Fish and oyster habitat restoration

Section 704(b)(2) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2263(b)(2)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end; (2) in subparagraph (D)(v), by striking the period and inserting; and; inserting a semicolon; and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following: (E) the restoration and rehabilitation of habitat for fish, including native oysters, in the East River, Flushing Bay and River, and Bronx River, New York, including— (i) the construction of oyster bars and reefs; (ii) the rehabilitation of existing marginal habitat and oyster reef sites; (iii) the use of appropriate alternative substrate material in oyster bar and reef construction; (iv) the construction and upgrading of oyster hatcheries; and (v) activities relating to increasing the output of native oyster broodstock for seeding and monitoring of restored sites to ensure ecological success..success; and (F) the restoration and rehabilitation of habitat for fish in the Choctawhatchee Bay and off the coast in the vicinity of Okaloosa County, Florida..