Comprehensive feasibility studies and approaches for flood risk management and coastal storm risk management

(a) Clarification of Federal policy related to comprehensive flooding and nonstructural approaches (1) Declaration of policy Section 1 of the Act of June 22, 1936 (33 U.S.C. 701a) is amended— (A) by striking the section designator designation and heading and all that follows through recognized and inserting the following: 1. Declaration of policy (a) In general It is recognized; (B) by inserting, other water bodies, and shorelines after the rivers; (C) by inserting that such destructive floods can originate or be augmented by the isolated or combined impacts of water from a variety of drivers, such as riverine discharges, extreme weather events, coastal and tidal flooding, sea level rise, subsidence, and stormwater; after national welfare;; (D) by inserting (including the reduction of comprehensive flood risk from the isolated and compound effects of any of the drivers identified in section 8106(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (33 U.S.C. 2282g(a))) before is a proper activity; (E) by inserting (including the study and implementation of water resources development projects that provide comprehensive flood risk reduction) before are in the interest of the general welfare; and (F) by adding at the end the following: (b) Nonstructural approaches It is the sense of Congress that— (1) structural features and nonstructural features should be given equal consideration in every feasibility study conducted by the Chief of Engineers for flood risk management or hurricane and storm damage risk reduction; and (2) the implementation of nonstructural features determined by the Chief of Engineers to align with the policy established by section 2031(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 1962–3) is part of the primary mission of the Corps of Engineers for flood risk management and hurricane and storm damage risk reduction.. (2) Definition of flood control Section 2 of the Act of December 22, 1944 (33 U.S.C. 701a–1) is amended by inserting and the reduction of comprehensive flood risk from the isolated and compound effects of any of the drivers identified in section 8106(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (33 U.S.C. 2282g(a)); after damages,. (b) Clarification on scope of feasibility studies for comprehensive flood risk Section 8106(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 2022 (33 U.S.C. 2282g(a)) is amended— (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking shall formulate and inserting shall include in the study any effects within the geographic scope of the study of, and formulate; (2) in paragraph (4), by striking frequency and inserting frequency, including flooding associated with stormwater that flows at a rate of less than 800 cubic feet per second for the 10-percent flood; (3) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (10) as clauses (i) (A) through (x), (J), respectively, and adjusting the margins accordingly; (4) in the matter preceding clause (i), subparagraph (A), as so redesignated, by striking In carrying out and inserting the following: (1) In general In carrying out; and (5) by adding at the end the following: (2) Recommendation of comprehensive flood risk reduction alternative If the Secretary determines that a project alternative identified by the non-Federal interest pursuant to paragraph (1) is feasible, the Secretary shall incorporate such alternative in the recommended plan for the project as a project feature the costs of which are shared as construction..