Flood control
General rule
35 percent minimum contribution
If the value of the contributions required under paragraph (1) of this subsection is less than 35 percent of the cost of the project assigned to flood control, the non-Federal interest shall pay during construction of the project such additional amounts as are necessary so that the total contribution of the non-Federal interests under this subsection is equal to 35 percent of the cost of the project assigned to flood control.
50 percent maximum
The non-Federal share under paragraph (1) shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the project assigned to flood control. The preceding sentence does not modify the requirement of paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection.
Deferred payment of amount exceeding 30 percent
section 2216 of this titleIf the total amount of the contribution required under paragraph (1) of this subsection exceeds 30 percent of the cost of the project assigned to flood control, the non-Federal interests may pay the amount of the excess to the Secretary over a 15-year period (or such shorter period as may be agreed to by the Secretary and the non-Federal interests) beginning on the date construction of the project or separable element is completed, at an interest rate determined pursuant to . The preceding sentence does not modify the requirement of paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection.
Projects using nonstructural, natural, or nature-based features
In general
section 2289a(a) of this titleThe non-Federal share of the cost of a flood risk management or hurricane and storm damage risk reduction measure using a nonstructural feature, or a natural feature or nature-based feature (as those terms are defined in ), shall be 35 percent of the cost of such measures. The non-Federal interests for any such measures shall be required to provide all lands, easements, rights-of-way, dredged material disposal areas, and relocations necessary for the project, but shall not be required to contribute any amount in cash during construction for a nonstructural feature if the costs of land, easements, rights-of-way, dredged material disposal areas, and relocations for such feature are estimated to exceed 35 percent.
Non-Federal contribution in excess of 35 percent
At any time during construction of a project, if the Secretary determines that the costs of land, easements, rights-of-way, dredged material disposal areas, and relocations for the project, in combination with other costs contributed by the non-Federal interests, will exceed 35 percent, any additional costs for the project (not to exceed 65 percent of the total costs of the project) shall be a Federal responsibility and shall be contributed during construction as part of the Federal share.
Other purposes
Certain other costs assigned to project purposes
Construction
Costs of constructing projects or measures for beach erosion control and water quality enhancement shall be assigned to appropriate project purposes listed in subsections (a), (b), and (c) and shall be shared in the same percentage as the purposes to which the costs are assigned, except that all costs assigned to benefits to privately owned shores (where use of such shores is limited to private interests) or to prevention of losses of private lands shall be borne by non-Federal interests and all costs assigned to the protection of federally owned shores shall be borne by the United States.
Periodic nourishment
In general
Benefits to privately owned shores
All costs assigned to benefits of periodic nourishment projects or measures to privately owned shores (where use of such shores is limited to private interests) or to prevention of losses of private land shall be borne by the non-Federal interest.
Benefits to federally owned shores
All costs assigned to the protection of federally owned shores for periodic nourishment measures shall be borne by the United States.
Applicability
In general
This section applies to any project (including any small project which is not specifically authorized by Congress and for which the Secretary has not approved funding before ), or separable element thereof, on which physical construction is initiated after , as determined by the Secretary, except as provided in paragraph (2). For the purpose of the preceding sentence, physical construction shall be considered to be initiated on the date of the award of a construction contract.
Exceptions
Public Law 98–8section 202 of Public Law 96–367This section shall not apply to the Yazoo Basin, Mississippi, Demonstration Erosion Control Program, authorized by , or to the Harlan, Kentucky, or Barbourville, Kentucky, elements of the project authorized by .
“Separable element” defined
Deferral of payment
Assigned joint and separable costs
The share of the costs specified under this section for each project purpose shall apply to the joint and separable costs of construction of each project assigned to that purpose, except as otherwise specified in this Act.
Lands, easements, rights-of-way, dredged material disposal areas, and relocations
section 2283(c) of this titleExcept as provided under , the non-Federal interests for a project to which this section applies shall provide all lands, easements, rights-of-way, and dredged material disposal areas required for the project and perform all necessary relocations, except to the extent limited by any provision of this section. The value of any contribution under the preceding sentence shall be included in the non-Federal share of the project specified in this section.
Agreement
Requirement for agreement
In general
Any project to which this section applies (other than a project for hydroelectric power) shall be initiated only after non-Federal interests have entered into binding agreements with the Secretary to pay 100 percent of the operation, maintenance, and replacement and rehabilitation costs of the project, to pay the non-Federal share of the costs of construction required by this section, and to hold and save the United States free from damages due to the construction or operation and maintenance of the project, except for damages due to the fault or negligence of the United States or its contractors.
Inclusion
An agreement under subparagraph (A) shall include a brief description and estimation of the anticipated operations, maintenance, and replacement and rehabilitation costs of the non-Federal interest for the project.
Elements of agreement
Payment options
In general
section 2216 of this titleExcept as otherwise provided in this section, the Secretary may permit the full non-Federal contribution to be made without interest during construction of the project or separable element, or with interest at a rate determined pursuant to over a period of not more than thirty years from the date of completion of the project or separable element. Repayment contracts shall provide for recalculation of the interest rate at five-year intervals.
Renegotiation of terms
In general
Eligible deferred payment
Credit for non-Federal contribution
In general
The Secretary is authorized to credit any costs incurred by the non-Federal interest (including in-kind contributions) to remedy a design or construction deficiency of a covered project or separable element toward the non-Federal share of the cost of the covered project, if the Secretary determines the remedy to be integral to the completion or performance of the covered project.
Credit of costs
If the non-Federal interest incurs costs or in-kind contributions for a project to remedy a design or construction deficiency of a project or separable element which has a 100 percent Federal cost share, and the Secretary determines the remedy to be integral to the completion or performance of the project, the Secretary is authorized to credit such costs to any interest accrued on a deferred non-Federal contribution.
Treatment of pre-payment
In general
Repayment options
Refund of credit
Any agreement made that applied credits to satisfy the terms of a pre-payment made under subsection (k)(4)(A) that resulted in total payment in excess of the amount now required under subsection (k)(4)(A) shall be modified to indicate that the excess credits continue to apply toward any remaining principal of the respective project, or at the request of the non-Federal interest, the agreement shall be modified to retroactively transfer back those excess credits to the non-Federal interest such that those credits may be applied by the non-Federal interest to any cost-shared project identified by the non-Federal interest.
Congressional notification
In general
Upon receipt of a request for a renegotiation of terms by a non-Federal interest under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report 30 days after enactment and quarterly thereafter regarding the status of the request.
Sense of Congress
It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary should respond to any request for a renegotiation of terms submitted under paragraph (2) in a timely manner.
Delay of payment
Initial payment
section 2211 of this titlesection 2216 of this titleAt the request of any non-Federal interest the Secretary may permit such non-Federal interest to delay the initial payment of any non-Federal contribution under this section or for up to one year after the date when construction is begun on the project for which such contribution is to be made. Any such delay in initial payment shall be subject to interest charges for up to six months at a rate determined pursuant to .
Interest
In general
Limitations
The Secretary may grant not more than 1 waiver under subparagraph (A) for the same project.
Ability to pay
In general
Any cost-sharing agreement under this section for a feasibility study, or for construction of an environmental protection and restoration project, a flood control project, a project for navigation, storm damage protection, shoreline erosion, hurricane protection, or recreation, or an agricultural water supply project, shall be subject to the ability of the non-Federal interest to pay.
Criteria
Procedures
Non-Federal share
Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary may reduce the requirement that a non-Federal interest make a cash contribution for any project that is determined to be eligible for a reduction in the non-Federal share under criteria and procedures in effect under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3).
Exception
This subsection shall not apply to project costs greater than the national economic development plan.
Report
In general
Not less frequently than annually, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate a report describing all determinations of the Secretary under this subsection regarding the ability of a non-Federal interest to pay.
Contents
Inclusion in chief’s report
The Secretary may include a determination to reduce the non-Federal share required in a cost-sharing agreement for construction of a project in the report of the Chief of Engineers for the project.
Non-Federal contributions
Prohibition on solicitation of excess contributions
Limitation on statutory construction
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Pub. L. 99–662, title I, § 103100 Stat. 4084Pub. L. 101–640, title III, § 305(a)104 Stat. 4635Pub. L. 102–580, title II, § 201(a)106 Stat. 4825Pub. L. 104–303, title II110 Stat. 3673Pub. L. 106–53, title II113 Stat. 292Pub. L. 106–109, § 5113 Stat. 1495Pub. L. 106–541, title II, § 204114 Stat. 2589Pub. L. 110–114, title II121 Stat. 1067Pub. L. 116–260, div. AA, title I134 Stat. 2627Pub. L. 117–263, div. H, title LXXXI136 Stat. 3829Pub. L. 118–272, div. A, title I, § 1139(a)138 Stat. 3026(, , ; , , ; , title III, § 333(b)(2), , , 4852; , §§ 202(a)(1)(A), (2), (b)(1), 210(a), , , 3681; , §§ 215(a), 219(c), , , 295; , , ; , , ; , §§ 2001, 2019(a), , , 1078; , §§ 115(b), 143, title III, § 351, , , 2653, 2717; , §§ 8385, 8386, , , 3830; , title III, §§ 1358, 1359, , , 3162.)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Public Law 98–8Pub. L. 98–897 Stat. 13, referred to in subsec. (e)(2), is , , . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Section 202 of Public Law 96–367section 202 of Pub. L. 96–36794 Stat. 1339, referred to in subsec. (e)(2), is , title II, , , which is not classified to the Code.
Pub. L. 99–662100 Stat. 4082section 2201 of this titleThis Act, referred to in subsecs. (f) and (h), is , , , known as the Water Resources Development Act of 1986. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under and Tables.
act July 24, 1946, ch. 59660 Stat. 641The Flood Control Act of 1946, referred to in subsec. (g)(2)(A), is , . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Public Law 99–88Pub. L. 99–8899 Stat. 293Pub. L. 99–88, referred to in subsec. (g)(2)(B), is , , , known as the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1985. Provisions of authorizing the project for Eight Mile Creek, Arkansas, are not classified to the Code. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
act Aug. 18, 1941, ch. 37755 Stat. 638The Flood Control Act approved , referred to in subsec. (g)(2)(C), is , . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
section 160 of div. AA of Pub. L. 116–260section 2201 of this titleSection 160 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020, referred to in subsec. (m)(2)(D), is , which is set out as a note under .
section 903(c) of Pub. L. 99–662100 Stat. 4184Section 903(c), referred to in subsec. (n)(2), is , title IX, , , which is not classified to the Code.
Amendments
Pub. L. 118–272, § 1358(1)(A)2025—Subsec. (k)(4)(A)(i). , substituted “made” for “makes”.
Pub. L. 118–272, § 1358(1)(B)Subsec. (k)(4)(A)(ii). , substituted “made a payment of an additional $200,000,000 for that eligible deferred payment agreement on or before” for “repays an amount equal to ⅔ of the remaining principal by”.
Pub. L. 118–272, § 1358(2)Subsec. (k)(4)(B), (i)(II). , which directed amendment of subpar. (B) by inserting “interest’s” after “non-Federal”, was executed by making the insertion after “non-Federal” the first and fourth place appearing, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Pub. L. 118–272, § 1358(3)Subsec. (k)(4)(C). , added subpar. (C).
Pub. L. 118–272, § 1359Subsec. (k)(5). , added par. (5).
Pub. L. 118–272, § 1139(a)(1)Subsec. (m)(2), (3). , added pars. (2) and (3) and struck out former pars. (2) and (3) which related to criteria and procedures and revision of criteria and procedures, respectively.
Pub. L. 118–272, § 1139(a)(2)Subsec. (m)(5), (6). , added pars. (5) and (6).
Pub. L. 117–263, § 83862022—Subsec. (k)(4). , designated existing provisions as subpar. (A) and inserted heading, redesignated former subpars. (A) and (B) as cls. (i) and (ii), respectively, and realigned margins, substituted “$200,000,000” for “$200 million” in cl. (i), inserted “an amount equal to ⅔ of” after “repays” in cl. (ii), and added cl. (iii) of subpar. (A) and subpar. (B).
lPub. L. 117–263, § 8385Subsec. (). , struck out “initial” before “payment” in subsec. heading, designated existing provisions as par. (1) and inserted par. heading, and added par. (2).
Pub. L. 116–260, § 115(b)(1)2020—Subsec. (b). , substituted “Projects using nonstructural, natural, or nature-based features” for “Nonstructural flood control projects” in heading.
Pub. L. 116–260, § 115(b)(2)section 2289a(a) of this titleSubsec. (b)(1). , substituted “a flood risk management or hurricane and storm damage risk reduction measure using a nonstructural feature, or a natural feature or nature-based feature (as those terms are defined in ),” for “nonstructural flood control measures” and “cash during construction for a nonstructural feature if the costs of land, easements, rights-of-way, dredged material disposal areas, and relocations for such feature are estimated to exceed 35 percent” for “cash during construction of the project”.
Pub. L. 116–260, § 143Subsec. (j)(1). , designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), inserted heading, and added subpar. (B).
Pub. L. 116–260, § 351Subsec. (k). , designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted heading, and added pars. (2) to (4).
Pub. L. 110–114, § 2019(a)2007—Subsec. (m)(2). , substituted “” for “180 days after ”.
Pub. L. 110–114, § 2001Subsec. (n). , added subsec. (n).
Pub. L. 106–541, § 204(1)2000—Subsec. (m)(1), (2). , added pars. (1) and (2) and struck out former pars. (1) and (2) which required any cost-sharing agreement to be subject to the ability of a non-Federal interest to pay and required the Secretary to determine ability to pay using certain criteria and procedures.
Pub. L. 106–541, § 204(2)Subsec. (m)(3)(B), (C). , redesignated subpar. (C) as (B) and struck out former subpar. (B) which read as follows: “shall not consider criteria (other than criteria described in subparagraph (A)) in effect on the day before ; and”.
Pub. L. 106–53, § 219(c)(1)1999—Subsec. (b). , which directed insertion of the par. (1) designation and heading before “The non-Federal”, was executed by making the insertion before that phrase the first place it appeared to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Pub. L. 106–53, § 219(c)(2)Subsec. (b)(2). , added par. (2).
Pub. L. 106–53, § 215(a)Subsec. (d). , designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted heading, and added par. (2).
Pub. L. 106–109Subsec. (d)(2)(A). substituted “except for a project for which a District Engineer’s Report is completed by that date,” for “or for which a feasibility study is completed after that date,”.
Pub. L. 104–303, § 202(a)(1)(A)1996—Subsecs. (a)(2), (b). , substituted “35 percent” for “25 percent” wherever appearing.
Pub. L. 104–303, § 210(a)Subsec. (c)(7). , added par. (7).
Pub. L. 104–303, § 202(a)(2)Subsec. (e)(1). , inserted at end “For the purpose of the preceding sentence, physical construction shall be considered to be initiated on the date of the award of a construction contract.”
Pub. L. 104–303, § 202(b)(1)Subsec. (m). , reenacted heading without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Any cost-sharing agreement under this section for flood control or agricultural water supply shall be subject to the ability of a non-Federal interest to pay. The ability of any non-Federal interest to pay shall be determined by the Secretary in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary.”
Pub. L. 102–580, § 333(b)(2)section 2283(c) of this title1992—Subsec. (i). , substituted “Except as provided under , the non-Federal” for “The non-Federal”.
Pub. L. 102–580, § 201(a)Subsec. (m). , amended subsec. (m) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (m) read as follows:
General rule“(1) .—Any cost-sharing agreement under this section for flood control or agricultural water supply shall be subject to the ability of a non-Federal interest to pay.
Procedures.—“(2)
In general“(A) .—The ability of any non-Federal interest to pay shall be determined by the Secretary in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary.
Limitations“(B) .—The procedures established pursuant to this subsection shall provide for a reduction in any non-Federal cash contribution required under subsection (a)(2) of this section. In addition, such procedures shall provide for determination of the eligibility of the non-Federal interest for a reduction in the required cash contribution on the basis of local, not statewide, economic and financial data.
Regulations“(C) .—Not later than 1 year after , the Secretary shall issue regulations establishing the procedures required by this paragraph.”
Pub. L. 101–6401990—Subsec. (m). amended subsec. (m) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (m) read as follows: “Any cost-sharing agreement under this section for flood control or agricultural water supply shall be subject to the ability of a non-Federal interest to pay. The ability of any non-Federal interest to pay shall be determined by the Secretary in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1996 Amendment
Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 202(a)(1)(B)110 Stat. 3673
Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 202(b)(2)110 Stat. 3674
Generally .—
Amendment of cooperation agreement .—
Non-federal option .—
section 2003(f)(2) of Pub. L. 110–114section 1962d–5b of Title 42[Reference to “project cooperation agreement” deemed to be reference to “project partnership agreement”, see , set out as a note under , The Public Health and Welfare.]
Pub. L. 104–303, title II, § 210(b)110 Stat. 3681
Continuation of Existing Regulations
Pub. L. 101–640, title III, § 305(b)104 Stat. 4635
Update to Guidance
Pub. L. 118–272, div. A, title I, § 1139(b)138 Stat. 3027
Reports to Congress
Pub. L. 100–71, title I101 Stat. 401