Title II: General Provisions
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986
- to assess the water resources needs of watersheds (currently only river basins and regions) of the United States.
- to require cost-sharing agreements for environmental protection and restoration, navigation, storm damage or hurricane protection, shoreline erosion, or recreation projects under such Act (currently, only for flood control or agricultural water supply) to be subject to the non-Federal interest's ability to pay.
- to require certain guidelines developed therein to address measures undertaken by non- Federal interests to preserve a project's flood protection level.
- to require enhanced public participation in the development of each project feasibility study under that Act, including the use of a stakeholder advisory group.
- to direct mitigation projects to reflect contemporary understanding of the science of such migitation.
Authorizes studying the feasibility of water resources development projects that will substantially benefit Indian tribes; and are located primarily within Indian country or in proximity to Alaska Native villages.
Authorizes a program to reduce vandalism and destruction of property at water resources development projects, including awards to those providing information.
Authorizes participation in the National Recreation Reservation Service and pay the Army's share of activities required to maintain such Service.
Amends Water Resources Development Act of 1996 to adjust and extend permanently the authorization of appropriations for interagency and international support to address problems of national significance to the United States.
Authorizes areas at Army civil works projects for the reburial of certain Native American remains discovered on project lands.
Amends various WRDA Acts to allow a non-Federal sponsor to include a nonprofit entity, with the consent of the affected local government, in projects for environmental dredging, the lakes program, and environmental improvement.
Authorizes the Corps of Engineers to provide specialized or technical services to a Federal agency (other than an agency of the Department of Defense) only if the chief executive of the requesting entity submits a request describing the scope of such services, an agreement to reimburse the Corps for their costs; and a certification that such services are not reasonably and quickly available through ordinary business channels.
Authorizes various funding and cooperative agreement mechanisms with various entities, both Federal and non-Federal.
Directs a program to allow the direct marketing of dredged materials to public agencies and private entities.
Directs a contract with the National Academy of Sciences to study, and make recommendations relating to, the independent peer review of water resources project feasibility reports, including a review of methods for project analysis.
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1990
- to extend through FY 2005 the authorization of appropriations for the rehabilitation of Federal flood control levees.
- to increase and extend through FY 2005 the authorization of appropriations for Great Lakes remedial action plans and sediment remediation.
Amends the Flood Control Act of 1948 to increase from $40,000 to $50,000 the maximum expenditure for small flood control projects.
Authorizes a pilot program to test the design-build method of project delivery on various authorized Corps civil works projects.
Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 to add sites in Iowa, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas to authorized flood mitigation and riverine restoration projects.
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