ADVANCE PAYMENT IN LIEU OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL COSTS.

SEC. 8148. ADVANCE PAYMENT IN LIEU OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN FEDERAL COSTS. (a) In General.—The Secretary is authorized to provide in advance to a non-Federal interest the Federal share of funds required for the acquisition of land, easements, and rights-of-way and the performance of relocations for a water resources development project or a separable element of a water resources development project— (1) that is authorized to be constructed at Federal expense; (2) for which the Secretary has determined under section 103(b)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2213(b)(2)) that additional costs are a Federal responsibility; or (3) that is listed in subsection (b), if at any time the cost to acquire the land, easements, and rights-of-way required for the project is projected to exceed the non-Federal share of the cost of the project. (b) Listed Projects.—The projects referred to in subsection (a)(3) are the following: (1) Project for hurricane and storm damage risk reduction, Delaware Beneficial Use of Dredged Material for the Delaware River, Delaware, authorized by section 401(3) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2736), as modified by this Act. (2) Project for ecosystem restoration, Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, Louisiana, authorized by section 7013(a)(4) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (121 Stat. 1281), as modified by this Act. (3) Project for ecosystem restoration, Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin project, Brandon Road, Will County, Illinois, authorized by title IV of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2740), as modified by this Act. (4) Project for navigation, Port of Nome, Alaska, authorized by section 401(1) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (134 Stat. 2733), as modified by this Act. (5) Project for storm damage reduction and shoreline erosion protection, Lake Michigan, Illinois, from Wilmette, Illinois, to the Illinois-Indiana State line, authorized by section 101(a)(12) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3664), as modified by this Act. (6) Project for flood control, Milton, West Virginia, authorized by section 580 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat. 3790; 114 Stat. 2612; 121 Stat. 1154), as modified by this Act. (7) Project for coastal storm risk management, South Shore of Staten Island, Fort Wadsworth to Oakwood Beach, New York, as authorized by this Act.