To provide for flood prevention in the State of Louisiana, with an offset.

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   Change 1: Replaces “$10,600,000,000” with “$10,400,000,000”

   ReplacesPage 165, line 19Printed page

   In H.R. 4939 · Reported to Senate

   disaster relief

   For an additional amount for "Disaster Relief" for necessary expenses under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), [struck: $10,600,000,000][inserted: $10,400,000,000], to remain available until expended: Provided, 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.

   disaster assistance direct loan program account

   Original wording

   On page 165, line 19, strike “$10,600,000,000” and insert “$10,400,000,000”.

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   Change 2: Inserts new text on page 168, between lines 8 and 9

   InsertsPrinted page

   Inserted: FLOOD PROTECTION, LOUISIANA

   Inserted: Sec. 2054. (a) There shall be made available $200,000,000 for the Secretary of the Army (referred to in this section as the "Secretary") to provide, at full Federal expense--

   Inserted: (1) pumping capacity and other measures required to prevent flooding associated with modifications to outfall canals in Jefferson and Orleans Parishes, Louisiana;

   Inserted: (2) repairs, replacements, modifications, and improvements of non-Federal levees and associated protection measures--

   Inserted: (A) in areas of Terrebonne Parish, and of Jefferson Parish in the vicinity of Jean Lafitte; and

   Inserted: (B) on the east bank of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana; and

   Inserted: (3) for armoring the hurricane and storm damage reduction system in south Louisiana.

   Inserted: (b) A project under this section shall be initiated only after non-Federal interests have entered into binding agreements with the Secretary to pay 100 percent of the operation and maintenance costs of the project 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.

   Inserted: (c) The Secretary shall submit to Congress a report detailing a modified plan to protect lower Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, from damage attributable to hurricanes with a focus on--

   Inserted: (1) protecting populated areas;

   Inserted: (2) energy infrastructure;

   Inserted: (3) structural and nonstructural coastal barriers and protection;

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   Inserted: (4) port facilities; and

   Inserted: (5) the long-term maintenance and protection of the deep draft navigation channel on the Mississippi River.

   Inserted: (d) Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall offer to enter into a contract with the National Academies to provide to the Secretary a report, by not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, describing, for the period beginning on the date on which the individual system components for hurricane and storm damage reduction was constructed and ending on the date on which the report is prepared, the difference between--

   Inserted: (1) the portion of the vertical depreciation of the system that is attributable to design and construction flaws, taking into consideration the settling of levees and floodwalls or subsidence; and

   Inserted: (2) the portion of that depreciation that is attributable to the application of new storm datum that may require a higher level of vertical protection in order to comply with 100-year floodplain certification and standard protect hurricane.

   Inserted: (e) The amounts provided under this heading are 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.

   Original wording

   On page 168, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following:

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