This amendment provides $500,000 the second year from the general fund for the nonfederal match to complete studies of flood control in the Hampton Roads and Northern Neck regions as authorized by the U.S. Congress to be conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Both studies will evaluate each region's recurrent flooding patterns and hydrology; identify and score several high impact regional flood control projects; identify costs and benefits of mitigating high impact regional flood control projects; and make recommendations for comprehensive and coordinated regional flood mitigation to obtain federal funding for future projects. Without these studies, Hampton Roads and the Northern Neck are poorly positioned to accept federal funds from emergency appropriations that generally follow events like Hurricanes Isabelle, Irene, Matthew, and Super Storm Sandy.