Pub. L. 101-514, tit. I, under "DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY"

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

EnactedYear: 1990Length: 3,648 wordsOfficial source
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY Corps of Engineers—Civil The following appropriations shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers for authorized civil functions of the Department of the Army pertaining to rivers and harbors, flood control, beach erosion, and related purposes. General Investigations For expenses necessary for the collection and study of basic information pertaining to river and harbor, flood control, shore protection, and related projects, restudy of authorized projects, miscellaneous investigations, and when authorized by laws, surveys and detailed studies and plans and specifications of projects prior to construction, $146,435,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That with funds herein appropriated the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to undertake the following items under General Investigations in fiscal year 1991 in the amounts specified: Casino Beach, Chicago, Illinois, $220,000; McCook and Thornton Reservoirs (CUP), Illinois, $2,000,000; Lake George, Hobart, Indiana, $125,000; Little Calumet River Basin (Cady Marsh Ditch), Indiana, $220,000; Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, $600,000; Red River Waterway, Shreveport, Louisiana, to Daingerfield, Texas, $1,900,000; Miami River Sediments, Florida, $200,000; Monroe County Beach Erosion (Smathers Beach), Florida, $193,000; Wyoming Valley Levee Raising, Pennsylvania, $1,000,000: Provided further, That not to exceed $27,200,000 shall be available for obligation for research and development activities: Provided, 104 STAT. 2075further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to initiate and complete preconstruction engineering and design of the LaConner, Washington, project using funds appropriated for that purpose in the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1990, Public Law 101–101: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army is authorized, in partnership with the Department of Transportation, and in coordination with other Federal agencies, including the Department of Energy, to conduct research and development associated with an advanced high speed magnetic levitation transportation system: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, the funds appropriated to the Corps of Engineers in Public Law 101–101 for Magnetic Levitation Research and Development activities are hereby authorized for expenditure only in accordance with the directions contained in Senate Report 101–83 and House Report 101–235: Provided further, That with $200,000 of the funds appropriated herein, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to resume preconstruction engineering and design of the St. Louis Harbor, Missouri and Illinois, project: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to use $250,000 of the funds appropriated herein to complete the Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbors project feasibility study and is further directed to use $2,000,000 of the funds appropriated herein to initiate preconstruction engineering and design of that project upon release of the South Pacific Division Engineer’s notice of completion of the feasibility report: Provided further, That with $200,000 of the funds appropriated in the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1990, Public Law 101–101, together with $300,000 of the funds appropriated herein, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to continue preconstruction engineering and design of the Red River Waterway, Index, Arkansas, to Denison Dam, Texas, project: Provided further, That with $800,000 of the funds provided herein, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to accelerate preconstruction engineering and design for the Folly Beach, South Carolina, project and complete the General Design Memorandum by May 1991 so that project construction could begin in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 1992: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to use $300,000 of the funds appropriated herein to initiate and expedite a reconnaissance study to develop a recommended plan for flood damage prevention and other water resources problems along the Ohio River and its tributaries in Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio: Provided further, That using $270,000 of funds appropriated herein, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to initiate and complete engineering and design of the Bethel, Alaska, bank stabilization project. Construction, General For the prosecution of river and harbor, flood control, shore protection, alteration and removal of obstructive bridges, and related projects authorized by laws; and detailed studies, and plans and specifications, of projects (including those for development with participation or under consideration for participation by States, local governments, or private groups) authorized or made eligible for 104 STAT. 2076selection by law (but such studies shall not constitute a commitment of the Government to construction), $1,050,450,000, of which such sums as are necessary pursuant to Public Law 99–662 shall be derived from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund, to remain available until expended: Provided, That with funds herein appropriated the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to undertake the following projects in fiscal year 1991 in the amounts specified: O’Hare Reservoir, Illinois, $4,300,000; Red River Emergency Bank Protection, Arkansas and Louisiana, $4,100,000, which is to be utilized to construct emergency bank stabilization measures including repairs to revetments and realignments upstream of Shreveport, Louisiana, to Index, Arkansas, that were significantly damaged in the May 1990 flood in the Red River Basin; Hansen Dam, California, $272,000; Kissimmee River, Florida, $6,000,000; Wallisville Lake, Texas, $9,200,000; Red River Basin Chloride Control, Texas and Oklahoma, $5,000,000; Shinnecock Inlet, New York, $3,000,000; Platte River Flood and Streambank Erosion Control Demonstration Project, Nebraska, $1,500,000; San Diego River and Mission Bay, California, $975,000; Tampa Bay (Port Sutton), Florida, $500,000: Provided further, That with $7,500,000 of the funds herein appropriated to remain available until expended, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to continue the work for the levees/floodwalls and to undertake other structural and nonstructural work associated with the Barbourville, Kentucky, element of the Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River project authorized by section 202 of Public Law 96–367: Provided further, That with $20,500,000 of the funds herein appropriated to remain available until expended, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to continue the work for the river diversion tunnels and to undertake other structural and nonstructural work associated with the Harlan, Kentucky, element of the Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River project authorized by section 202 of Public Law 96–367 using continuing contracts: Provided further, That $6,000,000 of the funds herein appropriated to remain available until expended, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to initiate construction of the lower Mingo County, West Virginia element of the Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy and Upper Cumberland River project authorized by section 202 of Public Law 96–367, in accordance with the costsharing principles of Public Law 99–662 using continuing contracts: Provided further, That no fully allocated funding policy shall apply to construction of the Barbourville, Kentucky, and Harlan, Kentucky, and lower Mingo County, West Virginia, elements of the Levisa and Tug Forks of the Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River project: Provided further, That the project for flood protection for the town of Matewan, West Virginia, shall include all incorporated units within the town of Matewan: Provided further, That with funds herein or hereafter appropriated, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to award continuing contracts until construction is com-104 STAT. 2077plete in accordance with the terms and conditions of Public Law 101–101 for the O’Hare Reservoir, Illinois, and Wallisville Lake, Texas, projects: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to undertake the Kanawha River, Charleston, West Virginia, and Kanawha River, Saint Albans, West Virginia, projects using funds appropriated in the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1988, Public Law 100–202: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized and directed to permit the non-Federal sponsors for the Fort Toulouse, Elmore County, Alabama, and Mound State Park, Moundville, Alabama, projects to contribute, in lieu of cash, all or any portion of their share of the projects with work in-kind: Provided further, That using $400,000 of the funds appropriated herein the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to construct the Salyersville cut-through as authorized by Public Law 99–662, section 401(e)(1) in accordance with the Special Project Report for Salyersville, Kentucky, concurred in by the Ohio River Division Engineer on or about July 26, 1989: Provided further, That using $500,000 of the funds appropriated herein the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to complete engineering and design and proceed with construction in fiscal year 1991 of riverbed gradient restoration facilities in the vicinity of mile 206 of the Sacramento River, California, pursuant to the authority provided in section 102 of Public Law 101–101, the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1990: Provided further, That with $550,000 of the funds herein appropriated, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to continue with planning, engineering, design, and construction of the Des Moines Recreational River and Greenbelt, Iowa, project in accordance with the terms and conditions for construction in Public Law 100–202: Provided further, That with $3,000,000 of the funds herein appropriated the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to approve the remaining design memoranda and to continue land acquisition at Red Rock Lake and Dam, Iowa, in accordance with Public Law 99–190: Provided further, That using $975,000 of the funds appropriated herein the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to repair and restore to a safe condition the existing Tulsa and West Tulsa Local Protection Project, Oklahoma, authorized by the Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941, Public Law 73–228, at an estimated cost of $1,300,000. The non-Federal share of the project will be in accordance with the provisions of title I, section 103, of Public Law 99–662, for flood control purposes: Provided further, That using $550,000 of funds appropriated herein, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is hereby directed to study, design and construct streambank protection measures along the east shoreline of McGregor Park in the city of Clarksville, Tennessee, on Lake Barkley, under the authority of section 14 of Public Law 79–526: Provided further, That using $970,000 of funds appropriated herein, the Secretary of the Army is directed to relocate the Southeast Light on Block Island, Rhode Island to a more suitable location, subject to enactment into law of authorizing legislation: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to initiate construction of the San Timoteo feature of the Santa Ana River Mainstem flood control project by scheduling design and construction. The Secretary 104 STAT. 2078is further directed to initiate and complete design and to fund and award all construction contracts necessary for completion of the San Timoteo feature. Furthermore, the Corps of Engineers is directed to use $1,000,000 of the funds appropriated herein to initiate the design; and, in addition, $92,636,000, to remain available until expended, is hereby appropriated for construction of the Red River Waterway, Mississippi River to Shreveport, Louisiana, project, and the Secretary is directed to continue the first phase of construction of Locks and Dams 4 and 5 that were initiated in 1990 and continue at an accelerated rate the design of the second phase contracts for Locks and Dams 4 and 5 in order to be prepared to initiate them in the second quarter of fiscal year 1992, to repair damages caused by the 1990 flood to project features that are complete or currently under construction, and to award continuing contracts in fiscal year 1991 for construction of the following features of the Red River Waterway which are not to be considered fully funded: Grappe Capout, Fausse Capout, Socot Capout, Grappe Realignment, McDade Revetment, Moss Revetment, Elm Grove Revetment, Cecile Revetment: Provided further, That, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized and directed to make available $150,000 for engineering, design, acquisition and construction of a support structure to serve as the foundation for the Seafarers Memorial in the Columbia River, in cooperation with the City of Hammond, Oregon. Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee For expenses necessary for prosecuting work of flood control, and rescue work, repair, restoration, or maintenance of flood control projects threatened or destroyed by flood, as authorized by law (33 U.S.C. 702a, 702g-l), $344,606,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not less than $250,000 shall be available for bank stabilization measures as determined by the Chief of Engineers to be advisable for the control of bank erosion of streams in the Yazoo Basin, including the foothill area, and where necessary such measures shall complement similar works planned and constructed by the Soil Conservation Service and be limited to the areas of responsibility mutually agreeable to the District Engineer and the State Conservationist: Provided further, That the funds provided herein for operation and maintenance of Yazoo Basin Lakes shall be available for the maintenance of road and trail surfaces, alignments, widths, and drainage features: Provided further, That using $236,000 of the funds appropriated herein, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to initiate construction of the Horn Lake Creek and Tributaries (including Cow Pen Creek), Tennessee and Mississippi, project: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army is hereby directed to expedite the acquisition, in fee simple, of lands, excluding minerals, for public access in the Atchafalaya Basin Floodway System, Louisiana, as authorized by Public Laws 99–88, 99–662, and 100–202. The Secretary is authorized to include in any transfer of real property, in fee simple, excluding minerals, for public access pursuant to Public Laws 99–88, 99–662, and 100–202, language requiring the United States, in the event that the property is no longer required for public access and prior to any subsequent sale, exchange, or other transfer of the property 104 STAT. 2079acquired, to first offer such property to the vendors, their heirs, successors or assigns, at the same price then being offered by any third party, which price shall in no event be less than the current fair market value. This authority is effective July 1, 1989, and the Secretary is further authorized to correct and amend deeds executed and delivered prior to said date to incorporate this provision: Provided further, That with $2,000,000 herein appropriated or with funds hereafter appropriated, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized and directed to award continuing contracts until construction is complete for the West Memphis and Vicinity, Arkansas, project authorized by section 401(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 as modified by the General Design Memorandum 101, dated May 1990: Provided further, That using $400,000 of the funds appropriated herein the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to proceed with the authorized Ouachita River Levees project in Louisiana and that rehabilitation or replacement of all deteriorated drainage structures which threaten the security of this critical urban protection is to be accomplished at Federal expenses; and, in addition, the Bayou Rapides Drainage Structure and Pumping Plant is to be included as a feature of the Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee project, Lower Red River, South Bank Levee. Operation and Maintenance, General For expenses necessary for the preservation, operation, maintenance, and care of existing river and harbor, flood control, and related works, including such sums as may be necessary for the maintenance of harbor channels provided by a State, municipality or other public agency, outside of harbor lines, and serving essential needs of general commerce and navigation; surveys and charting of northern and northwestern lakes and connecting waters; clearing and straightening channels; and removal of obstructions to navigation, $1,450,669,000, to remain available until expended, of which such sums as become available in the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to Public Law 99–662, may be derived from that fund, and of which $20,000,000 shall be for construction, operation, and maintenance of outdoor recreation facilities, to be derived from the special account established by the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 4601): Provided, That $3,630,000 of the funds appropriated herein shall be used by the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, for the Long-Term Management Strategy for dredged material disposal in the San Francisco Bay, California, region: Provided further, That $2,500,000 of the funds appropriated herein shall be used by the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to continue the development of recreation facilities at Sepulveda Dam, California: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to use $3,500,000 of the funds appropriated herein for the Federal share of construction of access facilities in the McAlpine Lock and Dam navigation pool. The non-Federal interests shall be credited for previous work related to access, including $3,000,000 for 1,060 feet of the new downtown wharf. Non-Federal interests shall provide necessary easements to the Federal Government for construction of improvements at no 104 STAT. 2080cost to the Federal Government. Title for lands shall remain with non-Federal interests: Provided further, That $100,000 of the funds appropriated herein shall be used by the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to continue the Sauk Lake, Minnesota, project: Provided further, That with $350,000 of the funds herein appropriated to remain available until expended, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to use continuing contracts to design and construct a riverfront park at Charleston, West Virginia, in accordance with the cost sharing principles of Public Law 99–662 and as generally described in the September 1989 Reconnaissance Report of the Huntington District entitled, Charleston Riverfront Park, Winfield Navigation Pool, Kanawha River: Provided further, That no fully allocated funding policy shall apply to construction of Charleston Riverfront Park, West Virginia: Provided further, That $200,000 of the funds appropriated herein shall be used by the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, for operation and maintenance of existing structures and facilities of the Missouri National Recreation River, Nebraska and South Dakota: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, using $900,000 of the funds appropriated herein, is directed to undertake a major rehabilitation of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, project to insure that the project will continue to provide the authorized level of protection in the future. The Secretary is further directed to investigate those non-federally owned buildings, embankments and walls which were included in the line of protection for the convenience of the Government and to perform needed repair, rehabilitation or replacement at Federal expense subject to the following terms: (1) The City of Johnstown secures needed rights of access to such structures; (2) the City of Johnstown agrees to hold and save the United States free from damages due to construction or operation and maintenance of the work on the non-Federal structures, except for damages due to the fault or negligence of the United States or its contractors: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to undertake improvements to roads, utilities, and other facilities at the Crowder Point East Recreation Area at Eufaula Lake, Oklahoma, using funds appropriated for that purpose in the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1989, Public Law 100–371: Provided further, That not to exceed $8,000,000 shall be available for obligation for national emergency preparedness programs: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated herein, $7,000,000 is for a new bridge over the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal at Saint Georges, Delaware, as proposed by the State of Delaware, and as authorized by laws. Regulatory Program For expenses necessary for administration of laws pertaining to regulation of navigable waters, including bridges, and wetlands, $71,100,000, to remain available until expended. Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies For expenses necessary for emergency flood control, hurricane, and shore protection activities, as authorized by section 5 of the 104 STAT. 2081Flood Control Act, approved August 18, 1941, as amended, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended. General Expenses For expenses necessary for general administration and related functions in the office of the Chief of Engineers and offices of the Division Engineers; activities of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, the Coastal Engineering Research Board, the Engineer Automation Support Activity, and the Water Resources Support Center, $136,100,000, of which $9,500,000 shall be derived from funds appropriated to “General expenses” by Public Law 101–302; to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to complete the conceptual study of potential field organization structures in accordance with Senate Report 101–83 and Conference Report 101–235 accompanying Public Law 101–101. Administrative Provisions Appropriations in this title shall be available for expenses of attendance by military personnel at meetings in the manner authorized by section 4110 of title 5, United States Code, uniforms, and allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–5902), and for printing, either during a recess or session of Congress, of survey reports authorized by law, and such survey reports as may be printed during a recess of Congress shall be printed, with illustrations, as documents of the next succeeding session of Congress; not to exceed $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and during the current fiscal year the revolving fund, Corps of Engineers, shall be available for purchase (not to exceed 170 for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles.
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