REHABILITATION OF EXISTING LEVEES.

SEC. 3017. [33 U.S.C. 3303a note] REHABILITATION OF EXISTING LEVEES. (a) In General.—The Secretary shall carry out measures that address consolidation, settlement, subsidence, sea level rise, and new datum to restore federally authorized hurricane and storm damage reduction projects that were constructed as of the date of enactment of this Act to the authorized levels of protection of the projects if the Secretary determines the necessary work is technically feasible, environmentally acceptable, and economically justified. (b) Limitation.—This section shall only apply to those projects for which the executed project partnership agreement provides that the non-Federal interest is not required to perform future measures to restore the project to the authorized level of protection of the project to account for subsidence and sea-level rise as part of the operation, maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabilitation responsibilities. (c) Cost Share.— (1) In general.—The non-Federal share of the cost of construction of a project carried out under this section shall be determined as provided in subsections (a) through (d) of section 103 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213). (2) Certain activities.—The non-Federal share of the cost of operations, maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabilitation for a project carried out under this section shall be 100 percent. (d) Report to Congress.—Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall include in the annual report developed under section 7001— (1) any recommendations relating to the continued need for the authority provided under this section; (2) a description of the measures carried out under this section; (3) any lessons learned relating to the measures implemented under this section; and (4) best practices for carrying out measures to restore hurricane and storm damage reduction projects. (e) Termination of Authority.—The authority of the Secretary under this section terminates on December 31, 2033.