---
title: "Water Resources Development Act of 2022"
identifier: "117-S-4137"
congress: 117
bill_number: 4137
bill_type: "S"
version_code: "is"
version_type: "Introduced in Senate"
bill_url: "https://chamberzero.com/congresses/117/bills/s/4137"
source: "https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/4137"
site: "Chamber Zero"
site_url: "https://chamberzero.com"
rendered_at: "2026-06-03T23:41:28.759Z"
---
## SEC. 1 Short title; table of contents.

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## SEC. 2 Definition of Secretary.

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## SEC. 3 Effective date.

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# TITLE I — General provisions

## SEC. 101 Scope of feasibility studies.

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## SEC. 102 Shoreline and riverbank protection and restoration mission.

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## SEC. 103 Inland waterway projects.

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## SEC. 104 Protection and restoration of other Federal land along rivers and coasts.

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## SEC. 105 Policy and technical standards.

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## SEC. 106 Planning assistance to States.

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## SEC. 107 Floodplain management services.

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## SEC. 108 Workforce planning.

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## SEC. 109 Credit in lieu of reimbursement.

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## SEC. 110 Coastal cost calculations.

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## SEC. 111 Advance payment in lieu of reimbursement for certain Federal costs.

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## SEC. 112 Use of emergency funds.

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## SEC. 113 Research and development.

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## SEC. 114 Tribal and Economically Disadvantaged Communities Advisory Committee.

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## SEC. 115 Non-Federal Interest Advisory Committee.

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## SEC. 116 Underserved community harbor projects.

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## SEC. 117 Corps of Engineers Western Water Cooperative Committee.

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## SEC. 118 Updates to certain water control manuals.

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## SEC. 119 Retention of recreation fees.

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## SEC. 120 Relocation assistance.

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## SEC. 121 Reprogramming limits.

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## SEC. 122 Lease durations.

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## SEC. 123 Sense of Congress relating to post-disaster repairs.

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## SEC. 124 Payment of pay and allowances of certain officers from appropriation for improvements.

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## SEC. 125 Reforestation.

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## SEC. 126 Use of other Federal funds.

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## SEC. 127 National low-head dam inventory.

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## SEC. 128 Transfer of excess credit.

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## SEC. 129 National levee restoration.

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## SEC. 130 Inland waterways regional dredge pilot program.

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## SEC. 131 Funding to process permits.

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## SEC. 132 Non-Federal project implementation pilot program.

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## SEC. 133 Cost sharing for territories and Indian Tribes.

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## SEC. 134 Water supply conservation.

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## SEC. 135 Criteria for funding operation and maintenance of small, remote, and subsistence harbors.

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## SEC. 136 Protection of lighthouses.

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## SEC. 137 Expediting hydropower at Corps of Engineers facilities.

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## SEC. 138 Materials, services, and funds for repair, restoration, or rehabilitation of certain public recreation facilities.

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## SEC. 139 Dredged material management plans.

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## SEC. 140 Lease deviations.

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## SEC. 141 Columbia River Basin flood risk management.

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## SEC. 142 Continuation of construction.

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# TITLE II — Studies and reports

## SEC. 201 Authorization of feasibility studies.

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## SEC. 202 Special rules.

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## SEC. 203 Expedited completion of studies.

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## SEC. 204 Studies for periodic nourishment.

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## SEC. 205 NEPA reporting.

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## SEC. 206 GAO audit of projects over budget or behind schedule.

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## SEC. 207 GAO study on project distribution.

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## SEC. 208 GAO audit of joint costs for operations and maintenance.

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## SEC. 209 GAO review of Corps of Engineers mitigation practices.

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## SEC. 210 Sabine–Neches Waterway Navigation Improvement project, Texas.

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## SEC. 211 Great Lakes recreational boating.

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## SEC. 212 Upper St. Johns River Basin, Central and Southern Florida.

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## SEC. 213 Investments for recreation areas.

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## SEC. 214 Western infrastructure study.

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## SEC. 215 Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway System.

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## SEC. 216 West Virginia hydropower.

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## SEC. 217 Recreation and economic development at Corps facilities in Appalachia.

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## SEC. 218 Automated fee machines.

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## SEC. 219 Lake Champlain Canal, Vermont and New York.

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## SEC. 220 Report on concessionaire practices.

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# TITLE III — Deauthorizations, modifications, and related provisions

## SEC. 301 Additional assistance for critical projects.

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## SEC. 302 Southern West Virginia.

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## SEC. 303 Northern West Virginia.

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## SEC. 304 Local cooperation agreements, northern West Virginia.

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## SEC. 305 Special rule for certain beach nourishment projects.

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## SEC. 306 Coastal community flood control and other purposes.

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## SEC. 307 Modifications.

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## SEC. 308 Port Fourchon, Louisiana, dredged material disposal plan.

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## SEC. 309 Delaware shore protection and restoration.

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## SEC. 310 Great Lakes advance measures assistance.

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## SEC. 311 Rehabilitation of existing levees.

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## SEC. 312 Pilot program for certain communities.

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## SEC. 313 Rehabilitation of Corps of Engineers constructed pump stations.

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## SEC. 314 Chesapeake Bay environmental restoration and protection program.

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## SEC. 315 Evaluation of hydrologic changes in Souris River Basin.

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## SEC. 316 Memorandum of understanding relating to Baldhill Dam, North Dakota.

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## SEC. 317 Upper Mississippi River restoration program.

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## SEC. 318 Harmful algal bloom demonstration program.

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## SEC. 319 Colleton County, South Carolina.

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## SEC. 320 Arkansas River corridor, Oklahoma.

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## SEC. 321 Abandoned and inactive noncoal mine restoration.

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## SEC. 322 Asian carp prevention and control pilot program.

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## SEC. 323 Forms of assistance.

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## SEC. 324 Debris removal, New York Harbor, New York.

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## SEC. 325 Invasive species management.

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## SEC. 326 Wolf River Harbor, Tennessee.

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## SEC. 327 Missouri River mitigation, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska.

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## SEC. 328 Invasive species management pilot program.

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## SEC. 329 Nueces County, Texas, conveyances.

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## SEC. 330 Mississippi Delta Headwaters, Mississippi.

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## SEC. 331 Ecosystem restoration, Hudson–Raritan Estuary, New York and New Jersey.

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## SEC. 332 Timely reimbursement.

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## SEC. 333 New Savannah Bluff Lock and Dam, Georgia and South Carolina.

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## SEC. 334 Lake Tahoe Basin restoration, Nevada and California.

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## SEC. 335 Additional assistance for Eastern Santa Clara Basin, California.

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## SEC. 336 Tribal partnership program.

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## SEC. 337 Surplus water contracts and water storage agreements.

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## SEC. 338 Copan Lake, Oklahoma.

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## SEC. 339 Enhanced development program.

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## SEC. 340 Ecosystem restoration coordination.

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## SEC. 341 Acequias irrigation systems.

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## SEC. 342 Rogers County, Oklahoma.

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## SEC. 343 Water supply storage repair, rehabilitation, and replacement costs.

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## SEC. 344 Non-Federal payment flexibility.

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## SEC. 345 North Padre Island, Corpus Christi Bay, Texas.

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## SEC. 346 Waiver of non-Federal share of damages related to certain contract claims.

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## SEC. 347 Algiers Canal Levees, Louisiana.

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## SEC. 348 Israel River ice control project, Lancaster, New Hampshire.

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## SEC. 349 City of El Dorado, Kansas.

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## SEC. 350 Upper Mississippi River protection.

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## SEC. 351 Regional Corps of Engineers Office, Corpus Christi, Texas.

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## SEC. 352 Pilot program for good neighbor authority on Corps of Engineers land.

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## SEC. 353 Southeast Des Moines, Southwest Pleasant Hill, Iowa.

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## SEC. 354 Middle Rio Grande flood protection, Bernalillo to Belen, New Mexico.

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## SEC. 355 Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, Florida.

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## SEC. 356 Maintenance dredging permits.

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## SEC. 357 Puget Sound nearshore ecosystem restoration, Washington.

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## SEC. 358 Tribal assistance.

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## SEC. 359 Recreational opportunities at certain projects.

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## SEC. 360 Rehabilitation of Corps of Engineers constructed dams.

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## SEC. 361 South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force.

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## SEC. 362 New Madrid County Harbor, Missouri.

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## SEC. 363 Trinity River and tributaries, Texas.

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## SEC. 364 Rend Lake, Carlyle Lake, and Lake Shelbyville, Illinois.

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## SEC. 365 Federal assistance.

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## SEC. 366 Land transfer and trust land for Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.

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# TITLE IV — Water resources infrastructure

## SEC. 401 Project authorizations.

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## SEC. 402 Storm damage prevention and reduction, coastal erosion, and ice and glacial damage, Alaska.

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## SEC. 403 Expedited completion of projects.

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## SEC. 404 Special rules.

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## SEC. 405 Chattahoochee River program.

[Read Section 405 →](/congresses/117/bills/s/4137/sections/TIV-405.md)

## SEC. 406 Lower Mississippi River Basin demonstration program.

[Read Section 406 →](/congresses/117/bills/s/4137/sections/TIV-406.md)

## SEC. 407 Forecast-informed reservoir operations.

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## SEC. 408 Mississippi River mat sinking unit.

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## SEC. 409 Sense of Congress relating to Okatibbee Lake.

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