A new water-resources bill has moved another step forward, with the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s unanimous approval of a measure that authorizes $5 billion for 28 new Army Corps of Engineers flood-control, harbor-dredging, environmental and other projects.
During the committee’s voting session on May 25, Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) kept tight limits on the new Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), fending off proposed amendments that sought to widen the bill’s scope beyond the Corps to include such areas as wastewater and drinking-water programs.