Articles Tagged with ''water resources development act''

Senate bill approval sets up negotiations to reconcile differences with the House to develop final legislation.

WRDA bill authorizes $4.8 billion for Corps of Engineers projects.

Measure authorizes 12 Army Corps of Engineers construction projects totaling roughly $4.8 billion.

Measure authorizes $2.3B for eight new or modified Corps projects.

Lawmakers are moving ahead with plans for new legislation authorizing billions of dollars for flood protection, harbor dredging, river locks and dams, ecosystem restoration and other projects.

As the 117th Congress headed into its final days, infrastructure advocates scored another legislative victory with bipartisan congressional approval of a new Water Resources Development Act, or WRDA, authorizing $37.8 in federal funds for 30 new or modified U.S. Army Corps of Engineers storm protection, harbor dredging and other civil-works projects.

Update: House passes WRDA-DOD package, sending it to Senate.

The measure was approved with a strong, bipartisan 384-37 vote.

The measure approved by the House panel would authorize about $25 billion for new Corps construction projects, including $19.2 billion for a major hurricane and flood protection plan in coastal Texas.