SHORE DAMAGE PREVENTION OR MITIGATION.

SEC. 1169. SHORE DAMAGE PREVENTION OR MITIGATION. Section 111 of the River and Harbor Act of 1968 (33 U.S.C. 426i) is amended—(1) in subsection (b) by striking “measures” and all that follows through “project” and inserting “measures, including a study, shall be cost-shared in the same proportion as the cost-sharing provisions applicable to construction of the project”; and(2) by adding at the end the following:“(e) Reimbursement for Feasibility Studies.—Beginning on the date of enactment of this subsection, in any case in which the Secretary implements a project under this section, the Secretary shall reimburse or credit the non-Federal interest for any amounts contributed for the study evaluating the damage in excess of the non-Federal share of the costs, as determined under subsection (b).”.