WRDA 2024 Advances Out of Senate Committee
View SourceA key Senate committee unanimously advanced the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2024 that includes 81 feasibility studies and eight new or modified construction projects.
Passed by a vote of 19-0, S.4367 now heads to a vote on the Senate floor.
Other key provisions in the biennial legislation would increase the federal cost-share for inland waterways projects to 75 percent, require reports on invasive species, levee safety guidelines and public-private partnerships and direct the Government Accountability Office to conduct studies evaluating the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers practices and programs, including cost estimates for projects.
Sens. Tom Carper (D-Del.) and Shelly Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, led the celebration for the bipartisan victory.
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is eyeing a markup of its version of the bill in June.
“WRDA is still under development, but committee Republicans and Democrats, working together, are making good progress,” committee spokesman Justin Harclerode said.
