; and (2) demonstrates the transparent criteria and metrics utilized by the President in the evaluation and selection of water resources development projects included in the budget request. II Studies 201. Authorization of proposed feasibility studies The Secretary is authorized to conduct a feasibility study for the following projects for water resources development and conservation and other purposes, as identified in the reports titled Report to Congress on Future Water Resources Development submitted to Congress on March 17, 2017, and February 5, 2018, respectively, pursuant to section 7001 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014 ( 33 U.S.C. 2282d ) or otherwise reviewed by Congress: (1) Cave Buttes Dam, Arizona Project for flood risk management, Phoenix, Arizona. (2) San Diego River, California Project for flood risk management, navigation, and ecosystem restoration, San Diego, California. (3) J. Bennett Johnston Waterway, Louisiana Project for navigation, J. Bennett Johnston Waterway, Louisiana. (4) Northshore, Louisiana Project for flood risk management, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. (5) Ouachita-Black Rivers, Louisiana Project for navigation, Little River, Louisiana. (6) Chautauqua Lake, New York Project for ecosystem restoration and flood risk management, Chautauqua, New York. (7) Trinity River and Tributaries, Texas Project for navigation, Liberty, Texas. (8) West Cell Levee, Texas Project for flood risk management, Irving, Texas. (9) Coastal Virginia, Virginia Project for flood risk management, ecosystem restoration, and navigation, Coastal Virginia. (10) Tangier Island, Virginia Project for flood risk management and ecosystem restoration, Tangier Island, Virginia. 202. Additional studies (a) Lower Mississippi River