Summary:
Water Resources Development Act of 2016

TITLE I--PROGRAM REFORMS

(Sec. 1001) This bill amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (WRDA 1986) to allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide technical assistance to nonfederal interests for feasibility studies of proposed water resources development projects if the nonfederal interest contracts to pay the costs of such assistance.

(Sec. 1002) The Corps of Engineers may receive and repay funds from states or political subdivisions for immediate use on authorized water resources development studies or projects (currently, only flood-control projects). The definition of "state" for such purposes is expanded to include the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, other U.S. territories or possessions, federally recognized Indian tribes, and other native entities.

(Sec. 1003) The Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (WRRDA 2014) is amended to allow the Corps of Engineers to accept materials, services, or funds from a nonfederal public entity, a nonprofit entity, or a private entity to repair, restore, replace, or maintain a water resources project if there is a risk of adverse impacts to the functioning of the project. (Under current law, the Corps may accept only materials or services for repairing, restoring, or replacing such a project that has been damaged or destroyed as a result of an emergency.)

(Sec. 1004) The Corps of Engineers may partner with nonfederal interests to maintain a project, but nonfederal interest partners are ineligible for reimbursement for their contributed materials, services, or funds.

(Sec. 1005) The Corps of Engineers may accept and expend funds provided by nonfederal interests to undertake reviews, inspections, monitoring, and other federal activities related to nonfederal interests carrying out the study, design, or construction of water resources development projects under WRDA 1986. In determining credit or reimbursement, the Corps may include the amount of such funds provided by a nonfederal interest as a cost of the study, design, or construction.

(Sec. 1006) The Corps of Engineers' funding of response actions to address human health and environmental threats from military munitions deposited on a beach shall be reimbursed from amounts made available to the Department of Defense Agency responsible for the original release of the munitions.

(Sec. 1007) The Water Resources Development Act of 1992 (WRDA 1992) is amended to authorize the Corps of Engineers to allow a nonfederal public or private entity that has entered into a cooperative agreement for the operation and management of recreation facilities and natural resources at civil works projects under the Corps' jurisdiction to collect user fees for the use of developed recreation sites and facilities, whether developed or constructed by such entity or the Corps.

An entity may: (1) use any visitor reservation service that the Corps of Engineers has provided for by contract or interagency agreement to manage fee collections and reservations, subject to the Corps' terms and conditions; and (2) retain the fees collected to pay for operation, maintenance, and management at the recreation site where they were collected.

(Sec. 1008) If a person or entity seeks permission from the Corps of Engineers for an occupation, use, or alteration of a harbor or river public works project that also requires review under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) or another legal authority, the reviews and approvals shall occur concurrently to the extent practicable. If the Corps is not the lead federal agency for an environmental review, the Corps shall participate as a cooperating agency and use the same documents prepared under NEPA.

The Corps of Engineers may accept funds from nonfederal public or private entities to evaluate an alteration, permanent occupation, or use of a work built by the United States.

(Sec. 1009) To complete certain environmental infrastructure projects under WRDA 1992 that are already under construction (having received more than $4 million in federal appropriations when those appropriations are greater than 80% of the authorized amount), the bill increases authorized appropriations to allow completion of projects that have made significant progress if the benefits of the federal investment will not be realized without the increase.

(Sec. 1010) The Flood Control Act of 1936 is amended to allow the Corps of Engineers to receive funds from nonfederal interests without the current requirement that federal funds be appropriated for a study or project. The Corps may receive funds from nonfederal interests to formulate, review, or revise operational documents for a Corps-owned and -operated reservoir (other than reservoirs in the Upper Missouri River, the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river system, the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa river system, and the Stones River).

(Sec. 1011) To analyze the benefits of offshore oil and gas fabrication port navigation projects authorized after November 7, 2007, the recommended plan by the Corps of Engineers must use the value of future energy exploration and production fabrication contracts and the transportation savings that would result from a larger navigation channel under the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005. These requirements also apply to: (1) a project that has undergone an economic benefits update, and (2) ongoing feasibility studies at the request of a nonfederal sponsor.

(Sec. 1012) The Corps of Engineers, at a nonfederal interest's request, may review proposals to increase the quantity of available water supplies at federal water resources projects through: (1) modification of a water resources project, (2) modification of how a project is managed, or (3) access to water released from a project. But this section shall not apply to proposals that: (1) reallocate existing water supply or hydropower storage, or (2) reduce water available for any authorized project purpose.

If a proposal relates to a federal project that is not owned by the Corps of Engineers, this section applies only to activities under the Corps' authority.

The Corps of Engineers must comply with public participation requirements and provide a copy of proposals to federal agencies that own a project, affected states, power marketing administrations, and other entities with project rights or responsibilities.

The Corps of Engineers shall not approve a proposal that: (1) is not supported by the federal agency that owns the project, (2) adversely impacts contractual or legal rights, (3) increases costs to other entities, (4) interferes with authorized project purposes, or (5) modifies federal statutory requirements without congressional authorization.

The cost of developing, reviewing, and implementing a submitted proposal shall be provided by a nonfederal entity. But if an entity working with a state is authorized to receive Corps of Engineers' assistance in the preparation of a comprehensive plan, the Corps may use those funds to pay 50% of the cost of the entity's proposal review.

Special requirements are set forth for operation and maintenance costs relating to the construction of additional water supply storage at a reservoir for use under a water supply storage agreement.

Other entities may contribute to the costs of implementing a proposal.

The Corps of Engineers may provide technical assistance for a proposal if the nonfederal interest agrees to pay the costs of the assistance.

This section shall not apply to Corps of Engineers-owned and -operated reservoirs in the Upper Missouri River, the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river system, the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa river system, or the Stones River.

(Sec. 1013) The Corps of Engineers' revolving fund for maintenance and operation of plants and equipment may be used to construct buildings for its New England district headquarters in Bedford, Massachusetts, and its district headquarters in Buffalo, New York.

(Sec. 1015) Monitoring plans for ecosystem restoration projects must describe: (1) the types and number of restoration activities, (2) the physical action to be undertaken, (3) the functions and values that will result from the restoration plan, and (4) the contingency plan for taking any corrective actions. The nonfederal sponsor's responsibility for operation and maintenance of a restoration project shall cease 10 years after the Corps of Engineers makes a determination of success.

(Sec. 1016) In water resources projects in which a nonfederal interest has entered into a partnership agreement with the Corps of Engineers to receive a credit for the nonfederal interest's in-kind contributions, the maximum amount of credit shall be based on the value of the contributions rather than the cost incurred by the nonfederal sponsor.

(Sec. 1017) The Corps of Engineers must develop a structural health monitoring program to assess and improve the condition of Corps infrastructure, including systems and frameworks for: (1) response to floods and earthquakes, (2) pre-disaster mitigation measures, (3) lengthening the useful life of the infrastructure, and (4) identifying risks due to sea level rise.

(Sec. 1018) Habitat connectivity protection and restoration measures must be included in programmatic mitigation plans to address potential impacts to ecological resources, fish, and wildlife. The Corps of Engineers may use preconstruction engineering and design funds prior to authorization of project construction to: (1) satisfy mitigation requirements through third-party arrangements, or (2) acquire land interests necessary to meet mitigation requirements. These mitigation responsibilities do not affect the Corps' mitigation responsibilities under other laws.

The Corps of Engineers must identify standard measures that reflect the best available scientific information for evaluating habitat connectivity.

(Sec. 1019) The categories of "nonfederal interests" under the Flood Control Act of 1970 are expanded to include Alaska native villages, regional corporations, or village corporations among the entities that may enter partnership agreements with the Corps of Engineers for implementation or construction of water resources projects.

(Sec. 1020) The Corps of Engineers may credit or reimburse discrete segments of projects that function independently in advance of completion of the total project or a project element. If the nonfederal interest receives reimbursement for a discrete segment of a project and fails to complete the entire project, the nonfederal interest must repay the amount of the reimbursement, plus interest.

(Sec. 1021) The Corps of Engineers may accept funds from a rail carrier to expedite the evaluation of the rail carrier's permits for a project under the Corps' jurisdiction.

(Sec. 1022) The Corps of Engineers' international outreach program is expanded to include informing the United States of technological innovations abroad that could improve any water resources development in the United States, including technology transfers or exchanges. (Under current law, the program is limited to informing the maritime industry and port authorities about innovations that could improve waterborne transportation.)

(Sec. 1023) The Corps of Engineers must issue implementation guidance for water resources projects involving wetlands mitigation that impacts the service area of a mitigation bank. The guidance must provide for consideration in water resources development feasibility studies of the entire amount of potential in-kind credits available at mitigation banks and in-lieu fee programs with an approved service area that includes the projected impacts of the project. All potential mitigation bank and in-lieu fee credits that meet such criteria shall be considered reasonable alternatives if the mitigation bank: (1) has an approved mitigation banking instrument, and (2) has completed a functional analysis of the potential credits using the approved Corps-certified habitat assessment model specific to the region.

(Sec. 1024) The Corps of Engineers must encourage Corps districts to enter cooperative agreements with youth service and conservation corps for natural resources conservation or recreation management services.

(Sec. 1025) The bill increases the Corps of Engineers' annual maximum allotment for debris removal from rivers, harbors, streams, and tributaries. It expands the authorized activities to include: (1) the removal of obstructions located in or adjacent to a federal channel, and (2) the clearing or straightening of channels for recreation.

(Sec. 1026) The Government Accountability Office (GAO) must report on the shellfish aquaculture industry in the Chesapeake Bay, Gulf Coast states, California, and Washington.

(Sec. 1027) The Corps of Engineers is prohibited from removing existing vegetation on levees until revised guidelines are adopted, unless the vegetation presents an unacceptable safety risk. The Corps must explain why it has not met deadlines for revising such guidelines.

(Sec. 1028) The Corps of Engineers may cooperate with nonfederal interests working with a group of states, or a consortium of states, in the preparation of comprehensive plans for drainage basins, watersheds, or ecosystems. (Sec. 1029) The Corps of Engineers may give funding priority to projects that restore coastal wetlands that reduce the impact of storm surge.

(Sec. 1030) The Corps of Engineers must transfer the human remains known as Kennewick Man or the Ancient One to the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation on the condition that it dispose of and repatriate the remains to the Indian tribes and band referred to in the letter from Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt to Secretary of the Army Louis Caldera, dated September 21, 2000.

(Sec. 1031) The Corps of Engineers must consider a property's economic or recreational significance or impacts at the national, state, or local level when carrying out a disposition study for a Corps project.

(Sec. 1032) The bill makes permanent the Corps of Engineers' authority to apply credit for in-kind contributions provided by a nonfederal interest that are in excess of the required nonfederal cost share for a project toward the required nonfederal cost share for a different water resources development study or project. A nonfederal interest may request that the credit be applied at reasonable intervals prior to completion of the study or project.

(Sec. 1033) The Corps of Engineers must issue a decision on requests for contracts for surplus water from Upper Missouri reservoirs within 60 days after receiving a request. If the Corps has not documented the volume of surplus water available, the Corps must identify the outstanding information necessary to make a decision and set a date for the final decision.

(Sec. 1034) The bill increases the maximum amount that the Corps of Engineers may expend for small shore and beach restoration and protection projects not specifically authorized by Congress.

(Sec. 1035) The Corps of Engineers may operate a fish hatchery to restore a population of threatened or endangered fish species. Nonfederal entities or other federal agencies shall be responsible for all additional costs associated with managing such a fish hatchery that are not authorized as of the enactment of this bill.

(Sec. 1036) The first $100,000 of a watershed assessment or feasibility study for a water resources project shall be a federal expense.

(Sec. 1037) The River and Harbor Act of 1968 is amended to provide for: (1) feasibility studies to be cost-shared in the same proportion as construction of projects, and (2) reimbursements to nonfederal interests if they expend more than their share of study costs.

(Sec. 1038) The title makes permanent a program that demonstrates the benefits of recreation facilities and activities at Corps of Engineers' lakes primarily in Oklahoma.

(Sec. 1039) The estimated costs of the Corps of Engineers' water resources projects may affect cost-sharing responsibilities established by law.

(Sec. 1040) The Water Resources Development Act of 2000 is amended to make the tribal partnership program permanent and allow the Corps of Engineers to carry out cost-shared design and construction projects under the program.

At an Indian tribe's request, the Corps of Engineers must report on the feasibility of a water resources development project or a project for the preservation of cultural and natural resources that will substantially benefit Indian tribes. The first $100,000 of such a study shall be at federal expense.

The Corps of Engineers may carry out the design and construction of a feasible tribal partnership project if: (1) the federal share is not more than $10 million, or (2) congressional authorization is obtained for a federal share exceeding $10 million.

The Corps of Engineers is prohibited from requiring an Indian tribe to waive its sovereign immunity as a condition to entering into a cost-sharing agreement under the tribal partnership program.

The title sets forth the nonfederal cost shares for studies, design and construction, and watershed and river basin assessments under the expanded program.

(Sec. 1041) WRDA 1986 is amended to extend the waiver of up to $200,000 for local cost-sharing requirements in U.S. territories (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands) to planning assistance and Indian tribes. The waiver applies to comprehensive plans under the Water Resources Development Act of 1974.

(Sec. 1042) The Corps of Engineers, with the consent of nonfederal sponsors, may enter into cost-sharing agreements under the Flood Control Act of 1970 to allow local governments in a watershed that has adopted a local or regional water management plan to participate in feasibility studies.

(Sec. 1043) The Corps of Engineers' authority to provide nonfederal interests a credit in lieu of a reimbursement for the estimated federal share of a flood damage reduction project under repealed provisions the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (WRDA 1996) is extended to projects for which a written agreement with the Corps for construction was finalized on or before December 31, 2014. (Currently, the credit in lieu of reimbursement is limited to projects that have been constructed by a nonfederal interest before the provisions were repealed on June 10, 2014.) The credit may be applied to other water resources development projects or studies of the nonfederal interest.

(Sec. 1044) Study costs incurred before execution of a feasibility cost-sharing agreement for an aquatic ecosystem restoration project under WRDA 1996 shall be federal costs if: (1) the study was initiated before October 1, 2006, and (2) the feasibility cost-sharing agreement was not executed before January 1, 2014. (Sec. 1045) The Corps of Engineers may not collect consideration (money or other thing of value) for easements across water resources development project land for the electric, telephone, or broadband service facilities of nonprofit organizations eligible for financing under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936. (Sec. 1046) The Corps of Engineers must contract with the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences to study the use and performance of innovative materials in Corps projects. (Sec. 1047) The Corps of Engineers must publish a notice of correction removing from inactive project deauthorization lists under WRRDA 2014 any projects for which nonfederal funds have been obligated or expended for construction of integral project elements, regardless of whether the activity is pursuant to an agreement with, expenditure by, or obligation from the Corps. (Sec. 1048) The Corps of Engineers may accept requests and funding from nonfederal entities and federal power marketing agencies to review, and update if appropriate, flood control rule curves and water operations manuals for reservoirs constructed with federal funds and regulated by the Corps for storage in western states with Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) projects in areas: (1) with prolonged droughts, or (2) for which no review has occurred during the previous 10 years. The Corps of Engineers must enter agreements with affected states, reservoir owners or operators, and (if requested) nonfederal entities responsible for operation and maintenance costs before carrying out such activities. This section does not apply to the Boulder Canyon project, initial units of the Colorado River storage project, Reclamation dam or reservoir project facilities operated and maintained by the Department of the Interior (unless requested by all nonfederal project sponsors), Corps of Engineers-owned and -operated dams or reservoirs, or Reclamation project facilities operated and maintained by nonfederal entities under a transfer contract (unless requested by the organization contractually responsible for operation and maintenance). It also sets forth requirements for public participation and the protection of existing rights. (Sec. 1049) States, body politics deriving power from a state constitution, or government entities created by a state legislature may require that their partnership agreements with the Corps of Engineers to construct water resources projects do not obligate future appropriations for performance and payment that would be inconsistent with constitutional or statutory limitations of the state or a local government. (Sec. 1050) The maximum cost of a project must be increased automatically for changes in construction costs applied to unconstructed features based on actual appreciation in relevant real estate markets. The Corps of Engineers may accept in-kind contributions, land, easements, rights-of-way, relocations, and dredged material disposal areas (currently, the Corps may accept only funds) from a nonfederal interest for any authorized water resources development project that has exceeded its maximum cost if the use of such contributions does not increase the federal share of the project cost. But these accepted funds and other contributions are not eligible for credit or repayment and shall not be included in the total cost of the project.

(Sec. 1051) The title establishes procedures to continue or make permanent under the Water Supply Act of 1958 certain water supply agreements that were predicated on water that was surplus to a deauthorized purpose and that provided for: (1) contingent permanent storage rights, or (2) complete payment of the actual investment costs of storage to be used in the case of an agreement with a duration of at least 30 years.

(Sec. 1052) The title increases authorized funding for the Corps of Engineers to support federal agencies, nongovernmental organizations, international organizations, or foreign governments to address problems of national significance to the United States. (Sec. 1053) For two years after this bill's enactment, the Corps of Engineers shall not charge a fee under a contract entered into pursuant to the Flood Control Act of 1944 for surplus water stored in the Lake Cumberland Watershed of Kentucky and Tennessee. (Sec. 1054) The GAO must report on the implementation and effectiveness of environmental infrastructure projects carried out under WRDA 1992. TITLE II--NAVIGATION

(Sec. 2001) Projects authorized to receive funding from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund are exempted temporarily from a process that deauthorizes unconstructed projects for which funds have not been obligated for a specified preceding period of years. The exemption for these inland waterways projects begins on June 10, 2014, and ends 15 years after enactment of this bill.

(Sec. 2002) Nonfederal interests may receive credit or reimbursement for carrying out the federal share of flood gate operations and maintenance for hurricane and storm damage reduction projects that cross an inland or intracoastal waterway.

(Sec. 2003) If the target total budget resources available to the Corps of Engineers from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund (HMTF) for a fiscal year is lower than the resources for the previous fiscal year, the target shall be adjusted to be the lesser of: (1) 103% of the total appropriated for the previous fiscal year, or (2) 100% of the harbor maintenance taxes received in the previous fiscal year.

(Sec. 2004) Disposal of dredged material shall not be considered environmentally acceptable for purposes of identifying the federal standard (the least costly alternative consistent with sound engineering and environmental standards) if it violates state water quality standards approved by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act).

(Sec. 2005) The Cape Arundel Disposal Site located southeast of Cape Arundel, Maine, may remain open until five years after enactment of this bill, subject to certain conditions and limitations.

(Sec. 2006) The Corps of Engineers may maintain federally authorized harbors of refuge to restore and maintain authorized dimensions.

(Sec. 2007) The Corps of Engineers must consult with the Coast Guard and share information regarding assistance that the Corps can provide for the placement of aids to navigation on the Ouachita-Black Rivers.

(Sec. 2008) The Corps of Engineers may use sediment from other federal and nonfederal sources, but any nonfederal source sediment must be obtained without federal expense. Federal water resources projects involving the disposal of dredged material may include a single or periodic application of sediment for beneficial use and shall not require operation and maintenance. The Corps may accept funds from a nonfederal interest to dispose of such dredged material for private shores or lands that are ineligible for federal cost sharing.

(Sec. 2009) The bill makes permanent: (1) the requirement that the Corps of Engineers allocate for emerging harbor projects at least 10% percent of the funds made available under the HMTF for FY2015 (currently FY2012) to pay the operation and maintenance costs assigned to commercial navigation of all harbors and inland harbors within the United States, and (2) the Corps' authority to provide funds to donor ports and energy transfer ports.

(Sec. 2010) The bill revises methods of: (1) allocating payments to donor ports and energy transfer ports through the establishment of a new category of medium-sized donor ports that are eligible for funding if they annually collect between $5 million and $15 million of total HMTF funding (donor ports must currently collect at least $15 million annually to be eligible), and (2) transferring through U.S. Customs and Border Protection payments that ports elect to provide to importers or shippers by specifying that the process applies to discretionary cargo (maritime cargo destined for inland locations that can be economically shipped through multiple seaports located in different countries or regions) that is shipped through eligible ports and most at risk of diversion to seaports outside the United States. The Corps of Engineers must limit payments to top importers or shippers through an eligible port, as ranked by value of discretionary cargo.

(Sec. 2011) The bill extends to contracts for physical construction that have not been awarded before enactment of WRRDA 2014 the formula that calculates the harbor deepening costs to be paid by nonfederal interests during construction for harbor or inland harbor navigation projects. For the portion of a project that has a depth in excess of 45 feet but not in excess of 50 feet, the cost to be paid by nonfederal interests is decreased from 50% to 25% of the cost of construction for that portion.

(Sec. 2012) The Corps of Engineers must carry out dredging activities on shallow draft ports located on the inland Mississippi River to the authorized widths and depths.

(Sec. 2013) The Corps of Engineers must publish guidance for the implementation of WRRDA 2014 provisions concerning maintenance of emerging ports and Great Lakes ports.

(Sec. 2014) The Corps of Engineers' justification for a harbor and navigation improvements project may include the long-term viability of a community that is located in the region that is served by, and that will rely on, the project.

(Sec. 2015) The Corps of Engineers may permit a nonfederal interest to carry out maintenance activities necessary to ensure that a navigation project is maintained to not less than the minimum project dimensions. Costs incurred by the nonfederal interest are eligible for reimbursement up to the estimated federal cost, but are limited to costs directly related to the performance of work for the federal government and the actual fiscal year appropriations for that portion of maintenance dredging. In carrying out the maintenance activities, the nonfederal interest shall: (1) provide equipment at no cost to the federal government, and (2) hold the United States free from damages that arise from the use of the equipment. This section terminates 10 years after enactment of this bill.

(Sec. 2016) The Corps of Engineers' next biennial HMTF report on operations and maintenance costs assigned to commercial navigation of harbors and inland harbors must identify transportation cost savings realized by achieving and maintaining the constructed width and depth for such harbors on a project-by-project basis. This requirement does not apply to subsequent reports.

(Sec. 2017) The Corps of Engineers may place dredged material from the operation and maintenance of an authorized federal water resources project at another authorized water resource project if, for a reasonable cost, the placement would: (1) enhance protection from flooding caused by storm surges or sea level rise, or (2) significantly contribute to shoreline resiliency or wetland restoration. The Corps shall not require a nonfederal entity to bear any increased costs associated with the placement of dredged material at another project if it exceeds the cost of depositing the dredged material in accordance with federal regulations.

(Sec. 2018) The bill makes permanent the Corps of Engineers' authority to use available priority funds (the difference between funds made available for operations and maintenance costs assigned to commercial navigation of harbors under WRDA 1986 each fiscal year and those funds made available for FY2012) for high- and moderate-use harbor projects and emerging harbor projects, including those within the Great Lakes Navigation System.

(Sec. 2019) The Corps of Engineers must allocate funding made available to the Corps from the HMTF in accordance with the criteria and priority percentages under WRDA 1986 concerning expenditures for operation and maintenance of harbor projects.

TITLE III--SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS

(Sec. 3001) The Corps of Engineers, at a nonfederal sponsor's request, may use the natural disaster emergency fund to repair or restore flood control work, hurricane or shore protective structures, or the depths of federal navigable channels or waterways to an increased pumping capacity or a level of protection above the system design. The nonfederal sponsor must agree to pay the difference between the cost of restoration to the original design level and the cost of achieving the higher level of protection. The Corps must notify nonfederal sponsors of the opportunity to request nonstructural alternatives to restore or protect natural resources (including streams, rivers, floodplains, wetlands, or coasts) if those efforts will reduce flood risk.

(Sec. 3002) The bill authorizes a temporary program for the Corps of Engineers to address consolidation, settlement, subsidence, sea level rise, and new data to restore federally authorized hurricane and storm damage reduction projects through cost-share agreements with nonfederal partners.

(Sec. 3003) If the Corps of Engineers has assumed (as of the enactment of this bill) responsibility for maintenance of a high risk flood control project, the Corps must continue to be responsible for such maintenance until the project is modified to reduce the risk, or until 15 years after enactment of this bill, whichever is earlier.

(Sec. 3004) The National Dam Safety Program Act is amended to direct the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to establish a program to provide technical, planning, design, and construction assistance grants to nonfederal sponsors (subject to a nonfederal cost-sharing requirement of at least 35%) for rehabilitation of eligible high hazard potential dams.

An "eligible high hazard potential dam" is a nonfederal dam that:

 is located in a state with a state dam safety program, is classified as high hazard potential by the dam safety agency of the state in which the dam is located, has an emergency action plan approved by such agency, and fails to meet minimum state dam safety standards and poses an unacceptable risk to the public. An eligible high hazard potential dam does not include a licensed hydroelectric dam or a dam built under the authority of the Department of Agriculture (USDA).

FEMA shall require a grant recipient to provide an assurance that the owner of the dam has developed and will carry out a plan for maintenance of the dam during its expected life. A grant must be approved by the relevant state dam safety agency.

Grant funds shall be allocated to all states from which applications are submitted based on each state's relative number of eligible high hazard potential dams compared to all states.

Grant funds may not be used to:

 rehabilitate a federal dam, perform routine operation or maintenance of a dam, modify a dam to produce hydroelectric power, increase water supply storage capacity, or make any other modification that does not also improve the safety of the dam. The bill sets forth requirements and conditions for nonfederal sponsors to receive such grants, including the demonstration of a floodplain management plan to reduce the impacts of future flood events.

(Sec. 3005) The Corps of Engineers must expedite completion of flood damage reduction and flood risk management projects for:

 Chicagoland Underflow Plan, Illinois, phase 2; Cedar River, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Comite River, Louisiana; and Amite River and Tributaries, Louisiana. (Sec. 3006) Repair costs to correct a seepage problem at a dam in the Cumberland River Basin (for projects for which construction has not yet begun and appropriations have not been made as of this bill's enactment) must be: (1) treated as costs for a dam safety project, and (2) subject to cost-sharing requirements under WRDA 1986.

(Sec. 3007) This bill establishes the High-Hazard Indian Dam Safety Deferred Maintenance Fund and the Low-Hazard Indian Dam Safety Deferred Maintenance Fund. The Department of the Treasury must make deposits to these funds at least monthly until the funds are terminated at the end of FY2037.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) must establish a program to address the deferred maintenance needs of Indian dams that create flood risks or other risks to safety, natural resources, or cultural resources and impede the management and efficiency of Indian dams. To be eligible, a dam must be federally owned and included in the BIA's Safety of Dams program. The low hazard fund and high hazard fund must be used to pay for maintenance, repair, and replacement activities for dams classified under guidelines of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as low hazard and significant or high hazard, respectively.

The BIA must: (1) develop programmatic goals and prioritization criteria before expending funds; (2) prioritize dams that serve more than one tribe or highly populated Indian communities; (3) consult with landowners served by the dam before expending funds, except in emergencies; and (4) ensure that, each year, every dam in need of critical maintenance receives funding. The Department of the Interior must establish in the BIA the Tribal Safety of Dams Committee to study the modernization of the Indian Dams Safety Act of 1994 and develop recommendations for legislation to improve that Act.

The BIA must: (1) request that Indian tribes report on dams on their land at least once every 180 days, and (2) report on each dam under BIA jurisdiction at least once each year.

The BIA must establish a flood plain management pilot program to provide, upon request, guidance to Indians tribes on best practices for the mitigation and prevention of floods. The program is funded through the funds for high- and low-hazard dams and is terminated four years after enactment of this bill. (Sec. 3008) The Corps of Engineers may carry out feasible cost-sharing projects with nonfederal entities to rehabilitate nonfederally operated dams classified by states as posing a high hazard potential if the dams were: (1) constructed, in whole or in part, by the Corps for flood control purposes; and (2) completed before 1940. The Corps shall not expend more than $10 million for a project at any single dam.

TITLE IV--RIVER BASINS, WATERSHEDS, AND COASTAL AREAS

(Sec. 4001) The Corps of Engineers must coordinate with Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas to develop a recovery plan for Gulf Coast oyster beds damaged by: (1) Hurricane Katrina in 2005, (2) the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, and (3) floods in 2011 and 2016.

(Sec. 4002) The bill: (1) increases funding for ecosystem restoration projects for the lower Columbia River and Tillamook Bay estuaries in Oregon and Washington; (2) allows watercraft inspection stations to be established to protect against aquatic plant growths and invasive species in the Platte and Arkansas river basins and in additional locations of the Columbia River Basin; (3) addresses replacement housing for Indian families displaced by the construction of the Bonneville Dam and the John Day Dam; and (4) requires the Corps of Engineers to determine the feasibility of modifying projects to address safety risks for navigation of Columbia and Lower Willamette Rivers below Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon.

(Sec. 4003) The Corps of Engineers, in partnership with the Department of the Interior, must carry out a pilot program to implement sediment management plans for Corps-owned and -operated reservoirs in the Upper Missouri River Basin, on request by project beneficiaries. The program may also apply to reservoirs managed or owned by the Bureau of Reclamation.

The Corps of Engineers shall be the lead agency for soil moisture and snowpack monitoring projects in the Upper Missouri River Basin.

(Sec. 4004) The bill increases the portion of the amount of appropriations authorized under the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 for critical ecosystem restoration projects in the area of Puget Sound, Washington, that may be used to carry out a single project.

(Sec. 4005) The Corps of Engineers may carry out small flood control pilot projects with Corps laboratories, universities, government agencies, and private organizations to prevent and mitigate flood damages associated with ice jams. Priority must be given to the Upper Missouri River Basin.

(Sec. 4006) The bill increases authorized appropriations for alternative or beneficially modified habitats for fish and wildlife, including native oysters in the Chesapeake Bay.

(Sec. 4007) The Corps of Engineers' study to determine the feasibility of projects to restore aquatic ecosystems within the coastal waters of the northeastern United States from Virginia to Maine must be developed as a comprehensive assessment and management plan at federal expense.

(Sec. 4008) The bill reauthorizes through FY2024 the Rio Grande Basin fish and wildlife habitat program in Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas.

(Sec. 4009) The Corps of Engineers must consider information developed by the Gulf Coast Community Protection and Recovery District to expedite completion of the coastal Texas ecosystem protection and restoration study.

(Sec. 4010) The Corps of Engineers must conduct a study at federal expense to determine the feasibility of projects to address systemic flood damage reduction in the upper Mississippi and Illinois River basins.

(Sec. 4011) The pilot designation is removed from California's Salton Sea restoration projects. Additional nonfederal interests may participate in cost sharing for these projects.

(Sec. 4012) The list of South Carolina counties with nonfederal interests eligible for assistance with water treatment and distribution projects for Marion and Moultrie Lakes under WRDA 1992 is adjusted to add Berkeley County and remove Sumter County.

(Sec. 4013) Corps of Engineers' studies to determine the feasibility of Corps projects in coastal zones to enhance ocean and coastal ecosystem resiliency must prioritize projects in communities whose existence is threatened by rising sea level.

An interagency working group must be convened on extreme weather and sea level rise to: (1) coordinate research and federal investments; (2) participate in state authorized studies; and (3) share physical, biological, and socioeconomic data among state organizations.

(Sec. 4014) The Corps of Engineers must report on regional assessments of coastal and back bay protection.

(Sec. 4015) The Corps of Engineers must study coastal areas within the geographical boundaries of its South Atlantic Division to identify the risks and vulnerabilities to increased hurricane and storm damage as a result of sea level rise. It must: (1) develop a long-term strategy to enhance resiliency, increase sustainability, and lower risks in populated areas, areas of concentrated economic development, and areas with vulnerable environmental resources; and (2) report within four years after enactment of this bill with recommendations to address those risks and vulnerabilities.

(Sec. 4016) The Corps of Engineers must study the feasibility of implementing projects for flood risk management, ecosystem restoration, navigation, water supply, recreation, and water resource related purposes within the Kanawha River Basin in West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina.

(Sec. 4017) In developing projects for coastal risk reduction, the Corps of Engineers must consider: (1) natural features created through physical, geological, biological, and chemical processes over time; (2) human-designed, natural-based features engineered and constructed to protect in concert with natural processes; and (3) nonstructural and structural measures.

(Sec. 4018) The Department of Commerce must designate as a resilient waterfront community a unit of local government or Indian tribe that meets specified criteria and is:

 bound in part by a Great Lake or an ocean or bordered or traversed by a riverfront or an inland lake; self-nominated as a resilient waterfront community; and designated as one by Commerce on the basis of a community-developed plan. In making such a designation for inland lake and riverfront communities, Commerce must work with the Environmental Protection Agency and the heads of other federal agencies as necessary.

A resilient waterfront community plan is a community-driven vision and plan developed:

 voluntarily at the discretion of the community to respond to local needs or take advantage of new water-oriented opportunities; with the leadership of the relevant governmental entity or Indian tribe and the active participation of community residents, utilities, and interested business and nongovernmental stakeholders; in consideration of all applicable state and federal coastal zone management planning; to address economic competitive strengths; and to complement and incorporate the objectives and recommendations of regional economic plans. A resilient waterfront community plan shall consider all, or a portion of, the waterfront area and adjacent land and water to which it is connected ecologically, economically, or through local governmental or tribal boundaries and integrate consideration of:

 the economic opportunities resulting from water proximity and access and the community's relationship to the water; ecosystem challenges and projections, including extreme weather and water conditions; infrastructure needs and opportunities to facilitate specified strategic and sustainable capital investments; and such other factors that align with metrics or indicators for resiliency, considering environmental and economic changes. After the designation of a resilient waterfront community, its plan may be effective for a 10-year period.

Commerce must: (1) develop and maintain a resilient waterfront communities network to facilitate the sharing of best practices among waterfront communities; and (2) recognize such communities formally and publicly to promote tourism, investment, or other benefits.

Commerce may use existing authority to support:

 the development of a resilient waterfront community plan, including planning and feasibility analysis; and the implementation of strategic components after the plan has been approved. A lead nonfederal partner (a local government or Indian tribe) may contract with an eligible nonfederal implementation partner (a nonprofit organization, a public utility, a private entity, an institution of higher education, a state government, or a regional organization) for implementation activities, such as site preparation, environmental review, acquisition of easements or land for uses for green infrastructure, construction of public waterfront or boating amenities and public spaces, and infrastructure upgrades to improve coastal resiliency.

In developing a plan, a resilient waterfront community, among other eligible planning activities, may:

 conduct community visioning and outreach; and collaborate across local agencies and work with regional, state, and federal agencies to identify, understand, and develop responses to changing ecosystem and economic circumstances. Assistance may be furnished to:

 initiate implementation of a resilient waterfront community plan and facilitate high-quality development, including leveraging local and private sector investment; and address strategic community priorities identified in the plan. The lead nonfederal partner shall ensure that assistance and resources received by it to advance its resilient waterfront community plan and for related activities are used for the purposes of any initiative advanced by Commerce to promote waterfront community revitalization and resiliency.

A resilient waterfront community that receives assistance under this bill shall furnish nonfederal funds from entities eligible to be nonfederal implementation partners toward the completion of planning or implementation activities.

At regular intervals Commerce must give a list of resilient waterfront communities to the applicable states and the heads of national and regional offices of interested federal agencies.

(Sec. 4019) The Corps of Engineers, within two years after enactment of this bill, must finalize a revision of the Table Rock Lake Master Plan and Table Rock Lake Shoreline Management Plan. The moratorium on new or modified shoreline permits based on the existing plan must be suspended until the final revision. The Corps must establish an oversight committee to review permits issued under the existing plan and advise on its revisions.

The Corps must also report on and implement revisions to Table Rock Lake permit fees.

(Sec. 4020) The Corps of Engineers must expedite its decision on whether to recommend a flood damage reduction project developed by nonfederal interests under repealed provisions of WRDA 1996 for the Pearl River Basin, Mississippi.

TITLE V--DEAUTHORIZATIONS

(Sec. 5001) This title deauthorizes specified portions of projects for:

 the Red River below Denison Dam in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas; Sutter Basin, California; Stonington Harbor, Connecticut; Green River and Barren River, Kentucky; Essex River, Massachusetts; Hannibal Small Boat Harbor, Missouri; New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam, Georgia and South Carolina; and Salt Creek, Texas. Project modifications are made for navigation of Savannah Harbor, Georgia.

Specified portions of the project for navigation in Valdez, Alaska, shall not be subject to navigation servitude.

Flowage easements are terminated for portions of Port of Cascade Locks, Oregon.

Unless local and regional public officials object, portions of the Delaware River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, are declared to be non-navigable waters of the United States.

(Sec. 5002) The Corps of Engineers may: (1) convey property in the area of Pearl River in Mississippi and Louisiana and Sardis Lake in Mississippi, and (2) accept from the Trinity River Authority of Texas certain water supply storage space in Joe Pool Lake, Texas.

The Corps must convey Pensacola Dam project interests to Oklahoma's Grand River Dam Authority for flood control purposes.

Interior must allow for the prepayment of repayment obligations under a repayment contract between the United States and the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District.

TITLE VI--WATER RESOURCES INFRASTRUCTURE

(Sec. 6001) This title authorizes the Corps of Engineers to carry out final feasibility studies for:

 navigation in Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Texas; flood risk management in California, Kansas, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas; hurricane and storm damage risk reduction in California, Florida, Louisiana, New Jersey, North Carolina, and South Carolina; flood risk management and environmental restoration in California, Illinois, and Wisconsin; and environmental restoration in California, Florida, Oregon, and Washington. (Sec. 6002) The Corps of Engineers may carry out project modifications in accordance with recommendations of the Director of Civil Works for certain projects in Arizona, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, and Texas.

(Sec. 6003) The Corps of Engineers shall conduct studies to determine the feasibility of carrying out projects or modifying proposals for navigation, flood control, flood protection, flood damage reduction, flood risk management, environmental restoration, ecosystem restoration, environmental dredging, recreation, shoreline protection, sediment management, water conservation or supply, or water quality in:

 Ouachita-Black Rivers, Arkansas and Louisiana; Cache Creek Basin, California; Coyote Valley Dam, California; Del Rosa Drainage Area, California; Merced County, California; Mission-Zanja Drainage Area, California; Santa Ana River Basin, California; Delaware Bay Coastline, Delaware, and New Jersey-Roosevelt Inlet-Lewes Beach, Delaware; Mispillion Inlet, Conch Bar, Delaware; Daytona Beach flood protection, Florida; Brunswick Harbor, Georgia; Savannah River below Augusta, Georgia; Dubuque, Iowa; Mississippi River Ship Channel, Gulf to Baton Rouge, Louisiana; St. Tammany Parish Government Comprehensive Coastal Master Plan, Louisiana; Cayuga Inlet, Ithaca, New York; Chautauqua County, New York; Delaware River Basin, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware; Cincinnati, Ohio; Tulsa and West Tulsa, Arkansas River, Oklahoma; Johnstown, Pennsylvania; Chacon Creek, Texas; Corpus Christi Ship Channel, Texas; Trinity River and Tributaries, Texas; Chincoteague Island, Virginia; and Burley Creek Watershed, Washington. The Corps must consult with the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense when studying the feasibility of Arctic deep draft ports. Such a port may be determined feasible based on its associated national security benefits.

(Sec. 6004) The Corps of Engineers must expedite completion of reports, and if justified, proceed directly to project preconstruction, engineering, and design for:

 a navigation project in St. George Harbor, Alaska, a flood risk management in Rahway River Basin, New Jersey, the Hudson-Raritan Estuary Comprehensive Restoration Project, and a navigation project in Mobile Harbor, Alabama. (Sec. 6005) The Senate's procedure for expediting consideration of Corps-recommended water resources development and conservation projects under WRRDA 2014 is extended through 2020.

(Sec. 6006) The GAO must submit a study of the methods and performance metrics used by the Corps of Engineers to calculate benefit-to-cost ratios and evaluate construction projects. It must address methods to improve metrics for small and rural geographic areas.

(Sec. 6007) The Corps of Engineers, within one year after this bill's enactment, must complete the assessment and inventory required under WRRDA 2014 of Corps-controlled properties not needed for Corps missions.

(Sec. 6008) The GAO must report on options for modernizing the Saint Lawrence Seaway for: (1) commerce and economic activity in the Great Lakes region, (2) the domestic manufacturing sector, (3) exports of domestically produced goods, (4) multimodal and global transportation, and (5) tourism.

(Sec. 6009) The Corps of Engineers' authority to carry out the flood damage reduction, bank stabilization, and sediment and erosion control project for Yazoo Basin, Mississippi, shall not be limited to watersheds referenced in reports accompanying appropriations bills for previous fiscal years.

TITLE VII--SAFE DRINKING WATER AND CLEAN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE

(Sec. 7002) The bill expresses the sense of the Senate that Congress should provide robust funding for the state drinking water treatment revolving loan funds established under the Safe Drinking Water Act and the state water pollution control revolving funds established under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (commonly known as the Clean Water Act).

The bill sets forth congressional findings on the benefits of investment in safe drinking water and clean water, including: (1) the generation of significant federal tax revenue, (2) an increase in employment, and (3) an increase in economic output.

Subtitle A--Drinking Water

(Sec. 7101) The bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to: (1) make planning, design, and associated preconstruction activities eligible for assistance under state drinking water treatment revolving funds; and (2) allow the use of state revolving loan funds as security for state matching funds for water resources projects.

(Sec. 7102) The bill adds the improvement of the sustainability of systems to the priorities under a state intended use plan and requires that greater weight be given to an application for assistance by a community water system if the application includes necessary information, including: (1) a description of utility management best practices, (2) a water conservation plan consistent with EPA guidelines, and (3) approaches to improve the sustainability of the system.

(Sec. 7103) The bill revises the funding formula for the administration of state loan funds.

(Sec. 7104) The bill makes the implementation of source water protection plans an eligible use of assistance from a state revolving fund.

(Sec. 7105) The bill applies requirements under the Brooks Act (qualifications-based selection of architects and engineers) to contracts funded by state revolving funds, if the assistance is for a community with a population of more than 10,000 individuals.

(Sec. 7106) The bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to add grant programs to assist: (1) small (less than 10,000 individuals) and disadvantaged communities in complying with the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act, with priority given to underserved communities without basic drinking water or wastewater services; and (2) water systems and other entities to reduce lead in drinking water. Funding is authorized for these programs for FY2017-FY2021.

(Sec. 7108) The EPA must appoint liaisons for minority, tribal, and low-income communities in each EPA region and identity each regional liaison on the EPA websites.

(Sec. 7109) The EPA must: (1) notify the public of exceedances of lead in a public water system if such system or the state does not notify the public of the concentrations of lead found in a monitoring activity; and (2) establish a strategic plan to conduct targeted outreach, education, technical assistance, and risk communication to populations affected by lead in a public water system.

(Sec. 7110) The EPA must require electronic submission of available compliance monitoring data on water quality by public water systems and states with primary enforcement responsibility under the Clean Water Act as a condition of receiving funds under such Act.

(Sec. 7111) The EPA must establish a voluntary school and child care lead testing grant program. Funding is authorized for such program for FY2017-FY2021.

(Sec. 7112) The bill codifies the EPA's WaterSense Program that allows water-efficient products, buildings, landscapes, facilities, processes, and services to bear a "WaterSense" label.

(Sec. 7113) The EPA and the Department of Agriculture must: (1) update existing programs in their departments for providing drinking water technical assistance to include information on cost-effective, innovative, and alternative drinking water delivery systems, including systems that are supported by wells; and (2) disseminate information on the cost effectiveness of alternative drinking water delivery systems to communities and nonprofit organization seeking funding for drinking water systems that serve 500 or fewer persons.

(Sec. 7114) The bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to: (1) reauthorize through FY2021 the grant program for providing technical assistance to small water systems, (2) require technical assistance for tribal water systems, and (3) require the use of iron and steel products made in the United States for public water system projects.

Subtitle B--Clean Water

(Sec. 7201) The bill amends the Clean Water Act to: (1) revise and reauthorize through FY2021 the grant program for addressing combined sewer overflows, sanitary sewer overflows, and stormwater discharges; and (2) establish a technical assistance program for small and medium treatment works.

(Sec. 7203) The bill amends the Clean Water Act to provide guidance to communities in developing and implementing effective integrated planning approaches to municipal wastewater and stormwater management.

The bill establishes an Office of the Municipal Ombudsman in the EPA to provide: (1) technical assistance to municipalities seeking to comply with the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act; and (2) information to the EPA to ensure that agency policies are implemented by all EPA offices, including regional offices.

The EPA must notify communities that they may prepare integrated plans in the context of an administrative order or settlement agreement.

(Sec. 7204) The bill amends the Clean Water Act to direct the EPA to ensure that EPA offices promote the integration of green infrastructure into permitting programs, planning efforts, research, technical assistance, and funding guidance.

(Sec. 7205) The bill sets forth criteria for determining the ability of households to pay utility bills (affordability) and the financial capability of a community to make investments to improve water quality or drinking water. The EPA may not use median household income as the sole indicator of affordability for a residential household.

(Sec. 7206) The bill amends the Clean Water Act to direct the EPA to carry out an annual survey of sea grasses in the Chesapeake Bay.

(Sec. 7207) The EPA must appoint a coordinator to coordinate efforts to address the issue of harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes.

Subtitle C--Innovative Financing and Promotion of Innovative Technologies

(Sec. 7301) The bill amends the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 to grant the Department of the Army discretion in obligating funds for the water infrastructure public-private partnership pilot program.

(Sec. 7302) The bill expands the water infrastructure public-private partnership pilot program to include projects to prevent, reduce, or mitigate the effects of drought, including projects that enhance the resilience of drought-stricken watersheds and removes the designation of "pilot" from the program name, thus making such program permanent.

(Sec. 7303) The bill establishes the Water Infrastructure Investment Trust Fund to finance capitalization grants for the Clean Water and Safe Drinking Water State revolving funds.

The EPA must: (1) study, and report on, the affordability gap faced by low-income populations in urban and rural areas in obtaining services from clean water and drinking water systems; and (2) analyze options to provide incentives for rate adjustments.

(Sec. 7304) The EPA must carry out a grant program to accelerate the development of innovative water technologies that address pressing water challenges, including the improvement of water quality, minimization of contamination of drinking water, and recycling or reuse of water. Grants for such purposes are limited to $5 million per project. The EPA must report annually to Congress on progress in the development of innovative water technologies.

(Sec. 7305) The bill revises and reauthorizes the Water Resources Research Act for FY2017-FY2021. The Department of the Army must conduct an evaluation of each Water Resources Research and Technology Institute under the Act at least once every three years and terminate support to an Institute that does not meet quality and effectiveness standards.

(Sec. 7306) The bill revises and reauthorizes the Water Desalination Act of 1996 for FY2017-FY2021.

(Sec. 7307) The bill requires the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture, NOAA, the EPA, and other appropriate federal agencies and and state, local, and tribal governments to jointly develop nonregulatory national drought resilience guidelines relating to drought preparedness planning and investments for communities, water utilities, and other water users and providers.

(Sec. 7308) The bill amends the Clean Water Act to: (1) make projects that employ innovative water technologies eligible for additional assistance under a Clean Water State revolving fund; (2) authorize the EPA to provide technical assistance to facilitate and encourage financial assistance for innovative water technologies; and (3) require the EPA to report to Congress on the amount of financial assistance provided by state water pollution control revolving funds to deploy innovative water technologies, the barriers impacting greater use of innovative water technologies, and the cost-saving potential from emerging technologies.

(Sec. 7309) The bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to: (1) make projects that employ innovative water technologies eligible for additional assistance under a Drinking Water State revolving fund; (2) authorize the EPA to provide technical assistance to facilitate and encourage financial assistance for the deployment of innovative water technologies; and (3) require the EPA to report to Congress on the amount of financial assistance provided by state loan funds to deploy innovative water technologies, the barriers impacting greater use of innovative water technologies, and the cost-saving potential from emerging technologies.

Subtitle D--Drinking Water Disaster Relief and Infrastructure Investments

(Sec. 7401) The bill defines "eligible state" for purposes of emergency assistance, as a state for which the President has declared an emergency under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act relating to public health threats associated with the presence of lead and other contaminants in a public drinking water supply system.

If a community with a public water supply system has received an emergency declaration, that community shall be deemed a disadvantaged community eligible for additional subsidies from Safe Drinking Water Act revolving funds, including forgiveness of loan principal.

The EPA may make secured loans under the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014 to public water supply systems to address lead and other contaminants in drinking water, including repair and replacement of public and private drinking water infrastructure.

(Sec. 7402) The bill eliminates caps on additional subsidies available in FY2016 if a federal or state emergency declaration has been issued due to a threat to public health from exposure to lead in a municipal drinking water supply.

(Sec. 7403) The Department of Health and Human Services must establish: (1) within the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry or another relevant agency, a lead exposure registry to collect data on the lead exposure of residents of a city exposed to lead contamination in drinking water; and (2) an Advisory Committee to review programs that address lead exposure, identify research needs, best practices, and effective services to communities affected by lead exposure.

(Sec. 7404) The bill provides additional funding in FY2017-FY2018 for: (1) the childhood lead poisoning prevention program, (2) the healthy homes initiative of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and (3) the healthy start initiative.

(Sec. 7405) The Department of Justice and the EPA Inspector General must report on the status of any ongoing investigations into the federal and state response to the contamination of the drinking water supply in Flint, Michigan. The Government Accountability Office must also review issues relating to the such response and report to Congress on such review.

Subtitle E--Report on Groundwater Contamination

(Sec. 7502) The Department of the Navy must submit annual reports to Congress on groundwater contamination.

Subtitle F--Restoration

PART I--GREAT LAKES RESTORATION

(Sec. 7611) This bill amends the Clean Water Act to reauthorize the EPA's Great Lakes Restoration Initiative for FY2017-FY2021.

The Initiative must prioritize and carry out programs and projects for Great Lakes protection and restoration, including: (1) the remediation of toxic substances and areas of concern; (2) the prevention and control of invasive species and their impacts; (3) the protection and restoration of near-shore health and the prevention and mitigation of nonpoint source pollution (water pollution that comes from many diffuse sources, such as pollution on the ground picked up by rain or snow); (4) habitat and wildlife protection and restoration; and (5) accountability, monitoring, evaluation, communication, and partnership activities.

Funding made available to implement the Initiative may not be used for any water infrastructure activity (other than a green infrastructure project that improves habitat and other ecosystem functions in the Great Lakes) for which funding is made available under the clean water or drinking water state revolving fund program.

Federal agencies must maintain the base level of funding for their Great Lakes activities without regard to funding under the Initiative and identify new activities to support the environmental goals of the Initiative.

(Sec. 7612) The bill amends the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990 with respect to: (1) the identification, review, and implementation of proposals and regional projects; (2) reporting requirements; and (3) funding.

PART II--LAKE TAHOE RESTORATION

This bill revises and reauthorizes the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act for 10 fiscal years after the bill's enactment.

(Sec. 7621) The bill amends the findings and purposes of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act to include relevant findings since its enactment in 2000, including references to the 2011 and 2012 Lake Tahoe Forums and updated levels of support provided by public and private entities to the Lake Tahoe Basin since 1997.

(Sec. 7622) The bill adds definitions, including "Environmental Improvement Program" as the program adopted by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and "forest management activity" to mean: (1) prescribed burning for ecosystem health and hazardous fuels reduction, (2) mechanical and minimum tool treatment, (3) stream environment zone restoration and other watershed and wildlife habitat enhancements, and (4) other activities consistent with practices of the Forest Service.

(Sec. 7623) The bill adds additional requirements for the management of the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, including by requiring the Forest Service to:

 coordinate with the EPA and state, local, and private entities, including local fire departments and volunteer groups; conduct forest management activities in the Basin in a manner that helps achieve and maintain the environmental threshold carrying capacities established by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and that attains multiple ecosystem benefits, unless such activities would excessively increase the cost of a program; and establish and monitor post-program ground condition criteria for ground disturbance caused by forest management activities. Subject to valid existing rights, the federal land located in the Basin is withdrawn from: (1) all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and (3) disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing. A land conveyance is exempt from the withdrawal if it is carried out under the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act or the Santini-Burton Act.

The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit must support the attainment of the environmental threshold carrying capacities established by the Planning Agency.

The Forest Service may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with public and private entities to provide for fuel reduction, erosion control, reforestation, Stream Environment Zone restoration, and similar management activities on federal and nonfederal land within programs in the Basin.

(Sec. 7624) The bill mandates and funds priority programs in the Basin, including programs for fire risk reduction and forest management, invasive species management, stormwater management, erosion projects, and for the Lahontan Cutthroat Trout Recovery Program.

The bill imposes civil penalties up to $1,000 for launching a boat that is not decontaminated to prevent the spread of invasive species.

(Sec. 7625) The bill authorizes the Army Civil Works Division to enter into interagency agreements with nonfederal interests in the Basin to provide technical assistance for the Environmental Improvement Program.

The Forest Service, the EPA, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Geological Survey, in coordination with the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and the states of California and Nevada, must develop and implement a plan for monitoring, assessment, and research to evaluate the effectiveness of the Environmental Improvement Program. The bill requires reporting on the status of all programs authorized by this bill.

The President must submit information as part of the President's annual budget about each federal agency involved in the Environmental Improvement Program.

(Sec. 7628) The bill amends the Santini-Burton Act to authorize: (1) a donation from the California Tahoe Conservancy and the California Department of Parks and Recreation to the Forest Service of 1,936 acres of land administered by the Conservancy and 183 acres of land administered by California State Parks; (2) a transfer from the Forest Service to Nevada of 38.68 acres of land known as the Van Sickle Unit USFS Inholding and 92.28 acres of land known as the Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park USFS Inholding; and (3) the conveyance of any urban lot within the Lake Tahoe Basin under the administrative jurisdiction of the Forest Service.

PART III--LONG ISLAND SOUND RESTORATION

(Sec. 7631) This bill amends the Clean Water Act to expand the duties of the Office of Management Conference of the Long Island Sound Study to include: (1) a study on environmental impacts on the Long Island Sound watershed; (2) planning initiatives for the Long Island Sound; (3) developing and implementing strategies to increase public education and awareness about the ecological health and water quality conditions of the Long Island Sound; and (4) monitoring of progress toward meeting goals, actions, and schedules of the Long Island Sound Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan. Grants in support of the Conservation and Management Plan (other than citizen involvement and education grants) must not exceed 60% (currently 50%) of the cost of research, studies, or work.

The bill revises the Offices's biennial reporting requirement with respect to the implementation of the Conservation and Management Plan and requires that reports be made available to the public.

The President must submit in the President's annual budget information about the involvement of each federal department and agency in the protection and restoration of the Long Island Sound watershed, including an interagency budget for each department and agency.

The EPA must coordinate the actions of all federal departments and agencies that impact water quality in the Long Island Sound watershed to improve the water quality and living resources of the watershed.

The bill: (1) extends the Long Island Sound Stewardship Advisory Committee through 2021, and (2) exempts the Advisory Committee from requirements of the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

(Sec. 7632) The bill reauthorizes through FY2021 the Office of Management Conference of the Long Island Sound Study, the Long Island Sound Stewardship Act of 2006, the Long Island Sound Grants, and the Long Island Sound Stewardship grants.

PART IV--DELAWARE RIVER BASIN CONSERVATION

(Sec. 7643) This bill requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to establish a nonregulatory Delaware River Basin restoration program, under which it shall: (1) draw on existing and new management plans for the basin or portions of the basin and work in consultation with applicable management entities, including representatives of the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, the Delaware River Basin Commission, the federal government, other state and local governments, and regional and nonprofit organizations, to identify, prioritize, and implement restoration and protection activities within the basin; (2) adopt a basin-wide strategy that supports the implementation of a shared set of science-based restoration and protection activities, targets cost-effective projects with measurable results, and maximizes conservation outcomes with no net gain of federal full-time equivalent employees; and (3) establish the voluntary grant and technical assistance programs in accordance with this bill.

(Sec. 7644) The USFWS shall: (1) establish the Delaware River Basin restoration grant program to provide competitive matching grants to carry out restoration and protection activities within the basin, and (2) develop criteria to ensure that funded activities accomplish specified purposes and advance the implementation of priority actions or needs identified in the strategy adopted under this bill.

The USFWS may contract with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation or another organization that offers grant management services.

(Sec. 7645) The USFWS shall submit to Congress an annual report on the implementation of this bill, including a description of each project that has received funding.

(Sec. 7646) The bill authorizes appropriations for FY2017-FY2022. The USFWS shall use at least 75% of any amount made available for each fiscal year to carry out the grant program and to provide or provide for technical assistance under such program.

PART V--COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN RESTORATION

(Sec. 7651) The bill amends the Clean Water Act to require the EPA to establish a Columbia River Basin Restoration Program. The program shall consist of a collaborative stakeholder-based program for environmental protection and restoration activities throughout the Columbia River Basin.

Under the program, the EPA must: (1) assess trends in water quality, including trends that affect uses of the water of the Columbia River Basin; (2) collect, characterize and assess data on water quality to identify possible causes of environmental problems; (3) provide grants for projects that assist in eliminating or reducing pollution, cleaning up contaminated sites, improving water quality, monitoring, reducing runoff, protecting habitat, or promoting citizen engagement or knowledge; (4) establish a Columbia River Basin Restoration Working Group to recommend, prioritize, and review projects and actions; and (5) establish a voluntary, competitive Columbia River Basin program to provide grants to governmental and private entities for environmental protection and restoration activities throughout the Columbia River Basin.

Subtitle G--Innovative Water Infrastructure Workforce Development

(Sec. 7701) The EPA must establish a competitive grant program in FY2017-FY2021 to assist the development of innovative activities relating to workforce development in the water utility sector.

Subtitle H--Offset

(Sec. 7801) The bill prohibits new loan commitments under the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing loan program as of October 1, 2020 and thereafter.

TITLE VIII--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

(Sec. 8001) The bill amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to allow states to submit to the EPA evidence of a permit program or other system for regulation of coal combustion residual units that are located in the state in lieu of a federal regulatory program. The EPA must approve and review such programs from time to time, but not less frequently that once every five years, or on the request of any state.

The EPA may use specified authorities to enforce the prohibition against open dumping with respect to a coal combustion residual unit.

(Sec. 8002) The bill authorizes, ratifies, and confirms, as modified by this section, the: (1) settlement agreement effective August 22, 2016, approved by the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, the Chickasaw Nation, the state of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and (2) the June 15, 2010, agreement between Oklahoma City, the Oklahoma City Water Utilities Trust, and the Oklahoma Water Resources Board on an amended water storage contract.

The Corps of Engineers must cooperate with Oklahoma to modify the order of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma dated September 11, 2009, to conform to the amended storage contract, settlement agreement, and this section.

Obligations relating to future use storage in Sardis Lake in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, are waived, effective January 1, 2050.

The bill establishes terms for use of water by members of the tribes who hold an interest in an allotment of tribal land.

The tribes must waive specified claims relating to water rights, damages relating to water, and the regulation of water.

The bill specifies actions that must be taken before the settlement agreement takes effect, including that the settlement agreement is amended in accordance with this section and executed by the parties involved. If the actions are not taken on or before September 30, 2020, or a later agreed upon date, the settlement agreement is null and void.

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma has exclusive jurisdiction for actions regarding the settlement agreement and amended storage contract.

(Sec. 8003) The Corps of Engineers must transfer approximately 18.38 acres of land in McIntosh County, Oklahoma to Interior to be held in trust for the benefit of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, on the condition that the transfer does not interfere with civil works projects. The Corps retains the right to inundate the land with water to carry out civil works projects. Gaming is prohibited on this land.

The tribe must pay the fair market value of the land plus costs associated with transfer of the land. (Sec. 8004) The Denali Commission Act of 1998 is amended to reauthorize the Denali Commission (an independent federal agency designed to provide rural and infrastructure development, utilities, job training, and economic support for Alaska) through FY2021.

If a vacancy occurs in the position of federal cochairperson of the commission, the Department of Commerce may appoint an interim federal cochairperson to serve until the vacancy is filled.

No commission member, other than the federal cochairperson, shall be considered a federal employee.

Commission members are subject to a fine or imprisonment for certain conflict of interest violations.

(Sec. 8005) The bill amends the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to authorize the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to allow the use of floating cabins (designed or used for human habitation or occupation but not primarily designed or used for navigation or transportation on water) that are already located on TVA waters if the TVA has authorized the use of recreational vessels and the cabin owners maintain the cabins to reasonable health, safety, and environmental standards.

The board may not require removal of such cabins for a specified period after enactment of this bill and must allow continued use of such cabins that meet recreational access requirements. But the TVA may establish regulations to prevent construction of new floating cabins.

(Sec. 8006) The Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 is amended to provide that the Environmental Protection Agency's oil pollution prevention regulations shall not apply to farm containers that: (1) have an individual or aggregate gallon capacity below specified amounts on a separate parcel, or (2) hold animal feed ingredients approved for livestock by the Food and Drug Administration.

(Sec. 8007) The bill provides a concurrent agency review process for permit applications for the mechanized removal of salt cedar from areas that consist of not more than 500 acres. The Corps of Engineers may accept funds from nonfederal entities to conduct a review.

(Sec. 8008) The bill expresses the sense of Congress that an equitable proportion of the costs of operation and maintenance of the Nogales sanitation project to be contributed by the city of Nogales, Arizona, should be based on the average daily volume of wastewater originating from the city.

The city shall have no obligation to contribute to any capital costs of repairing or upgrading the Nogales sanitation project. The U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission shall reimburse the city for, and shall not charge the city after enactment of this bill for, operations and maintenance costs in excess of an equitable proportion of the costs. But the costs reimbursed or a reduction in costs charged shall not exceed $4 million.

(Sec. 8009) The bill authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the Pechanga Settlement Agreement, entered into by the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, the Rancho California Water District (RCWD), and the United States, except to the extent that the agreement is modified by or conflicts with this section.

The bill confirms water rights that must be held in trust by the United States on behalf of the tribe.

Members of the tribe with an allotment of trust land (allottees) may lease this land together with any water right.

The tribe must enact a Pechanga Water Code that governs the storage, recovery, and use of the water rights, subject to Interior's approval.

The tribe and the United States (acting as trustee for the tribe and allottees) must waive all claims to water rights in the Santa Margarita River Watershed, except water rights recognized in the Pechanga Settlement Agreement and this section.

The tribe and the United States (acting as trustee for the tribe) waive specified claims against the RCWD.

The tribe may waive claims against the United States regarding specified water rights and damages.

The waivers in this section are enforceable on the date Interior publishes specified findings regarding deposits, waivers, and approved agreements. If Interior does not publish those findings on or before April 30, 2021, or a later date agreed upon by the tribe and Interior, this section is repealed and related agreements are void.

The bill establishes the Pechanga Settlement Fund, which is to be used to carry out this section.

Interior is not liable for failing to carry out any obligation or activity under this section if there are insufficient appropriations.

(Sec. 8010) The bill expresses the sense of Congress that the EPA should receive and expeditiously process tort claims for injury arising out of the Gold King Mine release on August 5, 2015, that discharged contaminated water north of Silverton, Colorado, into Cement Creek while EPA contractors were conducting an investigation to assess mine conditions.

The bill establishes procedures for processing eligible response cost claims under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980.

The EPA must implement a program for long-term water quality monitoring of rivers contaminated by the Gold King Mine release.

(Sec. 8011) The GAO must report within five years after this bill's enactment on: (1) the Columbia River Basin restoration program, and (2) watercraft inspection stations' effectiveness in preventing the spread of aquatic invasive species at Corps of Engineers-operated reservoirs.

(Sec. 8012) The bill expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) state water quality standards that impact the disposal of dredged material should be developed collaboratively, (2) open-water disposal of dredged material should be reduced, and (3) disputes between states related to the disposal of dredged material and the protection of water quality should be resolved in accordance with regional plans and the involvement of regional bodies.

(Sec. 8013) Interior is prohibited (for five years after enactment of this bill) from increasing permit fees for cabins or trailers on North Dakota land administered by Reclamation's Dakotas Area Office by more than 33% of the permit fee that was in effect on January 1, 2016.

(Sec. 8014) Reclamation must use the same permit renewal process for trailer area permits at Heart Butte Dam and Reservoir (Lake Tschida) as it uses for other permit renewals in other reservoirs in North Dakota administered by its Dakotas Area Office. The bill sets forth: (1) requirements for trailer homes, campers, and recreational vehicles; and (2) procedures for permit transfers, replacement and anchoring of trailer homes, and removal of flooded trailer homes.

The United States shall not be liable for flood damage to the personal property of a permittee or for damages arising out of any act, omission, or occurrence relating to a lot to which a permit applies. Any temporary flooding or flood damage to the personal property of a permittee shall not be a taking by the United States.

TITLE IX--BLACKFEET WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT ACT

Blackfeet Water Rights Settlement Act

(Sec. 9004) This bill authorizes, ratifies, and confirms the water rights compact between the Blackfeet Tribe and Montana dated April 15, 2009, as modified to be consistent with this title.

(Sec. 9005) The Blackfeet Tribe and the Fort Belknap Indian Community must enter into an agreement on their Milk River water rights. The Department of the Interior must approve the agreement if it equitably accommodates the interests of each tribe. Interior may establish terms and conditions for the Milk River water rights if an agreement between the tribes is not approved by a certain date.

(Sec. 9006) The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) must enter into at least one water delivery contract with the Blackfeet Tribe for water from the St. Mary River water right delivered through Milk River Project facilities. The tribe has the right to the remaining portion of U.S. St. Mary River water rights after all other rights are satisfied.

(Sec. 9007) Interior must conduct studies in cooperation with the Blackfeet Tribe and Montana regarding St. Mary River and Milk River water supplies, rehabilitation of the St. Mary Diversion Dam and Canal, increased storage in Fresno Dam and Reservoir, and use of the Milk River Project.

The USBR must review the final project design of the Swiftcurrent Creek Bank Stabilization Project and negotiate with the tribe any changes to the design prior to beginning construction. At the request of the tribe, USBR must enter agreements with the tribe to carry out the project.

The tribe must grant the United States easements and rights-of-way for the Milk River Project and other construction described in this title.

(Sec. 9008) The USBR is granted exclusive jurisdiction to authorize the development of St. Mary Unit hydroelectric power. The tribe is granted the exclusive right to develop and market such power. Before construction of a hydroelectric power generation project, the tribe must enter into an agreement with the USBR that includes specified provisions.

(Sec. 9009) Interior must allocate water stored in Lake Elwell for the tribe. The tribe may use the water or enter into agreements for use of the water. Under an agreement, the water must be used within the Missouri River Basin and no portion of the water may be permanently alienated.

(Sec. 9010) The USBR must carry out: (1) deferred maintenance related to the Blackfeet Irrigation Project; (2) dam safety improvements for Four Horns Dam; and (3) rehabilitation and enhancement of the Four Horns Feeder Canal, Dam, and Reservoir. Ownership of Birch Creek water delivery facilities is transferred to the tribe.

(Sec. 9011) In accordance with agreements with the tribe, the USBR must construct: (1) the water diversion and delivery features of the Blackfeet Regional Water System; (2) facilities to store water and support irrigation on the tribe’s reservation; and (3) construction described in the report “Blackfeet Water Storage, Development, and Project Report,” dated March 13, 2013. Ownership of these facilities is granted to the tribe, except ownership of the Birch Creek Unit of the Blackfeet Indian Irrigation Project.

(Sec. 9014) Land within the tribe’s reservation acquired by the tribe or by the United States must be held in trust for the tribe.

(Sec. 9015) Tribal water rights are ratified, confirmed, declared to be valid, and held in trust. Members of the tribe with an allotment of trust land (allottees) are entitled to water for irrigation, which must be satisfied from the tribal water rights. The tribe may allocate, distribute, and lease tribal water rights for off-reservation use, subject to Interior approval. The tribe must establish a tribal water code, subject to Interior approval. The tribe may not permanently alienate any portion of its tribal water rights.

(Sec. 9016) The bill establishes the Blackfeet Settlement Trust Fund. Interior must make specified deposits to the fund. The tribe may make withdrawals from the fund in accordance with this title and a tribal management plan or expenditure plan that has been approved by Interior.

(Sec. 9017) The bill establishes the Blackfeet Water Settlement Implementation Fund for use by Interior to carry out this title.

(Sec. 9019) The instream flow water rights of the tribe within the Lewis and Clark National Forest and Glacier National Park are confirmed as described in “Stipulation to Address Claims by and for the Benefit of the Blackfeet Indian Tribe to Water Rights in the Lewis & Clark National Forest and Glacier National Park.”

(Sec. 9020) The tribe and the United States (acting as trustee for the tribe) must waive all claims to water rights in Montana, except water rights recognized in the compact and this title.

The United States, acting as trustee for allottees, must waive all claims to water rights within the tribe’s reservation, except water rights recognized in the compact and this title.

The tribe must: (1) waive claims against the United States regarding specified water rights, land, and facilities; and (2) withdraw objections to U.S. water rights claims for the benefit of the Milk River Project.

The waivers in this title are enforceable on the date Interior publishes specified findings regarding appropriations, waivers, and approved agreements. If Interior does not publish those findings on or before January 21, 2025, or a later date agreed upon by the tribe and Interior, the provisions of this title expire and related actions and agreements are void. If appropriations are not made on or before January 21, 2026, the waivers expire and the United States’ approval of the compact is no longer effective.

(Sec. 9024) The United States is not liable for failing to carry out any obligation or activity under this title if there are insufficient appropriations.

water resources development act title program reforms sec bill amends water_resources_development_act wrda allow provide technical assistance nonfederal interests feasibility studies proposed water resources development projects nonfederal interest contracts pay costs assistance sec corps_of_engineers receive repay funds states political subdivisions immediate use authorized water resources development studies projects currently flood control projects definition state purposes expanded include district_of_columbia puerto_rico territories possessions federally recognized indian tribes native entities sec water_resources_reform_and_development_act amended allow corps_of_engineers accept materials services funds nonfederal public entity nonprofit entity private entity repair restore replace maintain water resources project risk adverse impacts functioning project current law corps accept materials services repairing restoring replacing project damaged destroyed result emergency sec corps_of_engineers partner nonfederal interests maintain project nonfederal interest partners ineligible reimbursement contributed materials services funds sec corps_of_engineers accept expend funds provided nonfederal interests undertake reviews inspections monitoring federal activities related nonfederal interests carrying study design construction water resources development projects wrda determining credit reimbursement corps include funds provided nonfederal interest cost study design construction sec funding response actions address human health environmental threats military munitions deposited beach shall reimbursed amounts available responsible original release munitions sec water_resources_development_act wrda amended authorize corps_of_engineers allow nonfederal public private entity entered cooperative agreement operation management recreation facilities natural resources civil works projects corps jurisdiction collect user fees use developed recreation sites facilities developed constructed entity corps entity use visitor reservation service corps_of_engineers provided contract interagency agreement manage fee collections reservations subject corps terms conditions retain fees collected pay operation maintenance management recreation site collected sec person entity seeks permission corps_of_engineers occupation use alteration harbor river public works project requires review national_environmental_policy_act nepa legal authority reviews approvals shall occur concurrently extent practicable corps lead federal agency environmental review corps shall participate cooperating agency use documents prepared nepa corps_of_engineers accept funds nonfederal public private entities evaluate alteration permanent occupation use work built united_states sec complete certain environmental infrastructure projects wrda construction having received million federal appropriations appropriations greater authorized bill increases authorized appropriations allow completion projects significant progress benefits federal investment realized increase sec flood_control_act amended allow corps_of_engineers receive funds nonfederal interests current requirement federal funds appropriated study project corps receive funds nonfederal interests formulate review revise operational documents corps owned -operated reservoir reservoirs apalachicola chattahoochee flint river system alabama coosa tallapoosa river system sec analyze benefits offshore oil gas fabrication port navigation projects authorized november recommended plan corps_of_engineers use value future energy exploration production fabrication contracts transportation savings result larger navigation channel defense global war terror requirements apply project undergone economic benefits update ongoing feasibility studies request nonfederal sponsor sec corps_of_engineers nonfederal interest request review proposals increase quantity available water supplies federal water resources projects modification water resources project modification project managed access water released project section shall apply proposals reallocate existing water supply hydropower storage reduce water available authorized project purpose proposal relates federal project owned corps_of_engineers section applies activities corps authority corps_of_engineers comply public participation requirements provide copy proposals federal agencies project affected states power marketing administrations entities project rights responsibilities corps_of_engineers shall approve proposal supported federal agency owns project adversely impacts contractual legal rights increases costs entities interferes authorized project purposes modifies federal statutory requirements congressional authorization cost developing reviewing implementing submitted proposal shall provided nonfederal entity entity working state authorized receive assistance preparation comprehensive plan corps use funds pay cost entity proposal review special requirements set forth operation maintenance costs relating construction additional water supply storage reservoir use water supply storage agreement entities contribute costs implementing proposal corps_of_engineers provide technical assistance proposal nonfederal interest agrees pay costs assistance section shall apply corps_of_engineers owned -operated reservoirs apalachicola chattahoochee flint river system alabama coosa tallapoosa river system sec revolving fund maintenance operation plants equipment construct buildings new_england district headquarters massachusetts district headquarters buffalo new_york sec monitoring plans ecosystem restoration projects describe types number restoration activities physical action undertaken functions values result restoration plan contingency plan taking corrective actions nonfederal sponsor responsibility operation maintenance restoration project shall cease years corps_of_engineers makes determination success sec water resources projects nonfederal interest entered partnership agreement corps_of_engineers receive credit nonfederal interest kind contributions maximum credit shall based value contributions cost incurred nonfederal sponsor sec corps_of_engineers develop structural health monitoring program assess improve condition corps infrastructure including systems frameworks response floods earthquakes pre disaster mitigation measures useful life infrastructure identifying risks sea level rise sec habitat connectivity protection restoration measures included programmatic mitigation plans address potential impacts ecological resources fish wildlife corps_of_engineers use preconstruction engineering design funds prior authorization project construction satisfy mitigation requirements party arrangements acquire land interests necessary meet mitigation requirements mitigation responsibilities affect corps mitigation responsibilities laws corps_of_engineers identify standard measures reflect best available scientific information evaluating habitat connectivity sec categories nonfederal interests flood_control_act expanded include alaska native villages regional corporations village corporations entities enter partnership agreements corps_of_engineers implementation construction water resources projects sec corps_of_engineers credit reimburse discrete segments projects function independently advance completion total project project element nonfederal interest receives reimbursement discrete segment project fails complete entire project nonfederal interest repay reimbursement plus interest sec corps_of_engineers accept funds rail carrier expedite evaluation rail carrier permits project corps jurisdiction sec international outreach program expanded include informing united_states technological innovations abroad improve water resources development united_states including technology transfers exchanges current law program limited informing maritime industry port authorities innovations improve waterborne transportation sec corps_of_engineers issue implementation guidance water resources projects involving wetlands mitigation impacts service area mitigation bank guidance provide consideration water resources development feasibility studies entire potential kind credits available mitigation banks lieu fee programs approved service area includes projected impacts project potential mitigation bank lieu fee credits meet criteria shall considered reasonable alternatives mitigation bank approved mitigation banking instrument completed functional analysis potential credits approved corps certified habitat assessment model specific region sec corps_of_engineers encourage corps districts enter cooperative agreements youth service conservation corps natural resources conservation recreation management services sec bill increases annual maximum allotment debris removal rivers harbors streams tributaries expands authorized activities include removal obstructions located adjacent federal channel clearing channels recreation sec government_accountability_office gao report shellfish aquaculture industry chesapeake_bay gulf_coast states california washington sec corps_of_engineers prohibited removing existing vegetation levees revised guidelines adopted vegetation presents unacceptable safety risk corps explain met deadlines revising guidelines sec corps_of_engineers cooperate nonfederal interests working group states consortium states preparation comprehensive plans drainage basins watersheds ecosystems sec corps_of_engineers funding priority projects restore coastal wetlands reduce impact storm surge sec corps_of_engineers transfer human remains known ancient condition dispose repatriate remains indian tribes band referred letter secretary secretary army dated september sec corps_of_engineers consider property economic recreational significance impacts national state local level carrying disposition study corps project sec bill makes permanent authority apply credit kind contributions provided nonfederal interest excess required nonfederal cost share project required nonfederal cost share different water resources development study project nonfederal interest request credit applied reasonable intervals prior completion study project sec corps_of_engineers issue decision requests contracts surplus water reservoirs days receiving request corps documented volume surplus water available corps identify outstanding information necessary decision set date final decision sec bill increases maximum corps_of_engineers expend small shore beach restoration protection projects specifically authorized congress sec corps_of_engineers operate fish hatchery restore population threatened endangered fish species nonfederal entities federal agencies shall responsible additional costs associated managing fish hatchery authorized enactment bill sec watershed assessment feasibility study water resources project shall federal expense sec river harbor act amended provide feasibility studies cost shared proportion construction projects reimbursements nonfederal interests expend share study costs sec title makes permanent program demonstrates benefits recreation facilities activities lakes primarily oklahoma sec estimated costs water resources projects affect cost sharing responsibilities established law sec water_resources_development_act amended tribal partnership program permanent allow corps_of_engineers carry cost shared design construction projects program indian tribe request corps_of_engineers report feasibility water resources development project project preservation cultural natural resources substantially benefit indian tribes study shall federal expense corps_of_engineers carry design construction feasible tribal partnership project federal share million congressional authorization obtained federal share exceeding million corps_of_engineers prohibited requiring indian tribe waive sovereign immunity condition entering cost sharing agreement tribal partnership program title sets forth nonfederal cost shares studies design construction watershed river basin assessments expanded program sec wrda amended extend waiver local cost sharing requirements territories american_samoa guam northern_mariana islands virgin_islands puerto_rico planning assistance indian tribes waiver applies comprehensive plans water_resources_development_act sec corps_of_engineers consent nonfederal sponsors enter cost sharing agreements flood_control_act allow local governments watershed adopted local regional water management plan participate feasibility studies sec authority provide nonfederal interests credit lieu reimbursement estimated federal share flood damage reduction project repealed provisions water_resources_development_act wrda extended projects written agreement corps construction finalized december currently credit lieu reimbursement limited projects constructed nonfederal interest provisions repealed june credit applied water resources development projects studies nonfederal interest sec study costs incurred execution feasibility cost sharing agreement aquatic ecosystem restoration project wrda shall federal costs study initiated october feasibility cost sharing agreement executed january sec corps_of_engineers collect consideration money thing value easements water resources development project land electric telephone broadband service facilities nonprofit organizations eligible financing rural electrification act sec corps_of_engineers contract transportation_research_board national_academy_of_sciences study use performance innovative materials corps projects sec corps_of_engineers publish notice correction removing inactive project lists projects nonfederal funds obligated expended construction integral project elements regardless activity pursuant agreement expenditure obligation corps sec corps_of_engineers accept requests funding nonfederal entities federal power marketing agencies review update appropriate flood control rule curves water operations manuals reservoirs constructed federal funds regulated corps storage western states projects areas prolonged droughts review occurred previous years corps_of_engineers enter agreements affected states reservoir owners operators requested nonfederal entities responsible operation maintenance costs carrying activities section apply project initial units colorado_river storage project reclamation dam reservoir project facilities operated maintained department_of_the_interior requested nonfederal project sponsors corps_of_engineers owned -operated dams reservoirs reclamation project facilities operated maintained nonfederal entities transfer contract requested organization responsible operation maintenance sets forth requirements public participation protection existing rights sec states body politics deriving power state constitution government entities created state legislature require partnership agreements corps_of_engineers construct water resources projects obligate future appropriations performance payment inconsistent constitutional statutory limitations state local government sec maximum cost project increased automatically changes construction costs applied features based actual appreciation relevant real estate markets corps_of_engineers accept kind contributions land easements rights way relocations dredged material disposal areas currently corps accept funds nonfederal interest authorized water resources development project exceeded maximum cost use contributions increase federal share project cost accepted funds contributions eligible credit repayment shall included total cost project sec title establishes procedures continue permanent water supply act certain water supply agreements predicated water surplus deauthorized purpose provided contingent permanent storage rights complete payment actual investment costs storage case agreement duration years sec title increases authorized funding corps_of_engineers support federal agencies nongovernmental organizations international organizations foreign governments address problems national significance united_states sec years bill enactment corps_of_engineers shall charge fee contract entered pursuant flood_control_act surplus water stored kentucky tennessee sec gao report implementation effectiveness environmental infrastructure projects carried wrda title navigation sec projects authorized receive funding inland_waterways_trust_fund exempted temporarily process deauthorizes projects funds obligated specified preceding period years exemption inland waterways projects begins june ends years enactment bill sec nonfederal interests receive credit reimbursement carrying federal share flood gate operations maintenance hurricane storm damage reduction projects cross inland intracoastal waterway sec target total budget resources available corps_of_engineers harbor_maintenance_trust_fund fiscal year lower resources previous fiscal year target shall adjusted lesser total appropriated previous fiscal year harbor maintenance taxes received previous fiscal year sec disposal dredged material shall considered environmentally acceptable purposes identifying federal standard costly alternative consistent sound engineering environmental standards violates state water quality standards approved environmental_protection_agency epa federal_water_pollution_control_act commonly known clean water act sec cape disposal site located southeast maine remain open years enactment bill subject certain conditions limitations sec corps_of_engineers maintain federally authorized harbors refuge restore maintain authorized dimensions sec corps_of_engineers consult coast_guard share information assistance corps provide placement aids navigation sec corps_of_engineers use sediment federal nonfederal sources nonfederal source sediment obtained federal expense federal water resources projects involving disposal dredged material include single periodic application sediment beneficial use shall require operation maintenance corps accept funds nonfederal interest dispose dredged material private shores lands ineligible federal cost sharing sec bill makes permanent requirement corps_of_engineers allocate emerging harbor projects percent funds available fy2015 currently fy2012 pay operation maintenance costs assigned commercial navigation harbors inland harbors united_states corps authority provide funds donor ports energy transfer ports sec bill revises methods allocating payments donor ports energy transfer ports establishment new category medium sized donor ports eligible funding annually collect million million total funding donor ports currently collect million annually eligible transferring border protection payments ports elect provide importers shippers specifying process applies discretionary cargo maritime cargo destined inland locations economically shipped multiple seaports located different countries regions shipped eligible ports risk diversion seaports outside united_states corps_of_engineers limit payments importers shippers eligible port ranked value discretionary cargo sec bill extends contracts physical construction awarded enactment formula calculates harbor costs paid nonfederal interests construction harbor inland harbor navigation projects portion project depth excess feet excess feet cost paid nonfederal interests decreased cost construction portion sec corps_of_engineers carry dredging activities shallow draft ports located inland mississippi_river authorized depths sec corps_of_engineers publish guidance implementation provisions concerning maintenance emerging ports great_lakes ports sec justification harbor navigation improvements project include long term viability community located region served rely project sec corps_of_engineers permit nonfederal interest carry maintenance activities necessary ensure navigation project maintained minimum project dimensions costs incurred nonfederal interest eligible reimbursement estimated federal cost limited costs directly related performance work federal government actual fiscal year appropriations portion maintenance dredging carrying maintenance activities nonfederal interest shall provide equipment cost federal government hold united_states free damages arise use equipment section terminates years enactment bill sec biennial report operations maintenance costs assigned commercial navigation harbors inland harbors identify transportation cost savings realized achieving maintaining constructed width depth harbors project project basis requirement apply subsequent reports sec corps_of_engineers place dredged material operation maintenance authorized federal water resources project authorized water resource project reasonable cost placement enhance protection flooding caused storm sea level rise significantly contribute shoreline resiliency wetland restoration corps shall require nonfederal entity bear increased costs associated placement dredged material project exceeds cost depositing dredged material accordance federal regulations sec bill makes permanent authority use available priority funds difference funds available operations maintenance costs assigned commercial navigation harbors wrda fiscal year funds available fy2012 high- moderate use harbor projects emerging harbor projects including great lakes navigation system sec corps_of_engineers allocate funding available corps accordance criteria priority percentages wrda concerning expenditures operation maintenance harbor projects title iii safety improvements sec corps_of_engineers nonfederal sponsor request use natural disaster emergency fund repair restore flood control work hurricane shore protective structures depths federal navigable channels waterways increased pumping capacity level protection system design nonfederal sponsor agree pay difference cost restoration original design level cost achieving higher level protection corps notify nonfederal sponsors opportunity request nonstructural alternatives restore protect natural resources including streams rivers floodplains wetlands coasts efforts reduce flood risk sec bill authorizes temporary program corps_of_engineers address consolidation settlement subsidence sea level rise new data restore federally authorized hurricane storm damage reduction projects cost share agreements nonfederal partners sec corps_of_engineers assumed enactment bill responsibility maintenance high risk flood control project corps continue responsible maintenance project modified reduce risk years enactment bill whichever earlier sec national_dam_safety_program_act amended direct federal_emergency_management_agency fema establish program provide technical planning design construction assistance grants nonfederal sponsors subject nonfederal cost sharing requirement rehabilitation eligible high hazard potential dams eligible high hazard potential dam nonfederal dam located state state dam safety program classified high hazard potential dam safety agency state dam located emergency action plan approved agency fails meet minimum state dam safety standards poses unacceptable risk public eligible high hazard potential dam include licensed hydroelectric dam dam built authority department_of_agriculture usda fema shall require grant recipient provide assurance owner dam developed carry plan maintenance dam expected life grant approved relevant state dam safety agency grant funds shall allocated states applications submitted based state relative number eligible high hazard potential dams compared states grant funds rehabilitate federal dam perform routine operation maintenance dam modify dam produce hydroelectric power increase water supply storage capacity modification improve safety dam bill sets forth requirements conditions nonfederal sponsors receive grants including demonstration floodplain management plan reduce impacts future flood events sec corps_of_engineers expedite completion flood damage reduction flood risk management projects plan illinois phase iowa louisiana tributaries louisiana sec repair costs correct problem dam projects construction begun appropriations bill enactment treated costs dam safety project subject cost sharing requirements wrda sec bill establishes high hazard indian dam safety deferred maintenance fund low hazard indian dam safety deferred maintenance fund department_of_the_treasury deposits funds monthly funds terminated end bureau_of_indian_affairs bia establish program address deferred maintenance needs indian dams create flood risks risks safety natural resources cultural resources impede management efficiency indian dams eligible dam federally owned included bia program low hazard fund high hazard fund pay maintenance repair replacement activities dams classified guidelines federal_emergency_management_agency fema low hazard significant high hazard respectively bia develop programmatic goals prioritization criteria expending funds prioritize dams serve tribe highly populated indian communities consult landowners served dam expending funds emergencies ensure year dam need critical maintenance receives funding department_of_the_interior establish bia study modernization develop recommendations legislation improve act bia request indian tribes report dams land days report dam bia jurisdiction year bia establish flood plain management pilot program provide request guidance indians tribes best practices mitigation prevention floods program funded funds high- low hazard dams terminated years enactment bill sec corps_of_engineers carry feasible cost sharing projects nonfederal entities rehabilitate operated dams classified states posing high hazard potential dams constructed corps flood control purposes completed corps shall expend million project single dam title river basins watersheds coastal areas sec corps_of_engineers coordinate alabama florida louisiana mississippi texas develop recovery plan gulf_coast oyster beds damaged hurricane katrina deepwater horizon oil spill floods sec bill increases funding ecosystem restoration projects lower columbia_river estuaries oregon washington allows watercraft inspection stations established protect aquatic plant invasive species arkansas river basins additional locations columbia_river_basin addresses replacement housing indian families displaced construction john day dam requires corps_of_engineers determine feasibility modifying projects address safety risks navigation columbia lower rivers vancouver washington portland oregon sec corps_of_engineers partnership department_of_the_interior carry pilot program implement sediment management plans corps owned -operated reservoirs upper missouri river_basin request project beneficiaries program apply reservoirs managed owned bureau_of_reclamation corps_of_engineers shall lead agency soil moisture snowpack monitoring projects upper missouri river_basin sec bill increases portion appropriations authorized water_resources_development_act critical ecosystem restoration projects area puget_sound washington carry single project sec corps_of_engineers carry small flood control pilot projects corps laboratories universities government agencies private organizations prevent mitigate flood damages associated ice priority given sec bill increases authorized appropriations alternative beneficially modified habitats fish wildlife including native oysters chesapeake_bay sec study determine feasibility projects restore aquatic ecosystems coastal waters northeastern united_states virginia maine developed comprehensive assessment management plan federal expense sec bill reauthorizes fy2024 rio_grande_basin fish wildlife habitat program colorado new_mexico texas sec corps_of_engineers consider information developed expedite completion coastal texas ecosystem protection restoration study sec corps_of_engineers conduct study federal expense determine feasibility projects address systemic flood damage reduction upper mississippi illinois_river basins sec pilot designation removed california restoration projects additional nonfederal interests participate cost sharing projects sec list south_carolina counties nonfederal interests eligible assistance water treatment distribution projects wrda adjusted add remove sec corps engineers studies determine feasibility corps projects coastal zones enhance ocean coastal ecosystem resiliency prioritize projects communities existence threatened rising sea level interagency working group convened extreme weather sea level rise coordinate research federal investments participate state authorized studies share physical biological socioeconomic data state organizations sec corps_of_engineers report regional assessments coastal bay protection sec corps_of_engineers study coastal areas geographical boundaries identify risks vulnerabilities increased hurricane storm damage result sea level rise develop long term strategy enhance resiliency increase sustainability lower risks populated areas areas concentrated economic development areas vulnerable environmental resources report years enactment bill recommendations address risks vulnerabilities sec corps_of_engineers study feasibility implementing projects flood risk management ecosystem restoration navigation water supply recreation water resource related purposes west_virginia virginia north_carolina sec developing projects coastal risk reduction corps_of_engineers consider natural features created physical geological biological chemical processes time human designed natural based features engineered constructed protect concert natural processes nonstructural structural measures sec department_of_commerce designate resilient waterfront community unit local government indian tribe meets specified criteria bound great lake ocean bordered traversed riverfront inland lake self nominated resilient waterfront community designated commerce basis community developed plan making designation inland lake riverfront communities commerce work environmental_protection_agency heads federal agencies necessary resilient waterfront community plan community driven vision plan developed voluntarily discretion community respond local needs advantage new water oriented opportunities leadership relevant governmental entity indian tribe active participation community residents utilities interested business nongovernmental stakeholders consideration applicable state federal coastal zone management planning address economic competitive strengths complement incorporate objectives recommendations regional economic plans resilient waterfront community plan shall consider portion waterfront area adjacent land water connected ecologically economically local governmental tribal boundaries integrate consideration economic opportunities resulting water proximity access community relationship water ecosystem challenges projections including extreme weather water conditions infrastructure needs opportunities facilitate specified strategic sustainable capital investments factors align metrics indicators resiliency considering environmental economic changes designation resilient waterfront community plan effective year period commerce develop maintain resilient waterfront communities network facilitate sharing best practices waterfront communities recognize communities formally publicly promote tourism investment benefits commerce use existing authority support development resilient waterfront community plan including planning feasibility analysis implementation strategic components plan approved lead nonfederal partner local government indian tribe contract eligible nonfederal implementation partner nonprofit organization public utility private entity institution higher education state government regional organization implementation activities site preparation environmental review acquisition easements land uses green infrastructure construction public waterfront boating amenities public spaces infrastructure upgrades improve coastal resiliency developing plan resilient waterfront community eligible planning activities conduct community outreach collaborate local agencies work regional state federal agencies identify understand develop responses changing ecosystem economic circumstances assistance furnished initiate implementation resilient waterfront community plan facilitate high quality development including leveraging local private sector investment address strategic community priorities identified plan lead nonfederal partner shall ensure assistance resources received advance resilient waterfront community plan related activities purposes initiative advanced commerce promote waterfront community revitalization resiliency resilient waterfront community receives assistance bill shall furnish nonfederal funds entities eligible nonfederal implementation partners completion planning implementation activities regular intervals commerce list resilient waterfront communities applicable states heads national regional offices interested federal agencies sec corps_of_engineers years enactment bill finalize revision table rock lake master plan table rock lake shoreline management plan moratorium new modified shoreline permits based existing plan suspended final revision corps establish oversight committee review permits issued existing plan advise revisions corps report implement revisions permit fees sec corps_of_engineers expedite decision recommend flood damage reduction project developed nonfederal interests repealed provisions wrda mississippi title sec title deauthorizes specified portions projects red_river dam arkansas louisiana texas california connecticut kentucky massachusetts missouri lock dam georgia south_carolina texas project modifications navigation georgia specified portions project navigation valdez alaska shall subject navigation servitude flowage easements terminated portions oregon local regional public officials object portions delaware_river philadelphia pennsylvania declared non navigable waters united_states sec corps_of_engineers convey property area mississippi louisiana mississippi accept certain water supply storage space texas corps convey pensacola dam project interests oklahoma flood control purposes interior allow prepayment repayment obligations repayment contract united_states title water resources infrastructure sec title authorizes corps_of_engineers carry final feasibility studies navigation arkansas florida kentucky louisiana maine new_hampshire pennsylvania south_carolina texas flood risk management california kansas missouri north_carolina tennessee texas hurricane storm damage risk reduction california florida louisiana new_jersey north_carolina south_carolina flood risk management environmental restoration california illinois wisconsin environmental restoration california florida oregon washington sec corps_of_engineers carry project modifications accordance recommendations certain projects arizona florida kansas kentucky missouri texas sec corps_of_engineers shall conduct studies determine feasibility carrying projects modifying proposals navigation flood control flood protection flood damage reduction flood risk management environmental restoration ecosystem restoration environmental dredging recreation shoreline protection sediment management water conservation supply water quality arkansas louisiana cache creek basin california california california california california river_basin california delaware bay coastline delaware delaware delaware flood protection florida georgia augusta georgia iowa mississippi_river_ship_channel gulf baton_rouge louisiana parish government comprehensive coastal master plan louisiana new_york new_york delaware_river_basin new_york new_jersey pennsylvania delaware ohio tulsa arkansas_river oklahoma pennsylvania texas texas tributaries texas virginia washington corps consult department_of_homeland_security department_of_defense studying feasibility arctic deep draft ports port determined feasible based associated national security benefits sec corps_of_engineers expedite completion reports justified proceed directly project preconstruction engineering design navigation project alaska flood risk management new_jersey hudson estuary comprehensive restoration project navigation project mobile harbor alabama sec senate procedure expediting consideration corps recommended water resources development conservation projects extended sec gao submit study methods performance metrics corps_of_engineers calculate benefit cost ratios evaluate construction projects address methods improve metrics small rural geographic areas sec corps_of_engineers year bill enactment complete assessment inventory required corps controlled properties needed corps missions sec gao report options modernizing saint lawrence seaway commerce economic activity great_lakes region domestic manufacturing sector exports domestically produced goods multimodal global transportation tourism sec authority carry flood damage reduction bank stabilization sediment erosion control project mississippi shall limited watersheds referenced reports accompanying appropriations bills previous fiscal years title vii safe drinking water clean water infrastructure sec bill expresses sense senate congress provide robust funding state drinking water treatment revolving loan funds established safe drinking water act state water pollution control revolving funds established federal_water_pollution_control_act commonly known clean water act bill sets forth congressional findings benefits investment safe drinking water clean water including generation significant federal tax revenue increase employment increase economic output subtitle drinking water sec bill amends safe_drinking_water_act planning design associated preconstruction activities eligible assistance state drinking water treatment revolving funds allow use state revolving loan funds security state matching funds water resources projects sec bill adds improvement sustainability systems priorities state intended use plan requires greater weight given application assistance community water system application includes necessary information including description utility management best practices water conservation plan consistent epa guidelines approaches improve sustainability system sec bill revises funding formula administration state loan funds sec bill makes implementation source water protection plans eligible use assistance state revolving fund sec bill applies requirements act qualifications based selection engineers contracts funded state revolving funds assistance community population individuals sec bill amends safe_drinking_water_act add grant programs assist small individuals disadvantaged communities complying requirements safe_drinking_water_act priority given underserved communities basic drinking water wastewater services water systems entities reduce lead drinking water funding authorized programs fy2017-fy2021 sec epa appoint liaisons minority tribal low income communities epa region identity regional liaison epa websites sec epa notify public exceedances lead public water system system state notify public concentrations lead found monitoring activity establish strategic plan conduct targeted outreach education technical assistance risk communication populations affected lead public water system sec epa require electronic submission available compliance monitoring data water quality public water systems states primary enforcement responsibility clean water act condition receiving funds act sec epa establish voluntary school child care lead testing grant program funding authorized program fy2017-fy2021 sec bill codifies epa allows water efficient products buildings landscapes facilities processes services bear watersense label sec epa department_of_agriculture update existing programs departments providing drinking water technical assistance include information cost effective innovative alternative drinking water delivery systems including systems supported wells disseminate information cost effectiveness alternative drinking water delivery systems communities nonprofit organization seeking funding drinking water systems serve fewer persons sec bill amends safe_drinking_water_act reauthorize fy2021 grant program providing technical assistance small water systems require technical assistance tribal water systems require use iron steel products united_states public water system projects subtitle clean water sec bill amends clean water act revise reauthorize fy2021 grant program addressing combined sewer overflows sanitary sewer overflows stormwater discharges establish technical assistance program small medium treatment works sec bill amends clean water act provide guidance communities developing implementing effective integrated planning approaches municipal wastewater stormwater management bill establishes epa provide technical assistance municipalities seeking comply clean water act safe_drinking_water_act information epa ensure agency policies implemented epa offices including regional offices epa notify communities prepare integrated plans context administrative order settlement agreement sec bill amends clean water act direct epa ensure epa offices promote integration green infrastructure permitting programs planning efforts research technical assistance funding guidance sec bill sets forth criteria determining ability households pay utility bills affordability financial capability community investments improve water quality drinking water epa use median household income sole indicator affordability residential household sec bill amends clean water act direct epa carry annual survey sea grasses chesapeake_bay sec epa appoint coordinator coordinate efforts address issue harmful algal blooms great lakes subtitle innovative financing promotion innovative technologies sec bill amends water_resources_reform_and_development_act grant department_of_the_army discretion obligating funds water infrastructure public private partnership pilot program sec bill expands water infrastructure public private partnership pilot program include projects prevent reduce mitigate effects drought including projects enhance resilience drought stricken watersheds removes designation pilot program making program permanent sec bill establishes finance capitalization grants revolving funds epa study report affordability gap faced low income populations urban rural areas obtaining services clean water drinking water systems analyze options provide incentives rate adjustments sec epa carry grant program accelerate development innovative water technologies address pressing water challenges including improvement water quality minimization contamination drinking water recycling reuse water grants purposes limited million project epa report annually congress progress development innovative water technologies sec bill revises reauthorizes water_resources_research_act fy2017-fy2021 department_of_the_army conduct evaluation act years terminate support institute meet quality effectiveness standards sec bill revises reauthorizes water desalination act fy2017-fy2021 sec bill requires departments interior agriculture noaa epa appropriate federal agencies state local tribal governments jointly develop nonregulatory national drought resilience guidelines relating drought preparedness planning investments communities water utilities water users providers sec bill amends clean water act projects employ innovative water technologies eligible additional assistance clean water state revolving fund authorize epa provide technical assistance facilitate encourage financial assistance innovative water technologies require epa report congress financial assistance provided state water pollution control revolving funds deploy innovative water technologies barriers impacting greater use innovative water technologies cost saving potential emerging technologies sec bill amends safe_drinking_water_act projects employ innovative water technologies eligible additional assistance revolving fund authorize epa provide technical assistance facilitate encourage financial assistance deployment innovative water technologies require epa report congress financial assistance provided state loan funds deploy innovative water technologies barriers impacting greater use innovative water technologies cost saving potential emerging technologies subtitle drinking water disaster relief infrastructure investments sec bill defines eligible state purposes emergency assistance state president declared emergency robert stafford disaster relief emergency assistance act relating public health threats associated presence lead contaminants public drinking water supply system community public water supply system received emergency declaration community shall deemed disadvantaged community eligible additional subsidies safe drinking water act revolving funds including forgiveness loan principal epa secured loans water_infrastructure_finance innovation_act public water supply systems address lead contaminants drinking water including repair replacement public private drinking water infrastructure sec bill eliminates caps additional subsidies available fy2016 federal state emergency declaration issued threat public health exposure lead municipal drinking water supply sec department_of_health_and_human_services establish agency toxic substances disease registry relevant agency lead exposure registry collect data lead exposure residents city exposed lead contamination drinking water advisory_committee review programs address lead exposure identify research needs best practices effective services communities affected lead exposure sec bill provides additional funding childhood lead poisoning prevention program healthy homes initiative department_of_housing_and_urban_development healthy start initiative sec department_of_justice epa inspector general report status ongoing investigations federal state response contamination drinking water supply flint michigan government_accountability_office review issues relating response report congress review subtitle report groundwater contamination sec department_of_the_navy submit annual reports congress groundwater contamination subtitle restoration great lakes restoration sec bill amends clean water act reauthorize epa fy2017 fy2021 initiative prioritize carry programs projects great_lakes protection restoration including remediation toxic substances areas concern prevention control invasive species impacts protection restoration near shore health prevention mitigation nonpoint source pollution water pollution comes sources pollution ground rain snow habitat wildlife protection restoration accountability monitoring evaluation communication partnership activities funding available implement initiative water infrastructure activity green infrastructure project improves habitat ecosystem functions great lakes funding available clean water drinking water state revolving fund program federal agencies maintain base level funding great lakes activities regard funding initiative identify new activities support environmental goals initiative sec bill amends great lakes fish wildlife restoration act respect identification review implementation proposals regional projects reporting requirements funding lake tahoe restoration bill revises reauthorizes lake_tahoe_restoration_act fiscal years bill enactment sec bill amends findings purposes lake_tahoe_restoration_act include relevant findings enactment including references lake tahoe forums updated levels support provided public private entities lake_tahoe_basin sec bill adds definitions including environmental improvement program program adopted tahoe_regional_planning_agency forest management activity mean prescribed burning ecosystem health hazardous fuels reduction mechanical minimum tool treatment stream environment zone restoration watershed wildlife habitat enhancements activities consistent practices forest_service sec bill adds additional requirements management lake_tahoe_basin_management_unit including requiring forest_service coordinate epa state local private entities including local fire departments volunteer groups conduct forest management activities basin manner helps achieve maintain environmental threshold carrying capacities established tahoe_regional_planning_agency attains multiple ecosystem benefits activities excessively increase cost program establish monitor post program ground condition criteria ground disturbance caused forest management activities subject valid existing rights federal land located basin withdrawn forms entry appropriation disposal public land laws location entry patent mining laws disposition laws relating mineral geothermal leasing land conveyance exempt withdrawal carried lake_tahoe_restoration_act santini burton act lake_tahoe_basin_management_unit support attainment environmental threshold carrying capacities established forest_service enter contracts cooperative agreements public private entities provide fuel reduction erosion control reforestation restoration similar management activities federal nonfederal land programs basin sec bill mandates funds priority programs basin including programs fire risk reduction forest management invasive species management stormwater management erosion projects lahontan trout recovery program bill imposes civil penalties launching boat prevent spread invasive species sec bill authorizes enter interagency agreements nonfederal interests basin provide technical assistance environmental_improvement_program forest_service epa fish_and_wildlife_service coordination tahoe_regional_planning_agency states california nevada develop implement plan monitoring assessment research evaluate effectiveness environmental_improvement_program bill requires reporting status programs authorized bill president submit information president annual budget federal agency involved environmental_improvement_program sec bill amends santini burton act authorize donation california_tahoe_conservancy acres land administered conservancy acres land administered transfer forest_service nevada acres land known acres land known conveyance urban lot lake_tahoe_basin administrative jurisdiction forest_service iii long island sound restoration sec bill amends clean water act expand duties include study environmental impacts long_island_sound watershed planning initiatives long_island_sound developing implementing strategies increase public education awareness ecological health water quality conditions long_island_sound monitoring progress meeting goals actions schedules grants support citizen involvement education grants exceed currently cost research studies work bill revises offices biennial reporting requirement respect implementation requires reports available public president submit president annual budget information involvement federal department agency protection restoration long_island_sound watershed including interagency budget department agency epa coordinate actions federal departments agencies impact water quality long_island_sound watershed improve water quality living resources watershed bill extends long_island_sound_stewardship_advisory_committee exempts advisory_committee requirements federal_advisory_committee_act sec bill reauthorizes fy2021 long_island_sound_stewardship_act long_island_sound_grants grants delaware river basin conservation sec bill requires fish wildlife service usfws establish nonregulatory delaware_river_basin restoration program shall draw existing new management plans basin portions basin work consultation applicable management entities including representatives federal government state local governments regional nonprofit organizations identify prioritize implement restoration protection activities basin adopt basin wide strategy supports implementation shared set science based restoration protection activities targets cost effective projects measurable results maximizes conservation outcomes net gain federal time equivalent employees establish voluntary grant technical assistance programs accordance bill sec usfws shall establish delaware_river_basin restoration grant program provide competitive matching grants carry restoration protection activities basin develop criteria ensure funded activities accomplish specified purposes advance implementation priority actions needs identified strategy adopted bill usfws contract national_fish_and_wildlife_foundation organization offers grant management services sec usfws shall submit congress annual report implementation bill including description project received funding sec bill authorizes appropriations fy2017 fy2022 usfws shall use available fiscal year carry grant program provide provide technical assistance program columbia river basin restoration sec bill amends clean water act require epa establish program shall consist collaborative stakeholder based program environmental protection restoration activities columbia_river_basin program epa assess trends water quality including trends affect uses water columbia_river_basin collect characterize assess data water quality identify possible causes environmental problems provide grants projects assist eliminating reducing pollution cleaning contaminated sites improving water quality monitoring reducing runoff protecting habitat promoting citizen engagement knowledge establish recommend prioritize review projects actions establish voluntary competitive columbia_river_basin program provide grants governmental private entities environmental protection restoration activities columbia_river_basin subtitle innovative water infrastructure workforce development sec epa establish competitive grant program fy2017-fy2021 assist development innovative activities relating workforce development water utility sector subtitle offset sec bill prohibits new loan commitments loan program october title viii miscellaneous provisions sec bill amends solid waste disposal act allow states submit epa evidence permit program system regulation coal combustion residual units located state lieu federal regulatory program epa approve review programs time time frequently years request state epa use specified authorities enforce prohibition open dumping respect coal combustion residual unit sec bill authorizes ratifies confirms modified section settlement agreement effective august approved oklahoma state oklahoma oklahoma_city oklahoma june agreement oklahoma_city amended water storage contract corps_of_engineers cooperate oklahoma modify order oklahoma dated september conform amended storage contract settlement agreement section obligations relating future use storage oklahoma waived effective january bill establishes terms use water members tribes hold interest allotment tribal land tribes waive specified claims relating water rights damages relating water regulation water bill specifies actions taken settlement agreement takes effect including settlement agreement amended accordance section executed parties involved actions taken september later agreed date settlement agreement null void western_district oklahoma exclusive jurisdiction actions settlement agreement amended storage contract sec corps_of_engineers transfer approximately acres land mcintosh_county oklahoma interior held trust benefit muscogee creek nation condition transfer interfere civil works projects corps retains right land water carry civil works projects gaming prohibited land tribe pay fair market value land plus costs associated transfer land sec amended reauthorize denali_commission independent federal agency designed provide rural infrastructure development utilities job training economic support alaska fy2021 vacancy occurs position federal commission department_of_commerce appoint interim federal serve vacancy filled commission member federal shall considered federal employee commission members subject fine imprisonment certain conflict interest violations sec bill amends authorize board_of_directors tennessee_valley_authority tva allow use floating cabins designed human habitation occupation primarily designed navigation transportation water located tva waters tva authorized use recreational vessels cabin owners maintain cabins reasonable health safety environmental standards board require removal cabins specified period enactment bill allow continued use cabins meet recreational access requirements tva establish regulations prevent construction new floating cabins sec water_resources_reform_and_development_act amended provide environmental_protection_agency oil pollution prevention regulations shall apply farm containers individual aggregate gallon capacity specified amounts separate parcel hold animal feed ingredients approved livestock food_and_drug_administration sec bill provides concurrent agency review process permit applications mechanized removal salt areas consist acres corps_of_engineers accept funds nonfederal entities conduct review sec bill expresses sense congress equitable proportion costs operation maintenance sanitation project contributed city arizona based average daily volume wastewater originating city city shall obligation contribute capital costs repairing upgrading sanitation project international_boundary_and_water_commission shall reimburse city shall charge city enactment bill operations maintenance costs excess equitable proportion costs costs reimbursed reduction costs charged shall exceed million sec bill authorizes ratifies confirms pechanga settlement agreement entered pechanga_band_of_luiseno_mission_indians rancho_california_water_district rcwd united_states extent agreement modified conflicts section bill confirms water rights held trust united_states behalf tribe members tribe allotment trust land allottees lease land water right tribe enact pechanga water code governs storage recovery use water rights subject interior approval tribe united_states acting trustee tribe allottees waive claims water rights santa river watershed water rights recognized section tribe united_states acting trustee tribe waive specified claims rcwd tribe waive claims united_states specified water rights damages waivers section enforceable date interior publishes specified findings deposits waivers approved agreements interior publish findings april later date agreed tribe interior section repealed related agreements void bill establishes pechanga_settlement_fund carry section interior liable failing carry obligation activity section insufficient appropriations sec bill expresses sense congress epa receive expeditiously process tort claims injury arising gold king release august discharged contaminated water north colorado epa contractors conducting investigation assess conditions bill establishes procedures processing eligible response cost claims comprehensive environmental response compensation liability act epa implement program long term water quality monitoring rivers contaminated gold king release sec gao report years bill enactment columbia river_basin restoration program watercraft inspection stations effectiveness preventing spread aquatic invasive species corps_of_engineers operated reservoirs sec bill expresses sense congress state water quality standards impact disposal dredged material developed collaboratively open water disposal dredged material reduced disputes states related disposal dredged material protection water quality resolved accordance regional plans involvement regional bodies sec interior prohibited years enactment bill increasing permit fees cabins trailers north_dakota land administered reclamation permit fee effect january sec reclamation use permit renewal process trailer area permits heart dam reservoir lake uses permit renewals reservoirs north_dakota administered bill sets forth requirements trailer homes recreational vehicles procedures permit transfers replacement trailer homes removal flooded trailer homes united_states shall liable flood damage personal property permittee damages arising act omission occurrence relating lot permit applies temporary flooding flood damage personal property permittee shall taking united_states title blackfeet water rights settlement act blackfeet_water_rights_settlement_act sec bill authorizes ratifies confirms water rights compact montana dated april modified consistent title sec blackfeet tribe fort_belknap_indian_community enter agreement milk_river water rights department_of_the_interior approve agreement equitably accommodates interests tribe interior establish terms conditions milk_river water rights agreement tribes approved certain date sec enter water delivery contract water mary_river water right delivered milk_river_project facilities tribe right remaining portion mary_river water rights rights satisfied sec interior conduct studies cooperation montana milk_river water supplies rehabilitation canal increased storage reservoir use milk_river_project review final project design negotiate tribe changes design prior beginning construction request tribe enter agreements tribe carry project tribe grant united_states easements rights way milk_river_project construction described title sec granted exclusive jurisdiction authorize development unit hydroelectric power tribe granted exclusive right develop market power construction hydroelectric power generation project tribe enter agreement includes specified provisions sec interior allocate water stored lake elwell tribe tribe use water enter agreements use water agreement water missouri_river_basin portion water permanently sec carry deferred maintenance related blackfeet_irrigation_project dam safety improvements dam rehabilitation enhancement dam reservoir water delivery facilities transferred tribe sec accordance agreements tribe construct water diversion delivery features facilities store water support irrigation tribe reservation construction described report blackfeet water storage development dated march ownership facilities granted tribe ownership sec land tribe reservation acquired tribe united_states held trust tribe sec tribal water rights ratified confirmed declared valid held trust members tribe allotment trust land allottees entitled water irrigation satisfied tribal water rights tribe allocate distribute lease tribal water rights reservation use subject interior approval tribe establish tribal water code subject interior approval tribe permanently alienate portion tribal water rights sec bill establishes interior specified deposits fund tribe withdrawals fund accordance title tribal management plan expenditure plan approved interior sec bill establishes use interior carry title sec instream flow water rights tribe lewis clark_national_forest confirmed described stipulation address claims benefit blackfeet indian tribe water rights lewis clark national_forest sec tribe united_states acting trustee tribe waive claims water rights montana water rights recognized compact title united_states acting trustee allottees waive claims water rights tribe reservation water rights recognized compact title tribe waive claims united_states specified water rights land facilities withdraw objections water rights claims benefit milk_river_project waivers title enforceable date interior publishes specified findings appropriations waivers approved agreements interior publish findings january later date agreed tribe interior provisions title expire related actions agreements void appropriations january waivers expire united_states approval compact longer effective sec united_states liable failing carry obligation activity title insufficient appropriations