To improve provisions relating to appropriations for the Corps of Engineers.

SA 2564. Mr. CARPER (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Wicker, and Ms.
Duckworth) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 2137 proposed by Mr.
Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr.
Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr.
Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for
Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs,
and for other purposes; as follows:

On page 2486, line 14, strike ``Provided'' and all that
follows through ``proviso:'' on line 21 and insert the
following: ``Provided further, That of the amount provided
under this heading in this Act, $2,500,000,000 shall be for
construction, replacement, rehabilitation, and expansion of
inland waterways projects: Provided further, That section
102(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (Public
Law 99-662; 33 U.S.C. 2212(a)) and section 109 of the Water
Resources Development

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Act of 2020 (Public Law 116-260; 134 Stat. 2624) shall not
apply to the extent that such projects are carried out using
funds provided in the preceding proviso: Provided further,
That in using such funds referred to in the preceding
proviso, the Secretary shall give priority to projects
included in the Capital Investment Strategy of the Corps of
Engineers:''.
On page 2487, lines 9 through 11, strike ``or section 1135
of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (Public Law
99-662; 33 U.S.C. 2309a),'' and insert ``section 1135 of the
Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-662;
33 U.S.C. 2309a), or section 165(a) of division AA of the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-
260),''.
On page 2489, line 3, insert ``Provided further, That the
amounts provided in the preceding proviso do not limit the
Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers,
from allotting additional funds from the amounts provided
under this title in this Act for additional shore protection
projects:'' after ``2024:''.
On page 2489, line 9, insert ``Provided further, That in
selecting projects under the previous proviso, the Secretary
of the Army shall prioritize projects with overriding life-
safety benefits: Provided further, That of the funds in the
proviso preceding the preceding proviso, the Secretary of the
Army shall, to the maximum extent practicable, prioritize
projects in the work plan that directly benefit economically
disadvantaged communities, and may take into consideration
prioritizing projects that benefit areas in which the
percentage of people that live in poverty or identify as
belonging to a minority group is greater than the average
such percentage in the United States, based on data from the
Bureau of the Census:'' after ``purpose:''.
On page 2496, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:

general provisions--corps of engineers

Sec. 300.  For projects that are carried out with funds
under this heading, the Secretary of the Army and the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall
consider other factors in addition to the benefit-cost ratio
when determining the economic benefits of projects that
benefit disadvantaged communities.
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