Sec. 203. Expedited completion of studies

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The Secretary shall expedite the completion of a feasibility study for each of the following projects, and if the Secretary determines that the project is justified in a completed report, may proceed directly to preconstruction planning, engineering, and design of the project: Modifications to the project for flood risk management, North Adams, Massachusetts, authorized by section 5 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (commonly known as the Flood Control Act of 1936 ) (49 Stat. 1572, chapter 688; 33 U.S.C. 701h ), and section 3 of the Act of August 18, 1941 (commonly known as the Flood Control Act of 1941 ) (55 Stat. 639, chapter 377), for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration.

Project for coastal storm risk management, Charleston Peninsula, South Carolina. Project for flood and coastal storm risk management and ecosystem restoration, Boston North Shore, Revere, Saugus, Lynn, Maiden, and Everett, Massachusetts. Project for flood risk management, De Soto County, Mississippi. Project for coastal storm risk management, Chicago shoreline, Illinois. Project for flood risk management, Cave Buttes Dam, Arizona. Project for flood and coastal storm risk management, Chelsea, Massachusetts, authorized by a study resolution of the Committee on Public Works of the Senate dated September 12, 1969.

Project for ecosystem restoration, Herring River Estuary, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, authorized by a study resolution of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives dated July 23, 1997. Project for coastal storm risk management, ecosystem restoration, and navigation, Nauset Barrier Beach and inlet system, Chatham, Massachusetts, authorized by a study resolution of the Committee on Public Works of the Senate dated September 12, 1969.

Project for flood risk management, East Hartford Levee System, Connecticut. Project for flood risk management, Rahway, New Jersey, authorized by section 336 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2712). New York and New Jersey Harbor Channel Deepening Improvements, New York and New Jersey. Project for coastal storm risk management, Sea Bright to Manasquan, New Jersey. Project for coastal storm risk management, Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook Bay, New Jersey. Tacoma Harbor Navigation Improvement Project, Washington.

Project for coastal storm risk management, South Central Coastal Louisiana, Louisiana. Project for coastal storm risk management, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. Project for ecosystem restoration, Fox River, Illinois, authorized by section 519 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2653). Project for ecosystem restoration, Chicago River, Illinois. Project for ecosystem restoration, Three Forks of Beargrass Creek, Kentucky. Project for ecosystem restoration, Lake Okeechobee, Florida.

Project for ecosystem restoration, Western Everglades, Florida. Modifications to the project for navigation, Hilo Harbor, Hawaii. Project for flood risk management, Kanawha River Basin, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina. Modifications to the project for navigation, Auke Bay, Alaska. The Secretary shall expedite completion of a post-authorization change report for the following projects: Project for ecosystem restoration, Tres Rios, Arizona, authorized by section 101(b)(4) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2577).

Project for coastal storm risk management, Surf City and North Topsail Beach, North Carolina, authorized by section 7002(3) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 1367). Project for water supply and ecosystem restoration, Howard A. Hanson Dam, Washington, authorized by section 101(b)(15) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 281). Project for ecosystem restoration, Central and Southern Florida, Indian River Lagoon, Florida, authorized by section 1001(14) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1051).

The Secretary shall expedite the completion of the following assessments under section 729 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 ( 33 U.S.C. 2267a ): Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Ouachita-Black Rivers, Arkansas and Louisiana. Project for watershed assessment, Hawaii County, Hawaii. The Secretary shall expedite the completion of the disposition study for the Los Angeles County Drainage Area under section 216 of the Flood Control Act of 1970 ( 33 U.S.C. 549a ).

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