; and (3) ensure that the plan is consistent with the goals, analysis, and design of the comprehensive coastal protection master plan authorized and defined pursuant to Act 8 of the First Extraordinary Session of the Louisiana State Legislature, 2005.

Requires the comprehensive plan to include: (1) the framework of a long-term program integrated with hurricane and storm damage and flood damage reduction and navigation activities that provide for the comprehensive protection, conservation, and restoration of the wetlands, estuaries, barrier islands, shorelines, and related land and features of the coastal Louisiana ecosystem; (2) the means by which a new technology, or an improved technique, can be integrated into the program; (3) the role of other federal and state agencies and programs in carrying out the program; (4) specific, measurable ecological success criteria by which success of the plan will be measured; (5) proposed projects in order of priority as determined by their potential to contribute to the creation of coastal wetlands and to flood protection of communities ranked by population density and level of protection; and (6) efforts by federal, state, and local interests to address sociological, economic, and related fields of law.

(Sec. 7003) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a program for ecosystem restoration, Louisiana Coastal Area, substantially in accordance with the report of the Chief of Engineers, dated January 31, 2005. Directs the Secretary to give priority to specified projects.

(Sec. 7004) Establishes the Coastal Louisiana Ecosystem Protection and Restoration Task Force to make recommendations to the Secretary regarding: (1) policies, strategies, plans, programs, projects, and activities for addressing protection, conservation, and restoration of the coastal Louisiana ecosystem; (2) financial participation by each agency represented on the Task Force in conserving, protecting, restoring, and maintaining the coastal Louisiana ecosystem; and (3) the comprehensive plan to be developed. Directs the Task Force to submit to Congress a biennial report on its activities. Authorizes the Task Force to establish working groups, including to advise the Task Force of opportunities with respect to areas in Louisiana for which a major disaster has been declared by the President as a result of Hurricane Katrina or Rita.

(Sec. 7005) Directs the Secretary to: (1) review existing federally authorized water resources projects in the coastal Louisiana ecosystem; and (2) carry out a coastal Louisiana ecosystem program.

Authorizes the Secretary to carry out specified projects to resolve critical areas of scientific or technological uncertainty related to the implementation of the comprehensive plan developed for planning, design, and construction of all demonstration projects. Lists initial projects authorized.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out such modifications as necessary to the ecosystem restoration features identified in the plan to address the impacts of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the project; and (2) implement in the ecosystem a program for the beneficial use of material dredged from federally maintained waterway.

Authorizes the Secretary to carry out specified additional projects if feasible.

(Sec. 7007) Directs the Secretary to credit toward the non-federal share of study costs or projects authorized the cost at 75%.of work carried out in the ecosystem by the non-federal interest before the date of the partnership agreement for the study or project that is integral to the study or project. Provides for periodic monitoring and audits.

(Sec. 7008) Authorizes the Secretary to determine that: (1) a project or activity is justified by the environmental benefits derived by the coastal Louisiana ecosystem; and (2) no further economic justification is needed for a cost effective project or activity.

(Sec. 7009) Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish the Louisiana Water Resources Council, which shall serve as the exclusive peer review panel for projects under this title; (2) expedite completion of the reports for specified projects and, upon determining that a project is justified, proceed directly to project preconstruction engineering and design; and (3) report to specified committees on projects authorized and undertaken, the construction status of the projects, the cost to date and expected final cost of each, and the benefits and environmental impacts.

(Sec. 7012) Authorizes the Secretary to take specified actions with respect to New Orleans and vicinity, including raising levee heights where necessary and reducing the risk of storm damage to the greater New Orleans metropolitan area by restoring the surrounding wetlands.

(Sec. 7013) Terminates a portion of the navigation project, Mississippi River Gulf Outlet.

(Sec. 7014) Directs the Secretary, regarding projects identified and analysis and design of comprehensive hurricane protection, to submit specific project recommendations in any report developed under the EWDAA.

Authorizes the President, upon determining that a feature recommended in the analysis and design of comprehensive hurricane protection under the EWDAA could address an imminent threat to life and property, prevent a dangerous storm surge from reaching a populated area, prevent the loss of coastal areas that reduce the impact of storm surge, benefit national energy security, protect emergency hurricane evacuation routes or shelters, or address inconsistencies in hurricane protection standards, to submit a legislative proposal relating to the feature to the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate for authorization. Sets forth provisions regarding prioritization of projects. Makes any such proposal submitted by the President, beginning after December 31, 2008, eligible for expedited consideration.

(Sec. (5018) Amends7015) Directs the WRDA of 1999Secretary to increase funding forsubmit to the committees a pilot programreport describing any modification required to provide environmental assistancethe project for flood damage reduction, Larose to nonfederal interestsGolden Meadow, Louisiana, to achieve the certification necessary for participation in Mississippi.the National Flood Insurance Program. Authorizes specified modifications, subject to committee approval of the report and other requirements.

(Sec. 5019) Directs7016) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct all necessary studies, develop an emergency response plan, provide technical and planning and design assistance, and rehabilitate and construct the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Workscarry out a project located within the exterior boundaries of the Blackfeet reservationfor flood damage reduction in Montana, at a cost of 0 million. Sets the federal share of the cost at 75%.Lower Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.

(Sec. 5020) Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the<b>Title VIII: Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Water-Way System</b> - (Sec. 8002) Directs the Chief of Engineers,Secretary to cooperate withundertake navigation improvements and provide assistance torestoration of the ecosystem for the Lower PlatteUpper Mississippi River natural resources districtsand Illinois Water System (River and System) substantially in Nebraska to serve as local sponsorsaccordance with respect to conducting comprehensive watershed planning in the districts, assessing water resources, and providing project feasibility planning, design,for navigation and construction. Setsecosystem improvements for the federal shareRiver and System's Report of the cost at 65%.Chief of Engineers, dated December 15, 2004 (the Plan).

(Sec. 5021)8003) Directs the Secretary to establish a program toto: (1) construct mooring facilities at Locks 12, 14, 18, 20, 24, and LaGrange Lock; (2) provide environment assistance to nonfederal interests in North Carolina. Sets the federal shareswitchboats at Locks 20 through 25; and (3) conduct development and testing of an appointment scheduling system. Directs the costSecretary to construct new 1,200-foot locks at 75%.Locks 20, 21, 22, 24, and 25 on the Upper Mississippi River and at LaGrange Lock and Peoria Lock on the Illinois Waterway.

(Sec. 5022) Authorizes8004) Directs the Secretary to: (1) modify, consistent with requirements to provide planning, design,avoid adverse effects on navigation, the operation of the River and construction assistancesystem to address cumulative environmental impacts and improve the Ohio River Watershed Sanitation Commission floodecological integrity of the Upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers; and (2) carry out, consistent with such requirements, ecosystem restoration projects to attain and pollution control compact formaintain the improvementsustainability of the qualityecosystem of the environmentRivers in and alongaccordance with the Ohio River Basin.general framework outlined in the Plan. Lists authorized ecosystem restoration projects.

(Sec. 5023)Sets the federal cost share of carrying out an ecosystem restoration project at 65%. Increases the federal share to 100% if the project is located below the ordinary high water mark or in a connected backwater, modifies the operation of structures for navigation, or is located on federally owned land. Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistancecarry out a long term resource monitoring, computerized data inventory and analysis, and applied research program for the development of updates of the Oklahoma Comprehensive Water Plan.Upper Mississippi River and Illinois River to determine trends in ecosystem health, to understand systemic changes, and to help identify restoration needs.

(Sec. 5024) AmendsDirects the WRDA of 1999 to directSecretary, before initiating the Secretaryconstruction of any individual ecosystem restoration project, to: (1) establish restoration goals and identify specific performance measures; (2) establish the Treasury to make funds available to South Dakota from the State of South Dakota Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat Restoration Trust Fund to carry out a planwithout-project condition or baseline for terrestrial wildlife habitat restoration. Modifies the investment strategy regarding that Fundeach performance indicator; and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and Lower Brule Sioux Terrestrial Wildlife Habitat Restoration Trust Fund. Requires annual reviews of investment activities and audits(3) identify, for each separable element of the activities of South Dakota.restoration, specific target goals for each performance indicator.

(Sec. 5025) DirectsDirects the Secretary to establish a program to provideconsult with the Secretary of the Interior and the states of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin in carrying out the environmental assistance to nonfederal interestssustainability, ecosystem restoration, and monitoring activities authorized in Texas. Setsthis section. Authorizes the federal shareSecretary to enter into agreements with the Secretary of the cost at 75%.Interior, the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association, and natural resource and conservation agencies of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin to provide for the direct participation of, and transfer of funds to, such entities for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of projects and programs established by this section.

(Sec. 5026)Authorizes appropriations. Limits the total cost of any single project. Authorizes funds for monitoring. Directs the Secretary to evaluate, design,Secretary, by June 30, 2009, and construct structural modifications, at full federal cost,every four years thereafter, to submit to specified damscongressional committees an implementation report that includes baselines, milestones, goals, and priorities for ecosystem restoration projects, and that measures the progress in Vermontmeeting the goals. Directs the Secretary to regulate flowappoint and temperatureconvene an advisory panel to mitigate downstream impacts on aquatic habitat and fisheries.provide independent guidance in the development of each implementation report.

(Sec. 5027) Amends8005) Directs the WRDA of 1986 to permit a nonfederal interest to use federal funds to provideSecretary, in the nonfederal sharecourse of conducting pre-engineering, design, and construction for projects authorized under this title, to: (1) select appropriate milestones; (2) determine whether the costs of a study or projectprojects are being carried out in American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands,at comparable rates; and (3) make annual reports to Congress regarding whether the Trust Territoryprojects are being carried out at a comparable rate. Requires adjustment of the Pacific Islandsannual funding requests for projects, if the agency that provides the federal fundsSecretary or Congress determines that the fundsauthorized projects are eligible fornot moving toward completion at a comparable rate, to ensure that purpose.the projects move toward completion at a comparable rate in the future.

(Sec. 5028) Directs the Secretary, by July 1, 2008, to: (1) issue<b>Title IX: National Levee Safety Program</b> - National Levee Safety Act of 2007 - (Sec. 9003) Establishes a final environmental impact statement relatingCommittee on Levee Safety which shall develop recommendations for a national levee safety program and report to specified congressional committees. Requires the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal Lock project;Committee to ensure that the program meets specified goals, including: (1) ensuring the protection of human life and (2) developproperty by levees through the development of technologically, economically, socially, and environmentally feasible programs and procedures for hazard reduction and maintain a transportation mitigation program relating to that project in coordination with St. Bernardlevees; (2) encouraging use of the best available engineering policies and Orleans Parishes,procedures for levee site investigation, design, construction, operation, and maintenance, and emergency preparedness; (3) encouraging the Old Arabi Neighborhood Association,establishment and other interested parties.implementation of an effective national levee safety program that may be delegated to qualified states for implementation; and (4) building public awareness of the residual risks associated with living in levee protected areas.

(Sec. 5029)9004) Directs the Secretary to expedite operationto: (1) establish and maintenance, including dredging,maintain a database with an inventory of the navigation featuresnation's levees; (2) establish an inventory and conduct an inspection of the Great Lakesall federally owned and connecting channels to support navigation.operated levees; and (3) establish an inventory and conduct an inspection of all federally constructed, non-federally operated and maintained levees at the original cost share for the project.

<b>Title VI: Project Deauthorizations </b>- (Sec. 6001) Deauthorizes specified flood damage reduction, flood control, navigation, bridge fender construction, recreation, water supply erosion protection, bulkhead construction, environmental infrastructure, soil conservation, and bank erosion projects in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Delaware and Maryland, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North and South Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Washington, and West Virginia.(Sec. 9006) Authorizes appropriations for FY2008-FY2013.
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