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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 7776 (Engrossed in House) — To provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation and devel... · Sec. 1

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

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This Act may be cited as the . Water Resources Development Act of 2022 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Secretary defined. Title I—General Provisions Sec. 101. Federal breakwaters and jetties. Sec. 102. Emergency response to natural disasters. Sec. 103. Shoreline and riverine restoration. Sec. 104. Tidal river, bay, and estuarine flood risk reduction. Sec. 105. Removal of manmade obstruction to aquatic ecosystem restoration projects.
Sec. 106. National coastal mapping study. Sec. 107. Public recreational amenities in ecosystem restoration projects. Sec. 108. Preliminary analysis. Sec. 109. Technical assistance. Sec. 110. Corps of Engineers support for underserved communities; outreach. Sec. 111. Project planning assistance. Sec. 112. Managed aquifer recharge study and working group. Sec. 113. Flood easement database. Sec. 114. Assessment of Corps of Engineers levees. Sec. 115. Technical assistance for levee inspections.
Sec. 116. Assessment of Corps of Engineers dams. Sec. 117. National low-head dam inventory. Sec. 118. Tribal partnership program. Sec. 119. Tribal Liaison. Sec. 120. Tribal assistance. Sec. 121. Cost sharing provisions for the territories and Indian Tribes. Sec. 122. Sense of Congress on COVID–19 impacts to coastal and inland navigation. Sec. 123. Assessment of regional confined aquatic disposal facilities. Sec. 124. Strategic plan on beneficial use of dredged material. Sec. 125.
Funding to review mitigation banking proposals from non-Federal public entities. Sec. 126. Environmental dredging. Sec. 127. Reserve component training at water resources development projects. Sec. 128. Payment of pay and allowances of certain officers from appropriation for improvements. Sec. 129. Civil works research, development, testing, and evaluation. Sec. 130. Support of Army civil works program. Sec. 131. Contracts with institutions of higher education to provide assistance.
Sec. 132. Records regarding members and employees of the Corps of Engineers who perform duty at Lake Okeechobee, Florida, during a harmful algal bloom. Sec. 133. Sense of Congress on the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet, Louisiana. Sec. 134. Water infrastructure public-private partnership pilot program. Sec. 135. Applicability. Title II—Studies and Reports Sec. 201. Authorization of proposed feasibility studies. Sec. 202. Expedited completion. Sec. 203. Expedited modifications of existing feasibility studies.
Sec. 204. Corps of Engineers reservoir sedimentation assessment. Sec. 205. Assessment of impacts from changing operation and maintenance responsibilities. Sec. 206. Report and recommendations on dredge capacity. Sec. 207. Maintenance dredging data. Sec. 208. Report to Congress on economic valuation of preservation of open space, recreational areas, and habitat associated with project lands. Sec. 209. Ouachita River watershed, Arkansas and Louisiana. Sec. 210. Report on Santa Barbara streams, Lower Mission Creek, California.
Sec. 211. Disposition study on Salinas Dam and Reservoir, California. Sec. 212. Excess lands report for Whittier Narrows Dam, California. Sec. 213. Colebrook River Reservoir, Connecticut. Sec. 214. Comprehensive central and southern Florida study. Sec. 215. Study on shellfish habitat and seagrass, Florida Central Gulf Coast. Sec. 216. Northern estuaries ecosystem restoration, Florida. Sec. 217. Report on South Florida ecosystem restoration plan implementation. Sec. 218. Review of recreational hazards at Buford Dam, Lake Sidney Lanier, Georgia.
Sec. 219. Review of recreational hazards at the banks of the Mississippi River, Louisiana. Sec. 220. Hydraulic evaluation of Upper Mississippi River and Illinois River. Sec. 221. Disposition study on hydropower in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. Sec. 222. Houston Ship Channel Expansion Channel Improvement Project, Texas. Sec. 223. Sabine–Neches waterway navigation improvement project, Texas. Sec. 224. Norfolk Harbor and Channels, Virginia. Sec. 225. Coastal Virginia, Virginia.
Sec. 226. Western infrastructure study. Sec. 227. Report on socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns. Sec. 228. Report on solar energy opportunities. Sec. 229. Assessment of coastal flooding mitigation modeling and testing capacity. Sec. 230. Report to Congress on easements related to water resources development projects. Sec. 231. Assessment of forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration services on lands owned by the Corps of Engineers. Sec. 232. Electronic preparation and submission of applications.
Sec. 233. Report on corrosion prevention activities. Sec. 234. GAO Studies on mitigation. Sec. 235. GAO Study on waterborne statistics. Sec. 236. GAO study on the integration of information into the national levee database. Title III—Deauthorizations and Modifications Sec. 301. Deauthorization of inactive projects. Sec. 302. Watershed and river basin assessments. Sec. 303. Forecast-informed reservoir operations. Sec. 304. Lakes program. Sec. 305. Invasive species. Sec. 306. Project reauthorizations.
Sec. 307. St. Francis Lake Control Structure. Sec. 308. Fruitvale Avenue Railroad Bridge, Alameda, California. Sec. 309. Los Angeles County, California. Sec. 310. Deauthorization of designated portions of the Los Angeles County Drainage Area, California. Sec. 311. Murrieta Creek, California. Sec. 312. Sacramento River, California. Sec. 313. San Diego River and Mission Bay, San Diego County, California. Sec. 314. San Francisco Bay, California. Sec. 315. Columbia River Basin. Sec. 316.
Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, Florida. Sec. 317. Port Everglades, Florida. Sec. 318. South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force. Sec. 319. Little Wood River, Gooding, Idaho. Sec. 320. Chicago shoreline protection. Sec. 321. Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin project, Brandon Road, Will County, Illinois. Sec. 322. Southeast Des Moines levee system, Iowa. Sec. 323. Lower Mississippi River comprehensive management study. Sec. 324. Lower Missouri River streambank erosion control evaluation and demonstration projects.
Sec. 325. Missouri River interception-rearing complexes. Sec. 326. Argentine, East Bottoms, Fairfax-Jersey Creek, and North Kansas Levees units, Missouri River and tributaries at Kansas Cities, Missouri and Kansas. Sec. 327. Missouri River mitigation project, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska. Sec. 328. Northern Missouri. Sec. 329. Israel River, Lancaster, New Hampshire. Sec. 330. Middle Rio Grande flood protection, Bernalillo to Belen, New Mexico. Sec. 331. Special rule for certain coastal storm risk management projects.
Sec. 332. Southwestern Oregon. Sec. 333. John P. Murtha Locks and Dam. Sec. 334. Wolf River Harbor, Tennessee. Sec. 335. Addicks and Barker Reservoirs, Texas. Sec. 336. North Padre Island, Corpus Christi Bay, Texas. Sec. 337. Central West Virginia. Sec. 338. Puget Sound, Washington. Sec. 339. Water level management pilot project on the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway System. Sec. 340. Upper Mississippi River protection. Sec. 341. Treatment of certain benefits and costs.
Sec. 342. Debris removal. Sec. 343. General reauthorizations. Sec. 344. Conveyances. Sec. 345. Environmental infrastructure. Sec. 346. Additional assistance for critical projects. Sec. 347. Sense of Congress on lease agreement. Sec. 348. Flood control and other purposes. Title IV—Water Resources Infrastructure Sec. 401. Project authorizations. Title V—Columbia River Basin Restoration Sec. 501. Definitions. Sec. 502. Columbia River Basin Trust. Sec. 503. Columbia River Basin Task Force.
Sec. 504. Administration. Title VI—Determination of Budgetary Effects Sec. 601. Determination of budgetary effects.
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