Agenda - Public Works Committee - 10/20/2020

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S. 3021-70 to the Black Warrior River on the south side below the U.S. High- way 43 bridge, including the south wall of the Old Oliver Lock, and extending to the Corps' current recreation area, that the Sec- retary determines are no longer required for operation and mainte- nance of the Oliver Lock and Dam. (h) GENERALLY APPLICABLE PROVISIONS.— (1) SURVEY TO OBTAIN LEGAL DESCRIPTION. —The exact acre- age and the legal description of any real property to be conveyed under this section shall be determined by a survey that is satisfactory to the Secretary. (2) APPLICABILITY OF PROPERTY SCREENING PROVISIONS. — Section 2696 of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply to any conveyance under this section. (3) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS. —The Secretary may require that any conveyance under this section be subject to such additional terms and conditions as the Secretary con- siders necessary and appropriate to protect the interests of the United States. (4) COSTS OF CONVEYANCE. —An entity to which a convey- ance is made under this section shall be responsible for all reasonable and necessary costs, including real estate trans- action and environmental documentation costs, associated with the conveyance. (5) LIABILITY. —An entity to which a conveyance is made under this section shall hold the United States harmless from any liability with respect to activities carried out, on or after the date of the conveyance, on real property conveyed. The United States shall remain responsible for any liability with respect to activities carried out, before such date, on the real property conveyed. SEC. 1332. REPORT ON FUTURE WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT. (a) PROGRAMMATIC MODIFICATION. —Section 7001 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 (33 U.S.C. 2282d(a)) is amended— (1) in subsection (a) by adding at the end the following: "(4) PROGRAMMATIC MODIFICATIONS. —Any programmatic modification for an environmental infrastructure assistance pro- gram."; (2) in subsection (b)(1) by striking "studies and proposed modifications to authorized water resources development projects and feasibility studies" and inserting "studies, proposed modifications to authorized water resources development projects and feasibility studies, and proposed modifications for an environmental infrastructure program"; (3) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as sub- sections (e), (f), and (g), respectively; (4) by inserting after subsection (c) the following: "(d) PROGRAMMATIC MODIFICATIONS IN ANNUAL REPORT. —The Secretary shall include in the annual report only proposed modifica- tions for an environmental infrastructure assistance program that have not been included in any previous annual report. For each nrnnneorl ninrlifiro♦-inn fl-na .Corroforc7 Cl,�ll in0l11,1a o 1affor nr efo�n-