S. 4367: Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024

Bill · 118th Congress (2023–2024). Became law, 4 Jan 2025 · Public Law 118-272. Introduced 20 May 2024.

Official title: A bill 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, 10 Dec 2024: Passed, 399 Yea, 18 Nay, 0 Present, 13 Not voting. The House’s roll call
• Senate, 18 Dec 2024: Motion Agreed to, 97 Yea, 1 Nay, 0 Present, 2 Not voting. The Senate’s roll call
• President: Signed 4 Jan 2025 · Public Law 118-272

How each member voted

White House

Signed (1): Joseph Biden (D, President).

Senate

Yea (97): Chuck Grassley (R-IA); Edward J. Markey (D-MA); Charles E. Schumer (D-NY); Ron Wyden (D-OR); Richard J. Durbin (D-IL); Mitch McConnell (R-KY); Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD); Thomas R. Carper (D-DE); Jack Reed (D-RI); Bernard Sanders (I-VT); Sherrod Brown (D-OH); Mike Crapo (R-ID); Patty Murray (D-WA); Lindsey Graham (R-SC); Roger F. Wicker (R-MS); Susan M. Collins (R-ME); Jerry Moran (R-KS); Tammy Baldwin (D-WI); Maria Cantwell (D-WA); John Thune (R-SD); Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA); John Boozman (R-AR); John Cornyn (R-TX); Lisa Murkowski (R-AK); Marsha Blackburn (R-TN); Chris Van Hollen (D-MD); Robert P. Casey, Jr. (D-PA); Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY); Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI); Amy Klobuchar (D-MN); Christopher Murphy (D-CT); Jon Tester (D-MT); Peter Welch (D-VT); Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI); John Barrasso (R-WY); Bill Cassidy (R-LA); Martin Heinrich (D-NM); Ben Ray Luján (D-NM); Jeff Merkley (D-OR); Gary C. Peters (D-MI); James E. Risch (R-ID); Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH); Mark R. Warner (D-VA); Michael F. Bennet (D-CO); Christopher A. Coons (D-DE); Joe Manchin, III (I-WV); Richard Blumenthal (D-CT); John Hoeven (R-ND); Ron Johnson (R-WI); James Lankford (R-OK); Rand Paul (R-KY); Marco Rubio (R-FL); Tim Scott (R-SC); Todd Young (R-IN); Brian Schatz (D-HI); Tom Cotton (R-AR); Kevin Cramer (R-ND); Ted Cruz (R-TX); Steve Daines (R-MT); Tammy Duckworth (D-IL); Deb Fischer (R-NE); Tim Kaine (D-VA); Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME); Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY); Markwayne Mullin (R-OK); Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ); Elizabeth Warren (D-MA); Cory A. Booker (D-NJ); Joni Ernst (R-IA); Mike Rounds (R-SD); Dan Sullivan (R-AK); Thom Tillis (R-NC); Ted Budd (R-NC); Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV); Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH); John Kennedy (R-LA); Roger Marshall (R-KS); Jacky Rosen (D-NV); Tina Smith (D-MN); Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS); Mike Braun (R-IN); Josh Hawley (R-MO); Andy Kim (D-NJ); Mitt Romney (R-UT); Rick Scott (R-FL); Mark Kelly (D-AZ); Bill Hagerty (R-TN); John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO); Tommy Tuberville (R-AL); Jon Ossoff (D-GA); Alex Padilla (D-CA); Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA); Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL); John Fetterman (D-PA); Eric Schmitt (R-MO); Pete Ricketts (R-NE).

Nay (1): Mike Lee (R-UT).

Not voting (2): Debbie Stabenow (D-MI); J.D. Vance (R-OH).

Not in office (5): Robert Menendez (D-NJ); Dianne Feinstein (D-CA); Ben Sasse (R-NE); Laphonza R. Butler (D-CA); George S. Helmy (D-NJ).

House

Yea (399): 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); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); 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); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Grace F. Napolitano (D-CA-31); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); 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); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD-2); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-48); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Jim Costa (D-CA-21); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Al Green (D-TX-9); Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC-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); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); 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); Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5); 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); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); 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); John Garamendi (D-CA-8); 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); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); David Schweikert (R-AZ-1); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); 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); 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); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); 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); Ann M. Kuster (D-NH-2); 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); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14); 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); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); 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); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); David G. Valadao (R-CA-22); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-16); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); 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); Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE-AL); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); 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); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-21); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); John R. Curtis (R-UT-3); Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Susan Wild (D-PA-7); Colin Z. Allred (D-TX-32); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); 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); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); 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); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Josh Harder (D-CA-9); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); 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); Greg Pence (R-IN-6); 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); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); 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); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); David J. Trone (D-MD-6); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Jennifer Wexton (D-VA-10); 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); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16); Cori Bush (D-MO-1); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Jerry L. Carl (R-AL-1); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); 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); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Julia Letlow (R-LA-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); Becca Balint (D-VT-AL); 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); Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6); Mike Collins (R-GA-10); Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30); Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY-4); 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); 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); Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8); Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2); 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); Marcus J. Molinaro (R-NY-19); 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); 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); Vince Fong (R-CA-20); Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6); LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10); Erica Lee Carter (D-TX-18); Tony Wied (R-WI-8); Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-AL); Jeff Jackson (D-NC-14).

Nay (18): Tom McClintock (R-CA-5); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); Alexander X. Mooney (R-WV-2); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-3); Bob Good (R-VA-5); Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr. (R-MT-2); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2); Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2); Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL); Keith Self (R-TX-3); Greg Lopez (R-CO-4).

Not voting (13): Kay Granger (R-TX-12); Michael C. Burgess (R-TX-26); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); David Scott (D-GA-13); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Ted Lieu (D-CA-36); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Michelle Steel (R-CA-45).

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

Not in office (14): Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18); Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-9); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA-30); 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); Matt Gaetz (R-FL-1); Mike Gallagher (R-WI-8); Andy Kim (D-NJ-3); George Santos (R-NY-3).

Summary

Main subject: Authorizes and changes U.S. Army Corps of Engineers water resources programs, studies and projects, and also redistributes highway contract authority, reauthorizes Economic Development Administration and regional commission programs, and sets federal public building rules. Division A, Division B

Its core areas: Army Corps of Engineers program and policy changes; Feasibility studies and reports for water resources projects; Deauthorizations and modifications of water resources projects; Environmental infrastructure project authorizations; Water resources project construction authorizations; National Dam Safety Program; Highway contract authority redistribution from the TIFIA program; Economic Development Administration and regional commission reauthorization; Federal public building use and property sales.

Unexpected Items: 84 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 (8)

• Sec. 1234: Sea sparrow accounting: Directs the Secretary to share data and coordinate to obtain an annual count of Cape Sable Seaside Sparrows in Florida and to report the information to Congress annually for 10 years.
• Sec. 2317: Virginia Smith Federal Building: Designates the Federal building at 300 E. 3rd Street in North Platte, Nebraska, as the "Virginia Smith Federal Building" and treats references to it as references to that name.
• Sec. 2313: Eugene E. Siler, Jr. United States Courthouse Annex: Designates the United States courthouse annex at 310 South Main Street in London, Kentucky, as the "Eugene E. Siler, Jr. United States Courthouse Annex" and treats references to it as references to that name.
• Sec. 2315: Reuben E. Lawson Federal Building: Redesignates the Richard H. Poff Federal Building at 210 Franklin Road Southwest in Roanoke, Virginia, as the "Reuben E. Lawson Federal Building" and treats references to the old name as references to the new one.
• Sec. 2316: Irene M. Keeley United States Courthouse: Designates the United States courthouse at 500 West Pike Street in Clarksburg, West Virginia, as the "Irene M. Keeley United States Courthouse" and treats references to it as references to that name.
• Sec. 2318: Harold L. Murphy Federal Building and United States Courthouse: Designates the Federal building and United States courthouse at 600 East First Street in Rome, Georgia, as the "Harold L. Murphy Federal Building and United States Courthouse" and lists congressional findings about Judge Murphy.
• Sec. 2319: Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez United States Courthouse: Designates the United States courthouse at 350 W. 1st Street in Los Angeles, California, as the "Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez United States Courthouse" and treats references to it as references to that name.
• Sec. 2320: Helen Edwards Engineering Research Center: Designates the Department of Energy Integrated Engineering Research Center Federal Building at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois, as the "Helen Edwards Engineering Research Center".

Applies only to a specific place or group (4)

• Sec. 1325: Columbia River Channel, Oregon and Washington: Allows the Secretary to count agreed replacement costs of a Cutter Suction Dredge provided by the non-Federal interest as part of its full operating costs on one navigation project.
• Sec. 1356: Additional projects for underserved community harbors: Expands underserved community harbor eligibility to harbors serving island communities dependent on passenger or freight service and to marinas or berthing areas, allows up to 10 marina or berthing projects, and extends the authority from 2026 to 2029.
• Sec. 1358: Coastal community flood control and other purposes: Changes the pre-payment terms for an eligible deferred payment agreement to a payment of an additional $200,000,000 and directs that excess credits stay applied or be transferred back to the non-Federal interest. ($200,000,000)
• Sec. 2219: Grants for economic adjustment: Adds grant authority for coal economy contraction areas, steel industry dislocation, and 'nuclear host communities' defined by criteria such as ceased operations and spent nuclear fuel on site, without naming any site.

Funds a specific named project or event (21)

• Sec. 1115: Support of Army civil works missions: Amends the Army civil works support provision to name specific universities that are to conduct academic research on water resources topics in set locations; the section states no dollar amount.
• Sec. 1116: Temporary relocation assistance pilot program: Adds the Norfolk Coastal Storm Risk Management project in Virginia to the projects covered by the temporary relocation assistance pilot program.
• Sec. 1134: Harmful algal bloom demonstration program: Adds Lake Elsinore, California, and Willamette River, Oregon, to the list of sites in the harmful algal bloom demonstration program, and raises that program's authorization figure in subsection (e) from $25,000,000 to $35,000,000.
• Sec. 1138: Shoreline and riverine protection and restoration: Adds the shoreline of the State of Connecticut and the Winooski River tributary watershed, Vermont, to the list of areas in section 212(e)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999.
• Sec. 1139: Ability to pay: Requires the Secretary to make an ability-to-pay determination, which can reduce the non-Federal cost share, for a list of named projects and places, including Craig Harbor, Alaska, Guam, and the Ala Wai Canal, Hawaii. The section sets no dollar figure for them.
• Sec. 1140: Tribal partnership program: Adds inter-tribal consortiums and Tribal organizations to the Tribal partnership program, and creates a pilot of up to 7 activities, with named locations in Washington and South Dakota and 5 projects in Washington, one exempt from the (b)(1)(B) limits.
• Sec. 1143: Watershed and river basin assessments: Adds named watersheds and river basins to the list for watershed assessments and directs the Secretary to give priority to named watersheds on Maui, Hawaii, and in the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, and Guam.
• Sec. 1144: Control of aquatic plant growths and invasive species: Inserts the Connecticut River Basin into a list of named river basins in section 104(g)(2)(A) of the River and Harbor Act of 1958, after the Ohio River Basin.
• Sec. 1152: Columbia River Basin: Authorizes the Secretary to compensate the Government of Canada for reserving and operating flood storage at Hugh Keenleyside Dam, and authorizes $37,600,000 for fiscal year 2025 and $37,600,000, adjusted for inflation, for each of fiscal years 2026 and 2027. ($37,600,000)
• Sec. 1303: General reauthorizations: Extends dates in several existing programs, raises one authorization ceiling from $40,000,000 to $60,000,000, and adds a list of nine named projects the Secretary must prioritize under an existing pilot program.
• Sec. 1304: Environmental infrastructure: Adds about 190 named cities, counties and districts to the environmental infrastructure authorization, each with its own dollar amount, and raises authorized amounts for named places. It also sets a 90 percent Federal share for some projects benefitting economically disadvantaged communities.
• Sec. 1313: Faulkner Island, Connecticut: Raises the authorization amount for the Faulkner Island, Connecticut project in section 527 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 from $4,500,000 to $8,000,000.
• Sec. 1317: Larose to Golden Meadow, Louisiana: Directs the Secretary to complete a study of one named flood project by June 30, 2025, report to Congress, and authorizes $3,000,000 to carry out the section. ($3,000,000)
• Sec. 1321: Missouri River levee system, Missouri: Raises a dollar figure in section 111 of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 from $7,000,000 to $65,000,000. ($65,000,000)
• Sec. 1335: Chesapeake Bay Oyster Recovery Program: Raises the authorization ceiling in section 704(b)(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 for the Chesapeake Bay Oyster Recovery Program from $100,000,000 to $120,000,000.
• Sec. 1354: Upper Mississippi River restoration program: Amends the Upper Mississippi River restoration program authorization to $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter. ($25,000,000)
• Sec. 1365: Maintenance of pile dike system: Directs the Secretary to keep maintaining the pile dike system on the Lower Columbia River and Willamette River, Washington, at Federal expense.
• Sec. 1402: Special rule: Authorizes up to $320,000,000 in financial assistance to the State of Florida for design and construction of the North Feeder Stormwater Treatment Area, subject to appropriations. ($320,000,000)
• Sec. 1404: Facility investment: Allows the Secretary to use available revolving fund amounts to design and construct three named Corps facilities in Galveston, Texas; near Lee's Summit, Missouri; and Corpus Christi, Texas, plus supporting work.
• Sec. 2252: Denali Housing Fund: Creates the Denali Housing Fund in the Treasury, administered by the Federal Cochair of the Denali Commission, authorizes $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029, and allows grants and loans for housing in rural Alaska villages. ($5,000,000)
• Sec. 1130: Maximization of beneficial use: Among other changes to dredged material programs, adds Osceola County, Florida to the list in the regional sediment management authority.

Different amount for specific places or groups (27)

• Sec. 1226: Kanawha River Basin: Sets the non-Federal share of cost at 10 percent for projects recommended from Kanawha River Basin studies that benefit an economically disadvantaged community in West Virginia.
• Sec. 1227: 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.
• Sec. 1307: Selma, Alabama: Sets the Federal share of the cost of one named flood risk management project at 100 percent.
• Sec. 1314: Northern estuaries ecosystem restoration, Florida: Sets the Federal share of the cost of a Northern estuaries ecosystem restoration project in Florida at 90 percent.
• Sec. 1315: New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam, Georgia and South Carolina: Modifies one named lock and dam project to include specified repairs and a fish passage, directs conveyance of an adjacent park to a named county without consideration, and caps the costs paid by a named ports authority.
• Sec. 1316: Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin project, Brandon Road, Will County, Illinois: Sets the Federal share of operation and maintenance costs of one named project at 90 percent for 10 years after Federal funds are first provided.
• Sec. 1322: Stockton Lake, Missouri: Directs a water storage reallocation at one lake with special payment terms for a named commission, including a deferred payment start for the second storage space and certain costs paid at Federal expense.
• Sec. 1324: Mamaroneck-Sheldrake Rivers, New York: Sets the non-Federal share at 10 percent for features of one named flood risk management project that benefit an economically disadvantaged community.
• Sec. 1328: Matagorda Ship Channel, Port Lavaca, Texas: Sets the Federal share of planning, design and construction costs for a corrective action on one named navigation project at 90 percent.
• Sec. 1330: Lake Champlain Watershed, Vermont and New York: Sets the cost share at 10 percent of total costs for a critical restoration project in the Lake Champlain watershed that benefits an economically disadvantaged community.
• Sec. 1332: Western Washington State, Washington: Authorizes an environmental assistance program for nine named counties in Washington, with a 75 percent Federal share (90 percent for economically disadvantaged communities), and authorizes $242,000,000. ($242,000,000)
• Sec. 1336: Delaware Coastal System Program: Groups six named Delaware coastal projects into a 'Delaware Coastal System Program' and sets the Federal share of the cost of five of them at 80 percent, notwithstanding other law.
• Sec. 1337: Delaware Inland Bays and Delaware Bay Coast Coastal Storm Risk Management Study: Sets the non-Federal share at 10 percent for the Delaware Inland Bays and Delaware Bay Coast study and for projects or separable elements authorized based on it, and bars use of funds for ongoing beachfill projects along the Atlantic Coast.
• Sec. 1340: Kentucky and West Virginia environmental infrastructure: Creates an environmental assistance program for Kentucky and West Virginia with a 75 percent Federal share and authorizes $75,000,000 to be divided between the two States. ($75,000,000)
• Sec. 1344: Southeastern North Carolina environmental infrastructure: Creates an environmental assistance program for the listed Southeastern North Carolina counties with a 75 percent Federal share, 90 percent for economically disadvantaged communities, and authorizes $50,000,000. ($50,000,000)
• Sec. 1345: Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia: Allows a pilot program of reimbursement for abandoned mine drainage treatment works in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia at 75 percent Federal assistance, and authorizes $50,000,000. ($50,000,000)
• Sec. 1347: Ohio and North Dakota: Sets a 10 percent non-Federal share for projects benefitting economically disadvantaged communities under the Ohio and North Dakota program and raises its authorization from $250,000,000 to $300,000,000.
• Sec. 1348: Oregon environmental infrastructure: Allows an environmental assistance program in Oregon with a 75 percent Federal share and authorizes $40,000,000. ($40,000,000)
• Sec. 1349: Pennsylvania environmental infrastructure: Allows an environmental assistance program in Pennsylvania with a 75 percent Federal share and authorizes $25,000,000. ($25,000,000)
• Sec. 1351: Washington Metropolitan Area, Washington, District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia: Sets the Federal share of the Washington metropolitan area water supply feasibility study at 90 percent.
• Sec. 1352: Northern West Virginia: Sets a 90 percent Federal share for projects benefitting economically disadvantaged communities under the Northern West Virginia program and raises the authorization from $120,000,000 to $150,000,000.
• Sec. 1353: Southern West Virginia: Sets a 90 percent Federal share for projects benefitting economically disadvantaged communities under the Southern West Virginia program and raises the authorization from $140,000,000 to $170,000,000.
• Sec. 1355: Acequias irrigation systems: Sets the Federal share of pre-design planning costs at 100 percent under the acequias irrigation systems program and raises its authorization from $80,000,000 to $90,000,000.
• Sec. 1357: Bosque wildlife restoration project: Establishes a wildfire prevention and restoration program in the Middle Rio Grande Bosque, including jetty jack removal, with a 10 percent non-Federal share for projects benefitting economically disadvantaged communities.
• Sec. 1360: Contracts for water supply: Changes the water supply storage payment rate at Copan Lake, Oklahoma, and directs the Secretary to change interest on two State of Kansas storage contracts from compound to simple interest.
• Sec. 2215: Cost sharing: Raises the base Federal cost share from 50 to 60 percent and lets the Secretary raise the Federal share up to 100 percent for grants to political subdivisions with fewer than 10,000 residents that meet distress criteria.
• Sec. 1305: Environmental infrastructure pilot program: Lets the Secretary raise the Federal share to up to 90 percent for environmental infrastructure projects benefitting economically disadvantaged communities, capped at $10,000,000 per fiscal year, for 7 years.

Exception or delay for a subset (19)

• Sec. 1132: Improvements to National Dam Safety Program: Amends the National Dam Safety Program Act so that a requirement in section 8A(g)(1)(A) does not apply to projects carried out by or for the benefit of an underserved community, defined by population and median household income.
• Sec. 1145: Easements for hurricane and storm damage reduction projects: For 2 years, sets aside a Corps memorandum's easement requirement for hurricane and storm damage reduction projects in a listed set of Florida locations, and directs the Secretary to carry out those projects consistent with prior construction and nourishment.
• Sec. 1147: Remote and subsistence harbors: Amends the eligibility criteria for remote and subsistence harbor projects so the project must be located in Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or American Samoa.
• Sec. 1148: Treatment of projects in covered communities: Directs the Secretary to select 10 feasibility studies for projects in listed states and territories and compute an alternative benefit-cost ratio using adjusted construction costs, with notice and a report to committees.
• Sec. 1164: Emergency drought operations pilot program: Authorizes a pilot program allowing water supply to be the primary purpose when operating certain Corps projects during a drought emergency, limited to projects in California, Nevada, or Arizona.
• Sec. 1201: Authorization of proposed feasibility studies: Provides that the cost of the feasibility study for the Saint Marys River, Michigan navigation modification is at Federal expense, while the section's other studies carry no such provision.
• Sec. 1207: Craig Harbor, Alaska: Provides that the cost of completing a general reevaluation report for one named navigation project, Craig Harbor, Alaska, is paid at Federal expense.
• Sec. 1213: J. Strom Thurmond Lake, Georgia: Directs an encroachment resolution plan limited to six named former Cottage Site properties at J. Strom Thurmond Lake and bars the Secretary from compelling removal of covered encroachments unless Congress specifically authorizes it.
• Sec. 1306: Conveyances: Authorizes or directs conveyances of specific Corps of Engineers real property to named entities, and provides that the federal property screening provision does not apply to these conveyances.
• Sec. 1308: Barrow, Alaska: Lets the Secretary treat a named borough as meeting a floodplain management requirement for one coastal erosion project once it adopts an approved floodplain management plan.
• Sec. 1312: Colebrook River Reservoir, Connecticut: Requires the Secretary to offer a contract amendment releasing a named district's water storage rights on request, after which the district is relieved of its share of operation, maintenance, replacement and rehabilitation costs.
• Sec. 1323: Table Rock Lake, Missouri and Arkansas: Requires the Secretary to allow eligible habitation structures at one project to remain until abandoned or failed, applying only to the owner as of enactment and one later owner.
• Sec. 1327: Chambers, Galveston, and Harris counties, Texas: On request of a named port authority, directs the Secretary to convey or release land and easements no longer needed for a ship channel project, with right of first refusal for the authority and no federal property screening.
• Sec. 1342: New York emergency shore restoration: Authorizes the Secretary to repair or restore storm-damaged shore structures, projects and public beaches within a listed geographic area without showing that the work is justified solely by national economic development benefits; the beach authority expires after 10 years.
• Sec. 2226: Comprehensive economic development strategies: Exempts grants under section 207 and grants under section 209(c)(2) for areas where more than one comprehensive economic development strategy may apply from the comprehensive economic development strategy section.
• Sec. 2249: Establishment of Mid-Atlantic Regional Commission: Establishes the Mid-Atlantic Regional Commission and provides that paragraph (2) of section 15702(c) of title 40 does not apply to the Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania counties listed for that commission.
• Sec. 2250: Establishment of Southern New England Regional Commission: Establishes the Southern New England Regional Commission and extends the exception from paragraph (2) of section 15702(c) of title 40 to that commission.
• Sec. 1153: Challenge cost-sharing program for management of recreation facilities: Lets non-Federal public entities and private nonprofit entities with Corps recreation agreements collect user fees and retain up to 100 percent of them, notwithstanding section 210(b)(4) of the Flood Control Act of 1968.
• Sec. 2302: Utilizing Space Efficiently and Improving Technologies Act: Sets building space-use reporting and 60 percent utilization targets for federal agencies, and excludes intelligence community elements from the leasing and reporting requirements, while letting the Director grant exceptions for non-standard space.

Changes a government process (2)

• Sec. 1319: Port Fourchon Belle Pass Channel, Louisiana: Sets 30-day and 180-day deadlines for the Secretary's review, analysis and compliance steps for a feasibility study on one named navigation project.
• Sec. 1326: Willamette Valley, Oregon: Bars the Secretary from completing a review and consultation on operation and maintenance of the Willamette River Basin projects until an alternative that ceases hydropower operations is prepared and formally analyzed.

Program name includes a political figure’s name (3)

• Sec. 101: Short title; table of contents: Gives the Act a short title that includes a person's name, the "Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024".
• Sec. 1160: Short title: Gives the subtitle the short title "Grace F. Napolitano Priority for Water Supply, Water Conservation, and Drought Resiliency Act of 2024," which includes a person's name.
• Sec. 2314: Senator Dianne Feinstein Federal Building: Designates the Federal building at 50 United Nations Plaza in San Francisco, California, as the “Senator Dianne Feinstein Federal Building”.

What it does

• Sec. 1107: Requires the Secretary of the Army to implement a pilot program under which continuing authority program projects may be carried out through an alternative delivery method, with not more than 25 projects.
• Sec. 1132: Extends National Dam Safety Program authorizations through 2028 and adds low-head dams to the national inventory of dams that the Secretary of the Army maintains.
• Sec. 1201: Authorizes the Secretary to conduct feasibility studies for 162 new projects and 40 project modifications listed in the section.
• Sec. 1302: Ends the authorization of listed studies, projects and portions of projects, including the Cherryfield Dam flood control project in Maine and the Truckee Meadows flood risk management project in Nevada.
• Sec. 1304: Adds new environmental infrastructure projects, each with a stated dollar amount, to the list in section 219(f) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992.
• Sec. 1401: Authorizes 21 water resources projects, including navigation, hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, flood risk management and ecosystem restoration projects, in accordance with the listed reports.
• Sec. 1402: Authorizes the Secretary to provide up to $320,000,000 in financial assistance to the State of Florida for the North Feeder Stormwater Treatment Area, subject to appropriations.
• Sec. 2103: Requires the Secretary of Transportation to distribute $1,800,000,000 of unobligated TIFIA program contract authority to States, available until September 30, 2028.
• Sec. 2236: Authorizes appropriations for Economic Development Administration programs for fiscal years 2025 through 2029, including $170,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 for public works and economic development grants.
• Sec. 2302: Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to ensure building utilization in each public building and federally-leased space is not less than 60 percent on average over each 1-year period.

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Changed after Senate passage

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Removed before the final vote (11)

• Sec. 107: Services of volunteers: Amends the volunteer-services paragraph of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1983 (33 U.S.C. 569c) into a numbered section with subsections on general authority and treatment, and lets the Chief of Engineers recognize volunteers, by a process, with no cash awards.
• Sec. 119: Sense of Congress relating to the management of recreation facilities: States the sense of Congress that the Corps of Engineers should have greater access to revenue from its recreational facilities, with that revenue available for the facility where it was collected, and more authority to partner with non-Federal public and private nonprofit entities.
• Sec. 202: Vertical integration and acceleration of studies: Amends section 1001 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 to require delegation of certain study extension decisions to Division Commanders, defines Divisions, and requires implementation guidance and a standardized request form within 180 days.
• Sec. 215: Port Fourchon Belle Pass channel, Louisiana: Lets the non-Federal interest for the Port Fourchon Belle Pass Channel navigation project, at its own cost, carry out a feasibility study to modify the project for deepening. It requires the Secretary to reuse prior agreements and to review the study and submit it to Congress.
• Sec. 217: Non-Federal interest preparation of water reallocation studies, North Dakota: Amends section 301 of the Water Supply Act of 1958 to let a non-Federal interest carry out a water reallocation study at a Corps of Engineers reservoir project in North Dakota, with Secretary guidelines, an agreement, a review and an assessment to Congress.
• Sec. 236: Virginia Peninsula coastal storm risk management, Virginia: Authorizes the Secretary to use investigations funds to analyze, at full Federal expense, a measure benefitting Federal land under another Federal agency's jurisdiction in the Coastal Virginia feasibility study, with savings provisions on cost sharing.
• Sec. 241: Assessment of impacts from changing construction responsibilities: Directs the Secretary to assess the impacts of authorizing construction of navigation projects at 75 percent Federal cost to a depth of 55 feet, and to report the results within 18 months of enactment.
• Sec. 335: Rehabilitation of pump stations: Deems the flood control pump station at Hockanum Road, Northampton, Massachusetts, and Pointe Celeste Pump Station, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, to be eligible pump stations meeting the requirements of section 133 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020.
• Sec. 347: Non-Federal implementation pilot program: Amends section 1043(b) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014, changing figures in paragraph (3)(A)(i) and the fiscal-year range in paragraph (8), and allows Louisiana coastal area restoration projects in the pilot program.
• Sec. 359: Replacement of Cape Cod Canal bridges: Authorizes the Secretary to allow Massachusetts to build replacements for the Bourne Bridge and Sagamore Bridge, sets conditions, and allows reimbursement up to $250,000,000 within a $600,000,000 total funding limit.
• Sec. 361: Flexibilities for certain hurricane and storm damage risk reduction projects: Lets the Secretary build 18 listed Florida hurricane and storm damage risk reduction projects with easements of at least 25 years instead of perpetual ones, with notice, extension and temporary easement rules.

Added after Senate passage (131)

• Sec. 1103: Vertical integration and acceleration of studies: Amends section 1001(a) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 to set a 4-year study period from the Federal interest determination and a maximum total study cost of $5,000,000, and protects studies already started.
• Sec. 1104: Minimum real estate interest: Requires the Secretary to give non-Federal interests a real estate plan, identify the minimum real property interest needed for each project, require that interest, report annually, and allow amendment of existing agreements.
• Sec. 1105: Review process: Amends section 14 of the Act of March 3, 1899 to require the Secretary to set guidance standardizing permission review across Districts, hold preapplication meetings on request, and allow use of contributed funds for those meetings.
• Sec. 1108: Stormwater management projects: Directs the Secretary to set up a program of studies and projects to control, retain, and reuse stormwater tied to flood control, with a 35 percent non-Federal construction share, a $10,000,000 Federal limit per study or project, and $50,000,000 per fiscal year authorized.
• Sec. 1109: Study of water resources development projects by non-Federal interests: Amends section 203 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 on non-Federal feasibility studies: changes the approval and guidance provisions, adds notification duties and a credit cap, and authorizes $1,000,000 for each fiscal year.
• Sec. 1110: Construction of water resources development projects by non-Federal interests: Amends section 204 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to require technical assistance on request for non-Federal construction, to allow credit for discrete segments, and to bar credit for certain activities and delays.
• Sec. 1113: Nonrecreation outgrant policy: Requires the Secretary to update Corps of Engineers policy guidance within 180 days on evaluating and approving nonrecreational real estate outgrant requests for broadband infrastructure on lands and waters the Secretary operates, and sets requirements for that guidance.
• Sec. 1118: Inland waterways regional dredge pilot program: Amends section 8133(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 so the Secretary, in awarding contracts under the inland waterways regional dredge pilot program, considers projects that improve navigation reliability, increase freight capacity, and may enhance containerized cargo availability.
• Sec. 1121: Databases of Corps recreational sites: Requires the Secretary to regularly update publicly available Corps of Engineers databases with information on recreational sites the Secretary operates or maintains, including operational status and recreational opportunities available.
• Sec. 1123: National coastal mapping program: Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a national coastal mapping program along U.S. coasts, sets its scope including post-hurricane mapping and data sharing, and authorizes $15,000,000 per fiscal year, available until expended.
• Sec. 1124: Removal of abandoned vessels: Amends section 19 of the Act of March 3, 1899 to let the Secretary remove abandoned or seized vessels that do not obstruct navigation, makes owners liable for costs, and authorizes $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029.
• Sec. 1125: Missouri River existing features protection: Requires the Secretary to analyze 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. 1131: Economic, hydraulic, and hydrologic modeling: Directs the Secretary to develop, update, and maintain economic, hydraulic, and hydrologic models, including for compound flooding, with set coordination, data-sharing, funding, cost-share credit, review, and definitions provisions.
• Sec. 1132: Improvements to National Dam Safety Program: Amends the National Dam Safety Program Act to define underserved community, rewrite the national inventory to cover low-head dams, change high hazard dam rehabilitation rules, extend authorizations from 2023 to 2028, and repeal section 15.
• Sec. 1133: Funding to process permits: Amends section 214(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 to define Indian Tribe, add Indian Tribes to the covered entities, include aquatic ecosystem restoration projects, and strike paragraph (4).
• Sec. 1134: Harmful algal bloom demonstration program: Amends section 128 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 to widen the harmful algal bloom program's scope and partners, add two locations, raise the amount in subsection (e) from $25,000,000 to $35,000,000, and add priorities and agreements.
• Sec. 1135: Corrosion prevention: Amends section 1033(c) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 to add activities carried out through corrosion prevention programs offered or accredited by industry-standard organizations or through industrial coatings applicator programs.
• Sec. 1136: Federal breakwaters and jetties: Amends section 8101 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 to add pile dikes alongside jetties, and to cover a pile dike that has disconnected from an authorized navigation project for lack of regular Federal maintenance.
• Sec. 1139: Ability to pay: Amends section 103(m) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to set criteria and procedures for ability-to-pay determinations, add an annual report, require updated guidance, and direct determinations for 16 listed projects.
• Sec. 1145: Easements for hurricane and storm damage reduction projects: Lets the Secretary build hurricane and storm damage reduction projects with a nonperpetual easement on request, with formal notice of the consequences of expiration, a disclosure rule, and a 2-year rule for listed Florida projects.
• Sec. 1146: Systemwide improvement framework and encroachments: Amends section 5(c) of the Act of August 18, 1941 so a non-Federal interest with an approved systemwide improvement plan is eligible for repair assistance, sets review of grandfathered encroachments, and repeals section 3011 of the 2014 Act.
• Sec. 1147: Remote and subsistence harbors: Amends section 2006 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 to change the conditions for remote and subsistence harbor projects, covering listed States and territories and either goods-consumption or community-viability tests.
• Sec. 1148: Treatment of projects in covered communities: Directs the Secretary to select 10 feasibility studies for projects serving covered communities and calculate an alternative benefit-cost ratio, with notice to committees when a project is discontinued and a report on the comparisons.
• Sec. 1149: Remote operations at Corps dams: For 6 years, authorizes the Secretary to use remote operation at Corps navigation or hydroelectric facilities in place of on-site personnel, only after written notice to committees covering security, capacity and a public process.
• Sec. 1150: Reporting and oversight: Requires an initial report within 90 days on the status of 19 listed reports, annual status reports on outstanding required reports made public, and issuance of guidance required by six listed provisions within 180 days.
• Sec. 1152: Columbia River Basin: Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 to authorize payments to Canada for 3,600,000 acre-feet of flood storage at Hugh Keenleyside Dam, authorizes $37,600,000 for fiscal year 2025, ends the authority on August 31, 2027, and adds definitions.
• Sec. 1153: Challenge cost-sharing program for management of recreation facilities: Amends Section 225 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to limit agreements to non-Federal public and private nonprofit entities, set requirements before agreements, allow those entities to collect user fees and retain up to 100 percent of them, and add definitions.
• Sec. 1154: Retention of recreation fees: Amends Section 210(b) of the Flood Control Act of 1968 so recreation fees are credited as discretionary offsetting collections for operation and maintenance of recreation sites, with not less than 80 percent of fees at a project used at that project.
• Sec. 1155: Sense of Congress related to water data: States the sense of Congress that the Secretary should develop a framework for integrating, sharing and using water data, identify key data needs, adopt common national standards, keep water data publicly accessible and interoperable, and support new technologies and tools.
• Sec. 1156: Sense of Congress relating to comprehensive benefits: States the sense of Congress that, in any feasibility study, the Secretary should follow the guidance in the April 2020 memoranda and the January 5, 2021 policy directive on comprehensive documentation of benefits, to the maximum extent practicable.
• Sec. 1160: Short title: Provides that Subtitle B may be cited as the "Grace F. Napolitano Priority for Water Supply, Water Conservation, and Drought Resiliency Act of 2024".
• Sec. 1161: Declaration of policy: Declares a policy for the Corps of Engineers on water supply, water conservation and drought resiliency at water resources projects, directs the Secretary to give full consideration to non-Federal requests, and lists limits that protect State water law, water rights and existing agreements.
• Sec. 1162: Forecast-informed reservoir operations: Directs the Secretary to incorporate forecast-informed reservoir operations into updated water control manuals where practicable, issue guidelines, and assess the viability of those operations at geographically diverse reservoirs, with a savings provision for State water law and compacts.
• Sec. 1163: Updates to certain water control manuals: Amends Section 8109 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 by inserting "or that incorporate the use of forecast-informed reservoir operations into such manuals" before the period at the end.
• Sec. 1201: Authorization of proposed feasibility studies: Authorizes the Secretary to conduct feasibility studies for a listed set of water resources projects across many states and territories, as identified in the Reports to Congress on Future Water Resources Development.
• Sec. 1206: Annual report on harbor maintenance needs and trust fund expenditures: Requires the Secretary to submit an annual report to Congress, starting with the fiscal year 2026 budget, on harbor operation and maintenance costs and Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund deposits and expenditures, to publish it, and repeals two earlier reporting provisions.
• Sec. 1210: Oceanside, California: Directs the Secretary to expedite the Oceanside, California mitigation and beach restoration study and produce a Chief of Engineers report, and allows the Secretary to proceed directly to preconstruction planning, engineering, and design if the plans are feasible.
• Sec. 1214: Algiers Canal Levees, Louisiana: Amends section 8340(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 to change the Algiers Canal Levees language so the Secretary operates, maintains, repairs, replaces, and rehabilitates all features of the West Bank and Vicinity, New Orleans Hurricane Protection Project.
• Sec. 1217: New Jersey hot spot erosion mitigation: Directs the Secretary to study the effects of hot spot erosion on authorized coastal storm risk management projects in New Jersey and to develop recommendations for mitigating those effects.
• Sec. 1221: Buffalo Bayou Tributaries and Resiliency study, Texas: Directs the Secretary to expedite the Buffalo Bayou Tributaries and Resiliency Study in Texas, sets contents for the final Chief of Engineers report, and requires that report to be submitted by December 31, 2025.
• Sec. 1225: Coastal Washington: Authorizes the Secretary to carry out comprehensive studies of riverine and coastal flooding in coastal Washington State, sets required analyses including sea level projection and vulnerable communities, and directs use of existing data.
• Sec. 1227: Upper Mississippi River System Flood Risk and Resiliency Study: Directs the Secretary to conduct a study recommending local and systemic measures to improve flood resiliency and reduce flood risk on the Upper Mississippi River System, carried out through the St. Louis District with a 75 percent Federal cost share.
• Sec. 1229: Ogallala Aquifer: Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a comprehensive study of water supply, availability, drought resilience, aquifer recharge, and causes of aquifer depletion in regions overlying the Ogallala Aquifer, and bars reading it as authorizing diversion of water outside the Missouri River Basin.
• Sec. 1230: National Academy of Sciences study on Upper Rio Grande Basin: Directs the Secretary to seek an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences for a report on Corps of Engineers management of dams and reservoirs in the Upper Rio Grande Basin, with recommendations, due to Congress within 2 years.
• Sec. 1301: Deauthorization of inactive projects: Amends section 301 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 to set a process for the Secretary to list inactive projects for deauthorization, with a 90-day public comment period, a final list, and submission to Congress and publication in the Federal Register.
• Sec. 1302: Specific deauthorizations: Ends federal authorization of named Corps of Engineers projects, studies, or portions of them in several states, and directs the Secretary to seek an agreement with the Los Angeles County Flood Control District on 44 flood channels.
• Sec. 1303: General reauthorizations: Amends existing water resources laws to raise a Las Vegas authorization from $40,000,000 to $60,000,000, extend dates for several programs, and add a list of priority projects to a pilot program for rural communities.
• Sec. 1305: Environmental infrastructure pilot program: Allows the Secretary to raise the Federal share to not more than 90 percent for projects under section 219 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 that benefit an economically disadvantaged community, capped at $10,000,000 per fiscal year, ending 7 years after enactment.
• Sec. 1310: San Francisco Bay, California: Amends section 142 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1976 to add Contra Costa county and to require the San Francisco Bay study to include ocean shorelines, sea level rise, disadvantaged communities, nature-based features and listed effects.
• Sec. 1311: Santa Ana River Mainstem, California: Makes construction of the Santiago Creek Channel a separable element of the Santa Ana River Mainstem project, bars construction unless impacts to existing trees are minimized, and requires a report within 90 days on land acquisition and reimbursement status.
• Sec. 1314: Northern estuaries ecosystem restoration, Florida: Amends section 8215(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 to set the Federal share of the cost of carrying out paragraph (1) at 90 percent.
• Sec. 1315: New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam, Georgia and South Carolina: Amends section 1319(c) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 to modify the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam project, add a fish passage structure, convey the adjacent park to Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia, and cap the Georgia Ports Authority's construction costs.
• Sec. 1317: Larose to Golden Meadow, Louisiana: Requires the Secretary to complete a study of the Larose to Golden Meadow project, Louisiana, by June 30, 2025, report to Congress within 90 days after, and authorizes $3,000,000 to be appropriated.
• Sec. 1318: Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana: Amends section 1001(24) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 to require the Secretary to credit toward the non-Federal share of the Morganza to the Gulf project the cost of interim flood protection work done after March 31, 1989, if listed conditions are met.
• Sec. 1319: Port Fourchon Belle Pass Channel, Louisiana: Sets deadlines for the Secretary on the Port Fourchon Belle Pass Channel project: 30 days to respond to a study request and to check a submitted study, and 180 days to finish analyses and issue a finding of no significant impact or record of decision.
• Sec. 1321: Missouri River levee system, Missouri: Amends section 111 of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 by striking "$7,000,000" and inserting "$65,000,000".
• Sec. 1322: Stockton Lake, Missouri: Directs the Secretary to carry out the reallocation of storage at Stockton Lake, Missouri, in two phases under a water storage agreement with the Southwest Missouri Joint Municipal Water Utility Commission, with set cost terms and a hydropower cost credit.
• Sec. 1323: Table Rock Lake, Missouri and Arkansas: Requires the Secretary to permit an eligible structure for human habitation at the Table Rock Lake project to remain until it is abandoned or fails, applies to the current owner and one later owner, and defines key terms.
• Sec. 1325: Columbia River Channel, Oregon and Washington: Subject to appropriations, authorizes the Secretary to count agreed replacement costs of the Cutter Suction Dredge as part of its full operating costs in maintenance of the Columbia River Channel navigation project.
• Sec. 1326: Willamette Valley, Oregon: Bars the Secretary from completing its review and consultation on the Willamette River Basin projects until it prepares and formally analyzes an alternative that ceases hydropower operations at them.
• Sec. 1329: San Antonio Channel, San Antonio, Texas: Modifies the San Antonio channel improvement flood control project in Texas to require the Secretary to carry it out substantially in accordance with Alternative 7 in the January 2014 final report.
• Sec. 1341: Missouri River mitigation, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska: Limits how the Secretary acquires land for the Missouri River fish and wildlife mitigation project (riverward of levees or for flood resiliency, Governor approval, no eminent domain) and counts other agencies' covered land toward the required acres.
• Sec. 1342: New York emergency shore restoration: Authorizes the Secretary to repair or restore federally authorized storm damage reduction structures, projects and public beaches in Fire Island and listed Long Island hamlets damaged by a Nor'easter, with justification rules, limits and a 10-year sunset for beaches.
• Sec. 1343: New York and New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries, New York and New Jersey: Modifies the New York and New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries flood study to include comprehensive flood risk investigation on request, authorizes related projects, requires consultation and a 3-year report, and directs expedited completion.
• Sec. 1346: Western Lake Erie basin, Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan: Amends section 441 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 to add hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, treat later studies as continuations of the initial study, and allow resulting projects to be implemented under section 212.
• Sec. 1347: Ohio and North Dakota: Amends section 594 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 to set a 10 percent non-Federal share for projects benefitting economically disadvantaged communities, and raises the authorization from $250,000,000 to $300,000,000.
• Sec. 1350: Washington Aqueduct: Amends section 8146(d) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 by adding "Water and Sewer Authority" after "District of Columbia" and replacing "Fairfax County" with "the Fairfax County Water Authority".
• Sec. 1351: 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 90 percent, without affecting agreements in effect until a new agreement is entered into.
• Sec. 1358: Coastal community flood control and other purposes: Amends section 103(k)(4) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to change the prepayment terms to an additional $200,000,000 payment, and requires excess credits to remain applied to remaining principal or be transferred back to the non-Federal interest.
• Sec. 1362: Hopper dredge McFarland replacement: If the Secretary replaces the hopper dredge McFarland, requires the replacement be held in ready reserve status, tested up to 70 days per year, and put into active status if private industry fails to bid or carry out a project.
• Sec. 1402: Special rule: Authorizes the Secretary to provide up to $320,000,000 in financial assistance to the State of Florida for design and construction of the North Feeder Stormwater Treatment Area, subject to the availability of appropriations.
• Sec. 2101: Short title: Provides that this title may be cited as the "Fiscally Responsible Highway Funding Act of 2024".
• Sec. 2102: Definitions: Defines Secretary as the Secretary of Transportation, State as any of the 50 States and the District of Columbia, and TIFIA program as the credit assistance program under chapter 6 of title 23, United States Code.
• Sec. 2103: Redistribution of prior TIFIA funding: Directs the Secretary to distribute $1,800,000,000 of unobligated TIFIA-related contract authority to States in proportion to their fiscal year 2025 apportionments, available until September 30, 2028, effective as if enacted October 1, 2024.
• Sec. 2104: Redistribution of fiscal year 2025 TIFIA funding: Directs the Secretary, on April 1, 2025, to determine the fiscal year 2025 TIFIA contract authority estimated to remain unobligated and distribute 75 percent of it to States by apportionment share, available until September 30, 2028.
• Sec. 2105: Redistribution of fiscal year 2026 TIFIA funding: Directs the Secretary, on April 1, 2026, to determine the fiscal year 2026 TIFIA contract authority estimated to remain unobligated and distribute 75 percent of it to States by apportionment share, available until September 30, 2029.
• Sec. 2201: Short title: Provides that this title may be cited as the "Economic Development Reauthorization Act of 2024".
• Sec. 2211: Definitions: Amends section 3 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to add definitions (blue economy, capacity building, outdoor recreation, project predevelopment, travel and tourism), revise the Regional Commission list, and make conforming changes.
• Sec. 2212: Increased coordination: Replaces subsection (b) of section 103 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 so the Secretary may convene meetings with agencies and others, and must convene Regional Commissions at least every 2 years and publish a report.
• Sec. 2213: Grants for public works and economic development: Amends section 201 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to add waste management and recycling systems and resilience to grant uses, and adds additional considerations the Secretary may weigh in awarding grants.
• Sec. 2214: Grants for planning and grants for administrative expenses: Amends section 203 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to list administrative expenses payable with planning grants and to add addressing the economic impacts of extreme weather and broadband to the list in subsection (e)(4).
• Sec. 2215: Cost sharing: Amends section 204 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, changing "50" to "60" in subsection (a)(1), allowing Regional Commission funds to count toward the non-Federal share, and allowing up to 100 percent Federal share for small communities.
• Sec. 2216: Regulations on relative needs and allocations: Amends section 206 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to base relative-needs factors on per capita income, labor force participation and underemployment, and to add "and retention" after "creation" in paragraph (4).
• Sec. 2217: Research and technical assistance; university centers: Amends section 207 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to add project predevelopment to research and technical assistance and to let the Secretary make grants to institutions of higher education to serve as university centers.
• Sec. 2220: Renewable energy program: Amends section 218 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965, replacing the brightfields demonstration program with a renewable energy program for brownfield sites redeveloped with renewable energy technologies, and strikes subsection (d).
• Sec. 2221: Workforce training grants: Adds a section to the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 letting the Secretary make workforce training grants, with eligible uses, a State grant pilot program capped at 1 grant per State, a 70 percent Federal share, $11,000 participant limits, and a September 30, 2029 expiration.
• Sec. 2222: Congressional notification requirements: Requires the Secretary to notify the Senate and House committees at least 3 business days before telling a recipient it was selected for an Economic Development Administration grant of $100,000 or more, lists what the notice must include, and requires public posting within 60 days.
• Sec. 2223: Specific flexibilities related to deployment of high-speed broadband: Adds a section to the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 authorizing grants for high-speed broadband projects, with data requests to other agencies, property title rules, a procurement rule, and credit toward the non-Federal share.
• Sec. 2224: Critical supply chain site development grant program: Adds a section to the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 creating the Critical Supply Chain Site Development grant program to ready sites for manufacturing, with considerations, priorities, permitted uses of funds, and a bar on requiring a private company to have selected the site.
• Sec. 2225: Updated distress criteria and grant rates: Amends section 301 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to replace paragraph (3) and add distress criteria for low median household income, workforce participation, and energy industry transitions, and adds a transparency notification requirement.
• Sec. 2226: Comprehensive economic development strategies: Amends section 302 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to add mitigation of and adaptation to the economic impacts of extreme weather to strategy content, and exempts grants under section 207 and section 209(c)(2) in areas with more than one strategy.
• Sec. 2227: Office of Tribal Economic Development: Establishes an Office of Tribal Economic Development within the Economic Development Administration, sets its purposes, requires a Tribal economic development strategic plan every 3 years, a public website, and sufficient staff for outreach.
• Sec. 2228: Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience: Amends Title V of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to require the Secretary to establish an Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience, with temporary hiring authority through September 30, 2029, a disaster team, and annual reports starting July 1, 2026.
• Sec. 2229: Establishment of technical assistance liaisons: Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to let a Regional Director of an Economic Development Administration regional office designate a Technical Assistance Liaison, and lets the Secretary contract for technical assistance to underresourced communities.
• Sec. 2230: Annual report to Congress: Amends section 603 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to add reporting on grants for rural areas, project completions and close outs, public availability of that report, and a report on construction project timelines.
• Sec. 2231: Economic Development Representatives: States the sense of Congress that the Economic Development Administration should keep promoting access to its programs through Economic Development Representatives in underresourced communities, and allows the Secretary of Commerce to consider the needs of coal communities when assigning them.
• Sec. 2233: GAO report on economic development programs: Requires the Comptroller General to report by September 30, 2026 to two congressional committees evaluating economic development programs of the Economic Development Administration and the Regional Commissions, including their effects on economic outcomes.
• Sec. 2234: GAO report on Economic Development Administration regulations and policies: Requires the Comptroller General to report within 2 years on Economic Development Administration regulations and policies that have hindered communities applying for and administering its grants, including barriers facing small communities of less than 10,000 year-round residents.
• Sec. 2236: General authorization of appropriations: Replaces section 701 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 with authorizations of appropriations for fiscal years 2025 through 2029 for grant programs, such as $170,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 for section 201, and strikes section 704.
• Sec. 2241: Regional commission authorizations: Amends section 15751 of title 40, United States Code, to authorize $40,000,000 to be appropriated to each Commission for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029.
• Sec. 2242: Regional commission modifications: Amends title 40, United States Code, to change regional commission rules on alternate members and designees, quorums, administrative powers including fee collection, meetings, and the annual report deadline from 90 to 180.
• Sec. 2243: Transfer of funds among Federal agencies: Adds section 15308 to title 40, United States Code, letting each Commission transfer funds to and accept funds from other Federal agencies under stated conditions, and renumbers the annual reports section as 15309.
• Sec. 2244: Financial assistance: Adds section 15507 to title 40, United States Code, making amounts for the subtitle available to pay the non-Federal share of projects under other Federal grant programs where a Commission is not the sole or primary funding source.
• Sec. 2245: Northern Border Regional Commission area: Amends section 15733 of title 40, United States Code, to add Lincoln, Merrimack, Schoharie and Wyoming counties to the Northern Border Regional Commission area.
• Sec. 2246: Southwest Border Regional Commission area: Amends section 15732 of title 40, United States Code, to add New Mexico counties (Bernalillo, Cibola, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lea, Roosevelt, Torrance, Valencia) and Guadalupe in Texas to the Southwest Border Regional Commission area, and fixes a punctuation error.
• Sec. 2247: Great Lakes Authority area: Amends section 15734 of title 40, United States Code, to insert the words "the counties which contain, in part or in whole, the" after "consist of" in the Great Lakes Authority area definition.
• Sec. 2248: Additional regional commission programs: Adds a new chapter 159 to title 40, United States Code, creating a State capacity building grant program and a demonstration health projects grant program for regional commissions, and repeals section 6304(c) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018.
• Sec. 2249: Establishment of Mid-Atlantic Regional Commission: Adds the Mid-Atlantic Regional Commission to the list of regional commissions in title 40, United States Code, and defines its region as all Delaware counties plus Maryland and Pennsylvania counties not served by the Appalachian Regional Commission.
• Sec. 2250: Establishment of Southern New England Regional Commission: Adds the Southern New England Regional Commission to title 40, United States Code, with a region covering all of Rhode Island and Massachusetts and six named Connecticut counties, and amends the application rule in section 15702(c).
• Sec. 2251: Denali Commission reauthorization: Amends the Denali Commission Act of 1998 to change the appropriation authorization to $35,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029, add lease powers, allow funds toward non-Federal shares, and revise special functions.
• Sec. 2252: Denali Housing Fund: Establishes the Denali Housing Fund in the Treasury, authorizes $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029, and allows grants and loans for low- and moderate-income and public employee housing in rural Alaska villages.
• Sec. 2253: Delta Regional Authority reauthorization: Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029 for the Delta Regional Authority, repeals its termination of authority, and adds fee collection, succession duties, Indian Tribe eligibility and a county clarification.
• Sec. 2254: Northern Great Plains Regional Authority reauthorization: Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to authorize $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2029 for the Northern Great Plains Regional Authority and repeals its termination of authority.
• Sec. 2302: Utilizing Space Efficiently and Improving Technologies Act: Sets up measurement of occupancy and utilization in public buildings and federally-leased space, annual agency reports, a 60 percent utilization target, a headquarters consolidation plan, leasing data requirements, a GAO report and inspector general reviews.
• Sec. 2303: Impact of Crime on Public Building Usage Act: Directs the Comptroller General to report on how crime and safety concerns around Federal buildings affect building usage, and directs the General Services Administration inspector general to report on related costs.
• Sec. 2304: Federal Oversight of Construction Use and Safety Act: Requires written notice to congressional committees of cost or scope changes over set percentages on federal building projects, and adds data collection on safety incidents, new prospectus content, a GAO review of special use space, interagency space sharing, and milestone notices.
• Sec. 2305: Public Buildings Accountability Act: Directs the Comptroller General to review the Public Buildings Service, including staffing, costs, organizational structure and the building operations account of the Federal Buildings Fund, and to report within 1 year.
• Sec. 2306: Sale of Webster school: Requires the Administrator of General Services to sell the Webster School property at 940 H Street Northwest by December 31, 2025, at fair market value, with net proceeds deposited in the Federal Buildings Fund and spent only by future appropriation.
• Sec. 2307: Real property conveyance: Directs the Administrator of General Services to sell, within 2 years, the Missouri property tied to the Leavenworth penitentiary at fair market value, deposits net proceeds in the Federal Buildings Fund, and bars sale to foreign persons or entities.
• Sec. 2309: Revision of design standards: Requires the Administrator of General Services, within 6 months, to revise the process for updating the P100 facilities standards document, adding a public comment period, Federal Register publication and a comment summary, and to report on the revisions.
• Sec. 2310: Limitation on authorizations: Amends section 3307 of title 40, United States Code, so that committee resolution approvals expire unless a lease is awarded or a project is initiated within 5 years; it applies only to resolutions approved after enactment.
• Sec. 2311: Conveyance of Federal courthouse to the City of Huntsville, Alabama: Directs the Administrator of General Services to offer to convey the Huntsville Courthouse and Post Office at 101 E. Holmes Avenue to the City of Huntsville, Alabama, for fair market value, with credits allowed for the 660 Gallatin Street parcel, and the City pays all costs.
• Sec. 2312: Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building: Directs the Administrator of General Services to sell the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal building at 330 Independence Avenue SW within 2 years after the agencies vacate, deposits net proceeds in the Federal Buildings Fund, and bars sale to foreign persons or entities.
• Sec. 2313: Eugene E. Siler, Jr. United States Courthouse Annex: Designates the United States courthouse annex at 310 South Main Street in London, Kentucky, as the “Eugene E. Siler, Jr. United States Courthouse Annex” and treats references to the annex as references to that name.
• Sec. 2314: Senator Dianne Feinstein Federal Building: Designates the Federal building at 50 United Nations Plaza in San Francisco, California, as the “Senator Dianne Feinstein Federal Building” and treats references to the building as references to that name.
• Sec. 2315: Reuben E. Lawson Federal Building: Redesignates the Richard H. Poff Federal Building at 210 Franklin Road Southwest in Roanoke, Virginia, as the “Reuben E. Lawson Federal Building,” treats references to the old name as references to the new one, and states congressional findings about Lawson.
• Sec. 2316: Irene M. Keeley United States Courthouse: Designates the United States courthouse at 500 West Pike Street in Clarksburg, West Virginia, as the “Irene M. Keeley United States Courthouse” and treats references to the courthouse as references to that name.
• Sec. 2317: Virginia Smith Federal Building: Designates the Federal building at 300 E. 3rd Street in North Platte, Nebraska, as the “Virginia Smith Federal Building” and treats references to the building as references to that name.
• Sec. 2318: Harold L. Murphy Federal Building and United States Courthouse: Designates the Federal building and United States courthouse at 600 East First Street in Rome, Georgia, as the “Harold L. Murphy Federal Building and United States Courthouse,” treats references to it under that name, and states congressional findings about Judge Murphy.
• Sec. 2319: Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez United States Courthouse: Designates the United States courthouse at 350 W. 1st Street in Los Angeles, California, as the “Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez United States Courthouse” and treats references to the courthouse as references to that name.
• Sec. 2320: Helen Edwards Engineering Research Center: Designates the Department of Energy Integrated Engineering Research Center Federal Building at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois, as the “Helen Edwards Engineering Research Center” and treats references to it under that name.

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