The Senate passed the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) easily on May 15, by an 83-14 vote.
The legislation, sponsored by Sens. Barbara Boxer and David Vitter (R-La.), would authorize new U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects, revise civil-works policies and give financial help to get projects built. A comparable bill has not yet been introduced in the House, but Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) has called WRDA his panel’s “highest priority.”