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Jun 12, 2014
President Barack Obama signed the bipartisan Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) into law on Tuesday. The report, which passed both the House and Senate overwhelmingly, contains several of ASA’s key policy priorities.
Included in the conference report are ASA-supported provisions that will free up significant funding within the Inland Waterways Trust Fund for additional waterways infrastructure projects; increase the level of Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund dollars that will be spent on port maintenance and dredging; streamline the Army Corps of Engineers’ project review process; increase Corps flexibility to maintain navigation during low water events; and promote the use of alternative financing and public-private partnerships to fund waterways infrastructure.
