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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 8812 (Reported 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 2024 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. Continuing authority programs. Sec. 102. Community project advisor. Sec. 103. Minimum real estate interest. Sec. 104. Study of water resources development projects by non-Federal interests. Sec. 105. Construction of water resources development projects by non-Federal interests.
Sec. 106. Review process. Sec. 107. Electronic submission and tracking of permit applications. Sec. 108. Vertical integration and acceleration of studies. Sec. 109. Systemwide improvement framework and encroachments. Sec. 110. Fish and wildlife mitigation. Sec. 111. Harbor deepening. Sec. 112. Emerging harbors. Sec. 113. Remote and subsistence harbors. Sec. 114. Additional projects for underserved community harbors. Sec. 115. Inland waterways regional dredge pilot program. Sec. 116.
Dredged material disposal facility partnerships. Sec. 117. Maximization of beneficial use. Sec. 118. Economic, hydraulic, and hydrologic modeling. Sec. 119. Forecast-informed reservoir operations. Sec. 120. Updates to certain water control manuals. Sec. 121. Water supply mission. Sec. 122. Real estate administrative fees. Sec. 123. Challenge cost-sharing program for management of recreation facilities. Sec. 124. Retention of recreation fees. Sec. 125. Databases of Corps recreational sites.
Sec. 126. Services of volunteers. Sec. 127. Nonrecreation outgrant policy. Sec. 128. Improvements to National Dam Safety Program. Sec. 129. Rehabilitation of Corps of Engineers constructed dams. Sec. 130. Treatment of projects in covered communities. Sec. 131. Ability to pay. Sec. 132. Tribal partnership program. Sec. 133. Funding to process permits. Sec. 134. Project studies subject to independent external peer review. Sec. 135. Control of aquatic plant growths and invasive species.
Sec. 136. Remote operations at Corps dams. Sec. 137. Harmful algal bloom demonstration program. Sec. 138. Support of Army civil works missions. Sec. 139. National coastal mapping program. Sec. 140. Watershed and river basin assessments. Sec. 141. Removal of abandoned vessels. Sec. 142. Corrosion prevention. Sec. 143. Missouri River existing features protection. Sec. 144. Federal breakwaters and jetties. Sec. 145. Temporary relocation assistance pilot program. Sec. 146. Easements for hurricane and storm damage reduction projects.
Sec. 147. Shoreline and riverine protection and restoration. Sec. 148. Sense of Congress related to water data. Sec. 149. Sense of Congress relating to comprehensive benefits. Sec. 150. Reporting and oversight. Sec. 151. Sacramento River watershed Native American site and cultural resource protection pilot program. Sec. 152. Emergency drought operations pilot program. Sec. 153. Report on minimum real estate interest. Sec. 154. Levee Owners Board. Sec. 155. Definition. Title II—Studies and Reports Sec. 201.
Authorization of proposed feasibility studies. Sec. 202. Expedited completion. Sec. 203. Expedited modification of existing feasibility studies. Sec. 204. Corps of Engineers reports. Sec. 205. GAO studies. Sec. 206. Annual report on harbor maintenance needs and trust fund expenditures. Sec. 207. Examination of reduction of microplastics. Sec. 208. Post-disaster watershed assessment for impacted areas. Sec. 209. Upper Barataria Basin and Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico Connection, Louisiana.
Sec. 210. Upper Mississippi River System Flood Risk and Resiliency Study. Sec. 211. New Jersey hot spot erosion mitigation. Sec. 212. Oceanside, California. Sec. 213. Coastal Washington. Sec. 214. Cherryfield Dam, Narraguagus River, Maine. Sec. 215. Poor Farm Pond Dam, Worcester, Massachusetts. Sec. 216. National Academy of Sciences study on Upper Rio Grande Basin. Sec. 217. Chambers, Galveston, and Harris Counties, Texas. Sec. 218. Sea sparrow accounting. Sec. 219. Wilson Lock floating guide wall, Alabama.
Sec. 220. Algiers Canal Levees, Louisiana. Title III—Deauthorizations and Modifications Sec. 301. Deauthorization of inactive projects. Sec. 302. General reauthorizations. Sec. 303. Conveyances. Sec. 304. Lakes program. Sec. 305. Maintenance of navigation channels. Sec. 306. Asset divestiture. Sec. 307. Upper Mississippi River restoration program. Sec. 308. Coastal community flood control and other purposes. Sec. 309. Shore protection and restoration. Sec. 310. Hopper dredge McFarland replacement.
Sec. 311. Acequias irrigation systems. Sec. 312. Pacific region. Sec. 313. Selma, Alabama. Sec. 314. Barrow, Alaska. Sec. 315. San Francisco Bay, California. Sec. 316. Santa Ana River Mainstem, California. Sec. 317. Faulkner Island, Connecticut. Sec. 318. Broadkill Beach, Delaware. Sec. 319. Federal Triangle Area, Washington, District of Columbia. Sec. 320. Washington Aqueduct. Sec. 321. Washington Metropolitan Area, Washington, District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. Sec. 322.
Northern estuaries ecosystem restoration, Florida. Sec. 323. New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam, Georgia and South Carolina. Sec. 324. Dillard Road, Patoka Lake, Indiana. Sec. 325. Larose to Golden Meadow, Louisiana. Sec. 326. Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana. Sec. 327. Port Fourchon Belle Pass Channel, Louisiana. Sec. 328. Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam, Minnesota. Sec. 329. Missouri River levee system, Missouri. Sec. 330. Table Rock Lake, Missouri and Arkansas. Sec. 331.
Missouri River mitigation, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska. Sec. 332. New York and New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries, New York and New Jersey. Sec. 333. Western Lake Erie basin, Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan. Sec. 334. Willamette Valley, Oregon. Sec. 335. Columbia River Channel, Oregon and Washington. Sec. 336. Buffalo Bayou Tributaries and Resiliency study, Texas. Sec. 337. Matagorda Ship Channel Jetty Deficiency, Port Lavaca, Texas. Sec. 338. San Antonio Channel, San Antonio, Texas.
Sec. 339. Western Washington State, Washington. Sec. 340. Environmental infrastructure. Sec. 341. Specific deauthorizations. Sec. 342. Congressional notification of deferred payment agreement request. Title IV—Water Resources Infrastructure Sec. 401. Project authorizations. Sec. 402. Facility investment.
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