Table Rock Lake, Missouri and Arkansas

Section 1323 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (138 Stat. 3143) is amended— (1) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the following: (a) Structures The Secretary shall permit the ongoing presence of an eligible structure at the Table Rock Lake project until the abandonment of the eligible structure. (b) Sewer or septic systems The Secretary shall permit the ongoing presence of an eligible sewer or septic system at the Table Rock Lake project until the abandonment or imminent failure of the eligible sewer or septic system.; (2) in subsection (c)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking eligible structure, means the allowance of the structure and inserting eligible structure or eligible sewer or septic system, means the allowance of the structure or sewer or septic system; (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (4) and (6), respectively; (C) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: (2) Eligible sewer or septic system The term eligible sewer or septic system means a privately owned sewer or septic system that— (A) as of the date of enactment of the Water Resources Development Act of 2026, is located on fee land or land subject to a flowage easement held by the United States; and (B) does not impact the reservoir level, water quality, or operations of the Table Rock Lake project. (3) Eligible structure The term eligible structure means a structure for human habitation, shed, retaining wall, deck, patio, gazebo, driveway, fence, or similar structure, that, as of the date of enactment of the Water Resources Development Act of 2026, is located— (A) on fee land or land subject to a flowage easement held by the United States; and (B) higher than the elevation contour of 936 feet above mean sea level.; and (D) by inserting before paragraph (6), as so redesignated, the following: (5) Imminent failure The term imminent failure means, with respect to an eligible sewer or septic system, a final order by the applicable unit of local government to the owner of an eligible sewer or septic system that such system be replaced.; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (d) Savings clause Nothing in the section shall prevent the Secretary from issuing a shoreline use permit, other applicable permit, easement, or outgrant, consistent with a shoreline management plan or other applicable policy, for a structure, sewer system, or septic system proposed to be built or modified after the date of enactment of the Water Resources Development Act of 2026 at the Table Rock Lake project..