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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · S. 2800 (Introduced in Senate) — To provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources, to authorize the Secretary of the Arm... · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

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This Act may be cited as the . America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary. TITLE I—General provisions Sec. 1001. Corps budgeting. Sec. 1002. National Academy studies. Sec. 1003. GAO study on benefit-cost analysis reforms. Sec. 1004. Transparency and accountability in cost-sharing for water resources projects. Sec. 1005. Non-Federal sponsor reimbursements. Sec. 1006.
Challenge cost-sharing program for the management of recreation facilities. Sec. 1007. Cost estimates. Sec. 1008. Retroactive changes to cost-sharing agreements. Sec. 1009. Project partnership agreements. Sec. 1010. Study and report on expediting certain waiver processes. Sec. 1011. Feasibility studies for mitigation of storm damage. Sec. 1012. Extended community assistance by the Corps of Engineers. Sec. 1013. Advanced funds for water resources development studies and projects.
Sec. 1014. Implementation guidance. Sec. 1015. Implementation guidance for this Act. Sec. 1016. Easements for certain rural electric, telephone, and broadband service facilities. Sec. 1017. Corps capabilities. Sec. 1018. Project authorization funding lines. Sec. 1019. Consolidation of studies; report. Sec. 1020. Non-Federal study and construction of projects. Sec. 1021. Reports to Congress. Sec. 1022. Disposition studies. Sec. 1023. Natural infrastructure. Sec. 1024. Watercraft inspection stations.
Sec. 1025. Reauthorization of non-Federal implementation pilot program. Sec. 1026. Project studies subject to independent peer review. Sec. 1027. Expedited consideration. Sec. 1028. WIFIA study. Sec. 1029. Enhanced development demonstration program. Sec. 1030. Duplication of efforts. Sec. 1031. Corps of Engineers Board of Appeals for certain water storage projects. Sec. 1032. Sense of Congress relating to local role in Corps projects. Sec. 1033. Sense of Congress relating to study of water resources development projects by non-Federal interests.
Sec. 1034. Sense of Congress relating to project partnership agreements. Sec. 1035. Sense of Congress relating to encouraging resilient techniques and habitat connectivity in ecosystem restoration. Sec. 1036. Alterations to local flood control projects. TITLE II—Studies, modifications, and project authorizations Subtitle A—Studies Sec. 2001. Authorization of proposed feasibility studies. Sec. 2002. Lower Missouri River Bank stabilization and navigation. Subtitle B—Deauthorizations, modifications, and related provisions Sec. 2101.
Savannah Harbor expansion project. Sec. 2102. Deauthorization of Svensen Island. Sec. 2103. Whittier Narrows study. Sec. 2104. West Tennessee tributaries project, Tennessee. Sec. 2105. Bridgeport Harbor-Pequonnock River navigation project, Connecticut. Sec. 2106. Levees L–212 and L–231, Four River Basin, Ocklawaha River, Florida. Sec. 2107. Corps of Engineers bridge repair and divestiture program for New England evacuation routes. Sec. 2108. Boston Harbor reserved channel deauthorizations.
Sec. 2109. Project deauthorization and study extensions. Sec. 2110. Deauthorization of inactive studies. Subtitle C—Water resources infrastructure Sec. 2201. Project authorizations. Sec. 2202. McMicken Dam, Arizona, and Muddy River, Massachusetts. Sec. 2203. Environmental infrastructure projects. Sec. 2204. Conditional reauthorization of environmental projects. Sec. 2205. Sense of Congress relating to West Haven, Connecticut. Sec. 2206. Sense of Congress relating to Coastal Texas study.
Subtitle D—Expedited and modified studies and projects Sec. 2301. Rahway River Basin flood risk management project. Sec. 2302. Hudson-Raritan Estuary Comprehensive Restoration Project. Sec. 2303. Certain projects in Rhode Island. Sec. 2304. Cedar River, Iowa. Sec. 2305. Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts. Sec. 2306. Brandon Road study. Sec. 2307. Central Everglades Planning Project. Sec. 2308. Portsmouth Harbor and Piscataqua River. Sec. 2309. Blain Road footbridge, Thompson, Connecticut.
Sec. 2310. Table Rock Lake, Arkansas and Missouri. Sec. 2311. McCook Reservoir, Illinois. Sec. 2312. Baptiste Collette Bayou study, Louisiana. Sec. 2313. Morganza to the Gulf, Louisiana. Sec. 2314. Louisiana Coastal Area. Sec. 2315. Louisiana Coastal Area–Barataria Basin Barrier. Sec. 2316. West Shore Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana. Sec. 2317. Southwest Coastal Louisiana. Sec. 2318. New York–New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries feasibility study. Sec. 2319. Lower Brule shoreline stabilization project.
Sec. 2320. Hampton Harbor, New Hampshire, navigation improvement project. Sec. 2321. New Jersey and Delaware Back Bays Coastal Storm Risk Management. Sec. 2322. Minnesota locks and dams divestment study. TITLE III—Primary Corps of Engineers activities Subtitle A—Continuing authorities programs Sec. 3001. Corps of Engineers continuing authorities program. Sec. 3002. Sense of Congress relating to continuing authorities program. Sec. 3003. Report relating to availability of prioritized CAP projects.
Subtitle B—Navigation PART I—Inland waterways Sec. 3101. GAO study on navigation and ecosystem sustainability program. PART II—Ports and harbors Sec. 3111. Authorization of appropriations for purchase of hopper dredge. Sec. 3112. Authorization of appropriations for purchase of mat sinking unit. Sec. 3113. Hopper dredge and mat sinking unit. Sec. 3114. Sense of Congress relating to Kennebec River Federal navigation channel. Sec. 3115. Sense of Congress relating to Wilmington Harbor dredging.
Sec. 3116. Port of Arlington. Sec. 3117. Pearl River Basin demonstration program. Sec. 3118. Expedited initiation. PART III—Miscellaneous provisions Sec. 3121. Report on debris removal. Sec. 3122. Cape Arundel Disposal Site, Maine. Sec. 3123. Delaware River navigation project. Sec. 3124. Sense of Congress relating to erosion on the banks of the Ohio River near Clarksville, Indiana. Subtitle C—Locks, dams, levees, and dikes Sec. 3201. Certain levee improvements. Sec. 3202. Rehabilitation of Corps of Engineers constructed dams.
Sec. 3203. Non-Federal dams. Sec. 3204. Reauthorization of National Dam Safety Program Act. Sec. 3205. Sense of Congress relating to implementation guidance for dam safety repair projects. Sec. 3206. Reauthorization of national levee safety program. Sec. 3207. Reauthorization of lock operations pilot program. Sec. 3208. Restricted areas at Corps of Engineers dams. Sec. 3209. Certain Bureau of Reclamation dikes. Sec. 3210. Rehabilitation of high-hazard potential dams. Sec. 3211.
Maintenance of high risk flood control projects. Subtitle D—Water supply Sec. 3301. Authority to make entire active capacity of Fontenelle Reservoir available for use. Sec. 3302. Pricing of water storage contracts. Sec. 3303. Report on water supply contract, Wright Patman Lake, Texas. Sec. 3304. Sense of Congress relating to Wright Patman Lake, Sulphur River Basin, Texas. Sec. 3305. City reservoir expansion pilot program. Sec. 3306. Sense of Congress relating to water-related infrastructure in Idaho, Montana, rural Nevada, New Mexico, rural Utah, and Wyoming.
Subtitle E—Sediment management Sec. 3401. Missouri River reservoir sediment management. Sec. 3402. Reservoir sediment. Sec. 3403. Regional sediment management. Subtitle F—Flood risk management Sec. 3501. Ice jam prevention and mitigation. Sec. 3502. Upper Missouri River Basin flood and drought monitoring. Sec. 3503. Policies that impact flood fight management projects within urban areas. Sec. 3504. Missouri River and tributaries at Kansas Cities, Missouri and Kansas. Subtitle G—River basins, watersheds, and coastal areas Sec. 3601.
Long-term flood risk reduction, Upper Missouri River Basin, Snake River Basin, and Red River Basin. Sec. 3602. Sense of Congress relating to provision of resources for emergency infrastructure repairs. Sec. 3603. Sense of Congress on emergency management assistance. Sec. 3604. Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990. Sec. 3605. Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Sec. 3606. Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency study. Sec. 3607. Special rule for beach nourishment. Sec. 3608.
Extension for certain coastal storm damage reduction programs. Sec. 3609. Snake River Basin flood prevention action plan. Sec. 3610. Authorization of appropriations for Columbia River Basin restoration. Subtitle H—Environmental management Sec. 3701. Reauthorization of Rio Grande environmental management program. Sec. 3702. Amendments to Long Island Sound programs. Sec. 3703. Sense of Congress relating to the Caño Martín Peña ecosystem restoration project. Subtitle I—Tribal programs Sec. 3801.
Inflation adjustment of cost-sharing provisions for territories and Indian Tribes. Sec. 3802. Tribal Partnership Program. Sec. 3803. Blackfeet water rights settlement. Sec. 3804. Bonneville Dam, Oregon. Sec. 3805. John Day Dam, Oregon. Sec. 3806. Dalles Dam, Oregon. Sec. 3807. Indian irrigation fund reauthorization. Sec. 3808. Reauthorization of repair, replacement, and maintenance of certain Indian irrigation projects. Sec. 3809. Indian dam safety reauthorization. Sec. 3810.
GAO report on Alaska Native village relocation efforts due to flooding and erosion threats. TITLE IV—Sense of Congress relating to certain projects Sec. 4001. Sense of Congress relating to certain projects. TITLE V—EPA-related provisions Sec. 5001. Stormwater infrastructure funding task force. Sec. 5002. Reauthorization of the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act. Sec. 5003. Indian reservation drinking water and wastewater pilot program. Sec. 5004. Technical assistance for treatment works.
Sec. 5005. Clean, safe, reliable water infrastructure. Sec. 5006. Water infrastructure flexibility. Sec. 5007. Water Resources Research Act amendments. Sec. 5008. Study on intractable water systems. Sec. 5009. National onsite wastewater recycling. Sec. 5010. Water infrastructure and workforce investment. Sec. 5011. Sense of Congress relating to State revolving funds. Sec. 5012. GAO study on WIFIA projects in small communities, rural communities, disadvantaged communities, and Tribal communities.
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