TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

SEC. 2013. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. Section 22 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 1962d–16) is amended— (1) in subsection (a) by striking “The Secretary” and inserting the following: “(a) Federal State Cooperation.— “(1) Comprehensive plans.—The Secretary” ; (2) by inserting after the last sentence in subsection (a) the following: “(2) Technical assistance.— “(A) In general.—At the request of a governmental agency or non-Federal interest, the Secretary may provide, at Federal expense, technical assistance to such agency or non-Federal interest in managing water resources. “(B) Types of assistance.—Technical assistance under this paragraph may include provision and integration of hydrologic, economic, and environmental data and analyses.” ; (3) in subsection (b)(1) by striking “this section” each place it appears and inserting “subsection (a)(1)”; (4) in subsection (b)(2) by striking “Up to ½ of the” and inserting “The”; (5) in subsection (c) by striking “(c) There is” and inserting the following: “(c) Authorization of Appropriations.— “(1) Federal and state cooperation.—There is” ; (6) in subsection (c)(1) (as designated by paragraph (5))— (A) by striking “the provisions of this section” and inserting “subsection (a)(1),”; and (B) by striking “$500,000” and inserting “$2,000,000”; (7) by inserting at the end of subsection (c) the following: “(2) Technical assistance.—There is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 annually to carry out subsection (a)(2), of which not more than $2,000,000 annually may be used by the Secretary to enter into cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations to provide assistance to rural and small communities.” ; (8) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and (9) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: “(d) Annual Submission of Proposed Activities.—Concurrent with the President's submission to Congress of the President's request for appropriations for the Civil Works Program for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report describing the individual activities proposed for funding under subsection (a)(1) for that fiscal year.” .