DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

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, $142,405,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That $300,000 of funds appropriated in this bill for section 22 planning assistance to the States shall be used to assist the State of Nebraska in seeking solutions to water problems, including investigating and resolving problems of streambank erosion and environmental concerns along the Platte and Missouri Rivers: Provided further, That $100,000 of funds appropriated in this bill shall be used by the Army Corps of Engineers to prepare plans and specifications to complete preconstruction activities of the Platte River bank stabilization demonstration project for a 46-mile reach of the Platte River between Hershey, Nebraska, and the boundary between Lincoln and Dawson Counties, Nebraska: Provided further, That not to exceed $20,500,000 shall be available for obligation or research and development activities. The Secretary of the Army is directed to proceed expeditiously with the study of the project authorized as a demonstration project at Sunset Harbor, California, and submit his report to the Committee on Public Works and Transportation of the House of Representa-102 STAT. 858tives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate. The Secretary of the Army is directed to complete the Arkansas River and Tributaries, South Central and Southeast Areas of Oklahoma, Comprehensive Study and the Oklahoma portion of the Red River Basin, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas, Comprehensive Study being conducted by the Tulsa District by March 31, 1989, and to include in the final report data on the economic factors that affect the feasibility of each project, indicating on a sliding scale what levels of each economic factor could make each project feasible at a future date. The economic impact plans associated with the above studies shall be conducted without the requirement of meeting the completion date specified above. Construction, General For the prosecution of river and harbor, flood control, shore protection, 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 selection by law (but such studies shall not constitute a commitment of the Government to construction), $1,066,735,000, 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 no fully allocated funding policy shall apply and that all structural portions shall conform to the Standard Project Flood level with respect to the construction of Barbourville, Kentucky, and Harlan, Kentucky (Levisa/Tug Forks of Big Sandy River and Upper Cumberland River, West Virginia, Virginia, and Kentucky): Provided further, That $500,000 of the total sum herein appropriated for the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Kentucky and Tennessee, shall be allocated to the construction of infrastructure, including, but not limited to, road and sewer development, associated with the Bear Creek, Kentucky, portion of the project, such funds to remain available until expended: Provided further, That $200,000 of the funds appropriated in this bill shall be to carry out the provisions of section 847(b) of Public Law 99–662: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army acting through the Chief of Engineers is directed to use, immediately upon enactment of this Act $8,700,000 previously appropriated in Public Law 100–202, and $9,600,000 of the total sum appropriated for design, testing, and construction in fiscal year 1989 of juvenile fish passage facilities at the Little Goose, Lower Granite, McNary, Lower Monumental, Ice Harbor, and The Dalles projects on the Columbia and Snake Rivers as directed in the report accompanying this Act; and in addition, $118,000,000, to remain available until expended, is hereby appropriated for construction of the Red River Waterway, Mississippi River to Shreveport, Louisiana, project and for compliance with the directions given to the Secretary of the Army in the fiscal year 1988 Energy and Water Development Act, Public Law 100–202, regarding the construction of this project, and the Secretary is directed to continue the design of locks and dams 4 and 5 on the accelerated schedule in fiscal year 1989 in order to initiate the first phase of construction of locks and dams 4 and 5 by April 1990, and with funds provided in this title or previously appropriated to the Corps of 102 STAT. 859Engineers, the Secretary further is directed to fund previously awarded and directed construction contracts and to award continuing contracts in fiscal year 1989 for construction and completion of each of the following features of the Red River Waterway: in pool 3, Fausse Revetment Downstream Extension; and in pool 4, Westdale Realignment, Hammell Revetment, Bull Revetment, and Williams Revetment Downstream Extension. None of these contracts are to be considered fully funded. 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–1), $337,980,000, 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. 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, $1,370,714,000, 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 $15,000,000 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 $200,000 of funds appropriated in this bill shall be used by the Army Corps 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, shall allow an entity of the State of Oklahoma that is responsible for the development of the water and natural resources of the Arkansas River and Red River basins in southeast Oklahoma to operate and occupy, at no expense to such entity of the State, the Visitors Center at Crowder Point on Lake Eufaula, Oklahoma: Provided further, That the State of Oklahoma signs a cost sharing agreement for the construction of the Visitors Center according to the cost sharing provisions of Public Law 99–662: Provided further, That not to exceed $8,000,000 shall be available for obligation for national emergency preparedness pro-102 STAT. 860grams: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $500,000 shall be available only for providing low water access to Lake Koocanusa, Montana, as the Secretary of the Army determines is necessary to alleviate low water impact on existing access facilities at the Libby Dam Project administered by the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture: Provided further, That funds unused for the project described in the preceding proviso shall be transferred to the Department of Agriculture for purposes of carrying out maintenance and the Department’s other responsibilities with respect to that project. General Regulatory Functions For expenses necessary for administration of laws pertaining to regulation of navigable waters and wetlands, $60,427,000, 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 Flood 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, $120,000,000, to remain available until expended. 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; and during the current fiscal year the revolving fund, Corps of Engineers, shall be available for purchase (not to exceed 200 for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles.