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Water Resources Development Act of 2000

Water Resources Development Act of 2000 - Title I: Water Resources Projects - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army (Secretary) to carry out: (1) projects for water resources development, conservation, and related purposes at the Barnegat Inlet to Little Egg Inlet, New Jersey, and the Port of New York and New Jersey; and (2) specified water resources projects (subject to the completion of a favorable final report of the Army Chief of Engineers by December 31, 2000) in Alaska, Arizona, California, the Delaware coast, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana and Kentucky, Kentucky and Ohio, the Ohio River in Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, Louisiana to the Gulf of Mexico, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee, Washington, and Wyoming.

(Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of, and authorizes the Secretary, if the Secretary determines that a project is feasible, to carry out projects for: (1) emergency streambank protection in Indiana and Louisiana; (2) navigation in Alaska, Florida, Louisiana, Minnesota, New York, and Wisconsin; (3) aquatic ecosystem restoration in Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oregon, and Pennsylvania; (4) shoreline protection in Louisiana and New York; (5) snagging and sediment removal in Illinois and Louisiana; and (6) mitigation of shore damage at Puget Island, Washington.

(Sec. 110) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out certain projects in Louisiana, Minnesota, and Ohio for the beneficial uses of dredged material.

(Sec. 111) Amends the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 1999 to authorize the Secretary to design and construct a shore protection project at Fort Canby State Park, Washington.

(Sec. 112) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out the Petaluma River flood protection project in Petaluma, California.

Title II: General Provisions - Amends the WRDA of 1986 to authorize the Secretary to assess the water resources needs of watersheds (currently only river basins and regions) of the United States. Requires cooperation with the heads of specified Federal agencies, and consultation with Federal, tribal, State, interstate, and local governmental entities, as part of such assessment. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 203) Authorizes the Secretary to study the feasibility of carrying out water resources development projects that: (1) will substantially benefit Indian tribes; and (2) are located primarily within Indian country or in proximity to Alaska Native villages. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 204) Amends the WRDA of 1986 to require cost-sharing agreements for environmental protection and restoration, navigation, storm damage or hurricane protection, shoreline erosion, or recreation projects under such Act (currently, only for flood control or agricultural water supply) to be subject to the non-Federal interest's ability to pay.

(Sec. 205) Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) carry out a program to reduce vandalism and destruction of property at water resources development projects, including awards to those providing information; and (2) participate in the National Recreation Reservation Service and pay the Army's share of activities required to maintain such Service.

(Sec. 207) Amends the WRDA of 1996 to adjust and extend permanently the authorization of appropriations for interagency and international support to address problems of national significance to the United States.

(Sec. 208) Authorizes the Secretary to identify and set aside areas at Army civil works projects for the reburial of certain Native American remains discovered on project lands.

(Sec. 209) Amends the WRDA of 1986 to require certain guidelines developed therein to address measures undertaken by non- Federal interests to preserve a project's flood protection level.

(Sec. 210) Amends various WRDA Acts to allow a non-Federal sponsor to include a nonprofit entity, with the consent of the affected local government, in projects for environmental dredging, the lakes program, and environmental improvement.

(Sec. 211) Authorizes the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to provide specialized or technical services to a Federal agency (other than an agency of the Department of Defense) only if the chief executive of the requesting entity submits to the Secretary: (1) a request describing the scope of such services and an agreement to reimburse the Corps for their costs; and (2) a certification that such services are not reasonably and quickly available through ordinary business channels. Requires a report identifying such requests.

(Sec. 213) Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with non- Federal public and nonprofit entities for services relating to natural resources conservation or recreation management.

(Sec. 214) Authorizes the Secretary, in FY 2001 through 2003, to accept and expend funds contributed by non-Federal public entities to expedite the evaluation of permits under the Army's jurisdiction. Requires impartiality in permit decisionmaking.

(Sec. 215) Directs the Secretary to establish a program to allow the direct marketing of dredged materials to public agencies and private entities. Requires annual reports. Authorizes appropriations. Requires a related pilot program, with a report and an authorization of appropriations.

(Sec, 216) Directs the Secretary to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to study, and make recommendations relating to, the independent peer review of water resources project feasibility reports, including a review of methods for project analysis. Requires reports. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 217) Amends the: (1) WRDA of 1990 to extend through FY 2005 the authorization of appropriations for the rehabilitation of Federal flood control levees; and (2) Flood Control Act of 1948 to increase from $40,000 to $50,000 the maximum expenditure for small flood control projects.

(Sec. 219) Provides a conflict-of- interest requirement with respect to the employment of engineering and consulting services under a water resources project.

(Sec. 220) Requires the Secretary to develop and implement procedures to ensure that all the benefits of a beach restoration project are displayed in that project's reports.

(Sec. 221) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a pilot program to test the design-build method of project delivery on various authorized Corps civil works projects. Requires a report.

(Sec. 222) Amends the WRDA of 1986 to require the Secretary to enhance public participation in the development of each project feasibility study under that Act, including the use of a stakeholder advisory group.

(Sec. 223) Directs the Secretary to conduct a monitoring program of the economic and environmental results of up to five eligible projects selected by the Secretary. Limits the monitoring term to 12 years. Requires reports.

(Sec. 224) Amends the WRDA of 1986 to direct the Secretary to design mitigation projects to reflect contemporary understanding of the science of such mitigation. Requires a report.

(Sec. 226) Limits the administrative costs associated with the conveyance of property by the Secretary to a non-Federal governmental or nonprofit entity.

(Sec. 227) Amends the WRDA of 1999 to add sites in Iowa, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas to authorized flood mitigation and riverine restoration projects.

Title III: Project-Related Provisions - Modifies the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway wildlife mitigation project, Alabama and Mississippi, to authorize the Secretary to remove the wildlife mitigation purpose designation from up to 3,000 acres of such project's land, and to take related actions.

(Sec. 302) Modifies the project for flood control, Nogales Wash and tributaries, Nogales, Arizona, to provide a 100 percent Federal share of the costs associated with addressing certain flood control problems arising from floodwater flows originating in Mexico.

(Sec. 303) Credits toward the non-Federal share the costs of certain planning and engineering investigations associated with reservoir improvements in the vicinity of Boydsville, Arkansas.

(Sec. 304) Modifies the project for flood control and power generation, White River Basin, Arkansas and Missouri, to authorize the Secretary to provide minimum flows necessary to sustain tail water trout fisheries. Requires a report.

(Sec. 305) Modifies the project for navigation, Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel, California, to authorize the Secretary to credit toward the non-Federal cost share the value of dredged material that is purchased by public agencies or nonprofit entities for environmental restoration or other beneficial uses (with a condition).

(Sec. 306) Modifies the project for: (1) navigation on the Delaware River, Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, to provide for the crediting of the non-Federal share of the costs of additional capacity at dredged material disposal areas; (2) storm damage reduction and shoreline protection, Rehoboth and Dewey Beach, Delaware, to revise the project's cost; (3) navigation, Fernandina Harbor, Florida, to authorize the Secretary to realign the access channel; (4) shore protection, Gasparilla and Estero Island, Florida, to authorize the Secretary to enter into an agreement with a non-Federal interest to carry out such project; (5) flood protection, East St. Louis and vicinity, Illinois, to include ecosystem restoration as a project purpose; (6) navigation, Kaskaskia River, Illinois, to include recreation as a project purpose; and (7) navigation, Waukegan Harbor, Illinois, to extend such project's upstream limit.

(Sec. 313) Authorizes the Secretary to credit toward the non-Federal cost share a required feasibility study of improvements to the Upper Des Plaines River and tributaries, Illinois and Wisconsin.

(Sec. 314) Directs the Secretary to initiate construction of an authorized flood control project in Cumberland, Kentucky, to prevent future losses from any flood equal in magnitude to the one experienced there in April 1977.

(Sec. 315) Directs the Secretary to construct a visitors center and other recreational features at the flood control project, Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System, Louisiana.

(Sec. 316) Modifies the project for: (1) mitigation of fish and wildlife losses, Red River Waterway, Louisiana, to authorize the purchase of additional mitigation lands; (2) navigation, Georges River, Maine, to redesignate a specified project portion; and (3) the beneficial use of dredged material at Poplar Island, Maryland, to provide certain crediting of non- Federal shares of such project's cost.

(Sec. 319) Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide design and construction assistance for recreational facilities at William Jennings Randolph Lake, Maryland and West Virginia; and (2) complete the project for flood damage reduction, Breckenridge, Minnesota, at a specified cost.

(Sec. 321) Modifies the project for: (1) navigation, Duluth Harbor, Minnesota, to include the relocation of Scenic Highway 61; and (2) clearing, snagging, and sediment removal, East Bank of the Mississippi River, Little Falls, Minnesota, to direct the Secretary to construct the project substantially in accordance with specified plans.

(Sec. 323) Authorizes the project for navigation, New Madrid County Harbor, Missouri, as described in a specified feasibility report.

(Sec. 324) Authorizes the Secretary to credit certain integral construction work toward the non-Federal cost share of the project for navigation, Pemiscot County Harbor, Missouri.

(Sec. 325) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a project at Fort Peck Lake, Montana, for the design and construction of a fish hatchery and associated facilities necessary to sustain a multispecies fishery. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 326) Directs the Secretary to carry out maintenance dredging of the Sagamore Creek Channel, New Hampshire.

(Sec. 327) Modifies the project for flood control, Passaic River, New Jersey and New York, to direct the Secretary to give priority to nonstructural approaches to flood control as alternatives to construction of the Passaic River tunnel element, while maintaining the integrity of other project elements. Directs the Secretary to: (1) undertake certain project reviews; and (2) establish the Passaic River Flood Management Task Force (requiring an annual report from the Task Force).

(Sec. 328) Modifies the project for: (1) environmental quality, Times Beach Nature Preserve, Buffalo, New York, to include recreation as a project purpose; and (2) shoreline protection, Rockaway Inlet to Norton Point, New York, to authorize the Secretary to construct T-groins to improve sand retention.

(Sec. 330) Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of the Garrison Dam, North Dakota, feature of the project for flood control, Missouri River Basin, to determine if the damage to a certain water transmission line is the result of a design deficiency and, if so, to correct the deficiency.

(Sec. 331) Modifies the project for flood control, Duck Creek, Ohio, to authorize the Secretary to carry out the project at a revised cost.

(Sec. 332) Extinguishes certain reversionary interests and use restrictions contained in deeds affecting the John Day Pool area, Oregon and Washington.

(Sec. 333) Amends the WRDA of 1999 to provide a crediting toward the non-Federal cost share of the Fox Point hurricane barrier in Providence, Rhode Island.

(Sec. 334) Modifies the project for: (1) flood control, Nonconnah Creek, Tennessee and Mississippi, to authorize the Secretary to extend a certain protected area and hiking and biking trails; (2) flood control, San Antonio channel, Texas, to include environmental restoration and recreation as project purposes; and (3) flood control, Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River, Virginia, to direct the Secretary to determine the ability of specified Virginia counties to pay the non-Federal share of certain project costs.

(Sec. 337) Authorizes the Secretary, at the request of a local water authority, to reallocate water supply storage space in the John Flannagan Reservoir, Virginia, to yield specified water withdrawals.

(Sec. 338) Modifies the project for: (1) beach erosion control and hurricane protection, Sandbridge Beach, Virginia, to direct the Secretary to provide 50 years of periodic nourishment; (2) sediment control, Mount St. Helens, Washington, to authorize the Secretary to maintain specified flood protection levels; and (3) flood damage reduction, Lower Mud River, Milton, West Virginia, to direct the Secretary to carry out the project.

(Sec. 342) Amends the WRDA of 1986 to increase the funding for Chesapeake Bay oyster restoration in Maryland and Virginia, specifying the uses for such additional funds.

(Sec. 343) Requires specified adjustment in the dredging of the Great Lakes and certain adjoining areas, including a portion of the St. Lawrence River.

(Sec. 344) Amends the WRDA of 1990 to increase and extend through FY 2005 the authorization of appropriations for Great Lakes remedial action plans and sediment remediation.

(Sec. 345) Directs the Secretary to carry out a demonstration program to use innovative treatment technologies for the treatment of dredged material from Long Island Sound. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 346) Declares specified portions of Erie County, New York, to be nonnavigable waters of the United States, unless the Secretary finds that proposed projects there are not in the public interest.

(Sec. 347) Deauthorizes specified navigation projects at: (1) Black Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers, Jackson, Alabama; (2) Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel, California; (3) Bay Island Channel, Illinois; (4) Warsaw Boat Harbor, Illinois; (5) Kennebunk River, Maine; (6) Rockport Harbor, Massachusetts (with a project modification); (7) Scituate Harbor, Massachusetts; (8) Duluth- Superior Harbor, Minnesota and Wisconsin; (9) Tremley Point, New Jersey; (10) Angola, New York; (11) Wallabout Channel, New York; (12) New York and New Jersey Channels; and (13) Warwick Cove, Rhode Island.

(Sec. 348) Directs the Secretary to convey to: (1) Thompson, Connecticut, specified lands for firefighting and related emergency services; (2) the Lucy Webb Hayes National Training School for Deaconesses and Missionaries Conducting Sibley Memorial Hospital, specified lands for medical care and parking; (3) the Joliet Park District, Illinois, specified lands for public ownership and use as a headquarters; (4) the Young Men's Christian Association of Ottawa, Illinois, the easements acquired for improvement of the Illinois Waterway; (5) S.S.S., Inc., specified lands in Pike County, Missouri; (6) the Iconium Fire Protection District, Missouri, specified lands for a fire station site; (7) the township of Manor, Pennsylvania, specified lands for public park, recreation, and other public purposes; and (8) South Carolina specified lands for fish and wildlife mitigation.

Authorizes the Secretary to convey to: (1) St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, specified lands in Bayou Teche, Louisiana; (2) the Ontonagon County Historical Society, Michigan, a lighthouse and underlying lands; and (3) North Augusta and Aiken County, South Carolina, the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam (after undertaking certain repairs).

(Sec. 349) Authorizes projects on the Narraguagus River, Maine, and Cedar Bayou, Texas, to be carried out by the Secretary, but prohibits construction therein until the Secretary determines that the project is technically sound, environmentally acceptable, and economically justified.

Redesignates as anchorage a specified portion of the Narraguagus River.

(Sec. 350) Continues project authorizations for: (1) flood control, Sacramento River, California; and (2) flood protection on a portion of such River.

(Sec. 351) Amends the WRDA of 1992 to include St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, within authorized projects to address water quality problems associated with storm water runoffs.

Title IV: Studies - Authorizes or directs the Secretary to conduct studies with respect to specified projects in Florida, Illinois, Oregon, the Lower Mississippi River, the Upper Mississippi River, the Ohio River, Alabama, the Arkansas River, California, the Delaware River, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine and New Hampshire, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.

Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the WRDA of 1986 to direct the Secretary to construct an environmental education and research facility at Otsego Lake, New York. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 502) Amends the WRDA of 1996 to: (1) add specified sites for authorized water quality restoration projects; and (2) authorize appropriations for such projects.

(Sec. 503) Makes certain competitive bid requirements inapplicable to any contract, agreement, or grant entered into between the Secretary and Marshall University or Juniata College in support of the Army civil works program.

(Sec. 504) Amends the WRDA of 1986 to: (1) direct the Secretary to encourage the Great Lakes States to develop and implement a mechanism that provides a common conservation standard with respect to the withdrawal and use of Great Lakes water; (2) require approval of the Great Lakes Board of Governors prior to the export of Great Lakes water; and (3) express the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State should work with the Canadian Government to develop a standard under (1), above.

(Sec. 505) Amends the WRDA of 1996 to: (1) require a report concerning the Great Lakes tributary model; and (2) authorize appropriations through 2006 for such model.

(Sec. 506) Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a plan for Corps activities that support the management of Great Lakes fisheries; (2) plan, design, and construct projects to support the restoration of the fishery, ecosystem, and beneficial uses of the Great Lakes; and (3) enter into a cooperative agreement with the Great Lakes Fishery Commission or any other agency established to facilitate active State participation in Great Lakes management. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 507) Directs the Secretary to assess the condition of water resources and related ecosystems in New England to identify problems and needs for restoring, preserving, and protecting New England water resources, ecosystems, wildlife, and fisheries. Requires a report. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 508) Amends the WRDA of 1992 to redefine areas authorized for the construction of: (1) a visitors center at Fort Smith, Arkansas; and (2) an interpretive site in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

(Sec. 509) Authorizes the Secretary to participate with appropriate Federal and State agencies in the planning and management associated with the CALFED Bay- Delta Program, an ecosystem restoration program for the San Joaquin and Sacramento River basins, California. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 510) Directs the Secretary to carry out: (1) necessary repairs of the Lowell Creek Tunnel, Seward, Alaska; (2) a flood damage reduction project at the Contra Coastal Canal, California; (3) a flood damage reduction project in Huntington Beach, California; and (4) a flood damage reduction project at Mallard Slough, Pittsburg, California.

(Sec. 511) Limits to wetlands restoration and project creation elements the use of funds made available to the Secretary for Clear Lakes Basin, California, under the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2000.

(Sec. 515) Directs the Secretary to reimburse the non-Federal interest for certain costs under the project for navigation, Port Everglades Harbor, Florida.

(Sec. 516) Directs the Secretary to establish, and provide public notice of, a program to: (1) convey to eligible property owners the right to maintain existing habitation structures on land acquired by the United States for the Lake Sidney Lanier, Georgia, project; or (2) release such owners from a related easement prohibition as it applies to existing structures.

(Sec. 517) Authorizes the Secretary to provide the non-Federal interest for certain environmental quality improvements at Ballard's Island, Illinois, if the Secretary determines that such work is integral to the project.

(Sec. 518) Amends the WRDA of 1986 to extend permanently (currently ends after FY 2003) the authorization of appropriations for the project for Lake Michigan diversion, Illinois.

(Sec. 519) Directs the Secretary to develop a proposed comprehensive plan for restoring, preserving, and protecting the Illinois River basin using new technologies and innovative approaches. Requires a report. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to integrate and coordinate such projects with specified ongoing Federal and State programs, projects, and activities. Provides a non-Federal cost share of 35 percent.

(Sec. 520) Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide, if the work is determined integral, the non-Federal costs for certain aquatic ecosystem restoration at Koontz Lake, Indiana; (2) investigate the contamination of the well system in West View Shores, Maryland; and (3) carry out the project for flood damage reduction and environmental restoration at Muddy River, Brookline and Boston, Massachusetts.

(Sec. 523) Prohibits the Secretary from requiring a cargo vessel equipped with bow thrusters and friction winches traversing the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, to provide more than two crew members to serve as line handlers on the pier of a lock there (with exceptions).

(Sec. 524) Directs the Secretary to establish an inventory of dams constructed in Minnesota by the Works Progress Administration, the Works Projects Administration, and the Civilian Conservation Corps, and to assess their condition and need for rehabilitation. Requires a report. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 525) Designates a specified portion of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Minnesota, as the Bruce F. Vento Unit of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

(Sec. 526) Amends the WRDA of 1996 to: (1) add certain technologies to those being considered for the decontamination and disposal of dredged material at the Port of Duluth, Minnesota; and (1) increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for such purpose.

(Sec. 527) Directs the Secretary to design and construct the project for environmental restoration and recreation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, substantially in accordance with specified plans. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 528) Directs the Secretary to participate in restoration projects for critical coastal wetlands and coastal barrier islands in Mississippi. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 529) Directs the Secretary to participate in the implementation of the project at Las Vegas Wash and Lake Mead in accordance with a specified plan. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 530) Directs the Secretary to develop and implement a research program to evaluate opportunities to manage peak flood flows in urbanized New Jersey watersheds. Requires a report. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 531) Requires the Secretary to provide technical assistance to Yonkers, New York, relating to the dredging of the Nepperhan River outlet.

(Sec. 532) Directs the Secretary to conduct a study, develop a strategy, and implement a project to reduce flood damages and create wildlife habitat in the Upper Mohawk River Basin, New York.

(Sec. 533) Directs the Secretary to carry out certain flood damage reduction projects in eastern North Carolina and Ohio. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 534) Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance to non-Federal interests to evaluate the structural integrity of the bulkhead system along the Cuyahoga River in the vicinity of Cleveland, Ohio.

(Sec. 535) Directs the Secretary to enter into a long-term lease with the city of Crowder, Oklahoma, under which the city may develop, operate, and maintain as a public park all or a portion of Crowder Point on Lake Eufaula, Oklahoma.

(Sec. 536) Directs the Secretary to conduct studies and ecosystem restoration projects for the Lower Columbia River and Tillamook Bay estuaries, Oregon and Washington. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 537) Authorizes the State of Pennsylvania to transfer certain unobligated funds for access improvements at the Raystown Lake project, Pennsylvania.

(Sec. 538) Amends the WRDA of 1996 to: (1) increase the amount authorized for a water quality improvement project on the Susquehanna River; and (2) direct (currently, authorizes) the Secretary to enter into certain cooperative agreements to effectuate such projects.

(Sec. 539) Directs the Secretary to develop a plan for Corps activities to support ecosystem restoration of the Charleston Harbor estuary, South Carolina. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 540) Amends the WRDA of 1999 relating to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, and South Dakota terrestrial wildlife habitat restoration program to: (1) fund such program through funds made available under the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program and through grants to such tribes and South Dakota; (2) require consultation with such tribes in expending amounts from trust funds established for such program; (3) require the Secretary to lease to South Dakota in perpetuity certain recreation areas within the boundaries of the program; (4) require the Secretary to clean up each open dump and hazardous waste site identified on program lands and recreation areas; (5) require such tribes and South Dakota to establish the Cultural Resources Advisory Commission to advise with respect to cultural resources on such lands and recreation areas; (6) require the Secretary to inventory and stabilize each Commission-identified cultural and historic site; (7) direct the Secretary to complete a study, and take appropriate remedial action, with respect to sediment contamination in the Cheyenne River (authorizing appropriations for such purpose); and (8) provide additional authorizations of appropriations for activities added under this section, with specified allocations among such tribes and South Dakota.

(Sec. 541) Directs the Secretary to prepare a limited reevaluation report with respect to the project for flood control, Horn Lake Creek and tributaries, Tennessee and Mississippi.

(Sec. 542) Authorizes the Secretary to participate in critical restoration projects in the Lake Champlain watershed, Vermont and New York. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 543) Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study evaluating the structural integrity and need for modification or removal of each of ten specified dams in Vermont; and (2) provide certain assistance to the non-Federal interests for each such dam. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 544) Authorizes the Secretary to participate in critical restoration projects in the area of Puget Sound, Washington, and adjacent waters. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 545) Directs the Secretary to conduct a feasibility study of providing coastal erosion protection for the tribal reservation of the Shoalwater Bay Tribe on Willapa Bay, Washington.

(Sec. 546) Authorizes the city of Aberdeen, Washington, to transfer to Tacoma, Washington, certain lands transferred to such city under the WRDA of 1990.

(Sec. 547) Modifies the project for flood control, Bluestone Lake, Ohio River basin, West Virginia, to authorize construction of hydroelectric generation facilities by the Tri-Cities Power Authority of West Virginia.

(Sec. 548) Amends the WRDA of 1988 to direct the Secretary to ensure the preservation of the Jenkins House within the Lesage/Greenbottom Swamp, West Virginia.

(Sec. 549) Authorizes the Secretary to provide planning and design assistance to non-Federal projects located along the Tug Fork River, West Virginia, and identified in a specified master plan.

(Sec. 550) Amends the WRDA of 1982 to include environmental restoration within authorized activities under a pilot program for providing certain assistance to non-Federal interests in southern West Virginia.

(Sec. 551) Directs the Secretary to treat as continuing construction the Surfside/Sunset Newport Beach element of the project for beach erosion, Orange County, California.

(Sec. 552) Amends the WRDA of 1996 to: (1) add specified sites to a watershed management, restoration, and development program; and (2) add two sites to a navigation channel maintenance program.

(Sec. 554) Directs the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for providing NOAA with data on the results of any navigation channel hydrographic survey conducted by the Corps.

(Sec. 555) Increases the authorization of appropriations for identifying and acquiring additional lands adjacent to the Bonneville Pool to provide access and fishing facilities for specified Indian tribes.

(Sec. 556) Directs the Tennessee Valley Authority to release a specified use restriction with respect to lands in Decatur, Alabama, previously conveyed to the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation.

Title VI: Comprehensive Everglades Restoration - Approves the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, as contained in a specified report dated April 1, 1999, as a framework for modifications and operational changes to the Central and Southern Florida Project that are needed to restore, preserve, and protect the South Florida ecosystem while providing for other water-related needs of the region, including water supply and flood protection. Directs the Secretary to integrate such Project with ongoing Federal and State projects and activities under the WRDA of 1996. Authorizes certain pilot projects to be implemented as part of such Project. Authorizes the implementation of other projects after review and approval by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to implement Project modifications that are described in the Plan and will produce a substantial benefit to the restoration, preservation, and protection of the South Florida ecosystem. Requires Project implementation reports. Provides funding. Requires any project in the Plan to be specifically authorized by Congress. Directs the Secretary to monitor non-Federal contributions to ensure that non-Federal interests provide 50 percent of the cost of each project. Excludes specified Plan components from implementation. Approves with limitations the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge and the Southern Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem.

Prohibits any appropriation from being made for a Plan project until the President and the Governor of Florida enter into a binding agreement to ensure that water made available under the Plan is not otherwise used until sufficient reservations of water for the restoration of the natural system exist. Provides for enforcement of such requirement.

Requires the Secretary and the non-Federal sponsor to develop project implementation reports.

Prohibits Plan implementation from reducing current flood protection levels.

Directs the Secretary and Governor to develop an agreement for resolving disputes associated with Plan implementation.

Requires the Secretary, Secretary of the Interior, and Governor to establish an independent scientific review panel to review the Plan's progress toward achieving its natural system restoration goals. Requires Plan and project reports.

Requires the Secretary to report to Congress a determination as to whether the ongoing Biscayne Aquifer Storage and Recovery Program in Dade County, Florida, has a substantial benefit to the restoration, preservation, and protection of the South Florida ecosystem.

(Sec. 602) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) development at the site of the former Homestead Air Force Base could potentially cause significant air, water, and noise pollution and result in the degradation of adjacent national parks; (2) Federal agencies charged with determining the reuse of such site should carefully consider the environmental impacts of reuse options; (3) the redevelopment of such site should be consistent with South Florida ecosystem restoration goals; (4) the Secretary of the Air Force should take certain action so that reuse can proceed expeditiously; (5) following conveyance of surplus property, the Secretary should reuse such property in a manner consistent with the goals of the Plan; and (6) the Secretary should report to the appropriate congressional committees on actions taken.

Title VII: Missouri River Restoration, North Dakota - Missouri River Protection and Improvement Act of 2000 - Establishes the: (1) North Dakota Missouri River Trust committee; and (2) Missouri River Task Force. Requires the Task Force to: (1) prepare and vote on approval of a plan for the use of funds for conservation practices, the control and removal of sediment, and related protection measures for the Missouri River; and (2) review and recommend to the Secretary projects for meeting plan goals and projects critical to plan implementation. Requires the plan to be made available for public review and comment prior to implementation. Directs the Secretary, after plan approval, to identify critical plan restoration projects. Requires the Secretary to ensure that not less than 30 percent of critical project funds are used exclusively for projects that are either within the boundary of an Indian reservation or administered by an Indian tribe.

(Sec. 707) Authorizes appropriations.

Title VIII: Wildlife Refuge Enhancement - Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Enhancement Act of 2000 - Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior to prohibit the issuance of new cabin site leases within the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, Montana, except as necessary to consolidate with, or substitute for, existing cabin site leases. Requires the Secretary to determine cabin sites that are not suitable for conveyance to a lessee for any reason that adversely impacts the future habitability of the cabin sites, and to offer to such lessees the opportunity to acquire a comparable cabin within the same area. Prohibits the conveyance of cabin sites determined to be unsuitable.

(Sec. 805) Allows lessees that do not offer to lease a comparable site or who decline such an offer to continue to lease their current site for the remainder of such lease through 2010. Requires the Secretary to submit a report to Congress that: (1) describes progress made in implementing this title; and (2) identifies cabin owners that have declined the offer to acquire a comparable site.

(Sec. 806) Authorizes the Secretary to offer for sale cabin sites that are not conveyed and have not been determined to be unsuitable for habitation.

(Sec. 807) Requires proceeds from sold cabin sites to be used to acquire from willing sellers other property within or adjacent to the Refuge that would be suitable to: (1) achieve Refuge wildlife conservation purposes; (2) protect local fish and wildlife habitat; (3) enhance public opportunities for Refuge hunting, fishing, and other wildlife- dependent activities; (4) improve Refuge management; or (5) reduce Federal expenditures associated with administration of the cabin site leases.

(Sec. 810) Authorizes appropriations.

Title IX: Missouri River Restoration, South Dakota - Missouri River Restoration Act of 2000 - Establishes the: (1) Missouri River Trust committee; and (2) Missouri River Task Force. Requires the Task Force to: (1) prepare and vote on approval of a plan for the use of funds for conservation practices along the Missouri River watershed, including sediment control and removal, protection of Indian, historical and cultural sites, and erosion control; and (2) review and recommend to the Secretary projects critical to plan implementation. Requires the plan to be made available for public review and comment prior to implementation. Directs the Secretary, after plan approval, to identify critical plan restoration projects. Requires the Secretary to ensure that not less than 30 percent of critical project funds are used exclusively for projects that are either within the boundary of an Indian reservation or administered by an Indian tribe.

(Sec. 907) Authorizes appropriations.

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    Became Public Law No: 106-541.

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    Became Public Law No: 106-541.

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    Signed by President.

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    Signed by President.

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    Presented to President.

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    Presented to President.

  7. ResolvingDifferencesH42510

    On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 312 - 2 (Roll no. 594).

  8. ResolvingDifferencesH42831

    Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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    Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 312 - 2 (Roll no. 594).

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    The previous question was ordered without objection.

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    DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report.

  12. ResolvingDifferencesH40200

    Mr. Shuster brought up conference report H. Rept. 106-1020 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 665. (consideration: CR H11821-11832)

  13. FloorH1L220

    Rule H. Res. 665 passed House.

  14. FloorH1L210

    Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 665 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to S. 2796 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Waives points of order against the conference report and against its consideration. The conference report shall be considered as read.

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    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  16. ResolvingDifferencesH25200

    Conference report H. Rept. 106-1020 filed. (text of conference report: CR H11624-11668)

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    Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 106-1020 filed.(text of conference report: CR H11624-11668)

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    Senate agreed to conference report by Unanimous Consent.

  19. ResolvingDifferences23000

    Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Unanimous Consent.

  20. ResolvingDifferences

    Conference report considered in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11405-11409)

  21. ResolvingDifferences

    Conference papers: Senate report and manager's statement and official papers held at the desk in Senate.

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    Conferees agreed to file conference report.

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    Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.

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    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

  25. ResolvingDifferences

    Senate agreed to request for conference. Appointed conferees. Smith, of NH, Warner, Voinovich, Baucus and Graham.

  26. Floor

    Senate disagreed to the amendment of the House by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10852-10881; text as Senate disagreed to House amendment: CR H10852-10881)

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    Resolving differences -- Senate actions: Senate disagreed to the amendment of the House by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S10852-10881; text as Senate disagreed to House amendment: CR H10852-10881)

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    Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill and House requests a conference.

  29. ResolvingDifferencesH41800

    The Speaker appointed conferees: Shuster, Young (AK), Boehlert, Shaw, Oberstar, Borski, and Menendez.

  30. ResolvingDifferencesH41931

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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    On motion that the House instruct conferees Agreed to by voice vote. (consideration: CR H10365)

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    DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the motion to instruct conferees. The instructions contained in the motion require the managers on the part of the House to insist on the provisions of Section 586 of the House amendment.

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    Mr. Oberstar moved that the House instruct conferees.

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    On motion that the House insist upon its amendment, and request a conference Agreed to without objection. (consideration: CR H10365)

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    Mr. Shuster asked unanimous consent that the House insist upon its amendment, and request a conference.

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    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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    On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 394 - 14 (Roll no. 534).

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    Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 394 - 14 (Roll no. 534).

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    Pursuant to the motion to commit, Mr. Shuster reported the bill back from the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure with an amendment as specified.

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    On motion to commit with instructions Agreed to by voice vote.

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    Mr. Rahall moved to commit the bill to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure with instructions to report it back forthwith with amendments that strike sections 330 and 436 and make technical changes.

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    Mr. Rahall moved to commit with instructions to Transportation. (consideration: CR H10364; text: CR H10364)

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    The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

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    DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on S. 2796.

  45. FloorH8D000

    Rule provides for consideration of S. 2796 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. It shall be in order to consider the bill S. 2796 in the House. The amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in the Congressional Record and numbered 2 shall be considered as adopted. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments.

  46. FloorH30000

    Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 639. (consideration: CR H10292-10365)

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    Rule H. Res. 639 passed House.

  48. FloorH1L210

    Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 639 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of S. 2796 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. It shall be in order to consider the bill S. 2796 in the House. The amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in the Congressional Record and numbered 2 shall be considered as adopted. Measure will be considered read. Bill is closed to amendments. (text: CR 10/19/2000 H10292-10321)

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    Held at the desk.

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    Received in the House.

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    Message on Senate action sent to the House.

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    Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 85 - 1. Record Vote Number: 255. (text: CR S9152-9181)

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    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 85 - 1. Record Vote Number: 255.(text: CR S9152-9181)

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    Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S9142-9181)

  55. Floor

    The committee substitute as amended agreed to by Unanimous Consent.

  56. Floor

    Measure laid before Senate. (consideration: CR S8885-8907, S8916-8929; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR S8885-8901)

  57. Calendars

    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 729.

  58. Committee

    Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Smith, of NH with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 106-362.

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    Committee on Environment and Public Works. Reported by Senator Smith, of NH with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 106-362.

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  60. Committee

    Committee on Environment and Public Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. (As approved by the committee, the bill incorporates the text of S.2797).

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  61. IntroReferral

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5888-5900)

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    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5887-5888)

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    Introduced in Senate

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Water Resources Development Act of 2000 - Title I: Water Resources Projects - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army (Secretary) to carry out: (1) projects for water resources development, conservation, and related purposes at the Barnegat Inlet to Little Egg Inlet, New Jersey, and the Port of New York and New Jersey; and (2) specified water resources projects (subject to the completion of a favorable final report of the Army Chief of Engineers by December 31, 2000) in Alaska, Arizona, California, the Delaware coast, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana and Kentucky, Kentucky and Ohio, the Ohio River in Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, Louisiana to the Gulf of Mexico, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee, Washington, and Wyoming.

(Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of, and authorizes the Secretary, if the Secretary determines that a project is feasible, to carry out projects for: (1) emergency streambank protection in Indiana and Louisiana; (2) navigation in Alaska, Florida, Louisiana, Minnesota, New York, and Wisconsin; (3) aquatic ecosystem restoration in Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oregon, and Pennsylvania; (4) shoreline protection in Louisiana and New York; (5) snagging and sediment removal in Illinois and Louisiana; and (6) mitigation of shore damage at Puget Island, Washington.

(Sec. 110) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out certain projects in Louisiana, Minnesota, and Ohio for the beneficial uses of dredged material.

(Sec. 111) Amends the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 1999 to authorize the Secretary to design and construct a shore protection project at Fort Canby State Park, Washington.

(Sec. 112) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out the Petaluma River flood protection project in Petaluma, California.

Title II: General Provisions - Amends the WRDA of 1986 to authorize the Secretary to assess the water resources needs of watersheds (currently only river basins and regions) of the United States. Requires cooperation with the heads of specified Federal agencies, and consultation with Federal, tribal, State, interstate, and local governmental entities, as part of such assessment. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 203) Authorizes the Secretary to study the feasibility of carrying out water resources development projects that: (1) will substantially benefit Indian tribes; and (2) are located primarily within Indian country or in proximity to Alaska Native villages. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 204) Amends the WRDA of 1986 to require cost-sharing agreements for environmental protection and restoration, navigation, storm damage or hurricane protection, shoreline erosion, or recreation projects under such Act (currently, only for flood control or agricultural water supply) to be subject to the non-Federal interest's ability to pay.

(Sec. 205) Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) carry out a program to reduce vandalism and destruction of property at water resources development projects, including awards to those providing information; and (2) participate in the National Recreation Reservation Service and pay the Army's share of activities required to maintain such Service.

(Sec. 207) Amends the WRDA of 1996 to adjust and extend permanently the authorization of appropriations for interagency and international support to address problems of national significance to the United States.

(Sec. 208) Authorizes the Secretary to identify and set aside areas at Army civil works projects for the reburial of certain Native American remains discovered on project lands.

(Sec. 209) Amends the WRDA of 1986 to require certain guidelines developed therein to address measures undertaken by non- Federal interests to preserve a project's flood protection level.

(Sec. 210) Amends various WRDA Acts to allow a non-Federal sponsor to include a nonprofit entity, with the consent of the affected local government, in projects for environmental dredging, the lakes program, and environmental improvement.

(Sec. 211) Authorizes the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to provide specialized or technical services to a Federal agency (other than an agency of the Department of Defense) only if the chief executive of the requesting entity submits to the Secretary: (1) a request describing the scope of such services and an agreement to reimburse the Corps for their costs; and (2) a certification that such services are not reasonably and quickly available through ordinary business channels. Requires a report identifying such requests.

(Sec. 213) Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with non- Federal public and nonprofit entities for services relating to natural resources conservation or recreation management.

(Sec. 214) Authorizes the Secretary, in FY 2001 through 2003, to accept and expend funds contributed by non-Federal public entities to expedite the evaluation of permits under the Army's jurisdiction. Requires impartiality in permit decisionmaking.

(Sec. 215) Directs the Secretary to establish a program to allow the direct marketing of dredged materials to public agencies and private entities. Requires annual reports. Authorizes appropriations. Requires a related pilot program, with a report and an authorization of appropriations.

(Sec, 216) Directs the Secretary to contract with the National Academy of Sciences to study, and make recommendations relating to, the independent peer review of water resources project feasibility reports, including a review of methods for project analysis. Requires reports. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 217) Amends the: (1) WRDA of 1990 to extend through FY 2005 the authorization of appropriations for the rehabilitation of Federal flood control levees; and (2) Flood Control Act of 1948 to increase from $40,000 to $50,000 the maximum expenditure for small flood control projects.

(Sec. 219) Provides a conflict-of- interest requirement with respect to the employment of engineering and consulting services under a water resources project.

(Sec. 220) Requires the Secretary to develop and implement procedures to ensure that all the benefits of a beach restoration project are displayed in that project's reports.

(Sec. 221) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a pilot program to test the design-build method of project delivery on various authorized Corps civil works projects. Requires a report.

(Sec. 222) Amends the WRDA of 1986 to require the Secretary to enhance public participation in the development of each project feasibility study under that Act, including the use of a stakeholder advisory group.

(Sec. 223) Directs the Secretary to conduct a monitoring program of the economic and environmental results of up to five eligible projects selected by the Secretary. Limits the monitoring term to 12 years. Requires reports.

(Sec. 224) Amends the WRDA of 1986 to direct the Secretary to design mitigation projects to reflect contemporary understanding of the science of such mitigation. Requires a report.

(Sec. 226) Limits the administrative costs associated with the conveyance of property by the Secretary to a non-Federal governmental or nonprofit entity.

(Sec. 227) Amends the WRDA of 1999 to add sites in Iowa, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas to authorized flood mitigation and riverine restoration projects.

Title III: Project-Related Provisions - Modifies the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway wildlife mitigation project, Alabama and Mississippi, to authorize the Secretary to remove the wildlife mitigation purpose designation from up to 3,000 acres of such project's land, and to take related actions.

(Sec. 302) Modifies the project for flood control, Nogales Wash and tributaries, Nogales, Arizona, to provide a 100 percent Federal share of the costs associated with addressing certain flood control problems arising from floodwater flows originating in Mexico.

(Sec. 303) Credits toward the non-Federal share the costs of certain planning and engineering investigations associated with reservoir improvements in the vicinity of Boydsville, Arkansas.

(Sec. 304) Modifies the project for flood control and power generation, White River Basin, Arkansas and Missouri, to authorize the Secretary to provide minimum flows necessary to sustain tail water trout fisheries. Requires a report.

(Sec. 305) Modifies the project for navigation, Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel, California, to authorize the Secretary to credit toward the non-Federal cost share the value of dredged material that is purchased by public agencies or nonprofit entities for environmental restoration or other beneficial uses (with a condition).

(Sec. 306) Modifies the project for: (1) navigation on the Delaware River, Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, to provide for the crediting of the non-Federal share of the costs of additional capacity at dredged material disposal areas; (2) storm damage reduction and shoreline protection, Rehoboth and Dewey Beach, Delaware, to revise the project's cost; (3) navigation, Fernandina Harbor, Florida, to authorize the Secretary to realign the access channel; (4) shore protection, Gasparilla and Estero Island, Florida, to authorize the Secretary to enter into an agreement with a non-Federal interest to carry out such project; (5) flood protection, East St. Louis and vicinity, Illinois, to include ecosystem restoration as a project purpose; (6) navigation, Kaskaskia River, Illinois, to include recreation as a project purpose; and (7) navigation, Waukegan Harbor, Illinois, to extend such project's upstream limit.

(Sec. 313) Authorizes the Secretary to credit toward the non-Federal cost share a required feasibility study of improvements to the Upper Des Plaines River and tributaries, Illinois and Wisconsin.

(Sec. 314) Directs the Secretary to initiate construction of an authorized flood control project in Cumberland, Kentucky, to prevent future losses from any flood equal in magnitude to the one experienced there in April 1977.

(Sec. 315) Directs the Secretary to construct a visitors center and other recreational features at the flood control project, Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System, Louisiana.

(Sec. 316) Modifies the project for: (1) mitigation of fish and wildlife losses, Red River Waterway, Louisiana, to authorize the purchase of additional mitigation lands; (2) navigation, Georges River, Maine, to redesignate a specified project portion; and (3) the beneficial use of dredged material at Poplar Island, Maryland, to provide certain crediting of non- Federal shares of such project's cost.

(Sec. 319) Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide design and construction assistance for recreational facilities at William Jennings Randolph Lake, Maryland and West Virginia; and (2) complete the project for flood damage reduction, Breckenridge, Minnesota, at a specified cost.

(Sec. 321) Modifies the project for: (1) navigation, Duluth Harbor, Minnesota, to include the relocation of Scenic Highway 61; and (2) clearing, snagging, and sediment removal, East Bank of the Mississippi River, Little Falls, Minnesota, to direct the Secretary to construct the project substantially in accordance with specified plans.

(Sec. 323) Authorizes the project for navigation, New Madrid County Harbor, Missouri, as described in a specified feasibility report.

(Sec. 324) Authorizes the Secretary to credit certain integral construction work toward the non-Federal cost share of the project for navigation, Pemiscot County Harbor, Missouri.

(Sec. 325) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a project at Fort Peck Lake, Montana, for the design and construction of a fish hatchery and associated facilities necessary to sustain a multispecies fishery. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 326) Directs the Secretary to carry out maintenance dredging of the Sagamore Creek Channel, New Hampshire.

(Sec. 327) Modifies the project for flood control, Passaic River, New Jersey and New York, to direct the Secretary to give priority to nonstructural approaches to flood control as alternatives to construction of the Passaic River tunnel element, while maintaining the integrity of other project elements. Directs the Secretary to: (1) undertake certain project reviews; and (2) establish the Passaic River Flood Management Task Force (requiring an annual report from the Task Force).

(Sec. 328) Modifies the project for: (1) environmental quality, Times Beach Nature Preserve, Buffalo, New York, to include recreation as a project purpose; and (2) shoreline protection, Rockaway Inlet to Norton Point, New York, to authorize the Secretary to construct T-groins to improve sand retention.

(Sec. 330) Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of the Garrison Dam, North Dakota, feature of the project for flood control, Missouri River Basin, to determine if the damage to a certain water transmission line is the result of a design deficiency and, if so, to correct the deficiency.

(Sec. 331) Modifies the project for flood control, Duck Creek, Ohio, to authorize the Secretary to carry out the project at a revised cost.

(Sec. 332) Extinguishes certain reversionary interests and use restrictions contained in deeds affecting the John Day Pool area, Oregon and Washington.

(Sec. 333) Amends the WRDA of 1999 to provide a crediting toward the non-Federal cost share of the Fox Point hurricane barrier in Providence, Rhode Island.

(Sec. 334) Modifies the project for: (1) flood control, Nonconnah Creek, Tennessee and Mississippi, to authorize the Secretary to extend a certain protected area and hiking and biking trails; (2) flood control, San Antonio channel, Texas, to include environmental restoration and recreation as project purposes; and (3) flood control, Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River, Virginia, to direct the Secretary to determine the ability of specified Virginia counties to pay the non-Federal share of certain project costs.

(Sec. 337) Authorizes the Secretary, at the request of a local water authority, to reallocate water supply storage space in the John Flannagan Reservoir, Virginia, to yield specified water withdrawals.

(Sec. 338) Modifies the project for: (1) beach erosion control and hurricane protection, Sandbridge Beach, Virginia, to direct the Secretary to provide 50 years of periodic nourishment; (2) sediment control, Mount St. Helens, Washington, to authorize the Secretary to maintain specified flood protection levels; and (3) flood damage reduction, Lower Mud River, Milton, West Virginia, to direct the Secretary to carry out the project.

(Sec. 342) Amends the WRDA of 1986 to increase the funding for Chesapeake Bay oyster restoration in Maryland and Virginia, specifying the uses for such additional funds.

(Sec. 343) Requires specified adjustment in the dredging of the Great Lakes and certain adjoining areas, including a portion of the St. Lawrence River.

(Sec. 344) Amends the WRDA of 1990 to increase and extend through FY 2005 the authorization of appropriations for Great Lakes remedial action plans and sediment remediation.

(Sec. 345) Directs the Secretary to carry out a demonstration program to use innovative treatment technologies for the treatment of dredged material from Long Island Sound. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 346) Declares specified portions of Erie County, New York, to be nonnavigable waters of the United States, unless the Secretary finds that proposed projects there are not in the public interest.

(Sec. 347) Deauthorizes specified navigation projects at: (1) Black Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers, Jackson, Alabama; (2) Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel, California; (3) Bay Island Channel, Illinois; (4) Warsaw Boat Harbor, Illinois; (5) Kennebunk River, Maine; (6) Rockport Harbor, Massachusetts (with a project modification); (7) Scituate Harbor, Massachusetts; (8) Duluth- Superior Harbor, Minnesota and Wisconsin; (9) Tremley Point, New Jersey; (10) Angola, New York; (11) Wallabout Channel, New York; (12) New York and New Jersey Channels; and (13) Warwick Cove, Rhode Island.

(Sec. 348) Directs the Secretary to convey to: (1) Thompson, Connecticut, specified lands for firefighting and related emergency services; (2) the Lucy Webb Hayes National Training School for Deaconesses and Missionaries Conducting Sibley Memorial Hospital, specified lands for medical care and parking; (3) the Joliet Park District, Illinois, specified lands for public ownership and use as a headquarters; (4) the Young Men's Christian Association of Ottawa, Illinois, the easements acquired for improvement of the Illinois Waterway; (5) S.S.S., Inc., specified lands in Pike County, Missouri; (6) the Iconium Fire Protection District, Missouri, specified lands for a fire station site; (7) the township of Manor, Pennsylvania, specified lands for public park, recreation, and other public purposes; and (8) South Carolina specified lands for fish and wildlife mitigation.

Authorizes the Secretary to convey to: (1) St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, specified lands in Bayou Teche, Louisiana; (2) the Ontonagon County Historical Society, Michigan, a lighthouse and underlying lands; and (3) North Augusta and Aiken County, South Carolina, the New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam (after undertaking certain repairs).

(Sec. 349) Authorizes projects on the Narraguagus River, Maine, and Cedar Bayou, Texas, to be carried out by the Secretary, but prohibits construction therein until the Secretary determines that the project is technically sound, environmentally acceptable, and economically justified.

Redesignates as anchorage a specified portion of the Narraguagus River.

(Sec. 350) Continues project authorizations for: (1) flood control, Sacramento River, California; and (2) flood protection on a portion of such River.

(Sec. 351) Amends the WRDA of 1992 to include St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, within authorized projects to address water quality problems associated with storm water runoffs.

Title IV: Studies - Authorizes or directs the Secretary to conduct studies with respect to specified projects in Florida, Illinois, Oregon, the Lower Mississippi River, the Upper Mississippi River, the Ohio River, Alabama, the Arkansas River, California, the Delaware River, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine and New Hampshire, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.

Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the WRDA of 1986 to direct the Secretary to construct an environmental education and research facility at Otsego Lake, New York. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 502) Amends the WRDA of 1996 to: (1) add specified sites for authorized water quality restoration projects; and (2) authorize appropriations for such projects.

(Sec. 503) Makes certain competitive bid requirements inapplicable to any contract, agreement, or grant entered into between the Secretary and Marshall University or Juniata College in support of the Army civil works program.

(Sec. 504) Amends the WRDA of 1986 to: (1) direct the Secretary to encourage the Great Lakes States to develop and implement a mechanism that provides a common conservation standard with respect to the withdrawal and use of Great Lakes water; (2) require approval of the Great Lakes Board of Governors prior to the export of Great Lakes water; and (3) express the sense of Congress that the Secretary of State should work with the Canadian Government to develop a standard under (1), above.

(Sec. 505) Amends the WRDA of 1996 to: (1) require a report concerning the Great Lakes tributary model; and (2) authorize appropriations through 2006 for such model.

(Sec. 506) Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a plan for Corps activities that support the management of Great Lakes fisheries; (2) plan, design, and construct projects to support the restoration of the fishery, ecosystem, and beneficial uses of the Great Lakes; and (3) enter into a cooperative agreement with the Great Lakes Fishery Commission or any other agency established to facilitate active State participation in Great Lakes management. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 507) Directs the Secretary to assess the condition of water resources and related ecosystems in New England to identify problems and needs for restoring, preserving, and protecting New England water resources, ecosystems, wildlife, and fisheries. Requires a report. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 508) Amends the WRDA of 1992 to redefine areas authorized for the construction of: (1) a visitors center at Fort Smith, Arkansas; and (2) an interpretive site in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

(Sec. 509) Authorizes the Secretary to participate with appropriate Federal and State agencies in the planning and management associated with the CALFED Bay- Delta Program, an ecosystem restoration program for the San Joaquin and Sacramento River basins, California. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 510) Directs the Secretary to carry out: (1) necessary repairs of the Lowell Creek Tunnel, Seward, Alaska; (2) a flood damage reduction project at the Contra Coastal Canal, California; (3) a flood damage reduction project in Huntington Beach, California; and (4) a flood damage reduction project at Mallard Slough, Pittsburg, California.

(Sec. 511) Limits to wetlands restoration and project creation elements the use of funds made available to the Secretary for Clear Lakes Basin, California, under the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2000.

(Sec. 515) Directs the Secretary to reimburse the non-Federal interest for certain costs under the project for navigation, Port Everglades Harbor, Florida.

(Sec. 516) Directs the Secretary to establish, and provide public notice of, a program to: (1) convey to eligible property owners the right to maintain existing habitation structures on land acquired by the United States for the Lake Sidney Lanier, Georgia, project; or (2) release such owners from a related easement prohibition as it applies to existing structures.

(Sec. 517) Authorizes the Secretary to provide the non-Federal interest for certain environmental quality improvements at Ballard's Island, Illinois, if the Secretary determines that such work is integral to the project.

(Sec. 518) Amends the WRDA of 1986 to extend permanently (currently ends after FY 2003) the authorization of appropriations for the project for Lake Michigan diversion, Illinois.

(Sec. 519) Directs the Secretary to develop a proposed comprehensive plan for restoring, preserving, and protecting the Illinois River basin using new technologies and innovative approaches. Requires a report. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to integrate and coordinate such projects with specified ongoing Federal and State programs, projects, and activities. Provides a non-Federal cost share of 35 percent.

(Sec. 520) Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide, if the work is determined integral, the non-Federal costs for certain aquatic ecosystem restoration at Koontz Lake, Indiana; (2) investigate the contamination of the well system in West View Shores, Maryland; and (3) carry out the project for flood damage reduction and environmental restoration at Muddy River, Brookline and Boston, Massachusetts.

(Sec. 523) Prohibits the Secretary from requiring a cargo vessel equipped with bow thrusters and friction winches traversing the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, to provide more than two crew members to serve as line handlers on the pier of a lock there (with exceptions).

(Sec. 524) Directs the Secretary to establish an inventory of dams constructed in Minnesota by the Works Progress Administration, the Works Projects Administration, and the Civilian Conservation Corps, and to assess their condition and need for rehabilitation. Requires a report. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 525) Designates a specified portion of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Minnesota, as the Bruce F. Vento Unit of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

(Sec. 526) Amends the WRDA of 1996 to: (1) add certain technologies to those being considered for the decontamination and disposal of dredged material at the Port of Duluth, Minnesota; and (1) increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for such purpose.

(Sec. 527) Directs the Secretary to design and construct the project for environmental restoration and recreation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, substantially in accordance with specified plans. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 528) Directs the Secretary to participate in restoration projects for critical coastal wetlands and coastal barrier islands in Mississippi. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 529) Directs the Secretary to participate in the implementation of the project at Las Vegas Wash and Lake Mead in accordance with a specified plan. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 530) Directs the Secretary to develop and implement a research program to evaluate opportunities to manage peak flood flows in urbanized New Jersey watersheds. Requires a report. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 531) Requires the Secretary to provide technical assistance to Yonkers, New York, relating to the dredging of the Nepperhan River outlet.

(Sec. 532) Directs the Secretary to conduct a study, develop a strategy, and implement a project to reduce flood damages and create wildlife habitat in the Upper Mohawk River Basin, New York.

(Sec. 533) Directs the Secretary to carry out certain flood damage reduction projects in eastern North Carolina and Ohio. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 534) Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance to non-Federal interests to evaluate the structural integrity of the bulkhead system along the Cuyahoga River in the vicinity of Cleveland, Ohio.

(Sec. 535) Directs the Secretary to enter into a long-term lease with the city of Crowder, Oklahoma, under which the city may develop, operate, and maintain as a public park all or a portion of Crowder Point on Lake Eufaula, Oklahoma.

(Sec. 536) Directs the Secretary to conduct studies and ecosystem restoration projects for the Lower Columbia River and Tillamook Bay estuaries, Oregon and Washington. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 537) Authorizes the State of Pennsylvania to transfer certain unobligated funds for access improvements at the Raystown Lake project, Pennsylvania.

(Sec. 538) Amends the WRDA of 1996 to: (1) increase the amount authorized for a water quality improvement project on the Susquehanna River; and (2) direct (currently, authorizes) the Secretary to enter into certain cooperative agreements to effectuate such projects.

(Sec. 539) Directs the Secretary to develop a plan for Corps activities to support ecosystem restoration of the Charleston Harbor estuary, South Carolina. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 540) Amends the WRDA of 1999 relating to the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, and South Dakota terrestrial wildlife habitat restoration program to: (1) fund such program through funds made available under the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program and through grants to such tribes and South Dakota; (2) require consultation with such tribes in expending amounts from trust funds established for such program; (3) require the Secretary to lease to South Dakota in perpetuity certain recreation areas within the boundaries of the program; (4) require the Secretary to clean up each open dump and hazardous waste site identified on program lands and recreation areas; (5) require such tribes and South Dakota to establish the Cultural Resources Advisory Commission to advise with respect to cultural resources on such lands and recreation areas; (6) require the Secretary to inventory and stabilize each Commission-identified cultural and historic site; (7) direct the Secretary to complete a study, and take appropriate remedial action, with respect to sediment contamination in the Cheyenne River (authorizing appropriations for such purpose); and (8) provide additional authorizations of appropriations for activities added under this section, with specified allocations among such tribes and South Dakota.

(Sec. 541) Directs the Secretary to prepare a limited reevaluation report with respect to the project for flood control, Horn Lake Creek and tributaries, Tennessee and Mississippi.

(Sec. 542) Authorizes the Secretary to participate in critical restoration projects in the Lake Champlain watershed, Vermont and New York. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 543) Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study evaluating the structural integrity and need for modification or removal of each of ten specified dams in Vermont; and (2) provide certain assistance to the non-Federal interests for each such dam. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 544) Authorizes the Secretary to participate in critical restoration projects in the area of Puget Sound, Washington, and adjacent waters. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 545) Directs the Secretary to conduct a feasibility study of providing coastal erosion protection for the tribal reservation of the Shoalwater Bay Tribe on Willapa Bay, Washington.

(Sec. 546) Authorizes the city of Aberdeen, Washington, to transfer to Tacoma, Washington, certain lands transferred to such city under the WRDA of 1990.

(Sec. 547) Modifies the project for flood control, Bluestone Lake, Ohio River basin, West Virginia, to authorize construction of hydroelectric generation facilities by the Tri-Cities Power Authority of West Virginia.

(Sec. 548) Amends the WRDA of 1988 to direct the Secretary to ensure the preservation of the Jenkins House within the Lesage/Greenbottom Swamp, West Virginia.

(Sec. 549) Authorizes the Secretary to provide planning and design assistance to non-Federal projects located along the Tug Fork River, West Virginia, and identified in a specified master plan.

(Sec. 550) Amends the WRDA of 1982 to include environmental restoration within authorized activities under a pilot program for providing certain assistance to non-Federal interests in southern West Virginia.

(Sec. 551) Directs the Secretary to treat as continuing construction the Surfside/Sunset Newport Beach element of the project for beach erosion, Orange County, California.

(Sec. 552) Amends the WRDA of 1996 to: (1) add specified sites to a watershed management, restoration, and development program; and (2) add two sites to a navigation channel maintenance program.

(Sec. 554) Directs the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for providing NOAA with data on the results of any navigation channel hydrographic survey conducted by the Corps.

(Sec. 555) Increases the authorization of appropriations for identifying and acquiring additional lands adjacent to the Bonneville Pool to provide access and fishing facilities for specified Indian tribes.

(Sec. 556) Directs the Tennessee Valley Authority to release a specified use restriction with respect to lands in Decatur, Alabama, previously conveyed to the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation.

Title VI: Comprehensive Everglades Restoration - Approves the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, as contained in a specified report dated April 1, 1999, as a framework for modifications and operational changes to the Central and Southern Florida Project that are needed to restore, preserve, and protect the South Florida ecosystem while providing for other water-related needs of the region, including water supply and flood protection. Directs the Secretary to integrate such Project with ongoing Federal and State projects and activities under the WRDA of 1996. Authorizes certain pilot projects to be implemented as part of such Project. Authorizes the implementation of other projects after review and approval by the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to implement Project modifications that are described in the Plan and will produce a substantial benefit to the restoration, preservation, and protection of the South Florida ecosystem. Requires Project implementation reports. Provides funding. Requires any project in the Plan to be specifically authorized by Congress. Directs the Secretary to monitor non-Federal contributions to ensure that non-Federal interests provide 50 percent of the cost of each project. Excludes specified Plan components from implementation. Approves with limitations the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge and the Southern Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem.

Prohibits any appropriation from being made for a Plan project until the President and the Governor of Florida enter into a binding agreement to ensure that water made available under the Plan is not otherwise used until sufficient reservations of water for the restoration of the natural system exist. Provides for enforcement of such requirement.

Requires the Secretary and the non-Federal sponsor to develop project implementation reports.

Prohibits Plan implementation from reducing current flood protection levels.

Directs the Secretary and Governor to develop an agreement for resolving disputes associated with Plan implementation.

Requires the Secretary, Secretary of the Interior, and Governor to establish an independent scientific review panel to review the Plan's progress toward achieving its natural system restoration goals. Requires Plan and project reports.

Requires the Secretary to report to Congress a determination as to whether the ongoing Biscayne Aquifer Storage and Recovery Program in Dade County, Florida, has a substantial benefit to the restoration, preservation, and protection of the South Florida ecosystem.

(Sec. 602) Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) development at the site of the former Homestead Air Force Base could potentially cause significant air, water, and noise pollution and result in the degradation of adjacent national parks; (2) Federal agencies charged with determining the reuse of such site should carefully consider the environmental impacts of reuse options; (3) the redevelopment of such site should be consistent with South Florida ecosystem restoration goals; (4) the Secretary of the Air Force should take certain action so that reuse can proceed expeditiously; (5) following conveyance of surplus property, the Secretary should reuse such property in a manner consistent with the goals of the Plan; and (6) the Secretary should report to the appropriate congressional committees on actions taken.

Title VII: Missouri River Restoration, North Dakota - Missouri River Protection and Improvement Act of 2000 - Establishes the: (1) North Dakota Missouri River Trust committee; and (2) Missouri River Task Force. Requires the Task Force to: (1) prepare and vote on approval of a plan for the use of funds for conservation practices, the control and removal of sediment, and related protection measures for the Missouri River; and (2) review and recommend to the Secretary projects for meeting plan goals and projects critical to plan implementation. Requires the plan to be made available for public review and comment prior to implementation. Directs the Secretary, after plan approval, to identify critical plan restoration projects. Requires the Secretary to ensure that not less than 30 percent of critical project funds are used exclusively for projects that are either within the boundary of an Indian reservation or administered by an Indian tribe.

(Sec. 707) Authorizes appropriations.

Title VIII: Wildlife Refuge Enhancement - Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Enhancement Act of 2000 - Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior to prohibit the issuance of new cabin site leases within the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, Montana, except as necessary to consolidate with, or substitute for, existing cabin site leases. Requires the Secretary to determine cabin sites that are not suitable for conveyance to a lessee for any reason that adversely impacts the future habitability of the cabin sites, and to offer to such lessees the opportunity to acquire a comparable cabin within the same area. Prohibits the conveyance of cabin sites determined to be unsuitable.

(Sec. 805) Allows lessees that do not offer to lease a comparable site or who decline such an offer to continue to lease their current site for the remainder of such lease through 2010. Requires the Secretary to submit a report to Congress that: (1) describes progress made in implementing this title; and (2) identifies cabin owners that have declined the offer to acquire a comparable site.

(Sec. 806) Authorizes the Secretary to offer for sale cabin sites that are not conveyed and have not been determined to be unsuitable for habitation.

(Sec. 807) Requires proceeds from sold cabin sites to be used to acquire from willing sellers other property within or adjacent to the Refuge that would be suitable to: (1) achieve Refuge wildlife conservation purposes; (2) protect local fish and wildlife habitat; (3) enhance public opportunities for Refuge hunting, fishing, and other wildlife- dependent activities; (4) improve Refuge management; or (5) reduce Federal expenditures associated with administration of the cabin site leases.

(Sec. 810) Authorizes appropriations.

Title IX: Missouri River Restoration, South Dakota - Missouri River Restoration Act of 2000 - Establishes the: (1) Missouri River Trust committee; and (2) Missouri River Task Force. Requires the Task Force to: (1) prepare and vote on approval of a plan for the use of funds for conservation practices along the Missouri River watershed, including sediment control and removal, protection of Indian, historical and cultural sites, and erosion control; and (2) review and recommend to the Secretary projects critical to plan implementation. Requires the plan to be made available for public review and comment prior to implementation. Directs the Secretary, after plan approval, to identify critical plan restoration projects. Requires the Secretary to ensure that not less than 30 percent of critical project funds are used exclusively for projects that are either within the boundary of an Indian reservation or administered by an Indian tribe.

(Sec. 907) Authorizes appropriations.

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Water Resources Development Act of 2000 - Title I: Water Resources Projects - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army (Secretary) to carry out: (1) a specified project for navigation, New York-New Jersey Harbor; and (2) specified water resources projects (subject to completion of a favorable final report of the Chief of Engineers by December 31, 2000) in Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana and Kentucky, Louisiana to the Gulf of Mexico, Missouri, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Wyoming and on the Ohio River.

(Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of, and authorizes the Secretary, if the Secretary determines that a project is feasible, to authorize the Secretary to carry out, a project, for: (1) beach restoration and protection at Lake Palourde and St. Bernard, Louisiana; (2) navigation at Houma Navigation Canal and Vidalia Port, Louisiana; (3) removal of snags and clearing and straightening of channels for flood control at Bayou Manchac and Black Bayou and Hippolyte Coulee, Louisiana; (4) emergency streambank protection at specified locations in Louisiana; (5) flood damage reduction or control at various locations in Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee; and (6) improvement of the quality of the environment at various locations in Louisiana and Ohio.

(Sec. 108) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out projects regarding: (1) beneficial uses of dredged material at specified locations in Louisiana and Ohio; and (2) aquatic ecosystem restoration at specified locations in Louisiana, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Oregon.

(Sec. 110) Amends the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 1999 to: (1) include Perry Creek, Iowa, among appropriate locations to be examined with respect to the flood mitigation and riverine restoration program; and (2) authorize the Secretary to design and construct a shore protection project at Fort Canby State Park, Benson Beach, Washington, including beneficial use of dredged material from Federal navigation projects.

Title II: General Provisions - Modifies provisions of the Flood Control Act of 1970 regarding water resources projects to provide that an agreement entered into by a State may reflect that it does not obligate future appropriations (currently, future State legislative appropriations) for performance and payment when obligating future appropriations would be inconsistent with State constitutional or statutory limitations of the State or a body politic of the State.

(Sec. 202) Amends the WRDA of 1986 to remove provisions authorizing a study of water resources needs of river basins and regions. Authorizes the Secretary to assess the water resources needs of river basins and watersheds of the United States, including needs relating to: (1) ecosystem protection and restoration; (2) flood damage reduction; (3) navigation and ports; (4) watershed protection; (5) water supply; and (6) drought preparedness.

Directs the Secretary, in selecting river basins and watersheds for assessment, to give priority to the Delaware River basin and the Williamette River basin, Oregon.

Authorizes the Secretary to accept contributions from Federal, tribal, State, interstate, and local governmental entities to the extent that such contributions will facilitate completion of the assessment.

Sets forth cost-sharing requirements. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 203) Authorizes the Secretary to study and determine the feasibility of carrying out water resources development projects that: (1) will substantially benefit Indian tribes; and (2) are located primarily within Indian country or in proximity to Alaska Native villages.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) consult with the Secretary of the Interior concerning such studies; (2) integrate civil works activities of the Department of the Army (the Department) with activities of the Department of the Interior; and (3) consider the authorities and programs of the Department of the Interior and other Federal agencies in any recommendations concerning carrying out projects studied.

Sets forth provisions regarding priority projects and cost sharing. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 204) Amends the WRDA of 1986 to make any cost-sharing agreement for a feasibility study, or for construction of an environmental protection and restoration project (currently limited to flood control or agricultural water supply projects), subject to the ability of the non-Federal interest to pay.

Modifies provisions regarding determination of the ability of a non-Federal interest to pay. Directs the Secretary to promulgate revised criteria and procedures governing such ability within 18 months. Authorizes the Secretary, in revising criteria, to consider criteria relating to: (1) the financial ability of the non-Federal interest to carry out its cost-sharing responsibilities; or (2) additional assistance that may be available from other Federal or State sources.

(Sec. 205) Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) carry out a program to reduce vandalism and destruction of property at water resources development projects under the jurisdiction of the Department, including by providing rewards to individuals who furnish information or evidence leading to the arrest and prosecution of individuals causing damage to Federal property; and (2) participate in the National Recreation Reservation Service on an interagency basis and pay the Department's share of activities required to implement, operate, and maintain the Service.

(Sec. 207) Amends the WRDA of 1990 to: (1) provide that activities currently performed by personnel under the direction of the Secretary in connection with the operation and maintenance of hydroelectric power generating facilities at Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) water resources projects are to be considered as inherently governmental functions and not commercial activities (current law) in cases in which the activities require specialized training relating to hydroelectric power generation; and (2) double the amount authorized to be appropriated for interagency and international support to address problems of national significance to the United States.

(Sec. 209) Authorizes the Secretary, in consultation with affected Indian tribes, to identify and set aside areas at Department civil works projects that may be used to re-bury Native American remains that have been: (1) discovered on project land; and (2) rightfully claimed by a lineal descendant or Indian tribe in accordance with applicable Federal law. Permits the Secretary, in consultation with and with the consent of the lineal descendant or the affected tribe, to recover and re-bury, at full Federal expense, the remains at the areas identified and set aside.

Authorizes the Secretary to convey to a tribe for use as a cemetery an area at a civil works project that is so identified and set aside. Directs the Secretary to retain any right-of-way, easement, or other property interest that the Secretary determines to be necessary to carry out the authorized purposes of the project.

(Sec. 210) Amends the river and harbor Act of March 3, 1899, to provide that the approval required of the location and plans, or any modification of plans, of any dam or dike applies only to a dam or dike that, if constructed, would completely span a waterway used to transport interstate or foreign commerce in such a manner that actual, existing interstate or foreign commerce could be adversely affected. Specifies that any other dam or dike that is proposed to be built in any other navigable water of the United States shall not be subject to the approval requirements of this section.

(Sec. 211) Rewrites provisions of the WRDA of 1986 regarding project deauthorizations to direct the Secretary to annually submit to Congress a list of projects and separable elements thereof (projects) that are authorized for construction and for which no Federal funds were obligated for construction during the four preceding fiscal years. Directs that any water resources project authorized for construction be deauthorized effective at the end of the seven-year period beginning on the date of the most recent authorization or reauthorization of the project unless Federal funds have been obligated for construction by the end of that period.

Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress annually a list of authorized projects for which no Federal funds have been obligated for construction and for which no Federal funds have been obligated for construction of the project during the two full fiscal years preceding the date of submission of the list. Directs that any water resources project for which Federal funds have been obligated for construction be deauthorized effective at the end of any five-fiscal year period during which Federal funds specifically identified for construction of the project have not been obligated for construction.

Defines "construction" and "physical work under a construction contract."

Directs the Secretary: (1) upon submission of the lists, to notify each Senator in whose State, and each Member of the House of Representatives in whose district, the affected project is or would be located; and (2) to publish annually in the Federal Register a list of all projects deauthorized under this section.

(Sec. 212) Amends the WRDA to: (1) require that guidelines for preparation of flood plain management plans by non-Federal interests address potential measures, practices, and policies (current law) that non-Federal interests shall adopt and enforce to reduce loss of life, injuries, and specified other adverse impacts and to preserve and enhance natural flood plain values; and (2) require non-Federal interests to take measures to preserve the level of flood protection provided by such a project.

Makes this section applicable to any project with respect to which the Secretary and the non-Federal interest have not entered a project cooperation agreement on or before the date of this Act's enactment.

(Sec. 213) Amends the WRDA of 1990 to provide that, with respect to environmental dredging projects, a non-Federal sponsor may include a nonprofit entity, with the consent of the affected local government.

Directs the Secretary, beginning October 1, 2000 and acting through the Chief of Engineers, to publish, on the Corps' Regulatory Program website, quarterly reports that include all Regulatory Analysis and Management Systems (RAMS) data. Requires that such RAMS data include: (1) the date on which an individual or nationwide permit application is first received by the Corps; (2) the date on which the application is considered complete; (3) the date on which the Corps either grants (with or without conditions) or denies the permit; and (4) if the application is not considered complete when first received by the Corps, a description of the reason the application was not considered complete.

(Sec. 215) Authorizes the Corps to provide specialized or technical services to a Federal agency (other than a Department of Defense (DOD) agency), a State, or a local government only if the chief executive of the requesting entity submits to the Secretary: (1) a written request describing the scope of the services to be performed and agreeing to reimburse the Corps for all costs associated with the performance of the services; and (2) a certification that includes adequate facts to establish that the services requested are not reasonably and quickly available through ordinary business channels.

Directs the Secretary, after receiving such a request to provide specialized or technical services, before entering into an agreement to perform the services, to: (1) ensure that the requirements of this section are met with regard to the request for services; and (2) execute a certification that includes adequate facts to establish that the Corps is uniquely equipped to perform such services.

Directs the Secretary, not later than the end of each calendar year, to provide to specified congressional committees a report identifying any request submitted by a Federal agency (other than a DOD agency), State, or local government to the Corps to provide specialized or technical services. Requires that such report include, with respect to each such request, a description of the scope of services requested, the certifications required under this section, the status of the request, the estimated and final cost of the services, the status of reimbursement, a description of the scope of services performed, and copies of all certifications in support of the request.

Title III: Project-Related Provisions - Directs the Secretary to credit toward the non-Federal share of the costs of the study to determine the feasibility of the reservoir and associated improvements in the vicinity of Boydsville, Arkansas, authorized by the WRDA of 1999, not more than $250,000 of the costs of the relevant planning and engineering investigations carried out by State and local agencies if the Secretary finds that the investigations are integral to the scope of the feasibility study.

(Sec. 302) Amends the WRDA of 1999 regarding the White River Basin project, Arkansas and Missouri, to authorize the Secretary to reallocate the amounts of project storage that are recommended by the report to Congress. Prohibits obligating funds to carry out work unless it does not significantly impact other authorized project purposes. Extends the deadline for submission of the report until July 30, 2002. Requires the report to include determinations concerning whether project storage should be reallocated to sustain the tail water trout fisheries.

(Sec. 303) Modifies the project for shore protection, Gasparilla and Estero Island segments, Lee County, Florida, to authorize the Secretary to enter into agreement with the non-Federal interest to carry out the project in accordance with provisions of the WRDA of 1992 if the Secretary determines that the project is technically sound, environmentally acceptable, and economically justified.

(Sec. 304) Directs the Secretary to carry out planning, engineering, and design of an adaptive ecosystem restoration, flood damage reduction, and erosion protection project along the upper Snake River within and adjacent to the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, Idaho, provided that the Shoshone-Bannock Indian Tribe provide land, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for implementation of the project. Authorizes the Secretary to construct and adaptively manage for ten years, at full Federal expense, a project if the Secretary determines that the project: (1) is a cost-effective means of providing ecosystem restoration, flood damage reduction, and erosion protection; (2) is environmentally acceptable and technically feasible; and (3) will improve the economic and social conditions of the Shoshone-Bannock Indian Tribe.

(Sec. 305) Directs the Secretary to credit toward the non-Federal share of the costs of the study to determine the feasibility of improvements to the upper Des Plaines River and tributaries, phase 2, Illinois and Wisconsin, authorized by the WRDA of 1999, the costs of work carried out by the non-Federal interests in Lake County, Illinois, before the date of execution of the feasibility study cost-sharing agreement, if: (1) the Secretary and the non-Federal interests enter into a feasibility study cost-sharing agreement; and (2) the Secretary finds that the work is integral to the scope of the study.

(Sec. 306) Modifies the project for mitigation of fish and wildlife losses, Red River Waterway, Louisiana, to authorize the purchase of mitigation land from willing sellers in any of the parishes that comprise the Red River Waterway District.

(Sec. 307) Authorizes the Secretary to provide design and construction assistance for recreational facilities in the State of Maryland at the William Jennings Randolph Lake (Bloomington Dam), Maryland and West Virginia, project. Directs the Secretary to require the non-Federal interest to provide 50 percent of the costs of designing and constructing the recreational facilities.

(Sec. 308) Missouri River Valley Improvement Act - Amends the Flood Control Act of 1944 to direct the Chief of the Corps to protect, enhance, and restore fish and wildlife habitat on the Missouri River (River). Requires the Secretary to provide for activities necessary to protect and enhance fish and wildlife habitat without adversely affecting the water- related needs of the River basin and private property rights.

Amends provisions of the WRDA of 1986 relating to a project for the mitigation of River fish and wildlife losses to authorize appropriations for FY 2001 through 2010, contingent on the completion by December 31, 2000, of the study of the need for additional measures for mitigation of losses of aquatic and terrestrial habitat caused by the project.

Directs the Secretary to complete, and report to Congress on, a study that: (1) analyzes any adverse effects on aquatic and riparian-dependent fish and wildlife resulting from operation of the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir Project in Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Montana; (2) recommends appropriate measures to mitigate such effects; and (3) develops baseline geologic and hydrologic data relating to aquatic and riparian habitat.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop and administer a pilot mitigation program that involves the experimental releases of warm water from the spillways at Fort Peck Dam during the spawning periods for native fish and involves the monitoring of fish response to the releases and the effectiveness of the preservation of native fish and wildlife habitat; and (2) complete, and report to Congress on, a study to analyze and recommend measures to avoid or reduce the loss of fish, including rainbow smelt, through Garrison Dam in North Dakota and Oahe Dam in South Dakota. Authorizes appropriations.

Amends the WRDA of 1999 to extend, through FY 2004, the authorization of appropriations for a project to protect and enhance fish and wildlife habitat of the Missouri and middle Mississippi Rivers.

(Sec. 309) Authorizes the project for navigation, New Madrid County Harbor, Missouri.

(Sec. 310) Directs the Secretary, regarding the project for navigation, Pemiscot County Harbor, Missouri, to provide credit to the Pemiscot County Port Authority, or an agent of the Authority, for costs incurred by the Authority or agent in carrying out construction work for the project after December 31, 1997, if the Secretary finds that the construction work is integral to the project.

(Sec. 311) Provides for an exchange between the United States and S.S.S., Inc., of lands located in Pike County, Missouri, subject to specified conditions.

(Sec. 312) Directs the Secretary to carry out a project at Fort Peck Lake, Montana, for the design and construction of a fish hatchery and such associated facilities as are necessary to sustain a multi-species fishery. Sets forth cost sharing provisions. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 313) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out maintenance dredging of the Sagamore Creek Channel, New Hampshire.

(Sec. 314) Modifies the project for flood control, Passaic River, New Jersey and New York, to emphasize non-structural approaches for flood control as alternatives to the construction of the Passaic River tunnel element, while maintaining the integrity of other separable mainstream project elements, wetland banks, and other independent projects that were authorized to be carried out in the Passaic River Basin before this Act's enactment date.

Directs the Secretary to review: (1) the Passaic River Floodway Buyout Study, dated October 1995, to calculate the benefits of a buyout and environmental restoration using a specified method used to calculate the benefits of structural projects under the WRDA of 1990; and (2) the Passaic River Buyout Study of the ten-year floodplain beyond the floodway of the Central Passaic River Basin, dated September 1995, to calculate the benefits of a buyout and environmental restoration using such method.

Requires the Secretary: (1) to reevaluate the acquisition, from willing sellers, for flood protection purposes, of wetlands in the Central Passaic River Basin to supplement a wetland acquisition authorized by the WRDA of 1990; and (2) upon determining that the acquisition is cost-effective, to purchase the wetlands, with the goal of purchasing not more than 8,200 acres.

Directs the Secretary to review relevant reports and conduct a study to determine the feasibility of carrying out a project for environmental restoration, erosion control, and streambank restoration along the Passaic River from Dundee Dam to Kearny Point, New Jersey.

Directs the Secretary to establish the Passaic River Flood Management Task Force to provide advice to the Secretary concerning all aspects of the Passaic River flood management project. Requires the task force to submit annually to the Secretary and to the non-Federal interest a report describing the achievements of the project in preventing flooding and any impediments to completion of the project.

Amends provisions of the WRDA of 1986 regarding the Passaic River Basin to direct the Secretary to carry out such provisions in a manner that is consistent with New Jersey's Blue Acres Program.

Authorizes the Secretary to study the feasibility of conserving land in the Highlands region of New Jersey and New York to provide additional flood protection for residents of the Passaic River Basin.

Prohibits the Secretary from obligating any funds to carry out design or construction of the tunnel element of the Passaic River flood control project.

(Sec. 315) Modifies the project for shoreline protection, Rockaway Inlet to Norton Point (Coney Island Area), New York, to authorize the Secretary to construct T-groins to improve sand retention down drift. Specifies the Federal and non-Federal share.

(Sec. 316) Extinguishes the reversionary interests and use restrictions relating to port or industrial purposes with respect to specified deeds on properties located on the John Day Pool in Oregon and Washington. Extinguishes the human habitation or other building structure use restriction in each area where the elevation is above the standard project flood elevation. Authorizes the use of fill material to raise low areas above the standard project flood elevation, except in any low area constituting wetland for which a permit under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act would be required.

(Sec. 317) Amends the WRDA of 1999 to require that the non-Federal interest for the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier project, Providence, Rhode Island, receive credit toward the non-Federal share of project costs, or reimbursement, for the Federal share of the costs of repairs authorized that are incurred by the non-Federal interest before the date of execution of the project cooperation agreement.

(Sec. 318) Modifies the project for navigation and environmental restoration, Houston-Galveston Navigation Channels, Texas (subject to completion, not later than December 31, 2000, of a favorable report by the Chief of Engineers), to authorize the Secretary to design and construct barge lanes adjacent to both sides of the Houston Ship Channel from Redfish Reef to Morgan Point, a distance of approximately 15 miles, to a depth of 12 feet, at a total cost of $34 million, with an estimated Federal cost of $30,600,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of $3,400,000.

Directs that: (1) the non-Federal interest pay a portion of the costs of construction of the barge lanes in accordance with the WRDA of 1986; and (2) if the modification is in compliance with all applicable environmental requirements, the modification be considered to be in the Federal interest. Specifies that no maintenance is authorized to be carried out for the modification.

(Sec. 319) Requires that: (1) the Secretary enter into an agreement for the city of Grand Prairie, Texas, to assume all responsibilities of the Trinity River Authority under a specified contract, other than financial responsibilities, except that the Authority shall be relieved of all financial responsibilities under the contract as of the date on which the Secretary enters into the agreement with the city; (2) the city pay the Federal Government $4,290,000 in two installments in consideration of the agreement; and (3) the agreement include a provision requiring the city to assume responsibility for all costs associated with operation and maintenance of the recreation facilities included in the contract.

(Sec. 320) Authorizes the Secretary to participate in critical restoration projects in the Lake Champlain watershed, New York and Vermont. Sets forth provisions regarding the types of projects eligible for assistance, a public ownership requirement, project selection, and cost sharing. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 321) Modifies the project for sediment control, Mount St. Helens, Washington, to authorize the Secretary to maintain for Longview, Kelso, Lexington, and Castle Rock on the Cowlitz River specified flood protection levels.

(Sec. 322) Authorizes the Secretary to participate in critical restoration projects in the area of Puget Sound, Washington, and adjacent waters. Sets forth provisions regarding project selection, prioritization of projects, and cost sharing. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 323) Amends the WRDA of 1992 to provide that, with regard to the Fox River System, Wisconsin, the terms and conditions may include one or more payments to assist the State of Wisconsin in paying the costs of repair and rehabilitation of the transferred locks and appurtenant features.

(Sec. 324) Amends the WRDA of 1986 to increase appropriations for projects of alternative or beneficially modified habitats for fish and wildlife. Directs that such projects include the construction of reefs and related clean shell substrate for fish habitat, including manmade three-dimensional oyster reefs, in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries in Maryland and Virginia, which reefs shall be preserved as permanent sanctuaries by the non-Federal interests. Requires the Chief of Engineers to solicit participation by, and the services of, commercial watermen for assistance in the construction of such reefs.

(Sec. 325) Directs the Secretary, in operating and maintaining Federal channels and harbors of, and the connecting channels between, the Great Lakes to conduct such dredging as is necessary to ensure minimal operation depths consistent with the original authorized depths of the channels and harbors when water levels in the Great Lakes are, or are forecast to be, below the International Great Lakes Datum of 1985.

(Sec. 326) Directs the Secretary, within one year, to develop a plan for activities of the Corps that support the management of Great Lakes fisheries. Requires that the plan make use of and incorporate documents that relate to the Great Lakes and that are in existence on the date of this Act's enactment, such as lake-wide management and remedial action plans.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop the plan in cooperation with the signatories to the Joint Strategic Plan for Management of the Great Lakes Fisheries and other affected interests; (2) plan, design, and construct projects to support the restoration of the fishery, ecosystem, and beneficial uses of the Great Lakes; and (3) develop a program to evaluate the success of such projects.

Sets forth provisions regarding cooperative agreements, relationship to other Great Lakes activities, and cost sharing. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 327) Amends provisions of the WRDA of 1990 regarding Great Lakes remedial action plans and sediment remediation to decrease, from 50 to 35, the percentage of project costs that non-Federal interests shall contribute. Authorizes appropriations at an increased level.

(Sec. 328) Amends provisions of the WRDA of 1996 regarding sediment management to set the non-Federal share of the costs of developing a tributary sediment transport model at 50 percent. Authorizes additional appropriations.

(Sec. 329) Directs the Secretary, by December 31, 2002, to carry out a demonstration project for the use of innovative sediment treatment technologies for the treatment of dredged material from Long Island Sound. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 330) Directs the Secretary to perform an assessment of the condition of water resources and related ecosystems in New England to identify problems and needs for restoring, preserving, and protecting water resources, ecosystems, wildlife, and fisheries, including: (1) development of criteria for identifying and prioritizing the most critical problems and needs; and (2) a framework for development of watershed or regional restoration plans.

Requires the Secretary: (1) to develop and make available for public review and comment criteria for identifying and prioritizing critical problems and needs and a framework for development of watershed or regional restoration plans; (2) to submit to Congress a report on the assessment; (3) to develop and submit to Congress a comprehensive plan for restoring, preserving, and protecting the water resources and ecosystem in each watershed and region in New England; and (4) to identify critical restoration projects that will produce independent, immediate, and substantial restoration, preservation, and protection benefits.

Sets forth provisions regarding agreements with non-Federal interests, project justification, time and cost limitations, and cost sharing. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 331) Deauthorizes specified navigation projects at: (1) Kennebunk River, Kennebunk and Kennebunkport, Maine; (2) Wallabout Channel, Brooklyn, New York; and (3) New York and New Jersey Channels, New York and New Jersey.

Title IV: Studies - Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of carrying out beach erosion control, storm damage reduction, and other measures along the shores of Baldwin County, Alabama.

(Sec. 402) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of: (1) a reservoir and associated improvements to provide for flood control, recreation, water quality, and fish and wildlife in the vicinity of Bono, Arkansas; (2) modifying the project for flood control, Cache Creek Basin, California, to authorize construction of features to mitigate impacts of the project on the storm drainage system of the city of Woodland, California, that have been caused by construction of a new south levee of the Cache Creek Settling Basin; and (3) constructing flood control measures in the Estudillo Canal watershed, San Leandro, California, and the Laguna Creek watershed, Fremont, California, to provide a 100-year level of flood protection.

(Sec. 406) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a special study of plans to: (1) mitigate for the erosion and other impacts resulting from the construction of Camp Pendleton Harbor, Oceanside, California, as a wartime measure; and (2) restore beach conditions along the affected public and private shores to the conditions that existed before the construction of such harbor.

(Sec. 407) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct: (1) a watershed study for the San Jacinto watershed, California (and authorizes appropriations); (2) a reconnaissance study to determine the Federal interest in dredging the mouth of the Choctawhatchee River, Florida, to remove the sand plug; (3) a study to determine the feasibility of stabilizing the historic fortifications and beach areas of Egmont Key, Florida, that are threatened by erosion; (4) a re-study of flooding and water quality issues in the upper Ocklawaha River basin, south of the Silver River, and the Apopka River and Palatlakaha River basins; (5) a study to determine the feasibility of carrying out multi-objective flood control activities along the Boise River, Idaho; and (6) a reconnaissance study to determine the Federal interest in carrying out multi-objective flood control and flood mitigation planning projects along the Wood River in Blaine County, Idaho.

(Sec. 413) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of: (1) carrying out projects for water-related urban improvements, including infrastructure development and improvements, in Chicago, Illinois; (2) deepening the navigation channel of the Atchafalaya River and Bayous Chene, Boeuf and Black, Louisiana, from 20 to 35 feet; (3) constructing navigation improvements for ingress and egress between the Port of Iberia, Louisiana, and the Gulf of Mexico, including channel widening and deepening; (4) constructing projects for hurricane protection in the coastal area of the State of Louisiana between Morgan City and the Pearl River; (5) constructing urban flood control measures on the east bank of the Mississippi River in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana; (6) redesigning as anchorage a portion of the 11-foot channel of the project for navigation, Narraguagus River, Milbridge, Maine, and of reauthorizing for the purpose of maintenance as anchorage of portion of that project lying adjacent to and outside the limits of the 11-foot and the nine-foot channel; and (7) modifying the project for navigation, Portsmouth Harbor and Piscataqua River, Maine and New Hampshire, to increase the authorized width of turning basins in the Piscataqua River to 1000 feet.

(Sec. 420) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct: (1) a comprehensive study of the water resources needs of the Merrimack River basin, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, taking into consideration studies conducted by the University of New Hampshire on environmental restoration of the Merrimack River System; (2) a study to determine the feasibility of modifying the project for navigation, Gulfport Harbor, Mississippi, to widen the channel from 300 to 450 feet and to deepen the South Harbor channel from 36 to 42 feet and the North Harbor channel from 32 to 36 feet.

(Sec. 422) Authorizes the Secretary, in conjunction with the State of New Hampshire, to conduct a study to identify and evaluate potential upland disposal sites for dredged material originating from harbor areas located within the State.

(Sec. 423) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of conveying to the Secretary of the Interior land that was acquired by the Secretary to carry out the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program and that is located within the external boundaries of specified reservations in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska, to be held in trust for the benefit of the Indian tribes involved.

(Sec. 424) Rewrites provisions of the WRDA of 1996 regarding the Cuyahoga River, Ohio, to authorize the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study to evaluate the structural integrity of the bulkhead system located on the Federal navigation channel along the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland, Ohio; and (2) provide to the non-Federal interest design analysis, plans and specifications, and cost estimates for repair or replacement of the bulkhead system. Sets the non-Federal share of the cost of the study at 35 percent. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 425) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of carrying out projects for water supply and environmental restoration at the Ballville Dam on the Sandusky River at Fremont, Ohio.

(Sec. 426) Authorizes the Secretary to evaluate the backwater effects specifically due to flood control operations on land around Grand Lake, Oklahoma and report to Congress on whether Federal actions have been a significant cause of such effects.

Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of: (1) addressing the backwater effects of the operation of the Pensacola Dam, Grand/Neosho River basin; and (2) purchasing easements for any land that has been adversely affected by backwater flooding in the Grand/Neosho River basin. Sets a 100 percent Federal cost share of the feasibility study if the Secretary determines that Federal actions have been a significant cause of the backwater effects.

(Sec. 427) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of designating a permanent site in the State of Rhode Island for the disposal of dredged material.

(Sec. 428) Directs the Secretary to use $200,000 from funds to be transferred from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to prepare a report of the Chief of Engineers for a replacement lock at Chickamauga Lock and Dam, Tennessee.

(Sec. 429) Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study to determine the feasibility of carrying out a project for flood control and related purposes along Miller Farms Ditch, Howard Road Drainage, and Wolf River Lateral D, Germantown, Tennessee; and (2) include environmental and water quality benefits in the justification analysis for the project. Sets forth provisions regarding the Federal and non-Federal share.

(Sec. 430) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of: (1) modifying the project for flood control, Horn Lake Creek and Tributaries, Tennessee and Mississippi, to provide a high level of urban flood protection to development along Horn Lake Creek (and requires that the study include a limited reevaluation of the project to determine the appropriate design, as desired by the non-Federal interests); (2) constructing a 12 foot deep and 125 foot wide channel from the Houston Ship Channel to Cedar Bayou, mile marker 11, Texas; (3) constructing barge lanes adjacent to both sides of the Houston Ship Channel from Bolivar Roads to Morgan Point, Texas, to a depth of 12 feet; and (4) modifying the project for San Antonio Channel improvement, Texas, to add environmental restoration and recreation as project purposes.

(Sec. 434) Authorizes the Secretary to review the report of the Chief of Engineers on the Upper Puyallup River, Washington, and other specified reports to determine whether modifications to the recommendations contained in the reports are advisable to provide improvements to the water resources and watershed of the White River watershed downstream of Mud Mountain Dam, Washington.

(Sec. 435) Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study to determine the feasibility of providing coastal erosion protection for the Tribal Reservation of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe on Willapa Bay, Washington; and (2) construct and maintain a project to provide coastal erosion protection for such reservation, at full Federal expense, if the Secretary determines that the project: (1) is a cost-effective means of providing erosion protection; (2) is environmentally acceptable and technically feasible; and (3) will improve the economic and social conditions of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe. Requires the Tribe, as a condition of the project, to provide land, easements, right-of-way, and dredged material disposal areas necessary for the implementation of the project.

(Sec. 436) Directs the Secretary to conduct a study to: (1) identify and evaluate significant sources of sediment and nutrients in the upper Mississippi River basin; (2) quantify the processes affecting mobilization, transport, and fate of those sediments and nutrients on land and in water; and (3) quantify the transport of those sediments and nutrients to the upper Mississippi River and the tributaries of the upper Mississippi River.

Directs the Secretary, in carrying out such study, to: (1) develop computer models of the upper Mississippi River basin, at the sub- watershed and basin scales, to identify and quantity sources of sediment and nutrients and to examine the effectiveness of alternative management measures; and (2) conduct research to improve the understanding of fate processes and processes affecting sediment and nutrient transport, with emphasis on nitrogen and phosphorus cycling and dynamics; the influences on sediment and nutrient losses of soil type, slope, climate, vegetation cover, and modifications to the stream drainage network; and river hydrodynamics in relation to sediment and nutrient transformations, retention, and transport.

Authorizes the Secretary, upon the request of a relevant Federal agency, to provide information for use in applying sediment and nutrient reduction programs associated with land-use improvements and land management practices.

Requires the Secretary to submit to Congress a preliminary report within two years and a final report within five years.

Authorizes appropriations. Sets the Federal cost share at 50 percent.

Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends provisions of the WRDA of 1992 regarding visitors centers to direct the Secretary to: (1) construct a visitors center for the Corps at Fort Smith, Arkansas (currently, Arkansas River) on land provided by the city of Fort Smith; and (2) establish and operate the Lower Mississippi River Museum and Riverfront Interpretive Site on property between the Mississippi River Bridge and the waterfront in downtown Vicksburg, Mississippi (currently, in the vicinity of that Bridge).

(Sec. 502) Authorizes the Secretary to participate with the appropriate Federal and State agencies in the planning and management activities associated with the CALFED Bay-Delta Program. Directs the Secretary to integrate the activities of the Corps in the San Joaquin and Sacramento River basins with the long-term goals of the Program. Sets forth provisions regarding cooperative activities and the area covered by the Program. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 503) Authorizes the Secretary to convey to the Ontonagon County Historical Society, at full Federal expense: (1) the lighthouse at Ontonagon, Michigan; and (2) the land underlying and adjacent to the lighthouse that is under the Secretary's jurisdiction. Directs the Secretary to determine the extent of the land conveyance and the exact acreage and legal description of the land to be conveyed and to prepare a map that clearly identifies any land to be conveyed. Authorizes the Secretary to obtain all necessary easements and rights-of-way and to impose such terms, conditions, reservations, and restrictions on the conveyance as the Secretary determines to be necessary to protect the public interest.

Makes: (1) the Secretary responsible for any necessary environmental response required as a result of the prior Federal use or ownership of the land and improvements conveyed; and (2) the Ontonagon County Historical Society responsible, after the conveyance of the land, for any additional operation, maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, or replacement costs associated with the lighthouse or the conveyed land and improvements.

(Sec. 504) Amends WRDA provisions regarding the Candy Lake project, Osage County, Oklahoma, to redefine "previous owner of land" to mean a person (including a corporation) that conveyed, or a descendant of an individual (currently, deceased individual) who conveyed, land to the Corps for use in such project.

Directs the Federal Government to assume the costs of any Federal action herein that is carried out for purposes of compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

Authorizes appropriations.

Title VI: Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan - Approves the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan contained in the "Final Integrated Feasibility Report and Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement" dated April 1, 1999, as modified by this Act (the Plan) as a framework for modifications and operational changes to the Central and Southern Florida Project that are needed to: (1) restore, preserve, and protect the South Florida ecosystem; (2) provide for the protection of water quality in, and the reduction of the loss of fresh water from, the Everglades; and (3) provide for the water-related needs of the region.

Directs the Secretary of the Army (the Secretary): (1) in carrying out the Plan, to integrate such activities with ongoing Federal and State projects and activities; (2) to carry out specified listed projects included in the Plan, taking into account the protection of water quality by considering applicable State water quality standards and including features necessary to ensure that all ground water and surface water discharges from any authorized project feature will meet all applicable water quality standards and applicable water quality permitting requirements; and (3) in developing the projects authorized, to provide for public review and comment in accordance with applicable Federal law. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) specified pilot projects and initial projects included in the plan that are authorized for implementation; (2) conditions (i.e., reporting requirements, funding contingent on approval, modified water delivery, maximum costs of projects) for project implementation; and (3) the maximum cost of authorized project features.

Sets forth provisions regarding additional program authority, authorization of future projects, the Federal cost share (50 percent), project evaluation, and exclusions and limitations from the Plan (regarding 245,000 acre-feet of water, wastewater reuse, and approval with limitations for the Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge and the Southern Corkscrew regional ecosystem).

Directs the Secretary: (1) on completion and evaluation of the wastewater reuse pilot project, in an appropriately timed five-year report, to describe the results of the evaluation of advanced wastewater reuse in meeting, in a cost effective manner, the requirements of restoration of the natural system; and (2) to submit such report to Congress before congressional authorization for advanced wastewater reuse is sought.

States that the overarching objective of the Plan is the restoration, preservation, and protection of the South Florida Ecosystem while providing for other water-related needs of the region, including water supply and flood protection. Directs that the Plan be implemented to ensure the protection of water quality in, the reduction of the loss of fresh water from, and the improvement of the environment of, the South Florida Ecosystem and to achieve and maintain the benefits to the natural system and human environment described in the Plan and required pursuant to this Act, for as long as the project is authorized.

Prohibits any appropriation from being made for the construction of a project contained in the Plan until the President and the Governor of the State ensure, by regulation or other appropriate means, that water made available under the Plan for the restoration of the natural system is available as specified in the Plan. Authorizes any person or entity that is aggrieved by a failure of the President or the Governor to comply with any provision of the agreement to bring a civil action in U.S. district court for an injunction or other appropriate relief, subject to specified limitations.

Directs the Secretary, within two years, after notice and opportunity for public comment, and with the concurrence of and consultation with specified parties, to promulgate regulations which shall establish a process to: (1) provide guidance for the development of project implementation reports, project cooperation agreements, and operating manuals that ensure that Plan goals and objectives are achieved; (2) ensure that new information resulting from changed or unforeseen circumstances, new scientific or technical information or information that is developed through the principles of adaptive management contained in the Plan, or future authorized changes to the Plan are integrated into implementation of the Plan; and (3) ensure protection of the natural system consistent with Plan goals and purposes.

Directs the Secretary and the non-Federal sponsor (subject to specified requirements) to: (1) develop project implementation reports in accordance with the Plan; (2) execute project cooperation agreements in accordance with the Plan; and (3) develop and issue, for each project or group of projects, an operating manual that is consistent with the water reservation or allocation for the natural system described in the project implementation report and cooperation agreement for the project or group of projects.

Requires that the Secretary ensure that Plan implementation, including physical or operational modifications to the Central and Southern Florida Project, does not cause significant adverse impact on existing legal water users. Prohibits the Secretary from eliminating existing legal sources of water until a new source of water supply of comparable quantity and quality is available to replace the water to be lost as a result of implementation of the Plan. Directs the Secretary to maintain authorized levels of flood protection in existence on the date of this Act's enactment.

Directs the Secretary and the Governor to develop an agreement for resolving disputes between the Corps of Engineers and the State associated with Plan implementation. Requires that such agreement establish a mechanism for the timely and efficient resolution of disputes, including: (1) a preference for the resolution of disputes between the Jacksonville District of the Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District; (2) a mechanism for the Jacksonville District of the Corps of Engineers or the South Florida Water Management District to initiate dispute resolution process for unresolved issues; (3) the establishment of appropriate time frames and intermediate steps for the elevation of disputes to the Governor and the Secretary; and (4) a mechanism for the final resolution of disputes, within 180 days from the date that the dispute resolution process is initiated. Prohibits the Secretary from approving a project implementation report under this Act until the agreement established herein has been executed. Specifies that nothing in such agreement shall alter or amend any existing Federal or State law.

Directs the Secretary, the Secretary of the Interior, and the State to establish an independent scientific review panel convened by a body such as the National Academy of Sciences to review the Plan's progress toward achieving the natural system restoration goals of the Plan. Requires the panel to produce a biennial report to Congress, the Secretary, the Secretary of the Interior, and the State of Florida that includes an assessment of ecological indicators and other measures of progress in restoring the ecology of the natural system, based on the Plan.

Directs the Secretary to ensure that: (1) in executing the Plan, small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals are provided opportunities to participate; and (2) impacts on socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, including individuals with limited English proficiency, and communities are considered during Plan implementation, and that public outreach and educational opportunities are provided to individuals of South Florida.

Sets forth reporting requirements.

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Water Resources Development Act of 2000 - Title I: Water Resources Projects - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army (Secretary) to carry out: (1) a specified project for navigation, New York-New Jersey Harbor; and (2) specified water resources projects (subject to completion of a favorable final report of the Chief of Engineers by December 31, 2000) in Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana and Kentucky, Louisiana to the Gulf of Mexico, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Wyoming and on the Ohio River.

(Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary to conduct a study of, and authorizes the Secretary, if the Secretary determines that a project is feasible, to authorize the Secretary to carry out, a project, for: (1) beach restoration and protection at Lake Palourde and St. Bernard, Louisiana; (2) navigation at Houma Navigation Canal and Vidalia Port, Louisiana; (3) removal of snags and clearing and straightening of channels for flood control at Bayou Manchac and Black Bayou and Hippolyte Coulee, Louisiana; (4) emergency streambank protection at specified locations in Louisiana; (5) flood damage reduction or control at various locations in Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee; and (6) improvement of the quality of the environment at various locations in Louisiana and Ohio.

(Sec. 108) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out projects regarding: (1) beneficial uses of dredged material at specified locations in Louisiana and Ohio; and (2) aquatic ecosystem restoration at specified locations in Louisiana, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Oregon.

(Sec. 110) Amends the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 1999 to: (1) include Perry Creek, Iowa, among appropriate locations to be examined with respect to the flood mitigation and riverine restoration program; and (2) authorize the Secretary to design and construct a shore protection project at Fort Canby State Park, Benson Beach, Washington, including beneficial use of dredged material from Federal navigation projects.

Title II: General Provisions - Modifies provisions of the Flood Control Act of 1970 regarding water resources projects to provide that an agreement entered into by a State may reflect that it does not obligate future appropriations (currently, future State legislative appropriations) for performance and payment when obligating future appropriations would be inconsistent with State constitutional or statutory limitations of the State or a body politic of the State.

(Sec. 202) Amends the WRDA of 1986 to remove provisions authorizing a study of water resources needs of river basins and regions. Authorizes the Secretary to assess the water resources needs of river basins and watersheds of the United States, including needs relating to: (1) ecosystem protection and restoration; (2) flood damage reduction; (3) navigation and ports; (4) watershed protection; (5) water supply; and (6) drought preparedness.

Directs the Secretary, in selecting river basins and watersheds for assessment, to give priority to the Delaware River basin.

Authorizes the Secretary to accept contributions from Federal, tribal, State, interstate, and local governmental entities to the extent that such contributions will facilitate completion of the assessment.

Sets forth cost-sharing requirements. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 203) Authorizes the Secretary to study and determine the feasibility of carrying out water resources development projects that: (1) will substantially benefit Indian tribes; and (2) are located primarily within Indian country or in proximity to Alaska Native villages.

Requires the Secretary to: (1) consult with the Secretary of the Interior concerning such studies; (2) integrate civil works activities of the Department of the Army (the Department) with activities of the Department of the Interior; and (3) consider the authorities and programs of the Department of the Interior and other Federal agencies in any recommendations concerning carrying out projects studied.

Sets forth provisions regarding priority projects and cost sharing. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 204) Amends the WRDA of 1986 to make any cost-sharing agreement for a feasibility study, or for construction of an environmental protection and restoration project (currently limited to flood control or agricultural water supply projects), subject to the ability of the non-Federal interest to pay.

Modifies provisions regarding determination of the ability of a non-Federal interest to pay. Directs the Secretary to promulgate revised criteria and procedures governing such ability within 18 months. Authorizes the Secretary, in revising criteria, to consider criteria relating to: (1) the financial ability of the non-Federal interest to carry out its cost-sharing responsibilities; or (2) additional assistance that may be available from other Federal or State sources.

(Sec. 205) Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) carry out a program to reduce vandalism and destruction of property at water resources development projects under the jurisdiction of the Department, including by providing rewards to individuals who furnish information or evidence leading to the arrest and prosecution of individuals causing damage to Federal property; and (2) participate in the National Recreation Reservation Service on an interagency basis and pay the Department's share of activities required to implement, operate, and maintain the Service.

(Sec. 207) Amends the WRDA of 1990 to: (1) provide that activities currently performed by personnel under the direction of the Secretary in connection with the operation and maintenance of hydroelectric power generating facilities at Corps of Engineers water resources projects are to be considered as inherently governmental functions and not commercial activities (current law) in cases in which the activities require specialized training relating to hydroelectric power generation; and (2) double the amount authorized to be appropriated for interagency and international support to address problems of national significance to the United States.

(Sec. 209) Authorizes the Secretary, in consultation with affected Indian tribes, to identify and set aside areas at Department civil works projects that may be used to re-bury Native American remains that have been: (1) discovered on project land; and (2) rightfully claimed by a lineal descendant or Indian tribe in accordance with applicable Federal law. Permits the Secretary, in consultation with and with the consent of the lineal descendant or the affected tribe, to recover and re-bury, at full Federal expense, the remains at the areas identified and set aside.

Authorizes the Secretary to convey to a tribe for use as a cemetery an area at a civil works project that is so identified and set aside. Directs the Secretary to retain any right-of-way, easement, or other property interest that the Secretary determines to be necessary to carry out the authorized purposes of the project.

(Sec. 210) Amends the river and harbor Act of March 3, 1899, to provide that the approval required of the location and plans, or any modification of plans, of any dam or dike applies only to a dam or dike that, if constructed, would completely span a waterway used to transport interstate or foreign commerce in such a manner that actual, existing interstate or foreign commerce could be adversely affected. Specifies that any other dam or dike that is proposed to be built in any other navigable water of the United States shall not be subject to the approval requirements of this section.

(Sec. 211) Rewrites provisions of the WRDA of 1986 regarding project deauthorizations to direct the Secretary to annually submit to Congress a list of projects and separable elements thereof (projects) that are authorized for construction and for which no Federal funds were obligated for construction during the four preceding fiscal years. Directs that any water resources project authorized for construction be deauthorized effective at the end of the seven-year period beginning on the date of the most recent authorization or reauthorization of the project unless Federal funds have been obligated for construction by the end of that period.

Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress annually a list of authorized projects for which no Federal funds have been obligated for construction and for which no Federal funds have been obligated for construction of the project during the two full fiscal years preceding the date of submission of the list. Directs that any water resources project for which Federal funds have been obligated for construction be deauthorized effective at the end of any five-fiscal year period during which Federal funds specifically identified for construction of the project have not been obligated for construction.

Defines "construction" and "physical work under a construction contract."

Directs the Secretary: (1) upon submission of the lists, to notify each Senator in whose State, and each Member of the House of Representatives in whose district, the affected project is or would be located; and (2) to publish annually in the Federal Register a list of all projects deauthorized under this section.

(Sec. 212) Amends the WRDA to: (1) require that guidelines for preparation of flood plain management plans by non-Federal interests address potential measures, practices, and policies (current law) that non-Federal interests shall adopt and enforce to reduce loss of life, injuries, and specified other adverse impacts and to preserve and enhance natural flood plain values; and (2) require non-Federal interests to take measures to preserve the level of flood protection provided by such a project.

Makes this section applicable to any project with respect to which the Secretary and the non-Federal interest have not entered a project cooperation agreement on or before the date of this Act's enactment.

(Sec. 213) Amends the WRDA of 1990 to provide that, with respect to environmental dredging projects, a non-Federal sponsor may include a nonprofit entity, with the consent of the affected local government.

Title III: Project-Related Provisions - Directs the Secretary to credit toward the non-Federal share of the costs of the study to determine the feasibility of the reservoir and associated improvements in the vicinity of Boydsville, Arkansas, authorized by the WRDA of 1999, not more than $250,000 of the costs of the relevant planning and engineering investigations carried out by State and local agencies if the Secretary finds that the investigations are integral to the scope of the feasibility study.

(Sec. 302) Amends the WRDA of 1999 regarding the White River Basin project, Arkansas and Missouri, to authorize the Secretary to reallocate the amounts of project storage that are recommended by the report to Congress. Prohibits obligating funds to carry out work unless it does not significantly impact other authorized project purposes. Extends the deadline for submission of the report until July 30, 2002. Requires the report to include determinations concerning whether project storage should be reallocated to sustain the tail water trout fisheries.

(Sec. 303) Modifies the project for shore protection, Gasparilla and Estero Island segments, Lee County, Florida, to authorize the Secretary to enter into agreement with the non-Federal interest to carry out the project in accordance with provisions of the WRDA of 1992 if the Secretary determines that the project is technically sound, environmentally acceptable, and economically justified.

(Sec. 304) Directs the Secretary to carry out planning, engineering, and design of an adaptive ecosystem restoration, flood damage reduction, and erosion protection project along the upper Snake River within and adjacent to the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, Idaho, provided that the Shoshone-Bannock Indian Tribe provide land, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for implementation of the project. Authorizes the Secretary to construct and adaptively manage for ten years, at full Federal expense, a project if the Secretary determines that the project: (1) is a cost-effective means of providing ecosystem restoration, flood damage reduction, and erosion protection; (2) is environmentally acceptable and technically feasible; and (3) will improve the economic and social conditions of the Shoshone-Bannock Indian Tribe.

(Sec. 305) Directs the Secretary to credit toward the non-Federal share of the costs of the study to determine the feasibility of improvements to the upper Des Plaines River and tributaries, phase 2, Illinois and Wisconsin, authorized by the WRDA of 1999, the costs of work carried out by the non-Federal interests in Lake County, Illinois, before the date of execution of the feasibility study cost-sharing agreement, if: (1) the Secretary and the non-Federal interests enter into a feasibility study cost-sharing agreement; and (2) the Secretary finds that the work is integral to the scope of the study.

(Sec. 306) Directs the Secretary to credit toward the non-Federal share of the project costs of the Mississippi River and tributaries, Morganza, Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico project the cost of any work carried out by the non-Federal interests for interim flood protection after March 31, 1989, if the Secretary finds that the work is compatible with, and integral to, the project.

(Sec. 307) Modifies the project for mitigation of fish and wildlife losses, Red River Waterway, Louisiana, to authorize the purchase of mitigation land from willing sellers in any of the parishes that comprise the Red River Waterway District.

(Sec. 308) Authorizes the Secretary to provide design and construction assistance for recreational facilities in the State of Maryland at the William Jennings Randolph Lake (Bloomington Dam), Maryland and West Virginia, project. Directs the Secretary to require the non-Federal interest to provide 50 percent of the costs of designing and constructing the recreational facilities.

(Sec. 309) Authorizes the project for navigation, New Madrid County Harbor, Missouri.

(Sec. 310) Directs the Secretary, regarding the project for navigation, Pemiscot County Harbor, Missouri, to provide credit to the Pemiscot County Port Authority, or an agent of the Authority, for costs incurred by the Authority or agent in carrying out construction work for the project after December 31, 1997, if the Secretary finds that the construction work is integral to the project.

(Sec. 311) Provides for an exchange between the United States and S.S.S., Inc., of lands located in Pike County, Missouri, subject to specified conditions.

(Sec. 312) Directs the Secretary to carry out a project at Fort Peck Lake, Montana, for the design and construction of a fish hatchery and such associated facilities as are necessary to sustain a multi-species fishery. Sets forth cost sharing provisions. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 313) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out: (1) dredging of Mines Falls Park, New Hampshire (and authorizes appropriations); and (2) maintenance dredging of the Sagamore Creek Channel, New Hampshire.

(Sec. 315) Modifies the project for flood control, Passaic River, New Jersey and New York, to emphasize non-structural approaches for flood control as alternatives to the construction of the Passaic River tunnel element, while maintaining the integrity of other separable mainstream project elements, wetland banks, and other independent projects that were authorized to be carried out in the Passaic River Basin before this Act's enactment date.

Directs the Secretary to review: (1) the Passaic River Floodway Buyout Study, dated October 1995, to calculate the benefits of a buyout and environmental restoration using a specified method used to calculate the benefits of structural projects under the WRDA of 1990; and (2) the Passaic River Buyout Study of the ten-year floodplain beyond the floodway of the Central Passaic River Basin, dated September 1995, to calculate the benefits of a buyout and environmental restoration using such method.

Requires the Secretary: (1) to reevaluate the acquisition, from willing sellers, for flood protection purposes, of wetlands in the Central Passaic River Basin to supplement a wetland acquisition authorized by the WRDA of 1990; and (2) upon determining that the acquisition is cost-effective, to purchase the wetlands, with the goal of purchasing not more than 8,200 acres.

Directs the Secretary to review relevant reports and conduct a study to determine the feasibility of carrying out a project for environmental restoration, erosion control, and streambank restoration along the Passaic River from Dundee Dam to Kearny Point, New Jersey.

Directs the Secretary to establish the Passaic River Flood Management Task Force to provide advice to the Secretary concerning all aspects of the Passaic River flood management project. Requires the task force to submit annually to the Secretary and to the non-Federal interest a report describing the achievements of the project in preventing flooding and any impediments to completion of the project.

Amends provisions of the WRDA of 1986 regarding the Passaic River Basin to direct the Secretary to carry out such provisions in a manner that is consistent with New Jersey's Blue Acres Program.

Authorizes the Secretary to study the feasibility of conserving land in the Highlands region of New Jersey and New York to provide additional flood protection for residents of the Passaic River Basin.

Prohibits the Secretary from obligating any funds to carry out design or construction of the tunnel element of the Passaic River flood control project.

(Sec. 316) Modifies the project for shoreline protection, Rockaway Inlet to Norton Point (Coney Island Area), New York, to authorize the Secretary to construct T-groins to improve sand retention down drift. Specifies the Federal and non-Federal share.

(Sec. 317) Extinguishes the reversionary interests and use restrictions relating to port or industrial purposes with respect to specified deeds on properties located on the John Day Pool in Oregon and Washington. Extinguishes the human habitation or other building structure use restriction in each area where the elevation is above the standard project flood elevation. Authorizes the use of fill material to raise low areas above the standard project flood elevation, except in any low area constituting wetland for which a permit under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act would be required.

(Sec. 318) Amends the WRDA of 1999 to require that the non-Federal interest for the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier project, Providence, Rhode Island, receive credit toward the non-Federal share of project costs, or reimbursement, for the Federal share of the costs of repairs authorized that are incurred by the non-Federal interest before the date of execution of the project cooperation agreement.

(Sec. 319) Requires that: (1) the Secretary enter into an agreement for the city of Grand Prairie, Texas, to assume all responsibilities of the Trinity River Authority under a specified contract, other than financial responsibilities, except that the Authority shall be relieved of all financial responsibilities under the contract as of the date on which the Secretary enters into the agreement with the city; (2) the city pay the Federal Government $4,290,000 in two installments in consideration of the agreement; and (3) the agreement include a provision requiring the city to assume responsibility for all costs associated with operation and maintenance of the recreation facilities included in the contract.

(Sec. 320) Authorizes the Secretary to participate in critical restoration projects in the Lake Champlain watershed, New York and Vermont. Sets forth provisions regarding the types of projects eligible for assistance, a public ownership requirement, project selection, and cost sharing. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 321) Modifies the project for sediment control, Mount St. Helens, Washington, to authorize the Secretary to maintain for Longview, Kelso, Lexington, and Castle Rock on the Cowlitz River specified flood protection levels.

(Sec. 322) Authorizes the Secretary to participate in critical restoration projects in the area of Puget Sound, Washington, and adjacent waters. Sets forth provisions regarding project selection, prioritization of projects, and cost sharing. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 323) Amends the WRDA of 1992 to provide that, with regard to the Fox River System, Wisconsin, the terms and conditions may include one or more payments to assist the State of Wisconsin in paying the costs of repair and rehabilitation of the transferred locks and appurtenant features.

(Sec. 324) Amends the WRDA of 1986 to increase appropriations for projects of alternative or beneficially modified habitats for fish and wildlife. Directs that such projects include the construction of reefs and related clean shell substrate for fish habitat, including manmade three-dimensional oyster reefs, in the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries in Maryland and Virginia, which reefs shall be preserved as permanent sanctuaries by the non-Federal interests. Requires the Chief of Engineers to solicit participation by, and the services of, commercial watermen for assistance in the construction of such reefs.

(Sec. 325) Directs the Secretary, in operating and maintaining Federal channels and harbors of, and the connecting channels between, the Great Lakes to conduct such dredging as is necessary to ensure minimal operation depths consistent with the original authorized depths of the channels and harbors when water levels in the Great Lakes are, or are forecast to be, below the International Great Lakes Datum of 1985.

(Sec. 326) Directs the Secretary, within one year, to develop a plan for activities of the Corps of Engineers that support the management of Great Lakes fisheries. Requires that the plan make use of and incorporate documents that relate to the Great Lakes and that are in existence on the date of this Act's enactment, such as lake-wide management and remedial action plans.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop the plan in cooperation with the signatories to the Joint Strategic Plan for Management of the Great Lakes Fisheries and other affected interests; (2) plan, design, and construct projects to support the restoration of the fishery, ecosystem, and beneficial uses of the Great Lakes; and (3) develop a program to evaluate the success of such projects.

Sets forth provisions regarding cooperative agreements, relationship to other Great Lakes activities, and cost sharing. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 327) Amends provisions of the WRDA of 1990 regarding Great Lakes remedial action plans and sediment remediation to decrease, from 50 to 35, the percentage of project costs that non-Federal interests shall contribute. Authorizes appropriations at an increased level.

(Sec. 328) Amends provisions of the WRDA of 1996 regarding sediment management to set the non-Federal share of the costs of developing a tributary sediment transport model at 50 percent. Authorizes additional appropriations.

(Sec. 329) Directs the Secretary, by December 31, 2002, to carry out a demonstration project for the use of innovative sediment treatment technologies for the treatment of dredged material from Long Island Sound. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 330) Directs the Secretary to perform an assessment of the condition of water resources and related ecosystems in New England to identify problems and needs for restoring, preserving, and protecting water resources, ecosystems, wildlife, and fisheries, including: (1) development of criteria for identifying and prioritizing the most critical problems and needs; and (2) a framework for development of watershed or regional restoration plans.

Requires the Secretary: (1) to develop and make available for public review and comment criteria for identifying and prioritizing critical problems and needs and a framework for development of watershed or regional restoration plans; (2) to submit to Congress a report on the assessment; (3) to develop and submit to Congress a comprehensive plan for restoring, preserving, and protecting the water resources and ecosystem in each watershed and region in New England; and (4) to identify critical restoration projects that will produce independent, immediate, and substantial restoration, preservation, and protection benefits.

Sets forth provisions regarding agreements with non-Federal interests, project justification, time and cost limitations, and cost sharing. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 331) Deauthorizes specified navigation projects at: (1) Kennebunk River, Kennebunk and Kennebunkport, Maine; and (2) Wallabout Channel, Brooklyn, New York.

Title IV: Studies - Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of carrying out beach erosion control, storm damage reduction, and other measures along the shores of Baldwin County, Alabama.

(Sec. 402) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of: (1) a reservoir and associated improvements to provide for flood control, recreation, water quality, and fish and wildlife in the vicinity of Bono, Arkansas; (2) modifying the project for flood control, Cache Creek Basin, California, to authorize construction of features to mitigate impacts of the project on the storm drainage system of the city of Woodland, California, that have been caused by construction of a new south levee of the Cache Creek Settling Basin; and (3) constructing flood control measures in the Estudillo Canal watershed, San Leandro, California, and the Laguna Creek watershed, Fremont, California, to provide a 100-year level of flood protection.

(Sec. 406) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a special study of plans to: (1) mitigate for the erosion and other impacts resulting from the construction of Camp Pendleton Harbor, Oceanside, California, as a wartime measure; and (2) restore beach conditions along the affected public and private shores to the conditions that existed before the construction of such harbor.

(Sec. 407) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct: (1) a watershed study for the San Jacinto watershed, California (and authorizes appropriations); (2) a reconnaissance study to determine the Federal interest in dredging the mouth of the Choctawhatchee River, Florida, to remove the sand plug; (3) a study to determine the feasibility of stabilizing the historic fortifications and beach areas of Egmont Key, Florida, that are threatened by erosion; (4) a re-study of flooding and water quality issues in the upper Ocklawaha River basin, south of the Silver River, and the Apopka River and Palatlakaha River basins; (5) a study to determine the feasibility of carrying out multi-objective flood control activities along the Boise River, Idaho; and (6) a reconnaissance study to determine the Federal interest in carrying out multi-objective flood control and flood mitigation planning projects along the Wood River in Blaine County, Idaho.

(Sec. 413) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of: (1) carrying out projects for water-related urban improvements, including infrastructure development and improvements, in Chicago, Illinois; (2) deepening the navigation channel of the Atchafalaya River and Bayous Chene, Boeuf and Black, Louisiana, from 20 to 35 feet; (3) constructing navigation improvements for ingress and egress between the Port of Iberia, Louisiana, and the Gulf of Mexico, including channel widening and deepening; (4) constructing projects for hurricane protection in the coastal area of the State of Louisiana between Morgan City and the Pearl River; (5) constructing urban flood control measures on the east bank of the Mississippi River in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana; (6) redesigning as anchorage a portion of the 11-foot channel of the project for navigation, Narraguagus River, Milbridge, Maine, and of reauthorizing for the purpose of maintenance as anchorage of portion of that project lying adjacent to and outside the limits of the 11-foot and the nine-foot channel; and (7) modifying the project for navigation, Portsmouth Harbor and Piscataqua River, Maine and New Hampshire, to increase the authorized width of turning basins in the Piscataqua River to 1000 feet.

(Sec. 420) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct: (1) a comprehensive study of the water resources needs of the Merrimack River basin, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, taking into consideration studies conducted by the University of New Hampshire on environmental restoration of the Merrimack River System; (2) a study to determine the feasibility of modifying the project for navigation, Gulfport Harbor, Mississippi, to widen the channel from 300 to 450 feet and to deepen the South Harbor channel from 36 to 42 feet and the North Harbor channel from 32 to 36 feet.

(Sec. 422) Authorizes the Secretary, in conjunction with the State of New Hampshire, to conduct a study to identify and evaluate potential upland disposal sites for dredged material originating from harbor areas located within the State.

(Sec. 423) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of conveying to the Secretary of the Interior land that was acquired by the Secretary to carry out the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program and that is located within the external boundaries of specified reservations in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Nebraska, to be held in trust for the benefit of the Indian tribes involved.

(Sec. 424) Rewrites provisions of the WRDA of 1996 regarding the Cuyahoga River, Ohio, to authorize the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study to evaluate the structural integrity of the bulkhead system located on the Federal navigation channel along the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland, Ohio; and (2) provide to the non-Federal interest design analysis, plans and specifications, and cost estimates for repair or replacement of the bulkhead system. Sets the non-Federal share of the cost of the study at 35 percent. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 425) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of carrying out projects for water supply and environmental restoration at the Ballville Dam on the Sandusky River at Fremont, Ohio.

(Sec. 426) Authorizes the Secretary to evaluate the backwater effects specifically due to flood control operations on land around Grand Lake, Oklahoma and report to Congress on whether Federal actions have been a significant cause of such effects.

Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of: (1) addressing the backwater effects of the operation of the Pensacola Dam, Grand/Neosho River basin; and (2) purchasing easements for any land that has been adversely affected by backwater flooding in the Grand/Neosho River basin. Sets a 100 percent Federal cost share of the feasibility study if the Secretary determines that Federal actions have been a significant cause of the backwater effects.

(Sec. 427) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of designating a permanent site in the State of Rhode Island for the disposal of dredged material.

(Sec. 428) Directs the Secretary to use $200,000 from funds to be transferred from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to prepare a report of the Chief of Engineers for a replacement lock at Chickamauga Lock and Dam, Tennessee.

(Sec. 429) Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study to determine the feasibility of carrying out a project for flood control and related purposes along Miller Farms Ditch, Howard Road Drainage, and Wolf River Lateral D, Germantown, Tennessee; and (2) include environmental and water quality benefits in the justification analysis for the project. Sets forth provisions regarding the Federal and non-Federal share.

(Sec. 430) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of: (1) modifying the project for flood control, Horn Lake Creek and Tributaries, Tennessee and Mississippi, to provide a high level of urban flood protection to development along Horn Lake Creek (and requires that the study include a limited reevaluation of the project to determine the appropriate design, as desired by the non-Federal interests); (2) constructing a 12 foot deep and 125 foot wide channel from the Houston Ship Channel to Cedar Bayou, mile marker 11, Texas; (3) constructing barge lanes adjacent to both sides of the Houston Ship Channel from Bolivar Roads to Morgan Point, Texas, to a depth of 12 feet; and (4) modifying the project for San Antonio Channel improvement, Texas, to add environmental restoration and recreation as project purposes.

(Sec. 434) Authorizes the Secretary to review the report of the Chief of Engineers on the Upper Puyallup River, Washington, and other specified reports to determine whether modifications to the recommendations contained in the reports are advisable to provide improvements to the water resources and watershed of the White River watershed downstream of Mud Mountain Dam, Washington.

(Sec. 435) Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) conduct a study to determine the feasibility of providing coastal erosion protection for the Tribal Reservation of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe on Willapa Bay, Washington; and (2) construct and maintain a project to provide coastal erosion protection for such reservation, at full Federal expense, if the Secretary determines that the project: (1) is a cost-effective means of providing erosion protection; (2) is environmentally acceptable and technically feasible; and (3) will improve the economic and social conditions of the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe. Requires the Tribe, as a condition of the project, to provide land, easements, right-of-way, and dredged material disposal areas necessary for the implementation of the project.

Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends provisions of the WRDA of 1992 regarding visitors centers to direct the Secretary to: (1) construct a visitors center for the Army Corps of Engineers at Fort Smith, Arkansas (currently, Arkansas River) on land provided by the city of Fort Smith; and (2) establish and operate the Lower Mississippi River Museum and Riverfront Interpretive Site on property between the Mississippi River Bridge and the waterfront in downtown Vicksburg, Mississippi (currently, in the vicinity of that Bridge).

(Sec. 502) Authorizes the Secretary to participate with the appropriate Federal and State agencies in the planning and management activities associated with the CALFED Bay-Delta Program. Directs the Secretary to integrate the activities of the Corps of Engineers in the San Joaquin and Sacramento River basins with the long-term goals of the Program. Sets forth provisions regarding cooperative activities and the area covered by the Program. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 503) Authorizes the Secretary to convey to the Ontonagon County Historical Society, at full Federal expense: (1) the lighthouse at Ontonagon, Michigan; and (2) the land underlying and adjacent to the lighthouse that is under the Secretary's jurisdiction. Directs the Secretary to determine the extent of the land conveyance and the exact acreage and legal description of the land to be conveyed and to prepare a map that clearly identifies any land to be conveyed. Authorizes the Secretary to obtain all necessary easements and rights-of-way and to impose such terms, conditions, reservations, and restrictions on the conveyance as the Secretary determines to be necessary to protect the public interest.

Makes: (1) the Secretary responsible for any necessary environmental response required as a result of the prior Federal use or ownership of the land and improvements conveyed; and (2) the Ontonagon County Historical Society responsible, after the conveyance of the land, for any additional operation, maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, or replacement costs associated with the lighthouse or the conveyed land and improvements.