Sec. 1203. EXPEDITED COMPLETION

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## SEC. 1203 EXPEDITED COMPLETION ###

(a)Feasibility Reports 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: ####

(1)Project for riverbank stabilization, Selma, Alabama. ####

(2)Project for ecosystem restoration, Three Mile Creek, Alabama. ####

(3)Project for navigation, Nome, Alaska. ####

(4)Project for flood diversion, Seward, Alaska. ####

(5)Project for flood control, water conservation, and related purposes, Coyote Valley Dam, California. ####

(6)Project for flood risk management, Lower Cache Creek, California. ####

(7)Project for flood risk management, Lower San Joaquin River, California, as described in section 1322(b)(2)(F) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 1707) (second phase of feasibility study). ####

(8)Project for flood risk management, South San Francisco, California. ####

(9)Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, Tijuana River, California. ####

(10)Project for flood damage reduction, Westminster-East Garden Grove, California. ####

(11)Project for flood risk management in East Hartford, Connecticut. ####

(12)Project for flood risk management in Hartford, Connecticut. ####

(13)Projects under the Comprehensive Flood Mitigation Study for the Delaware River Basin. ####

(14)Project for ecosystem restoration, Lake Apopka, Florida. ####

(15)Project for ecosystem restoration, Kansas River Weir, Kansas. ####

(16)Project for navigation and channel deepening, Baptiste Collette Bayou, Louisiana, under section 203 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2231). ####

(17)Project for navigation and channel deepening, Houma Navigation Canal, Louisiana, under section 203 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2231). ####

(18)Project for navigation and channel deepening, Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana, under section 203 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2231). ####

(19)Project for flood damage reduction and ecosystem restoration, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. ####

(20)Project for ecosystem restoration, Warren Glen Dam Removal, Musconetcong River, New Jersey. ####

(21)Project for flood risk management, Rahway River Basin, New Jersey. ####

(22)The Hudson-Raritan Estuary Comprehensive Restoration Project, New Jersey and New York. ####

(23)Project for flood control and water supply, Abiquiu Dam, New Mexico. ####

(24)Project for reformulation, East Rockaway Inlet to Rockaway Inlet and Jamaica Bay, Queens, New York. ####

(25)Project for navigation, New York-New Jersey Harbor and Tributaries Focus Area. ####

(26)Project for water resource improvements, Willamette River Basin, Fern Ridge, Oregon. ####

(27)Project for coastal storm risk management, Pawcatuck River, Rhode Island. ####

(28)Project for the Rhode Island historical structure flood hazard vulnerability assessment. ####

(29)Project for coastal storm risk management, Norfolk, Virginia. ####

(30)Project for navigation, Tacoma Harbor, Washington. ###

(b)Lower San Joaquin River, California In expediting completion of the second phase of the Lower San Joaquin River feasibility study under subsection (a)(7), the Secretary shall review and give priority to any plans and designs requested by non-Federal interests and incorporate such plans and designs into the Federal study if the Secretary determines that such plans and designs are consistent with Federal standards. ###

(c)Hudson-Raritan Estuary Comprehensive Restoration Project, New Jersey and New York In the case of a recommendation for restoration activities within the Jamaica Bay Unit of the Hudson-Raritan Estuary Comprehensive Restoration Project, New Jersey and New York, under subsection (a)(22), which are to protect property under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, the Secretary may recommend to Congress that the Secretary accept and expend funds from the National Park Service to carry out such activities. ###

(d)Post-Authorization Change Report The Secretary shall expedite completion of a post-authorization change report for the project for flood risk management, San Luis Rey River Flood Control Protection Project, California. ###

(e)Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania ####

(1)In general The Secretary shall expedite the updating of the master plan for the Juniata River and tributaries project, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, authorized by section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1962 (Public Law 87-874; 76 Stat. 1182). ####

(2)Process In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall update the master plan in accordance with section 1309(a)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-322; 130 Stat. 1693). ###

(f)Upper Missouri River Basin Flood and Drought Monitoring The Secretary shall expedite activities authorized under section 4003(a) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 1311, 130 Stat. 1677). ###

(g)Project Modifications for Improvement of Environment Until September 30, 2024, the Secretary shall give priority to projects that restore degraded ecosystems through modification of existing flood risk management projects for projects— ####

(1)authorized under section 1135 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2309a); and ####

(2)located within the Upper Missouri River Basin. ###

(h)Expedited Completion of Certain Projects It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary should provide funding for, and expedite the completion of, the following projects: ####

(1)West Haven, Connecticut, as authorized by section 101 of the River and Harbor Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 1254) and section 3 of the Act of August 13, 1946 (60 Stat. 1056, chapter 960; 33 U.S.C. 426g). ####

(2)Providence River, Rhode Island, as authorized by the first section of the Act of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 845, chapter 832) and section 301 of the River and Harbor Act of 1965 (79 Stat. 1089). ####

(3)Morganza to the Gulf, Louisiana, as authorized by section 7002(3) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 1368). ####

(4)Louisiana Coastal Area, Louisiana, as authorized by section 7002(5) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 1369). ####

(5)Louisiana Coastal Area-Barataria Basin Barrier, Louisiana, as authorized by section 7002(5) of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (128 Stat. 1370). ####

(6)West Shore Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, as authorized by section 1401(3) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 1712). ####

(7)Southwest Coastal Louisiana, Louisiana, as authorized by section 1401(8) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (130 Stat. 1715). ####

(8)West Thompson Lake, Connecticut, as authorized by section 203 of the Flood Control Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 489).

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