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 118 STAT. 2938 PUBLIC LAW 108–447—DEC. 8, 2004 use funds appropriated for the navigation project, Tampa Harbor, Florida, to carry out, as part of the project, construction of passing lanes in an area approximately 3.5 miles long, centered on Tampa Bay Cut B, if the Secretary determines that such construction is technically sound, environmentally acceptable, and cost effective: Provided further, That using $750,000 of the funds appropriated herein, the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is authorized and directed to plan, design, and initiate reconstruction of the Cape Girardeau, Missouri, project, originally authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1950, at an estimated total cost of $9,000,000, with cost sharing on the same basis as cost sharing for the project as originally authorized, if the Secretary determines that the reconstruction is technically sound and environ mentally acceptable: Provided further, That the planned reconstruc tion shall be based on the most cost effective engineering solution and shall require no further economic justification: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engi neers, is directed to proceed without further delay with work on the permanent bridge to replace Folsom Bridge Dam Road, Folsom, California, as authorized by the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–137), and, of the $8,000,000 available for the American River Watershed (Folsom Dam Mini Raise), California, project, up to $5,000,000 of those funds be directed for the permanent bridge, with all remaining devoted to the Mini Raise: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army is directed to use $1,365,000 of the funds appropriated herein to construct a project for flood control, Cass River, Spaulding Township, Michigan, pursuant to section 205 of the Flood Control Act of 1948 (33 U.S.C. 701s), notwithstanding that the benefits of the project may not exceed the estimated costs of the project: Provided further, That the non Federal interest for the project shall receive credit towards its share of project costs in the amount of $345,000 for work carried out by the non Federal interest on the project prior to entering into a project cooperation agreement: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, is directed to undertake and fund a dem onstration project utilizing the Bidlocker system of escrowing con tract bid documents: Provided further, That the system should provide a method of securing bidder documents prior to the award of the contracts, thus allowing the contractor to provide those documents to the Government in the case of disputes: Provided further, That the demonstration project should include use of the system on at least three contracts: Provided further, That a report on the results of the demonstration project shall be provided within 1 year of the date of enactment of this Act. FLOOD CONTROL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES, ARKANSAS, IL LINOIS, KENTUCKY, LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, AND TEN NESSEE For expenses necessary for the flood damage reduction program for the Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized by law, $324,500,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, using $12,000,000 of the funds provided herein, is directed to continue design and real estate activities and to initiate the pump supply contract for the Yazoo Reports. Deadline.

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