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 PUBLIC LAW 109–148—DEC. 30, 2005

119 STAT. 2761

for an affected area has been incurred in order to be eligible for the temporary rate adjustment. (3) No temporary adjustment may be made after September 30, 2006. No assistance provided to individual households under this heading may extend beyond January 1, 2007. Further, the Secretary is authorized to reduce or eliminate any temporary adjustment granted under paragraph (1) prior to such date as appropriate. SEC. 204. Funds appropriated by this chapter may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 414(a)(1)). SEC. 205. (a) The total amount appropriated or otherwise made available in this chapter is hereby reduced by $737,089,000. (b) The Secretary of Defense shall allocate this reduction proportionately to each applicable appropriation account. (c) The reduction in subsection (a) shall not apply to budget authority appropriated or otherwise made available to the Defense Health Program account. CHAPTER 3 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY CORPS

OF

ENGINEERS—CIVIL

INVESTIGATIONS

For an additional amount for ‘‘Investigations’’ to expedite studies of flood and storm damage reduction related to the consequences of hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean in 2005, $37,300,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That using $10,000,000 of the funds provided, the Secretary shall conduct an analysis and design for comprehensive improvements or modifications to existing improvements in the coastal area of Mississippi in the interest of hurricane and storm damage reduction, prevention of saltwater intrusion, preservation of fish and wildlife, prevention of erosion, and other related water resource purposes at full Federal expense: Provided further, That the Secretary shall recommend a cost-effective project, but shall not perform an incremental benefit-cost analysis to identify the recommended project, and shall not make project recommendations based upon maximizing net national economic development benefits: Provided further, That interim recommendations for near term improvements shall be provided within 6 months of enactment of this Act with final recommendations within 24 months of enactment: Provided further, That none of the $12,000,000 provided herein for the Louisiana Hurricane Protection Study shall be available for expenditure until the State of Louisiana establishes a single state or quasistate entity to act as local sponsor for construction, operation and maintenance of all of the hurricane, storm damage reduction and flood control projects in the greater New Orleans and southeast Louisiana area: Provided further, That the amount provided under this heading is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006.

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