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The Senates Environment and Public Works Committee recently passed its version of the Water Resources Development Act out of committee-unanimously. It included a provision to permanently change the cost-share of lock and dam projects to 75 percent federal, with 25 percent coming from the Inland Waterways Trust Fund. The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure's version of WRDA, passed May 18, doesn't include that cost-share provision, but it can be added back in the reconciliation process. Assuming passage in the full Senate and House, WRDA's fate, and the fate of that provision, will be up to the conference committee that will reconcile the two versions. It's hard to imagine a broader coalition of support for a timely WRDA than that shown by statements of support posted on the Senate's EPWC website. Just about every infrastructure, construction, farm and transportation group out there is urging its quick passage, including the National Governors Association, National Association of State Legislatures, Chamber of Commerce, United States Conference of Mayors, Transportation Construction Coalition, National Grain and Feed Association, Great Lakes Coalition, American Association of Port Authorities and many more. |