Key House and Senate committees are moving ahead with plans to draft a new Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) to authorize billions of dollars for Army Corps of Engineers flood protection, river locks and dams, port dredging, environmental restoration and other civil works projects.
As they work on the legislation in coming months, lawmakers’ goal is to pass a bill by the end of the year, and continue their practice, dating to 2014, of approving a WRDA bill every other year. Lists of authorized projects traditionally are the engines that propel WRDA bills through Congress.