PUBLIC LAW 106-541—DEC. 11, 2000
114 STAT. 2649
(ii) pay all operation, maintenance, replacement,
repair, and rehabilitation costs; and
(iii) hold the United States harmless from all
claims arising from the construction, operation, and
maintenance of the project.
(D) CREDIT.— The Secretary shall credit the non-Federal interest for the value of the land, easements, rightsof-way, dredged material disposal areas, and relocations
provided under subparagraph (C).
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) ASSESSMENT AND RESTORATION PLANS.There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out subsections (b) and (c)
$4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2005.
(2) CRITICAL RESTORATION PROJECTS. — T here is authorized
to be appropriated to carry out subsection (d) $55,000,000.
SEC. 508. VISITORS CENTERS.
(a) JOHN PAUL HAMMERSCHMIDT VISITORS CENTER,
ARKANSAS.— Section 103(e) of the Water Resources Development
Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4813) is amended by striking "Arkansas
River, Arkansas." and inserting "Fort Smith, Arkansas, on land
provided by the city of Fort Smith.".
(b) LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER MUSEUM AND RIVERFRONT
INTERPRETIVE SITE, MISSISSIPPI. —Section 103(c)(2) of the Water
Resources Development Act of 1992 (106 Stat. 4811) is amended
in the first sentence by striking "in the vicinity of the Mississippi
River Bridge in Vicksburg, Mississippi." and inserting "between
the Mississippi River Bridge and the waterfront in downtown Vicksburg, Mississippi. ".
SEC. 509. CALFED BAY-DELTA PROGRAM ASSISTANCE, CALIFORNIA.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary—
(1) may participate with the appropriate Federal and State
agencies in the planning and management activities associated
with the CALFED Bay-Delta Program referred to in the California Bay-Delta Environmental Enhancement and Water Security Act (division E of Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 3009 -
748); and
(2) shall integrate, to the maximum extent practicable and
in accordance with applicable law, the activities of the Corps
of Engineers in the San Joaquin and Sacramento River basins
with the long-term goals of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program.
(b) COOPERATIVE ACTIVITIES. —In participating in the CALFED
Bay-Delta Program under subsection (a), the Secretary may—
(1) accept and expend funds from other Federal agencies
and from non-Federal public, private, and nonprofit entities
to carry out ecosystem restoration projects and activities associated with the CALFED Bay-Delta Program; and
(2) in carrying out the projects and activities, enter into
contracts, cooperative research and development agreements,
and cooperative agreements with Federal and non-Federal private, public, and nonprofit entities.
(c) AREA COVERED BY PROGRAM.— For the purposes of this section, the area covered by the CALFED Bay-Delta Program shall
be the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary
and its watershed (known as the "Bay-Delta Estuary'), as identified
in the Framework Agreement Between the Governor's Water Policy
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