Water Resources Development Act of 1983

Water Resources Development Act of 1983 - Title I - Requires the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to obligate no sums for the combined purpose of the "Construction General" account and the "Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries" account in excess of specified sums.

Title II - Declares that the following waterways improvement projects are adopted and authorized in accordance with specified reports: (1) Mobile Harbor, Alabama; (2) Kodiak Harbor, Alaska; (3) San Francisco Harbor, California, Fisherman's Wharf Area; (4) Oakland Outer Harbor, California; (5) Richmond Harbor, California; (6) Sacramento River, Deepwater Ship Channel, California; (7) New Haven Harbor, Connecticut; (8) Jacksonville Harbor, Florida; (9) Manatee Harbor, Florida; (10) Tampa Harbor, Florida; (11) Savannah Harbor, Georgia; (12) Grand Haven Harbor, Michigan; (13) Monroe Harbor, Michigan; (14) Wilmington Harbor, North Carolina; (15) Gowanus Creek, New York; (16) Kill Van Kull and Newark Bay Channels, New York and New Jersey; (17) San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico; (18) Charleston Harbor, South Carolina; (19) Brazos Island Harbor, Texas; (20) Norfolk Harbor and Channels, Virginia; (21) Crown Bay Channel-Saint Thomas Harbor, Virgin Islands; and (22) Blair and Sitcom Waterways, Tacoma Harbor, Washington.

Authorizes, in accordance with specified reports, the following inland and shallow-draft navigation projects: (1) Helena Harbor, Arkansas; (2) White River Navigation to Batesville, Arkansas; (3) Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana; (4) Greenville Harbor, Mississippi; (5) Vicksburg Harbor, Mississippi; (6) Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Bridges, North Carolina; (7) Olcott Harbor, New York; (8) Bonneville Lock and Dam, Oregon and Washington; (9) Memphis Harbor, Tennessee and; (10) Gallipolis Locks and Dam Replacement, Ohio and West Virginia.

Authorizes, in accordance with specified reports, the following flood control projects: (1) Village Creek, Alabama; (2) Eight Mile Creek, Arkansas, (3) Fourche Bayou Basin, Arkansas; (4) Little Colorado River, Arizona; (5) Cache Creek Basin, California; (6) Redbank and Fancher Creeks, California; (7) Santa Ana River Mainstem, California; (8) Fountain Creek, Colorado; (9) Metropolitan Denver and South Platte River and Tributaries, Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska; (10) Oates Creek, Georgia; (11) Agana River, Guam; (12) Big Wood River and Tributaries and Little Wood River, Idaho; (13) Rock River, Illinois; (14) Halstead, Kansas; (15) Atchafalaya Basin Floodway system, Louisiana; (16) Bushley Bayou, Louisiana; (17) Louisiana State Penitentiary Levee, Mississippi River; (18) Quincy Coastal Streams, Massachusetts; (19) Redwood River, Minnesota; (20) Root River Basin, Minnesota; (21) South Fork Zumbro River Watershed, Minnesota; (22) Horn Lake Creek and Tributaries, Tennessee and Mississippi; (23) Robinson's Branch of the Rahway River, New Jersey; (24) Rahway River and Van Winkles Brook, New Jersey; (25) Green Brook Subbasin, Raritan River Basin, New Jersey; (26) Middle Rio Grande Flood Protection, New Mexico; (27) Puerco River, New Mexico; (28) Cazenovia Creek Watershed, New York; (29) Mamaroneck and Sheldrake Rivers Basin and Byram River Basin, New York and Connecticut; (30) Hocking River, Ohio; (31) Miami River and Little Miami River, Ohio; (32) Muskingum River Basin, Ohio; (33) Scioto River, Ohio; (34) Mingo Creek, Oklahoma; (35) Parker Lake, Oklahoma; (36) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; (37) Lock Haven, Pennsylvania; (38) Saw Mill Run, Pennsylvania; (39) Big River Reservoir, Rhode Island; (40) Nonconnah Creek, Tennessee and Mississippi; (41) Buffalo Bayou, Texas; (42) Boggy Creek, Texas; (43) Lake Wichita, Holliday Creek, Texas; (44) James River Basin, Virginia; (45) Chehalis River, Washington; and (46) Yakima Union Gap, Washington.

Authorizes, in accordance with specified reports, the following hydropower development projects: (1) South Central Railbelt Area, Alaska; (2) Murray Lock and Dam, Arkansas; (3) Metropolitan Atlanta Area Water Resources Management Study, Georgia; (4) Lucky Peak Dam and Lake, Idaho; (5) Libby Reregulation Dam Power Units, Montana; (6) W.D. Mayo Lock and Dam 14, Oklahoma; and (7) McNary Lock and Dam Second Powerhouse, Oregon and Washington.

Authorizes, in accordance with specified reports, the following shoreline protection projects: (1) Charlotte County, Florida; (2) Indian River County, Florida; (3) Panama City Beaches, Florida; (4) Saint Johns County, Florida; (5) Jekyll Island, Georgia; (6) Atlantic Coast of Maryland and Assateague Island, Virginia; (7) Atlantic Coast of New York City, New York; (8) Presque Isle Peninsula, Pennsylvania; and (9) Folly Beach, South Carolina.

Authorizes, in accordance with specified reports, the following mitigation projects: (1) Sacramento River Bank Protection Project, California; (2) Richard B. Russel Dam and Lake, Georgia and South Carolina; (3) West Kentucky Tributaries Projects, Kentucky; (4) Cape May Inlet, New Jersey; and (5) Cooper Lake and Channels Project, Texas.

Authorizes, in accordance with specified reports, the following demonstration projects: (1) Cabin Creek, West Virginia; and (2) Lava Flow Control, Hawaii.