An amendment numbered 45 printed in Part A of House Report 115-711 to enhance the Levee Safety Action Classification (LSAC) risk categorization tool, developed internally by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It also supplements current duties by ensuring that individual levee system LSAC ratings are transparent.

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   Change 1: Inserts new text on page 4, line 10

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   Inserted: (1) by striking section 9003;

   Inserted: (2) by redesignating sections 9004 through 9008 as sections 9003 through 9007, respectively;

   Inserted: (3) in section 9003(c) (as redesignated by this section), by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "(6) Levee safety action classification.--In carrying out risk characterizations for levee systems, the Secretary shall include, as a part of any Levee Safety Action Classification, the following information--

   Inserted: "(A) a complete explanation of the way project condition, design, hydrology, flood frequency, probabilities of failure and overtopping and any other relevant factor were integrated in arriving at the rating assigned;

   Inserted: "(B) all incremental corrective actions that can be taken to progressively improve the relative levee safety action classification assigned to a levee system; and

   Inserted: "(C) the incremental costs associated with each corrective action in subsection (b).";

   Inserted: (4) in section 9004 (as redesignated by this section), by striking subsection (b) (and redesignating the subsequent subsection accordingly);

   Original wording

   Page 4, after line 10, insert the following (and renumber the subsequent paragraphs accordingly):

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   Change 2: Replaces “9005(g)(2)(E)(i)” with “9004(f)(2)(E)(i) (as redesignated by this section)”

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   In H.R. 8 · Reported in House

   Title IX of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (33 U.S.C. 3301 et seq.) is amended--

   (1) in section [struck: 9005][inserted: 9004]([struck: g][inserted: f])(2)(E)(i)[inserted: (as redesignated by this section)], by striking "2015 through 2019" and inserting "2019 through 2023"; and

   (2) in section 9008, by striking "2015 through 2019" each place it appears and inserting "2019 through 2023".

   Original wording

   Page 4, line 11, strike “9005(g)(2)(E)(i)” and insert “9004(f)(2)(E)(i) (as redesignated by this section)”.

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   Change 3: Replaces “9008” with “9007 (as redesignated by this section)”

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   In H.R. 8 · Reported in House

   (1) in section 9005(g)(2)(E)(i), by striking "2015 through 2019" and inserting "2019 through 2023"; and

   (2) in section [struck: 9008][inserted: 9007 (as redesignated by this section)], by striking "2015 through 2019" each place it appears and inserting "2019 through 2023".

   SEC. 105. DAM SAFETY.

   Original wording

   Page 4, line 14, strike “9008” and insert “9007 (as redesignated by this section)”.

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