House, Senate Differ In Approach To Crafting 2016 Water Resources Bill

April 12, 2016
House and Senate lawmakers appear to be emphasizing different priorities in developing the 2016 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), with House lawmakers preferring a clean bill focused on reauthorizing Army Corps of Engineers civil works projects and senators pledging to address EPA water infrastructure policy issues. According to a congressional source, House Transportation & Infrastructure (T&I) Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) wants a “lean and mean” WRDA bill, while members of the Senate Environment & Public Works (EPW) Committee are...


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