An important federal infrastructure measure has moved another step forward, with the House’s approval of a bill authorizing at least $8.6 billion in federal funds for 38 new Army Corps of Engineers construction projects, including flood and storm protection, river and port navigation and environmental restoration improvements.
ENR estimates the total cost of the projects, including nonfederal shares, is more than $13 billion. All of the federal funds are subject to congressional appropriations, however.
The 2020 Water Resources Development Act, or WRDA, which the House passed on July 29 by voice vote, has strong support from Transportation and Infrastructure Committee leaders and the rank and file from both parties, an unusual break from the fierce partisanship that has taken hold in Congress.
WRDA现在将搬到参议院，其中包括军团项目授权的条例草案是环境和公共工程委员会在5月6日一致清除的两项水基础设施措施之一。
参议院版本将授权51亿美元的联邦资金为26个工程师项目。18luck官网水措施尚未参加参议院楼层投票。
在房子批准其WRDA之后，参议院委员会主席John Barrasso（R-Wyo）在一份声明中表示，“我期待着与立法一起工作，我们可以寄给总统的办公桌并帮助美国人帮助美国人。”
In the immediate future, however, WRDA will take a back seat in the Senate to the intense debate over a new coronavirus-related relief bill introduced July 27.
除了其资金授权之外，刚刚通过的房屋WRDA有一些重要的政策变化。
一种这样的变化将满足哪些运输和基础设施委员会主席彼得缺失（D-Ote。）称为他的“数十年长期”，以释放港口维修信托基金的盈余。
Defazio表示，该规定将允许100亿美元的港口维持税，以用于港口疏浚项目。18luck官网
Another key change is an increase in the funding share that comes from the Treasury’s general fund for river lock-and-dam projects to 65%, from the current 50%. That shift should provide more trust-fund dollars for such projects.
If a new WRDA becomes law this year it would continue a six-year streak of enacting water resources legislation every other year.
