FLOOD PROTECTION PROJECTS.

SEC. 115. FLOOD PROTECTION PROJECTS. (a) General Considerations.—Section 73(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 (33 U.S.C. 701b-11(a)) is amended by striking “including” and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following:“, with a view toward formulating the most economically, socially, and environmentally acceptable means of reducing or preventing flood damage, including— “(1) floodproofing of structures, including through elevation; “(2) floodplain regulation; “(3) acquisition of floodplain land for recreational, fish and wildlife, and other public purposes; “(4) relocation; and “(5) the use of a feature described in section 1184(a) of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (33 U.S.C. 2289a(a)).” . (b) Conforming Amendment.—Section 103(b) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213) is amended— (1) in the subsection heading, by striking “Nonstructural Flood Control Projects” and inserting “Projects Using Nonstructural, Natural, or Nature-Based Features”; and (2) in paragraph (1)— (A) by striking “nonstructural flood control measures” and inserting “a flood risk management or hurricane and storm damage risk reduction measure using a nonstructural feature, or a natural feature or nature-based feature (as those terms are defined in section 1184(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2016 (33 U.S.C. 2289a(a))),”; and (B) by striking “cash during construction of the project” and inserting “cash during construction for a nonstructural feature if the costs of land, easements, rights-of-way, dredged material disposal areas, and relocations for such feature are estimated to exceed 35 percent”.