Key Issues

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LATEST: Contact your House Representative and urge them to include Senate Sec. 109 in a final Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) legislation.

 

Tell Congress to Act in 2024

Contact Your Legislator

Tell Congress: Update our lock and dam infrastructure.   Supporting biennial Water Resources Development Acts (WRDA), legislation authorizing Corps of Engineers’ work on locks and dams, dredging and other Civil Works water projects critical to the Nation.   Maintaining water resources…

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Consistent, Steady Investments in Lock and Dam Infrastructure

The fourth “R” for Rivers, and its aging infrastructure, have to be a priority, as much as roads, railways and runways.   Our rivers and waterways allow the Nation’s critical commodities – grain, coal, agricultural inputs, steel, minerals, petroleum products, chemicals,…

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Operation and Maintenance Funding Improves System Reliability

While funding in constant dollars for Operations & Maintenance (O&M) on America’s inland navigation system had remained flat for decades, Congress has begun to address the shortfall in recent appropriations bills.    Annual Funding for Operations and Maintenance, Civil Works,…

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