Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 121.djvu/1102

 PUBLIC LAW 110–114—NOV. 8, 2007

121 STAT. 1081

(2) Lewis and Clark Community College, Illinois, for the Great Rivers National Research and Education Center (including facilities that have been or will be constructed at one or more locations in the vicinity of the confluence of the Illinois River, the Missouri River, and the Mississippi River), a collaborative effort of Lewis and Clark Community College, the University of Illinois, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, and other entities, for the study of river ecology, developing watershed and river management strategies, and educating students and the public on river issues; and (3) the University of Texas at Dallas for support and operation of the International Center for Decision and Risk Analysis to study risk analysis and control methods for transboundary water resources management in the southwestern United States and other international water resources management problems. (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out subsection (a)(1) $2,000,000, to carry out subsection (a)(2) $2,000,000, and to carry out subsection (a)(3) $5,000,000. SEC. 2029. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CRITERIA FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF HARBOR DREDGING PROJECTS.

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: (1) Insufficient maintenance dredging results in inefficient water transportation and harmful economic consequences. (2) The estimated dredging backlog at commercial harbors in the Great Lakes alone is 16,000,000 cubic yards. (3) Approximately two-thirds of all shipping in the United States either starts or finishes at small harbors. (4) Small harbors often have a greater proportional impact on local economies than do larger harbors. (5) Performance metrics can be valuable tools in the budget process for water resources projects. (6) The use of a single performance metric for water resources projects can result in a budget biased against small and rural communities. (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress that the operations and maintenance budget of the Corps of Engineers should reflect the use of all available economic data, rather than a single performance metric. SEC. 2030. INTERAGENCY AND INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT AUTHORITY.

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Section 234 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (33 U.S.C. 2323a) is amended— (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following: ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may engage in activities (including contracting) in support of other Federal agencies, international organizations, or foreign governments to address problems of national significance to the United States.’’; (2) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘Secretary of State’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of State’’; and (3) in subsection (d)— (A) by striking ‘‘$250,000 for fiscal year 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000,000 for fiscal year 2008’’; and

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