Water Resources Development Act of 1996

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Water Resources Projects Title II: General Provisions Title III: Project-Related Provisions Title IV: Studies Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions Title VI: Extension of Expenditure Authority Under Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Water Resources Development Act of 1996 - Title I: Water Resources Projects - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out specified water resources development and conservation projects (projects) for navigation, flood control, flood and storm damage reduction, environmental preservation and restoration, shoreline erosion protection, hydropower, and hurricane damage reduction in California, the District of Columbia and Maryland, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Puerto Rico, South Dakota, Texas, and West Virginia. Specifies total costs, estimated Federal and non-Federal costs, and funding sources and requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out specified projects for navigation, bluff stabilization, flood control and water supply, storm damage reduction and shoreline protection, streambank erosion protection, hurricane damage prevention, and navigation and safety improvements in Alaska, California, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland and Delaware, and New Jersey in accordance with a final report of the Chief of Engineers, if such report is completed by December 31, 1996. (Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary to study and, if feasible, carry out, specified projects regarding: (1) flood control in California, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New York, and Oregon; (2) bank stabilization in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee; (3) navigation in Alaska, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and New York; (4) shoreline protection in Florida and New York; (5) snagging and sediment removal in Minnesota; and (6) habitat and environmental restoration in California, Oregon, and Utah. Title II: General Provisions - Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to: (1) revise cost sharing provisions with respect to dredged material disposal areas (and deletes provisions crediting non-Federal interests with the value of dredged material disposal areas provided); (2) revise cost sharing requirements with respect to the operation and maintenance (O&M) of dredged material disposal facilities; and (3) require the Secretary to ensure the consideration of funding requirements and the equitable apportionment of costs of O&M in the dredging of commercial navigation harbors. (Sec. 202) Increases from 25 to 35 percent the non-Federal share for nonstructural and other flood control projects. Sets forth criteria and procedures relating to the ability of a non-Federal interest to pay for flood control or agricultural water supply. Requires non-Federal interests to: (1) agree to participate in and comply with applicable Federal floodplain management and flood insurance programs; and (2) prepare a flood plain management plan designed to reduce the impacts of future flood events in the project area. Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop guidelines for the preparation of such plans; and (2) conduct, and report to the Congress on, a review of policies, procedures, and techniques relating to the evaluation and development of flood control measures in order to identify impediments to justifying nonstructural flood control measures as alternatives to structural measures. Directs the Secretary to: (1) prepare a levee owners manual to be followed by non-Federal interests in order to receive Federal assistance under a project; (2) review and revise if necessary the current policy guidelines on vegetation management for levees; and (3) enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences to study and report to the Congress on the use by the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) of risk-based analysis for the evaluation of hydrology, hydraulics, and economics in flood reduction studies. (Sec. 203) Provides timeliness requirements with respect to the payment by non-Federal interests of 50 percent of the cost of feasibility studies for a project. (Sec. 204) Requires the Secretary to: (1) determine if the operation of a project has contributed to the degradation of the environment; and (2) undertake appropriate environmental restoration and enhancement measures. Provides a non-Federal share of 25 percent of the cost of such measures. (Sec. 205) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1990 to: (1) add the requirement of environmental remediation in the removal of dredged material under a navigation project; and (2) increase to $20 million the authorized expenditure for the removal of contaminated sediments from navigable waters. Lists specified projects to be given priority in such sediment removal. (Sec. 206) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out an aquatic ecosystem restoration and protection project if the Secretary determines that the project: (1) will improve environmental quality; (2) is in the public interest; and (3) is cost-effective. Provides cost limitations and funding for such projects. (Sec. 207) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to authorize the Secretary, in developing and carrying out a project for navigation involving the disposal of dredged material, to select a disposal method that is not the least-cost option if the incremental costs are reasonable in relation to the environmental benefits. (Sec. 208) Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide increased emphasis on, and opportunities for recreation at, projects operated, constructed, or maintained by the Corps; (2) report to the Congress on measures taken; (3) report to specified congressional committees on the collection of fees at Corps projects; (4) evaluate the feasibility of implementing an alternative to the $25 annual pass currently offered to users of recreational facilities at Corps projects; and (5) report to the Congress the results of such evaluation. Terminates on a conditional date the authority to establish an alternative annual pass. (Sec. 209) Provides for the deposit of amounts recovered for environmental response actions taken by the Secretary in support of the Army civil works program or other amounts recovered for environmental response activities. (Sec. 211) Sets forth provisions regarding construction of flood control projects by non-Federal interests, including reimbursement and credit of the non-Federal interest under specified circumstances. Prohibits such reimbursement until the actual work is performed. Directs the Secretary, in accordance with this section, to enter into agreements with non-Federal interests for the development of specified flood control projects in California and Texas. (Sec. 212) Authorizes the Secretary to undertake surveys, plans, and studies and to prepare reports that may lead to work in encouraging innovative and environmentally sound engineering and environmental solutions to civil works problems of national significance. (Sec. 213) Provides authority for the Secretary to lease available space in buildings. (Sec. 214) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1988 to require the Secretary to provide appropriate protections for a specified period against the dissemination of information developed as the result of a research or development activity conducted by the Corps that is likely to be subject to a cooperative research and development (R&D) agreement within two years after its development and which would be considered a trade secret or privileged or confidential information if obtained from a non-Federal party participating in a cooperative R&D agreement. (Sec. 215) Amends existing law to set forth the National Dam Safety Program Act. Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the National Dam Safety Review Board (authorized to be established under this Act) to establish and maintain a coordinated national dam safety program. Requires the FEMA Director to: (1) develop, implement, and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a dam safety improvements implementation plan; (2) provide assistance to States for establishing and maintaining dam safety programs; (3) periodically review State dam safety programs; and (4) at the request of a State, provide training for State dam safety staff and inspectors. Authorizes the Director to establish a National Dam Safety Review Board. Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out a program of technical and archival research relating to dam safety (with required State participation in such research); and (2) make specified reports to the Congress on the availability of dam insurance. Authorizes appropriations to FEMA for the programs, training, and research authorized under this section. (Sec. 216) Authorizes the Secretary to take necessary actions to increase the efficiency of energy production or the capacity of a hydroelectric power generating facility, or both, under specified determinations. (Sec. 217) Authorizes the Secretary, at the request of a non-Federal interest at a project, to provide additional capacity at a dredged material disposal facility as long as the non-Federal interest agrees to pay all costs associated with the construction of the additional capacity. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a program to evaluate and implement opportunities for public-private partnerships in the design, construction, management, or operation of dredged material disposal facilities in connection with the construction or maintenance of Federal navigation projects. (Sec. 218) Increases the authorized penalties for the obstruction of navigable waters of the United States. Requires the owner of a sunken vessel obstructing such waters to remove such vessel or take other appropriate actions in order to allow the resumption of normal navigation. (Sec. 219) Increases the small project authorization under the River and Harbor Act of 1946. (Sec. 220) Amends the Flood Control Act of 1970 to prohibit the inclusion of certain uneconomical cost-sharing requirements in flood control agreements. (Sec. 221) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 to increase the authorized assistance to States for project planning activities. (Sec. 224) Amends the Flood Control Act of 1969 to increase from $3 to $5 million the per project reimbursement limitation for flood control projects authorized under such Act. (Sec. 225) Amends the River and Harbor Act of 1958 to include the control and eradication of the melaleuca tree within a program for the control of aquatic plant growth. (Sec. 226) Includes the development of one or more sediment decontamination technologies as a project purpose under the Water Resources Development Act of 1992. Increases the authorization of appropriations in order to achieve the project purpose. (Sec. 227) Adds to the purposes of Federal shore protection provisions the protection, restoration, and enhancement of sandy beaches on a comprehensive and coordinated basis by the Federal Government, States, localities, and private enterprises. Directs the Secretary to recommend, conduct, and report on studies concerning such shore protection projects and to recommend additional projects and the coordination of Federal, State, and private shore protection projects. Outlines reimbursement and cooperative agreement requirements. Authorizes the development of comprehensive State or regional plans for the conservation of coastal resources located within such State or region. Authorizes the Secretary to establish and conduct a national shoreline erosion control development and demonstration program for six years after the availability of funds for such program. (Sec. 229) Authorizes the Secretary to utilize contracts, cooperative R&D agreements, and grants with non-Federal entities in carrying out R&D in support of the Army civil works program. (Sec. 230) Directs the Secretary, in evaluating navigation improvements, to consider as commercial navigation benefits the economic benefits generated by cruise ships. (Sec. 232) Directs the Secretary, in conducting studies of potential projects, to consider measures to preserve and enhance scenic and aesthetic qualities in the vicinity of such projects. (Sec. 233) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1990 to terminate a technical advisory committee for reservoir monitoring established under such Act. (Sec. 234) Authorizes the Secretary to engage in activities in support of other Federal agencies or international organizations to address problems of national significance. (Sec. 235) Provides Buy American requirements for equipment and products purchased with funds made available under this Act. (Sec. 237) Authorizes the Secretary to initiate a program to increase the use of private-industry hopper dredges for the construction and maintenance of Federal navigation channels. Directs the Secretary to place the Federal hopper dredge Wheeler in a ready reserve status. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) periodically perform routine testing of equipment aboard the Wheeler to ensure its ability to perform emergency work; and (2) undertake any repair and rehabilitation of any Federal hopper dredge, under specified procedures. Title III: Project-Related Provisions - Provides for modifications to specified flood control, navigation, beach erosion control, hurricane damage prevention, and streambank restoration projects in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas and Missouri, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, New York and New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon and Washington, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. (Sec. 363) Reauthorizes specified projects for flood control, navigation, wetlands research, and hurricane-flood protection and beach erosion control in Arkansas, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and New Jersey. (Sec. 364) Deauthorizes a portion or all of specified navigation projects in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin. (Sec. 365) Directs the Secretary to provide a credit to Louisiana toward its non-Federal share of the cost of the Mississippi Delta Region project. (Sec. 366) Authorizes the Secretary to make available to the Southwestern Pennsylvania Growth Fund dredged and excavated materials resulting from construction of a new gated dam at Braddock, Pennsylvania, as part of a locks and dam project on the Monongahela River. Title IV: Studies - Requires the Secretary to: (1) report to the Congress on the advisability and capability of the Corps to implement rural sanitation projects for rural and Native villages in Alaska; (2) credit toward the non-Federal share of the cost of a feasibility study on the McDowell Mountain, Arizona, project, an amount equal to the cost of work performed there by the city of Scottsdale, Arizona; (3) review a completed feasibility study to determine the Federal interest in a project for flood control at Murrieta Creek, Riverside County, California; (4) prepare a comprehensive river basin management plan for the Santa Ynez River Basin in California; (5) provide technical assistance to non-Federal interests in developing potential southern California infrastructure projects; (6) conduct a specified review to develop a comprehensive plan for additional flood damage reduction measures for Stockton, California; (7) complete a limited reevaluation of the authorized St. Louis Harbor Project in the vicinity of the Chain Rocks Canal, Illinois; (8) provide specified environmental impact assistance to Springfield, Illinois; (9) incorporate a portion of the Calcasieu River near Hackberry, Indiana, as part of the overall study of the Lake Charles ship canal; and (10) investigate potential solutions to the recurring flooding and related problems from the Oahe Dam to Lake Sharpe, South Dakota. (Sec. 402) Directs the Secretary to conduct feasibility studies with respect to: (1) a project to permit navigation on the Red River in southwestern Arkansas; (2) flood control improvements in Garden Grove, California; (3) streambank erosion and flood control measures within the Beauty Creek Watershed, Valparaiso City, Indiana; (4) environmental and recreational features as part of the navigation project at Indiana Harbor Canal, East Chicago, Indiana; (5) channel improvements on the Huron River, Michigan; (6) navigation improvements at the port of Newburgh, New York; (7) the ecosystem restoration project at Columbia Slough, Oregon; (8) constructing and maintaining a channel on Mustang Island, Texas; and (9) alternative financing mechanisms for the infrastructure needs of small and medium ports. (Sec. 404) Directs the Secretary to conduct specified studies with respect to: (1) the relationship of flooding in Nogales, Arizona, and floodflows emanating from Mexico; (2) the advisability of fish and wildlife habitat improvement measures in Pine Flat, California; (3) the advisability of acquiring land in the Yolo Bypass in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California, for environmental mitigation and flood control purposes; (4) current and future needs with respect to flood damage and reduction, water supply, and other water resources in the Savannah River Basin; (5) the critical water infrastructure of specified drainage districts in the vicinity of Quincy, Illinois, to determine additional flood control needs; (6) restoring the wetlands at Wolf Lake and George Lake in Hammond, Indiana; (7) restoring Koontz Lake, Indiana; (8) the environmental, flood control, and navigation impacts associated with the construction of a lock structure in the Hoamu Navigation Canal, Louisiana; (9) the advisability of wetland restoration and erosion control in the Lower Las Vegas Wash, Nevada; (10) the flooding problems along the Saco River, New Hampshire; (11) a greenway trail project along the Buffalo River, New York; (12) the navigation needs at the Port of New York-New Jersey; (13) the flooding problems along the Chagrin River in Eastlake, Ohio; (14) the integrity of a bulkhead system along the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland, Ohio; and (15) flooding, erosion, and related problems in Prince William County, Virginia. (Sec. 406) Requires the Secretary to conduct certain environmental studies with respect to: (1) land use on Mugu Lagoon, California; (2) the Little Calumet River, Indiana; (3) the Tippecanoe River Watershed, Indiana; and (4) the Charleston estuary near Charleston, South Carolina. (Sec. 413) Directs the Secretary to conduct specified reconnaissance studies for: (1) the West Dade, Florida, water reuse facility; (2) channel improvements near North Las Vegas, Nevada; (3) northern Nevada; (4) opening a secondary channel of the Hudson River in Coeymans, New York; and (5) the Shinnecock Inlet, New York. (Sec. 444) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct navigation studies in the Pacific region of American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands. (Sec. 446) Directs the Secretary and the Secretary of the Interior to evaluate procedures and requirements used in the selection and approval of materials used in the restoration and nourishment of beaches. Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions - Provides for Federal land conveyances in Alabama, California, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, and Washington. (Sec. 502) Designates specified visitors centers, lakes, and locks and dams in California, Kentucky, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. (Sec. 503) Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical, planning, and design assistance to non-Federal interests for carrying out watershed management, restoration, and development projects at specified locations in Arizona, California, Georgia, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. (Sec. 504) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to authorize appropriations for specified environmental infrastructure construction projects authorized under such Act. (Sec. 505) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to increase the authorization of appropriations for a Corps feasibility study for the conservation of fish and wildlife in various geographical areas. Includes Virginia as part of a Chesapeake Bay study under such Act. (Sec. 506) Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out periodic beach nourishment for 50 years at specified projects (subject to periodic review of need) in Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, and New York; and (2) provide design and construction assistance to non-Federal interests for specified projects in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, if the Secretary determines that such projects are feasible. (Sec. 508) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to include additional lakes in New York and Illinois within a lakes restoration program. (Sec. 509) Requires the Secretary: (1) under specified conditions, to maintain specified navigation channels in California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Rhode Island, Texas, and Washington; (2) to establish a pilot program to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in the Chesapeake Bay watershed; and (3) to accelerate R&D activities for developing innovative methods and technologies for improving the survival of salmon, especially salmon in the Columbia River Basin. (Sec. 512) Redefines the Federal lands to be included as Columbia River Treaty fishing access sites for specified Native American Indian tribes. (Sec. 513) Directs the Secretary to: (1) conduct an assessment of the general condition of confined disposal facilities on the Great Lakes; and (2) provide technical assistance to non-Federal interests on testing procedures contained in the Great Lakes Dredged Material Testing and Evaluation Manual. (Sec. 515) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1990 to authorize the Secretary to provide specified assistance to nongovernmental entities designated by a State or local government in the development and implementation of remedial action plans for areas of concern in the Great Lakes. (Sec. 516) Authorizes the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with non-Federal interests or entities for the development of long-term management strategies for controlling sediments at navigation projects. (Sec. 517) Extends the geographic jurisdiction of the Mississippi River Commission. (Sec. 518) Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should negotiate with Canada for the elimination of tolls along the St. Lawrence Seaway system and identify ways to maximize the movement of goods and commerce along such Seaway. (Sec. 519) Directs the Secretary to promote Federal, non-Federal, and private sector cooperation in creating public recreation opportunities and developing necessary supporting infrastructure at Corps projects. (Sec. 520) Authorizes the Secretary to design and construct new headquarters facilities in Massachusetts and Florida. (Sec. 521) Directs the Secretary to expand the Earthquake Preparedness Center of Expertise. (Sec. 522) Authorizes the Secretary to provide specified assistance to non-Federal interests for wastewater treatment and related facilities in Jackson County, Alabama. (Sec. 523) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to revise the use of Federal funds with respect to a project in Benton and Washington Counties, Arkansas. (Sec. 524) Directs the Secretary to: (1) enter into an agreement with Heber Springs, Arkansas, to provide specified water supply storage in Greers Ferry Lake in Arkansas; and (2) accept specified items and activities as in-kind contributions for the project for fish and wildlife habitat at Morgan Point, Arkansas. (Sec. 526) Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to non-Federal interests for reclamation and water quality projects in the watershed of the Lower Mokelume River in Calaveras County, California. (Sec. 527) Directs the Secretary to design and construct shoreline protection measures for the coastline adjacent to the Faulkner Island Lighthouse, Connecticut. (Sec. 528) Directs the Secretary to develop a proposed comprehensive plan for restoring, preserving, and protecting the South Florida ecosystem. Requires the Secretary to complete the feasibility phase of such plan by July 1, 1999, and to report to the Congress. Authorizes the Secretary to undertake critical restoration projects in such area during the period before plan implementation, prohibiting any such projects from being initiated after September 30, 1999. Establishes the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force. (Sec. 529) Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a cooperative agreement with the Museum of Science and Industry in Tampa, Florida, for specified assistance to demonstrate the water quality functions found in wetlands. (Sec. 530) Directs the Secretary to develop a watershed management plan for the Deep River Basin in Indiana. (Sec. 531) Authorizes the Secretary to establish a program to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in southern and eastern Kentucky. (Sec. 532) Amends the Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act to provide the 1996 and 1997 Federal share of the cost of certain coastal wetlands restoration projects in Louisiana. (Sec. 533) Directs the Secretary to proceed with engineering, design, and construction of projects for flood control and improvements to rainfall drainage systems in specified areas of southeast Louisiana. (Sec. 534) Directs the Secretary to: (1) expedite the Assateague Island, Maryland and Virginia, restoration project; (2) transfer up to $600,000 to Maryland for use in constructing an access road to the William Jennings Randolph Lake in Garrett County; (3) carry out a project for the beneficial use of dredged material at Poplar Island, Maryland; and (4) implement erosion control measures near Rhodes Point on Smith Island, Maryland. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) provide assistance for the restoration of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal near Cumberland, Maryland; and (2) provide technical assistance to non-Federal interests for reclamation and water quality protection projects for specified portions of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. (Sec. 540) Directs the Secretary to: (1) carry out specified projects in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and North Carolina for the control of aquatic growth in lakes and rivers; (2) develop and implement alternative methods for the decontamination and disposal of dredged material at the Port of Duluth, Minnesota; (3) assist the Minnesota Lake Superior Center authority in the construction of an educational facility to educate the public with respect to Lake Superior and other bodies of fresh water; (4) conduct a study and develop a strategy for reducing flood damage, improving water quality, and creating wildlife habitat in the Redwood River Basin, Minnesota; (5) initiate all remaining work associated with the Coldwater River Watershed, Mississippi; (6) carry out the project for bluff stabilization, Natchez Bluffs, Mississippi; and (7) work cooperatively with Mississippi and the city of Sardis in the management of existing and proposed land leases. (Sec. 547) Prohibits: (1) certain counties located at the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers from having their participation in the national flood insurance program revoked or suspended due to raising levees along an alignment approved by the relevant circuit court; and (2) the Secretary from reassigning the St. Louis District of the Corps from the operational control of the Lower Mississippi Valley Division. (Sec. 549) Directs the Secretary to take specified construction action with respect to the Libby Dam, Montana. (Sec. 550) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to require the Phase I Environmental Improvement Program of the Special Area Management Plan for the Hackensack Meadowlands area, New Jersey, to provide for the acquisition of significant wetlands. (Sec. 551) Directs the Secretary to: (1) expedite the feasibility study of the Hudson River Habitat Restoration in the Hudson River Basin, New York; and (2) establish a program of environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in the New York City Watershed. (Sec. 553) Authorizes the Secretary to make capital improvements to the New York State Canal System. (Sec. 554) Directs the Secretary to conduct a study for shoreline protection of Orchard Beach, Bronx, New York. (Sec. 555) Authorizes the Secretary to construct, operate, and maintain a dredged material containment facility for the Port of New York-New Jersey. (Sec. 556) Declares a specified portion of Long Island City in Queens County, New York, as nonnavigable waters of the United States, requiring improvements to such area. (Sec. 557) Directs the Secretary to review and consider revisions to the water control manuals for the Jamestown and Pipestem Dams, North Dakota, in order to reduce the magnitude and duration of flooding within the James River floodplain. Requires a feasibility study. (Sec. 558) Authorizes the Secretary to provide technical assistance to local interests for the establishment of a regional water authority in northeastern Ohio to address local water problems. (Sec. 559) Directs the Secretary to: (1) expedite the completion of the study for a project for the Ohio River Greenway through specified cities in Indiana; and (2) carry out and complete a study of flooding in the area of Grand Lake, Oklahoma. (Sec. 561) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to revise the Federal and non-Federal shares of project costs with respect to the Broad Top Region of Pennsylvania. (Sec. 562) Directs the Secretary to: (1) modify the allocation of costs for the water reallocation project at Curwensville Lake, Pennsylvania; (2) determine the advisability and necessity of making modernization and efficiency improvements to the hopper dredge McFarland; (3) upon completion of a specified Corps report concluding that such work is appropriate, provide specified assistance for the protection and restoration of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Water Works; and (4) construct a visitors center and related facilities at the Seven Points Recreation Area at Raystown Lake, Pennsylvania. (Sec. 566) Authorizes the Secretary to establish a pilot program for providing environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in southeastern Pennsylvania. (Sec. 567) Directs the Secretary to conduct a study and develop a strategy for using specified measures and practices to reduce flood damage, improve water quality, and create wildlife habitat along specified portions of the Susquehanna River Basin in Pennsylvania and New York. (Sec. 568) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a project for flood control at Wills Creek, Hyndman, Pennsylvania. (Sec. 569) Directs the Secretary to provide specified assistance in the development and restoration of the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. (Sec. 570) Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) construct, operate, and maintain a dredged material containment facility for the Port of Providence, Rhode Island; and (2) carry out an environmental enhancement project at Murfreesboro, Tennessee. (Sec. 571) Directs the Secretary to: (1) replace a bulkhead at the Quonset Point-Davisville Industrial Park, Rhode Island; (2) conduct a reevaluation of the flood management study for East Ridge and Hamilton County, Tennessee; (3) conduct a bank stabilization project for the Tennessee River; (4) carry out a flood control project at Neabsco Creek, Virginia; (5) design and construct a breakwater at the North Channel on Tangier Island, Virginia; and (6) provide technical assistance to Pierce County, Washington, with respect to levee maintenance. (Sec. 575) Prohibits the Secretary, during any evaluation of economic costs and benefits for specified Texas flood control projects, from considering flood control works constructed within the project drainage areas before such evaluation by non-Federal interests in the determination of conditions existing prior to construction of the projects. (Sec. 579) Authorizes the Secretary to design and implement a flood damage reduction program for the Greenbrier River Basin, West Virginia. (Sec. 580) Directs the Secretary to conduct a limited reevaluation of a watershed plan and environmental impact statement prepared for the Lower Mud River in Milton, West Virginia. (Sec. 581) Authorizes the Secretary to design and construct flood control measures in specified rivers and river basins in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. (Sec. 582) Amends the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 to add permit requirements with respect to site designations for the dumping of dredged, chemical, radioactive, and other materials. (Sec. 583) Amends the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend through FY 2001 the authorization of appropriations for the Office of the Management Conference of the Long Island Sound Study. (Sec. 584) Directs the Secretary to provide assistance to: (1) non-Federal interests for reconstruction of the water monitoring station on the North Fork of the Flathead River, Montana; and (2) the Narragansett Bay Commission for the construction of a combined river overflow management facility in Rhode Island. (Sec. 586) States that an entity that received Federal grant assistance for an infrastructure asset under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act shall not be required to repay any portion of the grant upon the lease or concession of the asset only if: (1) ownership remains with the entity that received the grant; and (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines that the lease or concession furthers the purposes of such Act and approves such lease or concession. Title VI: Extension of Expenditure Authority Under Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend expenditure authority under the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Water Resources Projects Title II: Generally Applicable Provisions Title III: Project Modifications Title IV: Studies Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions Title VI: Extension of Expenditure Authority Under Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Water Resources Development Act of 1996 - Title I: Water Resources Projects - Authorizes the Secretary of the Army to carry out specified projects for navigation, flood control, flood and storm damage reduction, environmental preservation and restoration, shoreline erosion protection, hydropower, and hurricane damage reduction in California, the District of Columbia and Maryland, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, and West Virginia. Specifies total costs, estimated Federal and non-Federal costs, and funding sources and requirements. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out specified projects for navigation, bluff stabilization, flood damage reduction, water supply, storm damage reduction, and shoreline protection in Alaska, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, North Carolina, and South Carolina in accordance with a final report of the Chief of Engineers, if such report is completed by December 31, 1996. (Sec. 102) Directs the Secretary to study and, if feasible, carry out, specified projects regarding: (1) flood control in California, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, New York, and West Virginia (sets forth the maximum amounts of Federal funds that may be allotted for specified projects in California and Nebraska); (2) bank stabilization in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee; (3) navigation in Alaska, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and New York; (4) shoreline protection in Connecticut, Florida, and New York; (5) snagging and sediment removal in Minnesota; (6) habitat and environmental restoration in California; and (7) channel restoration and environmental improvement in Utah. (Sec. 108) Directs the Secretary to expedite the Assateague Island restoration feature of the Ocean City, Maryland, and vicinity study and, if certain conditions are met, carry out a project for shoreline restoration. Title II: Generally Applicable Provisions - Revises: (1) cost sharing provisions of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 regarding dredged material disposal areas (and deletes provisions crediting non-Federal interests with the value of dredged material disposal areas provided); (2) the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 to require any Federal agency, in the survey, planning, or design of a project involving flood protection, to consider and address in adequate detail nonstructural alternatives to prevent or reduce flood damages; and (3) Federal law regarding shore protection, including expressing congressional intent to assist projects that involve the replacement of sand on beaches and modifying the process for determining the cost- benefit ratio of a shore protection project to require that benefits provided to the local and regional economy and ecology be considered. Directs the Secretary to ensure that dredged material disposal facilities do not result in unfair competition with potential private sector providers of such facilities. (Sec. 202) Increases from 25 to 35 percent the non-Federal share for nonstructural and other flood control projects. Sets forth criteria and procedures relating to the ability of a non-Federal interest to pay for flood control or agricultural water supply. Requires: (1) non-Federal interests to prepare flood plain management plans designed to reduce the impacts of future flood events in project areas; and (2) the Secretary to develop guidelines for the preparation of such plans and review policies, procedures, and techniques relating to the evaluation and development of flood control measures. (Sec. 206) Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) carry out specified aquatic ecosystem restoration and protection projects; (2) in developing and carrying out a project for navigation involving the disposal of dredged material, select a disposal method that is not the least-cost option under specified circumstances where the incremental costs are minimal and the benefits to the aquatic environment justify its selection; and (3) undertake surveys, plans, and studies to encourage innovative and environmentally sound engineering solutions to problems of national significance. (Sec. 211) Sets forth provisions regarding construction of flood control projects by non-Federal interests, including reimbursement and credit of the non-Federal interest under specified circumstances. (Sec. 215) National Dam Safety Program Act of 1996 - Requires the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to: (1) in consultation with appropriation Federal agencies, State dam safety agencies, and a National Dam Safety Review Board (established by this section), establish and maintain a coordinated national dam safety program; (2) develop a dam safety improvements implementation plan; (3) at the request of a State, provide training for State dam safety staff and inspectors; and (4) engage in specified research activities. Authorizes the Secretary to maintain and periodically publish information on the inventory of dams. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 217) Directs the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with non-Federal sponsors of navigation projects for development of long-term management strategies for controlling sediments. (Sec. 218) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a program to evaluate and implement opportunities for public-private partnerships in the design, construction, management, or operation of dredged material disposal facilities in connection with construction or maintenance of Federal navigation projects. Title III: Project Modifications - Provides for modifications to specified flood control, navigation, beach erosion control, hurricane damage prevention, fish and wildlife loss mitigation, shoreline protection, and other projects in Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. (Sec. 378) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to direct the Secretary to enter into an interagency agreement with the Federal entity which provided assistance in the preparation of a study regarding West Virginia trail facilities to provide ongoing technical assistance and oversight for such facilities. Title IV: Studies - Requires the Secretary to: (1) review Corps of Engineers capabilities regarding rural sanitation projects for rural and Native villages in Alaska; (2) credit the non-Federal share of the cost of a feasibility study on the McDowell Mountain project, Arizona, with work done by the city of Scottsdale; (3) prepare a comprehensive river basin management plan for the Santa Ynez River basin in California; (4) complete a limited reevaluation of the authorized St. Louis Harbor Project in the vicinity of the Chain of Rocks Canal, Illinois; (5) provide assistance to Springfield, Illinois, in developing an environmental impact statement for a water supply reservoir; (6) conduct studies with respect to specified water projects in Arizona, California, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia; and (7) conduct a study of alternative financing mechanisms for ensuring adequate funding for the infrastructure needs of small and medium ports. (Sec. 407) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary to provide technical, design, and planning assistance to non-Federal interests in developing potential infrastructure projects, and increase the authorization of appropriations for a study of infrastructure needs, in southern California. (Sec. 427) Authorizes studies of projects in South Carolina and the Pacific region. Title V: Miscellaneous Provisions - Deauthorizes specified projects or portions of projects in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin. (Sec. 502) Reauthorizes specified projects in Arkansas, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and New Jersey. (Sec. 503) Continues the authorization of certain projects in Michigan. (Sec. 504) Provides for Federal land conveyances in California, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Washington. (Sec. 505) Designates specified visitors centers, lakes, bridges, and locks and dams in California, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Oregon, and Tennessee. (Sec. 506) Authorizes or directs the Secretary to provide assistance for: (1) specified watershed management, restoration, and development projects in Arizona, California, Georgia, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia; (2) Great Lakes remedial action plans; (3) testing procedures in the Great Lakes Dredged Material Testing and Evaluation Manual; (4) specified mining activity degradation abatement projects in California, Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Kentucky; (5) safety improvements at the Prado Dam, California; (6) demonstrating the water quality functions found in wetlands; (7) Cocheco River, New Hampshire, encroachment issues; (8) the New York City Watershed; (9) a regional water authority in northeastern Ohio; (10) the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Water Works; (11) the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, Rhode Island and Massachusetts; (12) non-Federal levees in Pierce County, Washington; (13) repair and rehabilitation or upgrade of dams in Ohio and Virginia; (14) wastewater treatment remediation of pollution and contaminated riverbed sediments and related activities in Jackson County, Alabama; and (15) a flood control project for Cedar Hammock (Wares Creek), Florida. (Sec. 507) Directs the Secretary to carry out: (1) programs for the removal of silt and aquatic growth in specified lakes in New York and Illinois; (2) maintenance of specified navigation channels in California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Rhode Island, Texas, and Washington; (3) beach nourishment for 50 years at specified projects in Florida and Georgia; (4) programs to control aquatic plants in Michigan and Pennsylvania; (5) specified flood control and rainfall drainage system improvements in Louisiana; (6) specified projects for the beneficial use of dredged material and specified erosion control measures in Maryland; (7) alternative methods for decontamination and disposal of contaminated dredged material at a project in Minnesota; (8) a specified bluff stabilization project in Mississippi; (9) Hudson River, New York, habitat restoration projects; (10) a study of flood control in Grand-Neosho Basin and tributaries near Pensacola Dam in Oklahoma; (11) a project to improve the hopper dredge McFarland; (12) specified projects for flood management and environmental enhancement in Tennessee; and (13) a specified water project for the Lower Mud River, West Virginia. (Sec. 511) Directs the Secretary to develop or establish: (1) a Great Lakes tributary sediment transport model; (2) a Chesapeake Bay restoration and protection pilot program; (3) an extension of the Earthquake Preparedness Center of Expertise for the central United States near the New Madrid fault; (4) a watershed management plan for Deep River Basin, Indiana; (5) a program for providing environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in Kentucky; (6) a pilot program for providing environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in Pennsylvania; and (7) a strategy for using nonstructural measures to reduce flooding, improve water quality, and create wildlife habitat in Redwood River Basin, Minnesota. (Sec. 512) Requires the Secretary to assess or evaluate: (1) Great Lakes confined disposal facilities; (2) the feasibility of an alternative to the $25 annual pass for use of water resource project recreation facilities; and (3) procedures for the approval of materials used in beach restoration and nourishment. (Sec. 514) Extends the geographic jurisdiction of the Mississippi River Commission. (Sec. 516) Directs the Secretary to: (1) promote Federal and non-Federal cooperation in providing public recreation at water resources projects; (2) work with Mississippi in managing leases in the Sardis Lake area; (3) expedite completion of the study for the Ohio River Greenway, Indiana; (4) initiate a program to increase the use of private industry hopper dredges for the construction and maintenance of Federal navigation channels, place the Federal hopper dredge Wheeler in a ready reserve status, and develop and implement procedures to ensure that private industry hopper dredge capacity is available to meet both routine and time-sensitive dredging needs; and (5) conduct a study, and develop a strategy, for using wetland restoration, soil and water conservation practices, and nonstructural measures to reduce flood damages, improve water quality, and create wildlife habitat in specified portions of the Upper Susquehanna River basin, Pennsylvania and New York. (Sec. 517) Authorizes appropriations for: (1) construction assistance for specified environmental infrastructure projects in Mississippi, New Hampshire, and Virginia; (2) a New England Division headquarters facility; (3) a Lake Superior educational facility; and (4) construction of a visitors center at Seven Points Recreation Area, Pennsylvania. (Sec. 518) Increases appropriations authorized for: (1) projects of alternative or beneficially modified habitats for fish and wildlife; (2) a quarantine facility in Broward County, Florida; and (3) the New York bight and harbor study. (Sec. 522) Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide design and construction assistance to non-Federal interests for specified projects in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia; (2) continue to maintain a division office of the Corps of Engineers in Chicago, Illinois; (3) enter into cooperation agreements with non-Federal interests to develop and carry out reclamation and protection projects to abate and mitigate surface water quality degradation caused by abandoned mines in the watershed of the lower Mokelume River in Calaveras County, California; (4) continue participation in the Stockton, California Metropolitan Area Flood Control study to include evaluation of the feasibility of water storage at Farmington Dam to implement a conjunctive use plan; and (5) provide technical assistance to Orange County, California, in developing specified Prado Dam safety and access improvements and technical, planning, and design assistance to State, local, and other Federal entities for the restoration of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal near Cumberland, Maryland. (Sec. 532) Sets forth provisions regarding the non-Federal share for water conservation projects at the Los Angeles County Drainage Area and at Seven Oaks Dam, California. (Sec. 548) Directs the Secretary to: (1) work cooperatively with the State of Mississippi and the city of Sardis, Mississippi, in managing existing and proposed leases of land consistent with the Sardis Lake Recreation and Tourism Master Plan; (2) review the study conducted by such city regarding the impact of the Plan on flood control storage in Sardis Lake; and (3) increase the length of the navigation season on the Missouri River. (Sec. 551) Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) enter an agreement with the University of New Hampshire to provide technical assistance for a water treatment technology center addressing the needs of small communities; (2) construct and operate a dredged material containment facility for the Port of New York-New Jersey; (3) make capital improvements in the New York State Canal System; (4) enter an agreement with Marshall University, West Virginia, to provide technical assistance to the Center for Environmental, Geotechnical, and Applied Sciences; and (5) provide financial assistance for a National Center for Nonfabrication and Molecular Self-Assembly in Illinois. (Sec. 563) Directs the Secretary to: (1) modify the allocation of costs for the water reallocation project at Curwensville Lake, Pennsylvania, to the extent necessary to provide environmental restoration benefits in meeting in-stream flow needs in the Susquehanna River basin; (2) carry out flood control projects at Wills Creek, Hyndman, Pennsylvania, and at Neabsco Creek, Virginia; (3) reimburse the San Antonio River Authority a specified sum; and (4) design and construct a breakwater at the North Channel on Tangier Island, Virginia. (Sec. 579) Provides for the transfer of ownership, operation, maintenance, and management of the Washington Aqueduct and for interim borrowing authority to finance capital improvements at the Aqueduct. (Sec. 580) Directs the Secretary to: (1) design and implement a flood damage reduction program for the Greenbrier River Basin, West Virginia; and (2) design and construct flood control measures at specified other locations in West Virginia and Pennsylvania. (Sec. Urges the President to negotiate with Canada to eliminate tolls along, and maximize commerce through, the St. Lawrence Seaway. (Sec. 587) Directs the Secretary to: (1) review the Prado Dam feature of the flood control project, Santa Ana River Mainstem, California, and take other specified actions; and (2) conduct a study of the environmental, flood control, and navigational impacts associated with constructing a lock structure in the Houma Navigation Canal as an independent feature of the overall flood damage prevention study currently being conducted under the Morganza, Louisiana, to the Gulf of Mexico feasibility study. Title VI: Extension of Expenditure Authority Under Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend expenditure authority under the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Water Resources Projects Title II: Project-Related Provisions Title III: General Provisions Water Resources Development Act of 1996 - Title I: Water Resources Projects - Authorizes specified projects throughout the United States for hurricane, flood damage, and storm damage reduction, flood control, navigation, safety improvements, environmental restoration, beneficial use of clean dredged material, shoreline erosion protection, hydropower, and bluff stabilization, providing a total cost limit in each case and, in most cases, the estimated Federal and non-Federal share of such cost. Modifies specified projects authorized under previous water resources development Acts. (Sec. 103) Deauthorizes portions of specified water resources development projects (projects). (Sec. 104) Directs the Secretary of the Army (Secretary) to carry out or review certain studies for flood control, navigation, wildlife habitat improvement, and other projects. Title II: Project-Related Provisions - Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) carry out a project for flood control and water supply at Grand Prairie Region and Bayou Meto Basin, Arkansas, if a specified condition is met; (2) expend Federal funds to complete the small flood control project at Malta, Montana; (3) carry out a project to control the water temperature in the Willamette River, McKenzie Subbasin, Oregon; and (4) accept from non-Federal interest up to 300 acres of land contiguous to the Cooper Lake and Channels Project, Texas, and redesignate lands in the area for recreational purposes. (Sec. 202) Directs the Secretary to: (1) enter into an agreement with Heber Springs, Arkansas, to provide a specified volume of water supply storage in Greens Ferry Lake, Arkansas, for municipal and industrial purposes; and (2) accept certain in-kind contributions for the project at Morgan Point, Arkansas. (Sec. 204) Requires the project for flood control and power generation at White River Basin Lakes, Arkansas and Missouri, to include recreation and fish and wildlife mitigation within project purposes to the extent they do not adversely affect existing project purposes. (Sec. 205) Modifies the project for: (1) Central and Southern Florida to authorize the Secretary to implement an improvement plan contained in a certain report, at a specified total cost and Federal share; and (2) flood protection of West Palm Beach, Florida, to provide for the construction of an enlarged stormwater retention area. (Sec. 207) Directs the Secretary, if necessary, to develop modifications to the project for Central and Southern Florida to restore, preserve, and protect South Florida ecosystem and provide for the region's water-related needs. Establishes the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force. (Sec. 208) Deems: (1) as approved certain project cooperation agreements for flood control projects in Arkansas City and Winfield, Kansas; and (2) the Greenville Inner Harbor Channel, Mississippi, to be a portion of the navigable waters of the United States, and thus included among navigable waters for which the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) maintains a ten-foot navigable channel. (Sec. 209) Directs the Secretary to: (1) implement a comprehensive community impact mitigation plan for the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet, Louisiana; (2) initiate remaining work associated with the Coldwater River Watershed Demonstration Erosion Control Project, Mississippi; (3) work cooperatively with Mississippi and the city of Sardis in the management of existing and proposed land leases for the economic development of Sardis Lake, Mississippi; and (4) undertake certain construction activities at Libby Dam, Montana. (Sec. 213) Extends the flood control project at Grenada Lake, Mississippi, to include the Yalobusha River Watershed. (Sec. 216) Directs the Secretary to: (1) provide periodic beach nourishment for Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey, for a 50-year period; (2) place sand dredged from the Fire Island Inlet, New York, on a specified shoreline in Suffolk County, New York; (3) acquire from willing sellers permanent flowage and saturation easements over specified areas of the Buford Trenton Irrigation District, North Dakota and Montana; (4) review and consider revisions to water control manuals for the Jamestown and Pipestem Dams, North Dakota; (5) maintain a specified minimum conservation pool level at the Wister Lake project in LeFlore County, Oklahoma; (6) incorporate a specified water channel into the navigation project for Providence River and Harbor, Rhode Island; and (7) remove a sunken barge from waters offshore of the Narragansett Town Beach in Narragansett, Rhode Island, at a specified total cost. (Sec. 218) Declares a certain area of Long Island City, Queens County, New York, to be non-navigable waters. (Sec. 226) Requires Federal participation in the maintenance of the Rudee Inlet in Virginia Beach, Virginia, to continue for the life of the project. (Sec. 227) Reduces the non-Federal share of the costs of the beach erosion control and hurricane protection project, Virginia Beach, Virginia. Directs the Secretary to extend Federal participation in the periodic nourishment of Virginia Beach. Title III: General Provisions - Amends the Water Resources Development Act of: (1) 1986 to set at 25 percent the non-Federal share of environmental protection and restoration project costs, and to add project planning and design information to a list of information required to be submitted to certain officials regarding projects deauthorized, under such Act; (2) 1988 to require the Secretary to provide appropriate protections for a specified period against the dissemination of information developed as a result of a research or development activity conducted by the Corps that is likely to be subject to a cooperative research and development (R&D) agreement within two years after its development and which would be considered a trade secret or privileged or confidential information if obtained from a non-Federal party participating in a cooperative R&D agreement; and (3) 1990 to terminate a technical advisory committee established under such Act to provide recommendations on reservoir management. (Sec. 303) Modifies Federal law regarding dam inspections to require the head of a Federal agency, at the request of a State dam safety agency regarding any dam the failure of which would affect the State, to: (1) provide information to the State agency on the construction, operation, or maintenance of the dam; or (2) allow any official of the State agency to participate in the Federal inspection of the dam. Establishes an Interagency Committee on Dam Safety, chaired by a Director. Requires the Director and a National Dam Safety Review Board to establish and maintain a coordinated national dam safety program. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 304) Authorizes the Secretary: (1) after making specified determinations and to the extent funds are made available in appropriations Acts, to take necessary actions to increase the efficiency of energy production or the capacity, or both, of a hydroelectric power generating facility of a project; and (2) to make lump-sum payments of the Federal share of the operation and maintenance (O&M) costs of a Corps project for which the non-Federal interests are responsible for performing the project's operation, maintenance, replacement, and rehabilitation, subject to specified requirements. (Sec. 306) Requires any proposal submitted to the Congress by the Secretary for the modification of an existing project requiring the removal of one or more project features that would significantly and adversely impact authorized project purposes or outputs to include the recommendation that the non-Federal interests provide 50 percent of the cost of such modification. (Sec. 309) Amends: (1) the Flood Control Act of 1950 to repeal a provision authorizing the Secretary to allot certain funds for Corps participation in international engineering and scientific conferences; and (2) Federal flood control provisions to direct the Secretary to prepare and provide to appropriate non-Federal interests a manual describing the maintenance and upkeep responsibilities that the Corps requires of a non-Federal interest in order to receive financial assistance under such Act. (Sec. 310) Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) in carrying out R&D in support of the Army civil works program, utilize contracts and cooperative R&D agreements with, and grants to, non-Federal entities (and requires such agreements to have or use the potential for commercial application); and (2) engage in activities in support of other Federal agencies or international organizations to address problems of national significance (and provides funding). (Sec. 312) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of: (1) 1986 to authorize the Secretary to determine if the operation of a project has contributed to the degradation of environmental quality and carry out environmental restoration measures upon a positive determination of environmental degradation, to repeal provisions limiting the non-Federal share of a project modification as well as the total cost of an environmental improvement project modification without specific congressional authorization, and to limit to 50 percent the non-Federal share of the estimate of the cost of feasibility studies undertaken under such Act; (2) 1990 to repeal a specified termination date regarding the Secretary's authority to remove contaminated sediments as part of the O&M of a navigation project; and (3) 1992 to provide a goal, and require an annual report to the Congress, regarding a sediments decontamination technology project under such Act, and to increase after FY 1996 the authorization of appropriations for such project. (Sec. 315) Amends the River and Harbor Act of: (1) 1899 to increase the fines for wrongful deposit of refuse and require the owner of a vessel which is blocking navigation in any navigable U.S. waters, within 24 hours after an order to stop or delay navigation there due to such blockage, to begin removal of the vessel using the most expeditious means available; and (2) 1958 to include the control and eradication of the melaleuca tree within a program for the control of aquatic plant growths. (Sec. 317) Directs the Secretary to: (1) obtain the services of an independent consultant in order to receive a risk-based analysis relating to certain aspects of flood damage reduction studies, minimum engineering and safety standards, and policy changes necessitated by such studies, and establish a task force to oversee and review the analysis; (2) design and construct shoreline protection measures for the coastline adjacent to Faulkner Island Lighthouse, Connecticut; (3) transfer a specified sum to Maryland for use in constructing an access road to the William Jennings Randolph Lake in Garrett County, Maryland; (4) repair the access roads to Arkabutla Dam and Lake in Tate and DeSoto Counties, Mississippi; (5) enter into necessary arrangements, contracts, and leases to rehabilitate, renovate, preserve, and maintain the New York State canal system and related facilities; and (6) replace a certain bulkhead at the Quonset Point-Davisville Industrial Park in Rhode Island. (Sec. 321) Designates: (1) lock and dam four on the Red River Waterway, Louisiana, as the Russell B. Long Lock and Dam; (2) specified locks and dams on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, located in Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; and (3) the J. Bennett Johnston Waterway, Louisiana. (Sec. 322) Extends: (1) the geographic jurisdiction of the Mississippi River Commission, Louisiana; and (2) through FY 1996 the authorization of appropriations for a Corps program to control nuisance aquatic vegetation in Lake Gaston, Virginia and North Carolina. (Sec. 327) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to transfer to the Secretary administrative jurisdiction over a portion of the Clouter Creek disposal area, Charleston, South Carolina. (Sec. 329) Grants: (1) consent to the non-Federal public water supply customers (i.e., the District of Columbia, Arlington County, Virginia, and the City of Falls Church, Virginia) (the customers) to establish a public or private entity or to enter into an agreement with an existing public or private entity to receive title to the Washington Aqueduct and operate, maintain, and manage such Aqueduct in a manner that adequately represents all interest of the customers; and (2) the customers priority access to any water produced by the Aqueduct. Authorizes the Secretary, with the consent of the customers and without consideration to the Federal Government, to transfer all U.S. rights in the Washington Aqueduct to an entity established or contracted with, subject to specified requirements. Grants the Secretary limited interim borrowing authority. Directs the Environmental Protection Agency to delay the reissuance of the NPDES permit for the Washington Aqueduct until FY 1999. (Sec. 330) Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish a pilot program to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in the Chesapeake Bay watershed; (2) accelerate ongoing R&D activities to develop methods and technologies for improving the survival of salmon and accelerate efforts toward developing innovative, efficient, and environmentally safe hydropower turbines for use on the Columbia River hydro system; (3) establish and conduct a national shoreline erosion control development and demonstration program for a period of eight years from the date funds are made available for such purpose; and (4) make specified land conveyances in the Tri-Cities area, Washington. (Sec. 332) Amends the Flood Control Act of: (1) 1968 to require a report from the Secretary to specified congressional committees on the use at each water resources development project of recreational day-use fees collected by such projects, and increase the amount of Federal reimbursement to States authorized for projects; and (2) 1970 to provide that no written cooperation agreement by a non-Federal interest shall be required if the Secretary determines that administrative costs associated with negotiating, executing, or administering the agreement would exceed the contribution amount required from the non-Federal interest. (Sec. 333) Modifies Federal law to: (1) declare it U.S. policy to promote shore protection projects (defined to include projects for beach nourishment, including sand replacement) and related research; and (2) change (from 90 to 30 days) the period in which the written views of affected States and the Secretary of the Interior may be submitted to the Chief of Engineers regarding plans for improvement for navigation or flood control. (Sec. 336) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of: (1) 1986 to require that construction of all dredged material disposal facilities associated with Federal navigation projects for harbors and inland harbors be considered to be general navigation features of the project and cost-shared as specified, and direct that physical construction be considered to be initiated on the date of the award of a construction contract; and (2) 1974 including authorizing the Secretary to cooperate with any State in preparing comprehensive plans for the development, utilization, and conservation of the water and related resources of watersheds and ecosystems within the State. (Sec. 341) Amends the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to provide for Federal recovery of costs for cleanup of hazardous substances. (Sec. 342) Modifies: (1) the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1993 to authorize the Secretary to convey to the city of North Bonneville, Washington, at no further cost to the city, all U.S. rights in and to specified lands and facilities, subject to specified requirements; and (2) Federal law regarding Columbia River treaty fishing access sites to direct that all Federal lands included within the 20 recommended treaty fishing access sites set forth in a specified Corps publication be administered to provide access to fishing areas for members of specified Indian tribes.

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Water Resources Projects Title II: Project-Related Provisions Title III: General Provisions Water Resources Development Act of 1995 - Title I: Water Resources Projects - Authorizes specified projects throughout the United States for storm damage reduction, flood control, navigation, shoreline erosion protection, hydropower, and bluff stabilization, providing a total cost limit in each case and, in most cases, the estimated Federal and non-Federal share of such cost. Modifies specified projects authorized under previous water resources development Acts. (Sec. 103) Deauthorizes portions of specified water resources development projects (projects). (Sec. 104) Directs the Secretary of the Army to carry out or review certain studies for flood control, navigation, wildlife habitat improvement, and other projects. Title II: Project-Related Provisions - Directs the Secretary to enter into an agreement with Heber Springs, Arkansas, to provide a specified volume of water supply storage in Greens Ferry Lake, Arkansas, for municipal and industrial purposes. Requires the city to be responsible for the costs of all necessary facilities for utilization of the water supply. (Sec. 202) Directs the Secretary to accept certain in-kind contributions for the project at Morgan Point, Arkansas. (Sec. 203) Requires the project for flood control and power generation at White River Basin Lakes, Arkansas and Missouri, to include recreation and fish and wildlife mitigation within project purposes to the extent they do not adversely affect existing project purposes. (Sec. 204) Modifies the project for Central and Southern Florida to authorize the Secretary to implement a plan of improvement contained in a certain report, at a specified total cost. Provides the Federal share of various costs under the project. (Sec. 205) Modifies the project for flood protection of West Palm Beach, Florida, to provide for the construction of an enlarged stormwater retention area in accordance with a plan of improvement for such project. Requires the additional work authorized under the project to be accomplished at full Federal cost. (Sec. 206) Deems the Greenville Inner Harbor Channel, Mississippi, to be a portion of the navigable waters of the United States, and therefore included among the navigable waters for which the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) maintains a 10-foot navigable channel. (Sec. 207) Directs the Secretary to work cooperatively with Mississippi and the city of Sardis in the management of existing and proposed land leases for the economic development of Sardis Lake, Mississippi. (Sec. 208) Directs the Secretary to undertake certain construction activities at Libby Dam, Montana. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 209) Authorizes the Secretary to expend Federal funds as necessary to complete the small flood control project at Malta, Montana. (Sec. 210) Directs the Secretary to provide periodic beach nourishment for Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey, for a 50-year period. Places at 35 percent the non-Federal share of such cost. (Sec. 211) Directs the Secretary to place sand dredged from the Fire Island Inlet, New York, on a specified shoreline in Suffolk County, New York. (Sec. 212) Directs the Secretary to acquire from willing sellers permanent flowage and saturation easements over specified areas of the Buford Trenton Irrigation District, North Dakota and Montana. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 213) Directs the Secretary to maintain a specified minimum conservation pool level at the Wister Lake project in LeFlore County, Oklahoma. (Sec. 214) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out a project to control the water temperature in the Willamette River, McKenzie Subbasin, Oregon, in order to mitigate negative impacts on fish and wildlife resulting from the operation of the Blue River and Courage Lake projects. (Sec. 215) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to direct the Secretary to remove a sunken barge from waters offshore of the Narragansett Town Beach in Narragansett, Rhode Island, at a specified total cost. (Sec. 216) Directs the Secretary to incorporate a specified water channel into the navigation project for Providence River and Harbor, Rhode Island. (Sec. 217) Authorizes the Secretary to accept from a non-Federal interest up to 300 acres of land contiguous to the Cooper Lake and Channels Project, Texas. Authorizes the Secretary, after accepting such lands, to redesignate up to 300 acres of mitigation lands in the area for recreation purposes. Requires all costs to be borne by the non-Federal interest. (Sec. 218) Requires Federal participation in the maintenance of the Rudee Inlet in Virginia Beach, Virginia, to continue for the life of the project. (Sec. 219) Reduces the non-Federal share of the costs of the beach erosion control and hurricane protection project, Virginia Beach, Virginia, by an amount determined to be appropriate reimbursement to the city for carrying out certain beach nourishment activities, as long as the Federal Government has not reimbursed the city for such expenses before a project cooperation agreement is executed. Title III: General Provisions - Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to set at 25 percent the non-Federal share of environmental protection and restoration project costs under such Act. (Sec. 302) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1988 to require the Secretary to provide appropriate protections for a specified period against the dissemination of information developed as a result of a research or development activity conducted by the Corps that is likely to be subject to a cooperative research and development (R&D) agreement within two years after its development and which would be considered a trade secret or privileged or confidential information if obtained from a non-Federal party participating in a cooperative R&D agreement under the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980. (Sec. 303) Makes permanent (currently ends after FY 1994) the authorization of appropriations for maintaining and periodically updating information relating to a national inventory of dams. (Sec. 304) Authorizes the Secretary, after making specified determinations, to take necessary actions to increase the efficiency of energy production or the capacity, or both, of a hydroelectric power generating facility of a project. (Sec. 305) Authorizes the Secretary to make lump-sum payments of the Federal share of the operation and maintenance (O&M) costs of a Corps project for which the non-Federal interests are responsible for performing the project's operation, maintenance, replacement, and rehabilitation. Requires, before such payments may be made, a binding agreement under which the non-Federal interests agree to perform such functions. (Sec. 306) Requires any proposal submitted to the Congress by the Secretary for the modification of an existing project requiring the removal of one or more project features that would significantly and adversely impact authorized project purposes or outputs to include the recommendation that the non-Federal interests provide 50 percent of the cost of such modification, including the cost of acquiring additional land for such modification. (Sec. 307) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of: (1) 1990 to terminate a technical advisory committee established under such Act to provide recommendations with respect to reservoir management; and (2) 1986 to add project planning and design information to a list of information required to be submitted to certain officials with respect to projects deauthorized under such Act. (Sec. 309) Amends the Flood Control Act of 1950 to repeal a provision authorizing the Secretary to allot certain funds for Corps participation in international engineering and scientific conferences. (Sec. 310) Authorizes the Secretary, in carrying out R&D in support of the Army civil works program, to utilize contracts and cooperative R&D agreements with, and grants to, non-Federal entities. Requires such agreements to have or use the potential for commercial application. (Sec. 311) Authorizes the Secretary to engage in activities in support of other Federal agencies or international organizations to address problems of national significance. Provides funding. (Sec. 312) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to: (1) authorize the Secretary to determine if the operation of a project has contributed to the degradation of environmental quality; (2) repeal provisions limiting the non-Federal share of a project modification, as well as the total cost of an environmental improvement project modification without specific congressional authorization; and (3) authorize the Secretary to carry out environmental restoration measures upon a positive determination of environmental degradation, providing funding for such measures. Directs the Secretary to carry out the construction of a turbine bypass at Pine Flat Dam, Kings River, California. Authorizes the Secretary to carry out justified environmental measures with respect to flood reduction measures constructed by the Corps in the Lower Amazon Creek Drainage, Oregon. Provides for the Federal share of such measures. (Sec. 313) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of: (1) 1990 to repeal a specified termination date with respect to the Secretary's authority to remove contaminated sediments as part of the O&M of a navigation project; and (2) 1986 to limit to 50 percent the non-Federal share of the estimate of the cost of feasibility studies undertaken under such Act. (Sec. 315) Amends the Act commonly referred to as the River and Harbor Act of 1899 to: (1) increase the fines for the wrongful deposit of refuse; and (2) require the owner of a vessel which is blocking navigation in any navigable U.S. waters, within 24 hours after an order to stop or delay navigation there due to such blockage, to begin removal of the vessel using the most expeditious means available. (Sec. 316) Amends Federal flood control provisions to direct the Secretary to prepare and provide to appropriate non-Federal interests a manual describing the maintenance and upkeep responsibilities that the Corps requires of a non-Federal interest in order to receive financial assistance under such Act. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 317) Directs the Secretary to obtain the services of an independent consultant in order to receive a risk-based analysis relating to certain aspects of flood damage reduction studies, minimum engineering and safety standards, and policy changes necessitated by such studies. Directs the Secretary to establish a task force to oversee and review the analysis. Terminates the task force two years after enactment of this Act. Limits the risk-based techniques to be used under the studies. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 318) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to: (1) provide a goal, and require an annual report to the Congress, with respect to a sediments decontamination technology project under such Act; and (2) increase after FY 1996 the authorization of appropriations for such project. (Sec. 319) Amends the River and Harbor Act of 1958 to include the control and eradication of the melaleuca tree within a program for the control of aquatic plant growths. (Sec. 320) Directs the Secretary to design and construct shoreline protection measures for the coastline adjacent to Faulkner Island Lighthouse, Connecticut, at a specified total cost. (Sec. 321) Designates lock and dam four on the Red River Waterway, Louisiana, as the Russell B. Long Lock and Dam. (Sec. 322) Extends the geographic jurisdiction of the Mississippi River Commission, Louisiana. (Sec. 323) Directs the Secretary to transfer a specified sum to Maryland for use in constructing an access road to the William Jennings Randolph Lake in Garrett County, Maryland. (Sec. 324) Directs the Secretary to repair the access roads to Arkabutla Dam and Lake in Tate and DeSoto Counties, Mississippi, at a specified maximum Federal cost. (Sec. 325) Directs the Secretary to enter into necessary arrangements, contracts, and leases for purposes of the rehabilitation, renovation, preservation, and maintenance of the New York State canal system and related facilities. Provides estimated Federal and non-Federal shares of the cost of such improvements. (Sec. 326) Directs the Secretary to replace a certain bulkhead at the Quonset Point-Davisville Industrial Park in Rhode Island, at a specified total cost. (Sec. 327) Directs the Secretary of the Navy to transfer to the Secretary administrative jurisdiction over a portion of the Clouter Creek disposal area, Charleston, South Carolina. (Sec. 328) Extends through FY 1996 the authorization of appropriations for a Corps program to control nuisance aquatic vegetation in Lake Gaston, Virginia and North Carolina. (Sec. 329) Authorizes the Corps Chief of Engineers to modernize the Washington Aqueduct in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Chief to enter into contracts with public water supply customers under which the customer repays a pro rata share of the principal and interest of the Corps debt for such modernization. Provides contract conditions and borrowing authority. (Sec. 330) Directs the Secretary to establish a pilot program to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Requires any project receiving such assistance to be publicly owned, operated and maintained. Requires local cooperation agreements with non-Federal interests before the provision of such assistance. Places at 75 percent the Federal share of total project costs. Prohibits the provision of such assistance from affecting the applicability of other Federal and State laws and agreements that would otherwise apply to a project. Requires the Secretary to establish at least one project for the receipt of such assistance in each of Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Requires a report on program results. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1996. (Sec. 331) Directs the Secretary to accelerate ongoing R&D activities, and authorizes the Secretary to carry out or participate in additional R&D activities, to develop methods and technologies for improving the survival of salmon, especially those in the Columbia River Basin. Outlines authorized R&D activities, requiring coordination with other related programs. Requires a report to the Congress. Authorizes appropriations. Directs the Secretary to accelerate efforts toward developing innovative, efficient, and environmentally safe hydropower turbines, including "fish-friendly" turbines, for use on the Columbia River hydro system. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 332) Amends the Flood Control Act of 1968 to require a report from the Secretary to specified congressional committees on the use at each water resources development project of recreational day- use fees collected by such projects. (Sec. 333) Directs the Secretary to establish and conduct a national shoreline erosion control development and demonstration program for a period of eight years from the date funds are made available for such purpose. Outlines program requirements and emphasis. Requires each demonstration project under the program to be carried out at a privately owned site with substantial public access, or a public site on open coast or tidal waters. Outlines site selection criteria. Requires cooperation with other shoreline protection programs, allowing cooperative agreements for such purpose. Requires a report from the Secretary to specified congressional committees evaluating the program and making recommendations with respect to its continuation. Outlines funding requirements. (Sec. 334) Makes technical corrections to the Water Resources Development Act of 1992.

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Water Resources Projects Title II: Project-Related Provisions Title III: General Provisions Water Resources Development Act of 1995 - Title I: Water Resources Projects - Authorizes specified projects throughout the United States for storm damage reduction, flood control, navigation, shoreline erosion protection, hydropower, and bluff stabilization, providing a total cost limit in each case and, in most cases, the estimated Federal and non-Federal share of such cost. Modifies specified projects authorized under previous water resources development Acts. (Sec. 103) Deauthorizes portions of specified water resources development projects (projects). (Sec. 104) Directs the Secretary of the Army to carry out or review certain studies for flood control, navigation, wildlife habitat improvement, and other projects. Title II: Project-Related Provisions - Directs the Secretary to accept certain in-kind contributions for the project at Morgan Point, Arkansas. (Sec. 202) Requires the project for flood control and power generation at White River Basin Lakes, Arkansas and Missouri, to include recreation and fish and wildlife mitigation within project purposes to the extent they do not adversely affect existing project purposes. (Sec. 203) Directs the Secretary to carry out the construction of a turbine bypass at Pine Flat Dam, Kings River, California. (Sec. 204) Modifies the project for Central and Southern Florida to authorize the Secretary to implement a plan of improvement contained in a certain report, at a specified total cost. Provides the Federal share of various costs under the project. (Sec. 205) Modifies the project for flood protection of West Palm Beach, Florida, to provide for the construction of an enlarged stormwater retention area in accordance with a plan of improvement for such project. Requires the additional work authorized under the project to be accomplished at full Federal cost. (Sec. 206) Deems the Greenville Inner Harbor Channel, Mississippi, to be a portion of the navigable waters of the United States, and therefore included among the navigable waters for which the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) maintains a ten-foot navigable channel. (Sec. 207) Directs the Secretary to work cooperatively with Mississippi and the city of Sardis in the management of existing and proposed land leases for the economic development of Sardis Lake, Mississippi. (Sec. 208) Directs the Secretary to undertake certain construction activities at Libby Dam, Montana. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 209) Authorizes the Secretary to expend Federal funds as necessary to complete the small flood control project at Malta, Montana. (Sec. 210) Directs the Secretary to provide periodic beach nourishment for Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey, for a 50-year period. Places at 35 percent the non-Federal share of such cost. (Sec. 211) Directs the Secretary to place sand dredged from the Fire Island Inlet, New York, on a specified shoreline in Suffolk County, New York. (Sec. 212) Directs the Secretary to maintain a specified minimum conservation pool level at the Wister Lake project in LeFlore County, Oklahoma. (Sec. 213) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to direct the Secretary to remove a sunken barge from waters offshore of the Narragansett Town Beach in Narragansett, Rhode Island, at a specified total cost. (Sec. 214) Directs the Secretary to incorporate a specified water channel into the navigation project for Providence River and Harbor, Rhode Island. (Sec. 215) Requires Federal participation in the maintenance of the Rudee Inlet in Virginia Beach, Virginia, to continue for the life of the project. (Sec. 216) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1990 to direct the Secretary to budget for FY 1996 specified funds to be paid to Virginia Beach, Virginia, for certain beach nourishment activities undertaken by the city from 1986 through 1993. Title III: General Provisions - Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to set at 25 percent the non-Federal share of environmental protection and restoration project costs under such Act. (Sec. 302) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1988 to require the Secretary to provide appropriate protections for a specified period against the dissemination of information developed as a result of a research or development activity conducted by the Corps that is likely to be subject to a cooperative research and development (R&D) agreement within two years after its development and which would be considered a trade secret or privileged or confidential information if obtained from a non-Federal party participating in a cooperative R&D agreement under the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980. (Sec. 303) Makes permanent (currently ends after FY 1994) the authorization of appropriations for maintaining and periodically updating information relating to a national inventory of dams. (Sec. 304) Authorizes the Secretary, after making specified determinations, to take necessary actions to increase the efficiency of energy production or the capacity, or both, of a hydroelectric power generating facility of a project. (Sec. 305) Authorizes the Secretary to make lump-sum payments of the Federal share of the operation and maintenance (O&M) costs of a Corps project for which the non-Federal interests are responsible for performing the project's operation, maintenance, replacement, and rehabilitation. Requires, before such payments may be made, a binding agreement under which the non-Federal interests agree to perform such functions. (Sec. 306) Requires any proposal submitted to the Congress by the Secretary for the modification of an existing project requiring the removal of one or more project features that would significantly and adversely impact authorized project purposes or outputs to include the recommendation that the non-Federal interests provide 50 percent of the cost of such modification, including the cost of acquiring additional land for such modification. (Sec. 307) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of: (1) 1990 to terminate a technical advisory committee established under such Act to provide recommendations with respect to reservoir management; and (2) 1986 to add project planning and design information to a list of information required to be submitted to certain officials with respect to projects deauthorized under such Act. (Sec. 309) Amends the Flood Control Act of 1950 to repeal a provision authorizing the Secretary to allot certain funds for Corps participation in international engineering and scientific conferences. (Sec. 310) Authorizes the Secretary, in carrying out R&D in support of the Army civil works program, to utilize contracts and cooperative R&D agreements with, and grants to, non-Federal entities. Requires such agreements to have or use the potential for commercial application. (Sec. 311) Authorizes the Secretary to engage in activities in support of other Federal agencies or international organizations to address problems of national significance. Provides funding. (Sec. 312) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 to: (1) authorize the Secretary to determine if the operation of a project has contributed to the degradation of environmental quality; (2) repeal provisions limiting the non-Federal share of a project modification, as well as the total cost of an environmental improvement project modification without specific congressional authorization; and (3) authorize the Secretary to carry out environmental restoration measures upon a positive determination of environmental degradation, providing funding for such measures. (Sec. 313) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of: (1) 1990 to repeal a specified termination date with respect to the Secretary's authority to remove contaminated sediments as part of the O&M of a navigation project; and (2) 1986 to limit to 50 percent the non-Federal share of the estimate of the cost of feasibility studies undertaken under such Act. (Sec. 315) Amends the Act commonly referred to as the River and Harbor Act of 1899 to: (1) increase the fines for the wrongful deposit of refuse; and (2) require the owner of a vessel which is blocking navigation in any navigable U.S. waters, within 24 hours after an order to stop or delay navigation there due to such blockage, to begin removal of the vessel using the most expeditious means available. (Sec. 316) Amends Federal flood control provisions to direct the Secretary to prepare and provide to appropriate non-Federal interests a manual describing the maintenance and upkeep responsibilities that the Corps requires of a non-Federal interest in order to receive financial assistance under such Act. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 317) Directs the Secretary to obtain the services of an independent consultant in order to receive a risk-based analysis relating to certain aspects of flood damage reduction studies, minimum engineering and safety standards, and policy changes necessitated by such studies. Directs the Secretary to establish a task force to oversee and review the analysis. Terminates the task force two years after enactment of this Act. Limits the risk-based techniques to be used under the studies. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 318) Amends the Water Resources Development Act of 1992 to: (1) provide a goal, and require an annual report to the Congress, with respect to a sediments decontamination technology project under such Act; and (2) increase after FY 1995 the authorization of appropriations for such project. (Sec. 319) Amends the River and Harbor Act of 1958 to include the control and eradication of the melaleuca tree within a program for the control of aquatic plant growths. (Sec. 320) Directs the Secretary to design and construct shoreline protection measures for the coastline adjacent to Faulkner Island Lighthouse, Connecticut, at a specified total cost. (Sec. 321) Designates lock and dam four on the Red River Waterway, Louisiana, as the Russell B. Long Lock and Dam. (Sec. 322) Directs the Secretary to transfer a specified sum to Maryland for use in constructing an access road to the William Jennings Randolph Lake in Garrett County, Maryland. (Sec. 323) Directs the Secretary to enter into necessary arrangements, contracts, and leases for purposes of the rehabilitation, renovation, preservation, and maintenance of the New York State canal system and related facilities. Provides estimated Federal and non-Federal shares of the cost of such improvements. (Sec. 324) Directs the Secretary to replace a certain bulkhead at the Quonset Point-Davisville Industrial Park in Rhode Island, at a specified total cost. (Sec. 325) Authorizes the Corps Chief of Engineers to modernize the Washington Aqueduct in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Chief to enter into contracts with public water supply customers under which the customer repays a pro rata share of the principal and interest of the Corps debt for such modernization. Provides contract conditions and borrowing authority. (Sec. 326) Directs the Secretary to establish a pilot program to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Requires any project receiving such assistance to be publicly owned, operated and maintained. Requires local cooperation agreements with non-Federal interests before the provision of such assistance. Places at 75 percent the Federal share of total project costs. Prohibits the provision of such assistance from affecting the applicability of other Federal and State laws and agreements that would otherwise apply to a project. Requires the Secretary to establish at least one project for the receipt of such assistance in each of Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Requires a report on program results. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1996. (Sec. 327) Makes technical corrections to the Water Resources Development Act of 1992.