Sec. 142. Levee accreditation process; levee certifications
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It is the sense of Congress that the process developed by the Flood Protection Structure Accreditation Task Force established under section 100226 of the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act ( 42 U.S.C. 4101 note) should not be limited to levee systems in the inspection of completed works program of the Corps of Engineers, but should apply equally to federally owned levee systems operated by the Secretary, including federally owned levee systems operated by the Secretary as part of a reservoir project.
Section 3014 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 ( 42 U.S.C. 4131 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (1)— by striking under the inspection of completed works program and inserting for levee systems under the levee safety and dam safety programs ; and by striking and at the end; in paragraph (2)— by striking activities under the inspection of completed works program of the Corps of Engineers and inserting the activities referred to in paragraph
(1); by striking chapter 1 and inserting chapter I ; and by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: in the case of a levee system that is operated and maintained by the Corps of Engineers, to the maximum extent practicable, cooperate with local governments seeking a levee accreditation decision for the levee to provide information necessary to support the accreditation decision in a timely manner. ; and in paragraph (b)(3), by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding subparagraph (B), a non-Federal interest may fund up to 100 percent of the cost of any activity carried out under this subsection. .
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