H.R. 8812: Water Resources Development Act of 2024

Bill · 118th Congress (2023–2024). Passed House, 22 Jul 2024. Introduced 25 Jun 2024.

Official title: To provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, and for other purposes.

Vote results

House, 22 Jul 2024: Passed, 359 Yea, 13 Nay, 0 Present, 59 Not voting. The House’s roll call
President: Not presented to the President.

How each member voted

House

Yea (359): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12); Ken Calvert (R-CA-41); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA-16); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18); Earl Blumenauer (D-OR-3); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Brad Sherman (D-CA-32); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); Barbara Lee (D-CA-12); Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-31); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Mike Thompson (D-CA-4); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); Michael C. Burgess (R-TX-26); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); David Scott (D-GA-13); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Darrell Issa (R-CA-48); Jim Costa (D-CA-21); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Al Green (D-TX-9); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA-5); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); John P. Sarbanes (D-MD-3); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); André Carson (D-IN-7); Tim Walberg (R-MI-5); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO-3); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Bill Posey (R-FL-8); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Judy Chu (D-CA-28); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); Larry Bucshon (R-IN-8); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Ami Bera (D-CA-6); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Matt Cartwright (D-PA-8); Tony Cárdenas (D-CA-29); Lois Frankel (D-FL-22); Richard Hudson (R-NC-9); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Daniel T. Kildee (D-MI-8); Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25); Mark Takano (D-CA-39); Juan Vargas (D-CA-52); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Brad R. Wenstrup (R-OH-2); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-33); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Ruben Gallego (D-AZ-3); Garret Graves (R-LA-6); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); Ted Lieu (D-CA-36); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-16); James Comer (R-KY-1); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Jim Banks (R-IN-3); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); A. Drew Ferguson IV (R-GA-3); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); John R. Curtis (R-UT-3); Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Susan Wild (D-PA-7); Colin Z. Allred (D-TX-32); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Josh Harder (D-CA-9); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Lucy McBath (D-GA-7); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Dean Phillips (D-MN-3); Katie Porter (D-CA-47); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Elissa Slotkin (D-MI-7); Abigail Davis Spanberger (D-VA-7); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12); David J. Trone (D-MD-6); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24); Dan Bishop (R-NC-8); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Mike Garcia (R-CA-27); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT-1); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Jerry L. Carl (R-AL-1); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Scott Franklin (R-FL-18); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-28); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51); Young Kim (R-CA-40); Jake LaTurner (R-KS-2); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Kathy E. Manning (D-NC-6); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1); Barry Moore (R-AL-2); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Michelle Steel (R-CA-45); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Mary Sattler Peltola (D-AK-AL); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Mark Alford (R-MO-4); Aaron Bean (R-FL-4); Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13); Eric Burlison (R-MO-7); Yadira Caraveo (D-CO-8); Greg Casar (D-TX-35); Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR-5); Mike Collins (R-GA-10); Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30); Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1); Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15); Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17); John S. Duarte (R-CA-13); Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11); Mike Ezell (R-MS-4); Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4); Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10); Russell Fry (R-SC-7); Robert Garcia (D-CA-42); Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3); Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10); Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL); Erin Houchin (R-IN-9); Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4); Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38); Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4); Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1); John James (R-MI-10); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37); Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-7); Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2); Kevin Kiley (R-CA-3); Nick LaLota (R-NY-1); Greg Landsman (D-OH-1); Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23); Michael Lawler (R-NY-17); Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15); Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12); Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13); Richard McCormick (R-GA-6); Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3); Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8); Max L. Miller (R-OH-7); Cory Mills (R-FL-7); Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1); Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23); Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15); Wiley Nickel (D-NC-13); Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3); Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5); Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7); Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3); Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6); Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3); Keith Self (R-TX-3); Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17); Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5); Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH-13); Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13); Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2); Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3); Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2); Brandon Williams (R-NY-22); Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4); Gabe Amo (D-RI-1); Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2); Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26); Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6); Greg Lopez (R-CO-4); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-30); Matt Gaetz (R-FL-1); Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-AL); Andy Kim (D-NJ-3); Jeff Jackson (D-NC-14).

Nay (13): Tom McClintock (R-CA-5); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-21); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); Bob Good (R-VA-5); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT-2); Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2); Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2).

Not voting (59): Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); Kay Granger (R-TX-12); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC-10); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); John Garamendi (D-CA-8); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); David Schweikert (R-AZ-1); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Ann M. Kuster (D-NH-2); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); David G. Valadao (R-CA-22); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Greg Pence (R-IN-6); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16); Cori Bush (D-MO-1); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Becca Balint (D-VT-AL); Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6); Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY-4); Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8); Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2); Marcus J. Molinaro (R-NY-19); Vince Fong (R-CA-20); Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-9).

Speaker, not listed (1): Mike Johnson (R-LA-4).

Not in office (13): LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10); Erica Lee Carter (D-TX-18); Tony Wied (R-WI-8); Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18); Brian Higgins (D-NY-26); Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-20); Bill Johnson (R-OH-6); David N. Cicilline (D-RI-1); Donald M. Payne, Jr. (D-NJ-10); Chris Stewart (R-UT-2); Ken Buck (R-CO-4); Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8); George Santos (R-NY-3).

Summary

Main subject: Authorizes and modifies U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water resources studies, projects, programs and policies, including feasibility studies, deauthorizations, environmental infrastructure projects and specific project authorizations. Title I, Title II, Title III, Title IV

Its core areas: Corps of Engineers continuing authority programs and project delivery; Authorization of feasibility studies and required reports; Deauthorization of projects and modification of existing projects; Water-related environmental infrastructure funding; Authorization of specific navigation, flood and storm damage projects; Dam safety, dredged material and recreation site management.

Unexpected Items: 57 provisions

These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.

Not related to the bill’s main subject (12)

Sec. 126: Services of volunteers: Lets the Secretary recognize a volunteer providing services under the cited 1983 appropriations heading through an award or other means, other than a cash award.
Sec. 127: Nonrecreation outgrant policy: Requires the Secretary to update Corps policy guidance for evaluating and approving nonrecreational real estate outgrant requests to install broadband infrastructure on lands and waters the Secretary operates and maintains.
Sec. 148: Sense of Congress related to water data: States the sense of Congress that the Secretary should develop a framework and common national standards for integrating, sharing and using water data; it creates no binding requirement.
Sec. 205: GAO studies: Directs the Comptroller General to conduct several studies; one is a review of the Risk Rating 2.0 initiative and its effects on floodplain maps and property owners, and another covers homeless encampments on Corps property.
Sec. 207: Examination of reduction of microplastics: Directs the Corps of Engineers, subject to appropriations, to carry out research and development on reducing the release of microplastics tied to its civil works missions.
Sec. 218: Sea sparrow accounting: Directs the Secretary to coordinate with agencies to count Cape Sable Seaside Sparrows in Florida each year and to report the counts to Congress annually for 10 years.
Sec. 306: Asset divestiture: Sets terms for transferring Corps-owned bridges to State authorities or political subdivisions and requires a report on the Corps bridge inventory.
Sec. 402: Facility investment: Allows the Secretary to use unobligated amounts in the Corps revolving fund to design and construct three named facilities: a building in Galveston, Texas, a warehouse near Lee’s Summit, Missouri, and a joint office in Corpus Christi, Texas. The revolving fund is then to be reimbursed from Corps program appropriations.
Sec. 137: Harmful algal bloom demonstration program: Raises the authorization for the harmful algal bloom demonstration program from $25,000,000 to $35,000,000, widens its participants, and adds priorities and agreement authority. ($35,000,000)
Sec. 139: National coastal mapping program: Authorizes a national coastal mapping program supporting Corps missions and authorizes $15,000,000 for each fiscal year, to remain available until expended. ($15,000,000)
Sec. 141: Removal of abandoned vessels: Authorizes the Secretary to remove certain abandoned or seized vessels that do not obstruct navigation, makes owners liable for removal costs, and authorizes $10,000,000 per year for fiscal years 2025 through 2029. ($10,000,000)
Sec. 324: Dillard Road, Patoka Lake, Indiana: Authorizes transfer without consideration of road easements on about 11.85 acres associated with Dillard Road, Crawford County, to the State of Indiana, with reversion if the land stops being used as a road.

Applies only to a specific place or group (5)

Sec. 114: Additional projects for underserved community harbors: Adds criteria for underserved community harbor projects covering harbors serving island communities dependent on passenger and freight service, and lakes covered by the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909. It also allows up to 10 marina or berthing area projects.
Sec. 142: Corrosion prevention: Adds corrosion-prevention activities carried out through a program offered or accredited by an organization that sets industry standards, or an industrial coatings applicator program, to an existing Corps corrosion prevention provision.
Sec. 219: Wilson Lock floating guide wall, Alabama: Directs the Secretary, on request, to provide technical assistance to an unnamed 'relevant Federal entity' to address navigation impacts at Wilson Lock and Dam, Alabama.
Sec. 308: Coastal community flood control and other purposes: Changes the prepayment condition for an eligible deferred payment agreement to an additional $200,000,000 payment. It also directs excess credits to stay on the remaining principal or, on request, be transferred back to the non-Federal interest. ($200,000,000)
Sec. 335: Columbia River Channel, Oregon and Washington: Allows the Secretary to include agreed dredge replacement costs in the full operating costs of the Cutter Suction Dredge provided by the non-Federal interest for the Columbia River Channel project.

Funds a specific named project or event (11)

Sec. 101: Continuing authority programs: Amends the community revitalization program to have the Secretary prioritize named projects: coastal communities in western Alaska affected by Typhoon Merbok, the Hatch Dam project in Arizona, and projects in Guam. It also authorizes $50,000,000 for each fiscal year for that program.
Sec. 117: Maximization of beneficial use: Among its beneficial-use provisions, adds Osceola County, Florida to the list of areas in the regional sediment management authority.
Sec. 131: Ability to pay: Revises ability-to-pay criteria for non-Federal cost shares. Subsection (c) then requires ability-to-pay determinations for a list of named projects and programs in places including Alaska, California, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont, New York, Oregon and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Sec. 135: Control of aquatic plant growths and invasive species: Adds the Connecticut River Basin to the list of basins in the aquatic plant growth and invasive species control authority, and adds monitoring and contingency planning.
Sec. 138: Support of Army civil works missions: Adds three named universities to the list of institutions the Secretary supports for academic research on water resources topics: Western Washington University, Bellingham; the University of North Carolina Wilmington; and California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Sec. 140: Watershed and river basin assessments: Adds the Connecticut River, Lower Rouge River and Grand River watersheds to the list of watershed assessments. It also directs the Secretary to give priority in feasibility reports to named Maui watersheds and to the watersheds of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa and Guam.
Sec. 302: General reauthorizations: Extends several program dates and raises the Las Vegas, Nevada authorization from $40,000,000 to $60,000,000. It also lists nine named projects the Secretary must prioritize under a rural and disadvantaged community pilot program.
Sec. 317: Faulkner Island, Connecticut: Raises the authorization under section 527 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (Faulkner Island, Connecticut) from $4,500,000 to $8,000,000. ($8,000,000)
Sec. 325: Larose to Golden Meadow, Louisiana: Requires a study of the Larose to Golden Meadow project in Louisiana and authorizes $3,000,000 to carry out the section. ($3,000,000)
Sec. 329: Missouri River levee system, Missouri: Raises the amount in section 111 of the 2009 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act (Missouri River levee system) from $7,000,000 to $65,000,000. ($65,000,000)
Sec. 340: Environmental infrastructure: Adds paragraphs (406) through (572) to section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992, each authorizing a stated dollar amount for water and wastewater infrastructure in a named city, county, or district. It also raises amounts for earlier-listed places.

Different amount for specific places or groups (9)

Sec. 130: Treatment of projects in covered communities: Requires an adjusted benefit-cost ratio for feasibility studies of projects serving communities in Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or American Samoa. Construction costs are adjusted to those of the nearest comparable community in the contiguous States.
Sec. 311: Acequias irrigation systems: Sets the Federal share of a reconnaissance study under the acequias irrigation systems program at 100 percent and raises that program's authorization from $80,000,000 to $90,000,000. ($90,000,000)
Sec. 313: Selma, Alabama: Sets the Federal share of the cost of the Selma Flood Risk Management and Bank Stabilization project, Alabama, at 100 percent.
Sec. 321: Washington Metropolitan Area, Washington, District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia: Sets the Federal share of the cost of the Washington, District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia water supply feasibility study at 100 percent.
Sec. 322: Northern estuaries ecosystem restoration, Florida: Sets the Federal share of the cost of carrying out the Northern estuaries ecosystem restoration authority, Florida, at 100 percent.
Sec. 323: New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam, Georgia and South Carolina: Modifies the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam project, conveys adjacent park land to Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia without consideration, and caps the Georgia Ports Authority's construction costs at the cost of the fish passage structure.
Sec. 337: Matagorda Ship Channel Jetty Deficiency, Port Lavaca, Texas: Authorizes repairs to the Matagorda Ship Channel jetty at Port Lavaca, Texas, and sets the non-Federal share of those repairs at 10 percent.
Sec. 339: Western Washington State, Washington: Authorizes an environmental assistance program limited to nine named Washington counties, with a 75 percent Federal share, a credit cap of 25 percent, and an authorization of $242,000,000. ($242,000,000)
Sec. 210: Upper Mississippi River System Flood Risk and Resiliency Study: Sets the Federal share of the cost of the Upper Mississippi River System flood study, and any studies continuing from it, at 75 percent.

Exception or delay for a subset (13)

Sec. 109: Systemwide improvement framework and encroachments: Makes non-Federal interests with an approved systemwide improvement plan eligible for repair assistance regardless of their compliance status. It also limits when the Secretary may treat a covered encroachment as a deficiency requiring corrective action.
Sec. 113: Remote and subsistence harbors: Rewrites the remote and subsistence harbors eligibility criteria so that eligible projects are those in Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or American Samoa that meet a goods-consumption test or a community-viability test.
Sec. 128: Improvements to National Dam Safety Program: Exempts projects carried out by or for an underserved community from the cited limitation in the high hazard dam rehabilitation grant program. An underserved community is defined as one with a population under 50,000 and median household income under 80 percent of the statewide median.
Sec. 145: Temporary relocation assistance pilot program: Adds one named project, Norfolk Coastal Storm Risk Management in Virginia, to the list of projects covered by the temporary relocation assistance pilot program created in a 2022 water resources law.
Sec. 146: Easements for hurricane and storm damage reduction projects: For 2 years, directs the Secretary to carry out authorized hurricane and storm damage reduction projects at listed Florida locations consistent with prior construction and nourishment, notwithstanding a Corps memorandum on standard perpetual easements.
Sec. 147: Shoreline and riverine protection and restoration: Adds the shoreline of the State of Connecticut to the list in a 1999 water resources law provision on shoreline and riverine protection and restoration.
Sec. 151: Sacramento River watershed Native American site and cultural resource protection pilot program: Creates a 4-year pilot program to recover and rebury Native American remains and cultural resources at Army civil works projects in the Sacramento River watershed in California, and makes section 208 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 not apply to those projects during the pilot.
Sec. 152: Emergency drought operations pilot program: Allows the Secretary to run a pilot program operating certain Corps projects with water supply as the primary purpose during a drought emergency, limited to projects in three named states.
Sec. 303: Conveyances: Authorizes conveyances of specific Corps properties to named entities in California and Washington at fair market value. It exempts these conveyances from the property screening provisions of 10 U.S.C. 2696, and one from a provision of Public Law 100–581.
Sec. 314: Barrow, Alaska: Allows the Secretary to treat the North Slope Borough as in compliance with the floodplain management requirement for the Barrow, Alaska coastal erosion project once it adopts an approved plan.
Sec. 326: Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana: Requires the Secretary to credit toward the non-Federal share of the Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico project the cost of interim flood protection work done after March 31, 1989, if conditions are met.
Sec. 330: Table Rock Lake, Missouri and Arkansas: Requires the Secretary to permit the ongoing presence of eligible privately owned structures, including sewer and septic systems and dwelling units, at the Table Rock Lake project.
Sec. 123: Challenge cost-sharing program for management of recreation facilities: Lets non-Federal public entities and private nonprofit entities with recreation agreements collect user fees and keep up to 100 percent of them, with the retained-fee use set 'notwithstanding' a provision of the Flood Control Act of 1968.

Delays or blocks a specific regulation (1)

Sec. 334: Willamette Valley, Oregon: Bars the Secretary from completing the review and consultation on operation and maintenance of the Willamette River Basin projects until an alternative that ceases hydropower operations is prepared and analyzed.

Changes a government process (6)

Sec. 107: Electronic submission and tracking of permit applications: Requires the Secretary to run an electronic system for submitting permit applications and jurisdictional determination requests and for tracking federal environmental review documents, and moves the implementation deadline to 1 year after enactment.
Sec. 133: Funding to process permits: Adds Indian Tribes to the entities that may contribute funds to the Corps for permit processing, allows aquatic ecosystem restoration projects, and strikes paragraph (4) of section 214(a).
Sec. 136: Remote operations at Corps dams: For 10 years, bars the Secretary from replacing on-site personnel activities with remote operation at Corps navigation or hydroelectric facilities unless written notice with specified findings is given to the House and Senate committees.
Sec. 327: Port Fourchon Belle Pass Channel, Louisiana: Sets 30-day and 180-day deadlines for the Secretary's determinations, reviews, and findings on a feasibility study for the Port Fourchon Belle Pass Channel project in Louisiana.
Sec. 143: Missouri River existing features protection: Requires the Secretary to analyze specified flood, drought, navigation, erosion, port and sand-harvesting effects before acting on certain Missouri River in-river features, and to mitigate any such outcomes.
Sec. 154: Levee Owners Board: Replaces section 9003 of the 2007 water resources law to establish an eleven-member Levee Owners Board appointed by the Secretary, which advises the Secretary and Congress on levee system reliability and flood risk management priorities.

What it does

Sec. 101: Requires the Secretary of the Army to implement a pilot program allowing a non-Federal interest or the Secretary to carry out continuing authority program projects through alternative delivery methods, and authorizes $50,000,000 for each fiscal year for it.
Sec. 121: Requires the Secretary to include water supply as a primary mission of the Corps of Engineers and to give it equal consideration in planning, designing, constructing, operating and maintaining water resources development projects.
Sec. 128: Amends the National Dam Safety Program Act to define underserved communities, to require a national inventory of dams and low-head dams, and to extend authorizations of appropriations from 2023 to 2028.
Sec. 117: Requires the Secretary to set a national goal that not less than 70 percent by tonnage of suitable dredged material be used beneficially, and to maximize beneficial use in dredged material management plans.
Sec. 201: Authorizes the Secretary to conduct feasibility studies for 126 listed new projects and 35 listed project modifications.
Sec. 301: Replaces the process for identifying inactive projects for deauthorization, requiring a proposed list, a 90-day public comment period, and submission of a final list to congressional committees.
Sec. 341: Deauthorizes listed flood channels, navigation channel portions and projects, including designated Los Angeles County Drainage Area channels beginning 18 months after enactment.
Sec. 340: Adds listed water and wastewater infrastructure projects to section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992, each with a stated dollar amount, and raises amounts for listed existing projects.
Sec. 401: Authorizes 13 listed navigation, coastal storm, flood and ecosystem projects, with their estimated costs, to be carried out substantially in accordance with the cited reports or decision documents.
Sec. 204: Requires a report on the Corps of Engineers' comprehensive recreational access for individuals with disabilities, along with other listed reports on topics such as Soo Locks security and boat ramps.

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